I was working nearly full time (35.5 hours per week) and commuting to a school over an hour away four days a week. My manager came and asked what the problem was. Many other baristas, however, who have also had to deal with boorish behavior, haven’t been so fortunate. I'd been standing in the exact same spot for about half an hour. *SAV* Okay -- ma'am? to log back into the account and click on the correct time in the drop-down box.Karen sat next to me and watched me do it.Karen logged in, took a screenshot of it - didnt fix it - then sent said screenshot to my line manager and said nothing to me.After the lecture from my line manager about "paying attention to the details" I turned to her and was like "Why not just say 'Hey dude, you made a mistake' and just fix it? This lady took the time out of her day to break me down to the point I started crying. Our policy in this case is to clear the car park access to the spaces closest to the door. She asked me how much the case would be. Many companies, however, are adding to the chaos, leaving workers with the sense they have been thrown under the bus. Never seen the woman again. When I worked at a bakery, Karen bought a chocolate cupcake and ate half of it. I know the feeling all too well. I hold up the shirt and point to the brown pit stains and say ‘Karen, can’t you see this stain?’ Oh man did that make it worse. Unless her name is actually Karen. Yes, it's quite annoying when parked cars do not match the color of your curtains. Retail Workers Share Their Best Stories Of Entitled Customers Getting What They Deserve by Brianna Morton. At work.I made a tiny mistake filling out a booking sheet for a company: i set the time 15 minutes later than asked by complete accident. Please provide your email address and we will send your password shortly. They were a huge reason why I went back to school and no longer work as a cashier. Can’t happen fast enough to suit me, though. © 2020 3BL Media & TriplePundit. You do still get customers with a dreadful attitude, of course, but there isn't the expectation that staff put up with it. It always cracks me up when they say that they're "never coming back!" Totes hilare. Some managers would give in to Karen, which meant voiding the transaction and starting over. She pulls into the car park, drives into the uncleared section and tries to drive through a snow drift, hitting a covered bollard in the process. She talked to the store owner and my manager about firing me to no avail. My sister in law is the biggest Karen I've ever met, complains in almost every restaurant we have gone to, but this one time they were moving house and my bro asked me to help, I was staying at their place for the delivery truck that was to arrive early in the morning, we were having drinks and my bed / mattress was on the living room floor, at around 1:15 I said I think I'm going to go to bed. She continues making a huge scene and demands to see the manager.News flash Karen, I am the manager and I’m not budging. This random lady that lived in my neighborhood said I couldn’t bike in front of her house without wearing a helmet because she was afraid of getting sued by my parents if I were to fall off my bike in front of her house or something along those lines. Thanks b****. Once my manager arrived she spent literally 10 minutes tearing into me, describing me as the least helpful person ever, talking about my bad attitude, complaining about how awful and rude I was, etc. As 2020 Is Almost Over, What Was Your Biggest Accomplishment And What Will Be Your 2021 Resolution? I guess we all look the same to you? Except she refuses to provide her information for us to try to look her up. Some chains have taken drastic measures, such as L.A's Hugo Tacos, which decided to simply close up up shop rather than allow their employees to suffer constant abuse; a crowdfunding page launched as an employee support fund, thankfully, exceeded its goal. It's not. Apparently she was going to sue us and get every employee fired for "not clearing her usual parking space of snow". Don’t you just love it when the manager calls out someone who’s lying that blatantly—-and a racist to boot—-instead of immediately going to the damn “customer is always right” bullshit? Needless to say I quit fairly quickly. I had never met him before and I am not Japanese. It’s funny how the few where it deviated from this “template” though they made sure of it, like, “My Karen was actually Indian” and “the worst Karen I saw was actually a man” which doesn’t support your gender-neutral and all-race theory, Messy, if they had to specify context. She then clomps into the store, demands to see the manager and proceeds to yell at him point blank. She came down later and asked to move rooms. "OL: *puts tube back on the edge of the pool right where the last one was and comes over to me* "you're a little thief and your mother ought to be ashamed of raising a liar. The woman in question is a Racist. I was in charge of arranging her order and told her that we don't select which individuals exactly will install her floor and that she'll get who she gets. We were about to board a plane and all the passengers were organised into two queues. Costco, Walmart, Target, and other retail employees have witnessed their fair share of bad behavior from shoppers. I say thank you, happy me has a tube now.Another kid in my class immediately bobs over and asks if he can use my newfound tube. “Karens,” who Black Twitter has long used to describe the entitled white woman with her hair in a bob who demands to see the store’s manager, and in recent years have weaponized their race to call 9-1-1 on the smallest transgressions, in recent weeks have summed up what’s gone wrong with America’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Some woman came through my line and asked me why I had a sticker on my shirt and I just kinda laughed it off. Let's just solve that misunderstanding that Karen is a name. It looked like whoever wore it rolled in mud or some nonsense.I proceed to tell Karen that I cannot return the product because it had clearly been used and that only unused and resellable items could be returned.Karen through a fit, started screaming at me and accusing me of calling her a liar and what not. 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