As a former server, I can attest to the fact that ninety-nine percent of customers are Karens. However, it’s our positive outlook that keeps us sane. Though the evidence may seem to contradict our sense of optimism, we, for some reason, hold onto this notion that one day our table will greet us with a …
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Customer Refuses to Tip Waiter After Demanding Menu Be Tailored to His Preferences
In my younger years, I worked as a waitress to support myself. My eight-hour shift at the restaurant would be followed by a job working in retail till the early hours of the morning. To be honest, though, I wasn’t very good at being a waitress, and I didn’t particularly love my work there either. …
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‘You want the exact amount, you get the exact amount’: Sweet shop regular insists on buying food by weight, employee complies by giving him less food
This teen spent a few months working at their uncle’s sweet shop for a summer, and got to experience what happens when «tempers and temperatures» run high. As a young teen, this person really wanted a PS3, but couldn’t afford one. So their dad and uncle came up with a plan: if this teen could …
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‘The grin slid off his face’: Employee outsmarts customer trying to exploit returns loophole
Navigating some companies’ return policies can be an unnecessarily difficult experience that may drive you to look for ways you can circumvent their requirements and get a fair go at returning your unwanted item. At times it can feel like these policies are unnecessarily specific and cryptic: «Customer must return an item only when the …
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‘I waited on the devil himself’: Demanding customer leaves surprising tip for waiter
A waiter shared an odd day in their life: dealing with some of the silliest and most demanding customers. Servers of America, you have my sympathies. It seems like customers are crazier than ever — but at least these waiters know they aren’t alone in the war against Karens. On r/Serverlife, u/serverforadecade shared an encounter …
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‘Be advised’: Male Karen leaves 1-star review because he’s angry about free soda
There are a lot of reasons to be angry in this world… and free soda is not one of them. Still, name a thing that exists, and there is someone out there who is absolutely fuming about it, plotting how they can end it once and for all. Meet Larry. Larry hates free things, especially …
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Karen Admonishes Hotel Worker For Drinking at a Bar After Work
What you do outside of work hours is your business. No customer, parent, or boss should have any say in what you do when you’re off the clock. I feel bad for people with highly scrutinized professions, like teachers, who need to drive an hour away to feel comfortable going to a bar. So many …
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Karen Claims Disney Employee ‘Destroyed The Magic’ By Making Sports-Related Small Talk
Disney theme park employees, or «cast members,» have different requirements regarding whether they must stay in character. In Pandora: The World of Avatar, cast members are required to act as if the events of the Avatar movies are real. They refer to the movies as «documentaries» and are committed to immersing guests in the Na’vi …
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Male Karen Harasses Airline For Making His Wife Clean Up Their Kid’s Mess
Flying with kids is so nerve-wracking. The most stressful part is gauging whether your kids will cry or have tantrums inside an enclosed metal tube for three hours. The second biggest challenge is keeping them occupied, which is much easier nowadays with tablets and iPads. A tertiary concern might be that your kids could make …
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Miserable Karen Berates Waiter Over a Side of Butter
Karens have been around long before we labeled them as Karens. A lot of boomers don’t like the Karen label (usually because they display some Karen tendencies themselves), but boomers can’t deny that the term Karen serves a specific and useful linguistic function. There didn’t use to be a concise word to describe an entitled, …
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