‘I was in the f*cking bathroom’: Home Depot employee gets locked inside store after closing in viral TikTok

A TikToker’s video showing her panicked reaction to being locked inside a Home Depot after close has garnered 2.2 million views on the platform. In the video, Imara (@imarajadore) films herself walking around the Home Depot store that she works at, telling viewers that her manager closed 10 minutes early and locked up the store …

‘When your DoorDash driver steals from you’: TikToker says she caught DoorDash driver taking necklace from her store

In a viral TikTok video, a customer claims she caught her DoorDash driver stealing a necklace from her business.  “When your DoorDash driver steals from you,” the user @alohalash.co captioned the video. In Ring footage of the incident, the delivery driver enters the customer’s lash shop and hands her the food. She then sticks around …

Why Are Saltine Crackers So Hard To Find At The Store?

Getty Image Supply chain issues continue to surface here and there during this stage of the pandemic, which has seen vinyl shortages and associated delays, and grocery stores are now feeling their way through some unexpected fallout. First it was toilet paper, right? Now, of all things, people can’t find Nabisco saltine crackers. We’ve all …

Nipsey Hussle’s Family Is Opening A Second Marathon Clothing Store

Getty Image When Nipsey Hussle was gunned down in March 2019, he had a lot of unfinished business. He was working on various projects to benefit the community, including the Vector90 coworking space and the shopping center around his Marathon Clothing store, the center of his business dealings. He also wanted to open a second …

Ex-Stop & Shop worker claims ‘Marty’ the robot is used to surveil customers—the store says it’s not true

Marty the Robot is Stop & Shop’s most recognizable gimmick: A tall, oblong robot with googly eyes, moving steadily around the store. According to an alleged former Stop & Shop worker on TikTok, Marty is secretly a surveillance droid. The company has since refuted her claims in a statement to the Daily Dot. In a …

‘Sell them as limited edition’: Starbucks store receives inside-out cups in viral TikTok

A TikToker’s video of inside-out Starbucks cups has garnered some viral attention. It has received 1.9 million views on the platform, where commenters are taking the opportunity to make jokes at the coffee chain’s expense. The video of the defective cups, posted by @sereniteaboyyo, comes as the company is experiencing supply chain issues, such as …

Gunna Opened A Free Grocery Store At His Former Middle School In Atlanta

Getty Image Gunna is off to a great start this year. He released his third album, DS4EVER, last month and it topped the Billboard 200, giving the rapper his second No. 1 album as a solo artist and his third altogether, thanks to YSL’s Slime Langauge 2. He’s also giving back to the community that …

‘Only people that benefit from that store are the workers’: Goodwill worker blasted for sorting out Off-White sneakers in viral TikTok, sparking debate

A viral TikTok shows a Goodwill employee taking Off-White brand sneakers from a donation bin, sparking debate in the comments. In the video posted by TikToker @fozzyozzyy over the weekend, a Goodwill employee takes several pairs of Off-White brand sneakers out of a bin of donations in the center of the room and walks toward …

‘Not me thinking they individually rearranged all the items’: Viral TikTok shows how grocery workers change store layout

Most people know the frustrating experience of going grocery shopping, only to realize that nothing is where you expected it to be. In a viral TikTok from behind the scenes of a big grocery store, retail worker Tammy Lynn Turley (@tammylynnturley) exposed how these stores can rearrange everything overnight. The answer is deceptively obvious: Instead …

A grocery store added climate impact to its receipts and people immediately changed how they shop

A new program from Norway shows that when you educate people and give them the ability to make sustainable choices, many will do the right thing. Oda, the most popular online grocer in Norway (formerly known as Kolonial.No), wanted to cut its CO2 emissions in half by 2025. To reduce its carbon footprint, the company …

‘I’m the only Black person in the store’: Viral TikTok shows Asian cashier checking Black shopper’s pockets

A viral TikTok shows an Asian cashier checking a Black woman’s pockets while shopping, prompting discussion about anti-Blackness at Asian-owned businesses. Model Megan Milan (@megan.milan) was shopping at a beauty store in Los Angeles’ Santee Alley when the cashier reached into her jacket pockets to check for stolen products. Milan captured this interaction and the …

Taylor Swift Is Record Store Day’s First Global Ambassador

Getty Image Record Store Day has grown to become an established and beloved institution in the music industry, and now the annual celebration of all things vinyl and in-person music-buying is breaking new ground. This year, they are having their first Global Ambassador, and now they’ve revealed that the first person to assume that role …