@@stoopingfalcon891 In the US, a similar (but not equivalent) line (usually used on men) is "All hat and no cattle." I.e., big impressive cowboy hat but no wealth behind it. However, I was wondering if the British phrase didn't also insinuate that the woman had slept her way into her position ("no knickers"). The on-line idiom dictionaries I've looked at do not mention this.
remember the scene from the big bang theory? penny says to sheldon enjoy you burger, I DARE YOU, sometimes you dont have to use body fluids just words to ruin someones day
@@philiprice7875 Perfect example, Penny torturing Sheldon was always fun to watch 😂 especially at the Cheesecake Factory, cos he almost always insults her absentmindedly, and then realises too late 🤣
Story 1: if the restaurant is so "awful" and "always running out of things", why is Karen a regular? Because a spineless manager comps her things. If it'd been my franchise, she'd have been banned on the third complaint.
It is known that predators go after the weak. She found a weak manager that will comp her. Scammers will stay with marks or general same kind of business that will do for them.
A different story touched on what you said. The manager finally spoke to the repeat problem customer, saying, "Madame, you are not a customer. You are a liability." Thought you'd appreciate it.😄
Karens are the reason why aliens don't visit us. They would be like: you? An alien? Aliens don't have a reptile skin they're grean and bald. I wanna talk to your spaceship captain.
Story 1 + 2: A person insulting the place and/or people, worker or not, over a minor inconvenience is just ASKING to be verbally punched and treated like trash. You really think someone would help you after insulting them?
I know! There's a saying that you get more with sugar than with sour. Meaning if you're nice people will help you. But if you insult and be rude no one will be willing to help. That's how it is
We did this to a lady who let her kids run around at a Chinese restaurant once, and apologized to the staff as the kid dropped ice cream and the mom just kicked it under the table.
When Karen said English is a universal language I would have started talking math and when she starts complaining I’ll say math is a universal language
The cop story reminds me of an event that just happened in Hawaii. A drunk white woman got arrested at a Maui restaurant and bit a cop. Tourists just can’t control themselves, especially with alcohol.
@@brigidtheirish Agreed. My family went on a lot of trips when I was younger, some to foreign countries. But we're not the kind of people who get drunk and cause a problem. I mean, I did throw up in public in Italy, but I wasn't drunk- I had bronchitis and was just coughing too much. We certainly never BIT anyone!
@@amberkat8147 Hell, I've thrown up simply because I've got a nervous stomach. Nervous everything else, too. I usually manage to hold it in until I find a toilet, but that isn't always possible. Best thing to do is not make a big fuss over it. When I was in Ireland (study abroad), I was on a bus this one time when a mother started yelling at the driver to pull over. I couldn't hear what the driver said, but judging from the type of road we were on and that he didn't pull over right away, my guess is he said he *couldn't* right then. He eventually did pull over shortly after the kid threw up all over the floor and the mom started berating him for not pulling over sooner. Jeez, lady. Motion sickness isn't the end of the world.
During my overseas deployment in the US Navy, I was more than once embarrassed by the antics of American tourists in another country. Yes, the "Ugly American" does exist. 😮
Actually had a similar encounter to the last one. Person Ive worked with for a long time who is a single father ran into me in the Walmart, with his daughter. Apparently she was getting her first bra and being a guy he didn't really know whats what, and as he explained latter didn't have many women he trusted to ask. None local at least. So he asked if maybe I could help her and teach him a bit about these things. So asked if she was comfortable with that, and she agreed so I helped her out. Ended up going back to his house and teaching her about how to put them on, how it should fit, etc. And gave her father the basics on the subject. Not entirely a I don't work here, but felt good to help out either way.
@@carmium Appreciate that. And don't worry, when I go to those places I make darn sure I am not dressed like the employees. Most of the time my black crop top does the trick lol.
I know quite a bunch of single fathers with daughter that were literally helpless when their daughters grew up precisely because they were unable to provide for them. Finding someone knowledgeable that both yourself and your daughter can trust is nothing granted. What you did is gold.
TM - my DIL had taken her Mom to an out of town appt.y son was home with his daughter when she "started" her menses. They went to "the isle" and he patiently helped her look at feminine products. She was totally comfortable looking with her Daddy, as they compared features and sizes of pads. She selected a product and when they turned to leave he noticed every woman on the isle smiling so sweetly and approvingly, some even patting his arm and telling him what a sweet daddy/daughter moment that was. Thank God for good nurturing dad's!
Story 5: I've heard a lot of stories of people getting mad at people speaking a language they don't understand. I've been to Indonesia a lot of times, and I don't act rude to people I don't understand. I am a respectful person unlike this woman Also if anything, Karen is the real racist here, disrespecting the national language of the country she is visiting and spewing slurs to a person of another race
Ditto. Out of the last 14 years spent at last agency before retiring, 10 were spent in an office where Spanish was primary and English was secondary. In fact, the running joke in my department was, "This is America, learn to speak Spanish." Man, even my in-laws are bilingual. So, yeah. Don't be a Karen/Kevin.
As far as I know we don't have much Karens like these in Brazil, unless they're visiting from outside. The last thing you want to do is offend any hot headed brazilian hahahaha and saying we speak Spanish is really something that can get you in trouble
Yes, I don't really know if anti-racism laws would be enforced here in Brazil when we are talking about tourists. But a visit to a police station and some time in a cell can probably do wonders doesn't matter if they are charged or not. FYI, it is illegal in Brazil to call someone by racist slurs. In theory she could get a year in jail. Unfortunately, our law system only works for petty crimes like stealing food from supermarkets.
Disabled shopping story: Quite frankly I would have called the local police (non-emergency number) and reported the illegal parking, then done what I could to keep Karen in the store until after she was ticketed. Loved that insult, though. Even as an American I got that one. I've begun to advocate to anyone who constantly gets stopped for an IDWHL to go to local optometry stores and grab a handful of their business cards to hand out when they're stopped. After all, SOMETHING must be wrong with their eyes, right?
She'd have left before that and it's also not a police issue in the UK, it's the council or store enforced private parking. But it's good that here workers can say things like that to these people without fear of losing there jobs.
Just some extra info: In Brazil being racist or using any racial slur is a serious crime(2 to 5 years in prison plus for racial violence and 3 months to a year for racial slurs. Plus fines.). So after she used the slur the officer got happy because he could already arrest her even before she assaulted him. But by assaulting him she commited 3 serious crimes(Using racial slurs with the intent of racial discrimination, racist violent assault and assaulting a officer.) all with witnesses. Ps. Sorry for my english, I'm also brazilian. haha
Awful is a compliment... Of course she must been placed in jail instead a real prision... but that is still "good" enough to make a US prision look like a 7 star hotel, easy. And racism in Brazil is a unbailable crime... So, that was really stupid.
That lady from the story in Brazil is the literal manifestation of the 'ugly American'. And some people wonder why other countries hate it when American tourists visit?
Thank goodness Americans don’t have a look being so diverse. When my buddy and I travel they don’t know we are American until the passport comes out and when asked…. We’re from Texas!
It is, and that karen is one of the reasons im a bit scared to (one day hopefully) travel to america (just in general), i fear that if i go anywhere i might get a verbal abuse from one, i know its just a stereotype, but im still a bit skeptical... (From brazil, with also a LOT of stereotypes of that "memer guy" the "football fan" the "rio de janeiro carnival" (i dont live in RJ and every state, celebrates differently))
That lady in Brazil is the reason why so many people don't like dealing with American tourists, if it's not the outright superiority complex, it's the entitlement or the subtle but condescending racism.
The sad and scary thing is that I bet most of them are only acting like that because they're outside their country. It's like they think that paying money for a trip automatically makes everyone they meet their personal slave. I wish people like that would all get their passports revoked and have to live somewhere where they're poor and in the minority. I apologize on behalf of all the awful American tourists. I swear, most of us aren't like that, but that's no excuse for letting the ugliest in our society go bother others.
@@SharmClucas I hate people who travel from the US to other countries and be total aholes cause it ruins it for those of us who want to travel and don't act like that. Even if I'm in a different state I behave with respect and politeness because I might want to go back and I'd rather not burn down that bridge
This is why the World Leaders should vote that racists should not be allowed to travel outside their home country. And if they do and cause trouble, they would be charged for causing an international incident (which would result in a permaban from that country).
I'm disabled so it can make shopping fun especially when the items I need are on the very top of the shelves. If I can't find any employee i will usually ask someone who is in the aisle and taller then myself if they would be willing to help me. I always start by saying "I know you don't work here but would you be able to help me reach......" I have never had anyone say no and most ask if I only want one of whatever item or if there are any other items I need help with. I always make sure to thank them.
Thankfully, while I worked retail, no karens ever talked trash about special needs around me. I have two nieces with autism, and I have no patience for that. I would have refused service and asked them to leave regardless of what my managers said. I refuse to serve anyone who can't be nice about special needs.
Ice cream story: After OP had said she was a wrestler, I expected a shoulder throw and Karen being pinned to the ground at a minimum. How disappointing. LOL Back when I was in the US Navy when my ship was deployed to the Mediterranean on a cruise one of the first things we as a crew were told was that when in the various foreign countries that we no longer had our "rights" as American citizens, that we would be subject to the laws of the host countries we found ourselves in. The only thing we could "demand" would be to speak with someone from the American Consulate. And yes, we had a few idiots who just had to test that. After a bit they all got shipped back to the US, they did not rejoin the ship, They were lucky they got shipped back.
I suspect most people with martial arts training are also trained in self control, as they are armed, just not with a gun but with their knowledge and training.
Story 2: My sister works in a school similar to this and before covid the kids would go to the cafe in one of the big supermarkets in our town or to the town centre, and it is an excellent way to help these kids gain independence and learn to deal with normal every day activities, like shopping for the essentials and eating out and stuff like that. What it shouldn't involve is random people calling them names and telling them that they shouldn't be in public because of their disability. I hate people like that. And I hate people who use the not very nice terms for people with learning disabilities, it's disgusting and just because you have a fancy car doesn't mean you can treat people whatever way you want to.
I used to work with special kids. Every Friday we would take them out in the community and use skills to help them gain independence, most often in the shopping mall. It’s great to see them ordering their own food or finding success in a shop when they know where to go to get certain items… But I honestly wouldn’t know if I could hold myself back if a Karen approached and talked like that…
Karen:"THEY SHOULDN'T BE OUT AROUND NORMAL PEOPLE!" Me:"You class yourself as NORMAL?? I'd say you've illusions of grandure but that'd be the understatement of the year!!"
@@sherylcascadden4988 Mental disabilities ARE physical. The brain is a part of the PHYSICAL body. If there is something wrong with that part, it’s a PHYSICAL disability. DUH!! How does is feel to be schooled???
It’s so nice to see other customers standing up for abused employees. Not sure I could work out in the world today. After COVEE I have zero patience left. And no filter. I’m 55 and not interested in Anyone else’s crap. If I do go back you’ll have plenty more stories. In between my firings.
Once we were in a big-box store, and there was this elderly guy who saw me putting a large bag dog-biscuits in my mom's cart and asked me where I got them because he hadn't seen them and that was actually what he had come to the story to buy. So I told him that they had moved some things around in the store lately, but that he could find them at the end of X aisle. And he say thanks... and my mom then told me to go grab another bag for the guy, 'cause we could tell he had trouble walking (I hadn't realized at first), so I went and got him another bag - they were pretty heavy, actually - and they guy and his wife were so thankful, apparently they had asked two employees already but neither helped them.
Brazil, the worst please to get arrested if you're a foreigner. That woman have no idea what could happen on a police station there. Dear people from Europe and north America, never get arrested in South America
Thank you for ending with a more wholesome I don't work here story. I have had a couple of encounters where I helped people find things. And I started to get ordered around by an imperious Karen. My solution is usually to shame them and embarrass them as much as possible in public.
Yeah, if someone were to grab a relative of mine and make them bleed with thier fake as hell nails, I would have reciprocated with a haymaker to the face. Same with anyone who dares scream at or berate a disabled person.
I've often wondered: If you dropped a Portuguese-speaking person into the middle of Madrid, or a Spanish-speaking person into the middle of Lisbon (or Rio, or Brasilia), how much trouble would they have making themselves understood? Do you have any thoughts on this?
@@josepherhardt164 As a brazilian, we understand Spanish enough that we would be able to understand what the person speaking Spanish is trying to say if they talk a little bit slower and don't use slang (but it's not 100%, more like 85% to 90%). But I've heard from some Spanish speakers from the countries around Brazil that they don't understand most of what we say when we are speaking Portuguese, unless they live near the border. And usually near the border both the Portuguese speakers and the Spanish speakers use a mix of Portuguese and Spanish that we call Portunhol or Portuñol. It's not an actual language, it's basically each one speaking the words from the other language they know mixed with the language from their own country, but with a fake spanish accent if they're brazillians - idk if the spanish speakers try to do a fake brazillian accent, maybe they try too (think an english speaker who wants to say an world in italian, but instead of saying it in italian they say it in english with a fake italian accent lol) Now, I don't know about Portugal and Spain, because Portugal's accent is really different from Brazil's accent (think the difference between an american accent and a really heavy scottish accent, while the differences of accent within Brazil are like usual american accent vs texan accent vs usual british accent vs northern english (the country) accent). We brazillians, since we don't have much contact with portuguese (the country) media, we are not used to their accent, so sometimes we don't understand what they're saying unless they slow down a little. After some minutes/hours that effect vanishes and we get used to their accent and understand almost everything (and then the only difficulties are the words, like the meaning of pants in the american vs british english). So, because of that, I have no idea if the portuguese people can understand spanish as easily as we brazilians do. We'd have to get a portuguese person to answer. I also have no idea if a spanish person understands (portuguese) portuguese, since it's a different accent, maybe it makes it easier or harder for them to understand?
@@laraazevedo1072 Wow. Thank you so much for the detailed explanation and commentary! It does make sense that Brazil border communities (on both sides of the border) would evolve a common-set-of-words dialect; I had just never thought of it that way. It is interesting that, sometime in the past Spanish and Portuguese diverged and did not stay a single language. I mean, the Iberian peninsula is only so large. On the other hand, there's Basque, a language so unique no one has to date found a link between it and the Indo-European languages, and that survived safely in northwest Spain. Had I the opportunity to do things all over again, I might have become a linguist, or perhaps archaeologist. :)
@@laraazevedo1072 Diablos, cuánto texto. Acá (Perú) no entendemos J de portugués y necesitamos doblaje o subtítulos. Algunos sabemos suficiente castellano para entender e imitar un par de frases en portugués, pero para entender bien el idioma se necesita aprender directamente.
The Brazil story be like ‘The Karen from Ipanema’ 🤣 Btw, racism can get you in prison in Brazil, and this lady was stupid enough to do it to an officer.
Ooooooof... Karen is a mega idiot, then. America generally doesn't have laws against using racial slurs (freedom of speech), so she probably thought it'd be the same in Brazil. At the very least, I hope those kids went to live somewhere safer after that.
Eu quase que morreria de chinelada se eu levantasse a voz para alguém, muito mais estranhos. Sempre me questiono como pessoas idiotas como ela pensam que isso é certo?
@@cyano2757 most likely Rio de Janeiro since everyone goes there, and most of us cannot fathom why. Also, you think US police are bad they are teddy bears compared to the PM.
Story 4: Provoking people won't help, I would've resorted to self-defense after that or at least made sure that I had eye witnesses watching Karen by screaming for help or shouted at her to back off
Considering how often the karens in these stories lie and try to claim that they were the ones assaulted, I'd definitely want to draw attention to the situation. Having witnesses and/or camera footage of what really happened seems like the best protection against their lies.
Stories 2 - 5, those Karen's were showing pure entertainment and stupidity by thinking that person is an employee when clearly they are not. Then they get embarrassed and told off, then get mad about that, but it's their own damn fault and stupidity. Those Karen's have no one to blame but themselves. Specially in story 5, that witch was trying EVERYTHING she could to cover her mistake because she knew she was screwed.
The next time some Karen wants to place an order with a customer after they’ve told them they don’t work there, they need to take the order and not place it. Then when the Karen sees them sitting and eating, they just say, I said I didn’t work here.
*"All fur coat & no knickers"* I _LOVED_ THAT! I'm going to remember and use that expression, *EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA!* I don't even mind explaining the "knickers" part, as that's a part of MANY peoples' "handicap": a _HUGE_ gap in their education!
That last story has me tearing up a bit. I know what it’s like to be somewhere and not be fluent in the local language. When someone is patient with you and kind, it just makes all of the difference in the world. I used to think that people should travel more so that they understand what it’s like to work through those barriers as I thought it would make people understand how valuable patience and kindness are in these situations. I used to think that, but I’m less convinced of that idea the more I hear about traveling Karens.
Story 4: Oh hell no! Had I been the uncle I would have told the manager to call the police to have her arrested for assault on my niece...always press charges! Story 5: Damn...what a moron! I've got me a RAGING justice boner right now! Please, please, please OP...give a follow up on this story...I have to know what happens after this! Story 6: Oh. My. God. Looking at this situation from afar...you have a younger man with a baby and an older woman looking at nursing bras? Hilarious...and wholesome :)
As a guy who has worked in retail for 18 years I always stand up for my fellow retail and food workers. You cause issues or cause a scene I will jump on your butt. I know they cannot say anything but I sure as Hell can. And boy do I let them know what they are doing when I make a scene. Eye for an eye after all.
The Karen in the Brazil story needs to get a grip on herself. Portuguese is the official language of Brazil. I'm sure that is a great vacation destination but at least take some to learn the language.
If you go to a sufficiently popular tourist location there is a good chance the staff may know at least enough English to direct you to where you can get better help. That also means that if someone responds to you in Portuguese they are most likely NOT STAFF so you best look for someone else.
Chances are someone around will speak english and be able to help you. Most folks are friendly enough if they arent to busy to spare a few momments of their time.
I don't mind helping out someone if it's in a store that I go to a lot and know where things are but don't assume that I'll go trucking all over the store to get it for you. 😎
As a contractor, I would buy end of season polo shirts cheap to work in. Bought a stack of orange ones...couldn't walk into home depot without getting accosted.
S5: She's lucky he was likely a "clean" cop, corruption is an endemic problem here in LatAm in general and as a Federal Officer he could have made Karen's stay in the country an experience to remember... for all the wrong reasons.
Depending on where in Brazil the police could have made her disappear, anyone thinking US cops are bad they are still teddy bears compared to Brazilian cops. Source: sou baiano.
Idiot mom can easily disappear there. Brazil is about as large as the USA, not to mention the very dirty "justice" system. Source: Peruvian. Same shit as Brazil, but in Spanish.
I lived in Brazil for 10 months when I was 12. (My father took a sabbatical and went to work for Embrapa, the Brazilian equivalent of Agriculture & Agri-food Canada, his employer at the time.) I 100% agree. A joke we were told is that the difference between the police and the criminals in Brazil is the police have nicer uniforms and better guns. Seriously.
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Just remember kids, if anyone grabs your arm that doesn't have authority to do so, dont be afraid to turn around and sock them in self defense. What are courts going to do? Tell you to wait until after you've been shot or stabbed before the law will support your self defense? Not to mention so many Karen's end up drawing blood anyway, so you wouldn't even have to put any effort into the case.
S 3: Raj : A manager elsewhere comes to a deptt store to shop on the way home. 45, dressed smartly in a suit. A Karen approaches him for help with her shopping list and won't take no for an answer. Realizing it's futile to try, he says OKAY, come with me and starts trotting. She has a triumphant smile that quickly vanishes as she is led twice, huffing and puffing round the huge store. Finally he stops near the entrance where they have a display of primers. Takes out an alphabet book and loudly tells her, "since you find it difficult to understand things, here, this should help. start with this". And wagging his finger in her face , takes out a color within the lines and says equally loudly, "and if that book is too difficult, start with this" At this point employees are going weak kneed, stuffing kerchiefs into their mouths, running into a nearby store room and laughing loudly. Customers have huge grins on their faces. Unable to meet their eyes, red faced and bug eyed Karen gives out a primeval screech and does the run of shame from the store to her car! When he checks out a bit later, many employees gather to watch with awe this man who destroyed a Karen.
I think the Karen who said English is a universal language only watched shows and movies in English and every race speaks English and just automatically assumed that that works in real life
15:50 please oh please tell me karen had to spend time in jail for her pretentious attitude. What a B! Disturbing the peace, assault on a federal officer. She should be ashamed but doesn’t seem to have the capacity for shame. If Karens faced more consequences maybe there would be fewer of them!
Fifth story: Yell racist slurs about the country you are in should be penalized with kicking the yeller out of the country. Is that or a beating of all the native residents of the country who heard her because speak in that way makes you a target for angry mobs to attack you.
@@franciscojaviermendezrinco1902 Hablaba de agarrarlas a cocachos. Mejor darles una estancia en el "hotel cana" a ver si aprenden a respetar a los locales o las fondean. Lo que salga primero.
Asselt on an officer in Brazil? That's earned her a short stay in their prettiest prison. I don't know how they get so lucky to get out of it, I guess they just claim "Insanity".
I can't speak anything but English and bad English, however, the times I have been to another country (France, Belgium and the Netherlands) I always tried to learn these things: toilet, please, thanks and have a good day. You don't have to be fluent or know enough to converse as nearly everywhere there are people who know English, however, showing the natives that you cared enough to try learning their lingo will get you further than you might think.
Karen come to my desk angry about something beyond our control, says to me "do you know who i am?" so i go onto the tannoy "good morning shoppers, we have a old lady in the front desk who dose not know who she is, could her nurse come to the desk and help her out, she is ok but very confused thank you". exit karen. the manager was livid at me............ said she had wanted to do that for ten years and was so peeved i did not call her.
Usually when I am in a store and I need help it's because I'm short and everything I need is up to high for me to reach. When I need help and I can't find any employees I dread having to ask anyone for help, I don't want to bother anyone. I usually just ask to borrow someone's height lol. Love your videos Peace and love to you and your family 💙💚💙💚💙💚
I, for one, am always happy to reach things down for people. My late wife used to summon me with, "I need a tall person!" I kinda miss that and I'm glad I can still be of service.
A federal officer in Brazil? 10 years ago and the results could have been tragic for Karen. The federal officers in Brazil were mostly a paramilitary force called BOPE. Those guys were trained to be badasses who would mainly shoot first and ask questions if you happen to survive. They are basically allowed to cause grievous bodily harm for what Karen did. Luckily she only got arrested.
Karen in Brazil was lucky that Federal Officer is not a member of Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) from Rio. They have a license to kill and have been known to shoot first and ask questions later. One of the BOPE officers saved my life during the Rio olympics. I got chased by robbers wielding machetes one night and i just screamed for help while runnjng away. This officer just came out of nowhere and started shooting them with a submachine gun.
Feeling cruddy and wanting to crawl into bed (allergies). I'm struggling to make it through my shift. Then you pop up, DF. Thanks for making my day better.
Had an awsome moment the other day. Need help finding something. Asked this guy who had a lanyard and I'd that look almost identical. Store doesn't have a spacric dress code. Guy got upset and said I don't work here man. I told him I apologize the lanyard made him look like he did. Laugh and told him I would hide that when I went in a store. 2 days later see the guy agian and he recognized me and waved me down. Told me he started tucking his lanyard in his shirt and hasn't gotten stopped and thanked me for the tip. Hahaha made my day.
Last story is awesome. I am 6' 2". And from time to time I get asked to help. Most of the time it is to reach something or to lift something a little heavy by an elderly person. Yes I help because that is what I was tought, but the person asking is always kind and polite in asking too.
I don't think the uncle would have physically intervened in the ice cream shop in that particular circumstance. I'm sure he was confident that his niece, having passed the physical requirements for WP, could have cold-cocked the Karen if she felt it necessary. All Uncle wanted to do was get the Karen thrown out.
Raj, it sounds, like was in Denton. While the town has some of the sweetest folks you'll ever meet. They seem to have more than their share of Texas transplants that firmly believe 'courtesy' is just a spice in the spice rack and they never touch the stuff. Raj is a class act for handling that alleged person so well. The earlier phrase, fur coat with no knickers is a perfect fit for that gal too!
I would have told the not chipotle manager the truth. customers like karen actually hurt your business if you let them keep coming by. Other customers will see how awful she is and how no one does anything about her behavior and NEVER come back.
I don’t know about Brazil, but many countries don’t serve free food in jail. If you can’t or don’t want to afford their food, you have to get someone to bring you something else
Another thing is that here in Brazil Racism is a serius crime so the karen being racist to an officer gets another level of stupid ( so deixando um pouco de português pra confirmar que sou BR )
"6 yo Ford" is too old? Damn. In Finland that would be top notch. I drive 20 yo Honda and if anybody has a problem with it, I wouldn't know because I don't care. It's a car to get to places, a tool that I use when I need it. Nothing more.
My job i also meet tourists and some speak english. Now here is fun part, if person entitled and rude i speak when very broken english and only few wordrs and then pretend that i don't understand them. This because my collective bargaining agreement says that if my employer wants me to use english they must pay me for it. They don't pay for it, so i can do what I described and they can't do anything for it or union will take to court.
"All fur coat and no knickers." 😆
Even better than "all hat and no cattle."
Exactly my thought! Hahaha! 😆
Definitely on par with "you don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of".
Down south somewhere a southern grandmother is getting ready with a cast iron frying pan to pound some sense into that Karen's head.
With a nice strong suggestion that she's just a golddigger.
All flash, and no substance.
“All fur coat and no nickers.” I am stealing that line!
It's a commonly used phrase in the UK.
@@stoopingfalcon891 Never heard it in the US.
@@joshuacox581 Yeah that is probably true Josh. But you have to admit, it's funny af 😂
@@stoopingfalcon891 In the US, a similar (but not equivalent) line (usually used on men) is "All hat and no cattle." I.e., big impressive cowboy hat but no wealth behind it.
However, I was wondering if the British phrase didn't also insinuate that the woman had slept her way into her position ("no knickers"). The on-line idiom dictionaries I've looked at do not mention this.
I would translate it as all the money-fur, but no class, no manners-the knickers, because they should be basic, (fur is decoration)
Golden rule. NEVER disrespect the people who handle your food or money. You’ll eat a lot of spit and be broke.
I'd say add legal matters to that list as well
remember the scene from the big bang theory? penny says to sheldon enjoy you burger, I DARE YOU,
sometimes you dont have to use body fluids just words to ruin someones day
Dandruff, hair, stuff from under the nails, you'll end up eating a lot of stuff you'd rather not 🤣
@@philiprice7875 Perfect example, Penny torturing Sheldon was always fun to watch 😂 especially at the Cheesecake Factory, cos he almost always insults her absentmindedly, and then realises too late 🤣
Every time a Karen does a “Ahem”, Deloris Umbridge is happy and satisfied
A person of culture I see 😁👍🏻
And Joan Crawford.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
👍great head Cannon lol
LOL!!!!!
Story 1: if the restaurant is so "awful" and "always running out of things", why is Karen a regular? Because a spineless manager comps her things. If it'd been my franchise, she'd have been banned on the third complaint.
And don't warn her that the end is near. Just put her out the door and perma-ban her without notice.
It is known that predators go after the weak. She found a weak manager that will comp her. Scammers will stay with marks or general same kind of business that will do for them.
Some super heroes don’t wear capes just tell horrible people they’re horrible. 😂
Story 1: Some customers should be fired because they're more trouble than they're worth.
A different story touched on what you said. The manager finally spoke to the repeat problem customer, saying, "Madame, you are not a customer. You are a liability."
Thought you'd appreciate it.😄
I made a comment that the MANAGER should reply "no madam- YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS SACKED! YOU'RE BANNED"
hope you mean banned
Karens are the reason why aliens don't visit us. They would be like: you? An alien? Aliens don't have a reptile skin they're grean and bald. I wanna talk to your spaceship captain.
Alien: “Take me to your leader.”
Karen:*pulls Uno reverse card* “Take me to your manager!”
Lol
And if the aliens turn out to be hostile, who needs space marines when you can just sic karens on them?
Maybe the Karens are the aliens. I hold this in my heart because it helps me from losing faith in humanity.
XD
Story 1 + 2: A person insulting the place and/or people, worker or not, over a minor inconvenience is just ASKING to be verbally punched and treated like trash. You really think someone would help you after insulting them?
I know! There's a saying that you get more with sugar than with sour. Meaning if you're nice people will help you. But if you insult and be rude no one will be willing to help. That's how it is
You may be stuck helping her, just because it’s your job, but there’s always malicious compliance.
@@onepieceisking5493 it's a especially bad idea if they handle your food, money or I'd say especially if they handle your legal matters
@@onepieceisking5493 “Catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”
We did this to a lady who let her kids run around at a Chinese restaurant once, and apologized to the staff as the kid dropped ice cream and the mom just kicked it under the table.
When Karen said English is a universal language I would have started talking math and when she starts complaining I’ll say math is a universal language
4x-92j=82/8+816=/=81^6!
I’ve met US people who believed that all education worldwide was in English.
I am legitimately curious as to how one would speak math.🤔
@@GhostBear3067 I’d create one.
@@wristdisabledwriter2893 Speak Morse code or binary too.
The problem is these Karens don't understand, employee or not, you don't treat people like that!
For the majority of Pearce not taught good manners any more. It’s a shame people are so disrespectful
The cop story reminds me of an event that just happened in Hawaii. A drunk white woman got arrested at a Maui restaurant and bit a cop. Tourists just can’t control themselves, especially with alcohol.
Most tourists aren't like that. It's just that the obnoxious ones stand out.
Sounds like Ezra Miller.
@@brigidtheirish Agreed. My family went on a lot of trips when I was younger, some to foreign countries. But we're not the kind of people who get drunk and cause a problem. I mean, I did throw up in public in Italy, but I wasn't drunk- I had bronchitis and was just coughing too much. We certainly never BIT anyone!
@@amberkat8147 Hell, I've thrown up simply because I've got a nervous stomach. Nervous everything else, too. I usually manage to hold it in until I find a toilet, but that isn't always possible. Best thing to do is not make a big fuss over it.
When I was in Ireland (study abroad), I was on a bus this one time when a mother started yelling at the driver to pull over. I couldn't hear what the driver said, but judging from the type of road we were on and that he didn't pull over right away, my guess is he said he *couldn't* right then.
He eventually did pull over shortly after the kid threw up all over the floor and the mom started berating him for not pulling over sooner. Jeez, lady. Motion sickness isn't the end of the world.
During my overseas deployment in the US Navy, I was more than once embarrassed by the antics of American tourists in another country. Yes, the "Ugly American" does exist. 😮
Actually had a similar encounter to the last one. Person Ive worked with for a long time who is a single father ran into me in the Walmart, with his daughter. Apparently she was getting her first bra and being a guy he didn't really know whats what, and as he explained latter didn't have many women he trusted to ask. None local at least.
So he asked if maybe I could help her and teach him a bit about these things. So asked if she was comfortable with that, and she agreed so I helped her out. Ended up going back to his house and teaching her about how to put them on, how it should fit, etc. And gave her father the basics on the subject.
Not entirely a I don't work here, but felt good to help out either way.
You're a nice person. Better watch yourself in Wallyworld!
@@carmium Appreciate that. And don't worry, when I go to those places I make darn sure I am not dressed like the employees.
Most of the time my black crop top does the trick lol.
I know quite a bunch of single fathers with daughter that were literally helpless when their daughters grew up precisely because they were unable to provide for them. Finding someone knowledgeable that both yourself and your daughter can trust is nothing granted. What you did is gold.
@@WaddleQwacker Thanks, just helping where I could.
But it’s really nothing to complicated, really wish more men would learn about.
TM - my DIL had taken her Mom to an out of town appt.y son was home with his daughter when she "started" her menses. They went to "the isle" and he patiently helped her look at feminine products. She was totally comfortable looking with her Daddy, as they compared features and sizes of pads. She selected a product and when they turned to leave he noticed every woman on the isle smiling so sweetly and approvingly, some even patting his arm and telling him what a sweet daddy/daughter moment that was. Thank God for good nurturing dad's!
Story 3: Hey excuse me sir but can you come over here and help this demented woman who somehow thinks that I am an employee?!
Story 5: I've heard a lot of stories of people getting mad at people speaking a language they don't understand. I've been to Indonesia a lot of times, and I don't act rude to people I don't understand. I am a respectful person unlike this woman
Also if anything, Karen is the real racist here, disrespecting the national language of the country she is visiting and spewing slurs to a person of another race
and here in Brazil racism is i crime so she is fucked
Ditto. Out of the last 14 years spent at last agency before retiring, 10 were spent in an office where Spanish was primary and English was secondary. In fact, the running joke in my department was, "This is America, learn to speak Spanish."
Man, even my in-laws are bilingual. So, yeah. Don't be a Karen/Kevin.
As far as I know we don't have much Karens like these in Brazil, unless they're visiting from outside. The last thing you want to do is offend any hot headed brazilian hahahaha and saying we speak Spanish is really something that can get you in trouble
@@best1terrie
Yeah mostly locals will be pleased with just your attempts to speak to their language and do their best to accommodate you
Yes, I don't really know if anti-racism laws would be enforced here in Brazil when we are talking about tourists. But a visit to a police station and some time in a cell can probably do wonders doesn't matter if they are charged or not. FYI, it is illegal in Brazil to call someone by racist slurs. In theory she could get a year in jail. Unfortunately, our law system only works for petty crimes like stealing food from supermarkets.
Disabled shopping story: Quite frankly I would have called the local police (non-emergency number) and reported the illegal parking, then done what I could to keep Karen in the store until after she was ticketed. Loved that insult, though. Even as an American I got that one.
I've begun to advocate to anyone who constantly gets stopped for an IDWHL to go to local optometry stores and grab a handful of their business cards to hand out when they're stopped. After all, SOMETHING must be wrong with their eyes, right?
For many years I've just told people my Optomitrist's phone number, as it's _VERY_ easy to remember; the final four digits are "20-20"!
She'd have left before that and it's also not a police issue in the UK, it's the council or store enforced private parking. But it's good that here workers can say things like that to these people without fear of losing there jobs.
@@dixietenbroeck8717 👍
That's a number no one will be forgetting *any*time soon.😹
@@ivechang6720 *It's "for sure" that I* have never forgotten it!
Yeah I got that insult too. I'm not from the UK, but I've watched enough Doctor Who to know a LOT of British slang.
Story#2: Three Cheers for the person who stood up for the disabled person and their carer! Karen was disabled herself, disabled from the neck up!!
That’s an insult to disabled people. Karens choose to be entitled Bs.
say to the Karen "i see why now why you parked in the disabled spot blind, deaf, stupid, and blonde.
Just some extra info: In Brazil being racist or using any racial slur is a serious crime(2 to 5 years in prison plus for racial violence and 3 months to a year for racial slurs. Plus fines.). So after she used the slur the officer got happy because he could already arrest her even before she assaulted him. But by assaulting him she commited 3 serious crimes(Using racial slurs with the intent of racial discrimination, racist violent assault and assaulting a officer.) all with witnesses.
Ps. Sorry for my english, I'm also brazilian. haha
E é assim que nós lidamos com Karen’s colocando elas nas nossas terríveis prisões
Your English is great. 👍
@@belle.seattle5041 Thank you :)
Lula o Dilma promulgaron leyes contra racismo, ¿verdad? 🤦🏻♂️
I've heard Brazilian prisons are pretty awful,hope Karen enjoys her stay there!😆😆😆
Shit is downright MEDIEVAL.
Awful is a compliment... Of course she must been placed in jail instead a real prision... but that is still "good" enough to make a US prision look like a 7 star hotel, easy.
And racism in Brazil is a unbailable crime... So, that was really stupid.
That lady from the story in Brazil is the literal manifestation of the 'ugly American'. And some people wonder why other countries hate it when American tourists visit?
Thank goodness Americans don’t have a look being so diverse. When my buddy and I travel they don’t know we are American until the passport comes out and when asked…. We’re from Texas!
It is, and that karen is one of the reasons im a bit scared to (one day hopefully) travel to america (just in general), i fear that if i go anywhere i might get a verbal abuse from one, i know its just a stereotype, but im still a bit skeptical... (From brazil, with also a LOT of stereotypes of that "memer guy" the "football fan" the "rio de janeiro carnival" (i dont live in RJ and every state, celebrates differently))
That lady in Brazil is the reason why so many people don't like dealing with American tourists, if it's not the outright superiority complex, it's the entitlement or the subtle but condescending racism.
The sad and scary thing is that I bet most of them are only acting like that because they're outside their country. It's like they think that paying money for a trip automatically makes everyone they meet their personal slave. I wish people like that would all get their passports revoked and have to live somewhere where they're poor and in the minority. I apologize on behalf of all the awful American tourists. I swear, most of us aren't like that, but that's no excuse for letting the ugliest in our society go bother others.
@@SharmClucas I hate people who travel from the US to other countries and be total aholes cause it ruins it for those of us who want to travel and don't act like that.
Even if I'm in a different state I behave with respect and politeness because I might want to go back and I'd rather not burn down that bridge
This is why the World Leaders should vote that racists should not be allowed to travel outside their home country. And if they do and cause trouble, they would be charged for causing an international incident (which would result in a permaban from that country).
@@SharmClucas Brazilian police also make US police look like teddy bears, especially if they see someone messing with another officer.
@@SharmClucas id be willing to put money on people who act like that outside the US acting the same way inside it too
I'm disabled so it can make shopping fun especially when the items I need are on the very top of the shelves. If I can't find any employee i will usually ask someone who is in the aisle and taller then myself if they would be willing to help me. I always start by saying "I know you don't work here but would you be able to help me reach......" I have never had anyone say no and most ask if I only want one of whatever item or if there are any other items I need help with. I always make sure to thank them.
I like to ask women if I can borrow their tall husband, boy friend or son! LOL
Me I go grab a broom or curtain rod when I can't reach something on a shelf when you are short I call it. great aunt here.
I'm 6'6" and always have short women or older folks asking if I can help them with an item...I also say sure how many do you need lol
@@robreesor5011 God bless you. If can use my cane I will but some things are breakable. People like you are greatly appreciated.
@@robreesor5011 I'm 4'11, so hearing how tall you are is mind-boggling for me.
Thankfully, while I worked retail, no karens ever talked trash about special needs around me. I have two nieces with autism, and I have no patience for that. I would have refused service and asked them to leave regardless of what my managers said. I refuse to serve anyone who can't be nice about special needs.
Ice cream story: After OP had said she was a wrestler, I expected a shoulder throw and Karen being pinned to the ground at a minimum. How disappointing. LOL
Back when I was in the US Navy when my ship was deployed to the Mediterranean on a cruise one of the first things we as a crew were told was that when in the various foreign countries that we no longer had our "rights" as American citizens, that we would be subject to the laws of the host countries we found ourselves in. The only thing we could "demand" would be to speak with someone from the American Consulate. And yes, we had a few idiots who just had to test that. After a bit they all got shipped back to the US, they did not rejoin the ship, They were lucky they got shipped back.
Yep I was thinking the same thing when the lady grabbed her she's lucky she didnt get turned into a ragdoll and slammed into the floor🤣
I suspect most people with martial arts training are also trained in self control, as they are armed, just not with a gun but with their knowledge and training.
The authorities probably thought "Better to be good and rid of these a-holes than feeding them in jail for a few months."
Story 2: My sister works in a school similar to this and before covid the kids would go to the cafe in one of the big supermarkets in our town or to the town centre, and it is an excellent way to help these kids gain independence and learn to deal with normal every day activities, like shopping for the essentials and eating out and stuff like that. What it shouldn't involve is random people calling them names and telling them that they shouldn't be in public because of their disability. I hate people like that. And I hate people who use the not very nice terms for people with learning disabilities, it's disgusting and just because you have a fancy car doesn't mean you can treat people whatever way you want to.
I used to work with special kids. Every Friday we would take them out in the community and use skills to help them gain independence, most often in the shopping mall. It’s great to see them ordering their own food or finding success in a shop when they know where to go to get certain items… But I honestly wouldn’t know if I could hold myself back if a Karen approached and talked like that…
"All fur coat and no knickers" is a phrase I'm gonna use from now on 😂
Karen:"THEY SHOULDN'T BE OUT AROUND NORMAL PEOPLE!"
Me:"You class yourself as NORMAL?? I'd say you've illusions of grandure but that'd be the understatement of the year!!"
The handicapped parking is for people with physical disabilities, not mental.
@@sherylcascadden4988 Mental disabilities ARE physical. The brain is a part of the PHYSICAL body. If there is something wrong with that part, it’s a PHYSICAL disability. DUH!! How does is feel to be schooled???
@@bjiunal6687 Using that logic Karen IS entitled to the parking spot.
More like "delusions of adequacy", I think.
It’s so nice to see other customers standing up for abused employees. Not sure I could work out in the world today. After COVEE I have zero patience left. And no filter. I’m 55 and not interested in Anyone else’s crap. If I do go back you’ll have plenty more stories. In between my firings.
May I ask what COVEE is?
@@carmium A nickname for Covid?
as for the first story i think mark twain summed it up perfectly "better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
Once we were in a big-box store, and there was this elderly guy who saw me putting a large bag dog-biscuits in my mom's cart and asked me where I got them because he hadn't seen them and that was actually what he had come to the story to buy. So I told him that they had moved some things around in the store lately, but that he could find them at the end of X aisle. And he say thanks... and my mom then told me to go grab another bag for the guy, 'cause we could tell he had trouble walking (I hadn't realized at first), so I went and got him another bag - they were pretty heavy, actually - and they guy and his wife were so thankful, apparently they had asked two employees already but neither helped them.
Second to last story, I hope Karen’s kids learned a valuable lesson as Mommy was hauled off to A Brazil prison.
Brazil, the worst please to get arrested if you're a foreigner. That woman have no idea what could happen on a police station there.
Dear people from Europe and north America, never get arrested in South America
😂"No, love. You're all fur coat and no knickers." -genius
Last Story is so wholesome. They even ended up family friends, at least I hope so.
Every story session should end like this fluff 👍🏼
Thank you for ending with a more wholesome I don't work here story. I have had a couple of encounters where I helped people find things. And I started to get ordered around by an imperious Karen. My solution is usually to shame them and embarrass them as much as possible in public.
when you go on vacation. You are a guest in someone else's home
Raj's reaction is a brilliant way to cope with a karen!! Bully for him🤣
Yeah, if someone were to grab a relative of mine and make them bleed with thier fake as hell nails, I would have reciprocated with a haymaker to the face. Same with anyone who dares scream at or berate a disabled person.
18:15 The most dangerous cops in Brazil are off duty... I see videos all the time of them taking down criminals
Brazilian here: Good luck getting people to speak English in a Brazilian prison, lol
LoL she's fucked
I've often wondered: If you dropped a Portuguese-speaking person into the middle of Madrid, or a Spanish-speaking person into the middle of Lisbon (or Rio, or Brasilia), how much trouble would they have making themselves understood? Do you have any thoughts on this?
@@josepherhardt164 As a brazilian, we understand Spanish enough that we would be able to understand what the person speaking Spanish is trying to say if they talk a little bit slower and don't use slang (but it's not 100%, more like 85% to 90%). But I've heard from some Spanish speakers from the countries around Brazil that they don't understand most of what we say when we are speaking Portuguese, unless they live near the border. And usually near the border both the Portuguese speakers and the Spanish speakers use a mix of Portuguese and Spanish that we call Portunhol or Portuñol. It's not an actual language, it's basically each one speaking the words from the other language they know mixed with the language from their own country, but with a fake spanish accent if they're brazillians - idk if the spanish speakers try to do a fake brazillian accent, maybe they try too (think an english speaker who wants to say an world in italian, but instead of saying it in italian they say it in english with a fake italian accent lol)
Now, I don't know about Portugal and Spain, because Portugal's accent is really different from Brazil's accent (think the difference between an american accent and a really heavy scottish accent, while the differences of accent within Brazil are like usual american accent vs texan accent vs usual british accent vs northern english (the country) accent).
We brazillians, since we don't have much contact with portuguese (the country) media, we are not used to their accent, so sometimes we don't understand what they're saying unless they slow down a little. After some minutes/hours that effect vanishes and we get used to their accent and understand almost everything (and then the only difficulties are the words, like the meaning of pants in the american vs british english).
So, because of that, I have no idea if the portuguese people can understand spanish as easily as we brazilians do. We'd have to get a portuguese person to answer. I also have no idea if a spanish person understands (portuguese) portuguese, since it's a different accent, maybe it makes it easier or harder for them to understand?
@@laraazevedo1072 Wow. Thank you so much for the detailed explanation and commentary! It does make sense that Brazil border communities (on both sides of the border) would evolve a common-set-of-words dialect; I had just never thought of it that way. It is interesting that, sometime in the past Spanish and Portuguese diverged and did not stay a single language. I mean, the Iberian peninsula is only so large. On the other hand, there's Basque, a language so unique no one has to date found a link between it and the Indo-European languages, and that survived safely in northwest Spain. Had I the opportunity to do things all over again, I might have become a linguist, or perhaps archaeologist. :)
@@laraazevedo1072
Diablos, cuánto texto.
Acá (Perú) no entendemos J de portugués y necesitamos doblaje o subtítulos. Algunos sabemos suficiente castellano para entender e imitar un par de frases en portugués, pero para entender bien el idioma se necesita aprender directamente.
The Brazil story be like ‘The Karen from Ipanema’ 🤣
Btw, racism can get you in prison in Brazil, and this lady was stupid enough to do it to an officer.
Ooooooof... Karen is a mega idiot, then. America generally doesn't have laws against using racial slurs (freedom of speech), so she probably thought it'd be the same in Brazil. At the very least, I hope those kids went to live somewhere safer after that.
Eu quase que morreria de chinelada se eu levantasse a voz para alguém, muito mais estranhos. Sempre me questiono como pessoas idiotas como ela pensam que isso é certo?
I bet she's in a bad place right now. Really want a follow up and to know what city in Brazil was she in??
@@cyano2757 most likely Rio de Janeiro since everyone goes there, and most of us cannot fathom why. Also, you think US police are bad they are teddy bears compared to the PM.
Story 4: Provoking people won't help, I would've resorted to self-defense after that or at least made sure that I had eye witnesses watching Karen by screaming for help or shouted at her to back off
Considering how often the karens in these stories lie and try to claim that they were the ones assaulted, I'd definitely want to draw attention to the situation. Having witnesses and/or camera footage of what really happened seems like the best protection against their lies.
Stories 2 - 5, those Karen's were showing pure entertainment and stupidity by thinking that person is an employee when clearly they are not. Then they get embarrassed and told off, then get mad about that, but it's their own damn fault and stupidity. Those Karen's have no one to blame but themselves. Specially in story 5, that witch was trying EVERYTHING she could to cover her mistake because she knew she was screwed.
The next time some Karen wants to place an order with a customer after they’ve told them they don’t work there, they need to take the order and not place it. Then when the Karen sees them sitting and eating, they just say, I said I didn’t work here.
*"All fur coat & no knickers"* I _LOVED_ THAT! I'm going to remember and use that expression, *EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA!* I don't even mind explaining the "knickers" part, as that's a part of MANY peoples' "handicap": a _HUGE_ gap in their education!
"All fur coat and no knickers!" It's been too long since I heard that line. 🤣
That last story has me tearing up a bit. I know what it’s like to be somewhere and not be fluent in the local language. When someone is patient with you and kind, it just makes all of the difference in the world.
I used to think that people should travel more so that they understand what it’s like to work through those barriers as I thought it would make people understand how valuable patience and kindness are in these situations. I used to think that, but I’m less convinced of that idea the more I hear about traveling Karens.
Story 4: Oh hell no! Had I been the uncle I would have told the manager to call the police to have her arrested for assault on my niece...always press charges!
Story 5: Damn...what a moron! I've got me a RAGING justice boner right now! Please, please, please OP...give a follow up on this story...I have to know what happens after this!
Story 6: Oh. My. God. Looking at this situation from afar...you have a younger man with a baby and an older woman looking at nursing bras? Hilarious...and wholesome :)
If I were the ex-employee who saw the Karen come in, I would have started recording on my phone.
As a guy who has worked in retail for 18 years I always stand up for my fellow retail and food workers.
You cause issues or cause a scene I will jump on your butt.
I know they cannot say anything but I sure as Hell can. And boy do I let them know what they are doing when I make a scene. Eye for an eye after all.
Managers that bow down to Karen's are sacrificing employee's mental health for the possibility of future sales.
I have a boss who really hates confrontation so he rarely backs us up. It’s really frustrating because that’s why they keep doing it
Story four.... call the cops. Charge Karen with assault.
I so enjoy your IDWHL stories! You always find the most messed-up ones; some so bad that no one could make them up. Thanks!
I prefer the phrase "all style, and no substance" to "all fur coat, and no knickers" but they both amount to the same thing lol.
They are both good phases but the 'all fur coat, and no knickers' invokes such a image while 'all style, and no substance' is more vague.
The Karen in the Brazil story needs to get a grip on herself. Portuguese is the official language of Brazil.
I'm sure that is a great vacation destination but at least take some to learn the language.
If you go to a sufficiently popular tourist location there is a good chance the staff may know at least enough English to direct you to where you can get better help. That also means that if someone responds to you in Portuguese they are most likely NOT STAFF so you best look for someone else.
Chances are someone around will speak english and be able to help you. Most folks are friendly enough if they arent to busy to spare a few momments of their time.
@@GhostBear3067 Good to know. Though I'm willing to bet being polite matters in such a situation (which Karens are not well-known for).
Or hire an interpreter.
@@GhostBear3067 um, only in places that are too touristy to be worth going to. Mexico City, few English speakers.
I don't mind helping out someone if it's in a store that I go to a lot and know where things are but don't assume that I'll go trucking all over the store to get it for you. 😎
As a contractor, I would buy end of season polo shirts cheap to work in. Bought a stack of orange ones...couldn't walk into home depot without getting accosted.
Off duty officer in Brazil. Man this should be posted in active self protection as there’s so many videos of off duty officers in Brazil
The brazil story is the reason why i keep my badge on me even when travelling outside my country.
S5: She's lucky he was likely a "clean" cop, corruption is an endemic problem here in LatAm in general and as a Federal Officer he could have made Karen's stay in the country an experience to remember... for all the wrong reasons.
Depending on where in Brazil the police could have made her disappear, anyone thinking US cops are bad they are still teddy bears compared to Brazilian cops. Source: sou baiano.
Idiot mom can easily disappear there. Brazil is about as large as the USA, not to mention the very dirty "justice" system.
Source: Peruvian. Same shit as Brazil, but in Spanish.
I lived in Brazil for 10 months when I was 12. (My father took a sabbatical and went to work for Embrapa, the Brazilian equivalent of Agriculture & Agri-food Canada, his employer at the time.) I 100% agree. A joke we were told is that the difference between the police and the criminals in Brazil is the police have nicer uniforms and better guns. Seriously.
Story 3: no YOU, Karen, should not be out with "normal" people what ever hell that is.
Thank you so much for another upload fluff! I really need it right now 😭.
My football team just beyond embarrassed themselves and my day is completely ruined, so it’s gonna be good to listen to your amazing voice. Thank you so much, I’ll enjoy this video!
Mortal to these Karen stories Don't grabbed someone or go to jail, Karens!
Just remember kids, if anyone grabs your arm that doesn't have authority to do so, dont be afraid to turn around and sock them in self defense. What are courts going to do? Tell you to wait until after you've been shot or stabbed before the law will support your self defense? Not to mention so many Karen's end up drawing blood anyway, so you wouldn't even have to put any effort into the case.
S 3: Raj : A manager elsewhere comes to a deptt store to shop on the way home. 45, dressed smartly in a suit. A Karen approaches him for help with her shopping list and won't take no for an answer. Realizing it's futile to try, he says OKAY, come with me and starts trotting. She has a triumphant smile that quickly vanishes as she is led twice, huffing and puffing round the huge store. Finally he stops near the entrance where they have a display of primers. Takes out an alphabet book and loudly tells her, "since you find it difficult to understand things, here, this should help. start with this". And wagging his finger in her face , takes out a color within the lines and says equally loudly, "and if that book is too difficult, start with this"
At this point employees are going weak kneed, stuffing kerchiefs into their mouths, running into a nearby store room and laughing loudly. Customers have huge grins on their faces. Unable to meet their eyes, red faced and bug eyed Karen gives out a primeval screech and does the run of shame from the store to her car!
When he checks out a bit later, many employees gather to watch with awe this man who destroyed a Karen.
I think the Karen who said English is a universal language only watched shows and movies in English and every race speaks English and just automatically assumed that that works in real life
Story 3: Next lvl of how 2 deal w/ crazy karen people who cant hear call them old an blind an deaf especially when they demand 2 be helped rite now.
Nice to see the last one, you're right, that probably is the most common response
0:20 I don't have a dog so I grabbed my cat and a hot dog, best compromise I could make on such short notice 😂
"All fur coat and no knickers", I nearly fell over laughing. What an awesome description!
Oh, I so love hearing that wonderful phrase “all fur coat and no knickers“ in Fluff’s American accent. Say it again!
15:50 please oh please tell me
karen had to spend time in jail for her pretentious attitude. What a B! Disturbing the peace, assault on a federal officer. She should be ashamed but doesn’t seem to have the capacity for shame.
If Karens faced more consequences maybe there would be fewer of them!
The use of racial slurs is like that is also illegal and punishable. Also Brazilian jail makes American jail look fun.
Fifth story: Yell racist slurs about the country you are in should be penalized with kicking the yeller out of the country. Is that or a beating of all the native residents of the country who heard her because speak in that way makes you a target for angry mobs to attack you.
Oh yeah, for their own safety, racists should be banned from whatever country they're racist against.
Ya te estás yendo al otro extremo, pero esas horrorosas se lo tienen bien merecido.
@@pedrovargas2181 eh, lo de correrlas es más que nada por su propio bien.
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Hablaba de agarrarlas a cocachos. Mejor darles una estancia en el "hotel cana" a ver si aprenden a respetar a los locales o las fondean. Lo que salga primero.
@@pedrovargas2181 no digo que les hagamos eso, digo que ellas provocan el deseo de hacer eso.
Asselt on an officer in Brazil? That's earned her a short stay in their prettiest prison. I don't know how they get so lucky to get out of it, I guess they just claim "Insanity".
Oh no. They got dollars. Those can buy freedom easy.
Brazilian Story : Maybe Karen WAS on her best behavior.
Nice of Fluff to finish with a wholesome story.
And isn't that just the scariest thought?
Story #5: Karen, when you are in a foreign country, bear in mind this catchphrase from The Rock: "KNOW YOUR DAMN ROLE."
I love that line: “no love, you’re all fur coat and no nickers”. Also know the laws in the country you’re visiting.
I can't speak anything but English and bad English, however, the times I have been to another country (France, Belgium and the Netherlands) I always tried to learn these things: toilet, please, thanks and have a good day. You don't have to be fluent or know enough to converse as nearly everywhere there are people who know English, however, showing the natives that you cared enough to try learning their lingo will get you further than you might think.
Karen come to my desk angry about something beyond our control, says to me "do you know who i am?"
so i go onto the tannoy "good morning shoppers, we have a old lady in the front desk who dose not know who she is, could her nurse come to the desk and help her out, she is ok but very confused thank you".
exit karen.
the manager was livid at me............ said she had wanted to do that for ten years and was so peeved i did not call her.
Usually when I am in a store and I need help it's because I'm short and everything I need is up to high for me to reach. When I need help and I can't find any employees I dread having to ask anyone for help, I don't want to bother anyone. I usually just ask to borrow someone's height lol. Love your videos Peace and love to you and your family 💙💚💙💚💙💚
Me too!🤣 or I climb up the shelves I've had otherr short ladies make sure I don't fall off. Gotta love being short.
Lol I'm 6'6" tall and get asked often to reach something...honestly dont mind helping out just tell me how many ya need 😊
I, for one, am always happy to reach things down for people. My late wife used to summon me with, "I need a tall person!" I kinda miss that and I'm glad I can still be of service.
Ray his response to the Karin situation was brilliant.
A federal officer in Brazil? 10 years ago and the results could have been tragic for Karen. The federal officers in Brazil were mostly a paramilitary force called BOPE. Those guys were trained to be badasses who would mainly shoot first and ask questions if you happen to survive. They are basically allowed to cause grievous bodily harm for what Karen did. Luckily she only got arrested.
Was/is the BOPE federal? I always thought it was specific to Rio de Janeiro. I grew up in Salvador so I could be mistaken.
Karen in Brazil was lucky that Federal Officer is not a member of Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) from Rio. They have a license to kill and have been known to shoot first and ask questions later. One of the BOPE officers saved my life during the Rio olympics. I got chased by robbers wielding machetes one night and i just screamed for help while runnjng away. This officer just came out of nowhere and started shooting them with a submachine gun.
Yeah... Rio de Janeiro is the last place in Brazil where you want to mess with officers
The old lady, can't see or hear well. That's the best I've heard. 😂🤣🤣
Feeling cruddy and wanting to crawl into bed (allergies). I'm struggling to make it through my shift. Then you pop up, DF. Thanks for making my day better.
“You’re all Fur coats and no knickers.”
I have never heard this phrase, but fuck me if it isn’t funny. Had me lolling.
The last story was nice. :D I think if people have time and ability, they will often help someone asking nicely.
Had an awsome moment the other day. Need help finding something. Asked this guy who had a lanyard and I'd that look almost identical. Store doesn't have a spacric dress code. Guy got upset and said I don't work here man. I told him I apologize the lanyard made him look like he did. Laugh and told him I would hide that when I went in a store. 2 days later see the guy agian and he recognized me and waved me down. Told me he started tucking his lanyard in his shirt and hasn't gotten stopped and thanked me for the tip. Hahaha made my day.
Last story is awesome. I am 6' 2". And from time to time I get asked to help. Most of the time it is to reach something or to lift something a little heavy by an elderly person. Yes I help because that is what I was tought, but the person asking is always kind and polite in asking too.
"All fur coat and no knickers." Gotta love it. Similar to all hat, no cattle.
We're totally borrowing this, "All fur coat and no knickers". Always on the hunt for a good euphemism!
I don't think the uncle would have physically intervened in the ice cream shop in that particular circumstance. I'm sure he was confident that his niece, having passed the physical requirements for WP, could have cold-cocked the Karen if she felt it necessary. All Uncle wanted to do was get the Karen thrown out.
Raj, it sounds, like was in Denton. While the town has some of the sweetest folks you'll ever meet. They seem to have more than their share of Texas transplants that firmly believe 'courtesy' is just a spice in the spice rack and they never touch the stuff. Raj is a class act for handling that alleged person so well. The earlier phrase, fur coat with no knickers is a perfect fit for that gal too!
English is a universal language?! Does that mean aliens speak it?
Keep doing what you are doing, I love these videos! Tell Stevo I say hi!
That last one is a more wholesome I don't work here story.
I would have told the not chipotle manager the truth. customers like karen actually hurt your business if you let them keep coming by.
Other customers will see how awful she is and how no one does anything about her behavior and NEVER come back.
'All fur coat and no knickers' is a perfect saying 😂
I don’t know about Brazil, but many countries don’t serve free food in jail. If you can’t or don’t want to afford their food, you have to get someone to bring you something else
We do. But it's not tasty as I've heard of
Nicaragua serves rice and beans and the family or friends provide the rest. Seems jail food on the Caribbean side is better.
Story 1: best karma best revenge served cold. Got 2 like it when u r a customer an not a worker holding back
Story 5: 'til this day I this can't fathom why Racist people travel to other countries when all they really do is just be racist towards the locals
Another thing is that here in Brazil Racism is a serius crime so the karen being racist to an officer gets another level of stupid ( so deixando um pouco de português pra confirmar que sou BR )
"6 yo Ford" is too old?
Damn.
In Finland that would be top notch.
I drive 20 yo Honda and if anybody has a problem with it, I wouldn't know because I don't care.
It's a car to get to places, a tool that I use when I need it. Nothing more.
My job i also meet tourists and some speak english. Now here is fun part, if person entitled and rude i speak when very broken english and only few wordrs and then pretend that i don't understand them. This because my collective bargaining agreement says that if my employer wants me to use english they must pay me for it. They don't pay for it, so i can do what I described and they can't do anything for it or union will take to court.