r/MaliciousCompliance - Smug Karen Refuses to Obey a "DUMB" Employee! Ruins Her Home.
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- r/maliciouscompliance - OP works for a water company that comes and refills water tanks. One day he encounters this entitled Karen who refuses to take his suggestions because she says she knows better. Because of that, the entitled Karen ends up ruining her own home! Subscribe for future stories.
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One of my favorite Entitled people stories! [Karen PRETENDS to Be the Owner's WIFE! Tries to Fire Me!] • r/EntitledPeople - Kar...
Stories in this episode of malicious compliance:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Story 1 (u/BreWanKenobi)
3:24 - Story 2 (u/ihatevegtables)
8:30 - Story 3 (u/Eddybabyable)
16:29 - Story 4 (u/Controlled01)
20:18 - Story 5 (u/atombomb1945)
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The 911 operator sent the fire truck to embarrass her. She knew what to do to make sure 911 isnt misused again
or ist just high as fuck and sends tow trucks to a fire
A lot of fire departments dispatch fire engines to medical calls. Its a more efficient use of resources as it saves the more limited number of aid units for medical emergencies. Most firefighters are cross trained as EMT and EMS and the trucks are fully kitted out with emergency medical equipment. So they can usually stabilize a patient on scene and determine if an ambulance is needed to safely transport the person to a hospital.
@@Avalanche041love your well thought out knowledgeable reply! Especially when you read the idiotic comment before yours. Lol
I think every "Karen Call" should warrant the response of all three services then, not only is the Offender yelled at by the Police, they're also yelled at by Firefighters and Paramedics meaning triple embarrassment and penalty fines!
It's even better in a small town with a volunteer fire department. The whole town gets to hear the fire siren go off to alert the guys. 😆
Weekend overtime at our company meant that, as a second shift worker, I had to arrive at 7am after my regular shift ended at 4am. I could only get, at best, 2 hours of sleep. One day I was written up for punching in 3 minutes late. I said, "Fine, I won't be working any more overtime." It only took management a week to realize that no one in my department could work if I wasn't there producing my parts. They quickly backtracked and destroyed the write up and asked me to please work overtime. I said ok...but only after getting a 20% raise.
Yep had managers like that. Heck I had one complain about how I hadn't booked any holiday time so he called me into the office and made me book time off... Then my supervisor pointed out that there was noone else in the factory who was trained in my job and because he had already approved my time off he couldn't cancel it so had to beg me to come in for those 2 weeks... At double pay
My old GM was a woman and if a man was being particularly rude or wanted to "speak to the real manager" she'd give the phone to the most stoned line cook she could find and let him bewilderedly give wrong answers. Literally my favorite move ever
That is literally a “Frick you” power move and I love it
Story 3: In most UK pubs food is usually ordered at the bar and paid for when ordered. Most places have a zero tolerance policy towards abusive customers so thankfully such incidents in the UK are very rare.
In Sweden we have som "British" pub-alike, like Bishops Arms, and even there, you order at the bar and paid for when it's ordered. And zero tolerance about toward abusing costumers.
I had a similar experience to the last story. The boss's kid took over the day-to day operation of the shop, and had an issue with me taking too many smoke breaks, leaving a few minutes early, and getting too much overtime. He decided to flex his authority by strictly enforcing start/stop/break times so I Maliciously complied. I stopped coming in 2 hours early (the overtime) to make coffee and get the machines warmed up for the day. The result was 10+ people standing around waiting for those 2 hours. It only took 2 days to get things back to normal.
What was the hot shots response?
@@rogueshark23 Probably something stupid.
You DO NOT mess with a working system.
Story 3: Something that also needs to be stated that a Pub is NOT a restaurant. Yes, some (not all) will serve food, but that's not the primary focus of a Pub, so they won't have the same level of equipment for it.
"We don't serve food in the beer garden".... How hard is it to understand that?
to any entitled individual Pub=Restaurant and nothing can convince them otherwise
If the mom gets a bill for the 911 call it would be the 2nd time she got stung
Story 2: I'm just the opposite. I went to a doc-in-a-box because I split my head open on something while looking for my cat. I'm in the waiting room waiting patiently when I discover I've started bleeding again. I go to the front and ask for some paper towels. They look at me and are like, "Um, we can go ahead and get you a room now sir!"
Jeez, I hope you’re OK and that you found your cat
@@Choujifangirl Yeah, she was fine that time. Unfortunately she did disappear several years later, the poor thing. I miss that cat.
I wonder in what universe do they think snapping their fingers will make people obey them?
The Rich people or middle class that think theyre rich universe.
@@nekuraookamigenerally Really proper wealthy people do not snap fingers, its those that are pretentious enough to think they are better
In Italy, for example...a lot of patients are reeeally entitled....
At karenland
@@albertocabezas282 That's possibly true.
LMAO! A band aid for a bee sting? That's the first clue right there!😂😂😂
Imagine if she had gotten a paper cut?
@@tmntfangirl4700 rub it with lemon juice, it'd feel better in no time
@@kitieriwhite7758 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As someone who hasn’t been stung by a bee in decades, why is that a bad idea?
I'm wondering if the mother/family were trying to commit insurance fraud by getting OP in trouble
Snapping fingers at someone is a guaranteed way to get totally ignored... when I worked in retail I only had it done to me a couple of times, but both times I completely blanked the customer until they spoke politely, I'm not a damn dog.
Story 4: considering that house flooding would cause black mold to form the house is likely going to need extensive repairs or even need to be torn down so yeah she in the hole for a new house.
It's as if they think calls cost money. ....
I mean....
Why do they not care about water in their house..
Almost all new managers do this kind of stupidity, believing they are the best, just because they are the new managers. Cheers to the Old Guy.
The new manager was very much at fault for berating the old guy in front of everyone. A quiet word with him in a separate place would have cleared up the issue with no harm to anyone.
@@tomhaskett5161 Yep, I always told new hires, "Chastise in private and praise in public."
I hope that Bee-Sting Mom is the cause of Daughter's embarrassment amongst her new neighbors.
sounds like the daughter's going to cause her own troubles in college.
@@FearMyLadyBits Yes, it does.
{{{sighs deeply}}}
I'm hoping that this got the doughter blacklisted from living in the dorms for the rest of her college career. It's probably not possible but a person can dream.
Story 1: i would have rubbed salt in that wound by calling out.
"Hope your Bee sting feels better Miss!" As they rushed by. 😊
that was story 2
How dumb does one have to be to mistake story number?
Story three.... OP should have just told her to leave, with all her flying monkeys.
I once had a manager at KFC/Taco Bell *She got fired but not for this reason* who was nice for awhile but her whole demeanor changed months later. I'm a dishwasher at our location and one night the water was really dirty like no one had put any dish soap in it. I walked up to her and told her I needed to redo the dishwater and she looked at me and said "You're not redoing it. I just ran it" and not in a nice way. I was gonna tell her "Well why don't you come and look for yourself" instead I decided on malicious compliance. I looked at her and said "You're the boss" and went about cleaning our dishes. Later when I looked down at our bottle which is connected to the sink it wasn't the right one. Ours has a special lid that lets the dishwashing liquid into the sink. I told our management that night what had happened so it wouldn't fall on me that the dishes were dirty. Not sure what happened the next day but I felt I'd share
Reminds me of something that happened when I was working at McDonald's. At the time I worked 9-2, but I had to get a ride there with my brother that also worked there, but he worked 8-4. So anyway, we get there nearly an hour before my brother has to clock in and I see the mop bucket left out in the lobby. The water inside was absolutely _disgusting_ looking, and we're generally not even supposed to leave cleaning supplies out unattended. But I'm not on the clock yet so I pay it no mind.
Nearly two hours later I clock in and go to deep clean the bathrooms, this takes around another two hours since I was being thorough. So four hours have passed. One manager who kept trying to micromanage me and boss me around told me to mop the floor, that she already put out a fresh bucket of water for me. I'm suspicious but I go out into the lobby and see the mop bucket... In the exact same spot as it had been four hours before. I check, and the water is just as gross as when I arrived. I have no idea why she lied to me about that. Did she think I would just... Blindly use the water as was? Did she intend to get me in trouble for using the dirty water she left out for me? What?
This manager also tried to talk me into taking a different position as the dishwasher. I asked about the hours and she told me 10-1. Two hours less than I worked and I STILL had to ride to work with my brother. So I would have spent around 5 hours waiting around in the tiny employee breakroom because they didn't allow us to sit in the lobby anymore. Like WTF? She knew this! And she still wanted me to take way less hours and sit around and wait and waste my time?
I don't know if she was a Karen or not, but I had someone snap their fingers at me to get my attention once...
I snarled at her "I am NOT a dog, do NOT snap your fingers at me!" then proceeded to ignore her until she politely asked me for help...then I had to inform her that I don't work here however, I think what she wanted was in Isle 7...
*Aisle
Story 2 - Oh they'll get a bill alright. It'll be even better if their health insurance denies coverage as a non-emergency though.
OP didn't say what country they live in. If it's somewhere civilized, they won't have to pay anything.
I do think it's the UK, because OP mention in the beginning "We British come out of our caves and glow like the lizard people our royal family is" So no bill because of NHS
"Too stupid to work with" couldn't have said it better. LOL!
Every time I hear a story with Karens either snapping her fingers or barking orders at different OPs, I hear Gordon Ramsey from Hell’s Kitchen replying ‘Don’t snap your fingers/ bark at me, I’m not your ****ing dog. You look more like a dog than I do.’
I think all dogs, even my neighbors old lab mix who's full of tumors, look better than most Karens.
@@darwinskeeper421 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ain’t that the truth.
oh i love it! a great comeback
@@ldyshkspr Chef Ramsey did really say that to a customer on Hell’s Kitchen. A female customer complained to Chef Ramsey about her food but when he ignored her because he was in the middle of dinner service, she whistled at him. He retaliated by saying ‘Don’t whistle at me, I’m not your ****ing dog. Yeah you look more like a dog than I do.’ Then he told her to eff off.
@@tmntfangirl4700 oh i believe it i have seen some hells kitchen
"And then we got a new boss"
Malicious Compliance gods: **cracking knuckles**
OP is better than me in that bar story. Someone snaps their fingers at me like that, I'd be like, "Snap those at me again and I'll snap them right off."
...or so I like to dream.
I haven't heard of finger-snapping for at least 50 years. Do people really do that? And do the really think that will bring service? If I were the manager, I'd have my employee walk away from it.
Last person that tried that got a loud "I AM NOT A DOG!" from me. Of course they responded with some insults, but as far as I know they haven't snapped their fingers at anybody else since then.
The Pubs, Restaurants and Takeaways in my area are all part of a scheme called "The Musketeers" because the slogan and principle of the scheme is "Banned from one and banned from all!"
It's a pretty successful scheme with practically all anti social behaviour wiped out from the area.
I tell you one thing if I ever hear somebody snapping their fingers in a restaurant I would go up to them and chew them out for it, you don’t do that if you want to get someone’s attention you say “excuse me” and wait like every single motherfracker in that restaurant
@@flashstudiosguy that’s really clever I wish more companies would do that here in America unless it is in America which in that case forgive me
First story: I was a 911 dispatcher for almost 40 years. I broke my ankle at my own front door at 9 PM one night. Our ambulance districts out here in the sticks are huge, especially at night; one crew per district. Knowing from my work experience I would deplete a very large stretch of the coast of its one ambulance for 3-4 hours, I declined transport right then, and opted to call them back in the morning (I needed their stair-climbing wheelchair to get to the driveway, using two sets of stairs). The first call, because of not getting transported, cost me $577.00 that insurance and Medicare would not cover, but the 1.5 hour ride to the hospital the next morning was fully covered. So yeah, the mom had to cough up for the call, unless it was fire service only. I
Why would it take 3-4 hours to get you to the hospital with just a broken ankle?
Also why does it say story 1? The 1st story was about a bike store lol
@@WaddickLawnCareIt's like you didn't read the whole comment.....
It's one crew per district at night.
They probably live roughly 3 hours from the nearest hospital. While in use, the Ambulance cannot pick up additional people.
It's not rocket science mate.
Story 3:
I used to work in a McDonalds, and our store could get quite busy at times because it was on a retail park and near a few schools.
So one day, it was busy, and the fry machine to cook the chips started leaking onto the floor and was doing it that quick, it would not hold the oil in it. So people had to be told that they could wait for chips (unknown how long it would take to fix) or get something else that was a side for a substitute. Most people picked the substitute option, but one guy (Kevin) was angry that we didn't have chips. I was on Booth 3, so I had the displeasure of advising him of this. Kevin basically shouted at me, "I will wait, you are fucking usless, you call yourselves a fast food place?" And then parked up to wait.
Now the manger, Steve, was behind me at the time, and told the manager in the kitchen, who happened to be his girlfriend, Vicky, what happened and that they insulted me. Vicky looked at me, then at the car parked up and said, "Make him wait." Steve and Vicky took a liking to me. In fact, most managers did, which was nice that they had my back.
He waited 45 minutes for chips... even though we managed to fix the machine after 20 minutes and got it to stop leaking.
I have plenty more stories about working in that store, from egging cars and customers to throwing drunk kids out of the store.
Story 2: There's always that one family who just can't be reasonable until it goes too far, then it ends in humiliation (even if the family tries to not look embarrassing). Should've just walked to a nearby center
So true. I'm just imagining the bill they got later.
"We have to walk all the way over to the health center for a band-aid?"
"Well, you don't HAVE to. You could suck it up and be an adult and not freak out over a bee sting that you aren't allergic to."
Like, I 've lived in various degrees of the sticks throughout my life, and I've been stung by bees (and also wasps) more times than I can count. It hurts, yes. But a band aid isn't even going to do anything. You go to the bathroom, run cold water on it, and try to pull out the sting (when applicable). You don't use tweezers, because that can make it worse. The OP probably had something that would have worked fine - a piece of tape.
Sometimes the best weapon to use against karens isn't violence or black mail, just shame, and OP didn't humiliate them for calling 911, they humiliated themselves by demanding they get treatment for a bee sting, and I'm betting the fire department fined the family for wasting FD resources, and for wasting operator's time for a real emergency
@@recycledapathy7411
I've never been stung by a bee/wasp, so i completely forget that the stinger can stay in the place in which it stung! If i get stung, i'll need to remember this
@@recycledapathy7411don't pull it out, scrape it out (use a fingernail). Pulling does the same as tweezers, causing more venom to inject into you. Scraping avoids that
What the story with the water would have been even sweeter is that they were the only supplier within like 50 or 100 mi so that they have to pay extra for mileage to get there.
I agree with having a specialist for trouble Customers, it'll be interesting to see how long they (trouble customer) will try to hold out for!
Customer:"I'M GOING TO GET YOU FIRED!"
Specialist:"If that means I don't have deal with people like you any more then, please, go right ahead.."
Too bad that the emergency crew couldn't just announce that the lady's bee sting was just a mild irritation and that her life was not in danger. And then everyone burst into sarcastic applause. That would have been the cherry on top.
Story 2:
First, ❗NEVER SQUEEZE a bee stinger with your fingers or tweezers❗ If there's any venom left in there, it could empty it into the patient. Scrape it from the side with a credit card/drivers license/etc.
Second, at least OP had the decency to try to get them to find more normal assistance before calling 911 for an obvious non-emergency.
Last, I hope that woman was charged handsomely for the emergency response. The embarrassment alone might be enough, but a hefty bill should cinch it.
Edit:
PSA - If you're allergic, your body likely won't react the FIRST time you get stung/bit. The first time, your immune system is taught to recognize the "bad guys". It's not until the SECOND incident that it overreacts like a Karen.
Hopefully, that family also got a hefty bill. That would really STING.
It sounded like they were in the US somewhere...
I can Absolutely Guarantee they got a VERY hefty Bill for that bee sting...
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan Do fire departments charge for that sort of thing? If it was an ambulance I’d agree, but I don’t think fire departments send out bills
@@addisonwelshYes, they can bill for emergency medical services.
@@addisonwelsh Due to the ridiculousness of the call they might.
I'm Canadian, not in the USA so I'm not sure if they charge when the FD shows up instead of Ambulance...
I would Charge her for Misuse of the Emergency Services but that's just me...
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan As far as I’m aware, fire departments don’t charge for doing their job, unlike ambulances.
We haven’t sunken that far yet.
12:30 for Americans out there (I'm also American) when OP said "chips" he means French fries, because that's what they're called in the UK and other English territories
Actually, in Australia they're called "chips." We may occasionally refer to the shoestring variety sold by the golden arches as "fries" but they're more commonly called "chips." Interestingly, what the USA calls "crisps" are also called "chips" but the context helps to disambiguate the word. Adding a qualifier such as "hot chips" would be used if needed, but most of the time, you're unlikely to mistake "getting a packet of chips" for someone getting the hot variety, or "going to Maccas for some chips" for someone getting the crispy variety. 😆
We don't call chips French fries, nor vice versa - chips are chunkier pieces of potato than French fries. (UK here)
Our church here in Upstate NY has a yearly, sometimes twice yearly, fish and chips dinner by a catering company called "Tastefully British" and they do a wonderful job!! The chips are the best!!
Story 1: Yes they still exist! Dinosaurs!! I'm a 70 year old white male and I see them all the time! Some younger than me. I grew up on a farm and my mom, grandma could do any work on the farm as well as my dad or grandpa, or any man they had to hire!! I'm talking real farm work, cutting hay, baling loading wagons and storing in barns! Same for tobacco too!! I was driving tractors and truck by the age of 9 and my sister came along a few years later doing it too!!
Isn't it just staggering how people can think like that?
As an EMT I can tell you NEVER EVER try to remove a bee stinger with tweezers. You could squeeze more venom into the sting. Scraping it away with a credit card/ID/ etc. is the preferred method.
Or a fingernail, which everyone always has on them!
Last story: it would have been funny if OP had casually walked up to New Manager and just said "You my not want to get too comfortable in your office". NM would probably quiz OP as to why, OP would have just said "Oh, you'll find out tomorrow". And then go back to work.
Story 1 reminds me of a time when I was working the spare parts counter of an auto parts retailer. Guy comes up to my counter and asks for "one of the spares guys", I said I could help but he insisted on one of the guys. I saw our new Junior casual to the side and asks him to come over to help him. The guy said he needs brake pads for his car, jnr looks to me and i advised him to ask what the car was and he repeats this back to the customer, the confused customer looks back and forth between us and answers, I then advised the jnr about the catalogue and to look up the car, the questions are repeated like this between the 3 of us with model, front or back etc. The jnr then is confused as this model has two braking systems in the catalogue and he asks the customer which one he has, customer is getting annoyed and says I don't know, and I felt he had gotten the point and ask directly if had already taken off the pad and he said yes, so I asked if the pads spring was "m" shaped or like a flower and he replied flower and without even looking at the book told jnr to get the part number he needed. The funny thing was he had a very common car for us the I knew all the part numbers by heart, if he dealt with me like anyone else there he would be out inside 5mins instead of the half hour it took teaching the jnr. Just because I'm female.
This is a common problem women have in "manly" work places specifically, and for customer support and sales people in general.
You thought it's about you, YOUR gender.
Customers don't care about you.
They care about themselves.
It's likely one of 2 options:
1. Dude don't think a woman can be knowledgeable about car part(malice, ignorance)
2. Dude is uncomfortable around a good looking girl and want to speak to another dude(incompetence)
Don't attribute to malice things that can be explained with incompetence.
Makes you think better of people in general, because most people aren't raging misogynistic pigs or misandrist gaslighters.
As a man I WOULD have referred a woman to a female coworker in a similar case, and would've likely gotten sexual harassment accusations or something if I didn't.
Is it wrong to apply the same logic and curtesy to men?
Bicycle story: I agree with the commenter. Have one guy JUST to run the register. Any time someone asks him for help, he gets one of the women who actually know what they're talking about.
Bee sting story: Good job, OP! Asking for medical help is okay. What's not okay is making a big fuss when the people you ask can't provide it and you ignore all the suggestions given to get help. And unless you are allergic to the point of needing an ambulance, you don't tell someone to call 911!!! Good grief!
Water story: FREE alarm vs hundreds, possibly thousands, of dollars in water damage all because you don't want a small hole in your wall that will be plugged after the alarm wire is run? And you don't want to answer the phone or the door just to be safe? How stupid are you?
New manager story: When you start throwing your weight around, you had better KNOW who you're throwing it at.
Sadly... so many managers shouldn't be managers. THat old guy should be given the manager's job, as it seemed he knew how everything worked, and should have been given the pay and authority to make sure it stayed that way
I believe the management positions should be technocratic; i.e. only people in the know about the way things work can be qualified for a management position.
As someone who punches in by 8 in the morning on my work days, I'm glad for those who show up at least an hour or so before. That way, they can unload stuff from the delivery trucks - when those are on time - so that I can stock the shelves at the store I work at.
Last Story: Old guys RULE!
Story 1: if I were the male employee in that situation and that man approached me for help, I would have said "No speak English" in a thick accent.
If it were me, I'd try speaking back in Japanese; from "何?" to "英語は話せません。"
Story 3: I think she's eaten out before, but has never done it while in a busy restaurant, and that's why she was being a nightmare. I mean, she acted like the staff could somehow go hyperspeed and serve a suddenly appearing party of over 30 people while dealing with a s**t ton of other customers
The farce was strong with that one.
They had so much patience, I would've said to gtfo when they tried to go from 6 chips to 15. "You said for the kids, are you all children? Where are your parents?"
Yeah it was odd that the woman kept increasing the amount she wanted but OP got some measure of revenge with being allowed to bring out only one portion at a time.
this story reminds me of this one time my kids, my mother and I went out to eat. the restaurant was super busy and ridiculously under staffed. there was only 1 poor waiter who was doing his best to make sure everyone had drinks and food. this didn't stop my mother from snapping her fingers at the poor man any time she wanted something. my kids and I were mortified beyond words.
We were at a restaurant where she kept complaining about her food (btw there wasn't a damn thing wrong with it) and how she didn't want to eat it. After listening to her whining about it for a solid 20 minutes I grabbed the food and ate it. which is how I know there wasn't a thing wrong with it. she was truly shocked and said, "I was going to eat that"
Another time she bumped into a friend she hadn't seen in a while. her words to the poor lady was, "you really let yourself go"
have tons more stories like this. funny thing is she often reminded me I'm rude and I should be more like her lol
she's probably lived a life of privilege never been told No her entire life and everyone she's encountered has bent over for her so when someone says no it blows her mind
Story 2, I think that 911 has a "send Big Bertha" code for just such an occasion
I bet that was a very expensive bee sting! Lmao
the only time i've been in a party for 37+ people was for a buffet. They didn't take reservations either but we still called ahead with rough numbers.
I'm a Mum and I thought it was like an unwritten law that Mums must always carry tissues and bandaids,
It's common sense; but then again, Karens and irresponsible parents don't listen to common sense.
When the 1st story started talking about gender, I immediately thought, "Ok, this person is gonna be dealing with a sexist entitled customer"
That and "we weren't there to actually make sales and help people, but to shatter stereotypes and smash the patriarchy"
The pub story with the finger snapping karen. Yeah I know a lot of pubs here in the UK that will ignore people deliberately for doing that, others will say "I am not a dog and will not respond to ignorant people snapping fingers like I'm your slave. Talk to us properly and show some respect and you may get seen to." Us British honestly don't give a fuck and are not held to ransom under the same rules as American companies that threaten to fire you over the least little thing. And that means Karen's demanding managers to fire you carries no weight and are usually told to shut up as they do not answer to them
For the old guy story,
Where I worked literally my entire working life we got a new manager now most of the people I worked with has been there at least 10 years if not 20. This guy is going to tell us how it should be done week after week he keeps telling us that we’re shorting him on the order that you did not deliver what you promised, so after four deliveries where this new manager says, we shorted them. We had people go out and get newspapers for most every town in the county lo and behold there were up to 10 flyers in each paper where they were only supposed to have one I made a point of bringing that choose a new managers attention when he was sitting in with the district manager.
We had people going out once a week picking up over 200 papers on the day. The flyer was to go in the paper, instead of getting 200 flyers sometimes we got up to 1000 flyers. The people running the machines that were inserting the flyers did not make sure it was only inserting one flyer at a time, the new manager that wrote us up and complain to everyone spent the next three years hearing from me about how many extra flyers I got in my own paper at home after I retired. I also made it a point to call his manager and tell him as well .
Who brings 36 ppl to a restaurant? WILD
Especially without a reservation!
I know really 🙄
Not without a reservation WELL in advance anyway.
Karens do, obvs.
I used to work at a small restaurant where we could sit maybe 30 people at once. And a group of 21 people tried to come in at once. We turned them down because obviously our kitchen cannot handle that many people at once. Fortunately they were understanding.
Lol, story one reminds me of when I worked HR early in my career. Me and my coworker (both early20s F) interviewed a 55+ yo man for a communications position.
He was very uncomfortable and not even 5 mins after we begin, he stops us and says "I'm not used to being on this side of the table from two young girls".
We thanked him for his time and let him leave. He seemed shocked.
But the person he'd be working under was a woman younger than him, with more direct experience. He wouldn't have been a good fit for such a manager if he couldn't even handle an interview by women. 😂
I worked for the national mail service. If you have a local route, you start at 6:30 a.m. and get ordered to "help with the demanding car routes" up until lunch time. The car routes happily sign off at 3 p.m., all work done, when you still have your own route to sort and deal. I once called my boss, desperate since it got so dark that I couldn't see the mailbox signs anymore, that I would have to stop for the day after 13 hours of work. I got *SCREAMED* at, and he demanded me to return to the sorting center immediately. Trying to do your job, albeit overtime, is apparently bad.
Story 2: They wanted a bandage for a bee sting? Seriously? I’ve been stung many times, but I’ve never even thought about bandaging such a small wound. Then they wanted 911? They clearly enjoy drama, but at least the mother was suitably embarrassed. I hope those idiots were billed for an unnecessary call. BTW, I’ve known women who habitually carried tweezers in their purse in case they spotted a stray eyebrow hair or sth.
Last story: It's always amusing to me when New Guys bucks an already working system to make it "better." That rarely, if ever, happens and that's why businesses have Old Guys. Cheers....
Some first impression with Story #2. I guarantee you that the daughter was not invited to any college parties for the first semester after her mother held up so many others with that overreaction.
You want a male employee. Let me introduce you to our janitor. He's got the secret to a shiny floor, if you care ask him about it. As for bikes, he's good at cleaning up the tire tracks.
I could see op's boss question her about the call only for op to say send the fine to this student to forward it to the proper offender.
As someone who always carries tweezers with me...
I do too. Not hard to stash in your purse. They aren't that big.
I do. It's part of the Swiss Army Knife I always carry with me.
Me too. They've come in handy many a time.
Story 3: OP writes brilliantly. I really enjoyed the story.
I was a bit confused when OP served chips at his pub, buy then I remembered he's British
Okay so 36 people as a walk-in is honestly too much for any sit-down restaurant that requires just out of courtesy reservation the day before if not 5- to 7 days prior
People are stupid when it comes to large parties. They never think that this is going to inconvenience the restaurant.
I worked at a restaurant during college that didn't take reservations. People would show up during the evening rush with parties of 20 plus people and then get upset that we couldn't put them together. The ultimate was a party of 35 that showed up 2 hours before closing on Christmas Eve. The owner turned them away fortunately, and I hope that they went hungry due to their stupidity.
> Are they allergic?
Well, to be fair, they could suddenly have reaction for the first time, even if they never had history of such before. Before my anaphylaxis at 11, I was stung multiple times over time with no prior reactions.
Yes, because often, the body will build up the antibodies, until one day you get the full blown reaction. Often happens to beekeepers. I carry an epipen for just that reason, as i have started to react way more to stings from my bees, and want to know that I can take the appropriate action if I ever do go into anaphylactic shock
Hell, I'd have drilled the 1/4 inch hole through the wall myself just to help them install the fill alarm...
I've had water damage (burst pipe) before and I REALLY don't want to deal with it again...
Relating to bicycle story: Years ago I watched an episode of Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx where he had to go to a dentist. If you don't know who Redd Foxx is, he was a black comedian who was very popular back in the 60 -80's. Anyway, he found out he was going to a black dentist and he was freaking out claim that he must be a correspondence course dentist who got his license through the mail. His son kept trying to insure him that he will do fine and that black doctors have been treating people for years and even the first open heart surgery was done by a black doctor. He was still skeptical and when he saw the dentist he kept putting up a fuss so the dentist told him that he knew what his problem was and left the room. Then a white dentist came into the room and he (Redd) breathed a sigh of relief then started boasting about the degree that he must have and about his training and finally figured out that the white dentist was the one who got his mail order degree and suffered dearly for his misconception.
Crazy to think that only men know about bicycles... My wife is still a better car mechanic then I am.
Great stories today. I was once in EMS and got called out to a young woman who was claiming she was bleeding to death. Arrived on scene and found this woman holding her hand. We asked who was the patient and where are they. She said she was and told us that she had jabbed herself with a needled and was starting at her hand with a horrified expression. We looked at her hand and couldn't even see any blood so we asked her where she was bleeding and she pointed to her hand and said, "Right here!" We still didn't see any blood and we told her that we think she will live and talked her into cancelling the call. We were wondering if we had a mental patient...
I had a giant ass fire truck pull up to assess me when I fell down town once. I was heading to the light rail to head home after a job interview. I had the flu so I was feeling pretty woozy. I already have a pattern of turning my ankles and falling, and this was one of those artistic laid brick amphitheater type places, all the bricks were the same color, but they weren't flush with other bricks when it started the stairs part. I stepped on the edge of a raise brick, turned my ankle and fell. Only my pride was hurt, but a few people made a fuss, including a cop who witnessed my fall, and called for medical. It was so embarrassing when a giant ladder truck, with the double steering wheel at the back end showed up and all the firemen ran to help me. I didn't make the call, but it was still embarrassing.
The new management of the last story is typical. They don't take the time to learn how things work and then proceed to alienate the ones that make things work. Then they are clueless as to why things don't work any more.
The last story... Seems the new manager didn't even bother to look around to see who had beaten them in... and oops, the most important person was half a day behind....
The old guy... I've been in that situation. Had a boss complain when he saw me walking in at 7:01 when we start at 7. My manager had to inform him that I had been there since 5am on my own clearing the backlog from the day before (as I was off and there was noone who could cover me so I agreed to come in early and make a headstart on it).
I had done almost 8 hours of work in 2 hours went to grab breakfast when the shop opened so I could eat while working to get the rest cleared before more work made it down to me.
After working in the food service business for 9 years with 7 of them being management and one being a general manager, I absolutely hate being a customer. I never go some place an hour before close, and I always assure that they can take their time, and always defend when needed. I just...once working service, you're never "just a customer" anymore lol
A darkfluff a day keeps the sadness away
So. why was the manager not told that "the old guy" had a different schedule than everyone else's? If you hire a manager they should be made aware of those things correct?
They might have told New Manager about it, but the onus falls on New Manager to actually listen.
@@JamesDavy2009 Yes, true.
Sometimes NMs think they know better even when they've been told
How much ya wanna bet that water Karen and Ken had the same thing happen with the next company.
NEVER use a tweezer to pull out a stinger - it helps the stinger release its entire load. If a person has never before been allergic s/he might suddenly turn so this specific day. I suddenly became allergic to bee stings when I was 29!
Mom: please don’t be a fire truck. That would be soooo embarrassing
Fire Truck: *HONK HONK*
Mom: fuuuuuuu-
Love the old man story 100%!! ❤❤❤❤
Story 2: reminds of a video where a barmaid brutally bashed a patreon's face with his mug after he snapped his fingers one too many times, and the owner and bar tender threw him into the cobblestone walk way, face still bleeding, guess you could say "you have snapped your last fingers"
Everyone in the bee sting story was ridiculous.
I had a similar thing as story 1 happen but it was based on the color of our skin. The nursing home got a new resident and he would make such comments as... "White people were inferior to black people." Well one shift I was working, he started with his racist nonsense but had to shut his mouth when he found out both CNA's, the charge nurse, the med tech and the activities director were all black women. He was an awful human but we were still sad that he passed after taking a nasty fall that split his head open. I want to say karma knocked him upside his head.
911 bill for the bee sting is going to be as good as a triggering allergy to their pockets.
Story #5: Never change Work Hours unless your Workers agree to it.
Story #2 has to be the funniest MC story I've heard on your channel 😂
Not only do I feel bad for the fire truck guys also for that poor be can we please get a moment of silence for that poor be as it had to deal with a damn Karen
Considering that bee had her stinger ripped out and likely died as a result…
Heya! How's things in this neck of the woods?
Glad I wasn't imagining things. I got confused for a minute. I knew I was listening to Dark Fluff and not KCC.
Love love malicious compliance
No way can I agree with the malicious compliance in story 2. In our area we've been having a shortage emergency workers but have a lot of accidents and violent situations. Taking those limited workers away from real emergencies is no joke.
If Story 2 took place in USA then the "malicious" compliance actually saved the EP some money. On average the fine for a fake 911 call is less than a two minute ambulance ride.
"New Managers," with a few exceptions, are the bane of well-functioning departments or workplaces. Many come in not only NOT understanding anything, but not willing to learn, not willing to listen and not willing to WAIT to figure out how things work. They tend to micromanage, making what had been a contented team into disgruntled workers, at the very least. That type often want to make THEIR mark and all too often, dislike the long-standing, experienced people.
I was lucky to have a great "new manager" starting a few years ago but due to dysfunction in the larger organization, she left and moved out of state, and now I have one that's a headache, moving things around without understanding WHY things are where they are, trying to advise an exceptionally competent coworker, and throwing away beloved (and rather expensive) items. She's one of those "if it's worn out, it must the thrown out," types. We are a library, one of the smaller branches, and had, until a few months ago, not only worked competently but we EXCELLED. We had mostly happy workers (the unhappiness had to do with the larger organization, rather than our branch, where we were VERY happy) but now, those of us who have been there for some time are much less than happy. I HATE "new manager" syndrome. It's destructive to great teams. IMO, new managers should have to work at a place doing other jobs and understanding what's going on, with very little control to do anything, before they are allowed to manage.
Yes such a pain, I worked somewhere that had new restaurant manager like every year. When I started it was great and staff all experienced and ran tight ship, very busy and popular place, but every new manager would make us change the system to ones that we already tried and improved on so it was like going backwards every time. By the time I left all the good staff were gone and restaurant was dead.
@@Wysaw I really think companies and organizations need to change how they choose new managers or departments or locations. They need to think of the culture of the place, how well its run, etc., and get managers that would actually improve the place. Instead, I think people are promoted due to past successes, which CAN be a good thing if there is solid indicator that they have actual LEADERSHIP potential and an ability to be flexible and learn, or due to favortism, a need to reward someone for something, etc.
A place that's a mess might need a leader that's very organized, hands-on and might have to be a bit tough. But a place that's running well needs someone to keep motivating people, add TO the place (such as maybe getting items or supplies that would really help the workflow) and even willing to roll up their sleeves and chip in where needed. The LAST thing a place that's running smoothly with hardworking but happy workers, is a power-tripper, or micromanager. I do believe that a bad manager can easily chase off great workers, this is something companies NEED to invest more time and resources to doing right.
They can find other ways to reward good workers who may not be great leaders, or have them try out in smaller projects, and go through rigorous training, and make sure that a probationary period (with some input from workers) would be a good idea, at least for teams that are already doing great. Other rewards might be raises, bonuses, or non-leadership promotions.
@@GoddessPallasAthena Yeah I agree with all of that. They also need to actually keep an eye on new managers for first few months, because it seems an attribute of useless managers is being able to bs there way through interviews to get jobs they can't do competently and then leave before being discovered, spring boarding to a better position in another place.
"I just worked for so and so pristine place and fixed it up, now I am looking for my next step up" kind of thing, must be stressful way to live I think constantly having to stay ahead of your bs trail before it catches up to you lol.
@WysawsViper Completely agreed! Too often, there is little to no oversight of how managers operate.
Also, good managers should be well-rewarded. But then, corporate culture needs to change too, since their definition of GOOD managers could actually be BAD - corporations often look fir short-term, easily-measuable solutions, rather than long-term ones.
Imagine living rural without a well or access to a river system.
Im spoiled as a Canadian clearly, never once lived somewhere without a well and at least one small brook within sniffing distance.
We did get water trucks on my grandmother's farm two decades ago, but that was for the pool. Since our poor well running low wasnt exactly good to do constantly.
It was on a water network shared by a home down the road, so if we drained our well constantly they got limited water as well.
I'm guessing they were along the coast somewhere, too far from town for a water hookup and with ground water too brackish for a well.
Imagine being told that access to clean water is a privilege.
@@robertc.9503 I've been in such a place, and that was here in the U.S. Now while they could drill a well, but the water wasn't usable for drinking or cooking purposes. So in my case there's no needing to imagine it. Which that was also well inland. The place had to have water trucked into to operate.
@@MorningRose370flint Michigan says hello
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20:15 Yet another case of needing to be smarter than your tools. And being smarter than a tank and it's refill service is a reall low bar.
The chip story puzzled me for the first few, then I remembered UK chips and not like US chips.
I’m pretty sure some establishments will literally turn down a 35 person walk in
Pub story: OP is not kidding. People suck.
Never fix Something that isn't broken and always listen.
Thank you for your wonderful daily videos, Fluff!!
Story 2: Wow, that's a big risk OP took. Satisfying outcome, but I would've decided it was better to be fired than arrested and asked Karen to leave. If the 911 operator had chosen to send the police to respond to a frivolous call, it was OP who actually _made the call_ and would've faced charges.
Story 3 Op should have told her to get lost. Plain and simple.
2:00 a similar thing is at a campus’ workplace, but it’s the opposite. I like to go to a campus art store, and occasionally, an entitled little twerp comes in and insists that certain art supplies “aren’t worth that much”. They have a stocker that is usually around, but this fella has a super-power: he’s an artist and an art historian, and a damn good one (we talked commissions once, and we showed each other our works. He’s so good, I wish I had the money to commission him). Whenever an entitled customer comes in and tries to insist that it’s “not worth that much”, they bring up the stocker and he lays them down flat. Every point, he brings up a piece and breaks down the price, the math, and why it’s worth that much. I once saw him do it, and I wanted to praise him at his feet, cause it was like watching a genius at work (I sound like I’m exaggerating, but I’m not, I love art but suck at math, so seeing someone break it down quickly and fluidly is GORGEOUS). The entitled prick either scrams, or just gives up. Like, part of me gets it, cause college students and stuff, but they’re trying to haggle a 3 dollar extending ruler, saying “I can just tape three rulers together, this shouldn’t cost that much”, and I just snapped “then go do that then, get out of line”.
Bare in mind that he 22:20 always opens the doors, before 8: 00 anti meridian (morning). That manager does not know how much he messed himself over.... 😅😅😅😅
21:21 90% of workplaces have its own 'old guy' and they're always exactly as described in the video