True! In all of known Middle Earth history, only 1 Hobbit (who would later change his name to Gollum) was a violent thief, & half the blame of that goes to the ring itself, as it had been infused with evil magic. So with only 1 known aberration in millenia, you really can't go insulting the whole race.
Story #3: I'd show that Karen how to Karen. She gets charged for attempted robbery. The store gets sued for NOT just looking over the CCTV footage. The manager gets fired for not being impartial. Sometimes Karen's need to be retrained.
Story 3....Karen never thought OP was an employee, Karen probably steals phones like this on the regular. Cuz even your typical Karen would have stayed long enough to attempt to get the employee in trouble, her immediately running shows that was her plan from the beginning
As soon as the Karen refused to unlock "her" phone, the police officer should've right away concluded it wasn't hers. It's pathetic when they try to deflect when they know they're going to get busted. The evasion and diversions are dead giveaways.
Easy enough to have each person write down the phone number of the phone in question, the password, and list a couple of things inside like photos or particular contacts. Not to mention fingerprint ID, if the phone has that.
Depends on how it actually looked like. If you simply hold onto their arm or block their way that's one thing. But since he yanked on the backpack and she went down that could easily look like someone pinning another person down to the ground. If that's the case security should not be expected to figure out what's what, both parties should be immediately restrained and separated.
OP needs to press charges on Karen for stealing his phone as well as the security for assaulting him plus the manager for allowing it to happen without checking the security cameras. Because that is what I would do.
Speaking as someone that's worked security: guard is lucky OP didn't press charges. Security in most stores is banned from touching customers, you could literally pick up a big screen TV at Walmart and walk out without paying and security/loss prevent can't do anything beyond standing in the doorway to prevent you from leaving. Tackling OP means he just committed assault and the company would fire him and leave him to defend himself alone and unemployed.
I do not understand why people don’t press charges!!! That phone thief committed assault, battery and felony level theft. And the thief said one true thing in her deluded ramblings, bad behavior requires that a lesson be taught to the guilty party. She’s going to reframe herself as the victim in her mind because god forbid she take responsibility. And in her infinite victimhood, her rage toward others and her entitlement will grow. She’s going to be even worse the next time! I know this sounds dramatic, but I honestly believe it’s our social responsibility to hold people like this accountable. These people are a menace to society
I think it's just a matter of people being exhausted and not wanting to prolong it. Pressing charges usually means staying and giving more detailed statements, going to the station/office to file the official reports and do paperwork, and taking time off work/school and maybe find childcare to go to court later on. Of course it depends on the place and situation, but a lot of places make pressing charges a time consuming and tedious process and a lot of people are exhausted from just trying to survive life already and it can end up being really stressful and difficult to follow through with. A lot of times the charges end up getting dropped too, or the court can end up decided that things done in self defense are excessive and the other person can end up pressing charges against you. Which really sucks and ends up making people afraid of standing up against these sorts of things. I've seen this happen far more than I had expected while I was volunteering with a victim advocacy organization, in the US. Sometimes all it takes is some back luck with things out of your control for the situation to turn around on you. It's terribly disheartening, and hopefully enough people will learn this and stand up to change the system. It really sucks, because I couldn't agree more that these kind of people need to face consequences because it definitely gets worse and worse when left unchecked.
Probably because they think it will be a lot of trouble for them, which it isn't. I was once attacked and stalked by someone, and when I pressed charges all that I had to do was check my mail a year later to see the results of the case. Eerily, I saw missing person's posters around the area that said that she was living close by at a family member's house, violating the restraining order. As far as I know, she was never found.
the customer is always right "On matters of taste". amazing how many people don't know the last bit. basically if a customer wants charcoal fries that's fine as long as you do fries. But they are not right on the cost, the service, or anything else.
Story 3: I would have definitely pressed charges for theft... and then false report and harassment against the woman. And then threatened assault charges for the security tackling me when all I was doing was preventing the thief from escaping. She really wanted to get away with the phone. It's part of reason I bought a grey market phone... as it then isn't a brand name which people want to steal.
Wow, I would have lost patience with that phone-stealing Karen long before OP did. I personally would have screamed as loud as I could, “For the last time, I DON’T WORK HERE, now leave me alone”. I don’t know what the heck is wrong with that lady, but good Lord, she needs serious mental evaluation!
3rd story was understandable except when the woman ran. Everyone should realize the runner is most likely the thief. He also said check the camera. They should've
Story 3: Karen is just keep digging herself deeper and considering smart phones are going for 8 hundred to a thousand more can be a felony theft depending where they live.
Starting to think this wasn't a customer asking an employee to fetch milk but more of an attempt to steal said item. Why would she run if her goal was to seek a manager to report OP.
@@Yumi_Jay I'd say because once the manager and the cops arrived, she knew she was flatfooted with the goods. You may be right, though, she was certainly fast withe the excuses for the phone ringing. She may have done it before, expecting to get away while security took down the owner.
Third story seems more like a ploy to steal the phone more than anything. If she wanted to report OP why in the world would she take off with the phone and try so hard to say it's hers?
Story 5: Sounds like Karen just had a bad day due to a series of events. Probably the best IDWHL ending I've seen in a long time. Best of luck to OP with the new job
I agree. It just seems she was frustrated with everything she had going on, and Op was sadly the one to take the heat. I won't call her a Karen just more like a person annoyed with everything.
I have to disagree with you and op. I had one a used it to haul stuff, trailer full of old shinglesand wood and small pop-up camper. But when I got it it was 7 years old 200000+ miles and cheap at 10 grand. The max I towed was a ton and it was not a problem
Story 3: The free stuff was a "settlement." The security guard tackling a victim of a crime then accusing them of theft, that is grounds to sue the store and they are likely to win. The manager giving the free stuff would be considered a "settlement." So if OP decides to sue the store the store can say that they have already settled and admitted fault.
@@OrlaQuirk Definitions of settlement in-kind a settlement that includes payment for services with something other than cash or legal tender (eg property, machinery, goods etc) Source: legal dictionary.
I love the last story! THAT’S customer service! That lady is going to ask for him every time she comes in, and she will never leave disappointed. That’s awesome!
Honestly it’s stupid to steal phones, as it’s so easily a felony. With mid range phones being $500 and states having the felony amount being $500 do you really want a felony on your record for a dumb phone? Especially one that’s probably locked not just with the passcode but locked with someone’s online account too.
I mean I'm not defending those people, but most of the time when people steal high value, locked things like phones it's not to have, it's to take apart bit by bit and sell whatever isn't locked for whatever they can get an Xbox 360 for example is worth less than the fan for an Xbox 360 and the fan can be easily ripped out and sold without anyone knowing where you got it from (And the reason I know that is the same reason I switched to playstation, up yours Microsoft 🖕)
*Story 3-* I had my phone stolen out of my cart before! And, I had a lazy password… (all zeros… lol) so, the person was able to turn it off as soon as the got it! 😣 The worst part was I have epilepsy, and walked to the store. So, I couldn’t go home without it. Because if I walked home and had a seizure, I wouldn’t be able to get help. So, the only help I got from the manager was to call my hubby (who was at work) to pick me up.
The actual phrase was "The Customer is always right in terms of taste." Meaning that if the customer wants something you consider gross or ugly from the shop, that's their prerogative. But somehow people forgot the last part and latched onto the "Customer is always right" part.
I got to watch the eclipse today. Where I was, it was a super thin crescent at its peak. Story 3: Even if OP was an employee, you don't snatch devices out of other people's hands. It sounded more like Karen was looking for an excuse to steal a phone, which would fail anyway since OP has several means to prove it was stolen
I was present at the one in Britain in 1999. Sadly there was cloud cover so we didn’t see it apart from the very end when it was partial. It did go dark though and the atmosphere was electric.
I love the second story where the Karen got splashed with mud and then got stuck in the mud 😂😂😂 The third story is exactly why no matter with headphones are not, I always keep my phone in my pocket, and if I do take it out just to like check the time or something, I have a firm grip on it
Story 2, I can only assume that Karen just can't conceive of a customer loading their OWN order, so of course the guy loading hay into a truck MUST be a worker. 😂,
Story 3 - Thieves love this trick. Often they will want to get possession of things, like this or to "Just Hold" something, because a property crime is often less involved than a violent crime of taking it back. Especially if they scream first people will often side with them in the heat of the moment. It's a terrible practice by terrible people that seems to work.
I can relate to the last story. I used to work for a cellphone company. Former call center workers often made the best retail employees, because they knew the system so well and could resolve issues completely. The customer was right, OP did deserve the job, and I'm glad to manager gave him the asst. manager position.
The last story was so wholesome. She was only a temporary Karen who was just having a bad day and took it out on the closest person. In the end, she turned out to be really nice.
@@kimmccarthy7747 No they're not. Some are, but a lot will march off grumbling about how they should have gotten it sooner and better and why didn't it have a cherry on top?
@@kimmccarthy7747 In my experience it's not so much getting their way as having things explained to them in a way they can understand. It's entirely possible that she didn't remember that her address wasn't up-to-date and just forgot about the bill until her phone was cut off. If my phone was cut off seemingly out of nowhere, I'd be upset too. Not to the point that she was, mind, but upset all the same. The way the interaction ended, I think it was more confusion and stress boiling over into what looked like pure entitlement. That said, the way she was acting does betray a core sense of entitlement that shouldn't be overlooked.
Yea story #3 OP, isn’t really the brightest. The Karen stole his phone and yet refuses to press charges on her because “Nah, I just wanna sleep and eat ice cream.” Than when he had the opportunity to get more compensation for this he gets the ice cream he originally planned to get!!
Story 5: They always say that the best way to *get* the job is to *do* the job and show them you can! This is the best example I've seen in a long time of making that happen.
My area its common hotspot for karens to try and steal new phone models come out One karen walked up and stole a new model out of a teenagers hand and B lined to her car only for undercover police car pulled up for new orders , she was tased for ramming her car then trying to run
Story 3 is exactly why corporate retail tells employees to not physically stop shoplifters. That dude now has a lawsuit on his hands against the store for assault if he wants to.
So I have recently learned that “The Customer is always right” saying we have all heard is technically wrong. It’s actually supposed to be “The Customer is always right in terms of Taste” basically it means what the customer likes and wants to buy they should be able to buy it without being Judged
It's because people decided to truncate the saying to excuse customers being total dirtbags to staff to get whatever they want. Or Coporate America decided "they're gonna refuse to make a sale if we don't bend over backwards for them" because "a happy customer is a buying customer". Like you said, the full saying means that customers are allowed to by whatever they want (as long as the store actually sells it) without being judged. But most people don't care that they are *not* allowed to treat staff like they're less than human just because they aren't getting their way.
Karens are out of control. Take note "the customer is always right" is referring to being right in their taste and what they like. They can often be wrong and real dumb.
Story 3: Stories like these once again prove why I am an advocate for mandatory drug or breathalyzer tests per arrest, cause we have too many entitled people whose entitlement and craziness are amplified by booze or narcotics. You have to be very whacked out of your mind to think stealing someone's phone for petty revenge is a good thing. It also astonishes me at the lengths these entitled people will go just to flip the proverbial middle finger at their targets, especially those that push back. Kind of why I say we need those tests to see if someone is intoxicated or not, cause it's a heck of a lot worse if someone is sober or sane of mind to do something like this.
Story 3: Karen commits Grand Theft by stealing OP's phone. Even if OP was an employee...theft of property is still a crime Karen. Keep your hands off other people's property! Story 5: OP actually got a recommendation from a Karen??? Holy crap...that is almost unheard of!
The last story was surprisingly wholesome if she didn't say she'd break things i would have just thought she was just having a very rough day. But she eventually calmed down and liked him enough to tell the hiring manager to hire him. I think she is one of those rare as a unicorn "Emily's" that i have heard so much about. A variety of Karen who own up to their crappy behavior and surprisingly help make life easier for those around them. Like the one from Amphibia where she was waiting for food only for the restaurant to catch fire. And while she was a little miffed about not getting her food, she agreed that safety is more important than getting some delicious foreign food and agreed to evacuate without complaints
One of the most important lessons for children is that when you're wrong, you need to admit you're wrong and apologize. Otherwise, they grow up into prideful adults who can't admit to wrongdoing.
It’s when they’ve gone so far down the rabbit hole that they can’t admit they’re wrong or they’ll end up with egg on their face until they get the wind knocked from their sails. But they always end up with egg, and charged with a felony, on their face when it’s all said and done. A customer telling another customer that they’re too lazy to help is very ironic since the offender is too lazy to go ask for help when they’re told no and that they’re in the wrong. He should have pressed charges on that woman who stole his phone otherwise she’s certainly not going to learn her lesson.
Had a customer at a store I used to work at regularly interrupt me and what I was trying to do to work in order to ask me to call them a taxi, no matter if I was on the phone, counting cash, running deposits, or with other customers, would immediately yell for me to "call them a taxi." I quit for a better job elsewhere, and went back to the store the next week for my final paycheck. Here walks in the rude customer, sees me, and yells, to call them a taxi. So I reply "OK, you're a taxi." A dumbfounded stare and a twitch of anger is all I got, but it helped make up for years of mistreatment by this random dude.
Story 3: A few pints of ice cream and a few cases of pop would not make things up to me. That adds up to $75, and I would want at least $150 for my trouble and for being tackled by security. Security should have just walked up and said that both of you need to stop whatever you are doing, separate, and then we will figure out what is going on AFTER we watch the cameras and the cops get called.
S2. Dumbarse doesn't know that actual trucks can travel across mud? Or over grass? Final story. He passed the customer challenge part of the senior management position, thus eliminating the middle steps. Kudos on Karen taming, level 3
As long as I live I will never get someone not pressing charges after a Karen did her utmost to have them arrested, threatening to ruin their life. People have spent years or even decades in prison over false allegations. If someone so brazenly attempted to have me jailed or even imprisoned, I will definitely press charges on their arse.
Story 4 has the best jab on a rude Karen I have seen thus far, lol. "Stop being nice to strangers! Niceness is only for people who work, no one is supposed to be nice to anyone ever!" Totally sound logic, here, let me also hold the door for you since you look like you have a lot of stuff you're carrying. Hope your day goes well.
I've bought both hay and horse feed plenty of times. I have yet to see anyone wearing a helmet while shopping. What I have seen are people dressed completely wrong for a hay auction. High heels and a dress are not really what you want to be wearing for that. 😅 For those that have never been to a hay auction, various farmers will bring the hay to where the auction is held. They'll bring both regular bales that can be loaded by hand, and ones that need a tractor. Each farmer's hay is separated into lots. Oftentimes, there's like 30 bales in a lot. The hay is auctioned off as price per bale. One day, everyone else had dropped out of the bidding except for a man and a woman. The auctioneer stops and says, wait a minute, aren't you 2 together? They were. 😂 They started the bidding over again.
The one thing that always baffles me in these IDWHL stories, is the Karen in question almost always accuses the customer of lying and being a lazy employee. In my 7 years of working retail, I have never even heard of an employee claiming they don't work at a store just to avoid work. This phenomenon of workers claiming they're not employees is a total fiction told by Karens. My current boss (a city woman with her hobby farm, like the Karen in the 2nd story), is one of these Karens that think this is true. 🙄
Registry gun story: I don't know about Target, but in the Walmart app it allows you to scan items for prices. Ranch country Karen story: Too bad OP didn't have a picture of Karen after he muddied her "truck". Asst. manager position story: It certainly didn't hurt that OP was in a job where he could actually help the Karen. Not everyone would have been able to.
Story 3: If she had managed to convince security and the manager that he was assaulting and robbing her, they would have stalled OP long enough to get away. That's how she thought she could have gotten away with it.
If that person was an employee loading hay for a customer, they wouldn’t be able to just give you the hay. Someone payed for it and the employee is loading it. No matter what you wait your turn.
Man OP was way too patient with having his phone stolen. She would've gotten two very intimidating warnings before by balled-up hand made rapid contact with her face.
When they said “my mum got scared and said” did anyone else finish it in their head as “you’re moving with your aunt and uncle in BelAir”? Or it just me who used to love fresh prince 😂
I can't really blame security in story 3 that their first impulse on seeing a 50 year old woman being pursued tackled to the ground by a 20 year old man is 'go and stop that guy right there'
Most stores have been self-serve since the 1940s. Yes, before then you would hand your list to the merchant, but that hasn't been the case for over 80 years. How does anyone under 100 years old think that the retail staff will do their shopping.
Because the Internet sort of brought it back. Ever placed an online grocery order? The staff fetches the already-paid-for items and delivers it straight to the trunk or that of a taxi. I used to do that kind of job when I drove a taxi.
I went to the great ole mart of wals last week and had someone ask me where some random shower item was and all I could think “is this really happening?” But I told her where I thought the item might be and she walked away. There was an employee right behind me. Yes I had ear buds in, yes she intentionally got MY attention for some reason. Now I’ve personally asked another customer where something is especially when traveling, but usually say “I know you don’t work here, but I’m hoping you can help me..” and that’s when I cant find an employee. These crazy Karen stories are completely avoidable most of the time. Of course it’s a different story when they put hands on you or take something.
Story 3: Hmmm... Depends on the size of the ice cream tubs. I'm presuming that was also 5 2-litres. I'd say time and a half at minimum wage normally, but the tackle by security might be worth double. If the whole thing only took half an hour... ~$15... honestly that was probably a fair amount if you just wanted things over with. Plus the karen probably got banned and has legal troubles now.
Story 4: I work at a bookstore chain with a uniform. One day the boyfriend and I visited another book store without a uniform. As I’m going around trying to find what I’m looking for a polite older gentleman asks me if I can help him find a book. I told him I didn’t work at THIS book store but I’d try. He didn’t have a title but from a vague description I was able to tell him the title and we found the section. Meanwhile my boyfriend was just laughing with this guy’s wife.
Hey, OP in story 3! No calling Karen a hobbit, that's an insult to hobbits! 🤣
My thoughts exactly.
Leave that to the people living across the ditch from Middle Earth (NZ).
Even the Sackville-Bagginses!
True! In all of known Middle Earth history, only 1 Hobbit (who would later change his name to Gollum) was a violent thief, & half the blame of that goes to the ring itself, as it had been infused with evil magic.
So with only 1 known aberration in millenia, you really can't go insulting the whole race.
I mean really... No Karen should even soil the name of Samwise the Brave! 😂
Story #3: I'd show that Karen how to Karen. She gets charged for attempted robbery. The store gets sued for NOT just looking over the CCTV footage. The manager gets fired for not being impartial. Sometimes Karen's need to be retrained.
Exactly
Story 3....Karen never thought OP was an employee, Karen probably steals phones like this on the regular. Cuz even your typical Karen would have stayed long enough to attempt to get the employee in trouble, her immediately running shows that was her plan from the beginning
also, op's description of himself, the cops, and employees would probably believe faster that a small woman being robbed than a large man
As soon as the Karen refused to unlock "her" phone, the police officer should've right away concluded it wasn't hers. It's pathetic when they try to deflect when they know they're going to get busted. The evasion and diversions are dead giveaways.
Easy enough to have each person write down the phone number of the phone in question, the password, and list a couple of things inside like photos or particular contacts. Not to mention fingerprint ID, if the phone has that.
Walmart security once tackled me once over a karen and I raised a stink till the person got fired, they are not allowed to tackle people.
For story 3 I would have sued the store over being assaulted by security.
My thoughts exactly
Can't now, the acceptance of the free items is considered "restitution"
Should have pressed charges. Little Hobbitses have to learn somehow!!!
@@thePheonixqueen That depends on where you live sometimes even with the free stuff you could still sue
Depends on how it actually looked like. If you simply hold onto their arm or block their way that's one thing. But since he yanked on the backpack and she went down that could easily look like someone pinning another person down to the ground. If that's the case security should not be expected to figure out what's what, both parties should be immediately restrained and separated.
OP needs to press charges on Karen for stealing his phone as well as the security for assaulting him plus the manager for allowing it to happen without checking the security cameras. Because that is what I would do.
Same.
Speaking as someone that's worked security: guard is lucky OP didn't press charges. Security in most stores is banned from touching customers, you could literally pick up a big screen TV at Walmart and walk out without paying and security/loss prevent can't do anything beyond standing in the doorway to prevent you from leaving.
Tackling OP means he just committed assault and the company would fire him and leave him to defend himself alone and unemployed.
@@FirstIsathat's pretty insane, what's the use of a security guard that can't kick the ass of a thief? Or worse, someone trying to rob the store.
@@lXlDarKSuoLlXlI think you mean rob, but the situation is still stupid
@@lXlDarKSuoLlXl They are there to dissuade theft, and to act as witness in court.
Story 3 - OP should’ve pressed charges against Karen for theft and the Security for assault.
I do not understand why people don’t press charges!!! That phone thief committed assault, battery and felony level theft. And the thief said one true thing in her deluded ramblings, bad behavior requires that a lesson be taught to the guilty party. She’s going to reframe herself as the victim in her mind because god forbid she take responsibility. And in her infinite victimhood, her rage toward others and her entitlement will grow. She’s going to be even worse the next time!
I know this sounds dramatic, but I honestly believe it’s our social responsibility to hold people like this accountable. These people are a menace to society
I think it's just a matter of people being exhausted and not wanting to prolong it. Pressing charges usually means staying and giving more detailed statements, going to the station/office to file the official reports and do paperwork, and taking time off work/school and maybe find childcare to go to court later on.
Of course it depends on the place and situation, but a lot of places make pressing charges a time consuming and tedious process and a lot of people are exhausted from just trying to survive life already and it can end up being really stressful and difficult to follow through with. A lot of times the charges end up getting dropped too, or the court can end up decided that things done in self defense are excessive and the other person can end up pressing charges against you. Which really sucks and ends up making people afraid of standing up against these sorts of things.
I've seen this happen far more than I had expected while I was volunteering with a victim advocacy organization, in the US. Sometimes all it takes is some back luck with things out of your control for the situation to turn around on you. It's terribly disheartening, and hopefully enough people will learn this and stand up to change the system.
It really sucks, because I couldn't agree more that these kind of people need to face consequences because it definitely gets worse and worse when left unchecked.
Probably because they think it will be a lot of trouble for them, which it isn't. I was once attacked and stalked by someone, and when I pressed charges all that I had to do was check my mail a year later to see the results of the case.
Eerily, I saw missing person's posters around the area that said that she was living close by at a family member's house, violating the restraining order. As far as I know, she was never found.
the customer is always right "On matters of taste". amazing how many people don't know the last bit.
basically if a customer wants charcoal fries that's fine as long as you do fries. But they are not right on the cost, the service, or anything else.
Press charges on the phone thief. Always press charges.
Story 3: I would have definitely pressed charges for theft... and then false report and harassment against the woman. And then threatened assault charges for the security tackling me when all I was doing was preventing the thief from escaping. She really wanted to get away with the phone. It's part of reason I bought a grey market phone... as it then isn't a brand name which people want to steal.
Wow, I would have lost patience with that phone-stealing Karen long before OP did. I personally would have screamed as loud as I could, “For the last time, I DON’T WORK HERE, now leave me alone”. I don’t know what the heck is wrong with that lady, but good Lord, she needs serious mental evaluation!
Story 4: I thought for a moment that when OP's mom got scared, she was going to send him to live with his auntie and uncle in Bel-Air.
3rd story was understandable except when the woman ran. Everyone should realize the runner is most likely the thief. He also said check the camera. They should've
Story 3: Karen is just keep digging herself deeper and considering smart phones are going for 8 hundred to a thousand more can be a felony theft depending where they live.
I've heard that one before, with more embellishments. Security guard was described as the Hulk, and the Karen as a Hobbit thru the whole story.
Starting to think this wasn't a customer asking an employee to fetch milk but more of an attempt to steal said item.
Why would she run if her goal was to seek a manager to report OP.
The karens an idiot and teach a lesson please shes just lieing and i bet the hobbit wanted the phone
@@Yumi_Jay I'd say because once the manager and the cops arrived, she knew she was flatfooted with the goods. You may be right, though, she was certainly fast withe the excuses for the phone ringing. She may have done it before, expecting to get away while security took down the owner.
800 to 1000 ? Thats on the low side. My s24 ultra retails for $2400 canadian.
17:53 "And my mom got scared and she said..."
I was completely expecting "You're moving with you auntie and uncle in Bel Air!" 😄😸😄😸
"Yo home to Bel Air!"
Third story seems more like a ploy to steal the phone more than anything. If she wanted to report OP why in the world would she take off with the phone and try so hard to say it's hers?
Story 3: I'm willing to bet money that that woman was just actively looking for an opportunity to steal something.
Third story: Someone just snatches my phone and I won't give them the curtesy of talking before the date between their face and my fist.
Man I would have absolutely pressed charges and sued that Karen for every penny. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Story 5: Sounds like Karen just had a bad day due to a series of events. Probably the best IDWHL ending I've seen in a long time. Best of luck to OP with the new job
I agree. It just seems she was frustrated with everything she had going on, and Op was sadly the one to take the heat. I won't call her a Karen just more like a person annoyed with everything.
Story 2 - LOL Pure Brilliance! What OP did was Awesome! Splattering mud on Karen’s useless truck and Karen gets stuck! Brilliant
I have to disagree with you and op. I had one a used it to haul stuff, trailer full of old shinglesand wood and small pop-up camper. But when I got it it was 7 years old 200000+ miles and cheap at 10 grand. The max I towed was a ton and it was not a problem
Story 3: The free stuff was a "settlement." The security guard tackling a victim of a crime then accusing them of theft, that is grounds to sue the store and they are likely to win. The manager giving the free stuff would be considered a "settlement." So if OP decides to sue the store the store can say that they have already settled and admitted fault.
And press criminal charges against both karen and the guard...
I think unless OP signed something to that effect, the free stuff would be a bribe, not a settlement. The store wants OP to feel kindly towards them.
@@OrlaQuirk Definitions of settlement in-kind
a settlement that includes payment for services with something other than cash or legal tender (eg property, machinery, goods etc) Source: legal dictionary.
@@SmilingKratosTheGodOfWar would it hold up I court if OP hadn't signed anything?
@@OrlaQuirk Depends on where it happened.
Security people in stores are not allowed to tackle people so the store can get sue for a lot of money
The story about gas stations and when He said "My mom got scared" I immediately said "You're moving with auntie and uncle in Bel-air!"
Hah!
I love the last story! THAT’S customer service! That lady is going to ask for him every time she comes in, and she will never leave disappointed. That’s awesome!
Honestly it’s stupid to steal phones, as it’s so easily a felony. With mid range phones being $500 and states having the felony amount being $500 do you really want a felony on your record for a dumb phone? Especially one that’s probably locked not just with the passcode but locked with someone’s online account too.
Or a picture of them with their girlfriend lol
I mean I'm not defending those people, but most of the time when people steal high value, locked things like phones it's not to have, it's to take apart bit by bit and sell whatever isn't locked for whatever they can get
an Xbox 360 for example is worth less than the fan for an Xbox 360 and the fan can be easily ripped out and sold without anyone knowing where you got it from (And the reason I know that is the same reason I switched to playstation, up yours Microsoft 🖕)
*Story 3-* I had my phone stolen out of my cart before! And, I had a lazy password… (all zeros… lol) so, the person was able to turn it off as soon as the got it! 😣 The worst part was I have epilepsy, and walked to the store. So, I couldn’t go home without it. Because if I walked home and had a seizure, I wouldn’t be able to get help.
So, the only help I got from the manager was to call my hubby (who was at work) to pick me up.
It has become very apparent that we need to universally change that phrase to "the customer is an entitled idiot and usually wrong"
The customer's only right when they're an actually decent person
Or just learn the entire saying.......
The actual phrase was "The Customer is always right in terms of taste." Meaning that if the customer wants something you consider gross or ugly from the shop, that's their prerogative. But somehow people forgot the last part and latched onto the "Customer is always right" part.
@@ShadowReignhartIt's similar to "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."
@@tcrpgfan Or "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness."
I got to watch the eclipse today. Where I was, it was a super thin crescent at its peak.
Story 3: Even if OP was an employee, you don't snatch devices out of other people's hands. It sounded more like Karen was looking for an excuse to steal a phone, which would fail anyway since OP has several means to prove it was stolen
We barely had any eclipse. It was supposed to more than 90%😂
Unfortunately, it was overcast, so all I got to see was darkness.
@@stellamccoy5259I'm sorry to hear that.😢
I didn't even get to see it. Simply because the White Lake area was not in the path of totality.
I was present at the one in Britain in 1999. Sadly there was cloud cover so we didn’t see it apart from the very end when it was partial. It did go dark though and the atmosphere was electric.
I love the second story where the Karen got splashed with mud and then got stuck in the mud 😂😂😂
The third story is exactly why no matter with headphones are not, I always keep my phone in my pocket, and if I do take it out just to like check the time or something, I have a firm grip on it
Poor mud got Karen in it
Oh that poor poor mud
It got all disgusting Karen all over it
That'll never come out
😄😄😄
"You can't or you won't?"
Me:"Both?"
"Both?
Both is good"
Story 2, I can only assume that Karen just can't conceive of a customer loading their OWN order, so of course the guy loading hay into a truck MUST be a worker. 😂,
Story 3 - Thieves love this trick. Often they will want to get possession of things, like this or to "Just Hold" something, because a property crime is often less involved than a violent crime of taking it back. Especially if they scream first people will often side with them in the heat of the moment. It's a terrible practice by terrible people that seems to work.
I can relate to the last story. I used to work for a cellphone company. Former call center workers often made the best retail employees, because they knew the system so well and could resolve issues completely. The customer was right, OP did deserve the job, and I'm glad to manager gave him the asst. manager position.
First an awesome total eclipse, and now Dark Fluff. My day is complete.
The last story was so wholesome. She was only a temporary Karen who was just having a bad day and took it out on the closest person. In the end, she turned out to be really nice.
While the threat to cause damage to the store rubbed me the wrong way, I do agree overall.
All Karens are nice once they get their way.
I was about to call it semi-wholesome lol
@@kimmccarthy7747 No they're not. Some are, but a lot will march off grumbling about how they should have gotten it sooner and better and why didn't it have a cherry on top?
@@kimmccarthy7747 In my experience it's not so much getting their way as having things explained to them in a way they can understand. It's entirely possible that she didn't remember that her address wasn't up-to-date and just forgot about the bill until her phone was cut off. If my phone was cut off seemingly out of nowhere, I'd be upset too. Not to the point that she was, mind, but upset all the same. The way the interaction ended, I think it was more confusion and stress boiling over into what looked like pure entitlement.
That said, the way she was acting does betray a core sense of entitlement that shouldn't be overlooked.
If someone stole my phone I would make the loudest scene to make even the Devil cower in a corner and cry. I have a scream that makes your eyes swim.
Story 3: I would have pressed every charge I could think of.
Yea story #3 OP, isn’t really the brightest.
The Karen stole his phone and yet refuses to press charges on her because “Nah, I just wanna sleep and eat ice cream.”
Than when he had the opportunity to get more compensation for this he gets the ice cream he originally planned to get!!
Story 5: They always say that the best way to *get* the job is to *do* the job and show them you can! This is the best example I've seen in a long time of making that happen.
My area its common hotspot for karens to try and steal new phone models come out
One karen walked up and stole a new model out of a teenagers hand and B lined to her car only for undercover police car pulled up for new orders , she was tased for ramming her car then trying to run
Story 3 is exactly why corporate retail tells employees to not physically stop shoplifters. That dude now has a lawsuit on his hands against the store for assault if he wants to.
Story 3: definitely not enough. I think I'd be having a panic attack and be unable to drive home in OP's position.
Story 3: My opinion is only OP can decide if what he got for all the BS was enough. It seems it was.
So I have recently learned that “The Customer is always right” saying we have all heard is technically wrong.
It’s actually supposed to be “The Customer is always right in terms of Taste” basically it means what the customer likes and wants to buy they should be able to buy it without being Judged
It's because people decided to truncate the saying to excuse customers being total dirtbags to staff to get whatever they want. Or Coporate America decided "they're gonna refuse to make a sale if we don't bend over backwards for them" because "a happy customer is a buying customer".
Like you said, the full saying means that customers are allowed to by whatever they want (as long as the store actually sells it) without being judged. But most people don't care that they are *not* allowed to treat staff like they're less than human just because they aren't getting their way.
@@woofy1988It also means that consumers drive trends, not manufacturers.
time to be optimistic enough with the snow, lets have some spring green, maybe a foal frolicking in the grass....
Oh yeah, maybe a couple of them.
Karens are out of control. Take note "the customer is always right" is referring to being right in their taste and what they like. They can often be wrong and real dumb.
Karen: Steals from someone then calls the cops
Cops: Arrest Karen
Karen: [surprised Pikachu]
Story 3: Stories like these once again prove why I am an advocate for mandatory drug or breathalyzer tests per arrest, cause we have too many entitled people whose entitlement and craziness are amplified by booze or narcotics. You have to be very whacked out of your mind to think stealing someone's phone for petty revenge is a good thing. It also astonishes me at the lengths these entitled people will go just to flip the proverbial middle finger at their targets, especially those that push back. Kind of why I say we need those tests to see if someone is intoxicated or not, cause it's a heck of a lot worse if someone is sober or sane of mind to do something like this.
I'm thinking she might be a repeat thief.
First story, the OP sounds like a gem of a person themselves and they definitely escalated the situation with their combative attitude.
Story 3: Karen commits Grand Theft by stealing OP's phone. Even if OP was an employee...theft of property is still a crime Karen. Keep your hands off other people's property!
Story 5: OP actually got a recommendation from a Karen??? Holy crap...that is almost unheard of!
The last story was surprisingly wholesome if she didn't say she'd break things i would have just thought she was just having a very rough day. But she eventually calmed down and liked him enough to tell the hiring manager to hire him. I think she is one of those rare as a unicorn "Emily's" that i have heard so much about. A variety of Karen who own up to their crappy behavior and surprisingly help make life easier for those around them. Like the one from Amphibia where she was waiting for food only for the restaurant to catch fire. And while she was a little miffed about not getting her food, she agreed that safety is more important than getting some delicious foreign food and agreed to evacuate without complaints
A marvelous total solar eclipse AND more IDWHL with Fluff. Lucky me!
The Customer is Always Wrong
❤ the last story. Freaking insane Karen gets tamed and paid OP a solid compliment. Beautiful
She sounds more like a person who just had the absolute worst day ever.
"I want to speak to someone or I'll start breaking stuff!"
Thats not an adult.
Thats a toddler.
Put her into daycare.
😂 "you guys are dumb...you don't listen good."
Genius.
"I will not take 'no' for an answer"
Too bad, because that is the answer
I once had a customer tell me: "you shouldn't be allowed to say 'no' to me" after I informed her we were out of green tea.
9:04 it's not about needing help. It's about asserting their nonexistent authority on people they consider lesser than them.
One of the most important lessons for children is that when you're wrong, you need to admit you're wrong and apologize.
Otherwise, they grow up into prideful adults who can't admit to wrongdoing.
Story 5: I knew the guy was getting that job the moment the manager said OP was there for an interview with a hands on display of how he works.
Credit where it's due to the Karen in 5 for recommending him. She might be a Karen but she also actually gave a compliment. She's better than most.
Story 3: Definitely not enough. OP should have pressed charges for theft _and_ assault.
It’s when they’ve gone so far down the rabbit hole that they can’t admit they’re wrong or they’ll end up with egg on their face until they get the wind knocked from their sails. But they always end up with egg, and charged with a felony, on their face when it’s all said and done. A customer telling another customer that they’re too lazy to help is very ironic since the offender is too lazy to go ask for help when they’re told no and that they’re in the wrong. He should have pressed charges on that woman who stole his phone otherwise she’s certainly not going to learn her lesson.
The full quote is "The customer is always right in matters of taste" btw
My first job was at grocery store, as the manager gave me the tour he said "the customer is NOT always right ".
Had a customer at a store I used to work at regularly interrupt me and what I was trying to do to work in order to ask me to call them a taxi, no matter if I was on the phone, counting cash, running deposits, or with other customers, would immediately yell for me to "call them a taxi."
I quit for a better job elsewhere, and went back to the store the next week for my final paycheck. Here walks in the rude customer, sees me, and yells, to call them a taxi. So I reply "OK, you're a taxi." A dumbfounded stare and a twitch of anger is all I got, but it helped make up for years of mistreatment by this random dude.
Always press charges for crimes committed against you.
Story 3: A few pints of ice cream and a few cases of pop would not make things up to me. That adds up to $75, and I would want at least $150 for my trouble and for being tackled by security. Security should have just walked up and said that both of you need to stop whatever you are doing, separate, and then we will figure out what is going on AFTER we watch the cameras and the cops get called.
S2. Dumbarse doesn't know that actual trucks can travel across mud? Or over grass?
Final story. He passed the customer challenge part of the senior management position, thus eliminating the middle steps. Kudos on Karen taming, level 3
As long as I live I will never get someone not pressing charges after a Karen did her utmost to have them arrested, threatening to ruin their life. People have spent years or even decades in prison over false allegations. If someone so brazenly attempted to have me jailed or even imprisoned, I will definitely press charges on their arse.
Story 4 has the best jab on a rude Karen I have seen thus far, lol. "Stop being nice to strangers! Niceness is only for people who work, no one is supposed to be nice to anyone ever!" Totally sound logic, here, let me also hold the door for you since you look like you have a lot of stuff you're carrying. Hope your day goes well.
Yea, complaining about people just being nice - like sane human beings do - makes that Karen sound like a malignant narcissist.
#3-obviously a Sackville-Baggins.
1st story. I’m so protective of my wife, that I would have pew-pewed him and never even got close to him. Combat tours and PTSD will do that to ya.
I've bought both hay and horse feed plenty of times. I have yet to see anyone wearing a helmet while shopping.
What I have seen are people dressed completely wrong for a hay auction. High heels and a dress are not really what you want to be wearing for that. 😅
For those that have never been to a hay auction, various farmers will bring the hay to where the auction is held. They'll bring both regular bales that can be loaded by hand, and ones that need a tractor. Each farmer's hay is separated into lots. Oftentimes, there's like 30 bales in a lot. The hay is auctioned off as price per bale.
One day, everyone else had dropped out of the bidding except for a man and a woman. The auctioneer stops and says, wait a minute, aren't you 2 together? They were. 😂 They started the bidding over again.
In that last story, the hiring manager must have felt like he was watching somebody deftly disarming a nuclear bomb.
The one thing that always baffles me in these IDWHL stories, is the Karen in question almost always accuses the customer of lying and being a lazy employee. In my 7 years of working retail, I have never even heard of an employee claiming they don't work at a store just to avoid work. This phenomenon of workers claiming they're not employees is a total fiction told by Karens. My current boss (a city woman with her hobby farm, like the Karen in the 2nd story), is one of these Karens that think this is true. 🙄
Registry gun story: I don't know about Target, but in the Walmart app it allows you to scan items for prices.
Ranch country Karen story: Too bad OP didn't have a picture of Karen after he muddied her "truck".
Asst. manager position story: It certainly didn't hurt that OP was in a job where he could actually help the Karen. Not everyone would have been able to.
Story 2 the customer is always right on the outside of the building! 😂
Story 3: If she had managed to convince security and the manager that he was assaulting and robbing her, they would have stalled OP long enough to get away. That's how she thought she could have gotten away with it.
Your right, the customer is always right especially if they are super, duper stupid.❤
I am astounded at the mental gymnastics of Karen saying - Well you shouldn’t help people. You are confusing them. 😳
If that person was an employee loading hay for a customer, they wouldn’t be able to just give you the hay. Someone payed for it and the employee is loading it.
No matter what you wait your turn.
Phone story i would had resisted security and taken my phone back
I would have already had my phone before security got there. OP spent a lot of unnecessary time talking.
@@crazeeazI agree with you
Man OP was way too patient with having his phone stolen. She would've gotten two very intimidating warnings before by balled-up hand made rapid contact with her face.
In the third/title story the OP should have pressed charges against both the Karen und the security guard.
Story 2, loading 40 bales into a pickup sucks, especially three times over
"I may be antisocial, but I have a violent streak."
Sociopaths:
When they said “my mum got scared and said” did anyone else finish it in their head as “you’re moving with your aunt and uncle in BelAir”? Or it just me who used to love fresh prince 😂
I can't really blame security in story 3 that their first impulse on seeing a 50 year old woman being pursued tackled to the ground by a 20 year old man is 'go and stop that guy right there'
Most stores have been self-serve since the 1940s. Yes, before then you would hand your list to the merchant, but that hasn't been the case for over 80 years. How does anyone under 100 years old think that the retail staff will do their shopping.
Because the Internet sort of brought it back. Ever placed an online grocery order? The staff fetches the already-paid-for items and delivers it straight to the trunk or that of a taxi. I used to do that kind of job when I drove a taxi.
Entitlement, mostly.
I went to the great ole mart of wals last week and had someone ask me where some random shower item was and all I could think “is this really happening?” But I told her where I thought the item might be and she walked away. There was an employee right behind me. Yes I had ear buds in, yes she intentionally got MY attention for some reason. Now I’ve personally asked another customer where something is especially when traveling, but usually say “I know you don’t work here, but I’m hoping you can help me..” and that’s when I cant find an employee. These crazy Karen stories are completely avoidable most of the time. Of course it’s a different story when they put hands on you or take something.
17:51 “One convenience store got hit too close to mine and my mom got scared and said-“
“You’re movin’ with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air”
Story 3: Hmmm... Depends on the size of the ice cream tubs. I'm presuming that was also 5 2-litres. I'd say time and a half at minimum wage normally, but the tackle by security might be worth double. If the whole thing only took half an hour... ~$15... honestly that was probably a fair amount if you just wanted things over with. Plus the karen probably got banned and has legal troubles now.
I'm guessing the Karen in story 3 was planning on selling the phone for drug money all along.
Story 2 Love the KARMA!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
That last story had me thinking about the manager's thoughts
One example: "fym you don't work here have a uniform"
Story 4: I work at a bookstore chain with a uniform. One day the boyfriend and I visited another book store without a uniform. As I’m going around trying to find what I’m looking for a polite older gentleman asks me if I can help him find a book. I told him I didn’t work at THIS book store but I’d try. He didn’t have a title but from a vague description I was able to tell him the title and we found the section. Meanwhile my boyfriend was just laughing with this guy’s wife.