“… the husband looked smug[ly] at me, probably feeling like he had won over the big man.”

She swears up and down that “no other hotel has EVER had a problem” with her using a credit card that doesn't match her identity.

Nobody is exempt from paying off their debts.

This is every customer service rep's worst nightmare. Working the phone lines in customer service is not for the weak. You have angry customers calling in all the time. Maybe it's because it's not handled face-to-face, but customers can be bold over the phone. There are a lot of people who call in to complain and get free stuff from the company, too. This Karen actually didn't call to complain, but it turned into a full rage fit after the employee tried to transfer her call. We all have been th…

A premium membership doesn't mean you can make employees your private attendant.

What did Halloween ever do to you, Karen?

Hospitals can be tense environments for anyone, but this entitled Karen took way too much of her stress out on an innocent bystander. The Karen was looking for her grandmother's nurse so she could get a sponge and a cup of water, but she was clearly so desperate that she ended up convincing herself that a complete and total stranger was the nurse assigned to her grandmother all this time. Ah, what the mind can do to an anxious individual! The stranger tried to reason with the Karen and explain…

Be careful what you post on your local town's social media groups! This Karen customer could not wait in line to be helped at a home supply and maintenance store. She and her husband threw a tantrum and, after leaving the store, did not stop there. The Karen decided to review the store on her small town's Facebook group, embellishing her story so as to make it seem that all the employees at the store are unhelpful and lazy. Well, word got around and one of the employees saw the post. Thankfully…

There are some principles that are worth standing one's ground on and others where it's probably best not to engage further. Unfortunately, the ability for the Karens of the world to pick and choose their battles is not really existent, as they seem to be in battle mode 90% of the time. This Karen was asked if she wanted exact change back after ordering an ice cream milkshake at a well-known establishment. There was a shortage of change and the server was instructed by his manager to ask custom…

“He yelled at me through the phone and said that he has the right to HIS presidential suite...”

Service workers have the power to help you save (or lose) money.

When you have pets or a lot of plants, or just generally want to make sure that there's someone there watching your things, you might call upon a house sitter. Usually this person will gladly take the chance to live in your place, even just to have a “staycation” away from their normal living arrangements. More recently, there have even been people chaining together these types of arrangements in order to live rent free for a period of time.

The only thing that can ruin a restaurant meal more than bad food is the presence of an unruly customer. Sometimes, they are clearly lonely and enjoy eavesdropping and inserting themselves into your dinner conversations. When this happens, you tend to indulge them with a few polite exchanges, only to realize that you are going to have to endure this for the next 45 minutes (at least) because you are simply too simply polite to ask them to leave you alone. Other times, your meal is interrupted b…

Make sure to read the signs very carefully.

“I have dealt with a lot of people and you are downright nasty and disrespectful.”

Customer service workers , you're doing the world a favor every time you politely answer the silliest question you've ever heard. They won't train you for this in most customer-facing roles. You think that customers will more or less know what's going on… but that's not the case. In fact, it seems like many jobs just require the worker to answer the same customer questions over and over and over. Some customers are special, though. They're so confused that their questions make the workers pause…