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'I’ve been coming to this store for YEARS': Top Karens of the Year (December 20, 2024)

'I’ve been coming to this store for YEARS': Top Karens of the Year (December 20, 2024)

It's time for Christmas with the Karens! See what we did there? By the end of each year, we typically reflect on the highs and lows of our professional and personal lives as we celebrate the holidays and begin to plan for all that is to come next year. Sometimes, however, it turns out that it's far easier to complain about the most frustrating and annoying encounters we've had this past year than to reflect on the more wholesome moments. With that in mind, we've collected the top Karen stories…
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Karen throws tantrum at retail worker because of a pricey stuffed animal, manager has to intervene: 'In the end, the monster was defeated'

Karen throws tantrum at retail worker because of a pricey stuffed animal, manager has to intervene: 'In the end, the monster was defeated'

It doesn't matter how old you are when it comes to purchasing a stuffed animal, but for a fully grown lady to throw a tantrum over one is a whole different ballgame. Here's the deal: if stuffed animals or blankets provide you comfort as a sixty-something-year-old, that is well within your right. Whatever provides comfort to help you go through this harsh world is a personal choice, and we should de-stigmatize the idea that being an adult means not clinging to those sources of comfort. That bein…
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‘He just didn’t want to be happy’: Impatient customer berates grocery store staff because they aren't checking him out quick enough, cashier ‘bit[es] back’

‘He just didn’t want to be happy’: Impatient customers berate grocery store staff because they aren't checking them out quick enough, cashier bites back

"Wow, that is Olympic gold level petty revenge."
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Entitled Karen customer demands extra pickles at fast food restaurant, manager soaks their burger in pickle juice: 'Enjoy!'

Entitled Karen customer demands extra pickles at fast food drive-thru, manager soaks their burger in pickle juice: 'Enjoy!'

Working at a drive-thru means dealing with the full range of human behavior. That means handling customers who are everything from impatient to entitled to unkind. Every so often, you'll get a generous customer, but that's about as common as an eclipse, so you might as well figure out how to talk to these wretched individuals. Here, we have a new hire who was working her second shift ever when a group of entitled men were passing through and talking over one another while ordering. Naturally, t…
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'I paid $22 for slabs of fat': Male Karen demands for a refund for brisket sandwiches he never ordered, manager stands his ground

'I paid $22 for slabs of fat': Male Karen demands for a refund for brisket sandwiches he never ordered, manager stands his ground

It's remarkable what entitled people think they can get away with if they stir up enough of a fuss. Here, we have a male Karen customer who called up a sandwich place demanding for a refund after getting just “slabs of fat” on the brisket sandwiches he ordered at around 6:30 pm the day before. The manager with whom he was speaking asked for his order confirmation number so he could confirm the refund, and it quickly became that this was information the customer did not have not because he lost…
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Entitled Karen customer gets chased out of Chick-fil-A parking lot after she skips the drive-thru line and dumps a shake all over patient employee: ‘You REALLY called the police?’

Entitled Karen customer gets chased out of Chick-fil-A parking lot after she skips the drive-thru line and dumps a shake all over patient employee: ‘You REALLY called the police?’

"I know not all posts here have happy endings, so I figured I’d share this one for the holiday season!"
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Bartender gets even with entitled Karen customer who never tipped after crossing paths outside of work: 'The money she just gifted me was just karma'

Bartender gets even with entitled Karen customer who never tipped after crossing paths outside of work: 'The money she just gifted me was just karma'

It's not every day that you get to call out an entitled customer after the fact. Most of the time when this happens, employees choose to be the bigger person and smile through the pain instead of giving the aggressor a piece of their minds. However, every so often, you get the opportunity of a lifetime to stand up for yourself and say what you couldn't say in the moment. Here, we have a bartender who was repeatedly never tipped (not even a cent) by an entitled Karen customer who worked at the n…
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'Thank you for nothing': Karen makes a scene during Black Friday sale, insists she didn't get a receipt when she did

'Thank you for nothing': Karen makes a scene during Black Friday sale, insists she didn't get a receipt when she did

Shopping for the Holidays often brings out the worst in people. This could not be more apparent than on Black Friday. Hopefully, we all survived this tumultuous day by staying home and doing all our holiday shopping online this year like a sane person. However, who can't resist hearing about the crazies who still run amok in retail stores the day after Thanksgiving as if their lives depended on that 40% discount? Here , we have a retail worker who was unfortunately scheduled at the start of Bla…
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Karen shames 20-year-old server for bringing her fish when she ordered salmon: ‘This lady spit on me’

Karen shames 20-year-old server for bringing her fish when she ordered salmon: ‘This lady spit on me’

There are some people in this world who will do anything but admit when they are wrong. Here, we have a Karen ringleader, who waltzed into a restaurant with an army of Karen friends (or, as the Redditor likes to refer to them, her “sheep”). This Karen made it crystal clear from the get-go that she was looking to start drama. When her food arrived, she decided she needed to have a word with the innocent 20-year-old server who recounted this series of unfortunate events. The customer was upset th…
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‘That’s ENOUGH’: Karen customer slams credit card machine when asked to pay a pet fee for her hotel stay, employee says she can get lost if she can't be civil

What did the card machine ever do to you?
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'I hope you're ready to lose your job': Hungry guest throws tantrum at hotel concierge for not providing free Thanksgiving meal

'I hope you're ready to lose your job': Hungry guest throws tantrum at hotel concierge for not providing free Thanksgiving meal

Now that we're somehow rapidly approaching the Thanksgiving holiday, it's time to brace ourselves for Thanksgiving Karens. Each year, entitled customers, family members, and total strangers emerge to throw temper tantrums about everything from turkey availability to family traditions. This hotel concierge had the unfortunate experience of being on the receiving end of the wrath of one of the hotel's Karen guests. She somehow assumed that she would be entitled to a free Thanksgiving meal despite…
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'What exactly do you want from my husband?': Entitled Karen shopper grabs tall guy at grocery store to help her, tall guy's wife intervenes and calls her out

'What exactly do you want from my husband?': Entitled Karen shopper grabs tall guy at grocery store to help her, tall guy's wife intervenes and calls her out

Most people want to be left alone when they're running their weekly errands. If you're tall and shopping at a grocery store, then you have probably been asked to help grab something from the top shelf on more than one occasion. In most of those scenarios, a decent human being would indulge the short shopper; that is, so long as they have been decent to you. Here, we have an entitled Karen shopper who had the audacity to grab a tall stranger by his arm and drag him to where she wanted him to hel…
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'I am not allowed to do anything': Retail worker faces down angry parents after colleague sells parents the wrong computer for kid's gaming ambitions, prevented from helping them by silly company policy

Working retail is a hectic and endless stream of customer interactions that balance on a knife's edge, with any one of them threatening to teeter off into a full-blown customer meltdown with possibly little to no cause. It's a way of living that leaves you emotionally drained and completely exasperated, while weekends end up giving you just enough time to self-isolate and prepare for your next shift. Meanwhile, despite claiming to have the customer's best interest at heart, upper management mak…
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'McDonalds Karen yells at my kid': Top Karens of the Week (November 10, 2024)

'McDonalds Karen yells at my kid': Top Karens of the Week (November 10, 2024)

One thing remains true: the Karens of this world will always be lurking around, ready to pounce as soon as they feel entitled to do so. On one level, how could you not envy the complete lack of a filter and the audacity to start drama without any fear of consequences? But of course, on another level, who wants to carry that much negativity around with them at all times? This week, we have compiled a brand new collection of amusing Karens pulling the same old tricks. We've got the classic Karen…
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Restaurant employees share the good and the bad in a tell-all about the best and worst customers they've ever had

Customer service employees share stories about the best and worst customers they've ever had: ‘They got the wrong omelette and . . . stomp[ed] it on the carpet’

Well, at least they didn't make a big deal out of nothing
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Entitled hotel guest throws childish tantrum when things don't go his way despite receiving a full refund for his stay, employee cannot believe their eyes

‘YOU are ruining everything’: Entitled guest throws ultimate temper tantrum when hotel's hot water supply is shut off due to a suspected gas leak, employee is dumbfounded

Even though he was offered a full refund
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