Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Our top stories today to help get you through the middle of the week are about: A job applicant filming herself screaming during a filmed question, a Walmart customer going viral for saying they found a bug in a Walmart salad, how Trump’s Truth Social app is banning Alvin Bragg parody accounts, and a review of the new Netflix series Beef.
After that, we’ve got a “Now Streaming” column from our Culture Reporter Michelle.
See you tomorrow!
— A.W.
⚡ Today’s top stories
🗣️ LABOR
‘Maybe I shouldn’t have quit my current job’: Interviewee screams during recorded video answer—and can’t redo it
In a clip with over 743,000 views, a job applicant shows herself filling out a video application. While answering the second question, she stumbles over her words, screaming out of frustration.
🐛 WTF
‘I’m about to sue Walmart’: Walmart shopper says she found a giant bug in her pre-made salad
A Walmart customer’s clip went viral after they allegedly made a startling discovery inside her pre-made salad: a giant bug.
🔨 BAN HAMMER
Truth Social won’t let you troll Trump with Alvin Bragg parody accounts
The person running a fake account said the site banned them.
📽️ CULTURE
‘Beef’ taps our collective rage and unhappiness—and turns it into one of the best shows of the year
Ali Wong and Steven Yeun star in the series on Netflix.
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📺 Now Streaming
‘Succession’ brings back the never ending spoiler culture debate
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🕸️ Crawling the web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
✈️ A Spirit Airlines employee was filmed poking fun at the airline’s reputation, including how it charges customers for everything.
💰 A TikToker and a companion recorded themselves at a Chick-fil-A drive-thru, offering the employee up to $45,000 in cash to quit her job—and it appears, from the video, she didn’t take them up on it.
🎫 Ticketmaster is facing ongoing scrutiny for its pricing around several high-profile tours, allowing bots to run wild, and just generally making the online ticket-buying experience miserable.
☕ This Starbucks worker is going viral for sharing her regret for leaving her job as a barista for a corporate job.
📦 A former Amazon driver went viral on after encountering two large dogs in a customer’s front yard, and then refusing to drop-off the package. It’s a common issue delivery drivers point to on social media.
✏️ From the Daily Dot archive: Here’s a look at the wild history of fanfic censorship.
🌮 There’s no shortage of Chipotle meal “hacks” by brand devotees who claim they’ve found a way to buy meals at a discounted price.
🍔 Many who have worked in the fast-food industry would be familiar with the problem of being short-staffed or otherwise having issues with the number of people scheduled to work.
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👋 Before you go
A restaurant worker recently took to TikTok to poke fun at customers who order off the kids menu—and subsequently expect adult-sized portions.
In a now-viral video, @lttlebean performed a skit where she portrayed both a server and a difficult customer. As of Saturday morning, her video had over 2.5 million views.
“I repeated myself multiple times, I swear they don’t listen,” @lttlebean captioned her TikTok.
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