Charli D'Amelio's DYSTOPIAN Walmart Ad

[@funkyfrogbait]

Watch me try the D’Amelio’s popcorn on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/FunkyFrogBait Was this snack worth all the drama?

[@AxiimRedux]

probably not

[@alexanderkiss6734]

I mean for me, I can help my self to any snack

[@Ronnie-f5h]

no

[@someonesayslay]

They taste kinda bad

[@NyxTheRandomPerson]

It’s funny how this drama is all linked to fucking popcorn

[@ElyseRebecca]

It’s funny that they’re having so much fun doing that photoshoot while a worker is getting told to off themself by a customer because their coupon expired 5 months ago

[@BostonMBrand]

Before I started working myself I’ve always tried to be considerate of service workers since I’ve witnessed customers take a lot out on people for just doing their jobs. I’ve had very few bad experiences with service workers. After working at a movie theater for a few months I definitely understand better the level of shit people put you through. Even on my first day when I was training, a customer told me I was doing a horrible job because I couldn’t operate a register (even though they were fully aware I was training and I wasn’t allowed to operate a register yet). The worst part is even doing what your suppose to can get you in trouble with customers. I’ve had customers come up to me complaining about theaters being cold, projectors playing the wrong movie and other problems that aren’t within my control as a general staff member. So I go to the manager and tell them about the problem, the manager goes and fixes the problem. However when I come back and tell the customer the manager is on the case and it should be fixed in a timely manner, they stand there and act like I’m ignoring them. And sometimes they get straight up ugly, yelling at me, cursing me and acting like I just shot their dog. There’s a reason we don’t wear name tags. Plus people haggle me for free stuff and discounts all the time and get mad when I can’t give them free food, candy or popcorn.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

Nothing made me hate people more than fucking coupons. The people who get mad about their coupons not working were the worst. These fucking idiots had the math all worked out and if it was off by a fucking penny they would not leave it alone

[@sagedill5993]

We can say this about literally every ad that show actors playing as workers smiling and being so Enthusiastic about a job that in reality is shitty and underpaid

[@carrotking123]

When I worked at Walmart as an online shopper, a new coworker came up to me in tears followed by a lady waving a coupon for a brand of turkey we did not sell. I told her we didn't have that turkey. She insisted "well you can give me a different brand free then, right?" Upon me telling her "sorry, I don't know, you'd have to talk to customer service at the front, I literally pull things off shelves and put them in crates, I have nothing to do with pricing or coupons", she proceeded to YELL at me, insinuate I couldn't read, tell me no wonder I couldn't find a real job (was working my way through a top 20 university at the time), and follow me down 2 more aisles until I pretended to call my supervisor to get her escorted out by security (which we didn't even have lol). Ppl are fucking crazy at Walmart.

[@esmeraldabandz8652]

literally was me working at walgreens this video hits hard

[@rosemaryworsley5679]

“No need to tell the frog the waters warm when they’re already being boiled alive” Holy cow. What a well written way to explain the issues we know exist in the US but can do nothing about

[@everfluctuating]

explains very well the optics of haughty europeans mocking US americans about all the problems we're fully aware of but nearly powerless to stop

[@NadiaSeesIt]

It's a common saying and idea

[@beedoesthings8037]

@@NadiaSeesItthe thing about slowly boiling a frog by gradually raising them temperature so it doesn’t notice, yes. This phrase and this particular way of using it? Not so much

[@Mccafferty.apologist]

We can💀 make school lunch free? Why should a 11 year old be paying to eat at school.

[@aris_tutorials2951]

There’s nothing wrong with being a Walmart worker in an ad

[@vincegreen7946]

"Stargazing from the gutter but its getting harder with all the light pollution" Such a good line, don't forget about the soon to appear ad wall and "premium" gutter passes

[@LushgroveSMP]

and what about people going like 'THE STARS ARE NOT REAL. THE GUTTER DOES NOT EXIST' ?

[@Thelastunicornlover]

I love that quote❤

[@liiiiich3n0nTheM00n]

"What does 'light pollution' even mean? Is that the new PC way to talk about blind people? Kids these days... just look harder at the sky. Your eyesight is fine! You're not blind! You don't have 'light pollution!' Try harder. You can see the stars."

[@rrk8779]

​​@@liiiiich3n0nTheM00nbasically light pollution is an excessive amount of artificial light (lightbulbs and the like) that "blocks" out the night sky with the sheer amount of light coming from the city, and even if you turn off all the lights in a city, it'll still have some amount of it, which is why when you go out to the beach, country, etc. the night sky seems to be brighter and more of it

[@Protoplanetary_Dust]

​@rrk8779 imma assume you just didn't notice the quotation marks around their comment. Mate they were making fun of old people it was sarcastic.

[@rrodey]

Love how Kirby’s always smiling while you talk about the craziest drama or silly videos. He doesn’t care at all

[@ParasiteSignal666]

TRUE 😭- thanks for 28 likes :)

[@deethwarrior]

Gangar lives for the chaos

[@alicenthightower9161]

and then gengar looks like it's plotting someone's downfall 💀

[@biccnesse]

@@alicenthightower9161probably the working class’s

[@piffny6666]

Bros just like "Yeah girl (gender neutral) go off"

[@user927-w3h]

Talking about Charli being insensitive then immediately talking about a vibrator sponsorship is such a power move

[@can_of_worms505]

that sponsorship caught me so off guard

[@Akira-o7t]

The first time i watched a sponsorship video lmao

[@s7z7gy]

I love when she said turn off the camera while talking about ytbers stuffing ads in their 8 minute videos AND AN AD PLAYED (btw ytbers get to pick when the ads in the videos are at)

[@Y-Perm_]

man it seems like every KZbinr is getting sponsored by sex toy orgasm porn company

[@Aeternus75]

@@s7z7gy They don't always get to choose if I'm not mistaken since I have gotten ads on videos that should've had zero (though idk I might be completely mistaken but I'm pretty sure YT themselves can shove ads down our throats

[@MillennialMagic]

“Their overlords I MEAN their OVERLORDS” ur so real for that

[@hollydawn07]

I worked at Walmart and my husband has for years. It’s not just thankless and underpaid, it’s literally abusive. My husband experienced racial discrimination from his OWN SUPERVISORS, was forced to work outside for hours in the PNW while the wildfire smoke levels were at “severely hazardous” levels, and other things I can’t even say.

[@ControversyCupcake]

Yikes, that makes me wanna dig myself a 6ft hole and bury myself before I turn 18. Sorry for your husband hope he’s doing alright 😅

[@Creadmoudz]

Oh my god.. Did he ever confront them... or press charges?

[@Rightinfrontofmydietdoctorkelp]

Walmart is the reason why my best friend had a miscarriage. She was at high risk with her pregnancy already and they threatened to fire her if she didn't help them complete unloading truck.

[@yorp.]

​@@RightinfrontofmydietdoctorkelpI'm confused now

[@twotruckslyrics]

@@yorp.i think theyre trying to mock them, for whatever stupid reason

[@arachne4070]

Influencers making ads for big companies will never fail to scare me

[@TurtleZz-zv7yr]

So true

[@lun4r.h4ze]

I was crying laughing everytime I went to KFC when they had jack harlows face on all the cups 😭

[@biccnesse]

the kardashians and Amazon is actually distopian

[@Milk-ck1wv]

I don't personally see the issue? It's just sponsoring? They want to make money and the people they request charlie to join are gonna grab obvious attention. I don't know if I'm a lil deaf on the situation

[@arachne4070]

@@Milk-ck1wv Of course, but I just find it so strange seeing a tiktok star doing something that I would consider more mainstream. I have no issue with it, it's just new to me

[@hannahdykstra1014]

The Irony of the "turn off the cameras" and immediately being hit with an add made me laugh.

[@tendothatoneuglyperson1443]

LITERALLY I JUST GOT HIT WITH IT

[@Goofy_Little_Lad]

NOOOO I got like five in a row😭

[@babeileedwards2333]

same lol

[@sonderfulsable]

im not really mad at the teens, because even with the amount of money they have, they dont have control over that. the company and her manager/dad are the worst here.

[@ashleyrose4975]

Based comment

[@smookiezz]

They’re not teenagers anymore

[@BaldCoryxKenshinfan]

@@smookiezzthey might or might not be but at least they’re not harassing customers or dumping products on the floor. Sure, the tiktok that they made was a little strange but I’ll save my rage for the people who told them to do that in the first place… AKA Walmart ! 😅😭

[@alexanderredhorse1297]

they wont go hungry. materially they are just fine and so should the rest of the world. but because those parasites life is such disgusting unsustainable filth - other children go hungry

[@kindelderson9838]

@@BaldCoryxKenshinfanikr all the ppl mad at the girls have misplaced anger; it’s easier to take it out on them because it’s an easy target, they won’t dare say anything to their overlords(until they quit that job); now I don’t like them either but they aren’t the one’s keeping you poor lol; focus on the real targets.

[@AnnamatopoeiaArt]

As someone who worked at Walmart, before and during the height of the pandemic, it was probably one of the most draining jobs of my life. People look down on you, management is either unable to actually help or apathetic (my boss constantly confused me with my sister even after I SHAVED MY HEAD), I would be so anxious and stressed that I was sick to my stomach almost everyday. I had a day where I was the only person there for 4 departments: produce, meats, non-fresh bakery, and non-fresh deli. This only happened once to me but it is not uncommon. We would be understaffed and then get yelled at if we had too much overtime, so somethings had to be rushed or not get done, which we would get in trouble for. I was lucky enough to have the ability to quit after I had enough money to get through college (not without loans of course) but there are many people that can't.

[@AnnamatopoeiaArt]

Also in the training they literally had an anti-union section! 🙃

[@crowqueenamps]

I'm so sorry. My mom worked at Walmart for 7 years, and she was constantly working three sections. She was constantly drained, stomach pain from stress, and frustrated that they were slowly weaseling her down to only 28 hours a week yet expected 40 hours of work. I'm so frustrated as well since they are the only large grocery store in our area, so we have to shop there even now. I hate that underpaying and overworking is so normalized in the service industry.

[@aj-pb2qv]

I’m a cart pusher at Walmart rn. Ong more draining than my fast food jobs (walking 10+ miles a day)

[@bish_puddin]

I’m scared of the workers at Walmart lol. They’re mean

[@AnnamatopoeiaArt]

@@aj-pb2qv Goodluck! I would always see you guys flying around when I was working and wondered how you kept going. Hope someday you can get promoted to customer on good terms!

[@simanurates5365]

Right after your bit with the "hope that this video hits the 8 minute mark so that we can run as many ads as possible" I got an ad 😂😂😂😂

[@Wargthorne102]

Same lol

[@Rebirth._]

i love how creators can choose where to put ads so they can do horrifically comedic things like this

[@dialovesramen]

Samee😭

[@origami6479]

i got 2 at once

[@raquiolinha2507]

I didn't.... Oh well, maybe I'm just a privileged, pretentious European

[@msthecommentator2863]

Always remember: for every heinous child star, there's typically a bigger, more heinous parent behind them pulling on the strings. Wal-Mart and other companies that do this junk are also totally tone deaf in these situations, maybe run your "for the people" ads past someone who actually works for a living before peddling it out.

[@Kherdella]

👏🏼

[@carnival3429]

Heinous? She’s just advertising her popcorn…

[@rachelk4805]

Or better yet, the Waltons could spend their millions of dollars paying a living wage to the people who made them that profit, instead of on tone deaf advertising.

[@stupid_fridge]

​@@carnival3429no one's explaining it to you again watch the video

[@jasmineelhilali9152]

​@@carnival3429well yeah, how do you describe a rich person dressing up as a minimum wage worker while also sponsorizing to make even more money? It's heinous mockery at best

[@nint357]

Drew Gooden made a very good point some years back on Charli and the D'Amelios in general and it mirrors the points made in the vid so completely, it's kinda sad nothing changed. But yeah as far as I recall there was one moment in their reality series where Charli's entire year was put in colour matched binders in front of her and she was sitting while she was given a run down of all the activities she was contractually obliged to do, and she went "that's more than I thought it'd be" or something like that. It was actually heart breaking how this girl is literally the golden goose for her family who'll stop at nothing to maintain this lavish lifestyle their daughter bought from them. Thing is we don't even know how much this entire thing has messed with her head, and it's bound to. She got too rich too fast and her parents haven't exercise restraint for anything, no matter how badly it exposes their child

[@steph15036]

genuinely their parents should be in jail. it absolutely will not happen, especially now since their children are legal adults, but i can dream. i just can’t imagine using my child as my “golden goose” and then further monetizing their mental breakdown due to being used as a golden goose on a hulu reality show. it makes me sick to my stomach.

[@leileyaravencroft]

​@@steph15036We have seen it happen far too many times. A good example is Macauley Culkin. At 8, he was expected to pay his family's bills which is why he emancipated himself.

[@austinbrooks2982]

It’s giving mild Britney

[@lavenderd3003]

yeah i saw that video but the comments were still being cruel to them despite him showing scenes where I think chair was literally opening up about how bad her mental health was :c

[@alim.9801]

That's so sad dude. It's easy to be mad at her and her family but yknow I hope she's actually doing ok

[@thewallmonster]

this is why I love watching your videos, they go deeper into the problems and provide more perspectives on a topic that has been lightly brushed already, making this content much more enjoyable than those (in my opinion).

[@camilaa8028]

Honestly I fully blame her parents. I didn’t watch the d’amelio show but I watched a video on how horrible it was. Dixie was basically verbally and mentally abusing Charli while her parents either ignored it or justified her sister’s actions. It’s clear they don’t see charli as a daughter more than a money-maker for the family, and that’s probably why they did the ad, cause they were getting paid. It’s sad to see

[@arianaskocz9280]

Which video was it that you watched? And I totally agree with you, it sucks that charli constantly praises them & acts like they’re the best parents in the world like either she’s pretending or she’s genuinely brainwashed

[@camilaa8028]

@@arianaskocz9280 it’s a video by greenisnotnick, it was posted about three weeks ago

[@ily-babybink]

ive seen dixie be totally dismissed by her parents while over praise charli. its a dog eat dog world in that house

[@MainlySpoons]

I don’t know much about the D’amelio family, but it’s important to remember that Charli is an adult and is capable of making her own decisions. Her parents are definitely responsible for her exploitation, but they’re (probably, again I don’t actually know much about the family, I could be totally wrong ) not the ones signing contracts on her behalf. She should be held responsible for what she signs on to such as in this case

[@hydrofrolicwildflower3393]

Just because she’s legally an adult? I don’t think so lol

[@biancavelez1588]

I went to middle school with Dixie. Even back then Dixie and Charli's parents were parading them around. I remember MLK Jr. day at our middle school, and their parents pulled Charli out of ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that day so she could come to our middle school so she and her sister can put on a sponsored performance during a school assembly to celebrate MLK Jr. There was no other student performances, it was literally just them. Dixie was singing 'Girl on Fire', as Charli was dancing to her singing in the background (I could not tell you what it even had to do with MLK Jr. 💀) Even back then, their parents were horribly tone deaf and had no problem pushing their kids around to get them into any spotlight.

[@three_frogs_in_a_trench_coat]

Damn

[@HaleyOnTheRocks]

What the hellllllllll

[@moqimonster]

thats actually horrid. im sorry but if there were any people in the crowd who saw MLK as an insparation or a hero, i dont think theyd want two overpaid, puppeted teenage dancers singing "girl on fire" at a middle school

[@kaplingnag7267]

i actually feel so bad for them now like its obvious their parents shaped them into being who they are and I dont think its going to get any better now that theyre famous either

[@Eatwinks]

Parents fault. Not the kids

[@renny9631]

4:05 they. Cannot. Be serious. I laughed so hard at this it’s not even satire.😭

[@tkaotic]

Ok when it comes to Lana Del Ray she worked in a Waffle House in my home town so I have a few more details on how it went down. She was pressured into doing it - she didn’t ask and didn’t suggest it. Workers printed out a name tag on the spot and had her deliver a coke to a regular. She was a great sport and was honestly just having a good time like everyone else. Not a promo shot in the slightest. I think that’s the biggest difference

[@lavenderd3003]

ah thank you! i saw an article about how she decided to help the staff or something but something irked me about the way the manager posted photos and her captions. i just thought i must be vibing it wrong T^T

[@staticturbulence]

i love lana ❤️

[@deimoskaischylos]

Walmart is a horrific, evil company, but that’s not shocking news. I finally quit and willingly lost my apartment rather than remain. Our team that brought out pallets for us to stock would let chemicals leak all over food and management refused to do anything about it. Just got sick of dealing with that.

[@hollydawn07]

Ours has rats and the produce manager was just like “put the fruit back on display” they literally don’t care 😅

[@queendee8809]

@@hollydawn07I remember my store had rats and when I went to tell management they told me not to say it too loud and disrupt customers🫠🫠🫠

[@deimoskaischylos]

@@hollydawn07 They really don’t. I waited a year for results. Nothing. Filed an ethics thing, it judged that I clearly want an open door complaint instead and changed it. Still did it, nothing. Emailed ethics after calling them did nothing. They told me to call a nearby marketing person. After two weeks, they finally called me back, missed them. Took another two weeks to reach them again. They then missed multiple callbacks they said they’d do. I have no idea how the company functions.

[@cdevine9459]

Yeah I’ve found moldy and rotting food on display at my local Walmart. It’s extremely frustrating given that most people choose to shop at Walmart because it’s what they can afford. The fact they have to settle with limited/bad produce is a awful…

[@deimoskaischylos]

@@cdevine9459 This may be wild to hear, but it started being so common for me to find moldy BEEF JERKY in our boxes of new product to stock. Like, how?! You had one job!

[@idkimnotgoodatthis]

9:00 not only Europeans, Latin American here, school lunch debt is a concept I discovered a couple months ago and I still can't believe that's real...

[@corahtheskeleton8062]

Canadian here, didn't know that was a thing either until I started watching American youtubers, what an insane concept.

[@Scared_of_beans_spaceboy]

I FORGOT CHARLIE EXSISTED XD

[@ilyizzy]

SAME

[@Something125_]

SAME

[@Corgi_Donut]

SAME

[@Doggie-wl5et]

OMG ME TOO💀💀💀💀

[@ParasiteSignal666]

LMAO

[@DanPantzig]

I work at a Walmart, and this ad is simultaneously infuriating and hilarious. I wish they had to actually do the job, any job in the store really, for an entire shift. That'd wipe those smiles off their faces.

[@gosiakawecka6178]

If that was on the contract they would never agree to do it💀💀💀 they are too good after all, we should b grateful they even graced such a place as walmart with their presence🤩🤩😩😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@Milk-ck1wv]

​@@gosiakawecka6178I don't think the forced young famous teenagers might be that obnoxious

[@singingofsilver]

They should be added to that post someone made about a reality TV show where the Kardashians have to work a full-on retail job for two months, and every day are sent another quote from one of them about how 'no one wants to work anymore' and 'why can't people just work harder?' ect.

[@sandwich3044]

It would feel good for us to get to watch it tho lol

[@sadem1045]

Are you that annoyed when someone has a retail job in a movie?

[@Chaos_and_Fluff]

Right after they said turn off the camera at like 7:06 or something I got an ad lol

[@ethankiter9323]

Charlie doesn’t seem like a bad person but her parents are on a whole new level.

[@singingofsilver]

She really does seem like a puppet for them.

[@lizek3515]

yeah she's just totally oblivious to everything and likely because she didn't have a non-influencer childhood thanks to her family

[@Archon_of_Freedom_]

​@@singingofsilverJust like Lil Tay and many, many others. The list just goes on. I think they may still have guardianship over the sisters. I don't think they deserve death threats and bullying, but it's ridiculous what they're doing. They're hurting people. If they're truly being controlled, you'd think they'd go to the police.. but who knows. It could be worse, or they may be doing all of it themselves by their own free will (which would be dumb. Hopefully they're just dumb and not being controlled. If they're being controlled, then that's a whole other story.

[@JasTheSass]

People are usually fine until the money and views come in by the millions. It’s a shame that it was Charlie’s parents who were affected, because Charlie is so young that she won’t get to have normal teenage years anymore living with them.

[@darkinproductions]

No. Charlie is spoiled too.

[@jecoswi]

I can just imagine a tired Walmart minimum wage employee getting to their car hoping their phone and seeing this and just contemplating their whole life because of it

[@Anne-uk6zp]

Well I’m not in my car but I’m in the break room waiting to clock in 😂

[@wherestheparty-crawly]

dawg that is EXACTLY what im doing rn. in my car counting down the seconds until i gotta go back into the freezers also i just hit the sponsor part of the video and my shock skyrocketed. my mouth was literally agape

[@Noahdaz]

​@@wherestheparty-crawlyI got out of those freezers less than an hour ago, all of this is wild

[@wherestheparty-crawly]

@@Noahdaz i got home around 5:30pm and i saw my bf in bed so i crawled in to snuggle, then suddenly i woke up at 7:00am! i slept from shift to shift! i slept for 14 hours!!!!! i fucking teleported back to work 😫

[@Noahdaz]

@@wherestheparty-crawly Feels like I do that at least once a week, feels absolutely dystopian

[@drybones6956]

7:28 drew gooden has a good video on this point when he made commentary on their show

[@sadcaas]

I work at Walmart and my coworker literally died last week on the job. My store manager was more concerned that someone died in her store than the actual death itself. No sympathy. The girl who died told people she wasn’t feeling well, but they still put her in the freezer to organize it. Walmart doesn’t care about its employees. They clocked her out and deleted her out of the system the next day. It’s truly heartbreaking.

[@LushgroveSMP]

wth thats horrible

[@geekgirl_luv4262]

Holy shit that’s horrible. Do you know if they are legally liable for her death because it kind of sounds like they should be. If she wouldn’t have died without them forcing her to continue working, they should be held responsible for that death and I really hope her family is able to take action against them.

[@carrotking123]

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you're okay. At my Walmart we had somebody taken out in an ambulance (they're fine now thankfully) and our manager went around asking all of us when that person started having the medical episode so he could clock them out. Holy shit dude, just give her the (at most) extra hour and pretend to be a human being for once.

[@Rynightx]

Influencers weirdly are drawn to trying to make themselves look “relatable” to their fans, but instead of trying to be realistic to their fans they cosplay low/middle class jobs.

[@anothercub6958]

Yeah. There's a point where you're so rich, you can just not live through the struggles normal people are facing. That's just natural for famous people, but instead of cosplaying being working class, celebrities can relate to their audiences by HELPING the common people where they can.

[@chromachan]

Want to know what’s worse? I watched a video where a KZbinr explained French royalty built an entire village, made their staff dress up as peasants and lived a quaint country life via cosplay. Animals and everything. Sadly, nothing new. When you amass so much wealth you have everything, I guess it’s cool to pretend you have nothing. I’ve worked retail jobs (clothing, supermarket, McDonald’s). I’ve had two jobs just to make ends meet. Never am I rude to people who work these jobs, and I sure as hell face whichever items I’ve taken, and I always put things back where they belong. Overworked, underpaid, under appreciated. That’s what working in retail is, as I’m sure you probably know.

[@N0va_Fr]

​@moxxiesnothereyeah because the Lana del Rey girlies will come after your head with pitchforks and your address printed out if you talk shit about their idol 😂. I mean 90% of them idolize grooming soo

[@elif6908]

@@chromachanWhile the Marie Antoinette’s village is true, it wasn’t a new or even novel thing to have, before or after her. The reason why we talk about it is that; the revolution happened, also because of the writings of French philosophers at the time nobles of the time spent time in those villages, rather than just having it.

[@lavenderd3003]

@moxxiesnothere i read up on it. she wasn't sponsored or anything like that so it wasn't really beneficial to her and she did actually work there at least for a shift I think. no one wouldn't have known about it until the manager posted about it on her facebook (which was where all the photos came from I think) which kind of irked me considered someone who lived there said they basically pressured lana into doing it.

[@Lalikaki-es7ug]

I'm brazilian and I'm learning english, thank you for making videos so easy to understend, I don't need subtitles all the time, it makes me happy, your youtube chanel its really cool ❤

[@kainepeterson6638]

I wonder if Charli’s family has ever had to deal with a Walmart boss telling them that no, your partner attempting and being hospitalized and needing help is not a valid excuse to miss work. I wonder if that ever happened to them. I wonder if they ever got told “no, we won’t take a doctor’s note from the ER” even tho she’s getting cleansing drugs pumped into her body after having her stomach pumped because she took enough Tylenol to kill a horse and the only reason she’s alive is because you recognized she OD’d. I wonder if they ever got fired because of a points system they maxed out because of their partner needing support and round the clock care because they attempted? I wonder if their manager ever punched them for leaving the largest and most profitable store on the planet “hanging” when you did your duty and called in every day because no way are you going to leave your person in the hospital alone after the attempted. And then fired them. I wonder if the ever worked at a grocery store and were forced to work 3pm-11pm night shift for three year even after begging to be put on day shifts? I wonder if they’ve ever truly struggled in their lives.

[@ulhi7564]

I think you don't have to wonder about most of these things. I'm sorry for the hand you were dealt and hope things are better. However it's impossible for anyone to figure out if they did struggle. Especially the aspect that Charlie was given the caretaker role most likely screwed with her life. Sure it's a different struggle, but nonetheless a struggle. The people I don't have empathy for though are her parents, since they were the adults and theoretically capable of making sound decisions regarding Charlie's "job" from the start. I'm also angry at the supervisors and the whole organisational structure that didn't protect you when you needed it. There are far too many situations people are in today that are physically and mentally harmful, even though it does not need to be like this. ❤

[@unnknownnn_]

those girls always grew up well off & stable & now they’re even more praised & overpaid. doubt they’ve went through any struggles as severe as those struggling to even get by with 2 jobs.

[@AngelCat748]

Jesus christ that's horrible. I am very sorry that happened to you. I hope your partner is better and you find a good paying job. Walmart really needs to be shut down at this point, or even have a lawsuit filed against them for this kind of old timey factory behavior against workers rights! This is not okay!

[@toreeyaki]

oh no dw, sometimes Dixie doesn't want to be happy so she's cleeeearly struggling I'm so sorry that all happened to you though. I hope life is going better for you. ❤

[@arshiyaamreen5808]

I am so sorry you went through all of this. I hope things are better for you now.

[@quinlanivans1694]

Love how realistic you are. You haven't lost sight of who greases the golden wheels of creators. Respect is mandatory.

[@DraconicDuelist]

0:30 Ahahahhahaha! I work at a Walmart. Those things have been shifted around to 3 different shelves so far. I doubt we've sold more than a dozen bags, and the morning stock manager was _pissed_ at them ranting about how she hates them. Not because she tried them, but because nobody cares about them enough to buy them and thus get them off the shelves and out of our way.

[@krissycats1]

My fiancé worked at Wal-Mart for 8 years and hated it with a passion. It got to the point where he admitted to me that practically every morning he woke up he would think "damn I didn't die in my sleep." I usually couldn't care less what "celebrities" do but seeing this child who has never had to scrape by in life act like working in retail is just fun and games feels all kinds of wrong.

[@shenhya]

i definitely agree with this but can we please not assume what she went through. we don’t know her personally, so we have no right to assume

[@krissycats1]

@qajaqie that's fair, I definitely don't know her personally or what she's had to do. Granted, the early videos of her starting out on tiktok don't make it seem as though her parents were struggling before her fame. Either way, the whole marketing strategy of dressing up as underpaid employees for a day was in bad taste no matter who came up with the idea.

[@CuteAnimalVideos2580]

when it gets to that point then maybe change jobs? I know there is rent to pay etc etc but you only have ONE mental health

[@krissycats1]

@jojo-xh5ik he did, thankfully. His new job isn't perfect by any means, but likes it better than Walmart.

[@roryquinn8257]

​@jojo-xh5ik tbh quitting your job is just a bandaid solution on a bullet wound. no matter where you go they'll treat you just the same as walmart, and people still need to work at Walmart. you can quit that job or whatever but someone's gonna need to fill in your place and they're just gonna get mistreated too, it's a bad cycle that's issue is rooted in walmart abusing it's employees

[@Pinoygirl981]

My dad worked night shifts at Walmart when I was a kid. And while he never complained, I could tell it was absolutely draining for him. He tried his very best to provide for us and still be present as a dad. He’s honestly the best dad anyone could ask for and it’s crazy that wealthy influencers think it was a good idea to do this when the reality is so much bleaker 😢

[@Ilikebugsiguess]

3:42 idk but froggies face is terrifying right here.

[@abbi8807]

as a Walmart employee on her break, thank you for highlighting my struggles of hearing the ad every day

[@rosepetalsinthefog7103]

Right there with you it’s painful 🫡

[@emilyb.8219]

I thank god every day I could quit walmart last year and no longer have to hear walmart radio... made me actually insane some days

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Im praying you have a relatively stress free work week ❤️ you guys deserve more

[@proud.delusion.enjoyer]

Me currently :/

[@editsbycam1143]

feel your pain :’)

[@positivenyx]

I worked at Walmart for a little under a year. Horrid hours, horrid with scheduling, horrid when it comes to having health complications/family issues. $14 an hour to load groceries in people’s cars during rain, blizzards, and insufferable heat. Charlie should work there for a month like an actual employee and see if she is still smiling while swiping groceries. I have cried in the bathroom so many times there.

[@whatamidoing4890]

did you work in omni too? i didn't last 5 months there before I burnt out during my shift so hard a CUSTOMER almost called 911 for me. i have so many stories from that layer of hell. like how they gave us water so cheap that it poisoned the entire omni department so badly people were literally vomiting and shitting themselves.

[@positivenyx]

@@whatamidoing4890idk if it was different but ours was called OGP to load groceries for people. We just took water from the aisles and marked it down as waste because the other water was shit. It has been horrible before though, we’ve had department wide sickness and we couldn’t find any coverage so everyone in there was sick and dying and interacting with customers still

[@whatamidoing4890]

@@positivenyx we used to do that for our water but then the managers put a stop to it and gave us that cheap water that made everyone sick. i guess the ceo needed an egg mcmuffin to eat on his yacht so we couldn't spare to get a 3 dollar case of water every week anymore.

[@TheActualHelloKitty]

uh be honest please, i didn’t know how bad walmart was and applied. should i just not accept the job if i get it?

[@FallenNephilimTeukie]

​@@TheActualHelloKittyif you accept a job there, just know they will not work with you if any health issues arise/worsen. I made them well aware of my health issues and they said they could work with me. That barely lasted a few weeks.

[@songbirdsystem1465]

I worked at Walmart only for a few months and it genuinely sucked. You were only allowed 3 or 4 sick days for the ENTIRE YEAR and after that you were fired. 11 hour shifts as a cashier was hell. Especially being chronically ill.

[@AzazelGrimshadow]

I was fired from walmart for taking a BOTTLE of WATER from the "customer cooler" when it was 112 degrees outside. I had a heatstroke. And no, they did not bother to refill the sad little lunchbox cooler with more water for employees.

[@isitatiger]

What's a customer cooler? You mean the sales floor? I honestly don't even care about shoplifting from walmart - feel free - but that kinda sounds like you just opened something from the sales floor and drank it cause you were hot when there's a water fountain by the restrooms in like every walmart I've ever been in. Can't get mad about being fired for "light shoplifting when hot."

[@SourdoughHyena]

I know this is late but I'm so sorry you got fired. Wishing you the best of luck in your other jobs

[@oxxn111]

@@isitatiger its just one water bottle

[@themoon9823]

@@isitatigerWhen I worked at Walmart the customer cooler was just free water that was given to customers at grocery pickup. So it was free water

[@pensivesoprano1637]

I appreciate the take. Not just "some influencer did a tone-deaf ad" but looking at what is wrong with the whole picture. Thank you for the depth

[@pixel.faerie]

just want to say your personality is seriously so engaging and i love your videos so much for that and actually getting the point of these situations and not just sharing the drama!!

[@Franc1sc0Pant0ja]

I'mma be honest, you're the first influencer talks about these kinds of ads. I'm so impressed. I was shocked up first but you know what can't deny

[@vortexraa]

I mean everyone has been talking about it

[@Franc1sc0Pant0ja]

@@vortexraalol I guess so haven't seen it it likely just surprised me

[@Jordan-jv1tz]

75% of the time I'm watching your videos BECAUSE you specifically put a little timer on it I actually watch the ad so thank you for doing that

[@PhoebethePhoenyx]

GREAT VIDEO!! You fit a lot of loaded material into a very concise and well put package. Thank you

[@LillyRose.creates]

I love how everyone understands that while Charlie isn’t excused per say, we know she was launched into popularity as a *kid* and thats tough on anyone.

[@j68715]

And her parents are monsters aggressively exploiting their daughters for personal fame and fortune. Charlie is starting to remind me of Britney Spears during her conservatorship being told "get on stage and dance!" I'm not a fan and don't understand why she's famous but I know exploitation when I see it.

[@EIdol-x2r]

@@j68715or jojo siwa while I barely know anything about her I do know she was also exploited as a kid.

[@Emerald__Storm]

Getting a walmart ad as a midroll is probably the most ironic thing I'll see this week

[@trilobite3120]

0:04 Is that a reference to the guy who wrote revolutionary papers from his bathtub?

[@robloxgirlwithadog]

Yep

[@The_lamb_sauce]

The….wot

[@iamacatperson7226]

​@@The_lamb_sauceIt was a French guy around the time of the French revolution, he had some skin condition which confined him to his bathtub. Can't remember his name for the life of me, but he was a fan of all the head pikings if I remember correctly

[@myr-onl]

@@iamacatperson7226 name is Jean-Paul Marat

[@shadowmusic12]

YES! I studied 2 paintings of him in art hoatory. He was actually murdered

[@zljmbo]

as someone who works for LELO watching your ad for my company gives interesting layers of irony and parallels with Charlies story with Walmart. I recently realized they pay influencers for few minutes of ad read probably more than I get for a month worth of work. you can work 184 hours or read couple of lines so it's pretty understandable why influencers would have distorted perspective on jobs and money, or why children strive to get to this position.

[@maddieb.4282]

I can guarantee you that FFB makes far closer to your income than they do to Charli’s. Not to mention they actually do work hard

[@Moonlight_Shad0w]

Recently realized? Girl, isn't it common knowledge now how marketing works?

[@elif6908]

I would argue that influencers pay with their privacy and accessibility, also saying that you can just get a payment by reading a sentence is a bit much isn’t it? While of course the physical efforts are not the same to become known enough to get sponsorships you have to put effort to what you do and be successful at it.

[@steph15036]

idk why people are trying to refute your point or argue with you when we JUST watched a video about how unethical the entire influencer-giant company relationship is. you didn’t say anything negative or untrue about FFB, and i think FFB would 100% agree with your comment. it IS fucked up that companies will not pay their workers their true value, but their marketing budget is seemingly endless. i don’t read this comment as a criticism of FFB, more of a realization: none of of can escape the capitalism grind, all we can do is try our best to support the absolute worst companies as little as possible, and try to help other humans as much as possible❤️

[@zljmbo]

@@steph15036 thank you much, when I saw people responded to my comment I thought I came across as rude. I was literally one of the first people that watched this video as soon as it was posed, I am big fan I ringed the bell I was thinking about joining frogs Patreon, I am really not a hater from any angle. This moment was just... ironic, almost funny yet I am not laughing. It's about the whole system not about content creators

[@deadamoree]

7:01 the fact an ad ran for me is funny as hell

[@Bluecirclesfromthesky]

Same 😭

[@Potatwa_chipzz]

CAME HERE TO SAY THAT LOL

[@MrsFogle1]

same XD

[@nikol_black1102]

Same😂

[@hellfoxwolf14]

Same

[@YOHIOLOlD]

Kali I love your content so much! I’ve been a fan since 100k subs everytime i have a horrible hellish day of school I love hopping onto KZbin and watching your content! You make my horrible days 10x better with your content :D

[@ArtsieM]

Whenever I’m unhappy I watch your videos and laugh uncontrollably 😂

[@chick-a-roo4860]

Aww, I hope you’re feeling happy now 🥹 Have a great day, and take care of yourself

[@ArtsieM]

@@chick-a-roo4860 thank you!

[@sevenelo9969]

The lelo sponsor is just

[@kyleag86]

@@sevenelo9969🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️ gotta make that sponsor money

[@Kristyle187]

Right?! Like, jeeeezus, this has been the worst year of my 36 years on this earth thus far, and circumstances continue to just SHIT all over me with no end in sight. And yet… there’s NOTHING on this earth that can stop my face from breaking into a shit-eating grin every time I see that my dear FunkyFrog has uploaded a new video.

[@alex_2342]

some celebrities are so entitled for no reason, and it's so easy not to do stuff like this that just looks down on less fortunate people, and it's so annoying

[@sadem1045]

The D'Amelio girls are barely legal. You're whining about the wrong people.

[@tb1945]

For the longest time I’ve been looking for a comfort creator. You are absolutely wonderful and am so proud of your growth you so rightly deserve. You are so genuine and have such a unique point of view! Love you, Funk! 💚

[@karinkier2503]

I work at Walmart and this crap happens everyday. Management is on tiktok themselves. While us peons work our asses off. And customers wonder why we are so rude.

[@chromachan]

I want you to know I’ve worked these jobs too, I’ve moved on to better employment but I’ve never forgotten. I appreciate you and how much work you do!! Keep your chin up.

[@stormbr1nger194]

when a walmart employee is rude to me, i dont say anything. just smile and nod. cuz damn if anyone deserves it its you.

[@LizaGrace97]

If I walked into Walmart to clock in and start my shift and saw THIS, I'd leave. Imagine being the actual employees at this store and watching 2 girls basically make fun of your job directly in front of you, they already don't get paid enough so they DEFINITELY don't get paid enough for that shit

[@ControversyCupcake]

Reminds me of pacifica northwest

[@Ur_local_leopard]

9:05 I’m British and I have people in my school who are in debt after paying for their food in the canteen. We do have hot meals here it just differs in each school

[@Gl1tt3rL1pZ]

Got kinda caught offgaurd going from talking abt famous ppl cosplaying as the working class to what you pleasure yourself with 4:46

[@simpleforlife123asmr5]

same

[@ratlily21]

They always have so many of those kind of sponsorships it gets awkward

[@Starzy_Under_The_Stars]

OMG SAME I LITERALLY STARTED TALKING TO THE DAMN AIR I WAS FLABBERGASTED

[@levbriel]

​@@ratlily21 yeah, but they are meant for adults, it's an adult channel. I really wish they didn't have SO many so I could show my mom their videos, but it is what it is

[@drewjay8940]

9:02 THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT. I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOREVER. Anyone who responds to US problems with "well, WE don't have that problem!" Needs to get their head out of their ass. The United States isn't at war with Russia, but it would be horribly inappropriate to tell a Ukranian person to simply stop having war in their country. See how unproductive and condescending that is?

[@kajamatousek247]

I mean how do you expect other countries to fix your problems ? We're barely keeping our own ship above water and the US hasn't been known to be very friendly to things outside of their borders. Pleading for help from the international community would be like if the school bully suddenly changed tunes and started asking the kids he bullied for help because his home life aint going so great

[@drewjay8940]

@@kajamatousek247 I don't expect other countries to fix our problems and I never asked them to.

[@Cec9e13]

​@@kajamatousek247ok, how about the analogy of someone grousing about their sprained ankle and someone else goes "Well MY ankle isn't sprained, stop stepping in holes!"

[@dreamingofthemoon]

As an European I 100% agree. Just because we dont have that problem doesn't mean we should feel smug over it. It’s not the fault of the majority of Americans

[@Someone-ui5uk]

As a European I agree. Western Europeans are so selfish online it pisses me off because they’re the same ones saying that Americans are « too much patriotic »

[@Doginasuit453]

4:31 from personal experience 💀💀💀💀

[@レーバーマ]

yeah well most adults do have these sort of toys, it’s completely normal and not weird at ALL. it’s only for pleasure, there’s nothing wrong with that.

[@allisonneiheiser5913]

"No need to tell the frog the water's warm when he's already being boiled alive" that is amazing I have no words other than I love that

[@yasaminwhy8212]

No better treat after a turbulent 11-hour flight than a Funky Frog video!

[@ADUMBWCFANandSNCFAN]

6:53 "and turn off the camera-" *Ad plays*

[@olivervelleux2664]

As someone who is dealing with some scary life stuff I would like to thank you for bringing a smile to my face.

[@gogobeast99]

I hope things get better for you :)

[@thepinkelephant2520]

Sending good vibes your way I sincerely hope things get better 🍀

[@glendaleegonzalez9913]

I hope you're doing well.

[@moonycat]

I really appreciate you addressing the bigger issue in the second half of the video. It's easy to see the surface issue and go crazy over it, but there are larger things at play here

[@maskmarvin803]

Not even a minute in and "Be Happy Snacks" sounds fucking dystopian

[@dogearflopper7011]

You've EXPLODED in popularity lately, Frogbait. Well-deserved, too. Kudos. 😊

[@voidmatic]

as someone working retail (I say working when I actually was laid off in part due to self checkouts and am currently trying to get another job) it still astounds me just how bad minimum wage vs cost of living is (and I live in canada, so thats not including as much for medical) its insane, and I really love how you talked about how charli isn't the biggest issue - massive corporations are a far bigger concern.

[@SaturnHunter_]

I got an ad right at the end of the ‘this video is ending here’ bit and I thought the video actually ended and applauded the commitment. Then the video continued, which was bewildering

[@opheliamunroe1110]

This kind of thing is why I'm going to try to budget to directly help creators I like - joining the funkyfrog crew over on Patreon soon! - because the platforms any of us find anyone on are NOT doing anything in the creators best interest and many of my favorite creators are constantly taking sponsorship deals with shady companies like HF or BH to pay their bills and teams. It's really stressful to see what being a content creator has become and I kind of hate it. Because YT also wouldn't be ANYTHING without its creators but they are CONSTANTLY dicking y'all over with the algorithm and copyright strikes. Like the copyright strikes are straight up being used to harass creators now so they can't post or monetize a video. I'm seeing people getting their videos delayed and it messing up their upload schedule and that effects the algorithm too. It's honestly evil lmfao* *laughing on the outside but rage screaming on the inside

[@johnwalker1058]

To be clear, is HF = Hello Fresh and BH = Better Help? And yeah, don't even get me started on how many creators I've seen work with companies like Shein for their sponsorships.

[@sewerwat3r]

i tried regrouting my shower two months ago and found out i had black mold growing in the insulation behind it😃 i recommend everyone do it like genuinely

[@MissBlueEyeliner]

Quick aside on the European lunch issue; I’m Irish, it was always BYOlunch and if you wanted anything from the “cafeteria” (a hatch in the wall that sold chicken fillet rolls and cereal bars), you would be paying through the teeth! I went to France on an exchange when I was 14 and was so confused by the full on dinners they got for lunch everyday.

[@HuhWHODIDTHIS]

Woah

[@RanRanRenchan]

What Charlie and Dixie did was very weird and tone-deaf, but I still feel kinda bad for Charlie. We're in the same age group, but it appears that she's being paraded around by her managers and even her family like some kind of commodity... even though she's practically still a child. That doesn't make the stunt any less weird; I just feel a bit bad for her when I see people viciously berate a barely adult who is very possibly being coerced into these decisions by her loved ones. Idk, just how I feel.

[@sussyhilda]

who wants an extra pitchfork? 🍴🍴🍴🍴 (i'm out of pitchforks)

[@wHaleCrumby]

I'll take one of the oversized swords!!

[@luckydount]

​@@wHaleCrumbyhere. You go⚔️⚔️

[@herrforehead]

I'd prefer a Stanley

[@eeng17]

🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🔱 I've got a few swords if anyone wants them

[@luckydount]

@eeng17 💰 give me your best sword good sir or Madam

[@Dodgeydonutreal]

5:07 the timestamp so you can skip the sponsorship

[@chloeruiz6543]

Bruh ofc this pops up after the ad 🤣

[@corig573]

I think they should have made them work on the sales floor on a Sunday, having to go try to find that one item an angry customer wants but for some reason you can just never find...

[@RefreshingSET]

Funky why did you have to make me conscious of their existence again 💀 But then again the way how you present the content and humor balances it out lmao

[@cheesecake7216]

6:46 THE FACT I GOT AN ADD DIRECTLY AFTER THIS BIT JHDHUSHDSUHSDI

[@MMillie93]

It’s so true, Charlie isn’t the problem here, it’s what other people force her to do

[@sm1purplmurderedme583]

saying she’s innocent is stupid and ignorant. she’s an adult

[@haleytruslow7200]

Wow your PR idea was brilliant. WAY better than what they actually did 🙃

[@ryanriggs9963]

The sponsor spots keep reminding me that I'm 100% not the target audience lol.

[@DrawingShoes]

I ACTUALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS ABOUT UNTIL SHE WHIPPED OUT THE THING 😭

[@Giwaku33]

I'm so glad that you openly speak about the real issues here. Yes, what Charlie did was distasteful but the problems lies so much deeper! Also the gratitude from you, when it comes to "normal worklife people" watching you felt great. Maybe there is still hope for the youtube community

[@yolandaponkers1581]

Working retail for a short time made me lose my faith in people. I realized just how horribly some people treat you when they don’t have to be nice.

[@e_umon]

i was NOT expecting that sponsor while I'm studying in class with my teacher who just so happened to bend over to see my work lmao

[@jennoq1311]

Honestly never heard of this girl or her family before but I'd imagine she doesn't pay much attention to social issues such as low wages, rent increases, and school lunch debt, especially when it's not something you have dealt with before. I know I didn't when I was that age. She's just doing what she's paid to do, same as the Walmart employees. She should though, as an apparent influencer, try to educate herself on such things and make better decisions on the content she creates or sponsors she supports. Like you said she could've given every employee free popcorn in the break room or handed out free bags at checkout and might've enjoyed doing it. She should subscribe to Funky Frog and she could learn a thing or two. 😁

[@BakedGoodiesWithTea]

She's sadly forced to do it and her family sucks.

[@seth_i.thinkk]

my day always gets better when funky posts

[@Mj-pq3ur]

Same

[@Doggie-wl5et]

IKRR

[@StinkerMgee-ik6bt]

The video was just posted are you in her house?

[@SleeepySiren]

9:35 the irony of this popping up as I make popcorn

[@Zomb2ie764]

my day is instantly better when funky posts anything

[@seaofsaints]

I love how after funky says "..and turn off the camera!" an ad plays for me 🤣 I don't know if this was intentional but if so, good job funky! love your videos as always.

[@Aada.H]

I just saw this comment and the same happened to me hella funny

[@Onyx-ib4mq]

Same! That just happened to me but it was about the sims 💀💀

[@kodic3945]

SAME I got taco bell😅

[@Chocolate_sims]

10:13 was this a future prediction? Cause I now see people on my fyp taking pictures of themselves and AI makes them dance

[@hitbyatank]

WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS 😭😭😭 4:40

[@strawberry-mews]

Because we all nut

[@sparebird]

literally everybody is... 💀💀

[@hitbyatank]

@@sparebird obviously I didn’t see them… or I wouldn’t have made the comment 😭

[@sparebird]

@@hitbyatank cool 🤯 /lh /j

[@I.am.no.man21]

It's an ad...

[@Boggwaterr]

Agree with a lot of what you said but personally speaking, when I worked at a retail store with self checkouts, we much preferred people to use them. Customers can be extremely rude to us and they aren’t taking our jobs, as we actually have more people on the floor and in the back doing stocking, so our staff are much more happy without having to interact with entitled people. The real issue is actually online shopping, cutting out the store completely, removing managers, cleaners, stockers, facers. Much more than just the cashier.

[@4KUM4_net]

Tell me why I got an ad at 6:59.

[@that1_.weirdo]

Woah me to

[@Tv.Static.System]

Honestly forgot she existed. Excited to watch this!

[@Doggie-wl5et]

ME TOOOOO

[@giovannaa666]

Part of why I love Funky is they always say everything I was thinking and I feel validated and happy our shared opinions can reach an audience

[@TheWallisArchives]

litcherally love your videos, your humor scratches a brain itch for me

[@EVenture_XD]

8:50 im sorry what, did i hear that right, excuse me YOUR TELLING ME AMERICA IS FORCING KIDS PLAY MONOPOLY JUNIOR??? Little Timmie doesnt even know what tax is de fuk?

[@DasigJack]

Yeah in our country there are so many dumb things that I wonder how crazy it looks on the outside. What did I grow up with that actually sucks ass?

[@poeticjustice7371]

I LITERALLY AUDIBLY SCREAMED, this content just boosted my serotonin levels by 3008%

[@hilary8109]

Sweet Lord I'm so grateful that this gal woke up one day & made the selfless decision to share her incredible wit, humour, and insight with the world. It truly feels like a gift. This channel never ceases to get a chuckle out of me, even on the worst days! ❤