Braden Bjella

5 days ago | dailydot.com | Braden Bjella

Costco has a popular section where one can buy gift cards for a variety of businesses. These gift cards are intended to work by a customer bringing them to the cashier, who will activate them upon purchase. However, at all stores, things don’t always go as expected. For example, one Sephora customer claimed that she had a gift card, only to discover upon going to the store that scammers had completely drained it.

5 days ago | dailydot.com | Braden Bjella

There’s nothing quite like finding the perfect piece at a thrift store. However, sometimes, these discoveries come with some unexpected surprises. For example, some shoppers discovered that items are occasionally sold at Goodwill for more than their original asking price. In one case, a shopper alleged that the process of digging through bins at the store gave her hand, foot, and mouth disease.

5 days ago | dailydot.com | Braden Bjella

In the United States, the vast majority of public toilets are free to use—if you can find them. As noted by Mike Bebernes for Yahoo!, when compared to other countries, the amount of public restrooms in the U.S. is pretty low. Data from the Public Toilet Index suggests that the United States has only eight public restrooms for every 100,000 Americans. In contrast, Canada has about double that, while Iceland enjoys around seven times as many public toilets.

6 days ago | dailydot.com | Braden Bjella

In the United States, one must be over the age of 21 in order to buy alcoholic beverages. However, how businesses actually enforce this rule varies from state to state — and, in some cases, city to city. For example, in Anchorage, Alaska, ID checks are required with every purchase of alcohol, no matter how old one appears to be. In the state of Georgia, in contrast, one must only check a form of identification if the person appears to be under the age of 30.

6 days ago | dailydot.com | Braden Bjella

Many car problems are to be expected. As a car owner, you know that you will eventually have to change the oil and tires, and it’s understandable that one’s car will get the occasional scratch or two. However, there are some car problems that leave car owners and mechanics alike wondering what could have caused the issue. Such is the case in a recent TikTok video that has the internet asking a lot of questions. What happened to this customer’s car?