A new trend on the popular app TikTok has left multiple kids hospitalized around the United States.
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"The Skull Breaker Challenge" revolves around two people tripping a third person by tricking them into jumping into the air. Then, the two people kick their legs out from under them.
“They didn’t tell me that they just told me we were going to jump for a video. Of course I was excited since they were upperclassmen and they were asking me to be in their video,” Mountainside High School ninth-grader Oli Ross told Koin News. “But I didn’t know what was going to happen.”
Oli and her mother are now battling this and other forms of bullying with a new non-profit organization called Teaching Kindness Matters.
"I couldn't get up because I couldn't feel my hands," Thirteen-year-old Kathleen DeJesus ABC News. "I couldn't feel my legs, my feet, nothing. I was numb."
DeJesus was rushed to the hospital after two students pulled the prank on her at Lawrence Massachusetts Middle School. She spent two days in the hospital recovering from a severe concussion.
"I was screaming that I needed an ambulance," said DeJesus. "I was thinking like 'Oh my God I'm going to lose my life over this game.' I should have never done it."
TikTok tells ABC News that safety is extremely important to the company and they "do not allow content that encourages or replicates dangerous challenges that might lead to injury."
Wendy’s Fires Employee For Bathing In Kitchen Sink
Wendy’s fired several employees responsible for a viral TikTok of one of them bathing in the kitchen sink.
Remember when “Do it for the Gram!” was unfortunately a thing. Well, now the youth is acting dumb in the name of TikTok! Proof of this phenomenon can be found in the video of a Wendy’s employee bathing in a Michigan location’s kitchen sink. The young man who hopped in the tub and all the other employees involved in the incident have been fired since the TikTok went viral and caught the attention of Wendy’s headquarters.
The Greenville restaurant that experienced this health code violation has released a statement detailing its outlook on the situation: “This egregious behaviour is completely unacceptable and counter to our safety, training and operational standards. Upon learning of this situation, all employees in the video were terminated immediately and the restaurant has been completely sanitized. The health department visited the restaurant today and no violations were reported.”
Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time a Wendy’s employee has pulled off this stunt. The same thing happened back in May of 2019 and Wendy’s responded to it by saying, “We are taking this opportunity to reinforce our very strict quality procedures with our restaurant team.” Looks like they’ll have to reinforce those guidelines once again. The fast food chain’s workers must all be reminded of the adage: “Sir/Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s.”
Viral TikTok Sparks Debate Over Bartender Being Paid $9 For 70 Hours Of Work
Texas bartender argues against the tip credit and reminds customers to tip generously in viral TikTok.
After a Texas woman posted a TikTok that showed her $9.28 paycheck for 70 hours of bartending and serving, many strangers responded, questioning why she would stay at that job with such a dismal salary. Once her initial TikTok went viral, Aaliyah Cortez decided to follow it up with another one that explained how she actually liked her job and people were missing the point. Cortez was commenting on the unfairness of the law allowing service employees to be paid less than the federal minimum wage under the expectation that their tips will provide a sufficient boost to reach that income.
“This is my hourly for two weeks, I worked almost 71 hours,” Cortez explained in her first viral TikTok. “I get paid $2.13 an hour as a bartender and a server. I should have made $150.81, but because I have to have Social Security, Medicare, and the income tax taken out, I was paid $9.28 for 70 hours of work.
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On top of that, she claimed that her reported tips affect how much is deducted from each of her paycheck. Under this sort of system, service employees are largely left reliant on the generosity of customers in order to stay afloat. Cortez told BuzzFeed News that primary motivation for making this PSA was to underscore the importance of tipping, as she states at the outset of the video.
“There are laws set up that allow tipped employees to be paid under the federal minimum wage, which makes us rely on the customer to pay our wages. If I had a good two weeks from tips, my check will be on the lower side. At my last restaurant, my checks would come out to be $0.”
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The 20-year-old has spent the last year working as a bartender/server at an Austin sports bar. After commenters wondered why she would keep her poor-paying job, she reminded them that her job is still enjoyable and she manages to make decent money off tips. However, if she happened to encounter a bunch of stingy customers, her income would seriously suffer and the government does not ensure her labour will be adequately compensated.
