Story 5: That manager is going to be losing more staff soon. He's obviously spineless, and submits to the Karen every time. To not even defend his own staff from a Karen who berates staff every time, refuses to tip, and demand refunds for irrelevant things; he shouldn't be a manager anyways.
And he had NO BUSINESS phoning a FORMER employee to come down and apologize to someone. When OP tore that witch a new one, OP WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE. No different from any other NON-employee giving those karens dogcrap when they deserve it.
@@barbiek3987What irks me is that he had the audacity to ban her for putting the woman in her place. I guarantee he loses more customers because of that individual customer than he would because of OPs talking to. It happened to a place I worked where we had someone cause such a fuss that dozens of customers left, and the hilarious part is that we had an emergency where our card reader got destroyed by this TV mount that hadn't been secured correctly. He was upset he couldn't pay with a card, blaming us like we hated cards or had some vendetta. Not like he didn't see the destroyed equipment behind us on the counter that we had to clear out. Or the signs we'd posted on our doors saying that our card reader was broken and we would only accept cash. Our manager got upset with how we explained to him that there was nothing we could do and caused a larger problem by trying to accommodate him, commandeering an already overdriven drive through system and mixing orders to a horrific degree. And of course, because others saw this, we had to start taking cards from everyone. I'm just gonna say lots of refunds were handed out because of the total fustercluck the kitchen had become. The manager didn't tell them which orders went inside or drive through, so we were handed orders for inside to drive through, and while we initially were able to expedite them correctly the manager got upset at the building overflow caused by pushing all orders through the drive through line, and began doing it herself. Without checking. I can not describe how euphoric and infuriating it was watching as she realized the issue she created, and we were in until 3 am when closing time is 10pm, sheerly because it took so long to refund/remake/separate the food. Our overall earnings that night were down over two grand what we make on an average night, caused entirely by an issue that could've been avoided by just telling a single entitled guy to suck it up and go next door to eat. TL:DR Angry man caused a fit, manager shifts all food through single line to accommodate, when things start getting harder she decides to take over, and causes a problem which took over 6 hours to correct.
@@barbiek3987 OP should have said "Sure, I'll head back" and then switch off their phone and got on witrh their day. See how long Karen and the shitty manager stays there for.
@@davidpriestley1650No, don’t wait for the manager to be fired. Wait for the business to fail. Then greet the departing manager at the door (if possible) and wish him well in his next endeavors. With a s***eating grin.
I always love the "I see you here all the time, so you must work here" reasoning. If I ever get that pulled on me, I'm going to point out the obvious - they are here just as much as me, so they must work there, "too".
I just learned that was the full phrase a couple months ago (I’m 34 lol). Now it annoys me even more when people use it incorrectly as a crummy excuse!
Yep. Customer wants to drown their meal in Ketchup and you find that disgusting or even offensive? You say nothing and bring them that Ketchup Think that outfit looks terrible on them or that the different pieces don't go well together? Unless they ask for honest fashion advice and help picking out a better outfit, smile and say they look great. These are kind of situations where "the Customer is always right" applies
THANK YOU! The customer is NOT always right! The only time they're always right is in matters of taste. If a customer wants to buy something, no matter how distasteful it is (e.g., an ugly hat), they're going to buy it. All other circumstances, they're not always right. It's one of those phrases that was chopped in half to cater to the worst kinds of people.
story #3. Well, that story actually proves that some karens have at least 2 brain cells. She actually realized that she would NOT get the job. Hell just froze over.
Story 2 - Never, ever, ever invade someone's home like that unless you want to explain to the cops, your spouse, and your employer why you were in lockup after being held at gunpoint for a home invasion. It doesn't matter how angry, drunk, or confused you were...no one takes it lightly once the "find out" part starts for something like that.
Story 5 - OP did what SO many people have wanted to do to people like that woman. Sad that she was banned from that place but probably for the best since the owner obviously values nasty people like that Karen over loyal employees. Even former employees.
There was a missing piece of revenge on that Karen. If she didn’t hold a disabled person parking permit. They should have had her ticket med when the police arrived.
I would have said to the manager something to the effect of “really? If this is how you treat your customers, don’t worry, I’m not coming back, voluntarily. Where is my apology?”
Story 5: So OP is banned from the store for cussing out an obnoxious Karen that treats everybody like garbage and constantly attempts to scam the store but the Karen still gets to come and spew her own toxic filth? As punishment for that action, the owner needs to serve her every time she comes in until they decide to ban her too.
Yeah, if it had been me, they would have gotten a single warning. If they didn't leave, I'd call the police to have them arrested for trespassing, at the very least.
Karen's moment of clarity & the ability to apologize and look ashamed, made me think that a lot of Karen's are reformed Golden Children! As an adult they figured the world doesn't revolve around them & they are in a recovery program. But Piss One Off & tada just like the HULK, they transform into KAREN😂
Story 3: All this happened because Karen is not willing to wait in line. She threw her own future in the trash because she decided to harass someone else instead of waiting
OP should have yelled at her walking out "Next time you're tempted to berate someone stop & wonder if you are leaving a nasty impression on the surgeon you just might need or the paramedic who comes to your rescue" Might just leave a lasting impression! 😮
@@marshawargo7238I would have told Karen "Maybe you can get a job as a fast-food-worker. I hear 'The Burgers are Better' is hiring." Naah, on second thought, probably not."
That's like how at my old job, we were looking to hire a new cashier. So one day this lady comes in to see my manager, and I do a double take. I recognized her as this really mean and nasty lady who worked at the Family Dollar down the street. So I made a note to talk to my manager later. After the interview was over, o headed back to my managers office. Just as I was about to express my concerns, two of my other coworkers come running to the door and said at the same time, "Please tell me you aren't hiring her, are you?" My manager looked at them, then and me as I said, "Yeah. You don't want her in this store." We then told her about the nasty stuff that lady has done over the previous months. Needless to say, she didn't get the job.
I find it funny she has a go at op saying you'll never be anything more than a fast food worker yet she is on her way to an interview for a job as a checkout chick at a super market
Story 4 - Now that was a good one. Karens claiming to be the spouse of the owners or knowing the owners when they don’t are the biggest morons on the planet.
Story 5: Honestly I feel like people who work in the fast food industry who have to put up with entitled narcissistic people should have the right to verbally snap back at anyone who is giving them an undeserved hard time.
I listened to another story earlier today about a girl helping out in her parents' old motel. Since many things had to be done manually due to their age like turning on certain lights, etc. she had gone to flip some switches to help out her parents and happened to pass by a Karen's room as she was exiting her room and she started complaining to the OP that no one was at the desk to take her room service food order when she called. The place didn't have a kitchen, so OP told her that, then the woman started berating her, so the OP said something about how she couldn't just conjure up food out of thin air. The next morning, the woman complained about OP to the owner/manager, OP's dad. She told him OP was such a bad employee and had cursed her. Not cursed AT her, but that OP had put a curse ON her, so she should be fired. OP had repeatedly told her that she didn't work there, but the Karen kept insisting that she be fired for cursing her. People be nuts, lol.
story 5 she acts this way because the owner doesn't ban her for her behavior. Shortsighted management don't understand that customers like her hurt their business, they do not need these toxic people to spend money, as the other customers they drive away are far more profitable.
Story 1 - Good move Karen, you order a random guy to ‘help you’ OP tells you he doesn’t work there and you throw an apple at him!? Hopefully she was banned from the store.
If I was meeting with Job Interview Karen, I would do the interview. But step out to call the police at the onset. Definitely pressing assault changes after now knowing exactly who she is.
Story one.... That manager should have already permabanned her! And now she just committed assault. 🤨 Story two.... Karen: "How stupid do you think I am?" Me: "Do you really want me to answer that!?" 😂
Now, now, don't put the bad behavior of people on others. I do understand where you're coming from, and we should work together to stop people from being abusive & horrible to others. They should learn that bad behavior won't be rewarded.
Story 3 - This one was different from what I was expecting. But I will say that Karen had enough brains to know that she REALLY effed up with OP. If she had just been patient and left OP alone then nothing would have happened.
Honestly, it may very well have just been a bad day for her, or she was dealing with a lot of stress, and since she was job hunting I can easily see that being a contributor. We all have times like that when we end up doing things we regret. And we also have to accept the consequences of our actions during those times. At least it seems she accepted those consequences gracefully.
Story 5: OP should've agreed to apologize to Karen in person, go back to the restaurant and let her have it a second time instead of actually apologizing
I once watched a waiter see that he hadn't gotten a tip from a rude table, calmly walk up behind one of the guests from that table, and pour a glass of water down the back of his shirt before walking out. Cussing out a Karen is nothing compared to that, but both are legends.
Story 5: why don’t the other employees just quit on the spot after op got banned, it would make the manager and owner to relies that Karen should be the one banned than op
I had to put a sign on my door one time when I was renting an apartment. I worked nights and slept during the day. But people just don’t read the HUGE sign that said; I AM NOT THE MANAGER !!! So every time someone would knock on my door waking me up, I was a Jerk to them !
@@GReaper No I’d ask them for their phone number. Then they would usually ask why. So I’d tell them that I was going to call them at 3sm just to wake them up as I was pointing to the sign.
@@solosynapse Believe whatever you want, I really don’t care. In our humanity we see the world through our own eyes. When we’re dishonest we think everyone is dishonest. If we’re a thief, we think everyone is a thief. If we’re a liar we think everyone is a liar, but if we’re honest we think everyone is honest. So which one are You?
Story 5: As satisfying and maybe appropriate in some situations as it is to tell the horrible truth to a narcissist, the even more horrible truth is that you will NOT get through to them. It's not called wounding their narcissism for nothing! Also, such people are dangerous, so please be careful what you say to them - they may attack you physically and in any case you probably will have an enemy for life.
The lady at the fast food restaurant, I had an incident like that at a grocery store, I was in line with a basket, the lines were long because it was busy. The guy behind me the guy behind me then said, this line is for 10 or less you need to go to another line, now. (he counted the items in my basket I guess... I had 11) I rurned around and saw a man in a polo shirt standing there with resting jerk face. I said "Finally you show up! These lines are ridiculous, due your job and GO OPEN ANOTHER REGISTER before I call you MANAGER and get you FIRED!" He looked at me and was like "What? I don't work here." I laughed and said "Of course you do, YOU are enforcing STORE POLICY, now go open a register or do I need to get you fired? " He repeated he didn't work there so I said "Then stop harassing other customers" About that time, a checkout opened and I checked out and left
Story 1 is one of the reasons why during the height of the pandemic I drew faces on my masks and the ones I wore when shopping was designed to be scary, I called it my "War Face".
Story 5: I will never understand why leadership will decide to ban someone for standing up for their employees, when they cannot defend themselves from unruly customers. Instead of giving face to garbage customers, ban THEM, instead. Not that hard.
I hate when people say "The customer is always right" because that's only half of the saying. The other half is "In matters of taste." I means that the customers can choose whatever home décor they want from department stores, where the phrase originate, no matter how much it might clash.
Karen's soley exist because owners are so far removed from dealing with their own customers. As this one video shows, an owner dealing with a Karen will quite often immediately kick them out. When a Karen is harassing employees not related or friends with the owner, the owner will repeatedly thrown their employees under several double deckers to appease the demon. Then we now have a lot of business owners saying how people don't want to work these days (despite lowest unemployment in decades), and quite often refuse to work directly with the customers themselves. We don't want to work for lazy owners anymore that'll fire anyone based on the wails of a banshee!
I used to live in a house in Virginia, that was on a busy 2-lane road. Whoever numbered the road was an idiot! Just down the street, it turned into another town. Well, there was a dentist's office with the same street number, but it was (orher town), not (our town). We would get mail for them and vice versa. We also frequently had people who thought our house was the dentist. One time, my husband (now ex) left the front door unlocked. I was upstairs and suddenly our dog became alert. I then followed her downstairs to find a lady in our living room, heading into the kitchen! She was like "Isn't this the dentist's office?" Uh...no. I told her where it was and she thanked me and left. I made a sign and taped it to the inside of the glass of our front door, to let people know that we weren't the dentist's office and where to find it. My ex-husband thought it wasn't necessary and stupid, but it worked.
Story 3, I wouldn't be all petty and pretend to give an interview, I would just straight up tell her with how she treats customers she is not getting any job that involves interacting with them.
Story 3. As soon as the store manager said "she" was coming in for an interview I knew where this was going and knew it was gonna be sweet. I was honestly surprised by Karen's moment of self reflection.
Like how they used to say back in the 90s, primarily aimed at the bullies and jocks, "be nice to the nerds, because one day you'll be working for them."
I am so sorry for everyone that has to work in a society where being abused by customers is okay and defending yourself is an offence. I worked as a cashier for a few years and I had my fair share of rude customers, but I only had one situation where I would have refused service if she had acted the way she did BEFORE I had already rung her up. And it would have been my right to do so.
story #5. I'm amazed that more people don't cuss out karens more often. I normally don't swear, but I'd sure as heck tear them (karens) all new ones if they got in my face and treated ME like a nothing. Kudos to wait staff and retail/grocery clerks for NOT committing crimes on karens every single day. You guys/gals got more restraint that I sure do.
Story 2: That Karen is lucky she didn’t barge into my home; she’d have been physically removed, and not gently. If you’re being rude and give me legal justification, you’re catching hands.
Wonder whether guy living next to notary should paint their door an inappropriate color for a notary. Perhaps, blue with red ladybugs, black with skull & crossbones, or huge purple arrow pointing to “Notary Nextdoor”.🤣
Need advice, please - Former coworker (I since quit that job) assaulted me on the job. No injuries. Work supposedly has a "zero tolerance" policy for violence, but CW still works there. In my industry, word gets around real quick, and no one likes a narc. So pressing charges would be shooting myself in the foot. What to do, what to do?
Story 5: Honestly, she really needed that STFU. Now that OP isn't working there anymore, the filter comes off and the true feelings can come out. But yeah, the owner is better off banning her than letting her keep coming and making everyone miserable (with no tip)
Story 1: hit me with anything, and you have now authorized me to respond with the same, in my own strength. You DONT want me to throw an apple at you. That woman got off way to easily.
Story 5: when the manager called to demand Opie return to apologize, I _hope_ Opie replied something like: "Get some self-respect. Don't let losers like Karen tell you what to do."
Story 1: Always press charges. Karen assaulted a customer with a weapon...do NOT allow her to leave...call the cops and press full charges immediately. Story 2: Karen is really lucky her actions did not result in her injury or death. OP didn't know if she was armed. Some states have Castle Doctrine & Stand Your Ground.
I was a notary public for many years. In our state,at least, while we do stamp documents, we're not notarizing the contents of the documents, we are notarizing that whoever signed the document has provided proof of their identity. We have other things we can do - like officiate marriages. There are people who do it from their homes & they sometimes put up small plaques stating that they're notaries. (The plaques are not required.)
Story 5 : I had to serve people like that sad to say but if I was OP would of not only tell them off, but also depending on how nasty they were would either not give her the drink and drink it myself, or put the tartar sauce in the drink before I give it to her. I an usually a kind and patient person but everyone has their limits.
My daughter was shopping during the pandemic. A lady in front of her was feeling all the fruit in a display putting her hands on every piece. After doing that she went to walk away but my daughter said “Excuse me ma’am, you missed that apple there”. She walked away with a very red face.
In the second story, I've seen a lot of small medical, legal, and similar practices in converted houses that still look like houses on the inside at least a little. I would not be surprised by seeing a notary's office look like a house.
A thing about Story 2. I dunno if this is true anywhere else, but in several towns in Georgia and other Southern states, homes have been converted into notary, lawfirm, insurance, and even computer repair and small retail stores. From the outside they look just like a house. In a lot of them, they're also still built like a house on the inside. It's only the individual offices (which used to be bedrooms) that don't have the appropriate furniture in then. The entrance room tends to be a large living room, where the office workers have the chairs set up next to windows or pointing towards a TV just like a regular living room. What was the dining room is now probably a meeting room, but still uses a nice wooden dining table, sometimes complete with a friggin cloth everybody's grandma puts over her dining room table down here. There is almost never a specific area near the front for the receptionist. They tend to just work in the dining room or in the room closest to the front so they can easily hear knocking/doorbell.
Story 3: IMHO I would have allowed her to apply, let her run her thing and be as professional as possible about it, then IF she passed for the job, I would have given her a very fair warning. "I expect proper interactions here, I run this show and I will be fair but I dont take crap. Do your job right and we dont have a problem or dont wast my time." but thats just me.
"Please leave me alone. Also, stop fondling the fruit. It's creepy." *walks away* "Do I look stupid?" "Do you really want me to answer that question, ma'am?" $50 for gas? What does she drive, a semi? And Karen, you eat fish with your mouth.
There's no way she spent that type of money for gas in the story. However It depends on the size of the tank. Older vehicles can run near, or even g over one hundred to fill up depending on the price of gas. For example an old Chrysler New Yorker could have a twenty five plus gallon tank. I've filled a few in the past as a gas jockey, and even a few trucks with dual twenty five gallon tanks. Another factor is where the tank was at when it was being filled. If thee tank is really low, even a fifteen gallon tank depending on the duel cost can hit close to or even go over fifty dollars on a fill up.
No. The actual quote is "The customer is always right IN MATTERS OF TASTE". It means that if the customer believes that a baby shit yellow lounge suite is the perfect match for mission brown & puce striped walls, then that's their call. It does NOT mean that they are correct.
For Story 5 : I wish OP was there when the Karen called the police, just so she could have pointed out that there's a car parked in the handicapped spot with no sticker, so she'd get a fine on top of it.
I worked at a ff store. HATED every minute of it. I did, eventually not care if I got fired when a "Karen" decided to cut the HUGE line to complain about her drink. The line was at least thirty people long and I was already dealing with a nasty woman who was known to get violent. This woman butts in and tells me her drink is all wrong and that I HAVE to fix it. I tried to be nice and tell her that she'd have to wait one moment for me to complete the other customer's order and then I'd get to it. She wasn't having that and I lost it. I told her that we're in a huge rush right now, that I'm working on this other persons drinks and I didn't give a shit what she wanted at that moment. She told me she'd get me fired or something like that and I retorted: I don't care, I hate this job and people like her were the reason why. I didn't get fired but oh boy did I get a stern talking to later about my behavior. I quit that day on the spot and told them where to shove it.
S3 Why is OP such a DOOR MAT? Comes in on his day off, manager leaves early knowing there is an interview planned and OP agrees to do it. Never fall in love with your job, it won't love you back
Notary story : Op SHOULD put up a sign saying "For Notary use other door ➡️/⬅️" depending on which side the Notary is on. A lot of businesses have more than one door so, most people wont be confused by this type of sign.
Ha, first story reminds me of a time I was perusing tomatoes at a farm stand. I picked up a tomato and gently run my fingers over it, probing for soft spots. The lady running the stand suddenly said "Oh my God thank you for being gentle with it! So many people will just crush them and say they were bad..." I was like, "What? But tomatoes are soft. You can crush a perfectly good tomato; that doesn't mean it's bad. You only need the gentlest touch to see if it's bad." And she's like, "Yes! You'd think they know that, but nooooooo. But you get it! Thank you!" While that was a bit of an ego trip, it didn't do anything for my faith in humanity.
The restaurant one I would be a little crap. “Oh sure I’ll apologize put her on the phone. Okay listen hear you imbecile or should I use smaller words like moron or idiot. I will NEVER apologize to you because no matter what the manager says he hate you just as much as the whole store. Please do never show up again. The only regret I have is that I didn’t ‘accidentally’ spill your drink and sauce on you. That man can’t make me do anything and I don’t care if I’m banned from the whole town I will NEVER apologize to you. Goodbye”
Story 5 - if the owner or the manager said that to me, i’d be putting the word out about that business as catering to entitled people and i’d put an extremely nasty review of the business on every single page about it online !!!!
Why are people so cordial and polite to people barging into their homes? Be a jerk up front and people will be less likely to try to bowl them over with their threats.
Don’t mess with people who fix your food or bring it out. That one lady messed up her chances getting a job by being a jerk to her potential co-worker.
Story 1: That apple wasn’t the only thing that was garbage. Thank goodness Karen got thrown out 😅 Story 2: OP needs to hang a sign on their door that says: “Notary is next door”
