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46 People Who Had The Misfortune Of Crossing Paths With Entitled Karens
No matter how kind or polite you are, every once in a while you’re bound to run into someone who, for no reason at all, goes out of their way to be rude. Whether it’s a minor inconvenience or full-on drama, one thing’s certain, they’ll ruin your day. Online, these people have earned a name: Karens.
And of course, Redditors have no shortage of stories about their run-ins with them. Below, we’ve gathered some of the most patience-testing encounters people have shared. Scroll down to read them all—and maybe vent a little, too.
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#1
Best Karen story: I used to be a butcher and was having a really stressful day at work last year around Thanksgiving time,when my mom stopped into my store because she was in the neighborhood and on a whim decided to bring me my favorite food: Lamb Rogan Josh and a Mango Lassi. It made my day
My mom's name is Karen
She is not a Karen
Kitty Smith 4 weeks ago
I don't know if it's an American thing but every Karen I've met here has been lovely.
AuspiciousTree283 3 weeks ago
They are lovely. The internet just loves to stereotype it.
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Catharina Geerts 3 weeks ago
It seems a modern thing. Somebody does something extremely bad -(or stupid/crazy/funny) and than when somebody does a similar thing they give him/her the name of the person who did it first. Like when somebody is very clever, they say he/she is an Einstein. That's the positive side :D
Karen Lyon 3 weeks ago
There are a lot of what I've seen called "Anti-Karens" out there. I've never done the bratty Karen behavior, myself.
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#2
Once upon a time, on the train, a young man tried to travel from A to B without a ticket. I politely informed him that this wouldn't work, he needed to buy a ticket with a surcharge or we'd be saying a sensitive goodbye at the next station. The young man immediately went into attack mode and started telling me who he was, that he was somebody important, his mother worked for the railway, and that I wouldn't have to come to work tomorrow. I told him that was fine, but to give me enough notice that I didn't need to come to work, because I'd be really pissed off if I got up early for nothing the next day. The gentleman was put off the train at the next station and, as I later found out, his mother really does work for the railway, she's a waitress at a restaurant.
Seadog 3 weeks ago
Many people refer to the male version as Kevin. I've never known why these 2 names were selected to represent these psycho individuals.
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KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
Lol. She was working as a waitress in a platform bar... (sorry. Not sorry)
#3
She told me off for bringing my daughter to the playground while we were eating ice cream, because her "little son is allergic to dairy, and he'll be sad if he sees the ice cream and can't have any".
Breadcrumb. 4 weeks ago
There's dairy free ice cream, and popsicles, and also not her problem.
Mike F 4 weeks ago
But the WORLD has to do without frozen treats because her kid can't eat it.
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Angela Corvaia 4 weeks ago
I would ask if she drove to the playground and if she said yes, then response should be "You can't do that because I don't have a car and it makes me sad."
SheamusFanFrom1987 4 weeks ago
My savage behind will be ordering another cone, but that's just me. It may be out of spite, but man, nothing will ever taste as good as spite cream... -_-
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
"My son is allergic to entitled a******s, and so he'll be quite disgusted if he sees you."
SnifflyMango04 4 weeks ago
"I can't enjoy [thing] so no one can have it near me". Very much main character syndrome, sheesh
JL 4 weeks ago
She probably lays down spike strips on the ends of her street so the ice cream man can't drive by.
Vinnie 3 weeks ago
...and ordered the local grocer to keep ice-cream in a plain brown wrapper, on a high shelf out of reach of children and short adults.
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Cindy Brick 3 weeks ago
Tell the kid not to look. OR her, for that matter. (Politely speaking, of course.)
#4
When I worked at the Home Depot a Karen told me that she didn't want any black men to install her flooring. I was in charge of arranging her order and told her that we don't select which individuals exactly will install her floor and that she'll get who she gets. She proceeds to have a fit about it, demands white installers, asks to speak to my manager.
I'm so glad she did, because my manager's name was Dwayne and he was a real big black dude.
Turns out she didn't want to speak to the manager
Lady Eowyn 4 weeks ago
If I'm hiring, I just want someone competent. That's the only thing that matters.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago (edited)
"Well, ma'am, I'm afraid that special requests require special scheduling. A crew like you want won't be available until February 31, 2078. We'll call the day before to remind you."
Seadog 3 weeks ago
AutoZone, mid 90's. They installed check scanners which basically turns every check into an instant debit charge on your account, same as using a debit card. Black woman goes off on me when HER bank declines HER check, which I politely explained to her but she blamed it on me. I'm of course white male. So the manager steps around the corner and takes over, her attitude changed real quick as he was also black and was clearly in no mood for her BS.
Siege Rook 3 weeks ago
It is at this point I would have refused her service entirely. First off, I'm NOT going to cater to a racist by ceding to their demands, ever, for any reason, NOR would I send my reports/co-workers into such an environment. "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason" is legally valid under certain pretexts, and "Safety" is one of them.
#5
My aunt used to do some embarrassing stuff at restaurants. Her favorite was order something, eat ninety percent of it then insist that it was inedible and absolutely awful and she shouldn't have to pay for it. Apparently back in the day this worked and she would frequently receive free meals. Until one time when it didn't. The waitress looked her dead in the eye and said something along the lines of "you ate it, therefor you will pay for it and I hoped you enjoyed it because this will be the last time you are allowed here."
According to my dad she got super embarrassed, paid and rushed out of there. After tucking her tail and running, her Karen core recharged and she called the restaurant to complain. Not sure if she got the manager or the owner but they essentially told her the same thing as the waitress. Her husband, who had no issues with her scamming places, got mad and wanted to pursue some sort of legal action. Nothing came of it.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
The only available legal action would be a charge of attempted fraud against the Karen.
Seadog 3 weeks ago
If you get past the second bite, there is less than a 1% chance there'll be something wrong that renders an item inedible. I like this one because they clearly have an established rule that anyone demanding a replacement they're not due will not be coming back. That's the way it should be everywhere. People would quickly learn to behave and that the world doesn't revolve around them.
#6
He was a man, but such a Karen...
I was a manager, and they wanted to disconnect the client. Totally justified. He hadn't paid in almost 4 years... He wanted to pay in installments, but the internal rules were that after a certain level of warnings, it wasn't possible anymore.
The point is, the guy first wanted to see a manager. That's where I came in. After the information, he stood up and started yelling. Police... we'll be reported. I tried to calm him down, where he could go, there are state agencies here that provide support, protection, etc...
It was during Covid, by the way.
Then the guy grabbed, recoiled to spit. He needed momentum. Then he realized he was wearing a mask... pulled it down. Spat again, like a cobra. It landed on the plexiglass.
That's when I asked him if he wanted me to go to the other side of the plexiglass so he could spit on me.
He couldn't answer because the security guard had had enough and dragged him out of the office in a chokehold.
He didn't come back to complain!
Skogsrået 4 weeks ago (edited)
Wth is wrong with some people? Spitting on someone cause they won't agree to your crazy demands? I'm glad they got dragged away in a chokehold by a security guy.
Emilu 3 weeks ago
Some people are fucking ferals. Serves them right if they're dragged away.
Load More Replies... Cuppa tea? 3 weeks ago
Just effing love when people starts to complain after theirs service is disconnected due to failure to pay for months. Depending on company policy it could be up to 6 months. Like you wouldn't check your account from time to time? Surely, you had financial difficulties - just let us know, we can work out something. After you are cancelled, no company will work with you - pay up in full. The number of time this is happening is astounding.
ispeak catanese 3 weeks ago
During Covid there were stories of people purposely spitting and coughing on others in the US. SMH
Plentyofoomph 4 weeks ago (edited)
What are you not getting here? The story is very straightforward. Customer was told they couldn't do something. They wanted to complain and were going to spit on OP. They forgot they were wearing a mask, and spit into that, then removed it and spat on the plexiglass divider between themselves and OP.
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Man Karen: bought a PC Star Wars Battlefront, in 2015 and comes back the next day to get his money back immediately, saying this doesn't work. Did he activate the code? Don't take me for a fool? I said we can't take back PC games if the code's been activated. Well, he'd already tried activating it with his IT expert friend, the code's no good, it won't download, it won't run, and besides, he's got a law degree and he's gonna sue us. This went on for five minutes. I said thanks, but we still can't take it back, but let's have a look, show me what you activated?
He takes one of the two papers from the box and shows me: this. I look at it: I said, this is the pre-order DLC code. Look, here's the PC activation code, it even says so right here, this is what you need to activate.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
If all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Lee Gilliland 3 weeks ago
One of your fastest lessons is that they who brag about degrees rarely actually perform their functions
moggiemoo 3 weeks ago
I have a degree, I stopped putting it on my CV as it seemed irrelevant and actually stopped me getting work, they'd say I was overqualified.
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Luke Branwen 4 weeks ago
I'm kinda peeveed that the post talks about Battlefront but the pic is KoTOR 😆
Seadog 3 weeks ago
I love it when people threaten to sue the store of a corporation. That's not even possible. You have to sue the company and you have to speak to their legal team, not the store or their lowly workers. Been there, the guy didn't know what to say when faced with the facts, he also was no lawyer, if he was he'd know who to contact and he sure wouldn't have been calling the store 30 minutes after the idiot left. He also said "I'm the attorney for (customers name)". I didn't get as far as telling him claiming to be a lawyer is a felony.
#8
Worked as a bank teller. I was there maybe a month. This lady comes in. Says she wants to withdraw some cash. I said ok no problem. Just insert your bank card and punch in your code.
"I lost it. And need a replacement too."
"That's no problem. I need some I.D. and if you sign this I can verify your signature."
Big sigh.
"No. Im sick of this. Every time I come here its a new teller. This has been my bank for years!"
"I just started here last month and I have never helped you before so I can't circumvent procedure."
"I don't care."
"So you don't want me to verify your identity before I take money out of your account and give it to you?"
I just sat there staring until she gave in.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
But it is funny when the bank teller greets me by name, tells me about the last time my wife was in, asks me if we enjoyed our cruise last month, and then demands to see identification to prove who I am.
#9
There was an older but actively aggressive woman who kept calling me by mistake, I guess she wrote down the wrong number. For God's sake, she didn't understand that I'm not Ferenc Horváth... she did this on a daily basis. By the way, I'm a woman...
Tucker Cahooter 4 weeks ago
If it was happening repeatedly they should have said after the third time "Yes, Ferenc Horvath speaking!" and see where it led
General Anaesthesia 4 weeks ago
Have you thought about an extended warranty?
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StrangeOne 4 weeks ago
My number is very similar to HandiTransit in my city. The amount of times I got called by one lady looking for HandiTransit was getting ridiculously annoying, but I guess when you're old and disabled it happens. So, I used my voice mail greeting to redirect people to HandiTransit and reminding them this is my personal cellphone. I still get random numbers calling every now and then, but not as often. Seems to have worked.
Rick Murray 4 weeks ago
I had a doddery old guy keep calling me who was very apologetic, said he must have entered the number incorrectly...and then called right back. After the fourth time I answered the phone with a certain Rick Astley song being played into it. It took *seven* calls and to the chorus the final time before he understood that whatever number he had was just plain wrong. 🤦🏻♀️
Seadog 3 weeks ago
I've had a medical office call our business twice that I know of. This medical office isn't even anywhere near us. Same sate, yes but something like 5 hours away. I personally have told them twice they have a business and we're nowhere close to them and their patient has never worked here or even conducted business with us.
ROSESARERED 3 weeks ago
I would have called her back on a video call I've had to do this when some guy believes I'm a 'chick' ge spoke to at a night club, and won't believe I'm in my 50s, solved the problem
#10
Once, a customer wrote in the complaint book because one of the entrances wasn't working, and on the sign that said "Dear Customers!" we wrote "customers" with a lowercase letter... bUt YoU sHoUlD wRiTe It WiTh A cApItAl LeTtEr
#11
I've only encountered one up close in the wild. I was at a Petco to get my dog's nails cut down and she was mad at an employee because they wouldn't groom her dog without rabies vaccine records. Even though they tell you that you need them when you book the appointment.
She put her little rat dog on the counter and refused to take it off, then berated the poor groomer girl for a few minutes. Ended with her calling the groomer a jerk and storming out.
I felt so bad for the employee, I was next in line and she was super nice and professional with me even though I could tell she was trying her hardest not to burst into tears. It just confounds me that some people can get so worked up and be so mean over things that really don't matter at all.
Mother Lunatic 4 weeks ago
The way I would have punted that little yappy yoke out the door......and then placed the dog beside where she landed...
Bec 4 weeks ago
Little rat dog? Get angry at the Karen, sure, but lay off the vicious description of a small dog. They're as beautiful and loving as big dogs. Karen.
Emilu 3 weeks ago
Right? It's not the dog's fault they're owned by a jerk.
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Not an exact re-enactment but it went something like this.
I was stocking a shelf and a bag of sweets fell on the floor.
Some guy: it fell, pick it up
Me: sure, once my hands are free (I still have merchandise in my hands while it's happening)
Guy: pick it up.
Me: (hands still full) yeah will do asap, no worries
Guy: I said pick it up at once! You lazy piece of s**t
Me: ????
Guy: if I were the store manager I'd fire you right on the spot
Me: I'm sorry sir, but you're not my manager
Guy: I own a store
Me: not this store
Guy: walks off in a huff
Guy's wife who was apparently watching the whole thing: yeah your behaviour is unacceptable and I'd totally get you fired.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
"Some spread joy wherever the go - others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde
Amused panda 3 weeks ago
Should have asked which store. Just so you knew never to consider ever applying there.
KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
"I am the store manager ... [best Peggy Mitchell voice] GET OUT OF MY STORE!!! "
michael Chock 3 weeks ago (edited)
I am guessing his store didn't have high employees retention
Lila Allen 3 weeks ago
Has it been a while since you worked customer service. Because this sounds like a typical day anywhere in the US
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Ugh, I was the Karen, unfortunately.
I was uploading documents for an OTP online loan application, and they sent it back for resubmission a second time. I misunderstood them, I thought my bank statement wasn't good enough for them, so I wrote a super arrogant letter saying I also work at a financial company, and it's not true that they won't accept it because it's perfect for income verification, and they should know what they're doing.
Then I realized I sent them their general information sheet instead of the statement. Twice.
Kitty Smith 4 weeks ago
Okay before this incident I'm sure they were such a "delight" to be around, but by the sounds of the post they got the humbling a Karen needs to become human.
Emilu 3 weeks ago
I reckon a lot of us have been, Nik. Difference is that we realise it, not keep doing the same stuff.
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#14
Had a Karen threaten to report me to my manager for talking with other customers I was serving.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
Apparently smoke signals are the standard means of communication there.
Emilu 3 weeks ago
I've also had that when I worked in retail. My manager laughed and was basically like (I am paraphrasing, because I don't recall the exact wording) "good; she's doing her job, then." I had issues with him having my back at some stages, but when we got to know each other better he did have my back, so I thank him for that.
#15
I'm pregnant, and lately, I've been sitting down on the bus because I'm struggling with nausea. Today, I got a really humiliating comment from a woman, saying I was rude because I didn't give up my seat. I even apologized and told her I was pregnant and not feeling well; otherwise, I wouldn't have sat down. She said I was lying because it didn't show. I didn't quite understand what she meant by that. Doesn't show = not pregnant?!
StrangeOne 4 weeks ago
There are lots of invisible disabilities and conditions that a person cannot safely stand on a moving vehicle that may have to stop suddenly.
Vinnie 3 weeks ago
One shouldn't need a doctor's note and very visible evidence to sit down.
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Here in France there's a special disability card for people who have non obvious disabilities. The basic idea being that if some Karine comes over and gets in their face about it, they can wave their "t'ais toi, putain" card and get them to go away. No explanations necessary.
Beffett 3 weeks ago
I read one of those somewhere online. Old guy harassing nauseous pregnant lady that she should give him her seat. Do she did, stood there for a few minutes, then puked right in his lap. Well deserved!!
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Mine was a dude with his kid, while I was working zmedia at Best Buy during the holiday season.
I was cleaning up the area because it was trashed after a monring rush. So as I was putting gaming accessories back on their legs this father with his kid on the cart started looking at stuff. Took GameCube controllers off the peg, looked at it, then threw it down into the base of the shelf. Didn't even try hanging it up.
So I let it be a while. No big. But I kept hearing it. And it was post rush, so I caught up and essentially started cleaning up behind him. He's take memory cards, whatever was on the end cap, look at it, then toss it. Even through a guide book on the floor.
So, I told him to please put it back where he picked them up from. Just sneered at me and said, "F**k you". I was kind of taken aback. But whatever, just kept cleaning up after him.
Then he almost went ballistic because I was following him messing up my department. Started yelling at me. Luckily boss came by and asked what the hell was going on. Dude told my boss that "This idiot's been following me".
Boss said, "Because he's been cleaning up after you, get the hell out".
Man just sneered again, then walked out with his kid. Sneered at me again, and I just shrugged.
StrangeOne 4 weeks ago
Oh Oh I would LOVE to have a boss like that. Better yet, customers should be made to clean up the messes they've made.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
As department head, I had to attend any parent-teacher meeting where a certain principal was to be present. Because otherwise he would never stand up to the parents and always sell out the teacher. The other department heads had to do the same.
Load More Replies... SnifflyMango04 4 weeks ago
Father setting a fantastic example for his son. The boy doesn't stand a chance of becoming a decent human being. Sad.
SheamusFanFrom1987 4 weeks ago
OP is pretty courteous. Personally, I would've smirked their miserable behinds out of the shop (behind the boss' back, of course)... -_-
#17
She didn't get that when printing, we look at the side, not the page, and double-sided printing costs 200 forints, even though it's one sheet. She pulled out all the stops, saying she'd call my boss (who she doesn't even know) and report me to the tax authority (!) etc. In the end, she said she'd write in the complaint book. When I offered it to her, saying "Here you go," she stormed out, offended. It was a magical 20 minutes.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
Not surprising. The pages in the complaint book were probably double-sided, too.
Chich the witch 4 weeks ago
Have to wonder, is it kept beside the shredder?
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#18
I worked in a restaurant. The mom and her daughter brought back the food they bought from the buffet, asking for a refund because the cheese was spicy, the nachos were tasteless, and the popcorn was cold. Yeah, but they ate everything. They practically licked the cheese clean. When I said I couldn't give them a refund for that, they got outraged and wrote in the complaint book.
Seriously, if something's [bad], why eat it?
liam newton-harding 3 weeks ago
where are all these places with "complaints books"? Never heard of them before this article.
T.M.P Janssen 4 weeks ago
Something like this once happened in the only pizza/kebab place of my village. Dude ate 3 middle sized pizzas (ALL OF IT) and demanded a refund because he didnt like it. The turkish owners just laughed at him and said would call police if he tried that again. I was entertained while waiting for my kebab, because dude was pissed he didnt get his money back.
#19
I was still in high school, on the 4-6 tram, the old version with steps. It stops, I stand by the door so people can get off. Our Karen stood right in front of the door, they could barely get past her. When everyone who wanted to get off was off, I hopped in front of her and sat down in the first seat, and she started yelling at me, saying things like "these young people nowadays," etc. (by the way, there was another seat two away)
Petra Peitsch 4 weeks ago
Hahh! A story from Hungary. And yeah, those elderly Karens are very typical ...
#20
I'm sitting on the number 49 tram at Astoria, just staring into space, when suddenly a woman stops in front of me and asks me to give up my seat. I look around; there are at least four or five empty seats nearby. I ask her if those aren't good enough. She starts freaking out, calling me rude and lazy! She says those seats are facing the wrong way, that I should just accept that she'll get sick, that she can't travel like that, and she went on a rant about how awful the world has become and the lack of respect for the elderly, etc. Fine, I moved, she sat down, and she kept going!! Everyone was staring at me, it was incredibly awkward. It looked like I'd kicked a puppy or something
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
"Madam, any seat where I'd have to look at you is a seat facing the wrong way."
SnifflyMango04 4 weeks ago (edited)
"Would you mind switching to one of the backward facing seats, because I tend to get sick riding backwards." There. Easy. If the answer is no, then back off and suck it up.
Lily bloom 3 weeks ago
"Oh wow. Thats why I chose this seat too but since youre the only one that matters, here you go" move to seat directly across from her and over-act nausea and impending doom at every little bump/turn
Lady Eowyn 4 weeks ago
I used to ride the Metro to work in DC back in the 80s. I do get sick if I face opposite the direction of travel. I never asked anyone to give up a seat, I'd stand if I had to. It's a me issue.
Nova Rook 4 weeks ago
Was driving in france and on a nice big five lane highway, mostly empty. A few cars way ahead and maybe a couple of cars way back. Which lane should I choose? I took one in from right, figuring it must be a slow lane but not for turn offs. Next car came up and honked at me! W*F? There are four other lanes, and no cars around, why am I wrong in this lane and why can't you just go around me?
#21
An older-sounding woman complained to me that the color of our cars is scary and we should change it because it causes her anxiety.
KieLeaHar 2 weeks ago
That’s your mental illness to deal with, not the worlds. Just like people who go on about how they can’t deal with emotions or This and that because they have—ADHD. —Don’t give me that bullshít. Most people didn’t even know that they had it of what it was until it become a thing on TikTok. Don’t give me this fúcking cráp that you don’t know how to regulate your emotions because of it. Act like an adult and stop using that as an excuse because you’re an arseholè. BEFORE I GET DOWNVOTED – – yes, I do know that there are people with AUTISM that cannot regulate their emotions. My child is 22 now and he is severely autistic. He has struggled his whole life with things and we have Autism throughout our entire family— but I HATE that every person and their dog uses the EXCUSE that they have ADHD and that’s why can’t deal with their emotions. It’s the dumbest excuse I’ve ever heard!!! unless you are a child or have special needs, you should know how to express yourself and deal with things.
#22
We ran a street food place (a food truck with a small seating area of four tables), and one mother decided to change her kid's diaper right there on the middle of a dining table. We told her maybe she shouldn't do that there, because other people were eating, and she went ballistic, calling us every name in the book. She and her friend spent at least 20 minutes cursing us out before we finally managed to get them to leave.
Rick Murray 4 weeks ago
At a McDonald's, a family (who weren't French) pulled out a potty and sat their toddler on it. The hostess asked them nicely to stop. A few minutes later the manager told them to leave immediately. They didn't get the opportunity to go full Karen. I didn't hear what was said but the guy pointed to his phone, so quite possibly go now or the cops will make you.
PattonPawter 3 weeks ago
I’m sorry but what does the family not being French have to do with it? Surely pulling out a plastic potty and having your toddler go in a public space wouldn’t be allowed anywhere?
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 4 weeks ago
I have a friend who deals with this very effectively. I know, because I was with her when she did this. In a restaurant, a mother next to us put her baby on the table and started to change its diaper. My friend stood up and yelled, "OMG! THIS WOMAN IS CHANGING HER BABY'S DIAPER ON THE TABLE. WHERE PEOPLE EAT! CAN YOU IMAGINE? PEOPLE HAVE TO EAT AT THIS TABLE AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SANITIZED NOW BECAUSE THIS WOMAN WON'T TAKE HER KID INTO THE BATHROOM AND CHANGE HER BABY THERE! And on and on until the manager showed up, at which point the woman was leaving anyway with every person in the restaurant glaring at her. My friend got the "You b***h!" look, but we didn't have to see or smell that diaper being changed.
KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
Madam, you either take it elsewhere, or the cops take you elsewhere for the massive health and safety issue you are causing our establishment.
#23
Latest incident: An old lady comes into the pharmacy with receipts to show that she paid 300 Ft once for a medicine, but 850 Ft twice, and wants us to give her the money back because we deliberately overcharged her, as she's entitled to a discount. Obviously, I can see on the receipt that the more expensive one is the regular price, and the other one has an increased subsidy. I tell her that if the doctor didn't prescribe the medicine that way, I can't give her a discount. (Luckily, our Karen is also as deaf as a post, so the whole pharmacy and the other patients could listen to her confusion.) But she insists that we give her the discount, give her the medicine for free, call the boss, etc., she just kept going on. After 5 minutes of confusion, she was willing to give me her and her husband's social security cards so I could check what the problem was. It turned out that they both take the medicine, but only her husband has a specialist's recommendation for it, so it's prescribed for him at a discount, but the old lady doesn't, so it cost her more.
KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
Yeah, we started prescribing generic tablets when we found out just how much mark up there is on brands. Some patients still want prozac instead of fluoxetine etc but they have money to pay for it. We also put "generic only" on the prescription and let the patient know what it is.
#24
I worked as a cashier in university. A woman came with a package of coffee, I scanned it, and told her the price. She said it couldn't be that much because it was on sale. I said that's what the machine showed, so I called the head cashier, who confirmed the price. The woman didn't believe it, and started giving me a hard time, saying I should know about the sales and prices, that I was doing a bad job, etc. Finally, she went to the head cashier, they gave her some money back, and she came back to me and said she was right. At the end of my shift, I asked what happened with her, and they said they didn't want to listen to her complaining, so they gave her a 10% discount. That was probably less than 300 ft in total, to be honest.
Oh, and she was one of those well-dressed, elegant 50-something women who looked like she'd just come from the hairdresser.
#25
I worked at Michael Kors and a Karen tried to return a watch (that had been sized which makes it final sale) two YEARS after purchase date. She could not handle a "no" and freaked out...continued to freak out and yelled at everyone in the store....employees and other customers lol and at some point called me stupid. I told her she had crossed a line and is no longer welcome in our store and I called mall security and they gladly escorted her out.
Emilu 3 weeks ago
Two years? Cute. Wish I could do that for all the fashion-related stuff I have 😂
KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago (edited)
Same. But since I buy cheap, I just give it to charity with labels on so they can sell "as new" for more than they would have. ETA- this is not because I have tons of money, it's because returning it has sometimes cost more than the actual item. Or it's a ballache.
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I was finishing up a grocery order in my lane and my bagger and I were completing our conversation with that customer. I said one more thing to the kid bagging groceries and turned to help the next customer.
Did the greeting, rewards card, everything. When she went to address me or answer questions, she kept looking away from me and acting strange. I didn't think anything of it. When I rang up her total, she ERUPTED at me about how rude I was for not acknowledging her (but I did). And I had no idea how that could make somebody feel (but I do know). Finally, she had spent the entire day at the hospital with somebody and I should be ashamed of myself. Half way through her rant, I placed my hands on top of my very pregnant stomach and let my eyes glaze over: this was a part-time job I did on evenings and weekends after teaching full-time at a nearby middle school. I was 8 months pregnant.
She finally stomped off and then the girl behind her was so sweet. "Wow, she was really rude. I'm sorry that happened to you."
That crone came in a few times after that, but always used a different cashier. I stared her down every damn time.
StrangeOne 4 weeks ago
Tbf, the customer may not have heard her and been in deep in thought. But this could have been written using chatgbt for all I know.
Skogsrået 4 weeks ago
Sorry but even if she didn't hear her that is no excuse to throw a toddler tantrum like that.
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I was working in a call center for a health related company. Received a call from a woman complaining that she didn't receive her test results, which she paid to be delivered at home. I checked to see if everything was in order with her delivery and found that the company would not deliver in time for some reason or other. She starts screaming at the phone, saying she won't accept something like this, says she's a lawyer and that she'll sue the company and make me lose my job. Because she needed her test results so badly I eve presented a different solution to her problem, which she immediately denied. I told her that if she didn't want to get her test results through the internet she would have to wait for the delivery to me made with a delay. She didn't accept any help I wanted to give her and just kept on screaming until the end of the call.
I quit that job a few days later and I'll never work with customer service again.
Lost Panda 4 weeks ago
Not the same, but when I worked in the outpatient records department, I had to tell my airmen that if someone starts being disrespectful over the phone to hang up and when they call back send the call directly to me. If it was in person, I would go up front ask the airman what was going on, hold a hand toward the customer if they tried speaking and usually told them the airman is right so you can follow procedure or leave. My LT loved it. My Major hated it XD
#28
I worked at a Subway in England.
There was this woman who came in every few months with a bunch of kids, saying they ate rotten meatballs at our place and the whole family ended up in the hospital, so they wanted free meatballs 🤣🤣🤣 I loved it.
When we didn't give them free food for the umpteenth time, they went to the other Subway nearby. The problem was, we were in contact every day, the boss was the same, and by the time they got there, the other team already knew the story.
Kelly Scott 4 weeks ago (edited)
In our little town, we had three 7-11s and a Safeway that were open 24/7. So if I refused to sell alcohol to someone who was drunk, I made sure to call the other 7-11s and the Safeway to let them know these people might be coming in to buy for their drunk friends. Someone tells me they'll just go to the Safeway up the street and get their booze there, I'm like, sure you will. Feel free to try, anyway.
KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
Doctors office here - if a new patient registers for the sole purpose of a codeine prescription, we tend to deny it and then alert the other practices in the area too, as do they.
Load More Replies... #29
I saw a news station on FB that posted about Mattel putting out Barbie with type 1 diabetes, and there were actually people upset about it in the comments.
They were claiming that they were "taking it too far," "just because you can doesn't mean you should," "time for hooker Barbie," "silly," and so on.
Not all the comments were bad. Many of them were positive, and some came from parents of diabetic kids and even diabetic people themselves.
L Sarris 4 weeks ago
Do people realize this is a plastic toy for children? and buying it is not mandatory? Also, the original is still available. How is this upsetting for anyone? Don't buy it. Seems like some people are terrified that their iconic child's toy doll might have an inclusive version. How fragile are you??
Rinso The Red 3 weeks ago
They can see the world is changing and they aren't the main characters anymore. That's terrifying
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Dave Van Beurden 3 weeks ago
How would you know a barbie has diabetes? It doesn't really affect your appearance. Or do her feet slowly turn black and then they fall off?
The Other Guest 3 weeks ago
On the off chance that you're asking a genuine question and not just being snarky, the doll wears a glucose monitor and insulin pump.
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#30
Work at an auto/tire shop. Lady comes in the other day for a flat repair. Tech pulls car in, notices she has a wheel lock which we'll need a special "key" for. Some people keep them in the glovebox, but a lot of them are in with the spare. Key wasn't in glovebox so tech starts looking in the trunk where the spare is. Lady sees this through the window and comes up quickly to my counter demanding to know why my tech is looking through her trunk. I explain the key. She tells me that she's had tire rotations done before and no one ever asked her for a key. I explain that they probably just grabbed it and got it done just like he's doing, but tell her if it makes her feel better I'll go check myself. Note that she and I are both white. The tech in question is Hispanic. I go out to the bay and my tech immediately knows what's up as he saw her staring him down through the window. He fixes it while she watches him suspiciously the whole time, we give her the keys and she leaves. Next day she comes back with another flat and she had to wait longer because the same tech was there and he refused to touch the vehicle (and I don't blame him) so she had to wait for the other tech to finish the vehicle he'd been working on when she came in.
#31
Was at the park with my daughter(she was 3 at the time). Her and a couple other kids started to play together. Then she attempted to use the monkey bars(she’s a very adventurous child). About mid way through, she fell. I didn’t do anything because she’s fallen before and I want her to learn to get back up on her own and not be scared to try again. Anyway, one of the boys was about to get on the monkey bars too, until I heard a woman run toward him screaming to stop. She picked him up and looked at my daughter. Told her it wasn’t “smart” of her to go on the monkey bars if she wasn’t fully ready because then others might get that same idea. That’s when I got up and went to my daughter’s defense. Sternly told the woman to not speak to her that way and it’s no fault of hers that she wasn’t scared to try something new. She took her kid and left.
Lady Eowyn 4 weeks ago
Kids growing up wrapped in bubble wrap. If you're not hurt, let it be. Overprotected kids can't deal with the real world.
Load More Replies... KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
When kids fall over, they look to you for how you react. If you laugh, they do. But if you laugh but they cry, they did actually hurt themselves.
#32
There was a man who kept calling me by mistake. In fact, once he announced that he could see me through the window from the bush and was watching me. I congratulated him, especially since I was sleeping on the 9th floor.
#33
My friend and I went to a chocolate factory in a small town years ago and found chocolate breasts for breast cancer awareness. They were awesome. I finally had the chance to go back there yesterday and was gutted they didn't have any. I asked the woman at the register why they got rid of them, and as I suspected a bunch of Karens complained, even when it was explained they're for breast cancer awareness. It got to the point they had to stop selling them because the complaints were so extreme
Zoe Vokes 4 weeks ago
“What if my sweet precious child sees a chocolate breast and becomes a pervert? It’s basically pórn!”
Kelly Scott 4 weeks ago
I'll bet a million to one the Karens were all Christians, too.
Load More Replies... WindySwede 4 weeks ago
Oh the horrendousness! /s and what about next week's bu t h o l e awareness month?
Don Adams 4 weeks ago
Same people now boycotting Wheel of Fortune because the new category "What the Fun?" makes you think of a naughty word.
Nikole 3 weeks ago
There is no way a million moms are in that group, and even if there were, they’re still bonkers.
Load More Replies... KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
if they did, that's what I would be complaining about because hershey's is gash.
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Strack Attack 3 weeks ago
Why the f**k would you pander to these Karen's?! Tell them to get stuffed.
#34
So I’m currently in the hospital for some heart issues. There’s this very good looking nurse that I can hear bullying the other nurses out in the hall. Mainly the ones that don’t fit that “perfect figure” look.
Anyways back to me. Every time she had to come take my vitals, adjust my leads or touch me in any way, I can see in her eyes that she is just disgusted.
Guess who had to give me a sponge bath this morning? Bwhahahahaha
I hate bullies.
Beffett 3 weeks ago
My exact thought!! If she was disgusted by me, I’d do everything in my power to disgust her as much as I could, since she couldn’t bully me like she did the other nurses.
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I used to work in a clothing store, the kind where you have to schmooze the customers, tell them how good something looks on them, suggest what would look better, offer this and that, take everything off for them, hold their clothes while they get dressed... I helped a woman for 30 minutes, and I'd only been working there for a day or two, so I was fumbling at the cash register, having trouble activating the discount. In the end, the woman freaked out, saying she didn't have time or patience for this, and wanted to leave. I guess she had time for the half-hour of browsing...
StrangeOne 4 weeks ago
It's disgusting how some customers treat new staff. I've seen customers actually see that someone is new and instantly ask for someone more experienced rather than allow the new person to get their hands wet in the field.
Stephanie Did It 4 weeks ago
When I encounter a new employee or medical staff member, especially while they're clearly in training, I always tell them, "You're going to be great at this" or "You're fine, you got this" and the look of grateful relief is always worth it.
#36
I used to work at a movie theater where you could call a server to take your order from your seat. I was working the box office on New Years and we were a little busy to say the least. I get through the rush of people only for one of the couples to come back and inform me that some people were in their seats. I called a manager to sort the issue out and didn't think anything else of it. Until Karen marched out of the theater with her son and his friend trailing behind and demanded to buy tickets.
What had happened was instead of waiting in line like everyone else she thought she could bypass everyone and order her tickets from her seat. That's not how we do things here. My manager calmly walked into the booth and stood behind me. Manager tells me to refuse service to Karen for her yelling at me and Karen was not having it!
Karen begins throwing what I can only describe as a tantrum infant of everyone including her son and his friend and was asked to leave. It got to the point where I had to call the police, although she bolted as soon as they were called. I have so many stories from that job.
Lily bloom 3 weeks ago
"throwing what I can only describe as a tantrum infant" I giggled at this typo.
#37
An elderly lady came, I was scanning the products, but the bag ripped with the potatoes. I put them on the scale without the bag, weighed them, then put them in a double bag, thinking I'd be nice. Then she started yelling at me, saying I was robbing her because I weighed more than what it was and that I must have pressed the scale. I put the potatoes on again, and the second time it showed even more (the weight of 2 bags + a few grams). She threw the paper money at me and left
#38
When I worked at a bakery, Karen bought a chocolate cupcake and ate half of it. Karen then asked if she could return her half-eaten chocolate cupcake...not because she didn't like it, but because she wanted to exchange it for half of a vanilla cupcake, "something less decadent."
Like most bakeries, we did not sell cupcakes "by the half." She became offended when I asked if she wanted to purchase a vanilla cupcake.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
Expecting the store to sell your half-eaten cupcake to other customers isn't "decadent"?
#39
I worked at Kisboltban, a nice customer called my boss to say I put a bad peach in the bag with the others.
Petra Peitsch 4 weeks ago
OP was working in a fruit and vegetables shop (it's hungarian), and a "nice" customer called the boss complaining about OP. Instead of just saying to the OP: "Excuse me, please, but can you take out that bad peach? Thank you".
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#40
I was driving my car in a huge open parking lot for half a minute when our hero came over and started banging on my window.
Saying I should turn off the engine, that it's carcinogenic, poisonous, his family will get lung disease from me. Okay, I let it go, didn't pay attention to it, and drove off. But!
He walked back to a car that was exactly the same brand, a 1.4 diesel, just about 2-3 years newer than mine. It was running, and his wife was standing behind the car. In the "carcinogenic smoke"....
SnifflyMango04 4 weeks ago
So OP was supposed to push his car out of the parking lot before starting the engine? W*f
Nikole 3 weeks ago
Reminds me of about 25 years ago when our neighbors across the street stood out on their porch (one of them holding a baby) as workers laid asphalt.
KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
off topic, but I absolutely love the smell of freshly made tar/asphalt.
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#41
The maintenance guy/gardener at my workplace back then was the husband of one of our colleagues who worked in the same office with us. His wife initially tried to present herself as a quiet, withdrawn, deeply religious, cute lady, but aside from proving to be a real pain in the a** and constantly hindering our work, it turned out over about three months that she was a true hypocrite, sneaky, and a scheming troublemaker. She would talk back, gossip, and constantly try to stir things up, an average public sector troublemaker.
My then-boss (who was a really great guy) had enough of this and let her go on a beautiful autumn day. The woman went out to cry in the garden, and I guess she spoke to her husband too because about half an hour later, the guy burst into the office with a RAKE in his hand and started yelling at us, cursing, and threatening. The best part was when he tried to hit my boss and was swinging the rake around, but thank God my boss caught his hand and kicked him out into the hallway after the first shove 😅
I think I'll remember the stunned silence and shock after that incident for the rest of my life.
Joe Reaves 4 weeks ago
OK, fantastic you went from being fired to your husband also being fired and potentially charged with a*****t. Great work. Really made everything better for yourself lady!
#42
When I moved into my apartment, I didn't know anyone yet. Karen made me a bunch of copies of keys (front door, back door, trash chute, indoor-outdoor gate, common door) then waved them around, saying it would be 17,500. I looked at her, because I'd never seen her before... "Who's the lady?" She was deeply outraged that I hadn't paid her for something I didn't even ask for.
The Other Guest 3 weeks ago
These are all from the "ask Hungary" subReddit, so I would presume forints (official currency of Hungary).
Load More Replies... Lily bloom 3 weeks ago
Probably keys to the common areas of the complex they live in that are probably available from the leasing office for a much lower cost
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I was in a store during Covid, already standing in line at the checkout, nicely keeping the one and a half meters distance, when the woman in front of me started hassling me because the toe of my shoe shouldn't be on that line (which, you know, was taped to indicate the one and a half meters), because my foot is there, but my toe is closer to her. At first, I tried not to pay attention to her nonsense, but she bumped my shopping cart into me several times, saying she didn't want to end up on a ventilator because of me, and that I was selfish, and I should get out of line and go home.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
Well, that might explain why so little oxygen is getting to her brain.
Load More Replies... KatWitch57 3 weeks ago
Ah the joys of customer service during Covid: The customers who come in 5mins before closing because there's less risk, until I pointed out that the staff had been there all day and may well have caught something during that time.
KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
The patients who decide f**k this, they are coming in anyway when we have already told them on the phone that we cannot see them with their symptoms and nothing we can do anyway... meaning a deep cleanse every time. So we just turned ultrasound into an isolation room.
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#44
A customer called and stated she had shopped at my store the weekend prior and made a huge purchase, but didn’t realize the whole store was going to be 20% off the next weekend (Black Friday) and therefore she wanted me to refund 20% of her prior purchase back to her card since she had paid full price and that was unfair. I silently laughed, said no I’m sorry I’m unable to do that, so she got mad and hung up
UnclePanda 4 weeks ago
A lot of stores honor that request because OP can simply return her purchase during the return period and purchase a new one at the lower price.
Theora Fifty-five Johnson 3 weeks ago
Lots of stores do price adjustments for this reason. Otherwise, people return everything and re-purchase.
Amy Force 2 weeks ago
i call BS... my mom used to go to dept stores and have them credit her the difference on her c/c all the time, when she would make a purchase at a store and then they had a sale within a week of said purchase... It was NEVER an issue. I mean not in an angry Karen sort of way, and they were always happy to do it. I mean, all you basically have to do is return all your c**p and REbuy it, if they refuse - they KNOW that. that's why most stores i know *WILL*, in fact, honor a sale price if you go within a reasonable time frame, and just credit you the difference of what you would have saved anyway. I don't see why this is unreasonable.
#45
Movie student job. Dude asked how spicy the sauce was for the tortilla. I said, well, it depends on the person, I think it's more like piquant. After the movie, he stormed over to the counter, slammed the tray with the sauce on it, yelled something about what a jerk I was, that the sauce almost burned his girl's mouth. He asked for the complaint book and wrote this in it.
Rick Murray 4 weeks ago
It's a fair response. Different people have different tolerances to spicy stuff, so it's hard to say how spicy something is. Earlier in the year McDonald's did a tie in with Minecraft and they made a Nether sauce. It was gloriously hot, because getting decent chili spicy in France is hard, they're not big on it. The Old El Paso stuff is a joke. So I'm sitting there slathering it on my chips and enjoying it. A few tables over a little girl, maybe eight or so, dunks a nugget and takes a bite. That is the point she basically ceases functioning. Her eyes go enormous and she starts crying gently. Her mother is too interested in her phone to even notice, so she's just sitting there with a bit of nugget in her mouth on fire. I finish my chips and I see her staring at me, still frozen, with this "How?" expression. Some people can, and....others not so much. Felt sorry for her for the total lack of attention being paid.
The Other Guest 3 weeks ago
My younger older brother thinks habaneros are mild. My sister thinks black pepper is spicy. I'm somewhere in between. No idea what my older older brother's spice tolerance is, though.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
Do most businesses have this "complaint book" that keeps getting mentioned in this thread?
KatWitch57 3 weeks ago
Not that I've ever come across, but I can see that it would be useful to let the Karens feel that 'something' was being reported.
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 3 weeks ago
One time I was in a restaurant where they served chicken wings with different sauces. I asked about this one sauce if it was hot. I had a male server. He said it wasn't that hot. I ordered that sauce. It was too hot for me. Different people have different tolerance for hot sauces. I wish I could tolerate hot sauce more. My stomach can take hot sauce but my mouth can't.
#46
It happened just yesterday. My husband and I were pulling out of a small street onto a bigger road. Karen was turning in from the main road onto the street where we were. At the last second, she swerved towards us and then put on her turn signal. My husband, surprised, raised his hand on the steering wheel. It was like a total "wtf" hand gesture (he raised his hand and put it down, no pointing or anything). Karen stopped next to us while there were cars coming behind her and behind us, rolled down her window, and asked my husband what his problem was. We just told her to move on and not yell, but she kept going.
JL 4 weeks ago
One time I was at an intersection. Three lanes - left turn only, straight only, and right turn only, all clearly marked. I was first in the right turn lane, car of hillbilly-looking people are first in the straight lane. Light turns green. I turn right, they also turn right, then proceed to curse me out for getting in their way...
#47
When I was working retail, this one women had a big bag of coupons. Most of them were unusable because either they were expired or they were duplicates. She berated me because the system was rejecting most of the coupons. She called me stupid amongst other names, telling me I just wasn't doing it right. Then as a typical Karen would, she asked to speak with my manager. My manager came and asked what the problem was. The women ranted about how incompetent I was because I didn't know how to scan a coupon. My manager looked at the coupons and the coupons were the problem, not me. My manager scared out the customer for being disrespectful for me and told the customer to leave the store.
I hated working there but I'm so grateful that I had managers that totally didn't go by the "customer is always right" rule and weren't afraid to stand up for their employees. That was just one of many incidents.
Lady Eowyn 4 weeks ago
"The customer is always right in matters of taste." As in, they want to buy the fluorescent lime pants and the day-glo orange shirt, that's their business. Not always right in everything.
#48
I've been working in customer service for about five years now. I've been threatened with the police, the courts, consumer protection, and everything else for trivial things, multiple times. Nothing ever came of any of it, just empty promises.
#49
I deliver appliances for Best Buy. We had a woman call and complain that her fridge was not pre-cooled before it was delivered and that she had to wait for it to come down to temp. No one in the office was prepared for that one.
Seadog 3 weeks ago
That may not work if you're south of the Mason-Dixon Line
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#50
I used to work at a fast food in a theme park when I was 18. Karen held up the line cause she was demanding us to assemble a food for her daughter which we aren’t allowed to do cause we go by a menu.
“My daughter can’t have that.”
“Well, what can you do for me?”
“Do you want her to starve?”
Are one of the most irritating lines I ever encountered.
Skogsrået 4 weeks ago
"Oh, so you are saying that you HATE kids?" There is no reasoning with people like that.
#51
I was working at my job as a cashier at my local supermarket. We were swamped with people I had at least 7 people waiting in my line. One of my good friends from high school was in my line and I talked to him as I was ringing up his stuff.
After he left I welcomed the next lady in line and asked the usual stuff “did you find everything okay?” “How are you doing?” Etc.
Before I could get a word out she asked to speak to my manager. Apparently I was rude to her for not including her in my conversation with my high school friend. She didn’t even chime in or anything and I never seen her in my life
#52
I work in customer service, and people regularly complain that the IVR (the voice that announces the information at the beginning of the call) addresses them informally, or that the TV box (the "please wait" message or "hi" during installation) is annoying, or they just don't like the hold music :)
Theora Fifty-five Johnson 3 weeks ago
I'm hearing impaired and IVR is a nightmare. Often, the music is LOUD, and the voice is soft, so I have to listen to scratchy hold muzak interrupted by ads and " Your call is important to us."
KatSaidThat 3 weeks ago
That reminds me... yesterday I discovered that Vitaly have depeche mode as hold music. Wonder if PRS know about that.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
One place I call has great hold music. It's really kind of a disappointment when someone gets on the line.
#53
One time, a client said, "My girl, bring me a coffee while I wait for the boss, with whom I'll be discussing all sorts of important things. But you wouldn't understand that anyway. But maybe you can manage to make a coffee properly, even for a woman."
I was the one he was supposed to negotiate with, and when he found out, he stood up and said that he would never negotiate with a woman, especially a young one, and asked my boss to send someone else in. Nobody came
SheamusFanFrom1987 4 weeks ago
I hope OP told his misogynistic behind to not let the door hit him on the way out, because he obviously hasn't woken up and smelt the coffee yet. SMH!!!
#54
Nothing too dramatic but one constant Karen at my store who always finds something to complain about decided to confront me last week about something that was very obviously out of stock, half gallons of milk. I cut her off mid-sentence because it was a question I’d already heard countless times.
“You cannot be back here, we are completely out of half gallons.”
“Okay well I’m leaving anyway.”
“There’s an ‘employees only’ sign right out there.”
I really had it that day as two of my co-workers had already been cursed at for the low stock and me and my co-workers had already warned each other when this Karen shopped so I hit my breaking point there.
Jack 3 weeks ago
The people at the store are probably not the ones ordering anything. Way back when I worked retail 20 years ago, they were already automating a lot of that. What comes to the store is a mix of things your system knows you are out of stock on and things that corporate has decided to start selling in your store. The local staff has zero say in what shows up. The store I worked at didn't even have a way for us to request anything. So, if we were out of something, it could be on the next truck, it could be discontinued, or someone further up the chain decided not to order any more of that for this store (or all of them).
Seadog 3 weeks ago
And if the automatic order is over ridden, the manager usually gets a call asking why. Unless it's a special order that is sold on arrival, you can bet that order will be deleted.
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Bit of back ground first. I work at a garden centre and our loyalty card allows you to accumulate points from purchases , which later translates to vouchers being sent to you. These vouchers come as a redeemable money essentially and also special offers with a prerequisite. For example , get £10 off when you spend £50 or more.
Okay so Karen comes to the counter with a plant from outside and proceeds to hand me a voucher for "£3 off an outdoor pot"
Me: I can't use this, it's for an outdoor pot
Not hearing what I said
Karen: gestures to the plant and says use it
Me: I can't as it's not a pot, I can scan it anyway but no money will come off
Karen: well why not?
Me: gesturing to the plant, umm this isn't a pot
Karen: well it's in a pot so....
She leaves the plant and exits in a huff . Not the worst experience but I struggled to keep a straight face
#56
I worked at a chain health food store in the Chicago suburbs for about a year, and there were plenty of Karens. The worst moment was working in the juice bar. I had apparently used an insufficient number of carrots for this Karen's liking, so she threw the entire drink in my face like something out of an old Hollywood drama and snarled, "Try again!" I did not try again. I sent my manager out to deal with her, and typical for this place, she was apologetic to the customer and remade her drink.
#57
I was standing on a crowded train and a pregnant Karen started screaming at ME because she had nowhere to sit. Me, the person who was standing because there were no seats. She started screaming like it was my fault that there were no seats.
SnifflyMango04 4 weeks ago
While unfair to OP, pregnancy can make us completely unreasonable and there is almost no way to stop yourself from reacting unreasonably. I had a lot of weird reactions to things during my last pregnancy. And the only consequence of realising I was being unreasonable, was getting frustrated about it, because I couldn't really control my reactions. Pregnancy makes you crazy sometimes.
#58
Asked for my manager’s personal cell phone number to complain that I (seven months pregnant at the time) would not carry a refrigerator (that she had not paid for in the cost of her room) up to her second story room (we did not have an elevator), rather than just accept an upgrade for free because she didn’t want to unpack her stuff. She refused to believe we had rooms without fridges and I was just being fat and lazy.
When I refused to give her the cell phone number, she asked for corporate’s number. I wrote it down on a sticky note with a smiley face. She came down later and asked to move rooms. I made her pay the difference.
#59
Karen demanding to speak with manager over and over again.
Manager is never available. Karen ends up taking it out on me. I offered her everything I could do, and even though I did, nothing appeased her. Lol.
Anyways, she ends up filing a complaint — they couldn’t find anything I did that was wrong.
Workplace still holds it against me that I could’ve done more. So, so stupid.
I wonder if the Karen’s out there are aware that they intentionally make it difficult for us workers. Get a life
Rick Murray 4 weeks ago
They couldn't find anything you did wrong but they hold it against you? Sounds like you need a better employer.
Seadog 3 weeks ago (edited)
Sadly, that's the way some American companies are. Hardee's - leave a compliment and the store gets dinged for a complaint. In corporates eyes, if everything was good, they wouldn't have commented at all. Had someone call in on my AutoZone driver, complimenting him on something he did while driving (been too long, I don't remember the details). Sure enough, corporate called to inquire about the COMPLAINT. When we pointed out it wasn't a complaint, they still wanted to penalize the driver. I don't miss AutoZone one bit. These companies do this so they can use these false complaints to deny raises.
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My worst Karen experience was when I was 15 working at Chick-fil-A. We had a lot of customers one day and we were totally out of change with like maybe a few nickels to spare. Many customers were ok with it since the change was less than .50 cents. And, just my luck, this lady was in my line and ordered her meal for her kid and herself. But at the end of her order, I explained I couldn’t give her exact change back, which was $.15. She started yelling at me in front of everybody and I did my best to calm the situation down and explained to her like I did everyone else. She wasn’t having it and as a 15 year old experiencing my first job with three weeks of experience under my belt-I was mortified. She called for the manager and said some demeaning things about me being a bad employee. After her grumpy butt left, my manager took me to the side and said to just round up the change for the customers. How could I if we were basically out of change? (my coworkers were basically out and the person going to the bank for more change left a few minutes before Karen blew a fuse). He just said just do it…wth?! This was wasaaay back in 2005 but I still carry a bit of that anger.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
If the business didn't have correct change, the price should be rounded down. There is no reason that any customer should have to pay extra because of management's lack of preparation.
ManuelQue 4 weeks ago
I've worked in places where a staff member or a manager would take some paper money and go to a bank to get change. It's not rocket science.
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Rika 4 weeks ago
She wasn't a Karen, I would've also made a scene because I'm poor and 15 cents is nearly half the price of a kilo of pasta. So I don't care what issues the restaurant is having, I'm not leaving without my exact change. (The whole thing actually sounds like a way to scam customers because the restaurant keeping 15 cents here and 50 cents there can rapidly bring in a bunch of extra money.)
Skogsrået 4 weeks ago
No, you don't need to make a scene. Just act like a normal adult and ask for your change back or another solution that works for you both. It's not that hard to be a decent human being.
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Cindy Brick 3 weeks ago
I would have been frustrated with this, too. If the manager said to round it up, youust have had SOME change to work with. A few cents extra to the customer would have meant a lot to them...and not hurt the restaurant that much. Sorry, this one's on you. (Next time, call the manager yourself.)
Theora Fifty-five Johnson 3 weeks ago
Your company committed small thefts. Better to have just rounded the price down.
#61
Work at McDonald’s in a small town, working front counter, women with Karen haircut comes up and says “I want a Big Mac but don’t you dare put any slaughter cow in it!” I laugh a little and when I see she isn’t laughing i pretend to cough and punch in her order, specifically put in “Big Mac no meat.” Minute later after she gets her food, tray drops from across the room, blood curdling scream followed by the audible footsteps of Karen storming up to me with her burger in her hand. Of course it had meat on it, Karen is sobbing and demands to see the kid in the kitchen that made the food, kid comes out from the back (kids first day working here) and asked what he did wrong. Karen personally attacks the kid calling him fat and retarded and then demanded to see the manager. Manager comes out and gives her the money back. Kid quit that day over a simple mistake.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
No slaughter cow in it? She wants meat from a cow who died of a disease?
Lily bloom 3 weeks ago
Manager should have been there to deal with crazy before sending the kid
#62
Karen, the ultimate mom, got on the metro at Corvin with her 3 kids + a stroller, basically making everyone give up their seats for the four of them (she stood in front of people and glared at them until they could sit down), dragged the stroller over everyone's feet, and then got off at Kálvin. Seriously, she made 4 people stand up during rush hour just to get off at the next stop. I still can't believe that kind of thing exists. They sat for, like, half a minute, tops... Then, with the utmost composure, they strolled out, also dragging the stroller over people's feet.
John O'Donnell 4 weeks ago
That would not work on the Tube, she’d be told to bugger off. If people were feeling polite, that is.
Kelly Scott 4 weeks ago (edited)
I literally can't stand for more than a minute without having pain, so she could have looked at me till the cows came home and I still wouldn't have gotten up for her.
Seadog 3 weeks ago
No doubt being on something in motion like that makes it even worse.
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That I needed to leave the gym because I made her son feel like only fat people go to the gym
Skogsrået 4 weeks ago
Wow, people get shamed for being overweight but also for trying to loose that weight.
Kelly Scott 4 weeks ago (edited)
It's like people complaining about the homeless. First they complain because the homeless don't have a job, then when someone homeless gets a job at say, Burger King or Wendy's, people complain because that's not a "real" job because grown people shouldn't work at minimum wage jobs. You can't believe how many people I've heard this from in the last couple weeks. I asked one person what exactly that homeless person should do to make them happy. I mean, I just give up with some people.
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"That your son is as ignorant as you are is not my responsibility. Obesity is like stupidity - both can be inherited. But this gym can treat only one of those conditions."
SheamusFanFrom1987 4 weeks ago
Oh, I'd be so tempted to deliberately curl some dumbbells in her dumbbell face... >:-(
#64
I worked at a coffee shop where a woman came up to me to complain that her lattes weren't filled to the top(I had seen her husband sneak sips on the walk over but I wasnt gonna say that). So I gladly offered to remake both drinks but she said "I dont want you to fix this, I just want you to know Im dissappointed in you"
Skogsrået 4 weeks ago
Some people just love to bitçh and whine no matter how you try and accomodate them.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
That's when you mention the husband to redirect her disappointment to the actual cause of the problem..
#65
I used to work customer service by chat. A customer was arguing that 20% off of $19.99 is not $4.00. I sarcastically responded “ you are correct ma’am, 20% off of $19.99 is $3.998 but we have to round up to the nearest cent.“ She ended the chat.
#66
i worked at a bagel shop and a karen ordered several bagels… she asked for a quarter pound of cream cheese as well, so i packaged up her order and gave it to her. she rips the bag out of my hands and says “i can FEEL my order is wrong” she then proceeds to rip the bag open in front of a long line of customers waiting to order… and says hm yeah i ordered half a pound of cream cheese (she didn’t). i said, well you only paid for a quarter pound so would you like me to ring you up for another quarter pound? she said sure, and i got her another quarter pound. i give it to her, and she grunts saying she wanted the cream cheese all in ONE container but she will have to make it work then stormed out
#67
So I was behind a male Karen at the drive thru at Walgreens to pick up a prescription and there was only one employee working it.
He pulled up expecting to have his prescription ready for him as soon as he pulled up and didn't want to wait for the cashier to find it and ring it up. Even after she told him that it wasn't fast food service
Eggwodd 4 weeks ago
Pharmacy drive thru pick up's are a privilege, not a right. How can you be mad at being able to sit in your car, listen to your own music, rather than find a parking spot, get out of your car (or get your toddler out too), wait in line, then get side-tracked to buy stuff you don't need...
Seadog 3 weeks ago (edited)
Until you pull up and give your details, how are they supposed to know who you are, that you're there or have it pulled? I'd like to see this idiot at our local CVS. The chances the script isn't even ready are almost guaranteed. Ready in 1 hour means at least 6. Ready in 2 hours means don't come back today. Ready tomorrow means when you come back tomorrow you'll be told to come back in 2 hours in which case it means when you come back in 8 hours, they'll fix it while you wait another hour. I no longer use CVS
#68
When my son was a baby, I had to go to the restroom to change him. I open the bathroom door and the little kid in there nearly got hit by the door. Instead of telling her daughter to stay away from the door and telling her this is why she cannot stand close to the door, she blames me instead and tells me how I should open it slowly. No, your kid should not be standing near the door. My mom always told us kids that growing up and one day I got wonked with it and my mom said "see why I told you you can't be near the door?" Plus I remember as a toddler I was trying to leave the restroom to go play on this toy ship again at this mall and these people come in and open the door and they stub my toe with it and my mom didn't yell at them about it. Instead she rinsed my toe off in the sink that got caught under the door.
Kelly Scott 4 weeks ago
I worked in a vault once as a vault teller and we would buzz people in through the doors. The walls and door were about 5ft high, so it wasn't easy for a customer to see over them. Once we hit the buzzer, the customer just tossed that door open, too. We had one woman in there with a child once, maybe four or five years old, who was playing around instead of sitting in a chair. I looked up as a customer approached and buzzed the door for him. He pushed it open and right before he did, this little girl went to stand right in front of the door. Her forehead was even with the inside doorknob and she got creamed when the customer came in. I felt terrible, but it was a good case of don't let your kids just go wild when you're in public. You never know when stuff like this can happen. And no, I'm here to count money and take deposits, not to watch out for your kid.
Seadog 3 weeks ago
I too was a vault teller. I get a kick out of movies where robbers go in and the money is just sitting there. That's not how it works folks. The vault is full of large safes. Get in the vault, you still have to open multiple safes to get to the cash. And if it's not time to open the vault, you can threaten all you want, no one can open it until the time lock releases it. The time lock can only be bypassed from the inside. I know because we had a teller get shut in on a Friday. It took 3 hours to get her out once they figured out she was in there.
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So I worked in an office supply store and for whatever reason we decided to have oats on one of our end caps. Now, I don't know why this lady decided to get oats from OfficeMax and I really don't care why but for whatever reason she thought that she could just walk up to one of the registers and completely bypass the other four families in line. When I told her that she had to get in line she stood right at the front of it and let the next customer go to my register. After I got done processing their purchase she came back only for me to tell her that she still hadn't gotten in line. She started screaming at me while violently shaking her oats and demanded to speak to my manager. According to my manager I looked as if i was nearly ready to explode on her and i broke a trigger on a scanning gun when he told me to take a break and he got her dealt with. I walked to the break room, got a cup of water, and then was told i could come out to continue ringing up customers. the next few people who came through my line were so kind to me and apologized for what happened. I felt bad that they got held up so I gave them all 20% off using this sorta secret coupon we had. The next day my manager was laughing at how angry I got because he had never seen me look so ready to bust in the entire time I've worked with him.
Seadog 3 weeks ago
Makes perfect sense to me. But then I've worked retail and customer service for 55 years.
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I worked at a home improvement store for a while in college. I was a cashier in the garden section. This woman pulls up on the curb in a no parking zone. Grabs her fertilizer and soil. After I check out she goes fucking ballistic that I didn’t help load her car and she was going to report me to managers. (Due to company policy, I wasn’t allowed to. Other employees were though).
Her face mole was shaking and everything. Over a bag of soil that weighed under ten pounds and a handle of fertilizer.
#71
In a restaurant, a "Karen" ordered a dish with numerous customizations and substitutions, only to send it back multiple times for trivial reasons (e.g., the plate was too hot, the garnish was not to her liking).
#72
I used to work at a mobile phone shop. I was assessing the value of stolen phones for two detectives. Just then, a woman stormed into the shop, screaming. I should add, I'd never seen her before. She demanded the customer complaint book immediately because she wanted to write in it. I told her she'd have to buy something first, right? Then she started screaming even louder, like a banshee, and left. The two detectives and I couldn't figure out what that was all about.
LookASquirrel 4 weeks ago
What is this? This was grabbed from a comment on Reddit 150 days ago and it still doesn't make sense. This AI post garbage is getting annoying. anyone have any fun sites? Mentalfloss is now terrible too.Just want somewhere to go and laugh without fake things.
Eggwodd 4 weeks ago
Subscribing to the physical magazine Mental Floss is 1000% better than the online content.
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Told me I couldn't work on my car in my own garage at noon because she didn't want my fast looking car to influence her son's to "be hooligans like you"
SheamusFanFrom1987 4 weeks ago
Vroom, Vroom: Oh, you were saying...? And the moment she opens her dumb trap again: VROOM VROOM!!! SMH!!!
Seadog 3 weeks ago
Had a nearby homeowners son from California (I know, 'nuf said right there) tell me I couldn't have a wrecked car on my land (Virginia). First off, said wrecked car is inside a building where you can only see into after trespassing well onto my land. Second, our land has been in the family longer than our county has existed, we are exempt from any and all ordinances. As the county administrator once said, we can pretty much do as we please short or opening a nuclear waste facility. I can only imagine the meltdown Cali boy would've had if the 10 semi trailers and cargo container we used for storage were still sitting at my shop a that time.
#74
This random lady that lived in my neighborhood said I couldn’t bike in front of her house without wearing a helmet because she was afraid of getting sued by my parents if I were to fall off my bike in front of her house or something along those lines. I was like eight. Told her the street wasn’t her property and rode away. Didn’t really look back for a reaction.
#75
I used to work at a coffee shop and this one male Karen gets pissed that we don’t have the small individual sized cartons of white milk. Like, raging. My coworker offered to give him some milk in a cup, but this just wouldn’t do, you see. He continued shouting and hollering about the principal of the matter.
#76
About a month into my first job(during the pandemic, around Oct./Nov), a woman walks in wearing a mask, although improperly. Part of my job involves giving customers gloves, so I do that. She requests a second, although we have a shortage. No biggie, though, as I give her the second one, noting that she seems like a germophobe and that I should be extra careful when giving her spoons and stuff.
She gets over to the machines, slowly removes her mask when she thinks I can't see her. I'm not a super confirm person, so I call over my supervisor. When she goes to get toppings, and my supervisor confronts her, she says something to the affect of "well, I can't wear both at the same time(mask and glove))".
Needless to say, it was a weird day.
Michael Largey 4 weeks ago
Hey, burglars wear a mask and gloves at the same time. Hell, so does Batman!
#77
I once had a customer complain that her new hydrangea was pink instead of blue.
Cee Cee 4 weeks ago
Ha ha. Hydrangeas need acidic soil to have blue flowers otherwise they're pink.
UnclePanda 4 weeks ago (edited)
I worked in a plant store and we got this question. The issue is that it takes several years for lack of soil acid to affect the plant's hormones, letting it drift from blue back to the natural pink. While it's supposed to be possible to supplement the soil's acidity, virtually every mature stand of these I've ever seen are mauvish fading to pink.
Jay Cee 1 week ago (edited)
I learnt it from a detective novel where the weapon from a long ago mürder had been buried in the garden . . . right next to the blue hydrangeas!
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She cut in line in front of me, after I threw a 5-minute tantrum, then said, "But if it's so important to you, go ahead and cut in front of me."
StrangeOne 4 weeks ago
I guess OP is calling themselves out. I, too, would cut in front of a whiny brat having a tantrum for 5 minutes.
Skogsrået 4 weeks ago
Oh, i read it as OP threw a tantrum cause she cut him in line? Was i wrong?
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Skogsrået 4 weeks ago
Worked customer service for years and swedish customers are so nice and polite compared to these delusional, entitled jerks. They need to get rid of this whole the customer is always right bs for good.
Rick Murray 4 weeks ago
You don't tend to get Karines here in France. There isn't the mentality of "the customer is king", and French law understands that verbal a***e may well lead to a loss of physical integrity on the part of the a****r. This isn't to say there aren't problems, but they are more your run of the mill crazy people rather than overly entitled idiots. It's amusing when you hear a British person in a restaurant complain that the meat is barely warmed (a fair comment from a British perspective) only for the waiter to immediately berate them for not knowing how to eat meat (the French way, in France). No, the concept of equality means that employees don't, and won't, put up with this sh!t. 👍
Multa Nocte 4 weeks ago
I know! I was laughing while trying to think of a single business that I go to that would put up with this shit. It's been a HUGE difference between here and the US, and I really enjoy it. I think it's one of the reasons that the French get their reputation for being "rude." For the most part it means that they simply wont put up with your pampered shit, and if you are used to acting like a spoiled brat and being reinforced for it, it comes as a great shock when someone tells you to fuck off and moves to the next customer.
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AuspiciousTree283 3 weeks ago
The day the Karen stereotype phases out is the day I celebrate. It targets the lovely Karens who have to bear the mockery for something they were not a part of.
Skogsrået 4 weeks ago
Worked customer service for years and swedish customers are so nice and polite compared to these delusional, entitled jerks. They need to get rid of this whole the customer is always right bs for good.
Rick Murray 4 weeks ago
You don't tend to get Karines here in France. There isn't the mentality of "the customer is king", and French law understands that verbal a***e may well lead to a loss of physical integrity on the part of the a****r. This isn't to say there aren't problems, but they are more your run of the mill crazy people rather than overly entitled idiots. It's amusing when you hear a British person in a restaurant complain that the meat is barely warmed (a fair comment from a British perspective) only for the waiter to immediately berate them for not knowing how to eat meat (the French way, in France). No, the concept of equality means that employees don't, and won't, put up with this sh!t. 👍
Multa Nocte 4 weeks ago
I know! I was laughing while trying to think of a single business that I go to that would put up with this shit. It's been a HUGE difference between here and the US, and I really enjoy it. I think it's one of the reasons that the French get their reputation for being "rude." For the most part it means that they simply wont put up with your pampered shit, and if you are used to acting like a spoiled brat and being reinforced for it, it comes as a great shock when someone tells you to fuck off and moves to the next customer.
Load More Replies... AuspiciousTree283 3 weeks ago
The day the Karen stereotype phases out is the day I celebrate. It targets the lovely Karens who have to bear the mockery for something they were not a part of.
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