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“People Whose Moms Are Karens, What Was The Worst Thing She’s Ever Done?” (29 Answers)
Have you ever encountered a person who is overly rude, demanding, and overreacting? Well, as you may or may not know, on the internet, these people are known as "Karens"—and they don't have the best reputation here, due to the fact that they're always unpleasant to interact with.
Now, imagine if you lived with such a person. Like if they were your parent. You can't really choose who your parents are, so it's not like you can avoid them in this case. And so, it leads to rather interesting stories. Today, let's read some of these testimonials coming from the children of Karens, shall we?
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#1
My Mum complained to the manager at a restaurant that our waitress was incredibly rude (she wasn't) and dismissive (she wasn't). The manager informed us that she had severe autism and was in fact doing an amazing job and in the politest possible terms told my Mum to f**k off. The rest of us tipped big that day.
Alexia 7 months ago
Oh, this reminds me of my narcissistic mother. We were at a wedding once, and a young waiter was struggling with several big, heavy plateaus. As he got near me, I rose to help and took some of the dishes. "Thank you so much, miss" he said, but then I heard my mother's voice: "Stop doing that, you're not a servant! That's his job!" "Oh, shut up!" I retorted, and then, to the waiter: "Imagine what she's doing to us. Nevermind her, you're doing great". I never forgot the gratitude in his eyes.
Kohl_Keene 7 months ago
My mom used to humiliate her husband (my step dad) in public. Hit him, berated him, shoved his presents he bought her back in his face saying they weren’t good enough. It was cringe to watch. She acted astonished when he divorced her. Trust me Karens don’t feel good about themselves. They’re very bitter
Wharfrat 7 months ago
We used to employ an autistic lad in a cafe who had a similar complaint when he tried to offer a gluten-free cake to a vegan. It was interesting to find out that the complainer had championing diversity as one of her skills on linked-in.... still one silver lining when she said she'd never come to our cafe again. 278580866_...8b7e16.jpg 
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#2
This past January my mom had the meltdown of all meltdowns on my birthday because she didn't like the way I was dressed. For context I'm 34 years old. We were going to a 70's themed club/restaurant and I was wearing bell-bottoms and a vintage dress shirt from my collection. Last year she pulled the same s**t and my birthday dinner was cancelled, my father didn't want to come so as not to ruffle her feathers. Then because my little brother was getting a ride with my dad he couldn't come either. So the whole thing was called off.
This year I dug my heels in. I let her rant until she was out of breath, then took the opportunity of her gasping for air to calmly explain to her that the rest of our family would be going out for a nice dinner tonight. That the trick she pulled last year would not work this time. I told her it was a shame she felt the need to behave this way and that it hurt my feelings, and that if she could get over herself and be nice then she was still welcome to join us for dinner.
It didn't work. She started screaming again. So my dad and I left for the restaurant. We had a great time without her. My brother brought his girlfriend this year and we managed to time our reservation for happy hour so single-cocktails were only $6.
I remember I had the most delicious thin crust pizza. I wolfed the whole thing down on my own. I didn't even have room for my free slice of cheesecake after. Haha This particular venue gives you a free dessert on your birthday, you just need to show them your ID.
SouthernGal 7 months ago
Sounds like that mother can’t stand not being the center of attention.
Panda McPandaface 7 months ago
Presumably that poor man has been with that woman for 34+ years. If he divorced her you just know that she would never understand why.
#3
It’s not that she’s done just one, super, terrible thing, it’s that it’s a *pattern* of poor behavior and whining.
I don’t go to restaurants with my mom anymore because she just has no manners. Asking for the temperature in the restaurant to be adjusted, complaining about a water spot on her silverware, snapping her fingers to get the waitstaff’s attention, being generally rude to them, looking for things wrong with her meal so she can complain to the manager and get a discount/ etc.
And it’s not just restaurants. She actually wants to write a book thats essentially about how to complain enough that you get free/ discounted items at hotels, grocery stores, through Amazon, with your phone bill, etc.. She’s proud of this behavior.
Tabitha 7 months ago (edited)
Ohhh, you snap your fingers at me and I MIGHT mail them back to you sometime, if I feel like it.
Upstaged75 7 months ago
I just posted about how my mom almost ripped my dad's arm off and beat him with it when he snapped at a waiter. :)
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Upstaged75 7 months ago
My dad used to snap at wait staff. After my mom nearly ripped his arm off and beat him with it one time he never did it again. :)
FlagCityDiva 7 months ago
Potential good point: people steal it thus lessening her income/royalties. Fitting justice.
If you spend at least some time online—especially if you’re chronically online—you have probably heard the term Karen at least once or twice (let’s admit, likely way more times). And if you’re one of those who haven’t, let us introduce you.
Well, technically, Karen is a woman's name, which was at its peak popularity in around 1940-1965. Yet, in the context of online culture, this name has a slightly different connotation. In internet slang, it’s a pejorative term usually referring to a middle-class white woman who is perceived as entitled or excessively demanding.
#4
She didn't get her way when trying to return something, so held her arms straight out to the side while walking out so I whole bunch of stuff fell to the floor. It was a clothing store, so nothing broke, but it was still mortifying, and I could never shop there again.
Earonn - 7 months ago
Honestly, I'd stayed behind and pick everything up. But perhaps OP was / is too young to stay without their mother.
Lady Eowyn 7 months ago
Or too mortified to think clearly and just wanted to get away.
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My mother, years ago now, was acquainted with the local McDonalds owner who lived down the street. They used to complain constantly at how expensive the ketchup and sauce packets were, apparently.
Anyways, one day my mother asked for extra ketchup when picking up dinner for our family of five. They gave her a small bag chock full of ketchup. My mother wrote down the kids name and later called the owner and ratted him out for wasting money on ketchup. She is proud of this a regularly tells people about it, even to this day…we don’t really talk anymore.
#6
Sent a steak back 3 times..was perfectly cooked all 3 times. I don’t got out to dinner with her anymore.
Nicole Weymann 7 months ago
Lesson learned. I wonder if Karen whines to her friends about her kid never doing anything with her.
Emilu 7 months ago
Probably, and also makes the kid out to be selfish AF, I bet.
Load More Replies... Papa 7 months ago
I have sent a steak back exactly once, when it was so salty that it was inedible. My wife, who likes much more salt than I do, tasted it and agreed with me.
Untamed Snark 7 months ago
The only time I've sent back a steak was at a high end steak house, I ordered a medium rare steak with mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus, they all came out cold, like they'd just been pulled out of a fridge cold. It was like they'd given me a plate left over from lunch.
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Patrick H 7 months ago (edited)
Sometimes, my friend's family would join my family and another family for dinner. Her stepfather kept getting more and more difficult to deal with each passing year. One time, we went to a steakhouse. He ordered an unseasoned steak (because he was sensitive to the seasoning; fine), but he kept returning it because he could taste seasoning. My dad pointed out to me that in the kitchen, the grill was probably season from thousands of steaks and other things being cooked on it. There was basically no way to get a completely unseasoned steak at that restaurant, and the guy was clueless about it. They way he talked to the server was so embarrassing that I swore that I'd stop visiting restaurants with him. My parents did the same. I also tipped extra because I knew that the dùmbass wouldn't.
Basically, these women typically use the fact that they're white and their class privilege to demand things go their way, and their demands got out of hand enough times that people took notice and created a full-blown term for it.
So, you know those women who say things like, “I demand to speak to your manager,” are racist, condescending, overreactive, or even wear a specific bob.
#7
I was 18 and dealing with cancer in my right leg. I had to have Serial Casting because my knee joint was "frozen" from being on crutches for several months. The first cast was put on the day before Thanksgiving and was a full leg cast (hip to toes). The technician stretched my leg too much, and after a few hours, I was in complete agony. My dad tried to cut it off with a hand saw, but couldn't because it was fiberglass. The tech agreed to meet us at his office on Thanksgiving day to cut it off. As we were waiting in the parking lot for him, my loving mother turned to me and said "I hope you realize that you've ruined Thanksgiving" she then warned me not to tell my dad that she said that. She was my primary caregiver, so I never told my dad for fear she would take it out on me. Needless to say, we're not close, and I "forgot" to call her on Mother's Day.
Atom Bohr 7 months ago
Not as bad, but I had an accident while out on my bike with the dogs at age 19. I knocked out teeth and broke my jaw. Because of the bike and dogs I needed my mum to come get them, and it wasn't really ambulance worthy. She took me to the hospital and complained all the way there that she was missing her shows. At the hospital they said I'd have to go to a different hospital with a maxillo-facial unit. My mother didn't want to do that and left me there to go watch TV. I had no money on me or anything, and couldn't really talk. Eventually a colleague came and took me
Kim Gatlin 7 months ago
When was this? 1974. Mom couldn't record her precious shows? I'm being facetious. My kid would have been shooing me away for being too attentive. Broken teeth are no joke. Ask my dentist how I know.
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I used to be a pediatric cancer nurse. A 17 year old boy with bone cancer in his leg was dying bc his parents refused to let the doctor amputate. Where was the dad while this poor boy was dying? Posing as a gynecologist and giving pelvic exams to immigrant women in hotel rooms. I kid you not. What a wretched excuse for a parent.
Crystalwitch60 7 months ago
She’s no mother !! u didn’t break your leg doing something stupid ! U were seriously ill with cancer ffs she’s inhuman ! So don’t worry about forgetting Mother’s Day that’s only for us decent mums ! She’s not one of them so does not come in to that category x I hope op you are cancer free and legs doing well now x blessed be x
#8
When I was about 11 or 12 I got a ‘science award’ and a ‘number 2 student of the grade award’ (ie i had the second best grades) at the end of the school year and my mother was outraged that I got 2 and my twin sister didn’t get an award. She went to the school and raised hell so they created a new category and gave her a ‘music award’.
It was embarrassing for all of us at the ceremony including my sister and everyone knew what had happened (since she got her invitation to the award ceremony a few days after the rest of us).
It was so insignificant in the grand scheme of things (awards for 11 yos), I only remember it because my Karen-mom’s actions made me feel like it was my fault that my sister didn’t get anything, that my own achievements weren’t important, plus the amount of stress watching her get angry and go scream at the school people and embarrass us made this a core (and awful) memory/trauma.
#9
My mom isn’t the Karen. My dad is. He would routinely insist we get seated at restaurants because he felt he’d waited long enough and they were “ignoring” us. He’d throw enough of a fit that they’d do it every time. Then he’d email corporate and complain again.
He probably does this because he has severe anxiety he chooses not to work on, and because crowds and standing in line are big triggers for him, but he genuinely thinks he is being mistreated every time. It’s upsetting. I live across the country from him now.
Steinem Sukker Rumpe 7 months ago (edited)
A beleif you're being singled out and mistreated - when really your'e just being treated the same as everyone else - isn't anxiety, it's narcasim.
Bec 7 months ago
Depression and anxiety can make you have delusional thoughts/ beliefs.
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Sparkle 7 months ago
Yeah if it was anxiety he wouldn't want to go out. let alone make a scene.
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155chipmunkz 2 months ago
My dad threw a temper tantrum at the dentist because he “has anxiety” and didn’t want to pay for my retainers.
You might wonder exactly why this name chosen for this meme. Well, the thing is, within this stereotype, these women, as mentioned, are frequently middle-aged, meaning that they were born on or a little after the year's name was very popular. That means that, often enough, they’re called Karen, and so it stuck.
The unfortunate year for the name was 2020 when this term started taking off. The catalyst was the Central Park birdwatching incident when a woman called the police due to a disagreement over the requirement for her dog to be leashed in an area of the park. It was discussed a lot in the media, starting discussions about entitled women—and soon after, netizens found a name for it.
#10
My mom once requested a refund because her burger had one pickle instead of two. I was just watching in embarrassment when my mom and this lady in the counter just started going back and forth.
#11
My grandfather, my mother and myself went to a chain restaurant for a cheap takeout dinner, I was maybe 6 years old. She asked for an extra container of gravy. They rang it up and charged something like $0.40 for the ~200ml of gravy. She lost it. She didn't start by asking if the price had gone up (it hadn't), she just launched straight into berating a teenager over literal pennies while she was buying ~$50 worth of fast food chicken.
My grandfather and I were standing by the ketchup and straws, he leaned over and said "you see what she is doing? Never do that." He later explained that firstly, it's an incredibly trashy, rude thing to do. Secondly, it's a surefire way to eat spit and boogers.
It's FAR from her worst offense, but it's the first one that really stuck with ne.
Crystalwitch60 7 months ago
Go grandad , although gotta ask why ops mum is like that !! He bought her up ffs
#12
My mother used to scream so much at my little league coach that we got banned from the fields. She hated that he would bench me and let other kids enjoy playing. I was good but god I hated playing sports. Funny thing is my favorite moments in little league were hanging out in the dugout joking and singing spice girls while the game was going on.
Papa 7 months ago
A friend of mine umpired Little League games when his children were playing, and told me that he once had to stop a game and make one of the mothers leave because she just wouldn't stop yelling about something. He said that after the game the woman's husband approached him, and he was apprehensive about it, but the man just wanted to thank him.
Granted, this sole incident wasn’t the only one that popped up in the news at the time—quite a few of them did, and that’s why cybercitizens were so eager to make it an online phenomenon. And it wasn’t only them —The Guardian called 2020 “the year of Karen.” Basically, a high-level publication approved the term.
That doesn’t mean it went through unscathed, however. Some people pointed out that this meme was rather sexist and ageist. After all, there was no masculine equivalent for it. So, netizens wouldn’t be netizens if they didn’t take this as a challenge—they started to look for a name that could be applied to men who act the same way as Karens.
#13
My sister is a karen and she called the police on a homeless man who had a bike that looked “too nice to have been his”. It was his, and she’s the worst!
Luke Branwen 7 months ago
I live in Europe where it's currently full of Ukrainian refugees. A lot of people complain that the refugees have "too nice cars" and it's honestly so idiotic. What are they supposed to do? "Bombs are falling on us! Quickly, let's leave our nice car behind, grab some random rickety hunk of junk and get out of here!"
Lara Verne 7 months ago (edited)
Tell me about it, it's the same here. Some people are so hateful. They're complaining about everything that Ukrainians do. Like: "I saw Ukrainians buying clothes" - are they supposed to walk around naked?
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Crystalwitch60 7 months ago
Where as in uk we actively WELCOME Ukraine’s here to live in safety!! No judgement what so ever we save that for the other inihuman lunatic that’s causing the war !! Him we very much do judge ! The ukraines are welcome well treated and they are wonderful people .. unlike ops sister ! She is not she’s vile
Rachel Pelz 7 months ago
I love what UK does for Ukrainians and for Ukraine. Still, just having a any certain nationality doesn't make everybody wonderful ;) plus, UK is very strict about letting only UA refugees with a UK sponsor enter. That makes the overall and the not-absolutely-wonderful number of people be smaller.
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#14
Years ago, I was at the mall with my mom and my sister. There was this pretzel place across from the food court that sold lemonade. We went to the pretzel place and bought three lemonades, then we went across the hall to the food court to get pizza. We sat down and began eating. The lemonade was not very good. Whatever, not a big deal, my sister and I were thirsty, so we drank it anyway. My mother did not drink hers and complained the entire time.
After we finished our pizza, my mother dragged us back over to the pretzel shop and demanded a full refund for all three lemonades. The cashier was very polite and refunded her lemonade since she didn't drink any of it, but (rightfully) did not refund the lemonades that my sister and I drank.
This was not good enough for my mother and she proceeded to pitch a hissy fit. I am so relieved that this all took place before cell phones, because otherwise we'd have videos of "Lemonade Karen" circulating all over the d**n internet. The cashier offered coupons, but did not refund the lemonades that my sister and I drank. By this point, my sister and I were thoroughly embarrassed and begging our mother to just drop it and leave. Finally, she did.
She spent the entire car ride home yelling at us because we drank our lemonades and this apparently made her look like an idiot.
The Majestic Opossum 7 months ago
Yep, had almost this exact thing happen with mine. It sucks to say the least.
#15
My mom had been hassling me to take off memorial weekend to go to a family reunion, despite me telling her repeatedly it was one of our busiest weekends of the year and I had no desire to go to the reunion.
So she called my boss and chewed him out and told him I wouldn’t be coming to work that weekend. When I showed up to work he told me what she’d done and fired me.
Apatheist Account2 7 months ago
It seems to be a thing in America that one can be fired because someone one knows causes hassle for one's employer. I could never imagine any of my relatives calling any of my bosses to complain about anything, let alone something like this. Ah, the Land of the Free...
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Emilu 7 months ago (edited)
Agreed. Or at the very very *very* least, absolute no contact. And maybe taking a dump on her doorstep.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 7 months ago
wtf some boss he was then , he should have been on your side ! Hope mother paid your bills till you found another job since it’s her fault !
WolfMoon 7 months ago
Working for a boss like that...unfortunately what she did was wrong and what your boss did was wrong, maybe you dodged a bullet. I hope these two wrongs made a right turn in your life and work for a more compassionate person and have a great support system. I'm sorry you went through that and I hope you're in a better place now.
Unfortunately, one specific name didn’t stick, only several choices. They include such names like Bob, Ken, or Chad (our favorite). Other people just refer to these men as “male Karens” instead. So, to each their own, we guess. Either way, the fact that these people are a menace to society stands, no matter how much fun we make of them.
Have you ever encountered a Karen of any gender? Share your story with us in the comments!
#16
My MiL treats waiters like s**t. Especially if they’re Black or Coloured (I’m in South Africa). One time a waitress brought a cappuccino without the cookie on the side, and MiL goes: „There goes your tip!“
I was so embarrassed and we try to avoid going out with them.
#17
Not my mom but my mother in law- threw a restaurant menu across the restaurant and then pouted like a child because they were sold out of something.
Brian Droste 7 months ago
Not to long ago went to a restaurant. Went to order a certain item. Part of the order they didn't have. No big deal to me. Just order something else.
Crystalwitch60 7 months ago
Exactly this ! but then we are human lol Karen’s ARE NOT ! 😂
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#18
My grandparents came to visit after we moved out of state. My grandpa forgot his various prescriptions. My grandma went to the local pharmacy and threw a fit when they wouldn’t just provide pills from a hand written list. She threw such a fit the police had to come and trespass her. The last time it was brought up my grandma still blamed the pharmacist for the interaction.
This is just one of many such interactions.
Lady Eowyn 7 months ago
"trespass her" Do you mean removing her for trespassing? Although if the store was open to the general public, walking in was not trespassing. They removed her from the premises.
Becky Samuel 7 months ago
Once a premises have asked someone to leave, they are legally required to do so. If they fail to leave they are trespassing. 'Trespass her' is a completely valid usage.
Load More Replies... Brian Droste 7 months ago
They should have tried to called his doctor to se if they could get a prescription filled for his pills just for the weekend.
#19
It has been 24 years and I can still picture this man's purple, swollen face as he yelled at a tiny Filipino woman that his silver-dollar pancakes were too f*****g small.
This was on a cruise; it was an all-you-can-eat situation. He could simply have ordered more of the tiny pancakes *for free.*
Other highlights from this gem of a human included him b******g about the fact that there were too many children on a *Disney* cruise.
#20
Tried to get food from a drive that she didn't need. It was meant for victims who suffered losses from a tornado, which didn't affect my Mom at all.
The Majestic Opossum 7 months ago (edited)
This is definitely some shìt my mom would do. I recall her being mad because other kids at my (very expensive private) school got discounted tuition because their parents made under a certain income. She was upset because at the time we were super poor and could not afford tuition either. But, she refused to fill out the 4 page form to tell the school that or request the assistance, because "they should already know that." This left ME on the hook for my highschool tuition and I literally couldn't get my diploma and go to college without it. It took me 8 years, many letters and calls, and a change in school leadership for them to give me my diploma and (rightly) put the debt in my parents name. During that 8 years, she sold her home and made a $30k profit, but never once made a move to pay the tuition because "she shouldn't have to. " Sorry for the rant...
Misti Wilson 7 months ago
God I feel this, I'm so sorry, my mom is also this kind of trash!
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#21
I (32 at the time), I was physically at the store trying to be the middle man for her and T-Mobile to get a new phone. She was so impatient she started yelling through the phone over me to the employees about how she was going to cancel everything and lose her as a customer, do you even know how to do your job etc. I had her on speaker phone with one hand over my face i was so ashamed but they needed certain information from her so I couldn’t hang up till she shut up and told us. I apologized so many times.
#22
My step monster spent 10 minutes yelling at me over a restaurant dinner table because my panic attack earlier that day had been so embarrassing for her. I’ll never forget when she took a break just long enough for her to make fun of the woman at the bar’s knock off Louis Vuitton purse.
My dad just sat there for those wondering.
#23
Not my mom but my grandma. She would make sport of harassing and berating the tj maxx cashiers and lying about sticker prices to save a couple bucks on discount clothes she didn’t need and was more than wealthy enough to afford anyway.
superfluous 7 months ago
Off topic, but the 'elbow' patches in the picture are making me crazy.
Rachel Pelz 7 months ago
Why? Sustainabitiy-wise those are pretty wise. Just looks weird if you push up your sleeves.
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Damned_Cat 7 months ago
If my mom had to wait in line to make her purchases, or if the salesclerk didn't provide the level of service she demanded, she would just stick the items in her purse and walk out. She would say that's what they get for not treating the customers right and that they charged too much anyway. I would be pooping a brick all the way to the car I was so afraid of her getting caught.
Julie S 7 months ago
It's TJ Maxx in the US it's called TK Maxx in the UK because we have a stone called TJ Hughes, so to stop confusion it was rebranded TK Maxx.
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#24
My best friend’s sister is named Karen and she tried to burn her parents house down because her parents didn’t want to pay for her breast augmentation surgery.
#25
Would take 20 minutes in the deli line until the slicer got her deli cut sliced *precisely* the exact right way.
Just (slice)
“Nope. Too thin”
(Slice)
“Too thick”
(Slice)
“Again”.
Nina 7 months ago
It seems to be an extreme form of 'the customers is always right' attitude. Combine that with the 'employed at will' construction and people can actually lose their jobs if they don't oblige.
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My mom was a POS that has done many hurtful things to me. The worse thing she has done was she only acknowledged my oldest daughter as her grandchild. During birthdays and holidays, she would only send my oldest money and such. I asked her why and she was very nasty and told me "Well you guys keep having children so someone needs to give your oldest the love she'll never have.".
#27
I have been told that my mother in law is not allowed at certain chain restaurants. Also every time we go to breakfast she orders “crisp” bacon and I am always worried when it comes to the table and is not crisp, what will happen.
Glen Ellyn 7 months ago
I like my bacon crisp and I know from experience that restaurants don't make it as crispy as I like it, so I never order anything with bacon at a restaurant. Easy peasy. But then, I'm not Karen. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Jill Allen 7 months ago
My dad always asked for bacon crisp. He knew it may not happen, but was an adult and thanked the server anyway
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#28
My mom has chronic health issues and she always yells and curses at the patient care techs in the ER. These people are some of the lowest paid employees at the hospital and understandably aren’t always the best at deescalating conflict, so they often yell back at her, and then she tries to twist it like they started it.
At first I tried to explain that she has panic disorder and was probably having a panic attack, but then I realized she was also making up rumors about how rude the patient techs and nurses are, so f**k her, they can put “difficult patient” in her chart every time for all I care.
She was never like this when I was growing up, but my stepdad screamed at everyone and my grandfather was a massive Karen, so I guess she feels like she needs to scream at someone since they aren’t around to do it for her anymore.
Glen Ellyn 7 months ago
Perhaps we should stop calling them "Karen" and start calling them "Scaren," meaning Screaming Karen, or maybe SKaren??
Papa 7 months ago (edited)
. . . or just call them ash holes and be done with it.
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#29
My mom’s not a total Karen but she’s had her moments. The most embarrassed event I always remember is when she argued about being over charged by $0.05. Yes, 5 d**n cents. She argued that the grocery stores always rip people off so she wanted to make sure she wasn’t one of them. But 5 cents?!?! I ran away and waited by the car. She argued with them for 30min.
Sarah 7 months ago (edited)
My dad said back in the 1940s .. small rural town Southern Ireland . The butcher would always go over slightly on the gramms or kilogrammes of meat… as a child standing in the queue with his mother he’d watch every transaction and all the women just agreeing as only a few pence. But dad thought.. if he’s doing that all day every day then it builds up
Earonn - 7 months ago
I mean, a grocery store normally has a till, so where does that difference come from? I wouldn't make a scene but one store nearby where this happened 3 times in a row totally lost me as a customer. And while my £20 per week might not make a big difference, telling my neighbours just why I'm not going there anymore might do.
Roxy222uk 7 months ago
Was she right? If she was then she's perfectly entitled to ask for the error to be corrected. It might seem petty to others but she's not in the wrong. And if they argued back and she was right (or they tried to tell her that as it was 'only' 5 cents they were going to keep it anyway) then good for her for doubling down. Obviously if her manner was aggressive from the start that's not going to help, but it doesn't mean she's wrong
Becky Samuel 7 months ago
Ask yourself, would I stand in a shop of I were offered $0.10 an hour. Of course you wouldn't, that would be humiliating. This is no different.
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KatSaidWhat 7 months ago
My mother forgot to tell me my grandfather had died. She also decided that my sister demanding she not hug me or show physical affection was the way forward after I moved in with her after finishing school. I have yet to mourn her passing (October 2024)...
Trillian 7 months ago
It is appalling to see how many times these people get awarded for their behavior. You are only. encouraging them. Karens are not a thing here because in most cases they get told to leave if they don't like something.
Roxy222uk 7 months ago
It's not possible to say it without sounding offensive so to all the people that it doesn't apply to, I don't mean you, but what this looks like to me is American To The Max. Throwing menus across restaurants?? Demanding ham be sliced again, and again, and again?? Of course there are potential k.n.o.b.s in every country, but if they don't see others benefiting from this type of behaviour, and it is only makes their own shopping experience worse than it needed to be, then they wouldn't feel this is how they should behave.
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Skogsrået 7 months ago
All these Karens are enabled in their shıtty behaviour either by family or customer service. You need to nip this shıt in the bud and never give them what they demand when acting like this or they will just keep doing it and even escalate it. Tbf customer service seems atrocious for the staff in the USA.
BarfyCat 7 months ago
My dad was a selective Karen. He was only horrible to women. The worst time was once when he had to take me to the doctor (I was a young kid). He was so rude to the staff I wanted to melt into the floor.
Gavin Johnson 7 months ago
I used to run a training ground for a professional footballer team (soccer) and we had four youth teams who trained with us over the weekends. Parents had to be reminded that the coaches were the only ones who should choose formations and tactics, if you insisted on ‘coaching’ from the sidelines then you’d be asked to stay in your car, repeat offenders would put their child’s place at the club in jeopardy. I saw so many parents cuss out the coaches, it was ridiculous, we as a club want to get the very best out of the players we were investing in, why would we coach them poorly or not know their best position? Wannabe managers who failed as young footballers do not make good parents at the side of their son’s football pitch! I only had to completely remove one from the premises after he took a swing at our top youth team manager.
The Majestic Opossum 7 months ago
Too many of these reminded me of my mom. Pretty sure I have PTSD from how she was when I was a child. Happy I got therapy and learned to set healthy boundaries later in life!
Roxy222uk 7 months ago (edited)
The term 'Karen' is just one more misogynistic term to go in the huge list of derogatory terms for women, so I always take these lists with a pinch of salt. For some of them if you take out 'I felt mortified' from the description and just read what the women actually did a lot of it is perfectly justified. My son couldn't shut up about how petty it was that I took a packet of crisps (large) back to the supermarket next time I was in there because they were stale. I am always polite, I know the person I'm speaking to bears no responsibility for the problem, and I also know my rights. I got my £1 back. He could easily write about the event from his point of view and make me sound like a Karen. Just by saying I 'demanded' my money back when it was nothing more than one pound for a simple packet of crisps. (He wouldn't, he's lovely, he just likes to tease me about it because he doesn't get it).
Rachel Pelz 7 months ago
Would like to upvote your post more than once :) "Impolite, self-centered behavior" could be a better description.
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A girl 7 months ago
My parents were pretty chill but I'll never forget my dad melting down three times. "No tax on food but I'm paying 5% for toilet paper?". "You seriously rearrange the grocery store every week". "Who the f didn't pick up dog $#!+ this week?"
Earonn - 7 months ago
Can get behind #2 and #3. Not to the screaming point, but the greed and selfishness in them certainly is a plague
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Ruth Watry 6 months ago
If you are an adult and not financially dependent on Karen mom, the correct thing to say (to whoever they are harassing) it - I cannot count the number of times that I wished that I was adopted (and not related to this woman)
Rodney Burrington 7 months ago
My parents were children of the depression, born 1922, and 1929. Both blue collar kids, dad became a dentist because he could...mom, a dental hygenist, and waitress along the way...If we "went out to eat", it was special, and you all better behave...3 of us learned all the manners we needed to live a good life....Mom always left a 15% tip....no matter cost....she had been stiffed in the past...
KatSaidWhat 7 months ago
My mother forgot to tell me my grandfather had died. She also decided that my sister demanding she not hug me or show physical affection was the way forward after I moved in with her after finishing school. I have yet to mourn her passing (October 2024)...
Trillian 7 months ago
It is appalling to see how many times these people get awarded for their behavior. You are only. encouraging them. Karens are not a thing here because in most cases they get told to leave if they don't like something.
Roxy222uk 7 months ago
It's not possible to say it without sounding offensive so to all the people that it doesn't apply to, I don't mean you, but what this looks like to me is American To The Max. Throwing menus across restaurants?? Demanding ham be sliced again, and again, and again?? Of course there are potential k.n.o.b.s in every country, but if they don't see others benefiting from this type of behaviour, and it is only makes their own shopping experience worse than it needed to be, then they wouldn't feel this is how they should behave.
Load More Replies... Skogsrået 7 months ago
All these Karens are enabled in their shıtty behaviour either by family or customer service. You need to nip this shıt in the bud and never give them what they demand when acting like this or they will just keep doing it and even escalate it. Tbf customer service seems atrocious for the staff in the USA.
BarfyCat 7 months ago
My dad was a selective Karen. He was only horrible to women. The worst time was once when he had to take me to the doctor (I was a young kid). He was so rude to the staff I wanted to melt into the floor.
Gavin Johnson 7 months ago
I used to run a training ground for a professional footballer team (soccer) and we had four youth teams who trained with us over the weekends. Parents had to be reminded that the coaches were the only ones who should choose formations and tactics, if you insisted on ‘coaching’ from the sidelines then you’d be asked to stay in your car, repeat offenders would put their child’s place at the club in jeopardy. I saw so many parents cuss out the coaches, it was ridiculous, we as a club want to get the very best out of the players we were investing in, why would we coach them poorly or not know their best position? Wannabe managers who failed as young footballers do not make good parents at the side of their son’s football pitch! I only had to completely remove one from the premises after he took a swing at our top youth team manager.
The Majestic Opossum 7 months ago
Too many of these reminded me of my mom. Pretty sure I have PTSD from how she was when I was a child. Happy I got therapy and learned to set healthy boundaries later in life!
Roxy222uk 7 months ago (edited)
The term 'Karen' is just one more misogynistic term to go in the huge list of derogatory terms for women, so I always take these lists with a pinch of salt. For some of them if you take out 'I felt mortified' from the description and just read what the women actually did a lot of it is perfectly justified. My son couldn't shut up about how petty it was that I took a packet of crisps (large) back to the supermarket next time I was in there because they were stale. I am always polite, I know the person I'm speaking to bears no responsibility for the problem, and I also know my rights. I got my £1 back. He could easily write about the event from his point of view and make me sound like a Karen. Just by saying I 'demanded' my money back when it was nothing more than one pound for a simple packet of crisps. (He wouldn't, he's lovely, he just likes to tease me about it because he doesn't get it).
Rachel Pelz 7 months ago
Would like to upvote your post more than once :) "Impolite, self-centered behavior" could be a better description.
Load More Replies... A girl 7 months ago
My parents were pretty chill but I'll never forget my dad melting down three times. "No tax on food but I'm paying 5% for toilet paper?". "You seriously rearrange the grocery store every week". "Who the f didn't pick up dog $#!+ this week?"
Earonn - 7 months ago
Can get behind #2 and #3. Not to the screaming point, but the greed and selfishness in them certainly is a plague
Load More Replies... Ruth Watry 6 months ago
If you are an adult and not financially dependent on Karen mom, the correct thing to say (to whoever they are harassing) it - I cannot count the number of times that I wished that I was adopted (and not related to this woman)
Rodney Burrington 7 months ago
My parents were children of the depression, born 1922, and 1929. Both blue collar kids, dad became a dentist because he could...mom, a dental hygenist, and waitress along the way...If we "went out to eat", it was special, and you all better behave...3 of us learned all the manners we needed to live a good life....Mom always left a 15% tip....no matter cost....she had been stiffed in the past...
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