Polish CEO apologizes on Instagram after world calls him a bully
Much drama at this year's U.S. Open.
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
The Polish CEO who stole a hat from a young fan apologized on Instagram, a viral story of a family who found staples inside their Texas Roadhouse rolls, and a man exposed Carnival Cruises when he found a pre-wrapped towel animal under his bed.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
Polish CEO who snatched signed hat from boy at US Open apologizes after his company is review-bombed
A Polish CEO has apologized after sparking international outrage when he was caught on camera snatching a signed tennis cap from a young fan at the US Open. Piotr Szczerek, head of paving stone company Drogbruk, admitted on Instagram that he made a “serious mistake” and apologized to the boy, his family, and tennis player Kamil Majchrzak, who originally handed the hat to the child.
Family discovers staples inside a Texas Roadhouse roll. Manager gaslights them, saying the restaurant is a “staple-free premise”
A Texas Roadhouse customer called out two managers of the Walpole, Mass. location after she found staples in one of the rolls. A manager confronted the table and asked the guests how the staples got into the bread.
“She goes, ‘Well, this is a staple-free premise. So we don’t have no staples.”
“It’s like finding out Santa isn’t real”: Carnival cruise-goer shocked to find pre-wrapped towel animals under his bed
Carnival cruise-goers may have thought the intricately folded towel animals were made on-site. However, one man was shocked when he found them wrapped in plastic under his bed.
“Oh, that’s worse than finding out the tooth fairy was my mum,” said one viewer.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
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🎤 Lizzo has been going back and forth with a fan over a TikTok trend that uses autotune—all because Lizzo was off-key.
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🚉 A brave tube rider in London has been approaching riders who conduct phone calls and listen to music without headphones, and documenting their responses on TikTok.
🧑🍳 A TikTok chef is creating recipes using the sparse ingredients found in famine-plagued Gaza, like making faux meat from dough.
👀 Spencer Pratt says Gavin Newsom’s aide “harassed” him after mocking his appearance in a post online.
🎸 Green Day’s latest tour update on Instagram pokes fun at Will Smith’s controversial AI-generated tribute to his fans.
🙄 Which subreddits are the most annoying? Redditors are sharing their thoughts.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
This was the most-read story on the Daily Dot yesterday:
➤ “He’s overreacting”: Olive Garden customer “very upset” his meal didn’t match the photo in the ad