Some guy It depends on the circumstances. You’ll note that in the story with the deaf kid, OP “gently pulled him out of the way.” Would the kid he justified in “defending himself in any way possible?” Or knocking OP’s teeth out? Maybe even killing OP? The paranoid psychopaths who replied to you think so. Imagine that you’re in a grocery store and you feel a tap on your shoulder. With your zero tolerance for physical touching you turn around elbowing the offender in the face. Then you see your mother lying on the ground with a broken nose crying. Does that seem sane to you? Get a grip people.
Have your wife or girlfriend take a picture! Circle or underline any thing that is important, like extra long, night time etc because a lot of brands use the same color packaging for everything. Since I started doing that my husband always gets the right products.
I was married for almost 37 years, until I lost my wife in 2012. Never bothered me in the slightest shopping for feminine hygiene products for her. Normal bodily functions are embarrassing to some people? WHY?
The manager's mistake was to tell Karen who she was calling the cops on. Karen would've definitely stayed if she thought the cops were coming for OP and the deaf guy.
When you have a baby, one of the primary jobs of the father is to get pads and painkillers for his wife/girlfriend. And anything else she asks for really.
I have 4 daughter's and I dreaded the day they would have to ask me for those. My Mother, (GOD rest her Soul) have me some wise advice. She told me that, "As long as they ask for and need them, you know they are not pregnant". I took that advice and gladly started going to the store when it was needed and even became conversant enough to not only ask about the brand, but also the best ones for absorbing different flows!
@@saxmusicmail sounds about right. I also need me a woman. The thought of coming home to my housewife (when or if I get 1 that is) and her cooking us supper and give her a big hug from behind and kiss her on the cheek makes me so happy and warms my soul. I want that so badly and as time passes I only want it more.
The pad story: that's why my sil always sends my brother with pictures so he can go find a worker/nice person to help him find stuff. He never leaves the store without chocolate tho...
@@tyrantking9000 that or saying the brand, there are like 12 variants of each brand I went to get some for my sis and spent 25min looking, I told my mom I gave up cause she didn't have a picture
On the rare occasions I miscalculated and ran out, I sent my husband with photos and told him what features to look for in case they’d changed the packaging. I don’t miss the monthly nuisance one bit!
The cop story is beautiful. I love how he uses his authority to knock Karen down a peg or two. Also, for pad story, that college girl sounds like a real keeper.
If someone woke me up by slapping me, I’d call the cops(the exception being if they thought I was having a medical emergency but that’s neither here nor there).
Story 5: I hate that logic of "Why are you even here if you're not clocked in?" that people use. You can be a customer at the place you're employed at.
I was at my stadium job on Sunday but as a fan. I went to get food when a guy ask me where he could go break a 100 dollar bill. I told him the stadium was completely cashless. Not sure if he recognized me from working as the food stand is near my normal post or what. Obviously I was not wearing my uniform that day, only shorts and a tank top.
Story 3: "Actually, *Ma'am* , you're not holding product, you're not holding a basket, and you're not pushing a cart... so you're not a customer, you're a damned nuisance who's harassing an *actual* customer! Leave before I have you arrested!"
I mean, if she only wanted the keys... can't she just tell some employee she quickly has to hop into the fountain to get her keys? I don't know how big this thing was and how it works in a casino, but... I can do that by myself. Why bother a guy that tells you he can't help? She *is* a kid. A lazy one at that.
the feminine items story. HEY DUDES! I understand how you can be overwhelmed, 🤣 & I appreciate you fellows trying to buy what us females need/want. I thank you so much, & yes toss us some goodies from time to time. 😁
The day we go to the airport to pick up my stepdaughter, who was going to live with us, her cycle began. She is in the bathroom and yells, "There's blood everywhere." My husband went pale and was just completely grossed out but still trying to stop up to be the Dad, he had nit been able ti be the last 5 years. I walked up and put my hand on his shoulder and tell him I got this. I told made him sit down and left for the grocery that was less than 5 minutes away. I so wish I had recorded this but my need to help him over powered my evil sense of humor. 🤣🤣🤣
Story 3: Yeah, it can feel weird to a lot of people to see a dude shopping for women products, but it ain't creepy. I'm glad the college girl stood up for OP in the best way possible
My late dad had a wife and 6 daughters he gave up being embarrassed about period products really quick lol. My hubby has 3 sisters and has never had issues grabbing what I needed or our daughter and came home with really fancy thin pads for our granddaughter recently cuz they were on clearance for $1 a box of like 20 or so. (I forgot how many were in there but it was quite a bit) He bought all 4 boxes lol. She hasn't started yet but is close. Papa got her covered! Lol. I was shocked that he remembered what ones she wanted.
I love to see that men shopping for the women in their lives' needs being normalized. I can understand confusion, there are a lot of products! But shame/embarrassment shouldn't be part of the process.
@@isabelleblanchet3694 I have a friend who id a lesbian and she honestly looks like a dude and dresses like a dude. But she still needs all the girl stuff too. We almost got kicked out of a store as they accused her of being a man in the ladies room. She just asked where she was supposed to change her tampons at then? It was pretty funny but people need to stop the hate and embarrassment over it. I mean after all we all buy toilet paper all the time and no one gets upset or embarrassed about everyone having to poo 🤷♀️
Props to OP for picking up sanitary supplies for his gf at 17. There are far too many older, adult men who won't/refuse to do that for their gf's and wives. Deaf customer story: I hope the store's cctv system was good enough to get a good picture of Karen to post inside the store, so all employees know to get the manager to have her trespassed. It's fairly common knowledge, at least among non-Karens, that employees at many grocery and big-box stores are not allowed to help customers when they're not on the clock. Is that so hard to understand?
OMG!!!! Poor OP feeling so lost and confused in the feminine hygiene aisle. It can be quite intimidating. I'm so glad there was a female there to help him.
I have had to by sanitary products for both my sister and mother over the years and I just take in an empty packet of what they want with me. So much easier than trying to figure things out myself or asking an employee.
So. Much. Stuff. And especially confusing when they change the packaging. Like, I don't know what it's called! Just get the ones in the such and such colored bag with x color highlighting. I don't know why they change the look. Do they think they're tricking us into thinking it's something new and exciting?
I want to address a common misconception the helpful woman from the first story made, when she was teaching about pads & tampons. Since a lot of people don't seem to understand how tampon sizing works, this is something really everyone should know. Tampon size is about your flow, not the size of your 🐱, it's about blood absorption, and how much each size can hold. Meaning if you have a heavy flow, you need the bigger size, if you have a smaller flow, it needs to be smaller. So if you're buying for someone else, or yourself, buy for the flow, not the 🐱 size. I know it's a bit uncomfortable to learn about, but this stuff obviously isn't taught enough. Also loved the stories today as usual fluff, still my favorite narrator on yt
THANK YOU. Her description of "don't use that unless she has a cave" was hugely stupid and insulting, and sounded like something another guy would say. I have PCOS, and my flow is extremely heavy... but I'm a virgin and Ace, and literally nothing else goes there. Most tampons (mostly the plastic applicators) are meant to be extremely streamlined and smooth, so they glide easily, and work for anyone of any size.
@@Jerepasaurus yeah, that riled me too. Also ace and I needed the heaviest pads and tampons back before I switched to reusables. Nothing to do with genital size. I made my cloth pads at postpartum absorbency. Everything to do with flow. Thankfully I yeeted my uterus a month ago so I'm free forever!!!
Well you have finally done it. I can't believe that security cameras in the store or parking lot could not have gotten a good picture of her. It needs to be played on regular TV or better yet crime stoppers. What that witch did to that deaf boy has got my blood pressure up I don't know when society became so unhinged that people think they can just attack anybody. This is heartbreaking. The story of the young man having to buy feminine hygiene products was hilarious.
My brother is a videographer, nearly having a monopoly over Community Theater and such in northeast New Jersey. He uses three or more cameras, and the editing always comes across super professional. One production and which we worked was a children's play, the premise of which pulled several children from the audience to perform (essentially improv) in a version of _Snow White._ One of the performances had one little girl who effectively took over the show. When one of the adults in the show made a "suggestion" as to how to proceed, the girl literally began conveying the entire storyline of what _was_ to happen, and once she'd finished, the same adult cast member after a brilliant beat simply said, "She makes a good point..." Meanwhile in the audience, as the girl's amused father conveyed to us later (as he filled out an order form for the DVD), as he watched his daughter becoming the spotlight in the show, he realized, 'Well, I guess I'm buyin' a DVD...' My brother had acquired the names of each of the children, so that they would have legitimate credit (even if any of their parents didn't order a DVD), but for the little girl who took over, he literally made a *Special Guest Appearance By...* credit for her... she really deserved it.
Regarding the deaf kid: I have a friend who speaks a very specific native sign language (you could say it's a dialect) and I made the effort to learn a few signs to accommodate her. I also tend to articulate properly while facing her so she can read lips. I just feel so bad when people scream at deaf people and they have no idea what is being said. Cochlea implants of course help a bit for some but, my god. I feel so bad.
They need to start nailing these people for hate crimes and putting them in the slammer for 20+ years. I don't care if it's their first offense. Someone who does something like this to a stranger, even if it IS an employee, does not belong in society.
My dad is always the one that has to buy the feminine hygiene items for us 3 girls, we make it a habit to send him a picture of what we need so he doesn't feel overwhelmed on what to get. Really love my dad for what he does for us.
"You're lazy, now stop waving your hands around and show me where the pizza is!" Lady, he may be deaf, but you must be blind. Every grocery store I've been in, the pizza section usually took up half an aisle at least, and unless its a few specialty pizzas, they are always in the freezers. How could you not find the pizzas yourself?
Story 2, the Karen was smug because she expected that someone was going to bend to her will but instead she got put in her place. Good on op for putting the Karen in her place. Story 4, once the Karen heard that it was her that was going to face the police she KNEW she was screwed. She probably expected op and the young man to be arrested but then she hears that everyone knew that it was her fault she immediately left. I would have tried to keep her there til police got there.
Pro tip: take a pic of the packaging you need to get, I’m a woman but if I need to do the run for a friend (or get anything specific like baby stuff or food item) it’s the only way I can remember. Also quicker than taking a pic of each one and asking “is this the right one” over and over
OP told off a problem Customer, did NOT get told off by his Manager AND is not totally avoided by that Customer when she's shopping... WIN-WIN-WIN... OP is what ALL Customer Service people want to be when they grow up... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣
Holy Christ on a crutch, that one with the deaf kid......My Aunt Sharron is blind AND deaf. Christ forbid, if that were Aunt Sharron being harassed and shit like that. I. Would. Be. Out. For. *BLOOD* More specifically the blood of whoever hurt my Aunt.....NO ONE fucks with MY family without paying for it......I CANNOT STRESS this enough
In the first story. I do hope that as well bud. Not just some of the family but *a whole lot of the family, inconveniences them, the neighbors as well, hell the whole damn street* and gets embarrassed by a blank DVD.
The pad story: My husband vapes and can't currently drive, so I'm the one who goes to the vape store for him. I carry a cheat sheet with his product details because it's not for me and I can't remember. Someone who will never use menstrual products should have the same kind of help buying them.
Every single phone I've ever owned had a calendar. She couldn't set it to remind her to get tampons? Absolutely no excuse to EVER run out. Stock up. It's a no brainer.
Story 4? Yeah I would’ve been Karen’s nightmare. I’m Asset Protection for a Retailer. Had I not been at work with this crap, I would’ve detained her until the Cops got there.
All love to the college girl in story 3! Love it when someone puts a moron in their place! And anyone who thinks like that Karen needs to grow the heck up!
I would love to meet the Karen w/deaf boy. I have grand daughter deaf, she could read lips at age 2. How appalling this broad is. Thanks for helping boy
In third story, the panicked boyfriend in feminine products aisle. If I was the lady customer helping the bf, when rude lady says they lost a loyal customer, I would have replied back, no, we got rid of a rude lady harassing customers and a potential future police call from you destroying merchandise.
A long time ago. I was at the store and my ex needed tampons. I needed heavy duty epoxy. When I got to the register the cashier looked at me and my items. I said you wouldn't believe what you can do with these items.
Closest I can come to that was one time buying just canned cat food and saltine crackers. It was tempting to shrug and say, “They’ll never know it’s not pâté.” If the cat food had been Fancy Feast it would have been even better.
Story 3: Oh man Fluff, you're not kidding. Whenever I had to restock my supply of pads growing up, I would have to go with my Dad or else he would grab the wrong ones, no matter how clear and specific I was. Even writing it down didn't help. So glad I not only live with my Mom now, but have also switched to a different pad that works better and is much easier to point out. All I need to say is the brand name, type, and size. No more rattling off that plus specific features.
Oof. I could send my father *with an old package* and he'd still manage to buy the wrong thing. And I'm not taking super tampons instead of super plus. I'm talking light liners instead of ultra tampons. It was ridiculous.
To this day... I still find it confusing when buying pads or whatever my sister needs. I ask the brand name from time to time but my luck prevents me from finding a store with that specific brand. Hooray for the friendly college girl for helping OP.
So why do people expect that just staring at you is a way to get someones attention? Theres quite a few of these stories where the karen just stands there getting upset that someone they didnt talk to isnt doing what they want
Who knows. I had people do it when I was a lifeguard. Like sorry, I'm a little busy looking at the pool. And the number of Karen's that insisted I look at them while they were -talking to- yelling at me was ridiculous. And it was usually for something like the pool hours. As if they hadn't walked past at least four signs stating it in order to reach the pool deck. One person stood silently right behind my chair (which puts the guards butt about level with the average person's shoulders) and got *pissed* I didn't notice them. Like hmmm, maybe because I couldn't see you?
The moment that manager started signing must of been the biggest sense of relief after the OP stepped in for that kid. He could only hear & feel what was happening until that manager showed up & was able to do ASL.
As a female who works for a retail drug store chain, I’ve helped a lot of guys get feminine products for their wives, girlfriends, sisters etc. it’s not just pads and tampons but make up, hair products etc. Thankfully I’ve spared my husband having to get those things for me. I once had a guy in the feminine hygiene products section and he was picking up a lot of pads and tampons. When I asked if he needed help he told me he’s the dad of 3 teenage girls and his wife still uses this stuff so he knows what they like.
Why do I imagine the cop from the first story, looking all stern as he watches Karen drive away, then, as soon as she turns out of sight, the cop looks at the security guards nearby and just doubles over in laughter. Like, "I dont know if she thought I got demoted or if you gots got promoted! Whaddya mean, "Use your radio"?? Lady, unless you want either EMS or backup to arrive, chill lmao. Okay, you guys have a nice day"
#1 story. Photography & videography has always been my hobby. I was asked once by a parent to take pictures of a certain girl in a school concert. I agreed. Took 24 pictures of her daughter fron different angles at different lighting. When i told her to pick it up at the school, she asked why it is not personal. I told her, i'm there to take pictures of my daughter.
As a teenage girl (15yo)I had to go to the local convenience store to buy 'supplies'. That particular day, the owners teenage son was manning the counter. I don't get red when I'm embarrassed, but if I did, I would've been fire engine red!
Years and years ago, I gave my hubby a note to go buy some groceries and stayfree with wings at the Army commissary. He was in the frozen food section, looking very confused, and finally asked a customer to help him. She read my note and then led him to the ladies hygiene products. He thought that he was supposed to buy cagefree chicken wings. She and her friend laughed themselves silly. And my hubby joined them - he had a great sense of humor!
Re: Pads with Wings, and Tampons... I cut my teeth in retail as a stock boy / cashier in a hole-in-the-wall drug store. I put everything on the shelves from toothpaste to maternity menstrual pads (the ones you use when you have a cave down there). When I got married the wife and I ended up with 3 girls and a boy. "Paper products" were a thing. Every so often I'd hear an anguished cry from the bathroom, "Daddy! I'm out of paper products." This would start a walk through the house. "Listen up, girls, I'm headed to the drug store. Anyone need anything?" I'd have paper and pen in hand to take orders. I became a master at finding the right brand, right size, wings or no wings, etc. To this day (I'm 75) my girls think I'm the best daddy that ever lived. And guys, just so you know, it isn't difficult to check the package they just emptied and get the same thing again. The benefits of doing this are amazing.
As a guy I say Shopping is shopping. Whether it's hygiene or car parts. Get in and get out with the right product. If youre embarrassed by your list. GROW UP. If you dont know what you're looking for ask someone...just not karen. Most people will help you. Employee or not. Especially if you're a male in the feminine hygiene section. Most women over 21 help. Dont bother with under 21. They'll just mess with you. It would be best to find out your lady's favorite brand. It makes a difference and she'll always be happier.
Lol several months into my relationship with my boyfriend, I went grocery shopping with him. I brought him to that isle and explained how the stuff works and which brands I prefer. I also have pictures of the packaging saved in my phone. So on the (rare) occasion that I need him to grab something for me, I send him the picture. He very confidently walks in and out of that isle quickly, and has even helped his friends from the army lol he’s so proud of how much he knows, I just adore him 💕
I know people who are deaf & i do know ASL so that story really hit home. i'm not deaf & sometime if forget that they can't hear me when I try & talk to them. I'm like, "oh yeah!" it's a privilege to able to communicate in different languages & I'm grateful that i at least know one more
The second story. At least the single brain cell that all Karens use that that particular Karen had use of for that day. Though it took a while for the brain cell to heat up. That she made the right decision.
You don't TELL Karen WHY you are calling the police because they will run every single time! You simply say that yes, I will call the police, please follow me to my office and you can wait for them there. Then, while she's waiting in the office, you go to security, pull up the CCTV footage, and have it ready when they arrive.
My 50 year old husband has never had a problem 1 shopping for my pads and 2 remembering what kind without calling me. So Fluff saying no man can is false.
Story 1: I understand how OP feels but as a “dance child” myself, whether the parents ever watched them or not, I used to watch my videos over and over again. Especially when it was time for another recital and I had to be on stage. I was always scared of doing the onstage performances in front of so many people but watching my old videos always gave me the courage to just get out there and do the routine because “you’ve done this before and you can do it now”. Sadly I did participate in a couple performances that weren’t allowed to be recorded because the routine was to remained secret for the dance competitions our school participated in. So in the long run it kinda sucked because I can’t show my kids the really fun acrobatic routines I got to be part of but the idea of “secret routines” finally got my kids to want to also dance. 🤣🤣
Yea, I can't wait until my last day of work right before my retirement in 355 days and believe me, I'm counting. Bring it on, lol. I've got a LOT of resentment built up about awful customers.
So, my husband (BF at the time) does not easily get embarrassed. So he has no problem buying my hygiene products for me. As he is doing just that, in the checkout lane, the cashier says... Oh, are these for your girlfriend? Not missing a beat, he said, no, they make great coffee filters! She was speechless and maybe learned a lesson to not ask questions about certain items, lol! To this day, if I need them now I ask for coffee filters.
Second story, can confirm. People see uniform, think “You can help me!” And turn off their brains to any further details. Had that happen so many times working an airline ticket counter. “What do you mean you can’t check me in for the United flight?” “I work for American Airlines.” “Well can you go get someone who can?” “Nope. Totally different company, and my badge doesn’t work on their doors, and my radio is on a completely different frequency. I physically cannot get someone, nor can I call for someone.” “Can’t you just rebook me on your flight then?” “Sure, if you want to buy a new ticket.” “But I already paid!!” “You paid United, not American. I can’t just take control of their ticket. One of their agents has to transfer it over.” “Can you get one of their agents?” I understand the urgency to get on a flight that the person is probably running late for because they thought they could just walk in 15 minutes before departure, but that doesn’t mean I can help them when they aren’t even a customer of my airline
It’s been 20 years since 9/11, and they still think they can just wander in right before takeoff? Smh. I rarely fly, and I know to get there with time to spare. I browse the shops and duty-free while I wait. Now that they don’t freak out over knitting needles or crochet hooks, I can pass the time relaxed and happy.
@@pvanpelt1 We call it "Small airport syndrome." It's a tiny airport with only 4 gates to board and about 7 parking spaces for commercial planes, so they think they can show up and walk through the screening in 2 minutes. I've even had people ask me to hold the flight for them. Can't do that, even for the CEO of the company.
Lol the story with the boyfriend in the feminine section. It reminds me of a story where my friends father had to go buy underwear as well as feminine hygiene products. My friend told her father her pant size is not the same for underwear but if you know the general measurements for a pant size (which on some packages are listed) you can compare it on the chart the back of the underwear package. Then she then told him to remember for the pads number 3. Well he really didn't listen well. Lol he came back with underwear labeled the same size as her pants which if anyone knows is huge as hell (think underwear for a 600 lb plus person or a tent). As for the pads... lol he complained that they don't sell pads in 3s. So, if any guy needs help in that section I am willing to help because no one wants a failure of a shopping trip like that. The lady really needed to chill.
I was at a servo (service station) years ago, at about 8pm at night- and some poor, lovely young man- probably about 20 at most, came up to me and asked for help choosing tampons/pads for his “friend”- i of course helped as much as I could!- so funny but sweet that he’d willingly go do that for his friend!
Fortunately for me, I was able to frame 'that' kind of request on the shopping list for my hubby, like he's getting a part from the parts room at work. Brand, size quantity. He even came up with connecting the wrapper color to an ice cream flavor! 'Do you need the butterscotch or the pistachio ones? I ❤️ my man!!
For the pad story: Ladies, we gotta send our men folk with make, model, brand, serial number, wings, flow strength, etc. when they go to get us feminine products, otherwise they're coming back with medical gauze and extra absorbent paper towels.
I mean even in a non joking way if there are really that many different factors then yeah sending in anyone without prior knowledge of that is going to require them having that info lol
I hate when people try to tell you what you should on your day off or where you should or should not be. When I was in the Navy I was stationed on an aircraft carrier. And during our shorter underway periods (3-6 weeks) I worked the night shift. Around 1930-0730 (7:30pm - 7:30am for you land lubbers). When I got off my shift in the morning, I would eat breakfast, go to the gym or library or whatever I felt like doing. Sometimes I would run into one of the daytime supervisors from my division and they would say something stupid like "If you're not going to your rack, I can find you some work to do!" Like, just because I'm not on shift, doesn't mean I have to sleep all day! It was so stupid. Everybody walking around overweight, not passing physical readiness tests because you spend a good 10 hours of your day sleeping! It was crazy.
For the pad thing my dad has never been embarrassed probably because he's the only boy of of his siblings, a medic and he wanted a girl but I've had to snap a picture of the box twice and then he remembered until they changed shit around. He's always been amazing when it comes to that even before my parents had me, he'd proudly go to the store for my mom. He's told my mom. "they're just feminine items there's nothing to be embarrassed about. My best friend when he was in school he'd make sure to go to the store and buy tampons and pads and keep them in his locker because he was friends with like 10 different girls and our school refused to keep emergency products for the girls there. he'd make sure he had a variety so everyone would be comfortable. It makes me sad when I see guys act like it's this horrible embarrassing thing but honestly I still get embarrassed myself when I may for them lol
LOL about OP & the tampon/sanitary pads. Reminds me of the first time I bought condoms. I was clueless. I actually asked a gentleman customer if he could help me. I had never been intimate with my BF so I didn't know what size, etc. to buy. The gentleman was so nice about helping me because I was truly embarrassed, & I am in no way a shrinking violet, but still. Thank you, Kind Sir.
Third Story: Being happily married for 30 years and a dad to two girls (19&23) I have learned to take pictures of the barcodes for each one's preferred products, thus allowing me to make surgical strikes in THAT aisle and be gone in 60 seconds!
When purchasing menstrual products for others have them text the brand, flow level (light, med, heavy, etc.), and any special "features" ( wings, scented, etc.) to you! That way you don't have to have a good memory while you're under pressure. 😘😊 Edit to add: Karens tend to have the "rules for thee, but not for me" mentality when it comes to putting their hands on strangers. That's why they're so shocked when someone retaliates in kind.
Damn it really gripes me when Karens interrupt when they are being told that the person doesn’t work there. And they try to say that others are being rude when they are the worst.
With the sanitary product situation I'm trans and still get visits from my red haired cousin and have helped many folks (first timers and boyfriends alike) in that section
My dad is squeamish about getting period stuff, but my brother tends to be chill with it. The only problem is my brother can get a little overwhelmed when he tries to find the product mom or I need; we've learned to text the exact brand, style/size, and rough location in the aisle to him on the rare occasion he's the one stuck with restocking duty, so he has something written down to check. 😂
Story 3. My first job was working for a grocery store in the HABA (health and beauty aid) section. It was a pain in the ass as every item had to be scanned and counted before being shelved. They also came in these totes that could cut your hands if you weren’t careful. If you know, you know. That section had feminine care products and I had so many women (mostly older ones) scream at me and yell at my manager for a man to be working that section. He would blow them off and one he decided to go to bat with he offered a job to replace me. All of the restockers in the store were men, except for Janti. She worked the stationary aisle.
Third story: Ladies: Just send your designated period product person a picture of what ever packaging they should pick up. Never failed me in times of need.
Pad story: I just take a clear photo, so you can see size, style, brand name, etc. Send it to my husband and it helps him immensely. He's always wonderful about picking up feminine products.
Been there, done that with the whole feminine products matter years ago. Simple solution: Picture and UPC or SKU Number. Works at any store, no matter what you're trying to find. And for the guys that get nervous about it, think about it this way. It's no different than having your SO get some oil for your car.
I suspect that a LOT of the mistaken identity stories have an inebriated Karen involved. Maybe alcohol, maybe something different, but something which shuts down reasoning. We hear these stories BECAUSE they ignore visual and verbal cues that the person they are talking to isn’t the correct person.
When I was 16, a really cute boy worked with the pharmacist at our local (small) drug store. He always seemed to be there grinning whenever I seemed to need products. No matter what time I went, he was always there.
#3 - Always write down exactly what you want or give your fella the front of the box (guess it would be a photo of it nowdays- I'm really old school from seventies or so, lol) to match at the store! Hell, when I still needed such products, some places had far too many options and I'd get lost in that aisle too!
With the pads and tampons, you either take a picture of the nearly empty or empty box at home, or just tear off one of the box flaps with the info you need on it. I've done both and it works great.
Poking/Grabbing strangers is a clear and open invitation for them to legally defend themselves in any way possible.
Cold cock, left hook, right hook, or sucker punch would solve the issue.
More of these assailting Karens should be losing their front teeth, when they are bounced headfirst of the floor. 😡
Oh yes!
Heck maybe they have a death wish?
Some guy It depends on the circumstances. You’ll note that in the story with the deaf kid, OP “gently pulled him out of the way.” Would the kid he justified in “defending himself in any way possible?” Or knocking OP’s teeth out? Maybe even killing OP? The paranoid psychopaths who replied to you think so.
Imagine that you’re in a grocery store and you feel a tap on your shoulder. With your zero tolerance for physical touching you turn around elbowing the offender in the face. Then you see your mother lying on the ground with a broken nose crying. Does that seem sane to you? Get a grip people.
The lady that helped the young man that was in the feminine hygiene aisle as absolutely awesome. And I would have been as lost as he was.
Have your wife or girlfriend take a picture! Circle or underline any thing that is important, like extra long, night time etc because a lot of brands use the same color packaging for everything. Since I started doing that my husband always gets the right products.
@@mtlopez13 Another vote for sending along a picture. The same thing for her shampoo. There is a bewildering variety.
I was married for almost 37 years, until I lost my wife in 2012. Never bothered me in the slightest shopping for feminine hygiene products for her. Normal bodily functions are embarrassing to some people? WHY?
Using Messenger/texting/WhatsApp is a partner's best friend if the shopper is unsure.
Karen: You just lost a loyal customer!
Every retail worker ever: Oh no, anyway 😏
Random bystander: "Can we get that writing?"
Oh no, we lost like $40 per month.
@startheangel9760
Why did I read your comment in Loki's voice?? 😉
The manager's mistake was to tell Karen who she was calling the cops on. Karen would've definitely stayed if she thought the cops were coming for OP and the deaf guy.
I agree. The statement should have been that they were calling the cops and they needed her there to make a statement.
I remember a comedian saying he wasn't afraid of buying pads, he actively flaunted that "I got me a woman!"
There’s a pretty funny parody song set to queen about buying thei ladies tampons
When you have a baby, one of the primary jobs of the father is to get pads and painkillers for his wife/girlfriend. And anything else she asks for really.
He has a woman? Well, if he's buying her pads, his wife has her a man.
I have 4 daughter's and I dreaded the day they would have to ask me for those. My Mother, (GOD rest her Soul) have me some wise advice. She told me that, "As long as they ask for and need them, you know they are not pregnant". I took that advice and gladly started going to the store when it was needed and even became conversant enough to not only ask about the brand, but also the best ones for absorbing different flows!
@@saxmusicmail sounds about right. I also need me a woman. The thought of coming home to my housewife (when or if I get 1 that is) and her cooking us supper and give her a big hug from behind and kiss her on the cheek makes me so happy and warms my soul. I want that so badly and as time passes I only want it more.
The pad story: that's why my sil always sends my brother with pictures so he can go find a worker/nice person to help him find stuff. He never leaves the store without chocolate tho...
Wise brother...
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That would be my first question: do you have a picture of the packaging?
Sending a picture of the product one needs is actually a better move then just describing the packaging, not gonna lie.
@@tyrantking9000 that or saying the brand, there are like 12 variants of each brand I went to get some for my sis and spent 25min looking, I told my mom I gave up cause she didn't have a picture
On the rare occasions I miscalculated and ran out, I sent my husband with photos and told him what features to look for in case they’d changed the packaging. I don’t miss the monthly nuisance one bit!
The cop story is beautiful. I love how he uses his authority to knock Karen down a peg or two.
Also, for pad story, that college girl sounds like a real keeper.
If I send my husband to the store for anything I text him a picture lol. It saves a lot of trouble for everyone.
If someone woke me up by slapping me, I’d call the cops(the exception being if they thought I was having a medical emergency but that’s neither here nor there).
Me too, it's just rude.
That's why I always sleep with a baseball bat.
@@clifffischer4409 Cool.
It's also dangerous. There is no way to know what the reaction would be.
@@stoopingfalcon891 Good point.
Story 5: I hate that logic of "Why are you even here if you're not clocked in?" that people use. You can be a customer at the place you're employed at.
We are talking Karen 'logic' here, remember?
"Because I'm also a human who needs to eat/wear clothes/repair stuff, etc."
See that should be an auto ick from the store. Because they're suggesting people who work there don't have lives of their own.
I was at my stadium job on Sunday but as a fan. I went to get food when a guy ask me where he could go break a 100 dollar bill. I told him the stadium was completely cashless. Not sure if he recognized me from working as the food stand is near my normal post or what. Obviously I was not wearing my uniform that day, only shorts and a tank top.
I got a part-time job at a place I love to shop at. Of course I’m going to shop in my off time!
LMAO 🤣 Every time my boyfriend has to go get my pads he's completely flustered and embarrassed. God I love that man. 😊
Story 3: "Actually, *Ma'am* , you're not holding product, you're not holding a basket, and you're not pushing a cart... so you're not a customer, you're a damned nuisance who's harassing an *actual* customer! Leave before I have you arrested!"
I lol’ed when OP said, I let her scream until she gets tired. Lol. Like she’s a toddler!
Me too! 😂
I mean... you're not wrong.
Just let her tire herself out, then put her down for a nap.
I mean, if she only wanted the keys... can't she just tell some employee she quickly has to hop into the fountain to get her keys?
I don't know how big this thing was and how it works in a casino, but... I can do that by myself. Why bother a guy that tells you he can't help? She *is* a kid. A lazy one at that.
I know some people that never get tired of screaming, if it's not stopped it will go on all day.
Where's a football player when you need one? Every store should have a Karen Tackling Unit.
Can that also fall under the posting of the "Fall Guy" who gets "fired" instead of other employees when a Karen won't stop?
on video please. I'd pay-per-view that
the feminine items story. HEY DUDES! I understand how you can be overwhelmed, 🤣 & I appreciate you fellows trying to buy what us females need/want. I thank you so much, & yes toss us some goodies from time to time. 😁
It's best to always have packs ready in your drawer in case you need them
The day we go to the airport to pick up my stepdaughter, who was going to live with us, her cycle began. She is in the bathroom and yells, "There's blood everywhere." My husband went pale and was just completely grossed out but still trying to stop up to be the Dad, he had nit been able ti be the last 5 years. I walked up and put my hand on his shoulder and tell him I got this. I told made him sit down and left for the grocery that was less than 5 minutes away. I so wish I had recorded this but my need to help him over powered my evil sense of humor. 🤣🤣🤣
Story 3: Yeah, it can feel weird to a lot of people to see a dude shopping for women products, but it ain't creepy. I'm glad the college girl stood up for OP in the best way possible
My late dad had a wife and 6 daughters he gave up being embarrassed about period products really quick lol.
My hubby has 3 sisters and has never had issues grabbing what I needed or our daughter and came home with really fancy thin pads for our granddaughter recently cuz they were on clearance for $1 a box of like 20 or so. (I forgot how many were in there but it was quite a bit)
He bought all 4 boxes lol. She hasn't started yet but is close. Papa got her covered! Lol.
I was shocked that he remembered what ones she wanted.
I love to see that men shopping for the women in their lives' needs being normalized. I can understand confusion, there are a lot of products! But shame/embarrassment shouldn't be part of the process.
There can also be trans men that still need those products. One should never judge why someone is buying them.
@@isabelleblanchet3694 I have a friend who id a lesbian and she honestly looks like a dude and dresses like a dude. But she still needs all the girl stuff too.
We almost got kicked out of a store as they accused her of being a man in the ladies room. She just asked where she was supposed to change her tampons at then? It was pretty funny but people need to stop the hate and embarrassment over it. I mean after all we all buy toilet paper all the time and no one gets upset or embarrassed about everyone having to poo 🤷♀️
Personally I think it's really cute when a guy is shopping for woman product. He's taking care of someone and that's just so sweet !
Props to OP for picking up sanitary supplies for his gf at 17. There are far too many older, adult men who won't/refuse to do that for their gf's and wives.
Deaf customer story: I hope the store's cctv system was good enough to get a good picture of Karen to post inside the store, so all employees know to get the manager to have her trespassed.
It's fairly common knowledge, at least among non-Karens, that employees at many grocery and big-box stores are not allowed to help customers when they're not on the clock. Is that so hard to understand?
I bet that college gal was OP's hero for a while.
Keys in fountain I will bet she was drunk, so very easy to do her for DUI as soon as she drives out the casino lot and let her sober up in the jail.
OMG!!!! Poor OP feeling so lost and confused in the feminine hygiene aisle. It can be quite intimidating. I'm so glad there was a female there to help him.
although his gf could've at least give him a brand to look for
I have had to by sanitary products for both my sister and mother over the years and I just take in an empty packet of what they want with me. So much easier than trying to figure things out myself or asking an employee.
I've been doing that with a few products because the empty packet has the barcode.
I’m a woman and can’t find my way around the lady isle of a store very well either
Me neither. 😂👍🏻
Same
So. Much. Stuff. And especially confusing when they change the packaging. Like, I don't know what it's called! Just get the ones in the such and such colored bag with x color highlighting. I don't know why they change the look. Do they think they're tricking us into thinking it's something new and exciting?
I want to address a common misconception the helpful woman from the first story made, when she was teaching about pads & tampons. Since a lot of people don't seem to understand how tampon sizing works, this is something really everyone should know. Tampon size is about your flow, not the size of your 🐱, it's about blood absorption, and how much each size can hold. Meaning if you have a heavy flow, you need the bigger size, if you have a smaller flow, it needs to be smaller. So if you're buying for someone else, or yourself, buy for the flow, not the 🐱 size. I know it's a bit uncomfortable to learn about, but this stuff obviously isn't taught enough.
Also loved the stories today as usual fluff, still my favorite narrator on yt
THANK YOU. Her description of "don't use that unless she has a cave" was hugely stupid and insulting, and sounded like something another guy would say. I have PCOS, and my flow is extremely heavy... but I'm a virgin and Ace, and literally nothing else goes there.
Most tampons (mostly the plastic applicators) are meant to be extremely streamlined and smooth, so they glide easily, and work for anyone of any size.
@@Jerepasaurus yeah, that riled me too. Also ace and I needed the heaviest pads and tampons back before I switched to reusables. Nothing to do with genital size. I made my cloth pads at postpartum absorbency. Everything to do with flow. Thankfully I yeeted my uterus a month ago so I'm free forever!!!
CGs explanation of sizes is a clue that she doesn't actually work there. Cool Girl, though.
Well you have finally done it. I can't believe that security cameras in the store or parking lot could not have gotten a good picture of her. It needs to be played on regular TV or better yet crime stoppers. What that witch did to that deaf boy has got my blood pressure up
I don't know when society became so unhinged that people think they can just attack anybody. This is heartbreaking. The story of the young man having to buy feminine hygiene products was hilarious.
My brother is a videographer, nearly having a monopoly over Community Theater and such in northeast New Jersey. He uses three or more cameras, and the editing always comes across super professional.
One production and which we worked was a children's play, the premise of which pulled several children from the audience to perform (essentially improv) in a version of _Snow White._
One of the performances had one little girl who effectively took over the show. When one of the adults in the show made a "suggestion" as to how to proceed, the girl literally began conveying the entire storyline of what _was_ to happen, and once she'd finished, the same adult cast member after a brilliant beat simply said, "She makes a good point..."
Meanwhile in the audience, as the girl's amused father conveyed to us later (as he filled out an order form for the DVD), as he watched his daughter becoming the spotlight in the show, he realized, 'Well, I guess I'm buyin' a DVD...'
My brother had acquired the names of each of the children, so that they would have legitimate credit (even if any of their parents didn't order a DVD), but for the little girl who took over, he literally made a *Special Guest Appearance By...* credit for her... she really deserved it.
Regarding the deaf kid: I have a friend who speaks a very specific native sign language (you could say it's a dialect) and I made the effort to learn a few signs to accommodate her. I also tend to articulate properly while facing her so she can read lips. I just feel so bad when people scream at deaf people and they have no idea what is being said. Cochlea implants of course help a bit for some but, my god. I feel so bad.
They need to start nailing these people for hate crimes and putting them in the slammer for 20+ years. I don't care if it's their first offense. Someone who does something like this to a stranger, even if it IS an employee, does not belong in society.
Karen demanded a free DVD. She didn't demand a free DVD with content.
My dad is always the one that has to buy the feminine hygiene items for us 3 girls, we make it a habit to send him a picture of what we need so he doesn't feel overwhelmed on what to get. Really love my dad for what he does for us.
"You're lazy, now stop waving your hands around and show me where the pizza is!" Lady, he may be deaf, but you must be blind. Every grocery store I've been in, the pizza section usually took up half an aisle at least, and unless its a few specialty pizzas, they are always in the freezers. How could you not find the pizzas yourself?
Story 2, the Karen was smug because she expected that someone was going to bend to her will but instead she got put in her place. Good on op for putting the Karen in her place.
Story 4, once the Karen heard that it was her that was going to face the police she KNEW she was screwed. She probably expected op and the young man to be arrested but then she hears that everyone knew that it was her fault she immediately left. I would have tried to keep her there til police got there.
Touching someone without consent (assault) will always completely justify the victim of assault defending themselves in any way they see fit.
Pro tip: take a pic of the packaging you need to get, I’m a woman but if I need to do the run for a friend (or get anything specific like baby stuff or food item) it’s the only way I can remember. Also quicker than taking a pic of each one and asking “is this the right one” over and over
OP told off a problem Customer, did NOT get told off by his Manager AND is not totally avoided by that Customer when she's shopping...
WIN-WIN-WIN...
OP is what ALL Customer Service people want to be when they grow up...
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Holy Christ on a crutch, that one with the deaf kid......My Aunt Sharron is blind AND deaf. Christ forbid, if that were Aunt Sharron being harassed and shit like that. I. Would. Be. Out. For. *BLOOD* More specifically the blood of whoever hurt my Aunt.....NO ONE fucks with MY family without paying for it......I CANNOT STRESS this enough
In the first story. I do hope that as well bud. Not just some of the family but *a whole lot of the family, inconveniences them, the neighbors as well, hell the whole damn street* and gets embarrassed by a blank DVD.
The pad story: My husband vapes and can't currently drive, so I'm the one who goes to the vape store for him. I carry a cheat sheet with his product details because it's not for me and I can't remember. Someone who will never use menstrual products should have the same kind of help buying them.
Every single phone I've ever owned had a calendar. She couldn't set it to remind her to get tampons? Absolutely no excuse to EVER run out. Stock up. It's a no brainer.
Story 4? Yeah I would’ve been Karen’s nightmare. I’m Asset Protection for a Retailer. Had I not been at work with this crap, I would’ve detained her until the Cops got there.
All love to the college girl in story 3! Love it when someone puts a moron in their place! And anyone who thinks like that Karen needs to grow the heck up!
I would love to meet the Karen w/deaf boy. I have grand daughter deaf, she could read lips at age 2.
How appalling this broad is.
Thanks for helping boy
In third story, the panicked boyfriend in feminine products aisle. If I was the lady customer helping the bf, when rude lady says they lost a loyal customer, I would have replied back, no, we got rid of a rude lady harassing customers and a potential future police call from you destroying merchandise.
General rule of thumb for when I send my husband to pick up tampons is always text him a picture of the box of the ones I need
Story 3 - that woman is a freaking superhero.
She swooped in just at the perfect moment and rescued OP like a freaking champion.
A long time ago. I was at the store and my ex needed tampons. I needed heavy duty epoxy. When I got to the register the cashier looked at me and my items. I said you wouldn't believe what you can do with these items.
Ok that really hit me in the funnybone! 🤣🤣
Closest I can come to that was one time buying just canned cat food and saltine crackers. It was tempting to shrug and say, “They’ll never know it’s not pâté.” If the cat food had been Fancy Feast it would have been even better.
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I knew a guy who would buy super maxis by the case.
"We can never ever ever remember what kinds of pads to buy!"
Do you guys not make Shopping Lists?
Story 3: Oh man Fluff, you're not kidding. Whenever I had to restock my supply of pads growing up, I would have to go with my Dad or else he would grab the wrong ones, no matter how clear and specific I was. Even writing it down didn't help. So glad I not only live with my Mom now, but have also switched to a different pad that works better and is much easier to point out. All I need to say is the brand name, type, and size. No more rattling off that plus specific features.
Oof. I could send my father *with an old package* and he'd still manage to buy the wrong thing. And I'm not taking super tampons instead of super plus. I'm talking light liners instead of ultra tampons. It was ridiculous.
I keep worrying I'll attack someone if they touch me thinking I'm an employee. I HATE being touched.
„Buy some chocolate and throw it from afar.“ 🤣🤣🤣
Love it!
To this day... I still find it confusing when buying pads or whatever my sister needs. I ask the brand name from time to time but my luck prevents me from finding a store with that specific brand. Hooray for the friendly college girl for helping OP.
So why do people expect that just staring at you is a way to get someones attention? Theres quite a few of these stories where the karen just stands there getting upset that someone they didnt talk to isnt doing what they want
Who knows. I had people do it when I was a lifeguard. Like sorry, I'm a little busy looking at the pool. And the number of Karen's that insisted I look at them while they were -talking to- yelling at me was ridiculous. And it was usually for something like the pool hours. As if they hadn't walked past at least four signs stating it in order to reach the pool deck. One person stood silently right behind my chair (which puts the guards butt about level with the average person's shoulders) and got *pissed* I didn't notice them. Like hmmm, maybe because I couldn't see you?
The moment that manager started signing must of been the biggest sense of relief after the OP stepped in for that kid. He could only hear & feel what was happening until that manager showed up & was able to do ASL.
As a female who works for a retail drug store chain, I’ve helped a lot of guys get feminine products for their wives, girlfriends, sisters etc. it’s not just pads and tampons but make up, hair products etc. Thankfully I’ve spared my husband having to get those things for me.
I once had a guy in the feminine hygiene products section and he was picking up a lot of pads and tampons. When I asked if he needed help he told me he’s the dad of 3 teenage girls and his wife still uses this stuff so he knows what they like.
Why do I imagine the cop from the first story, looking all stern as he watches Karen drive away, then, as soon as she turns out of sight, the cop looks at the security guards nearby and just doubles over in laughter. Like,
"I dont know if she thought I got demoted or if you gots got promoted! Whaddya mean, "Use your radio"?? Lady, unless you want either EMS or backup to arrive, chill lmao. Okay, you guys have a nice day"
It was awesome that the manager could speak ASL! 👍👏👏
#1 story. Photography & videography has always been my hobby. I was asked once by a parent to take pictures of a certain girl in a school concert. I agreed. Took 24 pictures of her daughter fron different angles at different lighting. When i told her to pick it up at the school, she asked why it is not personal. I told her, i'm there to take pictures of my daughter.
As a teenage girl (15yo)I had to go to the local convenience store to buy 'supplies'. That particular day, the owners teenage son was manning the counter. I don't get red when I'm embarrassed, but if I did, I would've been fire engine red!
Years and years ago, I gave my hubby a note to go buy some groceries and stayfree with wings at the Army commissary. He was in the frozen food section, looking very confused, and finally asked a customer to help him. She read my note and then led him to the ladies hygiene products. He thought that he was supposed to buy cagefree chicken wings. She and her friend laughed themselves silly. And my hubby joined them - he had a great sense of humor!
Re: Pads with Wings, and Tampons...
I cut my teeth in retail as a stock boy / cashier in a hole-in-the-wall drug store. I put everything on the shelves from toothpaste to maternity menstrual pads (the ones you use when you have a cave down there). When I got married the wife and I ended up with 3 girls and a boy. "Paper products" were a thing. Every so often I'd hear an anguished cry from the bathroom, "Daddy! I'm out of paper products." This would start a walk through the house. "Listen up, girls, I'm headed to the drug store. Anyone need anything?" I'd have paper and pen in hand to take orders. I became a master at finding the right brand, right size, wings or no wings, etc. To this day (I'm 75) my girls think I'm the best daddy that ever lived. And guys, just so you know, it isn't difficult to check the package they just emptied and get the same thing again. The benefits of doing this are amazing.
Dude, I'm a girl, and even I can never remember what I use. That is a confusing aisle.
As a guy I say Shopping is shopping. Whether it's hygiene or car parts. Get in and get out with the right product. If youre embarrassed by your list. GROW UP. If you dont know what you're looking for ask someone...just not karen.
Most people will help you. Employee or not. Especially if you're a male in the feminine hygiene section. Most women over 21 help. Dont bother with under 21. They'll just mess with you. It would be best to find out your lady's favorite brand. It makes a difference and she'll always be happier.
Lol several months into my relationship with my boyfriend, I went grocery shopping with him. I brought him to that isle and explained how the stuff works and which brands I prefer. I also have pictures of the packaging saved in my phone. So on the (rare) occasion that I need him to grab something for me, I send him the picture. He very confidently walks in and out of that isle quickly, and has even helped his friends from the army lol he’s so proud of how much he knows, I just adore him 💕
First time buying pads was for my mom when I was 9. NEVER had a problem buying them. Not even when I was 9.
I know people who are deaf & i do know ASL so that story really hit home. i'm not deaf & sometime if forget that they can't hear me when I try & talk to them. I'm like, "oh yeah!" it's a privilege to able to communicate in different languages & I'm grateful that i at least know one more
The second story. At least the single brain cell that all Karens use that that particular Karen had use of for that day. Though it took a while for the brain cell to heat up. That she made the right decision.
The amount of Hatred I have for Dance Moms is abnormally large...
It's never large enough, those moms are nuts
He had two ways to communicate, she didnt read his hands but she could catch them.
No mistake is too big to double down on.
You don't TELL Karen WHY you are calling the police because they will run every single time! You simply say that yes, I will call the police, please follow me to my office and you can wait for them there. Then, while she's waiting in the office, you go to security, pull up the CCTV footage, and have it ready when they arrive.
My 50 year old husband has never had a problem 1 shopping for my pads and 2 remembering what kind without calling me. So Fluff saying no man can is false.
Story 1: I understand how OP feels but as a “dance child” myself, whether the parents ever watched them or not, I used to watch my videos over and over again. Especially when it was time for another recital and I had to be on stage. I was always scared of doing the onstage performances in front of so many people but watching my old videos always gave me the courage to just get out there and do the routine because “you’ve done this before and you can do it now”. Sadly I did participate in a couple performances that weren’t allowed to be recorded because the routine was to remained secret for the dance competitions our school participated in. So in the long run it kinda sucked because I can’t show my kids the really fun acrobatic routines I got to be part of but the idea of “secret routines” finally got my kids to want to also dance. 🤣🤣
Yea, I can't wait until my last day of work right before my retirement in 355 days and believe me, I'm counting. Bring it on, lol. I've got a LOT of resentment built up about awful customers.
So, my husband (BF at the time) does not easily get embarrassed. So he has no problem buying my hygiene products for me. As he is doing just that, in the checkout lane, the cashier says... Oh, are these for your girlfriend? Not missing a beat, he said, no, they make great coffee filters! She was speechless and maybe learned a lesson to not ask questions about certain items, lol! To this day, if I need them now I ask for coffee filters.
My husband has a folder on his phone of pictures of items I use of all kinds... smart man.
Second story, can confirm. People see uniform, think “You can help me!” And turn off their brains to any further details. Had that happen so many times working an airline ticket counter. “What do you mean you can’t check me in for the United flight?”
“I work for American Airlines.”
“Well can you go get someone who can?”
“Nope. Totally different company, and my badge doesn’t work on their doors, and my radio is on a completely different frequency. I physically cannot get someone, nor can I call for someone.”
“Can’t you just rebook me on your flight then?”
“Sure, if you want to buy a new ticket.”
“But I already paid!!”
“You paid United, not American. I can’t just take control of their ticket. One of their agents has to transfer it over.”
“Can you get one of their agents?”
I understand the urgency to get on a flight that the person is probably running late for because they thought they could just walk in 15 minutes before departure, but that doesn’t mean I can help them when they aren’t even a customer of my airline
It’s been 20 years since 9/11, and they still think they can just wander in right before takeoff? Smh. I rarely fly, and I know to get there with time to spare. I browse the shops and duty-free while I wait. Now that they don’t freak out over knitting needles or crochet hooks, I can pass the time relaxed and happy.
@@pvanpelt1 We call it "Small airport syndrome." It's a tiny airport with only 4 gates to board and about 7 parking spaces for commercial planes, so they think they can show up and walk through the screening in 2 minutes. I've even had people ask me to hold the flight for them. Can't do that, even for the CEO of the company.
Lol the story with the boyfriend in the feminine section. It reminds me of a story where my friends father had to go buy underwear as well as feminine hygiene products. My friend told her father her pant size is not the same for underwear but if you know the general measurements for a pant size (which on some packages are listed) you can compare it on the chart the back of the underwear package. Then she then told him to remember for the pads number 3. Well he really didn't listen well. Lol he came back with underwear labeled the same size as her pants which if anyone knows is huge as hell (think underwear for a 600 lb plus person or a tent). As for the pads... lol he complained that they don't sell pads in 3s. So, if any guy needs help in that section I am willing to help because no one wants a failure of a shopping trip like that. The lady really needed to chill.
I was at a servo (service station) years ago, at about 8pm at night- and some poor, lovely young man- probably about 20 at most, came up to me and asked for help choosing tampons/pads for his “friend”- i of course helped as much as I could!- so funny but sweet that he’d willingly go do that for his friend!
Fortunately for me, I was able to frame 'that' kind of request on the shopping list for my hubby, like he's getting a part from the parts room at work. Brand, size quantity. He even came up with connecting the wrapper color to an ice cream flavor! 'Do you need the butterscotch or the pistachio ones? I ❤️ my man!!
For the pad story: Ladies, we gotta send our men folk with make, model, brand, serial number, wings, flow strength, etc. when they go to get us feminine products, otherwise they're coming back with medical gauze and extra absorbent paper towels.
They'll bring back the post-partum over-night ones as if with are bleeding out.
I mean even in a non joking way if there are really that many different factors then yeah sending in anyone without prior knowledge of that is going to require them having that info lol
One person sais Karen is wrong:
Karen: "Im propably in the right."
Many people say Karen is wrong:
Karen: "Im totally in the right!"
I hate when people try to tell you what you should on your day off or where you should or should not be. When I was in the Navy I was stationed on an aircraft carrier. And during our shorter underway periods (3-6 weeks) I worked the night shift. Around 1930-0730 (7:30pm - 7:30am for you land lubbers). When I got off my shift in the morning, I would eat breakfast, go to the gym or library or whatever I felt like doing. Sometimes I would run into one of the daytime supervisors from my division and they would say something stupid like "If you're not going to your rack, I can find you some work to do!" Like, just because I'm not on shift, doesn't mean I have to sleep all day! It was so stupid. Everybody walking around overweight, not passing physical readiness tests because you spend a good 10 hours of your day sleeping! It was crazy.
For the pad thing my dad has never been embarrassed probably because he's the only boy of of his siblings, a medic and he wanted a girl but I've had to snap a picture of the box twice and then he remembered until they changed shit around. He's always been amazing when it comes to that even before my parents had me, he'd proudly go to the store for my mom. He's told my mom. "they're just feminine items there's nothing to be embarrassed about.
My best friend when he was in school he'd make sure to go to the store and buy tampons and pads and keep them in his locker because he was friends with like 10 different girls and our school refused to keep emergency products for the girls there. he'd make sure he had a variety so everyone would be comfortable. It makes me sad when I see guys act like it's this horrible embarrassing thing but honestly I still get embarrassed myself when I may for them lol
LOL about OP & the tampon/sanitary pads. Reminds me of the first time I bought condoms. I was clueless. I actually asked a gentleman customer if he could help me. I had never been intimate with my BF so I didn't know what size, etc. to buy. The gentleman was so nice about helping me because I was truly embarrassed, & I am in no way a shrinking violet, but still. Thank you, Kind Sir.
Third Story: Being happily married for 30 years and a dad to two girls (19&23) I have learned to take pictures of the barcodes for each one's preferred products, thus allowing me to make surgical strikes in THAT aisle and be gone in 60 seconds!
When purchasing menstrual products for others have them text the brand, flow level (light, med, heavy, etc.), and any special "features" ( wings, scented, etc.) to you! That way you don't have to have a good memory while you're under pressure. 😘😊
Edit to add: Karens tend to have the "rules for thee, but not for me" mentality when it comes to putting their hands on strangers. That's why they're so shocked when someone retaliates in kind.
I usually send a picture of the package from the previous pack.
@@gaxalee7392 Also an excellent idea!
Damn it really gripes me when Karens interrupt when they are being told that the person doesn’t work there. And they try to say that others are being rude when they are the worst.
With the sanitary product situation I'm trans and still get visits from my red haired cousin and have helped many folks (first timers and boyfriends alike) in that section
My dad is squeamish about getting period stuff, but my brother tends to be chill with it. The only problem is my brother can get a little overwhelmed when he tries to find the product mom or I need; we've learned to text the exact brand, style/size, and rough location in the aisle to him on the rare occasion he's the one stuck with restocking duty, so he has something written down to check. 😂
Story 3. My first job was working for a grocery store in the HABA (health and beauty aid) section. It was a pain in the ass as every item had to be scanned and counted before being shelved. They also came in these totes that could cut your hands if you weren’t careful. If you know, you know. That section had feminine care products and I had so many women (mostly older ones) scream at me and yell at my manager for a man to be working that section. He would blow them off and one he decided to go to bat with he offered a job to replace me. All of the restockers in the store were men, except for Janti. She worked the stationary aisle.
Third story: Ladies: Just send your designated period product person a picture of what ever packaging they should pick up. Never failed me in times of need.
How come I don't have any problems finding frozen pizza? Why does anyone have problems finding frozen pizza?
Pad story:
I just take a clear photo, so you can see size, style, brand name, etc. Send it to my husband and it helps him immensely. He's always wonderful about picking up feminine products.
I actually send my husband pictures of what products I want him to buy.
The first time we sent my niece, about age ten, to buy pads, she wanted to know what size. We told her the big box, with wheels.
Been there, done that with the whole feminine products matter years ago. Simple solution: Picture and UPC or SKU Number. Works at any store, no matter what you're trying to find. And for the guys that get nervous about it, think about it this way. It's no different than having your SO get some oil for your car.
I suspect that a LOT of the mistaken identity stories have an inebriated Karen involved. Maybe alcohol, maybe something different, but something which shuts down reasoning. We hear these stories BECAUSE they ignore visual and verbal cues that the person they are talking to isn’t the correct person.
When I was 16, a really cute boy worked with the pharmacist at our local (small) drug store. He always seemed to be there grinning whenever I seemed to need products. No matter what time I went, he was always there.
#3 - Always write down exactly what you want or give your fella the front of the box (guess it would be a photo of it nowdays- I'm really old school from seventies or so, lol) to match at the store! Hell, when I still needed such products, some places had far too many options and I'd get lost in that aisle too!
With the pads and tampons, you either take a picture of the nearly empty or empty box at home, or just tear off one of the box flaps with the info you need on it. I've done both and it works great.