woman speaking in car hand on cheek caption 'Nobody would come to the window which is why I started honking.' (l) Wendy's worker smiling and waving through window as woman in car is speaking to police (c) woman speaking in car (r)

‘I’ve been sitting here for 10 minutes listening to y’all argue’: Wendy’s drive-thru customer says she couldn’t get her food because workers were fighting

'They are literally doing nothing to accommodate me.'

On Sep 3, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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‘This is what y’all been eating off of’: Wendy’s worker exposes the store’s moldy cooktop, unsanitary conditions

'The mold! That did not happen overnight.'

On Aug 21, 2022 by Dan Latu

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Wendy's worker hand on head caption 'pov: u tell ur coworker who does jack blank all shift to make you a small fry and he starts going on a rant about how we're overworked' (l) Wendy's building and sign (c) Wendy's worker standing caption 'pov: u tell ur coworker who does jack blank all shift to make you a small fry and he starts going on a rant about how we're overworked' (r)

‘These are the people who are always like an hour late to their shift’: Wendy’s worker says co-worker who does nothing complains about being ‘overworked’

'POV: u tell ur co-worker who does jack sh*t all shift to make you a small fry and he starts going on a rant.'

On Aug 6, 2022 by Melody Heald

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Wendy's employee holding phone out caption 'How doordashers show us their phone when they have an order' (l) Doordash employee outside of restaurant (c) Wendy's employee speed walking away caption 'How doordashers show us their phone when they have an order' (r)

‘They be walking behind the register’: Wendy’s worker roasts DoorDash drivers who storm in and barely show their phones to prove it’s for an order

'I be serving a customer and they put the phone right in my face.'

On Jul 21, 2022 by Rebekah Harding

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‘The way the whole car went quiet as soon as she said it’: White Wendy’s worker says N-word after child runs off with customer’s food in drive-thru

'That (N-word) literally just grabbed your shit, yo.'

On Apr 7, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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‘I don’t play wit no one when it comes to my kids’: Mom confronts Wendy’s manager for allegedly ‘harassing’ teen daughter

Some criticized the TikToker for 'intruding' into her daughter’s work life.

On Mar 8, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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‘You know there’s a car on fire outside?’: Viral TikTok shows burning car in Wendy’s parking lot

The employee just said 'OK.'

On Mar 7, 2022 by Lauren Castro

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man in driver's seat with lights in rear window with caption 'turn off orders when y'all close @wendys - they didn't believe DoorDash operated this late... not to mention I got $0 from DoorDash after all this - Hella cops pulled up on me at Wendy's, I tripped the alarm trying to pick up a DoorDash order' (l) wendy's sign (r)

‘I got $0 from DoorDash after all this’: DoorDash driver says cops thought he was trying to break into a Wendy’s

'They didn't believe DoorDash operated this late.'

On Mar 1, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins

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Wendy’s drive-thru worker has verbal confrontation with TikToker, apparently over being called ‘ghetto’—sparking debate

Most viewers sided with the employee.

On Feb 16, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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‘Literally laying in the Wendy’s drive thru’: Dog left on blanket outside fast food restaurant—amid snow—in viral TikTok, sparking debate

'So many cars were driving past/ignoring her.'

On Feb 14, 2022 by Moises Mendez II

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‘It goes in the fridge for a few days after this’: Wendy’s worker shows how chili is prepared in viral TikTok

‘And imma keep ordering it too.’

On Jan 8, 2022 by Alexandra Samuels

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‘Might as well close and go home’: Wendy’s worker complains about holiday understaffing in viral TikTok, sparking debate

'Normalize having major holidays off.'

On Dec 22, 2021 by Moises Mendez II

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‘This customer was talking reckless in the mic’: Viral TikTok shows Wendy’s worker throwing drink at drive-thru customer’s car

She says her manager was 'right behind' her.

On Dec 21, 2021 by Moises Mendez II

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‘All over a Wendy’s burger’: Employee uses bullhorn to shut down Karen in viral TikTok

She recorded the employees—but it backfired.

On Dec 14, 2021 by Braden Bjella

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A sign outside a fast food restaurant.

‘Every place near me has been doing that lately’: Viral TikTok shows Wendy’s sign offering to hire workers same-day, pay them next day

'If companies paid well, gave good benefits, and treated people well, there wouldn't be a shortage.'

On Dec 13, 2021 by Kahron Spearman

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