Новости за 18.03.2023

A woman says her date stepped out of the car to take a call from his mom. However, his Bluetooth was still connected to the car, leading the infotainment system to feature the caller ID information: "Rachel bj 7/10."

From ordering kids' meals to turning to dollar store chains like Dollar General, adult consumers have proven they're willing to try a lot to get some relief from higher-than-ever grocery bills due to inflation.

TikToker Alan Peck (@alanpeck) posted a storytime about his experience dealing with a man, who Alan claims is a Bank of America employee, that momentarily left him with $1,000 less in his bank account. Although his persistence ultimately paid off, his story isn't one that exactly inspires confidence in the country's banking system.

TikTokers are sharing how their customer-facing workplaces manipulated conditions inside their stores to do less work after an alleged McDonald's worker shared how the location she worked at "cut the lights off at night to make it seem like" it was closed.

A TikToker specializing in couponing content claimed that she "scored a plate of a Panda Express for only $4" in the Chinese food chain's app, though some commenters are making it seem like this is a very "your mileage may vary" prospect.

Saturday morning, on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump announced he expects to be arrested Tuesday in Manhattan. And he called on his supporters to take to the street and protest.

Over its run, Ted Lasso, the unexpected wunderkind of Apple TV+, has gone from laughable underdog to top dog, a similar trajectory that AFC Richmond, the show’s fictional Premier League soccer team, is attempting to pull off in its third and final season. With clearer stakes than ever, Ted Lasso is doing plenty to ramp up those potential showdowns looming in the distance. But with some of its characters having already left the roost of AFC Richmond—some on the best of terms, others far more dramatically—Ted... Читать дальше...

A common scam pulled by DoorDash customers is complaining over the slightest inconvenience in hopes of receiving a refund from the food-ordering platform.

Analysis

It’s opening night of SXSW, and the hottest happy hour in town is promoting sustainable soil inside an area Patagonia. The badge line isn’t budging—I assume the dreaded one-in, one-out policy is in full effect—so I move on.

At the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, known for hosting an abundance of technology managers with LinkedIn blogs, an industry reckons with its carbon footprint the best way it knows how: Feeding mushroom meat to thought leaders at a brand activation. Читать дальше...

In a time when food prices are skyrocketing, Americans are looking for any way they can save money at the dinner table.

A worker on TikTok is calling out Macy’s after claiming he was told the company hired him “accidentally.”

Analysis

This week, I spent a lot of time at South by Southwest (SXSW). Many conversations taking place this year revolved around mental health and how to have a healthy relationship with social media. Instead of talking about how to go viral, people talked about how to unplug.

It’s kind of strange since SXSW has acted as a launch event for a lot of apps—including Twitter. This year, Twitter—which severely cut its workforce starting in the fall of 2022—did not have a house or host events. Читать дальше...

A popular content creator went viral on TikTok after posting a skit of what he thinks McDonald’s workers are like after 10pm.

TikToker Rebecca Chobat is well-known on the web for providing thrifty recipes ideas, and even has an entire account, @dollartreedinners, dedicated to providing her followers with different meal options made from ingredients solely purchased in the Dollar Tree's grocery aisle.

A Hooters waitress named Hope (@wafflehouseparty) was recording herself counting her tips at the end of her shift, which is a common TikTok trend. What she wasn't counting on, however, was discovering that some of her tip money was missing, prompting her to believe that someone robbed her of the cash she collected for her tips while on the job.