We need to start outright JAILING AND PROSECUTING these idiots for attacking people thinking they’re employees. Not only are they stupid, but they also think that assaulting employees is OK. And that is NOT a safe mindset
All of these Karens treating people terribly in front of their kids need to stop talking about how they're a mother. They are horrible examples for their kids, and probably never deserved any.
Yeah, I was thinking I'd make a loud, clear comment just like that if anyone ever treated me as in these stories. Especially if the kids are young and therefore think their parent's behavior is normal.
The idiots with the roof trusses reminds me of a manager at the one restaurant I worked at. Everyone called him tiny. A real mountain of a man, 6’ 5 375 pounds and had a loud booming voice and that cadence that makes people listen. Was an awesome guy, took care of us almost to a fault. If someone was harassing us he was not shy about going out into the dining room and removing the problem from the restaurant
Story #1: The toddler is actually used by thieves. People have been using their kids and causing scenes so their buddy sneaks stuff out while cops talk to them
Yes gf works at a buck or two here and just last week there was this little kid talking to her boss and she went in the back room the door was left open and took 800$ out of the lock box under the chair not sure y it wouldn’t locked or y the door was open mostly pretty peaceful in town not much goes on anyway they were caught on camera leaving but they couldn’t prove the money was stolen no camera’s in the place well she lost the 800$ police side they couldn’t give it back was a he side she side case now the door is always locked gf was off for her holidays will this happened her friend at work had told her this so it’s a third hand account of what happened 😭😭😭
My town only has a population of 500 15min drive from here you get to her town with 2000 population gf has worked for buck or two for 10 years and this is the first time something was ever taken other then some taking candy bars mostly just small things well I wonder if there getting a camera now the boss is pretty cheep so probably not 😢
I've noticed that a lot of these stories have something in common: Karen is always a loyal customer. You are? Then you should know some of the people who work here. Also, management has never seen the before.
Story 2: good to see the guy learned from his mistake and was willing to swallow his pride and turn over a new leaf, and good on OP for giving him a second chance.
Story 3, I only lied about work once, it was when I was working security. A lady had come up to me seeing my shirt with big bright letters reading security and asked me to help her get her and her friends away from some creep that was following them. I put on my jacket to cover my tags and logo and followed them to help get them out. When this guy approached he looked like he had rolled in garbage and smelt like it too he wanted to fight me and asked why I was helping them if I don't work there so I told him I don't work here I just act like a human and took them away, later found out the guy was a known drug user and would regularly assault people for any reason he could find. One of the weirdest moments of working security
Story 4 - What a stupid couple. Yelling at OP and his secretary, attacking OP, then lying to the police only to be shown the security footage of what really happened. Why do Karens seem to forget that almost everyone has cameras recording everything that happens inside and outside their buildings?
After Karen was removed by the Manager, I'd have stopped him and said "I knew this place served Drinks, but when did they start with the Floor Shows?" 😄😁😆😅😂🤣
Story two..... Being violently grabbed and spun around should always result in an immediate backhanding across the eyes followed by an assault charge. 😡 Story four.... I was thinking as soon as the man attacked OP, my thought was "kick him in the cojones and frog march him out the door"! OP was kinder than me. 🤨 Last story.... Rabid Karen got "fired"... as a customer! 😆
Story 2 - Only if in your STATE it would be seen as an assault charge, for either person. And since defending one's self from a possible attacker is classed as self-defense then neither would be charged. The guard was doing his duty by protecting the property. He failed past stopping OP however by continuing to try and pull OP away from his place of residence WITHOUT checking ID. Security guards in many places do have the right to stop you from entering the premises, if that means grabbing you to stop you from doing so then they are allowed to do that as long as they dont use excessive force. However in OPs case by defending himself in such a manner, and then walking towards the guard to even help him up, which could have been perceived as a followup attack by the guard, had the guard's actions still within the use of proper force. Just because in your state they are lax in allowing security guards to manhandle someone doesnt mean its the same everywhere else.
In my state, unarmed security guards have no arrest authority, and cannot put hands on a person without consent. I worked unarmed security for awhile, and had I done what this guy did, I could have been charged with assault. Granted, other places can have different rules.
I worked at the "Helpful Hardware Place " .I got fired because I told a female customer that, yes, size DOES matter. I still don't know what she was talking about. I thought we were talking about PVC pipe fittings. Which was my section of the store to stock and order for.
Unfortunately, since I work as a 3rd party contractor for a certain orange hardware store, I get confused as an employee all the time. Our company does the big remodels for the stores and I do the day time maintenance. (checking all signage is updated, putting signs on areas we've moved to new areas, answering store questions, taking inventory of our product and letting my boss know if we need more, cleaning up any potential messes, doing smaller sets, etc) When we do move things and I haven't had a time to update anything, associates do often ask me where things have been moved and I can answer them, but a lot of customers take that as I work for the store....which I don't. I work AT the location, not FOR the location. I do try to answer any questions that they may have in the area we're working on, but if someone asks, I always respond "I don't work for the store, but I work for the company doing the project....what do you need help finding, cuz if its moved, we moved it." Most of the time its fine and I can show them where they need to go, but a few times...I've had people ask me to do things like cut wire, pull pallets, etc....and get mad when I say I can't. And I will say....contractors are some of the most self entitled people I've ever dealt with.
Story 1: The most common problems with Karen in all these stores is unable to look at someone and see if they are a employee, threaten everyone with police, not knowing that there cameras everywhere, and everyone having reddit and know what to do to put a Karen into a cell.
I think the teenage girls as worse when it came to being mean. I was part of a group of girls in high school who were not the in group, not pretty etc and we were mocked by the girls more than any one of the boys. they would just ignore you to the point that you thought you did not exist..... but than again I was in high school in the late 1960's/////
Story 3: I don't believe that someone lying about not working has happened. Maybe someone lying about not working somewhere has happened a few times, but there are cameras and everything, so they would be caught. It's also funny that Karen is complaining about how time is important, but decides to waste her own time by harassing a random customer and just glaring at OP.
People have posted comments saying they lied because their shift was almost over, little things like that -which doesn't change the fact that if Karen's time was that important they would move onto the next employee instead of picking a fight with someone that won't help them.
My brother lied about not working somewhere. He worked in the back unloading trucks and didn't want to help customers. He didn't wear a uniform either.
Keyboard story: I've been to a LOT of Walmart Supercenters over the years (I was a truck driver) and I've never seen one so big you couldn't cross it two or three times in 15 minutes! She could have returned it herself since she should know where she got it from instead of looking for an employee to do it for her. Security story: "I know our uniform." Apparently not if you can't tell the difference between blue, tan and white. Dishwasher story: Really can't blame the hardware store clerk for not wanting to interact with crazy. I really think we all need to carry around business cards with the names, addresses and phone numbers of local optometrists, cause these Karens all seem to have one thing in common, they don't see well. Trusses story: Idiots!!! At least OP pressed charges. Dollar General story: I don't have the patience I used to have when I was younger. Nowadays someone grabbing me from behind is likely to be violently punched. 50-50 chance. Wanna take bets?
If I was in that situation and MY mom acts like this, I'd give the person she's berating a baseball bat saying "here, please hit me as hard as you can"
I’ve never lied to get out of work. But I used to joke that I didn’t work at a busy arcade when people asked me and see who believed me or not. It was always a laugh for both of us
I feel so bad for the kids of entitled parents and there’s a damn good reason why they either move out at 18 and cut all contact or abandon their parents at nursing homes and never ever ever talk to them again
Best thing to watch after two job interviews with a 2 hour gap in-between (technically 3 hours but the first interview was basically open interview which took an hour for each session) Edit: But seriously though DarkFluff, I enjoy watching your videos since it allows me to de-stress after a long day while making me smile as well
If it's not Karens attacking customers thinking they are store staff or management, it's Karens attacking store staff or management thinking they're customers. *_HONESTLY!!_*
Story 4: Yeah, the police should have been called the INSTANT threats were being made. Even if there was a chance they may have calmed down, that was a situation where you don't take chances with everyone's safety.
Story 4 was wow! I've had some violent people in my place of employment before but not like that. I've seen some hellish people however. Worst so far is someone who threw a bag of candy (Soft thankfully) When we didn't accept her returns... That she bought at another store. (We're a dollar store, ya know Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, Dollar General) One of these with the dollar in the name. And she complained that we, a different store, didn't do returns for her. Even when we pointed it out she said it was all the same, didn't care, and didn't want to drive a few blocks down to go to the correct store. Our store doesn't have cameras really, that said I was fairly young and still baby faced at the time, and when this lady became violent I got lucky cause when it hit me a man, who I didn't know at the time was an off duty cop, stepped in, pinned her down, sadly I can't say what happen next mostly cause my boss stepped in and sent me home cause I was clearly pretty upset and my shift was almost over anyway, thankfully somewhere was there to cover for me. I guess moral is, never take things like this to any physical level, you will NOT win in the end. You will be tackled, or hit back, or charged with a crime, and if you are that emotional and angry please seek help for your own good
Once a Karen has decided that someone works there, that thought is set in STONE. It's impossible for her to change her mind because she's RIGHT and you're WRONG. Since Karens always believe they are right, anyone who suggests otherwise is not only lying but is also an enemy to be yelled at and fought tooth and nail against because she's ALWAYS right.
Story 3: 13:27 Yes. I have had a worker claim that they did not work at the store when I went to go and ask them a question. I went up to the customer service desk and they brought me back to the same woman who said she didn't work there. 🤷 She flat-out lied to my face so she wouldn't have to help me but in the end she still had to help me. It was fairly awkward interacting after that.
Any time someone puts their grubby hands on you without permission you can defend yourself and have the person arrested for battery. Don't put up with this behavior, Check It Immediately!!!!
Never lead off a response to a Karen with "I'm sorry". Why are you apologizing for the Karen's mistake? Once a Karen hears the word "sorry" she becomes impervious to anything else you say.
I know this is really off topic, I saw the absolute opposite of Karen today, it just made me smile. Walking through a mall with my wife, I saw a mother just standing still looking into the distance while her son (probably under 5 years old) was lying on the floor on his back, legs kicking, and shouting, full on tantrum, and she just ignored him, waiting for him to forget whatever got him going. I'm thinking good on you lady, don't fall for the kid's fake sense of entitlement. I was going to comment on ethnicity but decided it was unnecessary, I just felt a lot of respect for this woman as she refused to coddle her kid
Perfect timing, Fluff! You posted this video about 15 minutes before I started my lunch break. It was a nice thing to watch while I enjoyed my lunch. I left off with that wonderfully feel-good second story (back to work!), and am looking forward to the rest when I get home. Have a great day, and thanks (as always) for posting. Keep up the good work! (Yes, I know the timing wasn't intentional, but it made me smile. So I'm sharing that smile.)
Story #4: "I'm going to a place where there's a BUNCH of Men who do heavy lifting and going to start a fight...." Sounds like a quick way to see how long it takes for: A) an Ambulance to get there, B) How long it takes the EMTs/Paramedics to treat Idiot at scene, C) how long it takes the Ambulance to transport you too the closest Hospital, & D) What the wait time for: ER, X-Ray, and a Hospital Bed is!!!
Story 3: To answer your question, DarkFluff, if the customer is as bad a Karen, it's really no surprise that employees will say "I don't work here" just to avoid danger.
I have never seen an employee directly lie just to get out of doing something. My theory is that these people are simply unwilling to admit that they are wrong. They see someone who looks vaguely employee like or just that they think should work there and make demands. when they are corrected they double down because they have chosen and are unwilling to admit their mistake. the thought process would go something like this "I am significant. you look like you are insignificant. if you are insignificant you must serve me. if you don't want to serve me there must be something wrong with you because i cannot be wrong." I don't have specific evidence to back this up, just observations.
You may be on to something there. I wonder if there have been any studies of this phenomenon. If I was a psychologist or a sociologist I'd be tempted to look into it. As an old, burned-out, retired software engineer, not so much.
One time in life I worked at a lil place called Bed Bath & Beyond. I had only been there a few days when I was leaving as my shift had ended. We did not wear uniforms, only nametags, but I didn't have that on either since I was leaving. On my way out I saw a lady looking really confused so I asked if I could help her. She was looking for the air diffusers, the things that make your rooms smell nice. I told her where they were and she said, "Thank you! You're so much more useful than the idiots that work here." Then she walked down the isle so quickly I didn't have a chance to tell her I did in fact work there, I was just on my way out the door. XD
So the last story: I work for Dollar General and I could see how Karen was confused because we are now allowed to wear Jeans and yes we can wear a hoodie as long as the hoodie is under our black polos. And our name tags are either yellow for regular stores or green for our market stores. Karen’s can be so confused when not looking for a name tag and going by how people are dressed
Story 4: You see, when you want to settle a problem, you stay calm about it. Don't get mad, and if you do get mad, don't take it out. Just calmly explain the problem, and if you learn that you visited the wrong place, just look for that other place. This should be easy, yet people really love to take the aggressive/violence route
I had the same thing happened to me Drunk Karen through homophobic slurs ( I am not gay) and threatened GBH ( UK law term for grevious bodily harm, threatening it wouldn't get you a GBH charge but she clearly intended to inflict that sort of harm, she'd probably have got a charge for the fact she acted and threatened violence if I had followed through with the cops as well as the hate crime law ls she broke) This was all because she'd been refused sale of alcohol because she was extremely drunk, which I am legally obliged to do As soon as she heard no she went off of the rails Karen's think that There's only service to them and no where other than that Or in some cases pleasant when shits done for them but violent when they don't get served In any case of Karen's they can't comprehend the thought that they may be wrong or that they wont be served Honestly it'd be funny but I reckon the biggest percentage of these people just have bad mental issues
Imagine how stupid one has to be to resort to threats and violence against a building contractor for being one day late (which they weren't). 1. Contractors are routinely delayed either by overcommitting or by subcontractors or suppliers flaking 2. They're working on _your damn house_ ... plus they could just walk away from the job and sue you for payment 3. Odds are high that they're in decent physical shape and not afraid to defend themselves from lunatics
Karens would mistake me as retail workers all time, when I was a teenager. It as always at small boutiques at the mall. Usually I got lucky and an actual worker would rescue me. One time however, my mom and I had to pull out our IDs, to prove to this Karen. That no I do not work there, my mom really is my mom, and yes I really was 14. My mom was this 🤏🏻 close to hitting her, but I held her back not wanting to get kicked out. 😂
Story 4: I have to ask: When the woman fell down screaming, was it out of embarrassment, rage, the fact that she was in trouble or a combination of the three?
At 5:29, «There’s nothing scarier than a group of teenage boys, as teenage boys are the meanest of the world… » I’m not sure about that because mean teenage girls can be pretty odious and hateful.
The difference between the genders is boys lean into getting physical while girls opt for mental putdowns and criticisms of anything outside of a Photoshopped image. There are, of course, some exceptions.
Story 3: I've tried lying about not working there. Unfortunately, my mum outed me when browsing the store with her. I just wanted to say hi to my colleagues as I it's my FORMER store that I cover for occasionally. The customer understood that and apologised. My mum then told me off for tidying a shelf after that...
First story that must have been a very large store if she spent fifteen minutes looking for a member of staff to return the computer keyboard for her. Why did she not return the keyboard herself would have been quicker. Story three the shop assistant should have been reported for cowardice.
18:10 👏👏😁👏👏 *Thank goodness y'all pressed charges! This is THEE ONLY WAY these PARASITES will learn their damn lesson!* *I can never understand why in hell, when people get assaulted, they never press charges!! Seriously.. like how do you rationalize that in your head??* 🤔🤔
13:20 to me it seems alot like projecting cuz karens are kinda person who would lie so they don't have to do the work so they assume everytime someone says the don't work there they assume they are lying cuz karen would do the same thing
I worked in a big box store as a department manager years ago and on a day off i was in the store as a woman saw me and asked for help. I told her i work there and it was my day off, but helped her anyway. I asked her how she knew i worked there and she said that it was the way i walked through the store with authority. It made me feel good. If it was me walking through the store when i no longer worked there, i probably would have helped her anyway because it was simply a question of where to find something. I've actually helped people in stores i simply shop at, like if they are disabled grab items. I would never tell someone i don't work in a place i work at even while off the clock. If customer service has taught me anything, it is to help people.
I lie about where I work all the time... because it's my job to. My company hires me out to other companies to basically Undercover Boss the businesses. I go in, pretend to be a new hire, and report on the bullshit going on. But that's literally my job. Nobody else lies about their job, because it's not their job to and that'll get them fired.
13:17 - Of course, don't you know that workers they lie about working someplace all the time? They just make sure to come into work wearing clothes mentioning a different business first!
Story #5. That lady would have gotten a warning after grabbing me the first time, 2nd time she would have been flopping like a fish out of water from being tased!! Yup, in Ohio I carry a taser, and CCW. Both on my right side!!At 70 years old, I'm to old to screw with!!
To answer a question posed, I used to lie about working at one of my former employers because I would get all kinds of awkward questions and comments when I was getting rides via ride share. I would often even hire from away from my job location so that I could avoid these conversations.
#1 The problem with Karens is that, in their eyes, they are ALWAYS right, especially when they are obviously totally wrong. #1.5 It's not because you are bringing more than a single drink that it imply that you MUST be working there. It often only mean that you are just another client bringing your order to your table where your friends are waiting. BUT... That's to much for a Karen to grasp. #2 That guy really learned his lesson. #3 When a Karen have decided that you work somewhere, you DO work there. If you tell her that you don't work there, it's just because you are a disrespectful, lazy, bad employee and that you are lying to her. #4 How DUMB can those two be ? Go to the wrong place. Throw a tantrum. Literally assault peoples. Make threats. All of that to end up in jail. #5 Karen throw a tantrum. Karen get banned from the place. Karen can't buy what she wanted. Karen had it coming to her.
That last lady didn't even need help so why did she start badgering someone? Even then most dollar stores are pretty freaking tiny, what help would she have needed in the first place?
Yes. I have 'lied' once about working somewhere. And continued working as they watched me work. They didn't get the hint I was 'lying' and walked away.
Story 1 - young teen boys are like cats - their field of f*cks is barren! Plus the boys think the raging adult woman is funny as hell, where the cats just think she's too damned loud.
The security guard story ,most people would have fired him when he came for an interview at your job especially after assaulting you, I personally would have because I'm a vindictive prick ,but you you're a hero man now you got this guy a job he's under your thumb and every time he sees you he's going to have this little squirmy feeling inside him that's he's going to be afraid you might fire him for the rest of his life working there he's got to watch his p's and q's I mean seriously dude this guy is scared crapless every time he sees you I love it it's hilarious hahaha😅😊😂
Im shocked by these kinds of stories. I had an interaction like this in Best Buy once when i was wearing a blue shirt, a guy asked me i knew where the IPhones were and i pointed to where I thought they were and when i said i don't work there he apologized and said he saw my blue shirt and thought i did. So it was very innocent.
It's not that people lie to Karens about working or not working at a place. As the end of that story indicates, it's simply that people that do work at a place don't want or need the drama of dealing with a raging Karen so they do their level best to avoid it.
From listening to all these stories I think if a Karen ever approaches me in public I will just start screaming “F off Crazy lady!” Being polite never seems to accomplish anything.
And if anyone touches me they will find a stump where their hand used to be. I wish a motherf'ker would...but I must have a face that says "approach at your own peril" because I have never had anything like a Karen happen to me since I became an adult.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a thousand times….it always works out when you resort to slapping and hitting😂 to get what you want/need. Right?? Karen😂
Story 3 raises an interesting point about Karens with kids in tow. If I was being berated by Karen, I'd be looking at the kid and sympathising with them for having to grow up with such a embarrassing woman in charge of them.
Story 4: I can relate to that. One time, back when an gas station used to be my stomping grounds, I ringed up a tow truck driver. I did committed an honest mistake by telling him that I don't own him money and when I told him my bad, well he threatened me by beating me up in the parking lot. And what s even more hilarious? I think her neice (former co worker whom I'm not on speaking terms from a incident that contributed to leaving for my current job) got his attitude Edit: story 5: yes, we wear black shirts. Some cases, no it does not have the company logo. And yes, in most cases, our name tags are yellow
It speak volumes for the first thing you think of is that someone is lying to get out of work. Lol who lies about being at work while at work? The only people who would believe anyone would do that, are the kind of people who would do that themselves.
The thing about the first story is that as a Walmart employee we wear light blue vests , literally noone that works there doesn't wear their vest ,it's how you tell the customers from the workers,we also wear name tags that say hi my name is Kevin or whatever,now if your too Stoopid to not notice these things don't blame Walmart when you get a fist in your jaw ,it's YOUR damn fault.
That last one: It's a DOLLAR GENERAL! There's literally one every 10-15 miles in the South and if they have their way, it will be like that all across the country! Karen can just pop on down to the next Dollar General!
Tough guy talk is usually pretty cringe but "remove your hand from my arm before I remove it from yours" is a really good line.
Id bet it may be an embellishment but, dude it hope and believe it was said because its good
So the Karen in the first story walked around for 15 minutes looking for an employee when she could have used that time to replace the item herself?
my thought exactly.
Honestly, I doubt she'd been looking anywhere near that long. It was probably closer to 15 seconds.
@@digifreak90 ALL of 15 seconds ? Wow ! Probably less than 1.5 second.
That 15 minutes includes the drive to the store.
1.5 seconts! Not even that! it was probaly, "o a pereson, a victom to harass!@@Kualinar
Security OP, good call. You asked if he learned, he had, and he proved it. _NICE._
Yeah, he turned an opportunity for hilarious payback into a proper and worthwhile teaching moment, and both got the benefit.
We need to start outright JAILING AND PROSECUTING these idiots for attacking people thinking they’re employees.
Not only are they stupid, but they also think that assaulting employees is OK. And that is NOT a safe mindset
yes
All of these Karens treating people terribly in front of their kids need to stop talking about how they're a mother. They are horrible examples for their kids, and probably never deserved any.
Yeah, I was thinking I'd make a loud, clear comment just like that if anyone ever treated me as in these stories.
Especially if the kids are young and therefore think their parent's behavior is normal.
Story 5: Don't you know I'm the only person permitted to shop in the store? Everyone else in the store are employees and must serve me. 😂
And that right there is the Karen mindset to a T
"If it breathes, it lives to SERVE ME!" Says every Karen in the wild. 😅
The idiots with the roof trusses reminds me of a manager at the one restaurant I worked at. Everyone called him tiny.
A real mountain of a man, 6’ 5 375 pounds and had a loud booming voice and that cadence that makes people listen. Was an awesome guy, took care of us almost to a fault. If someone was harassing us he was not shy about going out into the dining room and removing the problem from the restaurant
Story #1: The toddler is actually used by thieves. People have been using their kids and causing scenes so their buddy sneaks stuff out while cops talk to them
Makes you wonder if most of these IDWHL stories have another side that went unnoticed.
@@aluminumfalcon552 I'm almost 89% sure some of them do, especially this one.
Yes gf works at a buck or two here and just last week there was this little kid talking to her boss and she went in the back room the door was left open and took 800$ out of the lock box under the chair not sure y it wouldn’t locked or y the door was open mostly pretty peaceful in town not much goes on anyway they were caught on camera leaving but they couldn’t prove the money was stolen no camera’s in the place well she lost the 800$ police side they couldn’t give it back was a he side she side case now the door is always locked gf was off for her holidays will this happened her friend at work had told her this so it’s a third hand account of what happened 😭😭😭
My town only has a population of 500 15min drive from here you get to her town with 2000 population gf has worked for buck or two for 10 years and this is the first time something was ever taken other then some taking candy bars mostly just small things well I wonder if there getting a camera now the boss is pretty cheep so probably not 😢
I think I just found my new phrase for the month. Weaponized stupid is a whole new glorious level of stupidity I never knew existed.😂🤣
Cudos to OP from story 2 for being professional enough to give the idiot a second chance - and cudos to him for taking it.
I've noticed that a lot of these stories have something in common: Karen is always a loyal customer. You are? Then you should know some of the people who work here. Also, management has never seen the before.
Story 2: good to see the guy learned from his mistake and was willing to swallow his pride and turn over a new leaf, and good on OP for giving him a second chance.
Story 3, I only lied about work once, it was when I was working security. A lady had come up to me seeing my shirt with big bright letters reading security and asked me to help her get her and her friends away from some creep that was following them. I put on my jacket to cover my tags and logo and followed them to help get them out. When this guy approached he looked like he had rolled in garbage and smelt like it too he wanted to fight me and asked why I was helping them if I don't work there so I told him I don't work here I just act like a human and took them away, later found out the guy was a known drug user and would regularly assault people for any reason he could find. One of the weirdest moments of working security
Story 4 - What a stupid couple. Yelling at OP and his secretary, attacking OP, then lying to the police only to be shown the security footage of what really happened.
Why do Karens seem to forget that almost everyone has cameras recording everything that happens inside and outside their buildings?
Maybe Karens are so entitled, that they believe they are invisible on camera 😂😂
@@Carizma101
That would actually explain alot
They are mentally stuck in the 70's, before cameras became ubiquitous.
@@Kualinar Quite possibly, or they just think that if they yell at someone enough, including the police, that they’ll get away with anything.
I'm loving that people are pressing charges on idiots now.
After Karen was removed by the Manager, I'd have stopped him and said "I knew this place served Drinks, but when did they start with the Floor Shows?"
😄😁😆😅😂🤣
Story two..... Being violently grabbed and spun around should always result in an immediate backhanding across the eyes followed by an assault charge. 😡
Story four.... I was thinking as soon as the man attacked OP, my thought was "kick him in the cojones and frog march him out the door"! OP was kinder than me. 🤨
Last story.... Rabid Karen got "fired"... as a customer! 😆
Agreed.
Story 2 - Only if in your STATE it would be seen as an assault charge, for either person. And since defending one's self from a possible attacker is classed as self-defense then neither would be charged. The guard was doing his duty by protecting the property. He failed past stopping OP however by continuing to try and pull OP away from his place of residence WITHOUT checking ID. Security guards in many places do have the right to stop you from entering the premises, if that means grabbing you to stop you from doing so then they are allowed to do that as long as they dont use excessive force. However in OPs case by defending himself in such a manner, and then walking towards the guard to even help him up, which could have been perceived as a followup attack by the guard, had the guard's actions still within the use of proper force.
Just because in your state they are lax in allowing security guards to manhandle someone doesnt mean its the same everywhere else.
In my state, unarmed security guards have no arrest authority, and cannot put hands on a person without consent. I worked unarmed security for awhile, and had I done what this guy did, I could have been charged with assault. Granted, other places can have different rules.
I worked at the "Helpful Hardware Place " .I got fired because I told a female customer that, yes, size DOES matter. I still don't know what she was talking about. I thought we were talking about PVC pipe fittings. Which was my section of the store to stock and order for.
Unfortunately, since I work as a 3rd party contractor for a certain orange hardware store, I get confused as an employee all the time. Our company does the big remodels for the stores and I do the day time maintenance. (checking all signage is updated, putting signs on areas we've moved to new areas, answering store questions, taking inventory of our product and letting my boss know if we need more, cleaning up any potential messes, doing smaller sets, etc) When we do move things and I haven't had a time to update anything, associates do often ask me where things have been moved and I can answer them, but a lot of customers take that as I work for the store....which I don't. I work AT the location, not FOR the location.
I do try to answer any questions that they may have in the area we're working on, but if someone asks, I always respond "I don't work for the store, but I work for the company doing the project....what do you need help finding, cuz if its moved, we moved it." Most of the time its fine and I can show them where they need to go, but a few times...I've had people ask me to do things like cut wire, pull pallets, etc....and get mad when I say I can't. And I will say....contractors are some of the most self entitled people I've ever dealt with.
Story 1: The most common problems with Karen in all these stores is unable to look at someone and see if they are a employee, threaten everyone with police, not knowing that there cameras everywhere, and everyone having reddit and know what to do to put a Karen into a cell.
Karens are like pit vipers. They only see body heat. Any warm body MUST be an employee and MUST serve them! 😂
I think the teenage girls as worse when it came to being mean. I was part of a group of girls in high school who were not the in group, not pretty etc and we were mocked by the girls more than any one of the boys. they would just ignore you to the point that you thought you did not exist..... but than again I was in high school in the late 1960's/////
I don’t get why the lady couldn’t put the keyboard back herself
Because Karen's are stupid
@@jbz4788 IKR???
Story 3: I don't believe that someone lying about not working has happened. Maybe someone lying about not working somewhere has happened a few times, but there are cameras and everything, so they would be caught.
It's also funny that Karen is complaining about how time is important, but decides to waste her own time by harassing a random customer and just glaring at OP.
It's narcissism. They'd rather think that someone else is being lazy than think that they could be wrong
People have posted comments saying they lied because their shift was almost over, little things like that -which doesn't change the fact that if Karen's time was that important they would move onto the next employee instead of picking a fight with someone that won't help them.
Didn't the reverse happen in an episode of Big Bang Theory where Sheldon was able to do better work for Fry's than the actual employees did😂😂
My brother lied about not working somewhere. He worked in the back unloading trucks and didn't want to help customers. He didn't wear a uniform either.
@@Kelle0284 if he unloads trucks then it isn't his job to help them anyway, so technically lying but like ...not really
Keyboard story: I've been to a LOT of Walmart Supercenters over the years (I was a truck driver) and I've never seen one so big you couldn't cross it two or three times in 15 minutes! She could have returned it herself since she should know where she got it from instead of looking for an employee to do it for her.
Security story: "I know our uniform." Apparently not if you can't tell the difference between blue, tan and white.
Dishwasher story: Really can't blame the hardware store clerk for not wanting to interact with crazy. I really think we all need to carry around business cards with the names, addresses and phone numbers of local optometrists, cause these Karens all seem to have one thing in common, they don't see well.
Trusses story: Idiots!!! At least OP pressed charges.
Dollar General story: I don't have the patience I used to have when I was younger. Nowadays someone grabbing me from behind is likely to be violently punched. 50-50 chance. Wanna take bets?
If I was in that situation and MY mom acts like this, I'd give the person she's berating a baseball bat saying "here, please hit me as hard as you can"
Squidward energy
“Don’t hold back”
"Has anyone ever lied about not working somewhere to avoid helping customers?"
Gotta be honest, I've been tempted to-
I'm tempted to do this tonight, its my last shift at the shop I work at and since its payday weekend, we don't have to wear our uniform.
I’ve never lied to get out of work. But I used to joke that I didn’t work at a busy arcade when people asked me and see who believed me or not. It was always a laugh for both of us
LAST STORY
WELL DONE CARL FOR STICKING UP FOR OP AGAINST THE "GREAT" EVIL
KAREN.
I feel so bad for the kids of entitled parents and there’s a damn good reason why they either move out at 18 and cut all contact or abandon their parents at nursing homes and never ever ever talk to them again
Story 4: 18:24 " _When it rains, it pours_ " And I hope, with no roof on their house, it's raining hard.
"Keep your hands to yourself" is one of the first things you learn/get drilled into you in Elementary School. It still applies when you are an adult!
Best thing to watch after two job interviews with a 2 hour gap in-between (technically 3 hours but the first interview was basically open interview which took an hour for each session)
Edit: But seriously though DarkFluff, I enjoy watching your videos since it allows me to de-stress after a long day while making me smile as well
I too am on that job hunt. here’s hoping you get yours soon, with benefits and solid pay and decent hours that fit your needs!
If it's not Karens attacking customers thinking they are store staff or management, it's Karens attacking store staff or management thinking they're customers. *_HONESTLY!!_*
Story 4: Yeah, the police should have been called the INSTANT threats were being made. Even if there was a chance they may have calmed down, that was a situation where you don't take chances with everyone's safety.
Yes. Call the police THEN go to the reception.
Story 4 was wow! I've had some violent people in my place of employment before but not like that. I've seen some hellish people however. Worst so far is someone who threw a bag of candy (Soft thankfully) When we didn't accept her returns... That she bought at another store. (We're a dollar store, ya know Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, Dollar General) One of these with the dollar in the name. And she complained that we, a different store, didn't do returns for her. Even when we pointed it out she said it was all the same, didn't care, and didn't want to drive a few blocks down to go to the correct store.
Our store doesn't have cameras really, that said I was fairly young and still baby faced at the time, and when this lady became violent I got lucky cause when it hit me a man, who I didn't know at the time was an off duty cop, stepped in, pinned her down, sadly I can't say what happen next mostly cause my boss stepped in and sent me home cause I was clearly pretty upset and my shift was almost over anyway, thankfully somewhere was there to cover for me.
I guess moral is, never take things like this to any physical level, you will NOT win in the end. You will be tackled, or hit back, or charged with a crime, and if you are that emotional and angry please seek help for your own good
Once a Karen has decided that someone works there, that thought is set in STONE. It's impossible for her to change her mind because she's RIGHT and you're WRONG. Since Karens always believe they are right, anyone who suggests otherwise is not only lying but is also an enemy to be yelled at and fought tooth and nail against because she's ALWAYS right.
Story 3: 13:27 Yes. I have had a worker claim that they did not work at the store when I went to go and ask them a question. I went up to the customer service desk and they brought me back to the same woman who said she didn't work there. 🤷 She flat-out lied to my face so she wouldn't have to help me but in the end she still had to help me. It was fairly awkward interacting after that.
The second story is an example of: you never get a second chance to make a first impression.
Any time someone puts their grubby hands on you without permission you can defend yourself and have the person arrested for battery. Don't put up with this behavior, Check It Immediately!!!!
Never lead off a response to a Karen with "I'm sorry". Why are you apologizing for the Karen's mistake? Once a Karen hears the word "sorry" she becomes impervious to anything else you say.
I’ve been wanting to mention that too, in so many of these.
Always open to a Karen with the line of (piss off and leave me alone)
I know this is really off topic, I saw the absolute opposite of Karen today, it just made me smile. Walking through a mall with my wife, I saw a mother just standing still looking into the distance while her son (probably under 5 years old) was lying on the floor on his back, legs kicking, and shouting, full on tantrum, and she just ignored him, waiting for him to forget whatever got him going.
I'm thinking good on you lady, don't fall for the kid's fake sense of entitlement.
I was going to comment on ethnicity but decided it was unnecessary, I just felt a lot of respect for this woman as she refused to coddle her kid
That kid is a Karen.
That's how you handle tantrums. You ignore them. Eventually the kid will learn they don't gain anything from them.
Perfect timing, Fluff! You posted this video about 15 minutes before I started my lunch break. It was a nice thing to watch while I enjoyed my lunch. I left off with that wonderfully feel-good second story (back to work!), and am looking forward to the rest when I get home.
Have a great day, and thanks (as always) for posting. Keep up the good work!
(Yes, I know the timing wasn't intentional, but it made me smile. So I'm sharing that smile.)
Just yell at these karen mothers "stop setting such a bad example for your kid!"
Story #4: "I'm going to a place where there's a BUNCH of Men who do heavy lifting and going to start a fight...." Sounds like a quick way to see how long it takes for: A) an Ambulance to get there, B) How long it takes the EMTs/Paramedics to treat Idiot at scene, C) how long it takes the Ambulance to transport you too the closest Hospital, & D) What the wait time for: ER, X-Ray, and a Hospital Bed is!!!
And to see how long the cops respond to the incident
@@cmartin8093 Depending on the guy's history, they may "wait for Backup" while the Workers on Site "educate" the Thug!
Second Story - Kudos to OP for dealing with that guard and having the heart to give him another chance. I don’t know if I would but again kudos.
Story 3: To answer your question, DarkFluff, if the customer is as bad a Karen, it's really no surprise that employees will say "I don't work here" just to avoid danger.
I have never seen an employee directly lie just to get out of doing something. My theory is that these people are simply unwilling to admit that they are wrong. They see someone who looks vaguely employee like or just that they think should work there and make demands. when they are corrected they double down because they have chosen and are unwilling to admit their mistake. the thought process would go something like this "I am significant. you look like you are insignificant. if you are insignificant you must serve me. if you don't want to serve me there must be something wrong with you because i cannot be wrong."
I don't have specific evidence to back this up, just observations.
You may be on to something there. I wonder if there have been any studies of this phenomenon. If I was a psychologist or a sociologist I'd be tempted to look into it. As an old, burned-out, retired software engineer, not so much.
One time in life I worked at a lil place called Bed Bath & Beyond. I had only been there a few days when I was leaving as my shift had ended. We did not wear uniforms, only nametags, but I didn't have that on either since I was leaving. On my way out I saw a lady looking really confused so I asked if I could help her. She was looking for the air diffusers, the things that make your rooms smell nice. I told her where they were and she said, "Thank you! You're so much more useful than the idiots that work here." Then she walked down the isle so quickly I didn't have a chance to tell her I did in fact work there, I was just on my way out the door. XD
“Post-worthy” 🤣
So the last story: I work for Dollar General and I could see how Karen was confused because we are now allowed to wear Jeans and yes we can wear a hoodie as long as the hoodie is under our black polos. And our name tags are either yellow for regular stores or green for our market stores. Karen’s can be so confused when not looking for a name tag and going by how people are dressed
Story 4: You see, when you want to settle a problem, you stay calm about it. Don't get mad, and if you do get mad, don't take it out. Just calmly explain the problem, and if you learn that you visited the wrong place, just look for that other place.
This should be easy, yet people really love to take the aggressive/violence route
I had the same thing happened to me
Drunk Karen through homophobic slurs ( I am not gay) and threatened GBH ( UK law term for grevious bodily harm, threatening it wouldn't get you a GBH charge but she clearly intended to inflict that sort of harm, she'd probably have got a charge for the fact she acted and threatened violence if I had followed through with the cops as well as the hate crime law ls she broke)
This was all because she'd been refused sale of alcohol because she was extremely drunk, which I am legally obliged to do
As soon as she heard no she went off of the rails
Karen's think that There's only service to them and no where other than that
Or in some cases pleasant when shits done for them but violent when they don't get served
In any case of Karen's they can't comprehend the thought that they may be wrong or that they wont be served
Honestly it'd be funny but I reckon the biggest percentage of these people just have bad mental issues
Imagine how stupid one has to be to resort to threats and violence against a building contractor for being one day late (which they weren't).
1. Contractors are routinely delayed either by overcommitting or by subcontractors or suppliers flaking
2. They're working on _your damn house_ ... plus they could just walk away from the job and sue you for payment
3. Odds are high that they're in decent physical shape and not afraid to defend themselves from lunatics
Karens would mistake me as retail workers all time, when I was a teenager. It as always at small boutiques at the mall. Usually I got lucky and an actual worker would rescue me. One time however, my mom and I had to pull out our IDs, to prove to this Karen. That no I do not work there, my mom really is my mom, and yes I really was 14. My mom was this 🤏🏻 close to hitting her, but I held her back not wanting to get kicked out. 😂
I didn't know 14 year olds had IDs.
@@Kelle0284 There are more ID categories than a driver's licence.
@@JamesDavy2009 Still strange to me.
Story 3: I wonder if OP works at Lowe’s Foods, a grocery store, instead of Lowe’s Home Improvement
Story 4: I have to ask: When the woman fell down screaming, was it out of embarrassment, rage, the fact that she was in trouble or a combination of the three?
Yes.
Don't be wimp. Don't serve Karens. Be like Carl.
At 5:29, «There’s nothing scarier than a group of teenage boys, as teenage boys are the meanest of the world… » I’m not sure about that because mean teenage girls can be pretty odious and hateful.
The difference between the genders is boys lean into getting physical while girls opt for mental putdowns and criticisms of anything outside of a Photoshopped image. There are, of course, some exceptions.
People who argue for the sake of arguing are insane!!
I haven't heard of this kind of insanity since the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys.
Story 3: I've tried lying about not working there.
Unfortunately, my mum outed me when browsing the store with her. I just wanted to say hi to my colleagues as I it's my FORMER store that I cover for occasionally.
The customer understood that and apologised. My mum then told me off for tidying a shelf after that...
Your mom told you off for tidying a shelf? She would give you absolute hell for doing your homework and eating your lima beans.
@@Kelle0284 Unless she is Morticia Addams, that is completely backwards.
Just made a burger now I get to sit down and enjoy a fluff vid
Make one for me.
First story that must have been a very large store if she spent fifteen minutes looking for a member of staff to return the computer keyboard for her. Why did she not return the keyboard herself would have been quicker.
Story three the shop assistant should have been reported for cowardice.
18:10
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*Thank goodness y'all pressed charges! This is THEE ONLY WAY these PARASITES will learn their damn lesson!*
*I can never understand why in hell, when people get assaulted, they never press charges!! Seriously.. like how do you rationalize that in your head??*
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13:20 to me it seems alot like projecting cuz karens are kinda person who would lie so they don't have to do the work so they assume everytime someone says the don't work there they assume they are lying cuz karen would do the same thing
I worked in a big box store as a department manager years ago and on a day off i was in the store as a woman saw me and asked for help. I told her i work there and it was my day off, but helped her anyway. I asked her how she knew i worked there and she said that it was the way i walked through the store with authority. It made me feel good. If it was me walking through the store when i no longer worked there, i probably would have helped her anyway because it was simply a question of where to find something. I've actually helped people in stores i simply shop at, like if they are disabled grab items. I would never tell someone i don't work in a place i work at even while off the clock. If customer service has taught me anything, it is to help people.
I lie about where I work all the time... because it's my job to. My company hires me out to other companies to basically Undercover Boss the businesses. I go in, pretend to be a new hire, and report on the bullshit going on. But that's literally my job. Nobody else lies about their job, because it's not their job to and that'll get them fired.
Story 4. Yeah, weaponized stupidity is a good description.
13:17 - Of course, don't you know that workers they lie about working someplace all the time? They just make sure to come into work wearing clothes mentioning a different business first!
Story #5. That lady would have gotten a warning after grabbing me the first time, 2nd time she would have been flopping like a fish out of water from being tased!! Yup, in Ohio I carry a taser, and CCW. Both on my right side!!At 70 years old, I'm to old to screw with!!
To answer a question posed, I used to lie about working at one of my former employers because I would get all kinds of awkward questions and comments when I was getting rides via ride share. I would often even hire from away from my job location so that I could avoid these conversations.
18:48 when he said, he had both of them in a bear hug I would’ve paid anything to see that lol
#1 The problem with Karens is that, in their eyes, they are ALWAYS right, especially when they are obviously totally wrong.
#1.5 It's not because you are bringing more than a single drink that it imply that you MUST be working there. It often only mean that you are just another client bringing your order to your table where your friends are waiting. BUT... That's to much for a Karen to grasp.
#2 That guy really learned his lesson.
#3 When a Karen have decided that you work somewhere, you DO work there. If you tell her that you don't work there, it's just because you are a disrespectful, lazy, bad employee and that you are lying to her.
#4 How DUMB can those two be ? Go to the wrong place. Throw a tantrum. Literally assault peoples. Make threats. All of that to end up in jail.
#5 Karen throw a tantrum. Karen get banned from the place. Karen can't buy what she wanted. Karen had it coming to her.
That last lady didn't even need help so why did she start badgering someone? Even then most dollar stores are pretty freaking tiny, what help would she have needed in the first place?
That security guy story was worth the price of admission (that is, if we were being charged).
11:59 Well, that could be awkward in certain areas where Lowes is both a hardware and a grocery store.
Interesting combination
Thanks for the video Fluff
can anyone else not get over how cute fluffs voice is?
Yes. I have 'lied' once about working somewhere. And continued working as they watched me work. They didn't get the hint I was 'lying' and walked away.
How kind of the sales clerk to wait till the Karen was gone to help this poor person who had to put up with her bs. Thanks a lot buddy.
Story 1 - young teen boys are like cats - their field of f*cks is barren! Plus the boys think the raging adult woman is funny as hell, where the cats just think she's too damned loud.
They also meow and cough up hairballs.
Its not a lie if you're not on the clock or at another store that you don't work at
So glad your channel is growing @DarkFluff! Always love listening to your narrations. You should make black sheep plushies and animations!! 😁😉
The security guard story ,most people would have fired him when he came for an interview at your job especially after assaulting you, I personally would have because I'm a vindictive prick ,but you you're a hero man now you got this guy a job he's under your thumb and every time he sees you he's going to have this little squirmy feeling inside him that's he's going to be afraid you might fire him for the rest of his life working there he's got to watch his p's and q's I mean seriously dude this guy is scared crapless every time he sees you I love it it's hilarious hahaha😅😊😂
"On this day, I was at Walmart..." . o O (Getting deep, OP didn't even nickname the Karen Zone!)
I read this while the theme from _The Twilight Zone_ played in my mind.
I'm also glad he rehired the guy. I assume his work record was fine otherwise and most people won't make the same huge mistake twice.🤣
Im shocked by these kinds of stories. I had an interaction like this in Best Buy once when i was wearing a blue shirt, a guy asked me i knew where the IPhones were and i pointed to where I thought they were and when i said i don't work there he apologized and said he saw my blue shirt and thought i did. So it was very innocent.
The fourth story. Is it wrong that I hoped it was gonna go south where both the husband and wife get punt on the ground by a punch?
It's not that people lie to Karens about working or not working at a place. As the end of that story indicates, it's simply that people that do work at a place don't want or need the drama of dealing with a raging Karen so they do their level best to avoid it.
"weaponized stupid." Lol, I'm stealing that.
1.
I'm sure that most people would be shouting at these psychos
Either that or just staring at her to REALLY get her riled .
From listening to all these stories I think if a Karen ever approaches me in public I will just start screaming “F off Crazy lady!” Being polite never seems to accomplish anything.
And if anyone touches me they will find a stump where their hand used to be. I wish a motherf'ker would...but I must have a face that says "approach at your own peril" because I have never had anything like a Karen happen to me since I became an adult.
I can see someone lying about working somewhere when there is a big Karen around. 😂
Karen's think people are lying about working in places because that's EXACTLY what they would do
i’ve lied to avoid helping customers but i work in OGP and for the last month or so the order have been clogged and we’re literally on a time crunch.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a thousand times….it always works out when you resort to slapping and hitting😂 to get what you want/need. Right?? Karen😂
"weaponized stupid"! I'm gonna remember that one!
Story 3 raises an interesting point about Karens with kids in tow.
If I was being berated by Karen, I'd be looking at the kid and sympathising with them for having to grow up with such a embarrassing woman in charge of them.
Story 4: I can relate to that. One time, back when an gas station used to be my stomping grounds, I ringed up a tow truck driver. I did committed an honest mistake by telling him that I don't own him money and when I told him my bad, well he threatened me by beating me up in the parking lot. And what s even more hilarious? I think her neice (former co worker whom I'm not on speaking terms from a incident that contributed to leaving for my current job) got his attitude
Edit: story 5: yes, we wear black shirts. Some cases, no it does not have the company logo. And yes, in most cases, our name tags are yellow
Thx!
It speak volumes for the first thing you think of is that someone is lying to get out of work. Lol who lies about being at work while at work? The only people who would believe anyone would do that, are the kind of people who would do that themselves.
The thing about the first story is that as a Walmart employee we wear light blue vests , literally noone that works there doesn't wear their vest ,it's how you tell the customers from the workers,we also wear name tags that say hi my name is Kevin or whatever,now if your too Stoopid to not notice these things don't blame Walmart when you get a fist in your jaw ,it's YOUR damn fault.
I think Karen's spend so much time lying to get out of things they automatically assume everyone else is lying as well.
No one can mistake me for a Walmart employee cuz I wear superhero Tees & cosplay outfits
That last one: It's a DOLLAR GENERAL! There's literally one every 10-15 miles in the South and if they have their way, it will be like that all across the country! Karen can just pop on down to the next Dollar General!
They breed like Starbucks.