Um, Karen, the thing about instructions from the world's perfectly well meaning tech support professionals is that you need to actually follow the advice for your problem to be resolved. Pretending to follow the advice being given to you just isn't going to cut it. There's something to be said about the stubborn fortitude of the strikingly clueless individuals that also assume they know everything. They're so committed to being right when they're clearly wrong that it's near impossible to make any progress. For another ridiculous tech support tale check out the time that a customer assumed that the internet runs on literal magic.

The world has more than its fair share of entitled folks with uproarious demands. There are people out there who believe it's more than fair to charge someone for the opportunity to take care of their kids, There are Karens who are more than willing to call the police over people making the "bleep bloop" sound when they lock their cars or leave a ranting yelp review because they couldn't return a 90% eaten hot dog. It's wild out there. The hypocrisy is palpable, like when thissketchy business got called out and accused a freelancer of being a shyster.

Mistaken intent and serious misjudgment can be a real monkey on our backs. Sometimes it feels like we're all working just to prove to other people that we're not horrible creeps, thieves or morons. Most times it's easy to not look like a lascivious rabble-rouser. But sometimes you're caught in a vulnerable position bending over to grab a pen cap and there's just no convincing your coworkers that you weren't just trying to smell your boss's chair. What can you do. Here are some times people proved they weren't the dumb one, or for some more foibles, bold and mistaken customers who were at the wrong store.

Twitter user @weirdspotify has tapped into something special here. Specifically, we're talking about a Twitter account that's dedicated to featuring a series of ridiculous and highly entertaining Spotify playlists. As it turns out, the world of music contains so many songs that it's relatively easy to put together funny playlists that actually make sense by making use of relevant song titles. Really, at their core, these are art. 

Money can complicate an otherwise peaceful relationship very quickly. It sounds like this couple was fairly new in their love affair, but that didn't stop the girl's boyfriend from asking her for a sizable $5K loan. Even though she's clearly well off in terms of what she has saved, it's a pretty bold request to make so early in a relationship. On top of that, the guy didn't take too kindly at all to the rejection. Could be a bit of a red flag situation going on. 

Many of us can get hopelessly invested in our video game adventures. With a legendary game like Ultima Online it's only a matter of time before you find yourself meticulously planning some kind of devilish act. In this case, we have quite the unforgettable tale about the time a player decided to be the tavern owner that'd ultimately end up unleashing an utterly ruthless nuclear revenge on the game's townspeople. 

Honestly, it's hard to figure exactly what the company expected to happen when they went ahead and refused to give this employee a well deserved raise. Like, naturally people aren't going to want to fill their plates up that much more if they're not receiving the right amount of money for the heftier workload. So, it's no surprise that people in the comments section were in agreement that the employee wasn't in the wrong at all for holding their work "hostage."

Is there a lesson here? Maybe something like "don't be miserable to the person controlling the ride." Maybe it's "don't go on rides if you know you hate them." Or maybe there are stories with no actual lessons, and things just happen sometimes. Either way, Karen could have played her cards better. For another episode in the adventures of Karen, here's asecret shopper Karen who was too much of a Karen so she got fired.

Hey, not all of us have the patience to read books or take salsa lessons, so it comes to this. There's nothing quite like being at a party going "that reminds me of a funny tweet I saw" and then totally butchering the idea so it's not funny anymore. You've accidentally missed the point and made it too dirty. Then the one person you kind of know goes "mhm yeah totally." That's what we call a social win. Here's more funny tweets and tumblr gems to quote later and some extra tweets to build character and cultivate strength.

The professional world has far too many shady bosses that are trying to pull fast ones on employees that they vastly underestimate. There had to have been some kind of morally centered voice echoing with pleas in the back of this guy's brain to just pay his employees like he was supposed to. But alas, no such action occurred. So, the labor board made the very necessary intervention. For another pro revenge tale check out the time that a client tried to screw an employee over by locking out of the system, and then it totally backfired. 

The movies have an uncanny knack of convincing people that the whole business of a proposal needs to be nothing short of a theatrical experience worthy of being on the big screen itself. Well, the reality is that there are plenty of proposals out there that defy the status quo, and go way outside the box. Maybe these people's proposals will go on to inspire other romantic people out there to do things just a bit differently. 

Sure, anyone can come up with a rare insult to bruise people's egos, but it takes a true master of self deprecation to put themselves through devastating self roasts. You could call it humility. You could also call it a complete lack of self respect. But when people are done hitting others with spicy rare insults, they throw themselves through the roast gauntlet. It looks like it stings.