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young woman replacing airpods with a bluetooth headband at work

‘We need music to get through our shift’: Amazon worker shares hack to avoid getting in trouble for wearing AirPods

'I don't see why it matters as long as you get your job done.'

On Jan 9, 2023 by Phil West

IRL

man speaking outside of pawn shop (l) Lyft sticker in car window (c) police holding small box outside (r)

‘They need to hand it over’: Man says Lyft driver pawned his AirPods. The pawn shop won’t give them back.

'So they accepted stolen goods and are charging you for it?'

On Dec 2, 2022 by Braden Bjella

IRL

‘They’re gonna be severely disappointed, and who are they gonna think of? Me’: Influencer says brand selling Airpods Max dupe, Swift Pods, stole her content for TikTok ad

'I am holding the real Airpod Max's in this video, and they're promoting this Airpod Max dupe that's $40.'

On Oct 21, 2022 by Audra Schroeder

IRL

Walmart employee speaking in car (l) Walmart Bakery section with sign (c) Walmart employee speaking in car (r)

‘Was my AirPod pissing you off from 15 feet away?’: Walmart worker calls out bakery manager who told her to remove her AirPods

''Managers' of other departments always coming across the store to cause a problem.'

On Aug 20, 2022 by Melody Heald

IRL

young man with mask and headphones with caption 'Manager: You can't have your AirPods in while on the clock, it's store policy!' (l) Smoothie King cup (c) Worker revealing AirPod under headphones with caption 'My sneaky ass' (r)

‘I hide them under the headsets and listen to music all day’: Smoothie King worker uses AirPods at work, sparking debate

'I work better with music.'

On Jul 18, 2022 by Melody Heald

IRL

Woman with headphones on speaking caption 'Things I'll never do with my technology after working at the Apple Store for 3 years' (l) spilled cup of coffee on iPhone and keyboard on white surface (c) woman with headphones speaking (r)

‘Things I’ll never do with my technology after working for 3 years’: Apple Store employee shares 4 tricks to upkeep devices

An Apple Store employee shares the most important ways you can avoid an emergency trip to the Genius Bar.

On Jul 17, 2022 by Dan Latu

IRL

‘I thought I looked hot and mysterious in public but ppl could hear me listening to Encanto’: People are discovering headphones bleed out at certain volume

'If ur headphone volume is past 70% ppl can hear ur music.'

On Apr 27, 2022 by Gisselle Hernandez

IRL

Woman in driver's seat holding phone and airpod case caption 'someone stole her left airpod and we tracked it' (l) Police officer on road caption 'bet' (c) Woman holding airpod case with saved left airpod back caption 'mission accomplished' (r)

‘Why would they steal one airpod’: TikToker calls cops after someone allegedly takes single AirPod, sparking debate

'Found that h*e.'

On Mar 31, 2022 by Rachel Kiley

IRL Tech

young woman with caption 'Thinking about the time I turned on 'live listen' on my iPhone & left my phone on the table & walked away with my AirPods in so that I could listen to what everyone said without me being in the room' (l&r) apple phone on table (c)

‘Why did I not know this existed..’: Woman uses iPhone feature to hear what her friends are saying about her in viral TikTok

'What a wonderful little hack.'

On Mar 16, 2022 by Gisselle Hernandez

Internet Culture IRL Tech

feet walking with captions 'Our Airpods got stolen at planet fitness and we tracked the location' (l) 'it was a older lady so I started to doubt myself' (c) 'then she started talking to Her son and I saw him earlier at the gym so I knew we had the right house' (r)

‘I could imagine how embarrassed the mom was’: TikToker says his AirPods were stolen from Planet Fitness—so he tracks them to house (updated)

'How y’all calling him cheap.. but somebody STOLE his stuff?'

On Jan 25, 2022 by Elizabeth Rose

IRL Tech

worker prepares Chipotle (l) man in beanie with caption 'look i'm all for the employees but chipotle's got to get a grip' (c) tongs in food service bins with ingredients (r)

‘If they pay minimum wage, u give minimum effort’: Man blasts Chipotle worker for wearing AirPod at counter, sparking debate in viral TikTok

'Dude tried to raise your price for snitching lol.'

On Jan 14, 2022 by Dan Latu

IRL

Amazon is having an Apple AirPods sale so act quick

AirPods don't usually see discounts this deep. Jump on the sale while it lasts.

On Dec 16, 2021 by John-Michael Bond

Dot Recs Tech

‘Talk about low morale’: Viral TikTok shows how Amazon worker has to hide wearing AirPods at work

'You’re really not allowed to wear AirPods?'

On Dec 9, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

IRL Tech

TikTok teens use AirPods and Google Translate to secretly talk in class

The days of passing paper notes are long gone.

On Jan 25, 2020 by Mikael Thalen

Internet Culture Tech

BTS’ RM says he’s lost 33 AirPods

One fan vowed to find them all.

On Dec 15, 2019 by Mikael Thalen

Streaming Tech