Quite apart from the morality, why would you scream racial slurs at someone FOR BEING THE SAME RACE AS THE OWNER and then expect the owner to be on your side? That's some poor planning, there.
"You know, I didn't scream at you. I didn't insult you, and I didn't demand anything. I asked you a simple question and you could have just said, 'Sorry, I don't work here. And I would have responded, 'My mistake'. But you didn't do that. You decided to be a jerk about it. That's on YOU."
that MIGHT have stopped him long enough from being one to at least hopefully explain that part instead of going into a tirade on how he thinks all white people are racists
I've worn red a LOT, in stores where it IS the dress code, I'm black, and I've been mistaken as an employee back to back, and have never blown up like that. He needs to try having some anger management classes.
I'm white/Latino, so I'm a little ignorant about the delicacies of racism, thought I'm trying to learn. But even if that was a factor, which it clearly wasn't, what this guy did was definitely not the right way to go about it. Stalking and getting that aggressive with someone was not going to win him any sympathy from anyone, and it doesn't educate anybody about racial profiling. But more likely, this guy was just a complete A-hole who happened to be black, just like OP was a confused customer who happed to be white, and he trivialized a real issue in the process.
@@AnimaMandala This topic isn't something I can ever see as trivialized, I will always see it as something deeper. Something that hasn't really been addressed in the comments, is the likelihood of him having been through this before. The more you go through something negative, with a common denominator, the more you expect it, and the nastier you're expected to react. I can see it be weaponized for nothing though; and he has my sympathy for the aforementioned likelihood, not his anger.
My friend grew up in a large Italian family (he's the oldest of ten kids). He told me his mom's skills with sandals were like a crazy special effect - she could throw the sandal, wing it around the corner, and it returned like a boomerang! (I chalk the last part up to his creative storytelling skills, lol) 😄
Growing up and into my 50s I was a redhead (I’m in my early 60s so there’s much more “blonde” than red lol) and we redheads don’t put up with finger snapping in the face (my family is full of redheads from both sides). That Karen may have lost her fingers if she’d tried that on me. I could never have been a waitress…..definitely never had the temperament for putting up with a-holes!
Story 6: This is *NOT* how to handle being mistaken for an employee. Even if he had a bad day, still doesn't excuse blowing up on OP for sheepishly asking him a simple question.
There is a possibility (NOT certainty, simply possibility) that the guy was actually shoplifting, and he was waiting by the door for a chance to run. Then he gets a "gift from the gods," as it were, by way of this person not knowing if he worked there. He creates a scene, plays the race card, and then as a result of the confusion makes a clean getaway. I am basing this solely on others' experiences that have been posted on videos with similar stories, wherein they have stated that shoplifters will create a scene in order to effect an easier escape.
I seriously wonder what's going on in a Karen's head when not one, but FOUR people tell her that someone is not an employee. Does her brain shut down? Does it get stuck on something? I really don't understand what would possess someone to keep on harassing another customer. Does she think that people are always lying or something?
Story #6: "Racism comes in all forms!" Yes, it does. And automatically assuming that someone else must be racist, without supporting evidence, is also a form of racism.
Something like this happened to me a few times, always from the same guy. He and his family would come through the self checkout and he would (very loudly) accuse me of thinking he's stealing because he's black if I look in there general direction. Hell, I remember one time something fell off a shelf in a nearby aisle, and his first instinct was to look at me and go off when I naturally look towards the sound of the item falling. It's been years, but this whole attitude of, "*insert minority here* can't be racist because they're not white" just really pisses me off.
@@stevenbart2375 The attitude sounds suspicious. If I wasn't thinking he was stealing before that outburst, I would definitely suspect him of stealing something after it.
Story 4: yeah sorry I don't care who you are or what you look like When any middle aged mom or grandma's sandal comes off you in for a beat down- they don't put up with anything. They did their time raising respectful kids/members of society, most likely with that same shoe. They got nothing lose and are tired of your BS when the shoe comes off.
Story 4: People that don't think employees are human, just objects to push around and stuff, as well as people who are racists, are the kinds of people to be pretty nasty to other people. He was WAY too comfortable harassing people
_He always believed in making the accuser so uncomfortable that they will keep him in mind next time they wrongfully profile another person._ Oh, OP's dad is just like me then. Making assholes become the star of the show and putting them under the spotlight while blasting them for everyone to hear.
Last story: he was probably sensitive because guys wearing red shirts are always targeted and the most likely to die, if I learned anything from Star Trek (the original series).
The trick to being a redshirt is surviving long enough to get enough experience, advance in rank, & become a regular. Then they won't risk you as much & your chances of dying drop dramatically since you are harder to replace. But also don't advance too high so you don't have to take on all the responsibilities of the most senior officer (head of your department). Hence in Starfleet I am in Security, but only Commander rank & 2nd in my department. 😂
@@nancyomalley6286 😄 And your comment comes with "translate to English" google comment. It doesn't translate Trekkie, by the way, it translates "here" as "gentleman".
Free meal isnt good enough in that situation, the moment that supervisor started trying to cover for that manager showed that it wasnt the first time that manager had likely been racially profiling guests like she did. I would have pushed for that Karen's immediate firing by the supervisor and for it to be done there and then in front of everyone and made sure the forms were filled out there and then. Any other worker would be fired afterwards, but management tend to just get moved around or a note put in their file.
@@JuntosXlaLibertadMileyBuIIrich Saw your comment, looked at your pfp, laughed and dismissed you. Go look at our history and lives right now, take an ethics class, then act as if we aren't victims. Though change is unlikely, you'll be educated, and objectively know your conduct is harmful, which is important for society to develop.
Everyone has a race, everyone can use the race card. Some races more than others because discrimination IS still a relevant thing. AND YOU CANNOT CALL A GROUP OF PEOPLE "THEM" WHEN TALKING ABOUT RACISM AND NOT BE RACIST.@michaelcaldwell2090
The last story: the man was being a hypocrite, yes racism does come in all forms. He accused op of being racist because she is white. That is racist and racial profiling, just because he is black doesn’t give him the right to not only harass op but follow her in the store.
I'll never understand the 'you can't speak a foreign language in America' mindset. I mean, yes, it's a very good idea to be able to speak English if you live or are visiting here, but people speak other languages to friends or family or whatever all the time. I live in the northern part of California; it's not the most super-diverse area, but I don't think I've gone a week of my life while living here without hearing someone speaking Spanish, or a foreign tourist speaking French or German, or an Asian family up from the city speaking Chinese or Japanese to each other. Getting offended by someone speaking a different language when they're not even talking to you is a major red flag regardless of the context.
The U.S. has no official language and their First Amendment even protects speech in a foreign language. We're talking about the country where the Karen (meme) originates.
I nearly got fired because an Indian guy took his complaint to corporate that me, a white guy, was speaking Mandarin to coworkers in front of him when I shouldn't be doing that. Mind you, this was at a bank specializing in the Chinese American market...
@@txquartz Sheesh, talk about whiney. And a sign of the times that you nearly got fired because of it, instead of your bosses telling the other guy to GTFO.
Story 1 - I feel so bad for people like OP who have to deal with people like that Karen Manager. I really don’t understand why people think that it’s okay to treat people like that. It’s disgusting.
I thought the dad was going to say give the mariachi band a free dinner too. That'd be the only fair thing to do that way it shows that everybody gets to be treated equally.
Story 4: And I just saw a sound barrier breaking shock wave came by where I'm at miles away because of that loud sandal smack, now my ears are ringing lol
Story 4: That's the universal sound of the chancla, ladies and gents! Moms, abuelas (Grandmas) and Tias (aunts) use that to stop the nonsense. If you see anyone that has their chancla out, they mean business. Don't mess with them! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why didn't the waitress introduce those two to the table so that Karen would see that they weren't weight staff that they were actually guests? You always ask the tables permission if two others or more people can join them. Then introduce the people that are going to be joining the table. You don't let them self-serve themselves like that that just seems rude and prevents more awkwardness.
@@meh2510 Yeah I've never done serving but I'm pretty sure that's the protocol that whenever you do combined tables you have to do that in order to get approval because they may not want them there. It might be a private party. I guess they may not be professionally trained to do stuff like that It might be just a server that just started.
I suppose it could be possible the waiter had already asked when the family was first seated if they would be okay for getting strangers also seated there, because the place was full and they didn't take all the seats and the waiter had guessed it would probably become something needed soon anyway. But the fact that the mother of the family seems to have been totally blind to the fact that the Chinese girl came with a white American girl and they both sat down, and presumably looked as being together when it comes to their body language is also a bit odd. Well, I suppose it's possible she was somebody who actually had some sort of real mental issues. A nightmare for rest of that family as something like that would presumably happen pretty often whenever they tried to go somewhere all together as a family. And they maybe had to "rescue" the mother fairly often from all types of situations every time she left the house. 😆
Chinese restaurant story: Good grief, that woman was so incredibly entitled and racist she wouldn't even listen to her own family telling her she was wrong. She's lucky the owner only told her and her family to leave and didn't call the police to have her officially trespassed. Best Buy story: Last time I checked the uniform at Best Buy was a light blue polo and slacks. A black tee and basketball shorts certainly doesn't match their uniform. Even if OP was a new hire who hadn't been given his uniform yet, he would have been told to dress more professional than that. After his arrest the jerk needed to be seen by an optometrist. Thrift store story: Definitely racist and another one that needs a trip to the optometrist. Also who is she that thinks THRIFT STORES carries different sizes of shoes in the back? That's not how thrift stores work. Red shirt story: IMO the guy in the shirt was being racist. He refused to accept an apology or listen to an explanation.
OMG everyone needs a mother with a sandal with them when they are in a retail establishment. If more people got a sandal to the face in response to them assaulting people, word might spread and the assaulters might think twice before getting in someone's space and laying hands on them.
Any time someone clicks their fingers or whistles at a service worker, I think of Gordon Ramsay's "don't treat me like a dog, you look more like a dog than I do" and I can feel my little soul fill with joy every time.
Only problem with that sassy one liner is that most dogs are pretty cute & I wouldn't want to be complimenting some rude jerk who's snapping their fingers or whistling to get a worker's attention...
@@starrywizdom I mean... Generally speaking if you call someone a dog in this specific context, I doubt they're gonna look at you and think "aww this person is calling me a pomeranian" are they?🤨
Mamma with the sandal IS wielding a deadly weapon. I've seen an Armenian mamma using a shoe like that. It's very much like my own Granny and her wooden sppon. A-hole dude had better learn that lesson from the woman, jail isn't half as scary as that shoe and the woman behind it.
Story 2: 5 different people...including TWO of her very own family...told her she was wrong...because all Asian-looking people are Chinese waitresses, huh Karen? Story 5: Karen "Well, you just looked like the type of person that would work in retail." OP "Well, you look like a nice person...but I guess we are both wrong."
Seriously. I’ve had a couple of my own, and they’ve thankfully all gone like this: Person: (Asks me random tech question. These have all happened in Best Buy.) Me: “Oh, I don’t work here sir/ma’am.” Person: “Oh! I’m sorry!” (Usually starts apologizing before I’ve even finished saying I don’t work there.) Me: “No worries. Have a good one.” THATS IT! WHY ARE MANNERS SO HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE!?
I think Annie should have said, "Even if you get me fired, I'll just get re-hired automatically because I'm Chinese and therefore required to work here. Your words, not mine."
Story 1 I would think maybe op could have had a band member say he wasn't a member but who knows. Karen's are super determined they're right no matter what.
If I see someone that might work in whatever store I'm in and I need help, I always Politely ask them if they work here and if they say no, I apologize for disturbing them, wish them a nice day and move on looking for an actual Employee of the store for help...
Story 1: The one time being a Karen is justified. I think in general be nice and be careful of running your mouth off because of someone looks because you would be in the hole with your boss.
I've been mistaken as a worker many times. The weirdest was two old white ladies came up to me and my friend who were fresh out of middle school. And asked us for help in a clothing store. We were both looking for her size pants and I was folding them back up after holding them against my friend. Guess that looked like working despite us looking way too young. But I said we don't work here she looked embarrassed and her and her friend whispered as they walked away. Me and my friend joked that she probably saw two Hispanic girls and thought no way they'd be in this store without being workers.
Why do people INSIST they are right when someone tells them multiple times they are not employees/certain people? Why would they lie about something like that especially if they don’t act the part?!
I work in an office with a fairly relaxed dress code, but I usually still wear polo shirts and long pants. I had to run to Target on my lunch break once, and just so happened to be wearing a red polo shirt, which I didn’t realize until I entered the store. Thankfully, the one person who did mistake me as an employee realized the truth the moment I turned around, so there was no drama.
For that last story, while I get being tired of being asked if I worked somewhere because of my race or because I wore certain clothing, OP had one really solid reason that provides the context as to why they thought he worked there: the notebook, and standing right next to the stockroom. Plus, going by OP’s account, they were polite, and didn’t do anything like snap in their face or be disrespectful. It sounds like the guy was tired of being asked, but instead of listening, he kinda just took it out on OP, which isn’t very fair, but there may be a lead up to the guy just being done. Doesn’t pardon his behavior, but it explains it.
I don't get these. I and everyone I know in the south was raised to go up to someone, wait for an opportunity and politely ask if they work here, then ask the questions if they say yes, or go find someone else if they don't. Why is this no longer taught and used??
Okay with story two. It goes to prove that if you're in a Chinese restaurant. That no matter if you're Chinese, Japanese, Korean, whatever. Apparently karens think you work there.
Yup, I got yelled at for 'sitting on the job' while waiting for my take out order. I was wearing sweat pants and a paint covered t-shirt. But Asian in Asian restaurant must be employee.
I really don't get this. Every time I eat in any flavour of Asian restaurant, about half the customers are various flavours of Asian. Even awkward, white, autistic me can tell they're not waitstaff, because they're not acting like waitstaff! Whatever happened to social context clues? These karens must be even worse off than I am...
1st story: Looks can be deceiving Karen, not everyone is a employee or in a band based on clothing or looks. All stories: Also snapping fingers at people is rude and won't get people to do what you say.
I mean, the fact that it took OP's father to say to the Karen "I want to speak to your Manager" for her to realize that he wasn't a member of Staff or part of the mariachi band. So, it shouldn't have been escalated.
Even then mariachi wear trajes de charro the suit and sombrero the dad sounds like he's wearing a vestido de Vaquero the cowboy get up how can you confuse the two they're different styles that look nothing similar the dad also sounds Latino not Hispanic
The Chinese restauranteur should not have sent the family at the large table away. Only the wife was misbehaving. I'd have let the husband and children stay but make the woman leave the restaurant. That would have been a greater slap in the (racist) face.
Black T-shirt, Basketball shorts, gold chain, speaking a different language completely uncommon in American retail industry, yup checks out, definitely employee. SMH
Story 1: when asked what they can do to make it right, he should have said "Please invite the band members to come eat from the taco bar with us for free" haha
On the last story I don't care what you thought her reasoning was for mistaking you for an employee the fact that you snapped and act like someone who's completely unhinged you become the jerk and the profiler, so in my opinion he either has anger management issues or he had something going on in his system because that seems a little quick to jump to extremes and just the way he was serving the doors to the back room even though he was not an employee
@@Tyrunner0097I married a Brazilian woman. You are not wrong. I find Latin culture and Mediterranean culture similar. My mother was first generation Italian.
Last weekend I wore a red shirt to Canadian Tire, whose uniform consists of red shirts. I spent a good amount of time in there and no one confused me with an employee. An hour later, I wore the same shirt in Rona, whose uniforms are definitely NOT a red shirt, and in 5 minutes was asked twice if I worked there. No IDWHL story out of that, just proof that Rona customers are fucking blind.
I don't get it, just because a lot of Filipinos in Hong Kong, come there to work, does that mean to this Karen, that they all work at this one store, and are on duty 24/7? That makes no sense. I mean I know for a fact when I worked I 1. Had days off and 2. Didn't work at every office that existed.
A lot of Filipinos in HK work as either maids or retail. Rarely do they have the typical office jobs in HK. So yeah, the incorrect and racist assumption was on point for the Chinese woman.
Hey @DarkFluff...the change in format (all stories being same topic) has been refreshing and makes the whole vid all the more enjoyable! Thank you and best wishes to yourself and Steve-O! 🤝 🤝 🤝 (Just a viewer request, but especially with this newer format more of the "Tales From Tech Support" and "Stories about Kevin" would be epic! 🤟🤟🤙🤙)
All I can think about after hearing stories like this because there are an endless supply them is I can’t imagine how many other stories that the actual employees have about Karen’s and just regular people treating them like trash. I just know I’m gonna be extra nice all the stores I go to because they have to put up with a lot of shit.
story 2, got to witness something similar and the two others of the group looked at the offending person and said "walk home, it's only a mile for you and you are not going to try and ruin this night for the rest of us." the offending person kept trying before someone else butted in right before i did and forcefully (but respectfully) removed the karen. everyone cheered and that karen was a fuming raging tempertantrum outside while that brick wall of a dude just stood there to keep her out. i heard his meal got comped.
1st story: All the manager had to do was politely ask, "Are you a guest?" or "Are you playing with the band?" Her assumption got her into very deep water, as it should have. The lady with the trench coat, when she told the customer, "Well, you look like the type of person who would work in retail," the comeback should have been, "Really? Well, you look like the type of person who would clean septic tanks."
Story #4: aaaw! Sad! She should have thrown the sandal after this guy!! My dad says, in Türkiye (or any other arabic country) the highest insult you can get is beeing slapped or thrown at with a sandal!! That's just awesome! This dude hust got the biggest insult you can get in the arabic world! 🤣✌🏾
My mother is from the Philippines, but we lived overseas for some time. The country we used to live in would also frequently employ Filipinas as domestic helpers (i.e. maids). Once the fathers of one of my classmates dropped by the house for something school related (many parents would often pitch in to help out whenever there were school events and festivals - so this was fairly common). Dad was at work, so mom answered the door and...he asked her if her employer was around. To be fair, mom had been in the middle of doing housework, so that likely contributed to the assumption and he was extremely apologetic once she explained that she was not a maid and was in fact my mother. That being said, he probably wouldn't have made that assumption if mom had been Caucasian.
Story 1: I don’t get it. Even if the dad had been part of the band, what does it matter if he ate from the food? Sounds like everyone had to pay for their own food and drinks anyway. In the restaurants I’ve worked in part of the bands pay was free food and a beer or two.
Quite apart from the morality, why would you scream racial slurs at someone FOR BEING THE SAME RACE AS THE OWNER and then expect the owner to be on your side? That's some poor planning, there.
"Customer is always right" mentality
In addition, screaming racial slurs in a restaurant frequented by the people you're being racist against.
@@Nyperold018 Maybe that's why she was never seen there again. Dun dun duuuuuuun!
Why? Because she's an idiot.
Entitlement = -35 to -75 INT/ -45 SPEED/ -45 to -80 LUCK
@16:20 *_ANGRY ARMENIAN MOM SANDAL JUSTICE!!_* I should be paying you for _THAT_ one!!
"He will send you to Jesus!"
Armenian chanclas
@@dinascharnhorst659016:26 - I agree! Chancla Internazionale!!! 😬😰😱
He got bitched slapped with the Chancla 🙂
@@dinascharnhorst6590 To the tune of the Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian.
"You know, I didn't scream at you. I didn't insult you, and I didn't demand anything. I asked you a simple question and you could have just said, 'Sorry, I don't work here. And I would have responded, 'My mistake'. But you didn't do that. You decided to be a jerk about it. That's on YOU."
@@gorilladisco9108 Pretty sure that's a racial slur based off of stupid bs made up by the assclowns at Fox.
that MIGHT have stopped him long enough from being one to at least hopefully explain that part instead of going into a tirade on how he thinks all white people are racists
I've worn red a LOT, in stores where it IS the dress code, I'm black, and I've been mistaken as an employee back to back, and have never blown up like that. He needs to try having some anger management classes.
I'm white/Latino, so I'm a little ignorant about the delicacies of racism, thought I'm trying to learn. But even if that was a factor, which it clearly wasn't, what this guy did was definitely not the right way to go about it. Stalking and getting that aggressive with someone was not going to win him any sympathy from anyone, and it doesn't educate anybody about racial profiling. But more likely, this guy was just a complete A-hole who happened to be black, just like OP was a confused customer who happed to be white, and he trivialized a real issue in the process.
@@AnimaMandala This topic isn't something I can ever see as trivialized, I will always see it as something deeper. Something that hasn't really been addressed in the comments, is the likelihood of him having been through this before. The more you go through something negative, with a common denominator, the more you expect it, and the nastier you're expected to react. I can see it be weaponized for nothing though; and he has my sympathy for the aforementioned likelihood, not his anger.
@@Flowerpotpowerrrrr Thank you for your input, and for being civil. I'll definitely make an effort to keep that in mind.
@@AnimaMandala Haha, of course! I'm glad you gained something from my reply, and thank you for yours!
everyone has their breaking point, that said the non employee seems a little too fixated on race for my liking
Story 4 - The wrath of the Chancla strikes again!
😄I have heard that moms have something like target lock with those sandals.
And with added righteous fury
That would be an amazing title for a comedy movie. 🤣🤣🤣
The second I heard the word "sandal" I got excited
My friend grew up in a large Italian family (he's the oldest of ten kids). He told me his mom's skills with sandals were like a crazy special effect - she could throw the sandal, wing it around the corner, and it returned like a boomerang! (I chalk the last part up to his creative storytelling skills, lol) 😄
Story 2 - The moment OP mentions Karen snapping her fingers in Annie’s face I’m immediately think ‘Oh HELL NO.’ I hate it when people do that.
The very depths of utter rudeness! 😡
I like to think I’m not quick to anger, but finger snapping, especially in my face, is a good way to make me REALLY angry
That is someone asking to get their face slapped and it would require a massive effort to not comply with that request.
Growing up and into my 50s I was a redhead (I’m in my early 60s so there’s much more “blonde” than red lol) and we redheads don’t put up with finger snapping in the face (my family is full of redheads from both sides). That Karen may have lost her fingers if she’d tried that on me. I could never have been a waitress…..definitely never had the temperament for putting up with a-holes!
That’s how you lose fingers.
Story 6: This is *NOT* how to handle being mistaken for an employee. Even if he had a bad day, still doesn't excuse blowing up on OP for sheepishly asking him a simple question.
There is a possibility (NOT certainty, simply possibility) that the guy was actually shoplifting, and he was waiting by the door for a chance to run. Then he gets a "gift from the gods," as it were, by way of this person not knowing if he worked there. He creates a scene, plays the race card, and then as a result of the confusion makes a clean getaway.
I am basing this solely on others' experiences that have been posted on videos with similar stories, wherein they have stated that shoplifters will create a scene in order to effect an easier escape.
@@TheDespotofCartoonsHe was just being a baby.
Some smarty voice in me was saying, "Would you feel better if I assumed you were there to rob the store instead?".
I don't blame the guy as that is annoying.
@@KazeShikamaru so you support the bIm thugs then
I seriously wonder what's going on in a Karen's head when not one, but FOUR people tell her that someone is not an employee. Does her brain shut down? Does it get stuck on something? I really don't understand what would possess someone to keep on harassing another customer. Does she think that people are always lying or something?
Story #6:
"Racism comes in all forms!"
Yes, it does.
And automatically assuming that someone else must be racist, without supporting evidence, is also a form of racism.
Something like this happened to me a few times, always from the same guy. He and his family would come through the self checkout and he would (very loudly) accuse me of thinking he's stealing because he's black if I look in there general direction. Hell, I remember one time something fell off a shelf in a nearby aisle, and his first instinct was to look at me and go off when I naturally look towards the sound of the item falling. It's been years, but this whole attitude of, "*insert minority here* can't be racist because they're not white" just really pisses me off.
AMEN!
@@stevenbart2375 The attitude sounds suspicious. If I wasn't thinking he was stealing before that outburst, I would definitely suspect him of stealing something after it.
@@meh2510 Yeah, I thought so too, but not until way after the fact.
Smolletting is so hot right now.
Story 4: yeah sorry I don't care who you are or what you look like When any middle aged mom or grandma's sandal comes off you in for a beat down- they don't put up with anything. They did their time raising respectful kids/members of society, most likely with that same shoe. They got nothing lose and are tired of your BS when the shoe comes off.
All hail and fear...la chancla!!
Story 4: People that don't think employees are human, just objects to push around and stuff, as well as people who are racists, are the kinds of people to be pretty nasty to other people. He was WAY too comfortable harassing people
That's American culture for you. Your worth as a human is based on your bank account.
Hey least he got la chancla to the face for his trouble
Every time I hear these stories I wonder why people touch strangers?!?!? That’s so weird!
Agreed. You never know where they've been! 😮
Bullies trying to intimidate, if it works during childhood then it should work in adulthood.
_He always believed in making the accuser so uncomfortable that they will keep him in mind next time they wrongfully profile another person._
Oh, OP's dad is just like me then.
Making assholes become the star of the show and putting them under the spotlight while blasting them for everyone to hear.
Last story: he was probably sensitive because guys wearing red shirts are always targeted and the most likely to die, if I learned anything from Star Trek (the original series).
LOL! Fellow Trekkie here!
@@nancyomalley6286 Me too! 😂😂😂😂
I refuse to wear ensign red or security yellow.
The trick to being a redshirt is surviving long enough to get enough experience, advance in rank, & become a regular. Then they won't risk you as much & your chances of dying drop dramatically since you are harder to replace. But also don't advance too high so you don't have to take on all the responsibilities of the most senior officer (head of your department). Hence in Starfleet I am in Security, but only Commander rank & 2nd in my department. 😂
@@nancyomalley6286 😄 And your comment comes with "translate to English" google comment.
It doesn't translate Trekkie, by the way, it translates "here" as "gentleman".
Story 1: Good on dad. He enjoyed that free meal.
Free drinks for the night for his table …. lol. Well beyond the price of a free meal.
Free meal isnt good enough in that situation, the moment that supervisor started trying to cover for that manager showed that it wasnt the first time that manager had likely been racially profiling guests like she did. I would have pushed for that Karen's immediate firing by the supervisor and for it to be done there and then in front of everyone and made sure the forms were filled out there and then. Any other worker would be fired afterwards, but management tend to just get moved around or a note put in their file.
@@Ryanthusar a good supervisor would have made her pay for all the drinks that the table had … at her expense
The dad became the Karen for the sake of good. It's like the perfect form of justice and karma all wrapped into one lol
@@Topbeehlerit’s not being a Karen when it’s justified.
Final Story - Sounds like the guy’s unhinged or something. OP made an honest mistake and apologized to him but the guy wouldn’t let it go.
No he's just black.
And they have the nerve to ask for reparations...
@@JuntosXlaLibertadMileyBuIIrich Saw your comment, looked at your pfp, laughed and dismissed you. Go look at our history and lives right now, take an ethics class, then act as if we aren't victims. Though change is unlikely, you'll be educated, and objectively know your conduct is harmful, which is important for society to develop.
@@FlowerpotpowerrrrrIf the majority of them can use the race card to their advantage, they will. Plain and simple
Everyone has a race, everyone can use the race card. Some races more than others because discrimination IS still a relevant thing. AND YOU CANNOT CALL A GROUP OF PEOPLE "THEM" WHEN TALKING ABOUT RACISM AND NOT BE RACIST.@michaelcaldwell2090
The last story: the man was being a hypocrite, yes racism does come in all forms. He accused op of being racist because she is white. That is racist and racial profiling, just because he is black doesn’t give him the right to not only harass op but follow her in the store.
Story 2 - Why do Entitled people think that snapping their fingers at people or in their faces is a good idea?
I know right? It seems more a good way to get your fingers broken than get what you want.
Because regular employees can’t do anything about it.
@@scuba535good thing they weren’t employees :)
I'll never understand the 'you can't speak a foreign language in America' mindset. I mean, yes, it's a very good idea to be able to speak English if you live or are visiting here, but people speak other languages to friends or family or whatever all the time. I live in the northern part of California; it's not the most super-diverse area, but I don't think I've gone a week of my life while living here without hearing someone speaking Spanish, or a foreign tourist speaking French or German, or an Asian family up from the city speaking Chinese or Japanese to each other. Getting offended by someone speaking a different language when they're not even talking to you is a major red flag regardless of the context.
The U.S. has no official language and their First Amendment even protects speech in a foreign language. We're talking about the country where the Karen (meme) originates.
I nearly got fired because an Indian guy took his complaint to corporate that me, a white guy, was speaking Mandarin to coworkers in front of him when I shouldn't be doing that. Mind you, this was at a bank specializing in the Chinese American market...
@@txquartz Sheesh, talk about whiney. And a sign of the times that you nearly got fired because of it, instead of your bosses telling the other guy to GTFO.
Story 1 - I feel so bad for people like OP who have to deal with people like that Karen Manager. I really don’t understand why people think that it’s okay to treat people like that. It’s disgusting.
Story 6: some people just want to see racism in every action towards them.
LOL, sandal to the side of a face. Mother's with sandals are more than just a meme.
Just like Paul "Pauly" Fenech (the Australian bogan star) and his thong/flip-flop smacks.
I thought the dad was going to say give the mariachi band a free dinner too. That'd be the only fair thing to do that way it shows that everybody gets to be treated equally.
I like it! (The band would have liked it, too!)
Story 4 A rude poke to the face in exchange for a sandal slap to the face by one angry momma bear. Sounds very fair to me.
Never mess with a mama with a chancla! La chancla will win, and it will hurt!
Story 5 (4in4t92): Mom _could have_ replied:
> And you look like the kind of person whose decayed body is found by the landlord.
Story 4: And I just saw a sound barrier breaking shock wave came by where I'm at miles away because of that loud sandal smack, now my ears are ringing lol
S4: Nice to see EVERYONE speaks chancla to the face!😂😂😂
Story 4: That's the universal sound of the chancla, ladies and gents! Moms, abuelas (Grandmas) and Tias (aunts) use that to stop the nonsense. If you see anyone that has their chancla out, they mean business. Don't mess with them! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why didn't hotel supervisor ask the band if he was one of their group?
She suffered "Head Up Arse Syndrome"! 🤨
Because Karens are always right! 😂😂😂😂
Because a racist like that thinks “why else would a Mexican man be at this ‘fancy’ hotel I work at.”
What- use logic??
My mother could throw shoes like a ninja. She'd catch you at a full run.
Why didn't the waitress introduce those two to the table so that Karen would see that they weren't weight staff that they were actually guests?
You always ask the tables permission if two others or more people can join them. Then introduce the people that are going to be joining the table. You don't let them self-serve themselves like that that just seems rude and prevents more awkwardness.
I agree. Mom was still a racist jerk, but the waiter really should have asked first.
I did think that was odd. Sure they were busy, but it would have only taken a moment.
@@meh2510 Yeah I've never done serving but I'm pretty sure that's the protocol that whenever you do combined tables you have to do that in order to get approval because they may not want them there. It might be a private party. I guess they may not be professionally trained to do stuff like that It might be just a server that just started.
I suppose it could be possible the waiter had already asked when the family was first seated if they would be okay for getting strangers also seated there, because the place was full and they didn't take all the seats and the waiter had guessed it would probably become something needed soon anyway.
But the fact that the mother of the family seems to have been totally blind to the fact that the Chinese girl came with a white American girl and they both sat down, and presumably looked as being together when it comes to their body language is also a bit odd. Well, I suppose it's possible she was somebody who actually had some sort of real mental issues. A nightmare for rest of that family as something like that would presumably happen pretty often whenever they tried to go somewhere all together as a family. And they maybe had to "rescue" the mother fairly often from all types of situations every time she left the house. 😆
LOVE the mom with the sandal! Great job! I've heard that those sandals are fantastic for discipline 👏 😂
Story 4: Friend's Mum for the win with that sandal! 😂😂😂
Chinese restaurant story: Good grief, that woman was so incredibly entitled and racist she wouldn't even listen to her own family telling her she was wrong. She's lucky the owner only told her and her family to leave and didn't call the police to have her officially trespassed.
Best Buy story: Last time I checked the uniform at Best Buy was a light blue polo and slacks. A black tee and basketball shorts certainly doesn't match their uniform. Even if OP was a new hire who hadn't been given his uniform yet, he would have been told to dress more professional than that. After his arrest the jerk needed to be seen by an optometrist.
Thrift store story: Definitely racist and another one that needs a trip to the optometrist. Also who is she that thinks THRIFT STORES carries different sizes of shoes in the back? That's not how thrift stores work.
Red shirt story: IMO the guy in the shirt was being racist. He refused to accept an apology or listen to an explanation.
MVP to mom. Mommas with a sandal are like a battalion of SAS on a mission. Don't mess with them
I just want to say GO MAMA Love the sandal smackdown LOL
Story 6: He has been listening this channel and was just looking for the opportunity to have his own "I don't work here" experience. LOL
OMG everyone needs a mother with a sandal with them when they are in a retail establishment. If more people got a sandal to the face in response to them assaulting people, word might spread and the assaulters might think twice before getting in someone's space and laying hands on them.
Story 4 - HELL YEAH KUDOS to the MOTHER!!! Go Sandal skills!!!!
Any time someone clicks their fingers or whistles at a service worker, I think of Gordon Ramsay's "don't treat me like a dog, you look more like a dog than I do" and I can feel my little soul fill with joy every time.
Only problem with that sassy one liner is that most dogs are pretty cute & I wouldn't want to be complimenting some rude jerk who's snapping their fingers or whistling to get a worker's attention...
@@starrywizdom I mean... Generally speaking if you call someone a dog in this specific context, I doubt they're gonna look at you and think "aww this person is calling me a pomeranian" are they?🤨
Mamma with the sandal IS wielding a deadly weapon. I've seen an Armenian mamma using a shoe like that. It's very much like my own Granny and her wooden sppon. A-hole dude had better learn that lesson from the woman, jail isn't half as scary as that shoe and the woman behind it.
Story 2: 5 different people...including TWO of her very own family...told her she was wrong...because all Asian-looking people are Chinese waitresses, huh Karen?
Story 5: Karen "Well, you just looked like the type of person that would work in retail." OP "Well, you look like a nice person...but I guess we are both wrong."
So she thought he was the store manager. And he got offended by that.
If I were Karen's family ,I'd never dine out with her again.
Story 4 : the chancla ! THE HOLY CHANCLA ! MAY GOD SAVE OUR SOULS THE CHANCLA IS OUT !!!!
That last story feels like the dude was trying to do something he shouldn't and got super pissed that OP had brought attention to him.
That last story... When the guy kept saying r comes in all forms, I would have just replied: "Yes I agree" and walked away
I am so thankful that all my IDWHL stories have been normal and not outrageous
Seriously. I’ve had a couple of my own, and they’ve thankfully all gone like this:
Person: (Asks me random tech question. These have all happened in Best Buy.)
Me: “Oh, I don’t work here sir/ma’am.”
Person: “Oh! I’m sorry!” (Usually starts apologizing before I’ve even finished saying I don’t work there.)
Me: “No worries. Have a good one.”
THATS IT! WHY ARE MANNERS SO HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE!?
@@RepellentJeff right. A quick apology and sometimes a point in the right direction is all it takes.
@@RepellentJeff good question!
@@RepellentJeff Either because they weren't taught them growing up, don't want to admit they were wrong or both.
I think Annie should have said, "Even if you get me fired, I'll just get re-hired automatically because I'm Chinese and therefore required to work here. Your words, not mine."
Story 1 I would think maybe op could have had a band member say he wasn't a member but who knows. Karen's are super determined they're right no matter what.
If I see someone that might work in whatever store I'm in and I need help, I always Politely ask them if they work here and if they say no, I apologize for disturbing them, wish them a nice day and move on looking for an actual Employee of the store for help...
Snapping fingers in my face would result in someone getting some broken fingers....
Story 1: The one time being a Karen is justified. I think in general be nice and be careful of running your mouth off because of someone looks because you would be in the hole with your boss.
I've been mistaken as a worker many times. The weirdest was two old white ladies came up to me and my friend who were fresh out of middle school. And asked us for help in a clothing store. We were both looking for her size pants and I was folding them back up after holding them against my friend. Guess that looked like working despite us looking way too young. But I said we don't work here she looked embarrassed and her and her friend whispered as they walked away. Me and my friend joked that she probably saw two Hispanic girls and thought no way they'd be in this store without being workers.
Why do people INSIST they are right when someone tells them multiple times they are not employees/certain people? Why would they lie about something like that especially if they don’t act the part?!
I think we all wish we could have seen that sandal slap in person
Fear the sandle!
Here in sunny Florida, "Fear the Flipflop!" 😂
@@lancerevell5979 In Australia, "Fear the Thong!"
I work in an office with a fairly relaxed dress code, but I usually still wear polo shirts and long pants. I had to run to Target on my lunch break once, and just so happened to be wearing a red polo shirt, which I didn’t realize until I entered the store. Thankfully, the one person who did mistake me as an employee realized the truth the moment I turned around, so there was no drama.
At least the creature at the restaurant didn't ask poor Annie if she "needed to speak Asian". 🙄
For that last story, while I get being tired of being asked if I worked somewhere because of my race or because I wore certain clothing, OP had one really solid reason that provides the context as to why they thought he worked there: the notebook, and standing right next to the stockroom. Plus, going by OP’s account, they were polite, and didn’t do anything like snap in their face or be disrespectful. It sounds like the guy was tired of being asked, but instead of listening, he kinda just took it out on OP, which isn’t very fair, but there may be a lead up to the guy just being done. Doesn’t pardon his behavior, but it explains it.
I don't get these. I and everyone I know in the south was raised to go up to someone, wait for an opportunity and politely ask if they work here, then ask the questions if they say yes, or go find someone else if they don't. Why is this no longer taught and used??
Because Yanks never learn common sense.
4th story: This is why you should never mess with a mother when they are mad, they are the scariest things live!
Story 2: Saruman *So you have chosen death.*
Story 4: ALL SHALL FEAR LA CHANCLA!!!
The power of La Chancla is nigh universal.
Omg. Dude in story #4 got the armenian equivalent of the chancla.
Last Story:
Dude with the attitude should heed his own mantra. He was the one acting racist, not OP.
Story 4: A smack with a sandal hits harder than a punch. Source: from experience.
Story 2. What amazes me is that the whole family was asked to leave. Especially when 3 of them was on Annies side.
Okay with story two. It goes to prove that if you're in a Chinese restaurant. That no matter if you're Chinese, Japanese, Korean, whatever. Apparently karens think you work there.
Yup, I got yelled at for 'sitting on the job' while waiting for my take out order. I was wearing sweat pants and a paint covered t-shirt. But Asian in Asian restaurant must be employee.
@@acatnamedm4529 It's like that racist stereotype of all East Asian people looking alike.
Still keep an eye on them if they are chinese from mainland they are probably CCP spies
I really don't get this. Every time I eat in any flavour of Asian restaurant, about half the customers are various flavours of Asian. Even awkward, white, autistic me can tell they're not waitstaff, because they're not acting like waitstaff! Whatever happened to social context clues? These karens must be even worse off than I am...
Second story: "Do I have to speak Chinese to you?" If Annie had said, "Why yes, please do. This I want to hear"... that would have been hilarious.
1st story: Looks can be deceiving Karen, not everyone is a employee or in a band based on clothing or looks. All stories: Also snapping fingers at people is rude and won't get people to do what you say.
I mean, the fact that it took OP's father to say to the Karen "I want to speak to your Manager" for her to realize that he wasn't a member of Staff or part of the mariachi band. So, it shouldn't have been escalated.
Even then mariachi wear trajes de charro the suit and sombrero the dad sounds like he's wearing a vestido de Vaquero the cowboy get up how can you confuse the two they're different styles that look nothing similar the dad also sounds Latino not Hispanic
@@felipeamezquita7827 OP did say that their father was dressed like a Cowboy...
@JadenYukifan28 yea but how did she think a mariachi and a cowboy are the same thing
@@felipeamezquita7827 I have no idea, maybe it was the shirt?
The Chinese restauranteur should not have sent the family at the large table away. Only the wife was misbehaving. I'd have let the husband and children stay but make the woman leave the restaurant. That would have been a greater slap in the (racist) face.
Till now I knew that: Beware a Mexican Mom's chancla( sandals) . I now am adding beware of Armenian Mom's sandals
Especially since Armenia gave us the Sabre Dance. If you don't know what that is, it's one of those songs you heard before but don't know the name of.
@JamesDavy2009 🤣🤣
Black T-shirt, Basketball shorts, gold chain, speaking a different language completely uncommon in American retail industry, yup checks out, definitely employee. SMH
Story 1: when asked what they can do to make it right, he should have said "Please invite the band members to come eat from the taco bar with us for free" haha
The Chancla is universal!!! [happy dance]
On the last story I don't care what you thought her reasoning was for mistaking you for an employee the fact that you snapped and act like someone who's completely unhinged you become the jerk and the profiler, so in my opinion he either has anger management issues or he had something going on in his system because that seems a little quick to jump to extremes and just the way he was serving the doors to the back room even though he was not an employee
For story 2 I just got one question. . . .
So Annie are you ok are you ok Annie so annie are you ok are you ok Annie
Smooth❗
But also criminal.
😂😂😂
"Annie are you OK?
Won't you tell us that you're OK" 😁
Lol
Karens: the customer is always right, and I'll do as I please.
Managers: this is MY world, you are not welcome in my world!
Story 4: Oh shit, la chancla. Or whatever a sandal would be called in Armenian.
According to Google Translate it's ճանդան (chandan).
@@JamesDavy2009 Cool!
Story 4: yup...la chancla is a real thing!
Story 4. Do not tangle with a pissed off Mediterranean mother. They can become just like the Tasmanian devil in the Warner cartoon.
Same for Latino mothers. They probably inspired the phrase about "no fury like a woman scorned."
@@Tyrunner0097I married a Brazilian woman. You are not wrong. I find Latin culture and Mediterranean culture similar. My mother was first generation Italian.
@@jamescaron6465 Of course they are similar. Who colonised the New World south of the Caribbean Sea?
Last weekend I wore a red shirt to Canadian Tire, whose uniform consists of red shirts. I spent a good amount of time in there and no one confused me with an employee. An hour later, I wore the same shirt in Rona, whose uniforms are definitely NOT a red shirt, and in 5 minutes was asked twice if I worked there.
No IDWHL story out of that, just proof that Rona customers are fucking blind.
I don't get it, just because a lot of Filipinos in Hong Kong, come there to work, does that mean to this Karen, that they all work at this one store, and are on duty 24/7? That makes no sense. I mean I know for a fact when I worked I 1. Had days off and 2. Didn't work at every office that existed.
A lot of Filipinos in HK work as either maids or retail. Rarely do they have the typical office jobs in HK. So yeah, the incorrect and racist assumption was on point for the Chinese woman.
Hey @DarkFluff...the change in format (all stories being same topic) has been refreshing and makes the whole vid all the more enjoyable! Thank you and best wishes to yourself and Steve-O! 🤝 🤝 🤝
(Just a viewer request, but especially with this newer format more of the "Tales From Tech Support" and "Stories about Kevin" would be epic! 🤟🤟🤙🤙)
All I can think about after hearing stories like this because there are an endless supply them is I can’t imagine how many other stories that the actual employees have about Karen’s and just regular people treating them like trash. I just know I’m gonna be extra nice all the stores I go to because they have to put up with a lot of shit.
Best Buy Debacle: A mom and her chancleta! Do not mess with them!
I thought the word was 'chancla'
@@nancyomalley6286 I think it depends on where your from. They're both right, I believe.
story 2, got to witness something similar and the two others of the group looked at the offending person and said "walk home, it's only a mile for you and you are not going to try and ruin this night for the rest of us." the offending person kept trying before someone else butted in right before i did and forcefully (but respectfully) removed the karen. everyone cheered and that karen was a fuming raging tempertantrum outside while that brick wall of a dude just stood there to keep her out. i heard his meal got comped.
Armenian Grandma with a chancla! Go Granny!
Cue the Sabre Dance!
1st story: All the manager had to do was politely ask, "Are you a guest?" or "Are you playing with the band?" Her assumption got her into very deep water, as it should have. The lady with the trench coat, when she told the customer, "Well, you look like the type of person who would work in retail," the comeback should have been, "Really? Well, you look like the type of person who would clean septic tanks."
Story 5 - “You look like you work in retail”. “Maybe I do, but believe it or not, there is more than one store”.
Story #4: aaaw! Sad! She should have thrown the sandal after this guy!!
My dad says, in Türkiye (or any other arabic country) the highest insult you can get is beeing slapped or thrown at with a sandal!! That's just awesome! This dude hust got the biggest insult you can get in the arabic world! 🤣✌🏾
Shoe slapping = "I equate you to the dirt upon which I walk!"
Story 6: The customer is just as racist to assume. The customer was the one who brought race into the matter. Hes the one obsessed with it.
My mother is from the Philippines, but we lived overseas for some time. The country we used to live in would also frequently employ Filipinas as domestic helpers (i.e. maids).
Once the fathers of one of my classmates dropped by the house for something school related (many parents would often pitch in to help out whenever there were school events and festivals - so this was fairly common). Dad was at work, so mom answered the door and...he asked her if her employer was around.
To be fair, mom had been in the middle of doing housework, so that likely contributed to the assumption and he was extremely apologetic once she explained that she was not a maid and was in fact my mother. That being said, he probably wouldn't have made that assumption if mom had been Caucasian.
Story 1: I don’t get it. Even if the dad had been part of the band, what does it matter if he ate from the food? Sounds like everyone had to pay for their own food and drinks anyway.
In the restaurants I’ve worked in part of the bands pay was free food and a beer or two.
Omg not the sandal! Haha!
What a perfect retaliation. So humbling
I know those sandals well,as a victim and a Mother😂
Touch me unwanted and i'll let you know the hard way that it is a bad idea to touch strangers.
#6: I would have gone right to the manager. That's the kind of guy who will go off on any non-black person who looks at him wrong.