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‘I am pulling the race card today’: Man claims he faced racial discrimination from Facebook Marketplace seller

'The only piece of information she has about me is my name. My Arabic-*ss name.'

On Sep 23, 2022 by Braden Bjella

man moves peach barcode to salmon to change price tiktok

‘Don’t give away my grocery shopping secrets’: Customer swaps peach and salmon price tags at Kroger, sparking debate

'CASHIERS KNOW.'

On Sep 22, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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Red Target store shopping cart inside the aisles.

‘This is my biggest pet peeve and why I almost always do curbside’: Target shopper issues PSA regarding customer cart rules

'90% of the time they don’t even look when they leave the aisle.'

On Sep 19, 2022 by Melody Heald

young woman counting $50 bills (inset) clothing on hangers (background)

‘I found four 1984 $50 bills at Half Price once’: Customers find $630 by checking suit pockets at the Goodwill

'I worked there 7 years we found money in suit jackets, pictures, couches, shoe boxes etc.'

On Sep 19, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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woman exposes american eagle harrasment tiktok

‘I’ve brought all these concerns to HR and your major concern is my TikTok videos?’: American Eagle worker says HR ‘gaslit’ her into thinking her TikTok videos were hurting the brand

'Jokes on them we all thought you worked at VS Pink.'

On Sep 17, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

checkout with caption 'If you ever need a rewards number at a store use the lyrics from kiss me thru the phone' (l&r) soulja boy on phone (c)

‘I’m about to use this at the gas pump and see how many points they got built up’: Customer shares Kroger rewards hack

'That would be the move...everyone in America use the number.'

On Sep 14, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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‘The staff said they’re not allowed to put them on hangers’: Gap customers have to search through ‘trash bags’ for Yeezy collection

'It’s bc we’re poor and he has to remind us that we can only afford clothes from the trash.'

On Sep 12, 2022 by Melody Heald

two men outside of mall pinning other man's arms (l) mall security officer stepping out of car opening door (c) 4 men outside of mall including mall security officer three of which are holding the other man by arms (r)

‘We don’t have to show him a badge’: Woman catches Macy’s loss prevention workers allegedly beating an accused shoplifter outside mall

'Make yourself announced with who you are before just beating on someone.'

On Sep 4, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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‘I work at Five Below and I absolutely hate this. I don’t feel comfortable doing it’: Five Below gets $5 piercing station, sparking debate

'[Save] yourself the time and the uneven piercing/ go to a professional body piercer!'

On Aug 24, 2022 by Braden Bjella

Internet Culture IRL

spilled can of brown substance in on floor next to pants on rack in Walmart (l) Walmart worker arms up caption 'What I've found while working at Walmart' (c) Walmart floor covered in soaking wet paper towels next to backpacks on rack (r)

‘I once found a positive pregnancy test while I was shopping for paint’: Walmart worker shows the mysterious messes she finds in the aisles

'I feel like it gets worse and worse the longer you work.'

On Aug 21, 2022 by Dan Latu

man hand pressing numbers on touch screen (l) Kroger building and sign (c) man grabbing receipt (r)

‘We didn’t work so hard for two decades to just give up now’: TikToker uses family’s old landline number for Kroger rewards points

'To whoever now has the phone number from my family's landline in the mid-2000s...'

On Aug 20, 2022 by Melody Heald

woman walking outside speaking caption 'Got accused of stealing from Ralph's in LA and La Brea & Fountain' 'WAIT FOR THE END' (l) woman in store speaking caption 'The woman who worked there 'NOT HER THE GUY WITH THE SANDWICH AND 2 SODA POPS' (c) woman speaking outside caption 'The security guard YANKED the bag OUT OF MY HANDS refused to look at the receipt I showed him 100 times' 'WAIT FOR THE END' (r)

‘Why do people even snitch about shoplifting like they make commission on it’: Woman wrongly accused of shoplifting sparks self-checkout and stealing discourse

'A good security worker checks the receipt and double checks the person they need to follow.'

On Aug 19, 2022 by Siobhan Ball

Dr. Oz in the grocery store

Asparagus and guac: Dr. Oz builds a nonsensical vegetable platter to complain about inflation in resurfaced video

His point about inflation fell flat.

On Aug 15, 2022 by Claire Goforth

Walmart employee walking outside (l) Walmart curbside pickup with empty parking spaces (c) Walmart employee speaking to curbside pickup customer caption ''My three year old made me pick number 10'' (r)

‘All of these bays, and you choose to park in bay 10’: Walmart worker calls out curbside customer for parking in the furthest spot

'Good morning! Why are you so far?'

On Aug 14, 2022 by Melody Heald

Target shopping cart with bag inside caption 'I was in Target yesterday, I was followed then as I was leaving this guy stepped in front of my basket, and said, WHERE ARE THE COSMETICS THAT WERE IN YOUR BASKET? Then when I said their in the bag, he asked where's the receipt? Mind you the cashier is who checked me out I didn't pay at self checkout' (l) woman speaking caption 'Target incident' (c) man sitting at Target Starbucks speaking caption 'I was in Target yesterday, I was followed then as I was leaving this guy stepped in front of my basket, and said, WHERE ARE THE COSMETICS THAT WERE IN YOUR BASKET? Then when I said their in the bag, he asked where's the receipt? Mind you the cashier is who checked me out I didn't pay at self checkout' (r)

‘He lied and said that they stop everyone and ask for a receipt’: TikToker calls out Target employee for accusing her of stealing, racially profiling her

'Is there not a camera in here?'

On Aug 14, 2022 by Jack Alban