I Had a manager Literally make an announcement saying "IF YOU ARE NOT AT THE TILL LINE WHEN WE CLOSE, YOU WILL NOT BE CHECKING OUT"...... And 10 minutes after we closed, this woman walked up with a full shopping cart, the manager literally walked around the Tills, grabbed the shopping cart and said "GET OUT!!" and walked away with her shopping cart and started putting the stuff away saying "YOU HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT Get-out!" FREAKING SAVAGE!!, THE MAN WAS A SUPERHERO! LOL
Usually if the child is UNDER a certain age, parents can take their opposite-gendered children into the locker-rooms. The Aquatic Center @ Eisenhower Park says Male Children 5 and OVER cannot be in the women's locker room.
It's usually permissible to take very young children (which in this case Karen's son appears to be) into restrooms or locker rooms of the opposite sex. But if she's THAT worried about her son seeing a nude or near nude person, she NEEDS to use the family changing room, it's what it's there for!
Story 2: It's not segregation to use the Family Locker Room. If she didn't want her son to be seeing women with too little stuff on (then again, I don't know if a kid that young will remember it), then why bring him there? That's just ASKING for drama
This reminds me of this story where a woman walked into a men's changing room with her kid and screamed at all the guys that they were perverts for exposing themselves in front of her kid and her and it's just like, lady you walked into the changing room, the men's room and if it was the other way round with a guy taking his daughter into the woman's room you'd be up in arms about it, I think op also even mentioned the kid looked like he was old enough to be able to go into a changing room and get ready in his own
Yeah, that was my favorite bs argument she gave. "Its not FAIR that I'm not allowed to use the ladies dressing room because of my kid!" Really? So its fair to the other ladies in the LADIES dressing room to have to follow rules you set forth because YOU chose to bring your male child into the ladies dressing room? Also, what are you missing out by using the family dressing room. Its a dressing room, not a social club. You are just supposed to be there to change your clothes or shower off the chlorine or whatever, you aren't really missing anything unless you like ogling the other women in there. To me, this sounds like she is either really stupid or this is an awkward attempt to scam a lawsuit on the pool or the female victim.
At 7 years of age if we wanted to take a shower we had to go to the top of the apartment building, bringing a bag of wood chips soaked in something like kerosene to put in the water boiler. This was another country, not the US. So we loaded the bag into the boiler, lit the bag and waited for the water to heat. The shower was a big room that several people could be in. The lady that took care of us then told us to undress(we were a bunch of kids) and she got undressed and started showering. I had never seen a woman naked so I was looking at her. She told me to look away. I don't feel it affected me to see that. I was just a kid. But I still remember this until this day. Don't see what the big deal is anyway.
@@Tommyboi01 Honestly just feels like pure projection from her. She's probably the kinda lady to joke with her friends about checking out guys just a bit TOO aggressive
Story 4: If you show up at a store five minutes before close and get a shitload of merchandise, you're just a bad person with no consideration for others.
To me, I expect a store should be already shutting their systems down by then, such that if it closes at 9:00, then at 9:00:00.000, everything's gonna be off and all the doors locked. Some places specifically say "no service within X minutes of closing" for this reason.
Seconded. Similarly, I won't go into a restaurant if it's less than 45 minutes before they close unless I'm getting take-out. I don't want to be that person slowing down the closing procedure by hanging out after the doors are supposed to be locked.
When I was a store manager I would tell people the registers were timed so we couldn’t do transactions after x amount after close. Never felt guilty. :)
Story 2: I wish every other woman present in the locker room began disrobing in solidarity. The reaction would have been both hilarious and satisfying.
And they should report karen to the staff, maybe few people complaining about her would get her in some trouble, not necessarily a ban, but a warning would be nice.
Again? There's an HOA story where a nosy HOA "officer" (self-appointed) tried to shame, evict, and call the cops on... a woman in a bikini in her pool in her backyard. She was howling about how that (wearing a bikini) was nakedness too.
Story 5: So Karen was willing to commit two different assaults, some sort of obstruction, and possibly child abandonment because she would rather endanger people than accept an inconvenience. Some have never been told no, I see
Sounds like the patient has to tell her neighbor that she would no longer watch her children if shes going to be like this, being so entitled that she's willing to endanger another person over her personnel entitled needs.
@@IzzyPR2010 Way it sounds, the crazy neighbor just abandoned her kids with the patient without permission. If the patient refused to babysit the kids anymore, there is 100% guarantee that crazy neighbor would ignore this and abandon her kids with the patient anyway, but not without having an entitled screaming fit first when being told that patient wouldn't watch them. The solution...a restraining order, a warning of calling CPS the next time they were abandoned with the patient, and a follow through when this narcistic moron does it anyway.
I’m flabbergasted at that Karen refusing her neighbor to go to the hospital because it would inconvenience her. That’s ridiculous. I’m glad she got tased and that her neighbor was okay.
"Lady, if you don't back off and let me take this patient to the hospital, you'll be joining her there." Come to think of it, she probably did. How do you treat tazer burns?
Story 2: If the Karen in this story thinks that she can get a woman banned from the location for changing, in the CHANGING ROOM then she's an absolute dipstick! 🤦
I have worked retail and understand how you hate people showing up 5 minutes to close. I actually had to do this once when I ran out of printer ink. I ran into the office supply store, said, "I just need printer ink. Which direction?" The clerk smiled, pointed and I dashed to the aisle, grabbed the ink and dashed back to the check out. I paid, grabbed my bag, and said, "Let me get the hell out so you can all go home." I got a big smile for that.
I had to do the same thing at Harbor Freight once-I needed mini-flex ties for a reindeer I was rewiring for my holiday light display, and I didn’t realize it was right around closing time. However, I explained my situation to the employee, showed him a couple of pictures of my display and explained my technique, and he let me in. I know the store layout well (it’s one of my husband’s and my favorite places to shop), so I was in and out in five minutes tops and thanked him profusely for letting me in. The next time I went in, I ran into the employee and showed him the picture I’d taken of the reindeer I’d rewired that night. He was impressed!
I had a similar story, My Raspberries suddenly had mold, so I had to grab more before it was closing time, it was 5 minutes before closing time when I arrived, so I asked which direction, and the clerk of the store smiled and pointed in the direction, I rushed to the aisle so I didn’t stay for an extra minute. I got back to the checkout and said: “Let me get out so you guys can go home and sleep, you deserve it after this probably horrible or nice day.” I also got a big smile for that and the clerk of the store replied: “thank you, that made our day.”
As a retail worker: That is the kind of "5 minutes to closing" customer that I 100% do not mind helping. You're here for one thing (especially something important like printer ink) and you just want to get it and go? And you understand we all just want to go home at the end of the day? Time Lady, I would find you a coupon. (I worked a place with lots of coupons.)
@@tacoclaus8168 I hate shopping, so going out at the last minute only happens in an emergency. Such as I state in my original comment. My printer ran out of ink and I needed to have the documents printed. I probably should have noted that this took place on a Sunday when the store closed earlier than on a weekday.
The last one who the hell leaves their kids without any warning at a 75-year-old lady’s house who is on blood thinners and suffered a stroke a few years prior this woman is beyond insane I hope she was arrested.
I worked in a huge housewares store and one night we locked the entrance door, turned off most of the lights and escorted the couple of shoppers that were still there up to the register to check out. About 90% of the lights were off and we locked the remaining exit door when everyone left. We then heard a big guy banging on the front window yelling that his wife was still in there shopping. We had checked every aisle and finally found this woman, with a full cart standing in the dark trying to see the difference between two items. When we told her that we were closed she, of course said that she just needed a few things. Someone asked how she got in and she admitted that she forced the exit door open and she knew that we were closed but “just a few things” right. She had a fit when we told her the register was locked and the security system wouldn’t allow us to open it until tomorrow. She pitched a fit, her husband started to threaten us and we ended up calling the police. We watched the security footage the next day and actually saw her forcing the door open to get into a dark, closed store!
Story time with silverwind: i left my wallet in a kart...the grochery store i didn't yell at them...i didnt scream and cry. I discussed with my mom the worse case scenario id need new ID etc. I went back the next day and they had found it in the safe. I got it back. And went on my marry way.
Story 5: well the entitled neighbor doesn't have to worry about finding a sitter anymore, considering she's going to prison and her kids will be taken in by CPS or their father.
Retail should start applying “after hours fines” to their transactions. If you aren’t in the register lines before closing, you help pay for the overtime.
Except that would give them the excuse that its okay to continue browsing for those last minute items, and you just know that these types of people will have books of expired coupons mixed with legitimate coupons and argue about every damn item rang up.
Generally, where I work, it's the supervisors who take over the til as none of us cashiers work pass store closing. Not always the case, as when I started working at the place, we'd work thirty minutes pass the store closure. Generally, we'd clear the til we were on and then put left behinds away. I think there was this one holiday were I worked -:45 to xx:45, weird shift, which is likely why it sticks in my mind to this day.
💜'ed the first story!!! While in college, my roommate was from out of state & only went home for major holidays. Living in-state, I went home frequently. She had a VCR when she moved in & I had a tv, so it worked out well, until it didn't. She went home for a family event and I decided to stay in and watch movies. Well, imagine my surprise when i got back to the cm and saw that the VCR was gone! Come to find out that she'd locked it in her trunk because she didn't want me using it while she was gone. Mind you, I'd left my tv *every* time I went home. After that, I continued to leave it, but I took *all* of the cords with me. 😂Sorry for the rant...
The girl was already trying to 'cover up' by getting dressed. When Karen started yelling at her, she was preventing the girl from doing what she demanded the girl to do. These Karens need a special mental hospital with specially trained staff to deal with Karenitis!
I used to be the closing manager of one of those craft stores, and one night a whole family came in about 10 minutes to close. I let them know that we closed shortly and they waved me off and went to fabric. They were going through the linen section, unrolling, holding up to the women, stacking what they didn't chose on top of the other fabric. 10 minutes after closing I let them know that we had been closed and they needed to finish their selection. 30 minutes after close, and three further warnings, they finally make their way to the fabric counter and start trying to figure out how much they needed from the many many bolts of fabric. I put my foot down, and told them that it was 30 minutes after closing and I would be happy to put their choices on hold for them to return tomorrow, but I was not sitting there for another hour while they hemmed and hawed over yardage. Not in so many words, and with the retail customer service tone of respect, but I ushered them out of the store. I was reprimanded the next morning, despite knowing that keeping my closers any later would result in timeclock violations regarding working more than 5 hours without lunch. My store manager told me that once someone is inside the store, they choose when to leave, not me. I don't work there anymore. Neither does she.
As someone who works retail, you CAN refuse service but most of the time it will go faster if you don't because they usually throw a fiit which takes even longer.
My best friend's mom was a long-time ER nurse at the local hospital. About an hour before her shift, she was paged (late 80s) to come in early. For those that aren't familiar with pagers, her notification was a random number that meant "critical emergency, drop everything and get to the hospital ASAP". About our town, it was a speed trap. The speed limit was 25 mph in town and increased by 10 mph increments until reaching 55 mph. This in itself was absurd because the highway was 4 lanes with shoulders and a turning lane. In her haste to get to the hospital, she accelerated to 35 mph before entering the 35 mph speed zone and was stopped by a rookie officer. She told him where she was going and why. According to him, "her emergency wasn't his emergency". If she was late, then she needed to leave earlier. My friend's mom told the cop that one day, he was going to be in the ER and when he looked up, she'd be there. He scoffed, handed her a ticket, and bid her good day. A few days later, guess who ended up at the ER with a knife wound? The rookie officer. As she took his vitals, she chatted with his supervisor. The supervisor thanked her for the life-saving care earlier in the week. Turns out, the supervisor's sister was one of the people involved in the near-fatal car accident. She lost a large amount of blood. If not for the quick response by EMTs and the ER staff, his sister would've died. She said the already pale rookie officer turned even more pale. The following Monday, a small bouquet of flowers was waiting for her at the nurse's station. The attached car read, "Thank you for the valuable services you provide to the community", signed rookie officer. Two weeks later, she called to check on the ticket and was told there was no ticket in the system.
I used to work at a fabric store and we'd have women and the occasional man drag their feet at closing. Our manager told us to turn off half the lights and that usually got them moving. We had 2 registers and would close one down at 10 minutes to close. I once had a woman beg to be let in at 5 minutes to close as she just needed thread. Fifteen minutes later I told her I was closing down the register and to either check out or leave. People just don't understand that at closing we don't lock the door and leave. We had to clean up, resupply the 8 cutting tables, count money, and take out the trash before leaving. But what I really hated were the women that would watch us during working hours neatly drape the fabric on the round displays (it was required by corporate) and immediately come behind us and pull out every bolt of fabric we just worked on and walk away.
You should’ve went to the front desk and told him that there was a crazy woman verbally attacking another woman in the women’s locker room for changing her clothes. That way, the only complaint that comes in is about Karen, and not from Karen.
Story 2: Kinda wish that while leaving OP had told staff that there was a lady harassing another woman in the locker rooms. Story 3: There needs to be a conversation with mom about boundaries. Like a “you don’t tell dad things about me or I cut you off so you don’t know anything”.
I would have gone with HIV... because then he'd crap himself about telling the "lucky lady" to get tested... and if he doesn't, OP can follow it up with getting the girl in the gag... screaming how "Cindy's now mortified you gave her aids"
If someone used the razor I use to shave my face to shave their pubes, I would feel entirely justified to tell them I had an infectious blood disease to scare the hell out of them. The act was disgusting and he laughed it off as nothing because he got laid because of it, so he absolutely deserved the punishment that would guarantee that he would not pull that cr^p on anyone else again. Also, imagine having to explain to your date that you got lucky with that she would need to get tested too; I can't imagine there would be a follow up date later. Of course, this inconsiderate douche probably didn't bother to inform her, seeing as how he didn't care about using someone else's razor to shave his junk.
At one point when I was working retail, we still had several customers in the store 10 minutes after closing. The store manager got on the PA system and said "thank you for shopping at [Store Name]. The store has been closed for 10 minutes. Please bring your final selections to the checkout. In five minutes, we will be releasing the dogs." We were stunned. He was always the corporate first drone, and never joked about anything. The customers all came up front, some smiling and lauching, some pissed at the announcement. One asked if he was seroious.
I work in a major craft store like in story 4 and can confirm that some people are crazy at closing. Once found a lady in framing holding her laptop and in a zoom call 10 minutes past close. Another time another lady would not stop shopping past close. Every time we offered to help her find what she was looking for so she could leave, she'd wait for us to get far enough away and move back deeper into the store. Why? I guarantee you wouldn't like getting locked in by accident. She left 20 minutes after close
Grocery store cashier here..late night Karen's are the reason we pull the till 1 minute after close. We announce an hour before closing then at 11:15, 11:30 and every 5 minutes after that. At 11:45 the announcement says "please begin making your final selections". At 11:50 it says make your final selection. At 11:55 "please bring your final selection to the register". 11:56 we announce the last till will be pulled 1 minute after close. 12 am we announce all purchases must be completed in the next 50 seconds..people often arrive just after the till was pulled
I used to work at Kohl's. The number of entitled customers who would come in ten minutes or so to closing and then meander throughout the store... We would be there cleaning up the dressing rooms that they left littered with clothes and the cashiers would be checking them out thirty to forty-five minutes past closing time. Then, while we were doing that, customers would come up to the locked doors with the hours clearly marked on them, and bang on the doors, asking if we were closed. Meanwhile, the customers at the cashiers were arguing about the prices and trying to use expired Kohl's cash. I'm getting PTSD just writing this!
Story 4: Those are the types of customers that if you *try* to boot them out, they'll intentionally make the process last as long as humanly possible to try and punish you for it. I remember distinctly that one incident I had as a server. A family of 8 came in an hour before close, nothing out of the ordinary (aside from eating dinner at like 10pm, but to each their own). We got their food out, they are it, they spent some time chatting as they waited on the last two people to finish eating. They were older, so it was understandable. We're an hour past close at this point, and the supervisor on duty tells me to urge people to leave. There were 2 other tables who courteously apologized, gathered their things, and left, as they had finished eating. The family of 8 were waiting on I assume the grandma(?) to finish her quesadilla. I gave them a few more minutes before gently reminding them we had been closed for an hour 15 at this point. 45 minutes later, the power scooter-bound woman finished nibbling on her quesadilla slower than a hamster and they all left. I then spent the next 30-40 minutes cleaning up the crumbs she had scattered and flung all over the section of the restaurant they had been in. I would know, because I had already cleaned the rest of it before that while we waited for them. The kicker? They didn't tip.
When I worked at Staples, yeah, we refused service. One time, this was this dong male Karen who pretty much ignored our warnings that the store will be closing soon. I think he caught us like 3-5 minutes before close. He was browsing the gift cards. 5 minutes past close and we tell him he needs to make his choice (at this point we already locked the store to prevent other costumes from walking in). He rolls his eyes and pretends to be deep in observation. 10 minutes back close and we give him one more warning and he once again rolls his eyes. Since my manger was awesome and yet also stubborn as a bull too, he marches to the registers and closes them. He instructs us to start cleaning the store. 15-20 minutes pass close, to which at that point the store is as clean as it's gonna get and we're all out of our uniforms, my manger marches up to the customer and tells him he needs to leave. The guy rolls his eyes and I think there was a "I'm not done deciding yet, just give me a minute," if memory serves me right. My manager says that we gave him 2 warnings already he closed the registers, we won't be able to check him out. The guy asks why would he do that if a customer is still in the store and my manager responded that we were closed and so we needed to close the registers. Thankfully the dude only argues for a bit, but my manager was not one to be intimidated. My old manager used to be a club bouncer and he's a black belt in a martial arts I don't know the name of. This customer couldn't just blow him off and ignore him like he did to 19-20 year old me. The customer not only realized that this was a battle he was gonna lose, but was one already lost. He settles for flipping us the bird while my manager walks him to the door and I cheerfully tell him to have a nice night.
My store gives warnings every ten minutes the whole last hour, plus warnings at 5 minutes, two minutes, and one minute. The sheer number of people who insist they weren't warned is astounding.
I worked at a fast food place which was not 24hrs. One night a window got broken so we had to close early. After the cops left I was cleaning up and a Karen starts banging on the door demanding to be let in because "it's not closing time". Sure lady and don't worry, the glass in your fries is free.
It is closing time whenever management says to close and lock the doors, regardless of the posted hours of operation. With the mindset these individuals have, there could have been a murder in a restaurant, and they would insist on the place being open for operation.
I worked at a McDonalds in a Mall for a couple years in college and the customers there were all unbelievable. I remember one time when the fire alarm went on and it was the Real Deal, so we got orders to close and lock up and evacuate. However, peoles were still trying to order and cue up at the front to get their meals and shit, thinking that it was just an exercise, and one even yelled to keep working because it was a stupid exercise. Many would get huffy and angry we told them to get a move on and evauate already. There was a fire in one of the men's restrooms.
@@MelnStarscream I worked in a mall for a little over a year. Unfortunately the alarm went off way too often and most of the time we just didn’t react. We worked through it while waiting to see if it was an actual alarm or if some kid just pulled it. There was maybe 2 times we ever actually evacuated.
If a store has already closed, they should never ever check a person out who has been warned several times about the closing time! She can come back when the store opens - and then show her the door!!!!!
Locker room story: She should have used her magic power, and bibbetty-boobbetty change her outfit. Some people are just insanelly unreasonble, and downright borderline Crazy in their demands.
Or simply the fact the other woman was probably not even a mom and karen is mad that her body is "ruined" alot of prideful parents are only prideful because they are bitter about having kids and are in massive denial
I used to work in a small retail store that's a local chain where I live. My store was located in not the best part of town and we had a pretty serious locking method for the door. One evening right as we were closing an older man showed up and asked to come in. "I'm not gonna buy anything, I just want to look around." Oh, so you want to keep me late AND not give me any money? I refused him entry, because like that story said, letting customers in the store when it's closed makes the store liable for anything that might happen to them. He huffed and said "Well I'm just going to have to call (owner's name) and let him know I wasn't able to come in his store." I said, "That sounds good, have a nice evening sir" and pulled it shut and locked it. Never heard a thing about it.
I was in cosmetology I got my license and we had a ton of horror stories involving people not sanitizing implements when they use them. There was a woman that was one of the main owners of the school went to Vegas had brought some tweezers with her and used them on her face and got an infection from him. Fortunately they were able to give her antibiotics and save her before it got any worse. So that's one of the reasons why whenever I use something including clippers I always sanitize them and tell my family to do the same with their toenail and fingernail clippers.
Ever since that house episode where the guy had athletes foot in his nose from using toenail clippers oh his nose hair…I’ve been sanitation heavy on all such items. 🤣 But your story is a great reason also :)
Story 1, when my son was small (over 30 years ago) yes I shared drinks like soda, ice cream etc. When he was about 4 years old I began the habit of not sharing things like that to inform him that even though I'm "Mom" I could have a cold or whatever & I didn't want to "share" that. Now we are kinda OCD with that, we don't even share our hair brush! I figured it was common sense. 🤦♀️
Story 3: I think someone needs to get their dad taken to therapy or something for cronic delusionment and being such an avid liar to the point he was going to give three random dudes his own kid's home. What an asshole. I think she needs to go and tell her mother to cut ties with him immediately and tell what happened. And I am with you Fluff, she needs to move somewhere dad doesn't know where she lives.
In all honesty, the dad sounds to me like he suffers from schizophrenia (or something similar). I had a schizophrenic relative with similar delusions and behaviour. So, I can't really agree he's an asshole, he's almost certainly just ill. (Though I wouldn't keep him in my life if he refuses diagnosis/treatment.)
"A$$hole" to me implies he has control over it and is being a jerk on purpose. This is extreme and certifiably crazy. Family has to be very wary of such people.
Just start telling any more unexpected 'guests' that, sorry we think he's starting to suffer from early onset dementia. I'm sure eventually this will get back to whatever family or friends are still able to tolerate his weird behavior and arrange for a medical intervention.
My son worked at a grocery store. More than once, people would come in just before closing, to shop. That's okay if they're getting a gallon of milk, or something, but they would have folks who had an entire basket of food! Sometimes, one of the managerial staff took the order. Other times, the cashier would have to stay and ring it up. They tried to lock the doors early, to prevent this sort of thing, but customers complained, so they had to leave the doors open. Then, someone had to stand by the doors to let people out. How inconsiderate!
She is in a locker room you’re the one who brought your son in not everyone is going to bow down to you because you have a son use the family room then
Last Story. I know what happened to that neighbor, she probably got some jail time and her kids were probably taken from her, considering that she just drops them off at an old lady's house without giving her a heads up and probably leaves for hours. And then she had the nerve to try and stop the paramedics from taking the poor woman to the hospital. I'm glad the lady was okay but imagine if the situation was more serious! Like, what if she really was having a stroke or a heart attack! That entitled neighbor's interference could've gotten her killed! She's lucky that her neighbor was okay because if she wasn't because of her, in addition to interfering with paramedics doing their job and probably assaulting a police officer, she would've slapped with an involuntary manslaughter charge!
Store Karen: I've worked retail and have had plenty of customers pulls stunts like this. I 100% support stores announcing that they are now closed and for any remaining customers to leave their baskets and exit the building or police will be called on them for trespassing. Workers should not be forced to stay overtime that they will not get paid for just because some c-word thinks they're special. One store I worked at got so tired of people coming in at the literal last minute that the manager started locking the doors 5 min before close and would only open them to allow the remaining customers out.
Story 5: happened to me 5 times on my whole year in that one store. 10pm, tills are closed, merchandise is "recovered", if the client makes a fuss, a quick pic and "scorting" them out was promt, all directed by a manager. Of course if took a photo we had to stay 30mins more for printing & paper work why we are denying service & adding the photo to the NOT SERVE billboard on front of the tills.
*With that last story, my sister did that with her dog.* 😒 I still lived with my parents because of epilepsy, so I had to take care of everything there (dishes, laundry, etc). My siblings, *even the ones that didn’t live there any more,* would come over, make themselves lunch during work, and leave everything out for me to clean up. And if it wasn’t cleaned my the time my parents we home, they’d get really ticked off at me! My sister would have work early, and just drop her dog off whenever she wanted. And with my epilepsy, if I don’t get enough sleep, I’ll have seizures. So, the dog would wake me up, and I’d have maybe 3 seizures a week 😮💨 *Also,* because I’d be trying to sleep, the dog would make a mess and I’d have to clean it up. 🙄
I didnt shake my head too hard, but that last one had my mouth hanging open so far I had brain cells fall out of it on that psycho neighbor's behalf! Ive had bosses like that. One where I threw up twice at work from food poisoning and he made me lie down on the metal prep table because he didnt want me to go home because we were busy. Another boss tried to make me drive 25 miles to work in a blizzard to only work 4 hours. I told him where to go.
As a infectious disease control nurse I can say that yes you can transmit hepatitis through a razor blade. That is why we try are patients who have said disease to keep razors, needles and the likes away from others including family members. As it can be transmitted, but hepatitis A,B and some form of C are treatable.
@@nancyomalley6286 not a new razor, a new head, OP said it was one of those expensive ones with replacement heads, just sanitize the handle and OP's good to go
Yes, and add toothbrushes to that list, as some people's gums bleed when brushing their teeth. I've used the very same excuse to not share toothbrushes & razors with entitled people.
Not to mention that there are only vaccines for Hep A and Hep B. There ISN’T one for Hep C yet (that I know of). And as a volunteer firefighter/EMT, I can tell you that that little fact will guarantee that any encounter with a patient who has Hep C is gonna give us the heebie-jo-jeebies, especially if they are actively bleeding!
Former cashier here: I had a few late shoppers I had to wait to cash out before heading back home and it's never pleasant. But this one... my manager told me to close my till, and I tol her there was still a costumer wandering around and that's why I let my colleagues go and waited for her. So she went after the customer and I heard the lady yelling at my manager that she's a paying customer, that she came in before close and that she's entitled to take her time. She was shopping in the dark at this point because all the lights were switched off. She came to my register a little over half an hour after close, complaining about my manager. I bit my tongue, smiled, and just started ringing her up since I didn't want her to have any excuse to drag this any further. I was tired and hungry, 9 pm was approaching, I just wanted to go home. But after a couple items scaned, she told me to wait because the item I just scanned she pick up by accident this was not the one she wanted. So I had to call my manager to cancel the item while she went back in the shop to get what she needed... except she was not coming back. I saw her walking around with her arms full of items and she was taking er sweet time reading labels. Fed up, my manager closed my till, picked up evey fresh and frozen items from the cart to put them back on the shelves, and told me to put the rest of the cart to the back for the morning team to deal with it. I confess I almost ran. I didn't want the customer to see me flee, I just wanted to go home. So I clocked out an hour after close while security was dragging the lady out as she was yelling at everybody how we shouldn't treat our clients this way blah blah blah.
A while back I lost my wallet..turns out I'd left it at the grocery store we went to. In a cart. I didn't scream at employees etc. I waited till the next day....went inside asked for it..got it back and went on my Mary way.
As a neighbor, if your neighbor is hurt, that is not how you react, your neighbor is in trouble, you could have a little sympathy. You can’t take her to the hospital. I have errands to run tomorrow. Your babysitter has hurt her self get over yourself Karen.
Considering the woman wasn't even her babysitter, but rather the person she foisted her kids on without permission, is it any wonder she took the "inconvenience" personally. This Karen was literally the definition of Cuckoo. I hope her kids got moved to a place where they are being better cared for.
By the time the police get there, the inconsiderate customer would already be gone. If they did give that customer the boot (well deserved), the customer could complain over their heads and they'd likely be reprimanded or even fired.
When someone uses the word delusional on Reddit it’s usually for dramatic effect. When OP uses the term for her father it sounds like there is a good chance of it being literal. I’m a retired therapist and I do not have enough information to make a firm diagnosis but I would strongly recommend he be evaluated for schizophrenia, schizo effective disorder, or other delusional disorder. There is a genetic component so OP may get more clues from the father’s other family members. Treatment can help as long as he is compliant with his doctor and therapist. In the interim OP will likely have plenty of new stories to share because I doubt this will be his last bit of antics.
Can you please post a link with the info on the genetic connection? Every doctor I've talked to said there isn't one and I don't need to monitor my daughter for signs, but her bio father/sperm donor has several concerning diagnoses that I'd like to be ahead of should she have problems.
If your mother and you have to bring your child into the locker room you act as a shield against that kind of stuff withholding a towel around your son. So that nobody can see him or he can see them. I think the mother was jealous of that woman in her bra thinking that that was her when she had the child so she had to blame something on her to get her petty ego out of her system.
Darn, got whiplash from all my head shaking! Seriously, some people are just dumb, stoopid and entitled... they should get fitted with a Karen ankle bracelet so that stores know when they are coming!
The dad in the third story probably has some undiagnosed schizophrenia. My mom has been diagnosed with it and the stuff the dad says sounds like what my mom would say. It's not that they're liars, they just can't separate their delusions from reality, and they completely believe the delusions they've built up in their head.
I’m a nurse and have worked with people like this. Sounds like bi polar disorder, manic phase. This is EXACTLY how such people act. And they believe their stories as well!
I heard the last story on a different podcast. OP said while the first woman was fine and didn't have a stroke, the entitled woman did come to the hospital in another ambulance because of the injuries sustained when she got tazed.
Story 4. You tell her you are closed in 5 minutes, then if she takes longer than 10, close down all the tills. It’s not like this is a pharmacy and these are things needed in desperation. Start turning off the lights and leave the front lights on for her to leave. Sorry the tills were closed down at 8pm as stated when you came in. If you still wish to make a purchase, you are welcome to come back tomorrow.
Hepatitis. Hahahaha! 😂😂😂 Like any guy would want to shave his face with a razor another guy used to clip his hedges. Entitled guy so deserved the health warning. 😂
Have worked retail most my life. Different stores have different rules but most I have worked at will tell a customer once, give them one or two minutes to check out then shut down the register. Worked for a K-Mart many years ago and had a 'Karen' that wouldn't come to the register because she was "still shopping". We finally shut down the till, at 10 after, and called the cops to have her removed, 15 min later. The whole time she just kept screaming "but I'm a customer". Crazy people
I used to work at a major retailer known for their customer service. We would get people all the time walking in at 5 minutes till closing looking to browse. They figured since we were so well known for treating customers well that it was ok to do this. I remember one "Karen" who came in with her 20 something daughter who was mortified that her mother was doing this. She kept asking her mother to leave so the employees could go home but her mother kept saying "it's ok honey, this store is fine with this. Remember when we were in California and did the same thing in one of their stores there? It's fine" I 'm trying so hard to nicely remind them of the time and we had given several closing announcements over the P.A. but she just wanted to keep browsing. Her daughter finally convinced her to leave at 9:45 ( we close at 9:00).
"I'm sorry maam, the store closed at 9 and the tills were closed and locked at 9:15, so you can't purchase anything now. Please graciously exit the premises or you will be graciously escorted out."
My own father was exactly as entitled as the one here. When my older sister had a bank account, he kept kiting checks until it was thousands that he had to pay to prevent going to jail. I got one with a passbook saving set up. Boy did that piss him off. Every time I got a dollar my hand he was trying to "borrow" three from me. He always had jobs that were absolutely cream type of jobs. Yet, he felt he was too good to work for anyone else so he started his own construction business. Jesse had to start working for him at the age of eight? My brother was 10 at the time, so he was a little better off. I was sentenced to 20 years worth of hard labor. If I ever had $10 in my hand at any one time, I was having a phenomenal day. In fact, I think from the time I was eight until I was Thirty I probably only ever received anything more than $10 for my father a total of 14 times. And most of the time he would "borrow" it back . The last that I had anything to do with him I was living in his mother's basement, at which point I went off to work with his brother for a while, before they managed to get me thrown out on the street. Then I left to go live with my sister in New York City and eventually I met my wife and now I live back in Pennsylvania with my wife in the home that I'm paying a mortgage on. I started the passbook savings account because I was doing substitute teaching for a while, but I altimate lie had to close the account because he demanded I close it and give him the last of the money in it or he would throw me out on the street. On his deathbed, he mentioned me once. He said, "maybe I should have treated Roger better." No shit Sherlock. He was very nearly drafted into Vietnam, where I'm sure he would have been fragged, but unfortunately, although he was not living at home and should have been taken, Mom let him move back in the house with us. I wish he had been drafted and killed in Vietnam, because then I could have looked at the picture and said how terrible it was that we lost my dad in that war...
Story 2 - I'll bet this Karen is offended when she hears farts from another stall in a public restroom. I'm just waiting for the day someone complains about natural bodily functions in a restroom. 😹 =^..^=
Update for the last story: Hey everyone, sorry for the late update. Unfortunately, it's not as exciting as some of you would hope for. So, I got in touch with the officer on that call, and he said that the woman was not formally charged with anything.
I believe you! I'm a paramedic with 43 years under my belt (yes, a Dinosaur), and the things we do which make people feel we are inconveniencing *them*! It all falls under the category "You Can't Make This $hit Up!" Stay safe out there.
@dinascharnhorst6590 respect ! They should let you guys keep a Taser on you for violence against medical staff. Its also protecting the patient. People are disgusting
I’m a shift manager for a retail drug store chain. When we are 15 minutes from closing we’ll make intercom announcements every 5 minutes. (Attention all customers it’s (time) and we’ll be closing in (minutes) minutes. Please bring your final purchases to the front register) A handful of times I’ve had customers think they could keep shopping past closing. After 5 minutes I told them that the registers will automatically shut down in 5 minutes so if they don’t check out now they won’t be able to check out. Once a Karen didn’t believe me and kept shopping. Once the 5 minutes ended I had an employee hit the off switch. She was pissed but couldn’t do anything about it.
Story 4 - on occasions, I've arrived just as stores are shutting and been informed that there's no point even "grabbing just one item" as they've already cashed up and done the till balances so they can't do any more transactions. Personally, I would've told the woman, "sorry, but we told you ten minutes ago we were closing, we've already cashed up and closed the tills so you can't buy anything, now. Leave the trolley there and go home."
The 3rd story. I work at home depot and we used to have an old man come in 5 minutes before closing. He would read the label of everything he was gonna buy front to back and even the Spanish part. It was so annoying cause he would stay 30 minutes or more pass closing. It took him being threatened with a permanent ban from the store for him to stop doing that.
can Hepatitis contacted via blood? Yes, especially Hepa C (maybe also B but I'm not sure), although it's curable (my dad survived Hepa because of 30-Baht [a buck] Gold card, equivalent to MediCare in US)
I haven't experienced this in retail, but in the restaurant industry, I've seen a few people sitting in the restaurant past close, still working on their meals (not really) and wasting the servers' time in the process. One of those times, I was the actual server and it was my last day of classes for restaurant service in my college's hospitality management course. There was literally one table full of people and one of the entitled customers even demanded I get her a new steak since hers wasn't up to her standard, despite her eating two thirds of it.
Story 3 - My dad did that all of the time. He gave away my house to so many people. He gave away a lot of my stuff, even stole my gas all of the time, emptied my wallet, you name it. When I was stupid at 19 I had saved my money from working, and was going to buy a car. He told me that car places always charge a girl extra, but he would go and find a good car, and get a good deal on it for me. He was on me constantly about it. Finally I let him, and gave him my cash. Then I found out that he had bought a car, and put HIS name on it. He registered it in his name. There was no way that he would sign it over to me. So finally I told him that if I crashed the car then he would have to pay for it. So he finally agreed to sign it over to me. We went to the office to get it signed over, and he went on to the lady about how great of a dad that he was to buy me such a nice car. She was like, boy you are such a lucky girl. I couldn't even say anything because he would have refused to sign it over. I had to play along with it. He did so many things like that, I was not upset when he died.
Story 4: it depends on the company. I worked at a specialty food store/restaurant/ice cream store and as long as our doors were unlocked, we were open. And we weren’t allowed to lock the doors with any non-employee in the store. So there have been times (when I was like 15 mins you and before I could drive) that we “close” at 11 pm and didn’t actually close until 2 or 3 in the morning because people just kept coming in. And then we had to stay an extra 30 mins to and hour to clean up, cash out, and smooth all the ice cream. So I didn’t end up getting home until 4-4:30 in the morning some nights. And then needed to wake up at 8 to get there by 9 to open up the next morning.
The story with the old woman and the Karen is something my sister would pull. Said sister would expect literally everyone _but_ herself to keep an eye on her own kid while she goes with her guy of the day.
Re the after-hours Karen. Depends on the store. I worked as an Asst Mgr at a small grocery chain that USED to let shoppers come in at five minutes to closing and shop the whole store for however long it took. Got to the point where we were closing an hour after posted hours. The owners finally realized that paying a whole shift OT while Karens picked out the perfect Roma tomato or flank steak wasn't worth it. Can't fix stupid, but at least ya can duct tape it to a chair! Cheers....
Based on her actions, I'm pretty sure the "errands" of the Karen in the last story involved going to see her drug dealer to turn some tricks for a bit of powder. Likely the police found a record on her too and was hopefully able to search her house, take the kids, and put her away for a while.
I work at a grocery store and I always joke that if anyone is in the store 15 minutes after close, I will announce over the intercom “To any customers left in the store: the Hunger Games has begun.”
I am in a poly and we all agree 100%, we don't share sanitary items. Razors, tooth brushes, anything. We don't share. We know we don't have anything we can spread, but its still disgusting to us to share those.
Story4. I worked retail for a few years. I still to this day remember christmas eve one specific year. In my country we celebrate eve, not day. Closing earlier than normal, everyone wants to get home, all that. A costumer comes in 3min before closing. The classic "its so hard for mom to a young Child. We have been working 14h shifts for 2 weeks, so we haven't been able to shop for christmas. The security guard walked behind the couple all the way and they" only" came to the register 15 min late. Then they didn't have enough money. So they asked if they could go out, get some money from the atm, come back. Security said no. Why? Because he had seen them move a big bill from wallet to their pocket in an attempt to hide it. They took it up and paid. Then it was insanely important to fix a present with gift wrap(I dunno the english name for it. Fancy paper). Mind you, we where 5 employees to close and we had stuff to do that we weren't allowed to do before all costumers had left. We were done 52 min after closing time. On christmas eve..
Story with woman getting tased, she's probably in jail because of the felonies she committed. Well if she's in a decent state, that is. Here in Florida she would be!
I used to work at the Home Depot and we closed at 6pm on Sundays due to a town ordinance when others in the area closed at 8pm. We still had customers walking around the store at 6:30, so my manager had us shut down all the registers and self checkouts and kicked about 30 customers out of the store when they came up to pay and made them leave there items at the front. He wouldn't let them pay and kicked them out. It was awesome!
I worked in retail and one time I had a male Karen pry open our doors (they're the electric sliding glass ones we just turned them off so they wouldn't open but hadn't locked them yet so that employees could get out) and go and start trying to buy his groceries and when we caught him and told him that we're closed he looked at us like we were crazy we told him he has to put the stuff he already had down and leave and he got mad because we wouldn't even ring him up but our register tills were already all dropped so my manager just escorting him out the store lol
"How dare you try to get dressed while I'm yelling at you to get dressed!"
I Had a manager Literally make an announcement saying "IF YOU ARE NOT AT THE TILL LINE WHEN WE CLOSE, YOU WILL NOT BE CHECKING OUT"......
And 10 minutes after we closed, this woman walked up with a full shopping cart, the manager literally walked around the Tills, grabbed the shopping cart and said
"GET OUT!!" and walked away with her shopping cart and started putting the stuff away saying "YOU HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT Get-out!" FREAKING SAVAGE!!, THE MAN WAS A SUPERHERO! LOL
That Karen taking her SON into the LADY'S locker room was a certified idiot.
Agreed, but I do remember the same kinda Karen having a fit taking her son to the men's changing room... did not make her any less of an idiot.
@@Maninawig yeah, family changing rooms exist for a reason.
Usually if the child is UNDER a certain age, parents can take their opposite-gendered children into the locker-rooms. The Aquatic Center @ Eisenhower Park says Male Children 5 and OVER cannot be in the women's locker room.
It's usually permissible to take very young children (which in this case Karen's son appears to be) into restrooms or locker rooms of the opposite sex. But if she's THAT worried about her son seeing a nude or near nude person, she NEEDS to use the family changing room, it's what it's there for!
@@nancyomalley6286 that is why Karen was exposed to a huge floppy dick in the reverse story I mentioned.
Story 2: It's not segregation to use the Family Locker Room. If she didn't want her son to be seeing women with too little stuff on (then again, I don't know if a kid that young will remember it), then why bring him there? That's just ASKING for drama
This reminds me of this story where a woman walked into a men's changing room with her kid and screamed at all the guys that they were perverts for exposing themselves in front of her kid and her and it's just like,
lady you walked into the changing room, the men's room and if it was the other way round with a guy taking his daughter into the woman's room you'd be up in arms about it, I think op also even mentioned the kid looked like he was old enough to be able to go into a changing room and get ready in his own
Yeah, that was my favorite bs argument she gave. "Its not FAIR that I'm not allowed to use the ladies dressing room because of my kid!" Really? So its fair to the other ladies in the LADIES dressing room to have to follow rules you set forth because YOU chose to bring your male child into the ladies dressing room? Also, what are you missing out by using the family dressing room. Its a dressing room, not a social club. You are just supposed to be there to change your clothes or shower off the chlorine or whatever, you aren't really missing anything unless you like ogling the other women in there. To me, this sounds like she is either really stupid or this is an awkward attempt to scam a lawsuit on the pool or the female victim.
At 7 years of age if we wanted to take a shower we had to go to the top of the apartment building, bringing a bag of wood chips soaked in something like kerosene to put in the water boiler. This was another country, not the US. So we loaded the bag into the boiler, lit the bag and waited for the water to heat. The shower was a big room that several people could be in. The lady that took care of us then told us to undress(we were a bunch of kids) and she got undressed and started showering. I had never seen a woman naked so I was looking at her. She told me to look away. I don't feel it affected me to see that. I was just a kid. But I still remember this until this day. Don't see what the big deal is anyway.
Exactly! That's why she did it. She loves creating drama.
@@Tommyboi01 Honestly just feels like pure projection from her. She's probably the kinda lady to joke with her friends about checking out guys just a bit TOO aggressive
Story 4: If you show up at a store five minutes before close and get a shitload of merchandise, you're just a bad person with no consideration for others.
To me, I expect a store should be already shutting their systems down by then, such that if it closes at 9:00, then at 9:00:00.000, everything's gonna be off and all the doors locked.
Some places specifically say "no service within X minutes of closing" for this reason.
Seconded. Similarly, I won't go into a restaurant if it's less than 45 minutes before they close unless I'm getting take-out. I don't want to be that person slowing down the closing procedure by hanging out after the doors are supposed to be locked.
That's a perfect description of all Karens.
When I was a store manager I would tell people the registers were timed so we couldn’t do transactions after x amount after close. Never felt guilty. :)
@@shellymills8105 They should be - they really should be.
Story 2: I wish every other woman present in the locker room began disrobing in solidarity. The reaction would have been both hilarious and satisfying.
And they should report karen to the staff, maybe few people complaining about her would get her in some trouble, not necessarily a ban, but a warning would be nice.
I was thinking the same thing! If it was me, even though I was getting dressed, I would’ve immediately undressed! 😂
I know I'd have stripped naked for sure. 59 year old nana bod would have traumatized them all for sure lol 😆
I would join in and traumatize the kid.
they then should have helped was eachother's backs
Story 2 Two things: 1. Being in your underwear isn’t being in the nude. 2. You’re in a locker room at a swimming pool! What did you expect?
Karens expect the Impossible because *THEY'RE IMPOSSIBLE!*
Peoples are all the Flash and can change so fast you cant see a thing lmao Whirlwind blurr power lol
You left out 3. being in a locker room is not being in public as that nut had claimed.
Again? There's an HOA story where a nosy HOA "officer" (self-appointed) tried to shame, evict, and call the cops on... a woman in a bikini in her pool in her backyard. She was howling about how that (wearing a bikini) was nakedness too.
I could see her having a cow when females come out with barely there swim suits or just a normal looking bikini!!
Story 5: So Karen was willing to commit two different assaults, some sort of obstruction, and possibly child abandonment because she would rather endanger people than accept an inconvenience. Some have never been told no, I see
My hope is that OP's patient files a restraining order (forced eviction) and CPS then gets involved... cause kids don't deserve that crazy.
@@Maninawig I agree, no kid deserves someone like for a parent.
Sounds like the patient has to tell her neighbor that she would no longer watch her children if shes going to be like this, being so entitled that she's willing to endanger another person over her personnel entitled needs.
@@IzzyPR2010 OP needs to contact CPS next time it happens
@@IzzyPR2010 Way it sounds, the crazy neighbor just abandoned her kids with the patient without permission. If the patient refused to babysit the kids anymore, there is 100% guarantee that crazy neighbor would ignore this and abandon her kids with the patient anyway, but not without having an entitled screaming fit first when being told that patient wouldn't watch them. The solution...a restraining order, a warning of calling CPS the next time they were abandoned with the patient, and a follow through when this narcistic moron does it anyway.
I’m flabbergasted at that Karen refusing her neighbor to go to the hospital because it would inconvenience her. That’s ridiculous. I’m glad she got tased and that her neighbor was okay.
"Lady, if you don't back off and let me take this patient to the hospital, you'll be joining her there."
Come to think of it, she probably did. How do you treat tazer burns?
Story 2: If the Karen in this story thinks that she can get a woman banned from the location for changing, in the CHANGING ROOM then she's an absolute dipstick! 🤦
I have worked retail and understand how you hate people showing up 5 minutes to close. I actually had to do this once when I ran out of printer ink. I ran into the office supply store, said, "I just need printer ink. Which direction?" The clerk smiled, pointed and I dashed to the aisle, grabbed the ink and dashed back to the check out. I paid, grabbed my bag, and said, "Let me get the hell out so you can all go home." I got a big smile for that.
I had to do the same thing at Harbor Freight once-I needed mini-flex ties for a reindeer I was rewiring for my holiday light display, and I didn’t realize it was right around closing time. However, I explained my situation to the employee, showed him a couple of pictures of my display and explained my technique, and he let me in. I know the store layout well (it’s one of my husband’s and my favorite places to shop), so I was in and out in five minutes tops and thanked him profusely for letting me in. The next time I went in, I ran into the employee and showed him the picture I’d taken of the reindeer I’d rewired that night. He was impressed!
I had a similar story, My Raspberries suddenly had mold, so I had to grab more before it was closing time, it was 5 minutes before closing time when I arrived, so I asked which direction, and the clerk of the store smiled and pointed in the direction, I rushed to the aisle so I didn’t stay for an extra minute. I got back to the checkout and said: “Let me get out so you guys can go home and sleep, you deserve it after this probably horrible or nice day.” I also got a big smile for that and the clerk of the store replied: “thank you, that made our day.”
As a retail worker: That is the kind of "5 minutes to closing" customer that I 100% do not mind helping. You're here for one thing (especially something important like printer ink) and you just want to get it and go? And you understand we all just want to go home at the end of the day? Time Lady, I would find you a coupon. (I worked a place with lots of coupons.)
My general rule is, unless I have 10+ minutes and know exactly what I need , I just wait
@@tacoclaus8168 I hate shopping, so going out at the last minute only happens in an emergency. Such as I state in my original comment. My printer ran out of ink and I needed to have the documents printed. I probably should have noted that this took place on a Sunday when the store closed earlier than on a weekday.
Story 4: call back the manager and let him know "yeah, that lady finally left, so are we all getting time and a half for this extra hour?"
Seriously. I hope they got time and a half for that.
In the last story, the woman needs to learn to not open the door for that woman
@@lanascrapaddict2044 it's been a while, but didn't OP say she wanted to refuse the customer?
The last one who the hell leaves their kids without any warning at a 75-year-old
lady’s house who is on blood thinners and suffered a stroke a few years prior this woman is beyond insane I hope she was arrested.
I worked in a huge housewares store and one night we locked the entrance door, turned off most of the lights and escorted the couple of shoppers that were still there up to the register to check out. About 90% of the lights were off and we locked the remaining exit door when everyone left. We then heard a big guy banging on the front window yelling that his wife was still in there shopping. We had checked every aisle and finally found this woman, with a full cart standing in the dark trying to see the difference between two items. When we told her that we were closed she, of course said that she just needed a few things. Someone asked how she got in and she admitted that she forced the exit door open and she knew that we were closed but “just a few things” right. She had a fit when we told her the register was locked and the security system wouldn’t allow us to open it until tomorrow. She pitched a fit, her husband started to threaten us and we ended up calling the police. We watched the security footage the next day and actually saw her forcing the door open to get into a dark, closed store!
0.o
Whack-job
Closing time be damned! I'm SHOPPING! Ring up my stuff! Ba! Humbug!
Story time with silverwind: i left my wallet in a kart...the grochery store i didn't yell at them...i didnt scream and cry. I discussed with my mom the worse case scenario id need new ID etc. I went back the next day and they had found it in the safe. I got it back. And went on my marry way.
the crazy mother in the ambulance story should be reported to CPS for abandoning her children without making appropriate arrangements for their care
Yep. And she herself thrown in jail FOR LIFE!
Story 2: lady, I doubt the kid will even REMEMBER this moment by the time he’s at a worrying age
I bet he's only paying attention to the mom and nobody else.
Story 5: well the entitled neighbor doesn't have to worry about finding a sitter anymore, considering she's going to prison and her kids will be taken in by CPS or their father.
Nope, she didn't even get a citation.
Retail should start applying “after hours fines” to their transactions. If you aren’t in the register lines before closing, you help pay for the overtime.
Except that would give them the excuse that its okay to continue browsing for those last minute items, and you just know that these types of people will have books of expired coupons mixed with legitimate coupons and argue about every damn item rang up.
Generally, where I work, it's the supervisors who take over the til as none of us cashiers work pass store closing.
Not always the case, as when I started working at the place, we'd work thirty minutes pass the store closure. Generally, we'd clear the til we were on and then put left behinds away. I think there was this one holiday were I worked -:45 to xx:45, weird shift, which is likely why it sticks in my mind to this day.
I second this motion
@crimsonmiaelstrom573 i dunno. I work retail. Never underestimate the depths a customer will stoop to just to get one up
💜'ed the first story!!! While in college, my roommate was from out of state & only went home for major holidays. Living in-state, I went home frequently. She had a VCR when she moved in & I had a tv, so it worked out well, until it didn't. She went home for a family event and I decided to stay in and watch movies. Well, imagine my surprise when i got back to the cm and saw that the VCR was gone! Come to find out that she'd locked it in her trunk because she didn't want me using it while she was gone. Mind you, I'd left my tv *every* time I went home. After that, I continued to leave it, but I took *all* of the cords with me. 😂Sorry for the rant...
The girl was already trying to 'cover up' by getting dressed. When Karen started yelling at her, she was preventing the girl from doing what she demanded the girl to do. These Karens need a special mental hospital with specially trained staff to deal with Karenitis!
While Karenitis would literally mean “inflammation of the Karen” it would still fit the description of Karens.
Eh, lock 'em up and "lose" the keys
Cause for karenitis is buildup of piss in the head, it can only be drained by trauma related nasal bleed. Treatment might need to be repeated
I used to be the closing manager of one of those craft stores, and one night a whole family came in about 10 minutes to close. I let them know that we closed shortly and they waved me off and went to fabric. They were going through the linen section, unrolling, holding up to the women, stacking what they didn't chose on top of the other fabric. 10 minutes after closing I let them know that we had been closed and they needed to finish their selection. 30 minutes after close, and three further warnings, they finally make their way to the fabric counter and start trying to figure out how much they needed from the many many bolts of fabric. I put my foot down, and told them that it was 30 minutes after closing and I would be happy to put their choices on hold for them to return tomorrow, but I was not sitting there for another hour while they hemmed and hawed over yardage. Not in so many words, and with the retail customer service tone of respect, but I ushered them out of the store.
I was reprimanded the next morning, despite knowing that keeping my closers any later would result in timeclock violations regarding working more than 5 hours without lunch. My store manager told me that once someone is inside the store, they choose when to leave, not me.
I don't work there anymore. Neither does she.
19:30 Your not having a stroke! I can tell with my Karen Vision!
That’s the same Karen Vision that makes the Karens see an employee uniform on customers. (I Don’t Work Here stories)
As someone who works retail, you CAN refuse service but most of the time it will go faster if you don't because they usually throw a fiit which takes even longer.
My best friend's mom was a long-time ER nurse at the local hospital. About an hour before her shift, she was paged (late 80s) to come in early. For those that aren't familiar with pagers, her notification was a random number that meant "critical emergency, drop everything and get to the hospital ASAP". About our town, it was a speed trap. The speed limit was 25 mph in town and increased by 10 mph increments until reaching 55 mph. This in itself was absurd because the highway was 4 lanes with shoulders and a turning lane. In her haste to get to the hospital, she accelerated to 35 mph before entering the 35 mph speed zone and was stopped by a rookie officer. She told him where she was going and why. According to him, "her emergency wasn't his emergency". If she was late, then she needed to leave earlier. My friend's mom told the cop that one day, he was going to be in the ER and when he looked up, she'd be there. He scoffed, handed her a ticket, and bid her good day. A few days later, guess who ended up at the ER with a knife wound? The rookie officer. As she took his vitals, she chatted with his supervisor. The supervisor thanked her for the life-saving care earlier in the week. Turns out, the supervisor's sister was one of the people involved in the near-fatal car accident. She lost a large amount of blood. If not for the quick response by EMTs and the ER staff, his sister would've died. She said the already pale rookie officer turned even more pale. The following Monday, a small bouquet of flowers was waiting for her at the nurse's station. The attached car read, "Thank you for the valuable services you provide to the community", signed rookie officer. Two weeks later, she called to check on the ticket and was told there was no ticket in the system.
I used to work at a fabric store and we'd have women and the occasional man drag their feet at closing. Our manager told us to turn off half the lights and that usually got them moving. We had 2 registers and would close one down at 10 minutes to close. I once had a woman beg to be let in at 5 minutes to close as she just needed thread. Fifteen minutes later I told her I was closing down the register and to either check out or leave. People just don't understand that at closing we don't lock the door and leave. We had to clean up, resupply the 8 cutting tables, count money, and take out the trash before leaving. But what I really hated were the women that would watch us during working hours neatly drape the fabric on the round displays (it was required by corporate) and immediately come behind us and pull out every bolt of fabric we just worked on and walk away.
You should’ve went to the front desk and told him that there was a crazy woman verbally attacking another woman in the women’s locker room for changing her clothes. That way, the only complaint that comes in is about Karen, and not from Karen.
1. Karen complained anyway
2. She wasn’t just verbally attacking some woman, she was verbally attacking a teenage girl
To the EMS - Thank you for your service.
Story 2: Kinda wish that while leaving OP had told staff that there was a lady harassing another woman in the locker rooms.
Story 3: There needs to be a conversation with mom about boundaries. Like a “you don’t tell dad things about me or I cut you off so you don’t know anything”.
Story 2: I'd flip my sh*t if someone did that to me in a locker room. I'd report her immediately.
Story 1: what OP did belongs in r/foundsatan
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I would have gone with HIV... because then he'd crap himself about telling the "lucky lady" to get tested... and if he doesn't, OP can follow it up with getting the girl in the gag... screaming how "Cindy's now mortified you gave her aids"
If someone used the razor I use to shave my face to shave their pubes, I would feel entirely justified to tell them I had an infectious blood disease to scare the hell out of them. The act was disgusting and he laughed it off as nothing because he got laid because of it, so he absolutely deserved the punishment that would guarantee that he would not pull that cr^p on anyone else again. Also, imagine having to explain to your date that you got lucky with that she would need to get tested too; I can't imagine there would be a follow up date later. Of course, this inconsiderate douche probably didn't bother to inform her, seeing as how he didn't care about using someone else's razor to shave his junk.
Not like the dude didn't deserve it.
At one point when I was working retail, we still had several customers in the store 10 minutes after closing. The store manager got on the PA system and said "thank you for shopping at [Store Name]. The store has been closed for 10 minutes. Please bring your final selections to the checkout. In five minutes, we will be releasing the dogs." We were stunned. He was always the corporate first drone, and never joked about anything. The customers all came up front, some smiling and lauching, some pissed at the announcement. One asked if he was seroious.
If i were in that locker room I would have taken off all my clothes, and marched right up to Karen and ask her if she was integrated enough.
I work in a major craft store like in story 4 and can confirm that some people are crazy at closing. Once found a lady in framing holding her laptop and in a zoom call 10 minutes past close. Another time another lady would not stop shopping past close. Every time we offered to help her find what she was looking for so she could leave, she'd wait for us to get far enough away and move back deeper into the store. Why? I guarantee you wouldn't like getting locked in by accident. She left 20 minutes after close
Grocery store cashier here..late night Karen's are the reason we pull the till 1 minute after close. We announce an hour before closing then at 11:15, 11:30 and every 5 minutes after that. At 11:45 the announcement says "please begin making your final selections". At 11:50 it says make your final selection. At 11:55 "please bring your final selection to the register". 11:56 we announce the last till will be pulled 1 minute after close. 12 am we announce all purchases must be completed in the next 50 seconds..people often arrive just after the till was pulled
I used to work at Kohl's. The number of entitled customers who would come in ten minutes or so to closing and then meander throughout the store... We would be there cleaning up the dressing rooms that they left littered with clothes and the cashiers would be checking them out thirty to forty-five minutes past closing time. Then, while we were doing that, customers would come up to the locked doors with the hours clearly marked on them, and bang on the doors, asking if we were closed. Meanwhile, the customers at the cashiers were arguing about the prices and trying to use expired Kohl's cash. I'm getting PTSD just writing this!
I love the women in the second story giving Karen karma
Story 4: Those are the types of customers that if you *try* to boot them out, they'll intentionally make the process last as long as humanly possible to try and punish you for it.
I remember distinctly that one incident I had as a server. A family of 8 came in an hour before close, nothing out of the ordinary (aside from eating dinner at like 10pm, but to each their own). We got their food out, they are it, they spent some time chatting as they waited on the last two people to finish eating. They were older, so it was understandable.
We're an hour past close at this point, and the supervisor on duty tells me to urge people to leave. There were 2 other tables who courteously apologized, gathered their things, and left, as they had finished eating. The family of 8 were waiting on I assume the grandma(?) to finish her quesadilla. I gave them a few more minutes before gently reminding them we had been closed for an hour 15 at this point.
45 minutes later, the power scooter-bound woman finished nibbling on her quesadilla slower than a hamster and they all left. I then spent the next 30-40 minutes cleaning up the crumbs she had scattered and flung all over the section of the restaurant they had been in. I would know, because I had already cleaned the rest of it before that while we waited for them. The kicker?
They didn't tip.
When I worked at Staples, yeah, we refused service. One time, this was this dong male Karen who pretty much ignored our warnings that the store will be closing soon. I think he caught us like 3-5 minutes before close. He was browsing the gift cards. 5 minutes past close and we tell him he needs to make his choice (at this point we already locked the store to prevent other costumes from walking in). He rolls his eyes and pretends to be deep in observation. 10 minutes back close and we give him one more warning and he once again rolls his eyes. Since my manger was awesome and yet also stubborn as a bull too, he marches to the registers and closes them. He instructs us to start cleaning the store.
15-20 minutes pass close, to which at that point the store is as clean as it's gonna get and we're all out of our uniforms, my manger marches up to the customer and tells him he needs to leave. The guy rolls his eyes and I think there was a "I'm not done deciding yet, just give me a minute," if memory serves me right. My manager says that we gave him 2 warnings already he closed the registers, we won't be able to check him out. The guy asks why would he do that if a customer is still in the store and my manager responded that we were closed and so we needed to close the registers.
Thankfully the dude only argues for a bit, but my manager was not one to be intimidated. My old manager used to be a club bouncer and he's a black belt in a martial arts I don't know the name of. This customer couldn't just blow him off and ignore him like he did to 19-20 year old me. The customer not only realized that this was a battle he was gonna lose, but was one already lost. He settles for flipping us the bird while my manager walks him to the door and I cheerfully tell him to have a nice night.
My store gives warnings every ten minutes the whole last hour, plus warnings at 5 minutes, two minutes, and one minute. The sheer number of people who insist they weren't warned is astounding.
I worked at a fast food place which was not 24hrs. One night a window got broken so we had to close early. After the cops left I was cleaning up and a Karen starts banging on the door demanding to be let in because "it's not closing time". Sure lady and don't worry, the glass in your fries is free.
It is closing time whenever management says to close and lock the doors, regardless of the posted hours of operation. With the mindset these individuals have, there could have been a murder in a restaurant, and they would insist on the place being open for operation.
I worked at a McDonalds in a Mall for a couple years in college and the customers there were all unbelievable. I remember one time when the fire alarm went on and it was the Real Deal, so we got orders to close and lock up and evacuate. However, peoles were still trying to order and cue up at the front to get their meals and shit, thinking that it was just an exercise, and one even yelled to keep working because it was a stupid exercise. Many would get huffy and angry we told them to get a move on and evauate already. There was a fire in one of the men's restrooms.
@@MelnStarscream I worked in a mall for a little over a year. Unfortunately the alarm went off way too often and most of the time we just didn’t react. We worked through it while waiting to see if it was an actual alarm or if some kid just pulled it. There was maybe 2 times we ever actually evacuated.
If a store has already closed, they should never ever check a person out who has been warned several times about the closing time! She can come back when the store opens - and then show her the door!!!!!
Locker room story:
She should have used her magic power, and bibbetty-boobbetty change her outfit.
Some people are just insanelly unreasonble, and downright borderline Crazy in their demands.
Or simply the fact the other woman was probably not even a mom and karen is mad that her body is "ruined" alot of prideful parents are only prideful because they are bitter about having kids and are in massive denial
@@f687sNFM I would hope the other “woman” she was yelling at wasn’t a mom. That was a teenage girl she was yelling at.
I used to work in a small retail store that's a local chain where I live. My store was located in not the best part of town and we had a pretty serious locking method for the door. One evening right as we were closing an older man showed up and asked to come in. "I'm not gonna buy anything, I just want to look around." Oh, so you want to keep me late AND not give me any money? I refused him entry, because like that story said, letting customers in the store when it's closed makes the store liable for anything that might happen to them. He huffed and said "Well I'm just going to have to call (owner's name) and let him know I wasn't able to come in his store." I said, "That sounds good, have a nice evening sir" and pulled it shut and locked it. Never heard a thing about it.
I was in cosmetology I got my license and we had a ton of horror stories involving people not sanitizing implements when they use them. There was a woman that was one of the main owners of the school went to Vegas had brought some tweezers with her and used them on her face and got an infection from him. Fortunately they were able to give her antibiotics and save her before it got any worse. So that's one of the reasons why whenever I use something including clippers I always sanitize them and tell my family to do the same with their toenail and fingernail clippers.
Ever since that house episode where the guy had athletes foot in his nose from using toenail clippers oh his nose hair…I’ve been sanitation heavy on all such items. 🤣
But your story is a great reason also :)
That has never even crossed my mind, thanks for that information
That dude probably didn't think about herpes either.
Story 2: I just imagine OP watching this exchange while munching popcorn
Story 1, when my son was small (over 30 years ago) yes I shared drinks like soda, ice cream etc. When he was about 4 years old I began the habit of not sharing things like that to inform him that even though I'm "Mom" I could have a cold or whatever & I didn't want to "share" that. Now we are kinda OCD with that, we don't even share our hair brush! I figured it was common sense. 🤦♀️
I agree, though I wouldn't have waited until they were 4, as their lack of mature antibodies would have made them even more susceptible to illness.
I used to know guys who would never use somebody else's comb or drink from somebody else's glass- but then they'd pick up some random female and. . .
Story 3: I think someone needs to get their dad taken to therapy or something for cronic delusionment and being such an avid liar to the point he was going to give three random dudes his own kid's home. What an asshole. I think she needs to go and tell her mother to cut ties with him immediately and tell what happened. And I am with you Fluff, she needs to move somewhere dad doesn't know where she lives.
In all honesty, the dad sounds to me like he suffers from schizophrenia (or something similar). I had a schizophrenic relative with similar delusions and behaviour.
So, I can't really agree he's an asshole, he's almost certainly just ill. (Though I wouldn't keep him in my life if he refuses diagnosis/treatment.)
"A$$hole" to me implies he has control over it and is being a jerk on purpose. This is extreme and certifiably crazy. Family has to be very wary of such people.
She also needs to put Mom on an information diet. Dad can't learn something if Mom doesn't know it.
No, I got a better idea.
What Dad needs is LIFE IN JAIL for thinking this because that's ALL that asshole deserves!
Just start telling any more unexpected 'guests' that, sorry we think he's starting to suffer from early onset dementia. I'm sure eventually this will get back to whatever family or friends are still able to tolerate his weird behavior and arrange for a medical intervention.
In the last story the OP's patient needs to call both the cops und CPS the next time that the neighbor drops her kids off with no warning.
My son worked at a grocery store. More than once, people would come in just before closing, to shop. That's okay if they're getting a gallon of milk, or something, but they would have folks who had an entire basket of food! Sometimes, one of the managerial staff took the order. Other times, the cashier would have to stay and ring it up. They tried to lock the doors early, to prevent this sort of thing, but customers complained, so they had to leave the doors open. Then, someone had to stand by the doors to let people out. How inconsiderate!
She is in a locker room you’re the one who brought your son in not everyone is going to bow down to you because you have a son use the family room then
*bow down
@@kranberry3318 I just fixed it
Last Story. I know what happened to that neighbor, she probably got some jail time and her kids were probably taken from her, considering that she just drops them off at an old lady's house without giving her a heads up and probably leaves for hours.
And then she had the nerve to try and stop the paramedics from taking the poor woman to the hospital. I'm glad the lady was okay but imagine if the situation was more serious!
Like, what if she really was having a stroke or a heart attack! That entitled neighbor's interference could've gotten her killed! She's lucky that her neighbor was okay because if she wasn't because of her, in addition to interfering with paramedics doing their job and probably assaulting a police officer, she would've slapped with an involuntary manslaughter charge!
Store Karen: I've worked retail and have had plenty of customers pulls stunts like this. I 100% support stores announcing that they are now closed and for any remaining customers to leave their baskets and exit the building or police will be called on them for trespassing. Workers should not be forced to stay overtime that they will not get paid for just because some c-word thinks they're special. One store I worked at got so tired of people coming in at the literal last minute that the manager started locking the doors 5 min before close and would only open them to allow the remaining customers out.
Story 5: happened to me 5 times on my whole year in that one store. 10pm, tills are closed, merchandise is "recovered", if the client makes a fuss, a quick pic and "scorting" them out was promt, all directed by a manager.
Of course if took a photo we had to stay 30mins more for printing & paper work why we are denying service & adding the photo to the NOT SERVE billboard on front of the tills.
*With that last story, my sister did that with her dog.* 😒
I still lived with my parents because of epilepsy, so I had to take care of everything there (dishes, laundry, etc). My siblings, *even the ones that didn’t live there any more,* would come over, make themselves lunch during work, and leave everything out for me to clean up. And if it wasn’t cleaned my the time my parents we home, they’d get really ticked off at me!
My sister would have work early, and just drop her dog off whenever she wanted. And with my epilepsy, if I don’t get enough sleep, I’ll have seizures. So, the dog would wake me up, and I’d have maybe 3 seizures a week 😮💨 *Also,* because I’d be trying to sleep, the dog would make a mess and I’d have to clean it up. 🙄
why are always the least needy the ones taking advantage of the needy ones?
I didnt shake my head too hard, but that last one had my mouth hanging open so far I had brain cells fall out of it on that psycho neighbor's behalf! Ive had bosses like that. One where I threw up twice at work from food poisoning and he made me lie down on the metal prep table because he didnt want me to go home because we were busy. Another boss tried to make me drive 25 miles to work in a blizzard to only work 4 hours. I told him where to go.
As a infectious disease control nurse I can say that yes you can transmit hepatitis through a razor blade. That is why we try are patients who have said disease to keep razors, needles and the likes away from others including family members. As it can be transmitted, but hepatitis A,B and some form of C are treatable.
Now, the OP needs to get a new razor because who knows what the other guy might have!
@@nancyomalley6286 not a new razor, a new head, OP said it was one of those expensive ones with replacement heads, just sanitize the handle and OP's good to go
I'm old enough to have gotten Gamma Globulin shots as a preventative when one of Mom's friends (a RN) got Hep A.
Yes, and add toothbrushes to that list, as some people's gums bleed when brushing their teeth. I've used the very same excuse to not share toothbrushes & razors with entitled people.
Not to mention that there are only vaccines for Hep A and Hep B. There ISN’T one for Hep C yet (that I know of). And as a volunteer firefighter/EMT, I can tell you that that little fact will guarantee that any encounter with a patient who has Hep C is gonna give us the heebie-jo-jeebies, especially if they are actively bleeding!
Former cashier here: I had a few late shoppers I had to wait to cash out before heading back home and it's never pleasant. But this one... my manager told me to close my till, and I tol her there was still a costumer wandering around and that's why I let my colleagues go and waited for her. So she went after the customer and I heard the lady yelling at my manager that she's a paying customer, that she came in before close and that she's entitled to take her time. She was shopping in the dark at this point because all the lights were switched off. She came to my register a little over half an hour after close, complaining about my manager. I bit my tongue, smiled, and just started ringing her up since I didn't want her to have any excuse to drag this any further. I was tired and hungry, 9 pm was approaching, I just wanted to go home. But after a couple items scaned, she told me to wait because the item I just scanned she pick up by accident this was not the one she wanted. So I had to call my manager to cancel the item while she went back in the shop to get what she needed... except she was not coming back. I saw her walking around with her arms full of items and she was taking er sweet time reading labels.
Fed up, my manager closed my till, picked up evey fresh and frozen items from the cart to put them back on the shelves, and told me to put the rest of the cart to the back for the morning team to deal with it. I confess I almost ran. I didn't want the customer to see me flee, I just wanted to go home. So I clocked out an hour after close while security was dragging the lady out as she was yelling at everybody how we shouldn't treat our clients this way blah blah blah.
A while back I lost my wallet..turns out I'd left it at the grocery store we went to. In a cart. I didn't scream at employees etc. I waited till the next day....went inside asked for it..got it back and went on my Mary way.
As a neighbor, if your neighbor is hurt, that is not how you react, your neighbor is in trouble, you could have a little sympathy. You can’t take her to the hospital. I have errands to run tomorrow. Your babysitter has hurt her self get over yourself Karen.
Considering the woman wasn't even her babysitter, but rather the person she foisted her kids on without permission, is it any wonder she took the "inconvenience" personally. This Karen was literally the definition of Cuckoo. I hope her kids got moved to a place where they are being better cared for.
I hope the next time that woman dumps her kids at the other lady's place, she calls the cops for child abandonment.
There are places where the registers actually lock and can't be used that late after close. So that woman got lucky she could even check out.
story 2: did no one point out to the Karen that the girl in question was TRYING to cover up and that SHE was the one stopping her?
I don't work in retail, but I would bet they can call the police on a after-hours customer as it is essentially trespassing at this point.
By the time the police get there, the inconsiderate customer would already be gone. If they did give that customer the boot (well deserved), the customer could complain over their heads and they'd likely be reprimanded or even fired.
When someone uses the word delusional on Reddit it’s usually for dramatic effect. When OP uses the term for her father it sounds like there is a good chance of it being literal. I’m a retired therapist and I do not have enough information to make a firm diagnosis but I would strongly recommend he be evaluated for schizophrenia, schizo effective disorder, or other delusional disorder. There is a genetic component so OP may get more clues from the father’s other family members. Treatment can help as long as he is compliant with his doctor and therapist. In the interim OP will likely have plenty of new stories to share because I doubt this will be his last bit of antics.
Can you please post a link with the info on the genetic connection? Every doctor I've talked to said there isn't one and I don't need to monitor my daughter for signs, but her bio father/sperm donor has several concerning diagnoses that I'd like to be ahead of should she have problems.
If your mother and you have to bring your child into the locker room you act as a shield against that kind of stuff withholding a towel around your son. So that nobody can see him or he can see them.
I think the mother was jealous of that woman in her bra thinking that that was her when she had the child so she had to blame something on her to get her petty ego out of her system.
Darn, got whiplash from all my head shaking! Seriously, some people are just dumb, stoopid and entitled... they should get fitted with a Karen ankle bracelet so that stores know when they are coming!
Heh! My late wife and I used that expression: "That's just stoopid. With two O's."
Thanks. Seeing you use it made me smile.
The dad in the third story probably has some undiagnosed schizophrenia. My mom has been diagnosed with it and the stuff the dad says sounds like what my mom would say. It's not that they're liars, they just can't separate their delusions from reality, and they completely believe the delusions they've built up in their head.
I thought that too. 🤔
Or senior dementia.
I’m a nurse and have worked with people like this. Sounds like bi polar disorder, manic phase. This is EXACTLY how such people act. And they believe their stories as well!
I heard the last story on a different podcast. OP said while the first woman was fine and didn't have a stroke, the entitled woman did come to the hospital in another ambulance because of the injuries sustained when she got tazed.
That last story. Om goodness, I'm glad OP is okay and hope that bruise goes away soon. As for the neighbor. Is she psycho?
Psycho, idiot, and the WORST mother for essentially ABANDONING her kids with the neighbor.
SOMEONE needs to call CPS on her worthless ass!
Story 4. You tell her you are closed in 5 minutes, then if she takes longer than 10, close down all the tills. It’s not like this is a pharmacy and these are things needed in desperation. Start turning off the lights and leave the front lights on for her to leave. Sorry the tills were closed down at 8pm as stated when you came in. If you still wish to make a purchase, you are welcome to come back tomorrow.
Hepatitis. Hahahaha! 😂😂😂 Like any guy would want to shave his face with a razor another guy used to clip his hedges. Entitled guy so deserved the health warning. 😂
Have worked retail most my life. Different stores have different rules but most I have worked at will tell a customer once, give them one or two minutes to check out then shut down the register. Worked for a K-Mart many years ago and had a 'Karen' that wouldn't come to the register because she was "still shopping". We finally shut down the till, at 10 after, and called the cops to have her removed, 15 min later. The whole time she just kept screaming "but I'm a customer". Crazy people
I used to work at a major retailer known for their customer service. We would get people all the time walking in at 5 minutes till closing looking to browse. They figured since we were so well known for treating customers well that it was ok to do this. I remember one "Karen" who came in with her 20 something daughter who was mortified that her mother was doing this. She kept asking her mother to leave so the employees could go home but her mother kept saying "it's ok honey, this store is fine with this. Remember when we were in California and did the same thing in one of their stores there? It's fine" I 'm trying so hard to nicely remind them of the time and we had given several closing announcements over the P.A. but she just wanted to keep browsing. Her daughter finally convinced her to leave at 9:45 ( we close at 9:00).
That's trespassing at that point. I would call the police myself and have the Karen removed, screw what my boss thinks.
Uff. I've been in that daughter's shoes twice, thanks to the same friend. Second time I just walked out.
"I'm sorry maam, the store closed at 9 and the tills were closed and locked at 9:15, so you can't purchase anything now. Please graciously exit the premises or you will be graciously escorted out."
Well, I didn't hear the update on the last story. I am glad that the OP didn't have something serious.
I've worked retail and the amount of people that stay past closing is ridiculous
My own father was exactly as entitled as the one here.
When my older sister had a bank account, he kept kiting checks until it was thousands that he had to pay to prevent going to jail. I got one with a passbook saving set up. Boy did that piss him off. Every time I got a dollar my hand he was trying to "borrow" three from me.
He always had jobs that were absolutely cream type of jobs. Yet, he felt he was too good to work for anyone else so he started his own construction business.
Jesse had to start working for him at the age of eight?
My brother was 10 at the time, so he was a little better off.
I was sentenced to 20 years worth of hard labor.
If I ever had $10 in my hand at any one time, I was having a phenomenal day. In fact, I think from the time I was eight until I was Thirty I probably only ever received anything more than $10 for my father a total of 14 times. And most of the time he would "borrow" it back .
The last that I had anything to do with him I was living in his mother's basement, at which point I went off to work with his brother for a while, before they managed to get me thrown out on the street. Then I left to go live with my sister in New York City and eventually I met my wife and now I live back in Pennsylvania with my wife in the home that I'm paying a mortgage on.
I started the passbook savings account because I was doing substitute teaching for a while, but I altimate lie had to close the account because he demanded I close it and give him the last of the money in it or he would throw me out on the street.
On his deathbed, he mentioned me once.
He said, "maybe I should have treated Roger better."
No shit Sherlock.
He was very nearly drafted into Vietnam, where I'm sure he would have been fragged, but unfortunately, although he was not living at home and should have been taken, Mom let him move back in the house with us.
I wish he had been drafted and killed in Vietnam, because then I could have looked at the picture and said how terrible it was that we lost my dad in that war...
Story 2 - I'll bet this Karen is offended when she hears farts from another stall in a public restroom. I'm just waiting for the day someone complains about natural bodily functions in a restroom. 😹 =^..^=
Update for the last story: Hey everyone, sorry for the late update. Unfortunately, it's not as exciting as some of you would hope for. So, I got in touch with the officer on that call, and he said that the woman was not formally charged with anything.
I believe you! I'm a paramedic with 43 years under my belt (yes, a Dinosaur), and the things we do which make people feel we are inconveniencing *them*!
It all falls under the category "You Can't Make This $hit Up!"
Stay safe out there.
That is terrible
@@dinascharnhorst6590 Fun fact about your last name = Scharnhorst. It's a ww2 German battleship.
@@dinascharnhorst6590 The amount of stuff you paramedics have to put up with, huge props and respects to you! I mean it.
@dinascharnhorst6590 respect ! They should let you guys keep a Taser on you for violence against medical staff. Its also protecting the patient. People are disgusting
I’m a shift manager for a retail drug store chain. When we are 15 minutes from closing we’ll make intercom announcements every 5 minutes. (Attention all customers it’s (time) and we’ll be closing in (minutes) minutes. Please bring your final purchases to the front register)
A handful of times I’ve had customers think they could keep shopping past closing. After 5 minutes I told them that the registers will automatically shut down in 5 minutes so if they don’t check out now they won’t be able to check out. Once a Karen didn’t believe me and kept shopping. Once the 5 minutes ended I had an employee hit the off switch. She was pissed but couldn’t do anything about it.
Story 4 - on occasions, I've arrived just as stores are shutting and been informed that there's no point even "grabbing just one item" as they've already cashed up and done the till balances so they can't do any more transactions. Personally, I would've told the woman, "sorry, but we told you ten minutes ago we were closing, we've already cashed up and closed the tills so you can't buy anything, now. Leave the trolley there and go home."
The 3rd story. I work at home depot and we used to have an old man come in 5 minutes before closing. He would read the label of everything he was gonna buy front to back and even the Spanish part. It was so annoying cause he would stay 30 minutes or more pass closing. It took him being threatened with a permanent ban from the store for him to stop doing that.
can Hepatitis contacted via blood? Yes, especially Hepa C (maybe also B but I'm not sure), although it's curable (my dad survived Hepa because of 30-Baht [a buck] Gold card, equivalent to MediCare in US)
I haven't experienced this in retail, but in the restaurant industry, I've seen a few people sitting in the restaurant past close, still working on their meals (not really) and wasting the servers' time in the process. One of those times, I was the actual server and it was my last day of classes for restaurant service in my college's hospitality management course. There was literally one table full of people and one of the entitled customers even demanded I get her a new steak since hers wasn't up to her standard, despite her eating two thirds of it.
Lol the guy doing Google searches for info on hepatis is priceless! He deserved to be pranked!
Story 3 - My dad did that all of the time. He gave away my house to so many people. He gave away a lot of my stuff, even stole my gas all of the time, emptied my wallet, you name it. When I was stupid at 19 I had saved my money from working, and was going to buy a car. He told me that car places always charge a girl extra, but he would go and find a good car, and get a good deal on it for me. He was on me constantly about it. Finally I let him, and gave him my cash. Then I found out that he had bought a car, and put HIS name on it. He registered it in his name. There was no way that he would sign it over to me. So finally I told him that if I crashed the car then he would have to pay for it. So he finally agreed to sign it over to me. We went to the office to get it signed over, and he went on to the lady about how great of a dad that he was to buy me such a nice car. She was like, boy you are such a lucky girl. I couldn't even say anything because he would have refused to sign it over. I had to play along with it. He did so many things like that, I was not upset when he died.
Story 4: it depends on the company. I worked at a specialty food store/restaurant/ice cream store and as long as our doors were unlocked, we were open. And we weren’t allowed to lock the doors with any non-employee in the store. So there have been times (when I was like 15 mins you and before I could drive) that we “close” at 11 pm and didn’t actually close until 2 or 3 in the morning because people just kept coming in. And then we had to stay an extra 30 mins to and hour to clean up, cash out, and smooth all the ice cream. So I didn’t end up getting home until 4-4:30 in the morning some nights. And then needed to wake up at 8 to get there by 9 to open up the next morning.
The story with the old woman and the Karen is something my sister would pull. Said sister would expect literally everyone _but_ herself to keep an eye on her own kid while she goes with her guy of the day.
This is only a joke, but I couldn’t resist this old nursery rhyme since it’s on my mind.
“DarkFluff, DarkFluff, have you any wool?”
Re the after-hours Karen. Depends on the store. I worked as an Asst Mgr at a small grocery chain that USED to let shoppers come in at five minutes to closing and shop the whole store for however long it took. Got to the point where we were closing an hour after posted hours. The owners finally realized that paying a whole shift OT while Karens picked out the perfect Roma tomato or flank steak wasn't worth it. Can't fix stupid, but at least ya can duct tape it to a chair! Cheers....
Based on her actions, I'm pretty sure the "errands" of the Karen in the last story involved going to see her drug dealer to turn some tricks for a bit of powder. Likely the police found a record on her too and was hopefully able to search her house, take the kids, and put her away for a while.
Life in prison or execution are the only two appropriate punishments for that bitch.
If I was that EMT, I would have called the elder abuse line and child services on that Karen. It can be done anonymously in the US.
I work at a grocery store and I always joke that if anyone is in the store 15 minutes after close, I will announce over the intercom “To any customers left in the store: the Hunger Games has begun.”
I am in a poly and we all agree 100%, we don't share sanitary items. Razors, tooth brushes, anything. We don't share. We know we don't have anything we can spread, but its still disgusting to us to share those.
I wouldn't tell my mum my new address either if I was her. The last story left me gobsmacked, hope the taser was turned up a couple of notches ;)
When closing the store I always wanted to get on the tannoy and announce 'Attention customers, we are now releasing the dogs.'
In most jurisdictions EMS is called when a person is tazed by an officer.
The neighbor in the 5th story...that was crazy!
when i worked in retail, we locked the entrance doors 5 minutes before close so people like "sandy" couldn't come in.
Story4.
I worked retail for a few years. I still to this day remember christmas eve one specific year. In my country we celebrate eve, not day.
Closing earlier than normal, everyone wants to get home, all that.
A costumer comes in 3min before closing. The classic "its so hard for mom to a young Child. We have been working 14h shifts for 2 weeks, so we haven't been able to shop for christmas. The security guard walked behind the couple all the way and they" only" came to the register 15 min late. Then they didn't have enough money. So they asked if they could go out, get some money from the atm, come back. Security said no. Why? Because he had seen them move a big bill from wallet to their pocket in an attempt to hide it.
They took it up and paid.
Then it was insanely important to fix a present with gift wrap(I dunno the english name for it. Fancy paper). Mind you, we where 5 employees to close and we had stuff to do that we weren't allowed to do before all costumers had left.
We were done 52 min after closing time. On christmas eve..
Story with woman getting tased, she's probably in jail because of the felonies she committed. Well if she's in a decent state, that is. Here in Florida she would be!
I used to work at the Home Depot and we closed at 6pm on Sundays due to a town ordinance when others in the area closed at 8pm. We still had customers walking around the store at 6:30, so my manager had us shut down all the registers and self checkouts and kicked about 30 customers out of the store when they came up to pay and made them leave there items at the front. He wouldn't let them pay and kicked them out. It was awesome!
I worked in retail and one time I had a male Karen pry open our doors (they're the electric sliding glass ones we just turned them off so they wouldn't open but hadn't locked them yet so that employees could get out) and go and start trying to buy his groceries and when we caught him and told him that we're closed he looked at us like we were crazy we told him he has to put the stuff he already had down and leave and he got mad because we wouldn't even ring him up but our register tills were already all dropped so my manager just escorting him out the store lol
Some crazy people! I was in the gym today and there was a lady in the locker room totally naked… what about if she sees that? Faints?