If pregnancy and kids make you exhausted, don’t have anymore. I hope pregnant Karen gets ticketed soon. I’d love to see the look on the judge’s face when she tries to fight it in court.
Agreed. Pregnancy and having children is a life choice. Being disabled isn't. I knew a woman just like this Karen and she could not have cared one way or the other how much her absolutely disrespectful, boundary trampling behavior affected others. As long as she got her way, she couldn't have cared less. She crossed every ethical, moral and legal line in front of her because she had to have her way. Even getting slapped with a lawsuit wasn't a wake-up call. It just gave her yet another excuse to play her favorite role: the victim. Lacking zero awareness that she was the root cause of all of the conflict and problems in her life, I I gave her a much-needed verbal slapping. I told her, in no uncertain terms, that she was running out of excuses for why she was such a vile b-word. I told her her kids were growing up, her husband was growing increasingly sick and tired of her crap and she had no job or prospects to fall back on when she inevitably lost every single person who ever cared about her. She was quiet. I told her, bluntly, that it was very foolish of her to think she could waltz through life being an absolutely insufferable stuck up c-word and not expect all of her toxic energy to come back to her in spades. Suddenly her queen bee persona melted away and she was frightened, weary and on the straight and narrow for a while. Naturally, her being an egomaniacal Karen, she got over it quickly and interpreted herself as the victim because I dared tell her how it really is. She tried to meddle in my life and, being prior enlisted military, I kept documentation. Hell-bent with getting her way and the momentary rush of gratification that came with "winning” whatever conflict she dreamed up out of thin air. She got a very cold hard reality check when I told her I was planning to sue her if she didn't back off. She tried denials, deflection and crocodile tears to avoid receiving the justly earned consequences of her actions. I was deeply unmoved by her water works. After I told her, plainly that she had burned yet another bridge with a person who no longer cared about her, I instructed her to stay away or she would get sued. Terrified, because she had never seen me that way, she accused me of changing for the worst and I told her she was the reason why I had changed. Having failed at playing the blame game, she made one last-ditch failed attempt at trying to invoke my mercy. I told her this: “Sorry. Fresh out.” I haven't heard or seen her in over 10 years, but every now and then her name does come up. Apparently the mere mention of my name makes her immediately tense up and she goes on to a tirade spitting venom about what a butthole I am. I'm glad to know that I live rent-free in her head as the one person who stood up to her because I know my rights and wouldn't take her crap.
I was nearly 9 months pregnant and raising an active 3 year old. Even then I parked at the way back of the parking lot of grocery stores so people with disabilities could find something closer. There's no excuse for the Karen in story #2
Fun fact. If someone isnt paying you (either literal pay, or an agreed upon exchange of good/services) you are neither hired nor contracted by that person. You are doing a favor or kindness.
That girl is an IDIOT. Literally the reason Karens act so terribly to everybody is that people like that totally reward their sh*tty behavior so they become entitled and expect everybody else to reward their behavior too. People who put up with that bs are doing everybody else a disservice by making Karens even worse.
@@joecool2125 agreed, the first time she got all "you have to finish" I'd have been like "screw you" OR I'd charge her fifty plus bucks an hour. But mostly I'd tell C to screw herself.
For the power washer. If I'm not getting paid to clean your drive and start pulling that shit, I would have packed my stuff and left. Telling you exactly why.
Agreed. Karen is the epitome of a choosing beggar a exploiting the connection she has the OP through her family. Not only are they full of themselves and deeply self-entitled, they don't know how to say two words: “thank you.” I knew someone just like that Karen. Extremely opportunistic, she only ever befriended someone who had a resource that she coveted then wish to exploit. If she could not obtain said resource, she would interpret it as that person being purposefully mean to her. Adding to her grand delusions that she was the most important person on the planet, she would then set out to retaliate against these unsuspecting individuals for whatever offense she felt they had committed. It could have been something as simple as them telling her no, establishing boundaries or holding her accountable for her grossly disrespectful behavior. Even eventually getting sued for libeling someone online, that wasn't enough of a wake up call for her to realize that she was a total liability. Even her own children moving out at the earliest convenience, cutting contact with her and barring her from seeing her grandchildren wasn't a wake-up call. Some people are beyond help.
What really says a lot is Karen saying "we hired you" when it's a freaking favor. Somehow in her mind a sweet thing was turned into her showing how she'd treat anyone who "works for her"
That entire situation is the girls own fault for continuing to go back and finish for free, using her own gas and everything!! She wasn't smart enough to cut them off after the first day how they treated her. Totally her own fault.
Been there, done that with disabled parking spaces and entitled people. My wife has a serious back injury from work, which limits her mobility. She walks with a cane on her good days, - pain score 6/10- and uses a wheeled walker on her bad days -8+, and she has a blue badge for the car. At a shopping centre, we were driving around looking for the nearest entry door for the shops we needed to go to, and hopefully a disabled space by the doors. We see one, but another car pulled in before we got there. Ah well, luck of the draw etc: We found a space a couple of rows back from the doors, so not too much further or walk. As we reach the disabled spaces, we see the car that beat us to the spot, and a woman is finishing strapping a second child into one of those tandem buggies, and walking away from the car. My wife sees there is no disabled permit on display and calls to the woman that she’s has forgotten to put the permit in the window, and she will get a ticket if the parking wardens see the car. - our local council has a $2500 fine for using a disabled spot without a permit, and yes that is $2500, it’s not a typo- (we assume one of the kids is disabled, and that’s why she parked there) We were told to “f*uk off and not be nosey cnuts, and that she could use it because she had kids, and the mother and baby spaces were too far away from the doors”. Despite the pain and inconvenience, my wife walked the entire length of the shopping centre to the Centre Management offices, and reported the woman for parking in a disabled space without displaying a permit. When we left, the car was still there, with a two and a half grand infringement notice wrapped around the windscreen wiper. I hope she got some good bargains in K Mart to offset the ticket! On another occasion I was on my own and pulled into a space facing a disabled spot. As I got out, a woman pulled into the disabled space in front of me. She jumped out and headed for the laundromat. I called out to her and said she’s forgotten her permit, to which she replied she wasn’t disabled but she’d only be a couple of minutes. I took a photo of her car, and a photo of her carrying a huge basket of laundry back to her car. She went mental, cursing and swearing at me, demanding I delete the photo or she would call the police. I pointed to the sign in the car park saying illegal parking in a disabled spot carries a $2500 fine and she jumped in her car and pissed off sharpish. I sent the photos to the council and received a reply that a ticked had been issued. That must have been the most expensive laundry she’d ever done. At Costco one day, we were walking to the entrance past a line of vehicles in disabled spaces, and one car had three teenagers in it, windows down, doof doof music blaring, and the engine running, but no blue badge or permit in the window. My wife advised the driver to display his badge, as he’d be liable for a huge fine if the traffic wardens saw him. He said his mate was just running in for a couple of things and they would only be 10 minutes. My wife pointed out she’d just had to walk an extra 300 meters because he was taking up a space he should not have been in, and she would be reporting him to the police. Cue much revs and many reverse as he decided he desperately needed to park else where in a couple of acres of empty car park. My wife was, (and I’m still) nurses. Despite living with chronic pain, and reduced mobility, she will still use a normal parking spot if it’s close to the doors to leave a disabled space free for others that need to use them. What she won’t tolerate is self entitled arseholes using disabled spaces because they feel their needs/time/ job are more important than those who are genuinely disabled. She’s more than happy to apply the $2500 twat tax to deserving recipients.
It needs to become a criminal offence to park in a disabled parking space. If you're in the UK, do you remember a few years ago that selfish jerk who parked in a Blue Badge space and refused to get out of the car because he couldn't afford the fees for it being towed? It happened the week before Christmas. The police should've been able to drag him out of the car and arrest him.
@@scottishastronomer Reminds me of a dude in New York City who had to be dragged out of his car by police because he refused to get out of the way of a fire truck.
Meanwhile, I'm sweating bullets trying not to pee myself because I refuse to use a handicap stall. I saw the look on both faces of the handicap human who could only use that stall as well as the person who could use any of the other 5 and I never want to be in that position. Ever. Yikes
It reminds me of the time my mom convinced a life insurance agent to sell them a bigger policy for her and take a bigger one out for his own wife by bringing a list of how much it would cost my dad to maintain his current living standards without him. By the time she got to how much a housekeeper would cost, after laundry and take-out (since dad couldn't cook) he got the idea his wife provided a lot of expensive work for free...and maybe she was worth more than a minimum life policy. I have threatened my husband ONCE with a bill when he tried to back up his parents in calling me lazy (before I found out I was so sick) and he's never brought it up again. It would've cost him 4x his daily wage, and I was cutting him some slack by cutting amateur wages for the different aspects in half. It's insane how much house work costs.
After one day of pressurewashing half the driveway and being treated like the woman did, I would have cleaned big letters, "F-U", in the dirty half and not gone back.
This story should not have even been told in this video. That girl volunteered to be her slave and complained. I feel bad for the people who are just harassed in grocery store, etc, who didn't do anything to deserve it.
@@dinarusso3320 Doing a good thing for someone isn't an excuse to say that we shouldn't call out the entitled Karen. Karen was old and OP was doing it as a favor for an elderly couple who were friends with her grandparents. So yeah, while most of us would have noped out after the first day, cant fault her for sticking it out.
story 2: I saw a sign posted online saying: "Laziness is NOT a handicap" being pregnant doesn't give you rights to park in a handicap spot either, I hope the lady gets towed
I was diagnosed with severe osteoarthritis (usually people think of this as old people's arthritis) when I was 15. I started using a cane when I was @ 25 and reached a point where I finally had to stop shopping in person when 4 different people including a tiny little old lady tried to help me out of the store.
I really feel for the people who had to start using canes at young ages, not that I'm making fun of them, but it must really be difficult to do so. I, myself, may also be disable (autism) but I have no idea what it's like to be physically handicapped and have to use a cane. I'm pretty sure that it's really hard and to have some entitled, ignorant jerk push down on them with verbal insults must put more pressure on them.
And here I thought I had it bad! I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis when I was 38. My cousin Gloria, like OP, has rheumatoid arthritis and uses a wheelchair.
When I was in high school one of my classmates used a cane. This was back in the day when all canes were just those thick wooden ones with a rubber tip, nothing like the beautiful canes you can get now. Fortunately for her she was related to some very badass people so seldom got teased.
I've had a similar experience in a store, Been diagnosed with Lupus since age 11 and it first effected my legs. First cane, then walker, but ended in a wheelchair until I got a little better. Still can't walk good but during the time I used a walker at about 14 yrs old? (Has a seat kinda built into it for breaks) I used that seat to help me carry the small basket of stuff. This blonde woman gave me a dirty look and told me "Those aren't play things. Kids like you shouldn't play with them." I dunno what she was thinking, if I just got it from the store or what but I was shy so didn't really tell her how it was. Simply said "this is my walker" I was so embarrassed to use them after that, she really messed with my head just because I don't "look" sick doesn't mean I'm not disabled. It wouldn't be until my 20s when I learned not to give a F anymore what rude or entitled people think. I look back and wished I had guts back then.
I'm really glad her grandparents reacted by ending their friendship. My grandparents were mostly of the "your boss pays you, so he's always right, and you're lucky to have a job, kids these days are so whiny" type. They would have told me to keep my word and smooth things over, except maybe about the water bill, because you can't expect someone to run a power washer with no water, that's a special level of idiocy.
I would have told her those spots are for the physically disabled. Not for someone so mentally disabled she keeps getting knocked up when she can't handle the kids she already has.
WOW!! OP is a real trooper! After the 2nd phone call with Caren being so demanding and the crappy attitude and being so inconsiderate and ungrateful for FREE SERVICE, before she even started, I would have said, "Ya know? I've had a change of heart, do it yourself!".
That pregnant Karen needs to woman up. My mom used to walk two miles every day while pregnant with my second brother making one of her male coworkers feel bad. The kicker is my mom had four kids at that point, and she is an absolute saint for putting up with everything me and my siblings have put her through.
My mother was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when she was in her 20s and osteoarthritis when she was in her 60s. If one wasn't flaring up, the other was
Some people need to grow a freaking spine. If it had been me pressure washing, I would either never gone back or said something to the effect of “I’m sorry, I must be going crazy because I was under the impression that I was pressure washing your driveway in 100° heat, *in my free time, FOR NO PAY.”*
After being harassed for two days to start, I would have said "nope, not doing it" and not started it, or said it is going to be at x rate... as it seems crazy to start doing that for them.
Second story: Thank god the entitled pregnant woman is a matter of just entitlement. Entitled womans mixed with pregnancy makes them crazy, but even when the entitled ones aren't the pregnant ones, just remember the crazy Karen at the coffe shop harrasing a pregnant woman.
4 Kids in 4-5 years with a 5th on the way... Trust me, there's a mental handicap somewhere there. And I come from a long line of Irish Catholics, I know of what I speak. In the extra hundred feet she had to walk, she probably picked up two more baby daddies.
The opposite actually, they told my ex to park at the back of the lot and walk. They had her walking right up until our kiddo was born, so I would definitely say no. Also Irish catholic background family like JM lol.
Remember kids, dont let ANYONE walk all over you (like in the last story). If "Karen" starts demanding stuff and berating you over a FREE servive/job, leave. Just leave, it's not worth it and no one should treat you like that.
I will never understand why it took more than one nasty call from Karen at 8am to not squash it and tell her to kick rocks and do her own driveway. Never let Karens get away with 1 rude thing or they will expect you to roll over each and every time.
The pressure washer one...I know people exactly like that. Had a friend who was asked to mow his parent's neighbor's overgrown yard (as a favor). The lady that owned the house was like that: calling him at 6 in the morning asking why he wasn't there, etc. He started, put an hour into it before his mower literally stopped due to the insane thickness of the grass and weeds. As he's sorting out the problem they lady stormed out of her house because she stopped hearing the mower and began yelling about "lazy children thinking that they need a break every 10 seconds." He was 28. Shrugged, packed up his stuff and left. I found out about it because he called me wanting to hang out and get lunch, and told me. Apparently later she tried to bill his parents for 'emotional damage' due to 'falsely promising to help her.' Not sure what happened after that. Part of me hopes that her lawn has become more overgrown, but that one patch of it is slightly shorter than the rest.
You know you watch DarkFluff so much that as soon as you hear "give someone an inch, " your brain IMMEDIATELY inserts "and they'll take a FREAKIN' mile. " 😂
I loved being pregnant nearly 50 years ago. I assure you I do not like being disabled and unable to walk more that 20 metres now! If a woman is going to carry on about it being terrible to be pregnant she should make sure it doesn't happen.
Story 3: I just don’t get why some people allow others like that “Karen” to push them around like that. That girl was basically doing that for free, and those people were just awful. She had no obligation towards them and you shouldn’t help people like that as they are so disrespectful. She did NOT hire her. After those calls from the first day of washing the driveway, I would have never gone there ever again and would have certainly blown them off. I can’t believe people like that. That made me so angry to hear. She was such a push-over. Just block them everywhere and call the police if they still bother you.
I suspect the only reason she finished the job was because of her OCD. I have a very minor case of it that I had to do everything in fours as a kid. I actually can fight it now if I concentrate and it seems to be tapering off as I get older but the mind goblins can be overwhelming.
#2 - I would have been really tempted to cruise the lot, get a description and plate on preggo's car and report it to local police so they could double check vehicles like that in HC spaces for the next few months. Let's make sure she understands ALL the parking laws and has to walk from the boonies every time she goes shopping!
I wish the pregnant Karen had called management on her so that the manager could tell her off and tell her they would watch for her car (since she always used the space) and would have her ticketed if she used it again.
LMAF, now that's some funny shat. While she dosen't qualify for disability i would question the man's mental health who actually caused the pregnancy. Never do crazy.
Oh My God ..that last story..my jaw just kept dropping until it felt like it was going to fall off Lol..what a horrible woman her entitlement off the charts! And her logic of not wanting OP on her property but wanting her to work..what?! Unbelievable but yet it happened..oy vey!
The handicapped parking story is so unfortunately all too common. As someone who used to work in retail, I’ve see this happen more times than I’m willing to admit. My favorite instance of this happening was that a lady got in the face of an old guy and his wife who took the last handicap space from her. She was yelling how the spot was disabled people only... The old guys responded by taking off his jacket to show that his left arm was missing from the elbow down. He leans in real close to the lady and I hear him ask “I don’t know, do I look disabled enough to you?”
"But I have FOUR KIDS and I'm pregnant with another!" "Hey, it's not my fault that you can't keep your legs together." But, seriously, why do folks engage with these people? Just walk away. You don't need to justify yourself and you don't owe them any explanations. They're not likely to listen, anyway.
It amazes me how many people out there just lack empathy. I have an "invisible disability" (autism), and could very well have gotten a disabled placard for my car if I'd wanted to (when I was still able to drive, that is; sadly, I started getting too overwhelmed by all the stimuli during driving) because sometimes I get really bad panic attacks and wind up running out of the store. When that happens, my legs feel like jelly and I just want to go home; so the farther away I am, the harder it gets. But I at least can move without arthritis pain and have use of my legs, so I wouldn't feel right taking the spot away from someone who needs an aid to walk or is in a wheelchair. Like...those people really need it because of pain and-or accessibility issues while for me, it's just a little longer of being uncomfortable; just like I didn't choose to be mentally disabled, they didn't choose to be physically disabled. I can't even understand the mentality of the non-handicapped folks who think it's okay to try and steal those spots. The entitled pregnant lady in that story made me so mad just listening to it because it was like she was saying "Since stupidity is my disability, I'm entitled to that spot!". >.> Also, if that was me in that last story, I wouldn't have even gone back the second they started harassing me. I'd tell them that if they're so dissatisfied with the FREE WORK, to hire a professional to come out and power wash the rest of their driveway. OP put up with way more abuse than she should have, though it was good to see her grandparents stand up for her and take her side.
That power washing one pissed me off so much, how do people get so fucking entitled?!?!?!? And how do people let others take such advantage??? I would’ve been gone the first day
Last story. I would have stopped going back to Karen's place after the first day and told her to find another person to finish her driveway. No one deserves that kind of grief
I've apparently got arthritis too. It's not nearly as major as the op in the story, but sometimes it flares up something awful. It sucks, especially with a job where you have to be on your feet.
3rd story makes me want to invite OP and the GPs to the barbeque. I need to send them my location just to see if they would show up because THEY are awesome!
Honestly! The poor person with a disability. I have been disabled since I was 10 and have handicap plates. I don't look disabled but I can't remember what it's like to not be in pain and there are some days that the act of breathing hurts. I get looks and comments from people all the time for parking in handicap parking. I feel for OP.
My poor non-disabled husband gets angry glares and rude comments all the time until they realize he’s setting up my wheelchair because I am disabled. Yes, we do have a placard, and no, he doesn’t use it when he’s out without me.
I have severe arthritis too and a handicapped parking permit too. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen able bodied parents with kids, not even babies park in handicap parking!!! Having kids and not being able to walk = the same thing?? 😡😡
The last one was too nice to right away say that she would only be verbally abused like a day laborer of she was being paid like one, but in the end the “Service Bill” was a wonderful touché!
For the second parking story, saw someone park next to a van with a wheel chair lift that did have the plates and block the lift so the driver couldn't get into the car. The guy tried to contact the owners in the store, and when no one showed up the store called a tow truck and the local police. The people who parked in the clearly marked NO PARKING area reserved for such vehicles, tried to pull the we don't speak English line and started speaking in I want to say Hmong, and going off the disabled guy and cops. Plot twist kicks in here: The disabled man actually taught Hmong, as did one of the responding cops who promptly gave them a ticket for the FULL price of the infraction and hauled off their car, meanwhile their just doing their damndest to impersonate a goldfish.
My second pregnancy was high risk, and my pelvis was falling apart enough that I had to use a cane to get around. I still didn't park in handicapped parking, because I didn't have a permit.
Okay that pregnant lady is just crazy. When I was pregnant I preferred parking farther from the store for 1.) Exercise and 2.) Having enough space to get my door open for my pregnant belly. Pro tip, park with cart returns on the driver's side. Nobody else likes to and it guarantees you enough space to get out of the car without someone parking over the line in your spot. Also if you put the car seat on that side, now you can get yourself and the newborn out without having to do any fancy footwork.
That's why lots of stores "pregnancy parking spaces" for women that are pregnant or just recently gave birth. The real issue is how non disabled an pregnant people using these disabled and pregnant parking spots and they get away with it. I'd be a millionaire even if I just got a penny for every time I see non disabled or pregnant person parking it the disabled and pregnant parking spots. With the entitled Karen acting that way over pressure washing I'd probably never came back after that first day. I'd love to see what she would of tried to do. Like call the cops saying "we hired OP to do our driveway and never finish it". I'd be like "no mr officer they never hired me. I offered to help pressure wash their driveway for free because they're my grandparent's friends. After the way I was treated I decided no to go back because I was doing it for free. So it was either leave or make her ass a permanent boot holder".
That last girl was too nice! I would’ve left their driveway looking like crap if they’d treated me like that! You’re not getting paid and it’s not doing any damage to the property, so screw them! Lol
When I was pregnant, I was having all kinds of complications. I had constant braxton hicks and contractions 3 weeks early. It hurt to walk and I never did shit like the Karen in the 2nd story.
I’m so frustrated that OP went back to finish the driveway after they were so utterly rude and even said they didn’t even want them there Finish your own driveway, Caren 😤
You should have told her it was way more uncomfortable listening to her yammer, being totally selfish and disrespectful. I was wishing a cop, nurse, or manager just toss her and her brood of larva out and ban her forever from the store. Unbelievable! Don't waste your breath, sweetie!
I've gotten some shitty comments from people seeing me park in the handicapped spot. One ancient lady who seemed quite spry told me the handicapped spots were specifically for the elderly and I was selfishly denying a parking spot to someone who needs it. She shut her mouth real quick when I pulled my walker from the back of my car and unfolded it. Several times I've had to tell people"No, I'm not using my mother's/father's placard, it's MINE, in my name. Call a cop, they can't do a damn thing."
When my mom forgot to put up her placard when we were at a local salon, there was a cop sitting on the parking lot. We presented the placard, explaining that we forgot to put it up. We weren't ticketed, and he told us we can place the placard where it is visible.
@@evadedenbach1226 I was doing an overnight at the hospital for a minor surgical procedure. I could have been discharged same day but had no one to drive and since I was being put to sleep they made me stay. Got the handicapped spot like 10 feet from the door. Next day when leaving I realized I hadn't put my placard up. No tickets! Super lucky.
Story 2. At a local mall, there are several pink parking spots which are for pregnant mothers and those who have newborns. This Karen would qualify while she was pregnant and shortly thereafter. I expect that this Karen would continue to use those pink spots long after her next baby is born.
My husband has a handicapped placard. It can be almost impossible to find an empty handicapped spot at some stores. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I could just barely walk due to swollen ankles, etc. But I would have never parked in the handicapped spot.
"You chose to have kids" True that! I was thinking that entire time, bitch you know how hard it is to have a toddler and you decided to get pregnant every year. This is why young parents mostly have to kids with a year apart, while others wait 5 years apart like my parents did to me and my brother.
My mom has Rheumatoid Arthritis which is an autoimmune disease that's crippling and attacks joints. Mom can't walk far distances without dealing with pain. Her feet have nodules which makes it hurt more to walk. One lady confronted her about being parked handicapped even though mom has a handicap license plate. This lady followed mom around the store until mom told someone to call the cops because the woman was harassing her. Yes my mom is a Karen too and if that woman would have complained to her about being pregnant and exhausted my mom would probably yelled at her telling her "Well you should have kept your damn legs closed!" 😂
Exactly what I was wondering as soon as they start acting entitled I'd be done! no more being nice no more favors nothing and I tell them where to stick it!
“Handicapped” parking (definitely an out-dated term, but yeah) is definitely a sore spot for me. My little group of apartment buildings has a single handicap spot, and I know from multiple sources (including the owners) that it was put in specially for one person who had lived there for 20 years (I’ve been here almost 6 years). She was the sweetest lady ever, and she was a truly wonderful neighbor. She had many health conditions to battle, and she sadly passed on just around 2 years ago. It’s a very small cluster of apartments, and the small parking lot is directly next to the buildings, so it’s definitely not something for the average person to complain about. I have some physical difficulty myself (hips, knees, and ankles, oh my!), but it’s literally so close that I’d never think of trying to take that spot, even now that she’s passed. For one, I’m not interested in pain management from a doctor, paying for any medical bills for that, taking any super addictive meds, going through the red tape for a pass, or any hassle. As far as I’m concerned, I can still hobble my butt where I need to go, so there’s no need for any of that hassle. I do sympathize with people dealing with pain issues/physical or mobility issues, major or minor. However, the following month after the sweet lady passed, another neighbor decided that the handicap placard in her mom’s car (which she continually gripped about her mom needing to use the car now and again) entitled her to park wherever she wanted. Unfortunately this isn’t a story with a satisfying ending. There was no revenge or malicious compliance. It just continually annoyed me and made me sad for about a year and a half until that entitled neighbor moved. There is a number of elderly people here as well, but the tiny parking lot is so close that the designated spot is more symbolic than anything. Now, two years on, people around here just randomly park there (since they know that the sweet lady isn’t here anymore). People, including the college students next door that go for a run every morning, just park there for no reason. At least they’re not abusing someone else’s handicap parking placard, but it still feels disrespectful to me. The sign for the spot is the standard “handicap parking only, unauthorized vehicles will be towed, fines, blah blah blah” but it’s no longer enforced as none of the residents have the placard or require accommodations. There are other hills to die on here, though, as well as many other stories. It’s mostly just the typical apartment shenanigans with only dashes of crazy thrown in. Luckily, the owners are truly wonderful people, and they quickly resolve any problems that arise.
Story 2: here there are "reserved" parking for pregnant people or families with young children, but they are very different from parking for disabled people. The one for disabled people are enforceable by law, the other ones are a courtesy from certain stores, mostly grocery stores. I've been pregnant with 3 kids in tow, it's no reason to use a disabled parking.
People need to learn to not put up with one second of that kind of crap from them Karen's. The first time she would have came out making demands to me I would have wrapped up my equipment flipped her the bird and said do it yourself
Friends of the grandparents though. Would have mentioned something to my grandparents, asked if they wanted me to really continue and if not I'd have quit for sure. Her grandparents did the right thing, stuck up for her and ended a friendship due to the entitlement.
To be fair it is difficult to be a mom and pregnant, which is why some places offer parking for new moms close to the store. That said, screaming at an actual disabled person for using a disabled spot in a place that doesnt have reserved parking is not cool.
Story 3. Mix up a large bottle of water, sugar, and natural live yogurt. Sneak up Karen's driveway. Apply mixture, using it to spelling out any insult you wish to convey to Karen. It takes about 10 years for the words to fade, unless they want to astrolaze their driveway.
I agree, being pregnant can suck sometimes...but a lot of places have special parking for pregnant women or people with small children. Even if they don't...handicap parking is for the HANDICAPPED!! You HAVE to have a valid placard or license plate in order to park in those spots!! Besides, most doctors recommend that pregnant women exercise, at least a little bit, during pregnancy.
I have an invisible disability too with disabled car tags and keep waiting for the day when I get harassed by a pregnant woman like the story…I want to say “I know I’m not pregnant you should count your blessings I can’t pull a reverse cowgirl like you have four medals for performing”
That pregnant lady.... SMH. There's a local grocery store in my town that is nice enough to have a few spots dedicated to "customers with children" parking spots next to the handicap spots. These ones are pink and have a child in a cart logo instead of the usual blue wheelchair logo.
If I was in that OP's shoes I would have left after pregnant Karen started screeching about having kids. I don't care if you have kids and are tired, you still broke the law and for all she knows she took a spot from a wheelchair bound person at one of her many stolen parking spaces.
Karen starts talking? I'd start walking (or hobbling) away. Never get into an interrogation with them. "have you ever been pregnant"? ""have you ever had kids" No answer. None of her darned business. Just cold dead eyes and stare as though you've stepped in goat crap. At least in this instance, the disabled OP can get away faster lol.
Wow Karen seems like a wonderful mother, busy accosting handicapped people in stores instead of being an advocate for change and asking the stores to create special pregnancy spots (some stores have these in Canada).
If you have a legitimate problem during pregnancy, you can get a temporary disabled placard with a note from your doctor to the DMV. Otherwise, walking is excellent for pregnant women.
Karen said they do have Mother and Child spots but, "they are too far away". As all the ones I have seen start right after the Handicap ones, she is just lazy
Pregnant women can use the disabled spots... IF they get a temporary placard. They require doctor approval and aren't easy to get, but severe emclapsia and recommended bedrest can often get one prescribed. I have a friend who got one when she was pregnant, around 3 months in. She was pregnant with twins and excessive exercise in the Central Texas heat spiked her blood pressure hard. Her placard expired two months after her due date. So no, Karen was wrong. OP was right. You DO have to have a placard.
That second story about the pregnant lady makes me so mad. Omg. I have TWIN 15 mn olds and I'm about 18 weeks pregnant with #3. Trust me I haven't known a good night's sleep in quite some time nor had 5 min to myself. When I think I have finally baby proofed my house these two magically figure out how to get into something my husband and I don't want them anywhere near lol. I would die for my children, but they are a handful. That all being said, never in my wildest dreams would I ever think to walk up to what is clearly a handicapped person (nor to a not so obvious handicapped person, you never know and I'm not a medical expert) and say I have it worse than them. Disgusting. If 4 kids is too much she should have gotten back on contraception.
The first time Karen berates me for doing a free job for her is the last time I do a job for her. Doesn't matter if it's lawn mowing or pressure washing something I'm done!
Omg the 2nd one. I have an autoimmune fibromyalgia disease. Before I even found out I had it, I couldn't stand up straight and walked like "7" for 9 months. I was (and still am) in so much pain all over my body. I can walk normally now, but with fibro, you get intense pain that travels from joint to joint in your body (like today for instance, my ankle began hurting, then it traveled to my lower back and back to my ankle). I once had spare time before my DMV appointment and went to Safeway to get coffee (from the Starbucks), and there was a spot close to the door that wasn't handicap so I parked there. This van who wasn't anywhere near it sped up and slammed on their brakes right behind me while slamming on the horn. I ignored them and got my coffee, my hips and ankles hurting while I'm waiting. 20 minutes later, I get my coffee and walk out to see he parked beside me. He waited for me just to yell at me saying "How DARE you take a spot from a disabled veteran!?" I said "You weren't anywhere close to the spot." He tried arguing with me bringing up a disabled veteran again until I cut him off saying "Sir. With all due respect, I'm disabled and am in so much pain. I don't know why you chose to waste both your and my time by acting in this manner but I hope you learn from this." I got in my car and drove away. Just because you're pregnant or a veteran doesn't grant you automatic respect because you chose to become pregnant and serve. I didn't choose to be disabled.
If the employee was truly embarrassed by his wife’s behavior, either he would have already made her stop contacting the bos or he would have divorced her! Anyone that tolerates that bs is just as guilty as the one doing it.
So many pregnant women or EMs with children claim to be handicapped. Since a handicap permit can only be issued with a doctor's authorization I like to see how many of these "handicapped" women convince their doctors they need the permit and actually get it
Honestly, the second one IS valid. There are health risks involved with pregnancy. Someone took the pregnant spot while I was pregnant with my third, and the physical strain of walking from a much further spot caused me to go into labor. This is why stores have a spot for expecting mother's. She IS physically handicapped, but as pregnancy is a temporary condition you don't get a placard. Similarly, had a guy complain about me using an electric card when his wife (senior with a cane) needed it more. I had just been released following surgery to remove a tumor from behind my right eye, draining tube covered by light guaze, hospital bracelet still on. Here is an idea, instead of comparing who needs it more complain to the store about not having enough spots or carts for everyone who needs them.
RE: pressure washing. Management should NEVER get to set all the terms and conditions for volunteer labor. And volunteer labor must make sure management knows it!
If pregnancy and kids make you exhausted, don’t have anymore.
I hope pregnant Karen gets ticketed soon. I’d love to see the look on the judge’s face when she tries to fight it in court.
Agreed. Pregnancy and having children is a life choice. Being disabled isn't. I knew a woman just like this Karen and she could not have cared one way or the other how much her absolutely disrespectful, boundary trampling behavior affected others. As long as she got her way, she couldn't have cared less. She crossed every ethical, moral and legal line in front of her because she had to have her way. Even getting slapped with a lawsuit wasn't a wake-up call. It just gave her yet another excuse to play her favorite role: the victim. Lacking zero awareness that she was the root cause of all of the conflict and problems in her life, I I gave her a much-needed verbal slapping. I told her, in no uncertain terms, that she was running out of excuses for why she was such a vile b-word. I told her her kids were growing up, her husband was growing increasingly sick and tired of her crap and she had no job or prospects to fall back on when she inevitably lost every single person who ever cared about her. She was quiet. I told her, bluntly, that it was very foolish of her to think she could waltz through life being an absolutely insufferable stuck up c-word and not expect all of her toxic energy to come back to her in spades. Suddenly her queen bee persona melted away and she was frightened, weary and on the straight and narrow for a while. Naturally, her being an egomaniacal Karen, she got over it quickly and interpreted herself as the victim because I dared tell her how it really is. She tried to meddle in my life and, being prior enlisted military, I kept documentation. Hell-bent with getting her way and the momentary rush of gratification that came with "winning” whatever conflict she dreamed up out of thin air. She got a very cold hard reality check when I told her I was planning to sue her if she didn't back off. She tried denials, deflection and crocodile tears to avoid receiving the justly earned consequences of her actions. I was deeply unmoved by her water works. After I told her, plainly that she had burned yet another bridge with a person who no longer cared about her, I instructed her to stay away or she would get sued. Terrified, because she had never seen me that way, she accused me of changing for the worst and I told her she was the reason why I had changed. Having failed at playing the blame game, she made one last-ditch failed attempt at trying to invoke my mercy. I told her this: “Sorry. Fresh out.” I haven't heard or seen her in over 10 years, but every now and then her name does come up. Apparently the mere mention of my name makes her immediately tense up and she goes on to a tirade spitting venom about what a butthole I am. I'm glad to know that I live rent-free in her head as the one person who stood up to her because I know my rights and wouldn't take her crap.
I was nearly 9 months pregnant and raising an active 3 year old. Even then I parked at the way back of the parking lot of grocery stores so people with disabilities could find something closer. There's no excuse for the Karen in story #2
No, no. She was clearly mentally handicapped!
You see that is because you are a reasonable human being with a working functioning brain
Fun fact. If someone isnt paying you (either literal pay, or an agreed upon exchange of good/services) you are neither hired nor contracted by that person. You are doing a favor or kindness.
Exactly!
The drive way karen. After how she treated OP. I would have not returned. Let her deal with a half washed driveway. It was free chill out Karen.
Didn't you read OP being OCD. It will torture her own mind to left it half finished.
Yuuuuup
That girl is an IDIOT. Literally the reason Karens act so terribly to everybody is that people like that totally reward their sh*tty behavior so they become entitled and expect everybody else to reward their behavior too. People who put up with that bs are doing everybody else a disservice by making Karens even worse.
@@Lindseyisloony AMEN! Well said! 👍🏼
@@joecool2125 agreed, the first time she got all "you have to finish" I'd have been like "screw you" OR I'd charge her fifty plus bucks an hour. But mostly I'd tell C to screw herself.
For the power washer. If I'm not getting paid to clean your drive and start pulling that shit, I would have packed my stuff and left. Telling you exactly why.
Agreed. Karen is the epitome of a choosing beggar a exploiting the connection she has the OP through her family. Not only are they full of themselves and deeply self-entitled, they don't know how to say two words: “thank you.”
I knew someone just like that Karen. Extremely opportunistic, she only ever befriended someone who had a resource that she coveted then wish to exploit. If she could not obtain said resource, she would interpret it as that person being purposefully mean to her. Adding to her grand delusions that she was the most important person on the planet, she would then set out to retaliate against these unsuspecting individuals for whatever offense she felt they had committed. It could have been something as simple as them telling her no, establishing boundaries or holding her accountable for her grossly disrespectful behavior. Even eventually getting sued for libeling someone online, that wasn't enough of a wake up call for her to realize that she was a total liability. Even her own children moving out at the earliest convenience, cutting contact with her and barring her from seeing her grandchildren wasn't a wake-up call. Some people are beyond help.
What really says a lot is Karen saying "we hired you" when it's a freaking favor. Somehow in her mind a sweet thing was turned into her showing how she'd treat anyone who "works for her"
Even someone being PAID to do it deserves better treatment.
That entire situation is the girls own fault for continuing to go back and finish for free, using her own gas and everything!! She wasn't smart enough to cut them off after the first day how they treated her. Totally her own fault.
@@dinarusso3320 Agreed, you don't engage crazy and/or mean period. Block phone calls and texts. No contact.
Been there, done that with disabled parking spaces and entitled people.
My wife has a serious back injury from work, which limits her mobility. She walks with a cane on her good days, - pain score 6/10- and uses a wheeled walker on her bad days -8+, and she has a blue badge for the car.
At a shopping centre, we were driving around looking for the nearest entry door for the shops we needed to go to, and hopefully a disabled space by the doors. We see one, but another car pulled in before we got there. Ah well, luck of the draw etc: We found a space a couple of rows back from the doors, so not too much further or walk.
As we reach the disabled spaces, we see the car that beat us to the spot, and a woman is finishing strapping a second child into one of those tandem buggies, and walking away from the car. My wife sees there is no disabled permit on display and calls to the woman that she’s has forgotten to put the permit in the window, and she will get a ticket if the parking wardens see the car. - our local council has a $2500 fine for using a disabled spot without a permit, and yes that is $2500, it’s not a typo- (we assume one of the kids is disabled, and that’s why she parked there)
We were told to “f*uk off and not be nosey cnuts, and that she could use it because she had kids, and the mother and baby spaces were too far away from the doors”.
Despite the pain and inconvenience, my wife walked the entire length of the shopping centre to the Centre Management offices, and reported the woman for parking in a disabled space without displaying a permit.
When we left, the car was still there, with a two and a half grand infringement notice wrapped around the windscreen wiper. I hope she got some good bargains in K Mart to offset the ticket!
On another occasion I was on my own and pulled into a space facing a disabled spot. As I got out, a woman pulled into the disabled space in front of me. She jumped out and headed for the laundromat. I called out to her and said she’s forgotten her permit, to which she replied she wasn’t disabled but she’d only be a couple of minutes.
I took a photo of her car, and a photo of her carrying a huge basket of laundry back to her car. She went mental, cursing and swearing at me, demanding I delete the photo or she would call the police. I pointed to the sign in the car park saying illegal parking in a disabled spot carries a $2500 fine and she jumped in her car and pissed off sharpish.
I sent the photos to the council and received a reply that a ticked had been issued. That must have been the most expensive laundry she’d ever done.
At Costco one day, we were walking to the entrance past a line of vehicles in disabled spaces, and one car had three teenagers in it, windows down, doof doof music blaring, and the engine running, but no blue badge or permit in the window. My wife advised the driver to display his badge, as he’d be liable for a huge fine if the traffic wardens saw him.
He said his mate was just running in for a couple of things and they would only be 10 minutes. My wife pointed out she’d just had to walk an extra 300 meters because he was taking up a space he should not have been in, and she would be reporting him to the police. Cue much revs and many reverse as he decided he desperately needed to park else where in a couple of acres of empty car park.
My wife was, (and I’m still) nurses. Despite living with chronic pain, and reduced mobility, she will still use a normal parking spot if it’s close to the doors to leave a disabled space free for others that need to use them. What she won’t tolerate is self entitled arseholes using disabled spaces because they feel their needs/time/ job are more important than those who are genuinely disabled. She’s more than happy to apply the $2500 twat tax to deserving recipients.
It needs to become a criminal offence to park in a disabled parking space.
If you're in the UK, do you remember a few years ago that selfish jerk who parked in a Blue Badge space and refused to get out of the car because he couldn't afford the fees for it being towed? It happened the week before Christmas. The police should've been able to drag him out of the car and arrest him.
@@scottishastronomer Reminds me of a dude in New York City who had to be dragged out of his car by police because he refused to get out of the way of a fire truck.
"Twat tax" I love it.
Reminds me of when I reported someone for parking on the lines next to the accessible parking.
Meanwhile, I'm sweating bullets trying not to pee myself because I refuse to use a handicap stall. I saw the look on both faces of the handicap human who could only use that stall as well as the person who could use any of the other 5 and I never want to be in that position. Ever. Yikes
Not all heroes wear capes. Your wife is my spirit animal. Well done.
The last one... I love how she gave them a list of bills to pay.
I was waiting for them to demand she bring her own hose water 😂
I agree!! That was great 😁
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It reminds me of the time my mom convinced a life insurance agent to sell them a bigger policy for her and take a bigger one out for his own wife by bringing a list of how much it would cost my dad to maintain his current living standards without him. By the time she got to how much a housekeeper would cost, after laundry and take-out (since dad couldn't cook) he got the idea his wife provided a lot of expensive work for free...and maybe she was worth more than a minimum life policy.
I have threatened my husband ONCE with a bill when he tried to back up his parents in calling me lazy (before I found out I was so sick) and he's never brought it up again. It would've cost him 4x his daily wage, and I was cutting him some slack by cutting amateur wages for the different aspects in half. It's insane how much house work costs.
Pressure washer story - clear case of give them an inch and they think they're a ruler.
After one day of pressurewashing half the driveway and being treated like the woman did, I would have cleaned big letters, "F-U", in the dirty half and not gone back.
Exactly what i was thinking.
This story should not have even been told in this video. That girl volunteered to be her slave and complained. I feel bad for the people who are just harassed in grocery store, etc, who didn't do anything to deserve it.
@@dinarusso3320 Doing a good thing for someone isn't an excuse to say that we shouldn't call out the entitled Karen. Karen was old and OP was doing it as a favor for an elderly couple who were friends with her grandparents. So yeah, while most of us would have noped out after the first day, cant fault her for sticking it out.
story 2: I saw a sign posted online saying: "Laziness is NOT a handicap" being pregnant doesn't give you rights to park in a handicap spot either, I hope the lady gets towed
I was diagnosed with severe osteoarthritis (usually people think of this as old people's arthritis) when I was 15. I started using a cane when I was @ 25 and reached a point where I finally had to stop shopping in person when 4 different people including a tiny little old lady tried to help me out of the store.
I really feel for the people who had to start using canes at young ages, not that I'm making fun of them, but it must really be difficult to do so. I, myself, may also be disable (autism) but I have no idea what it's like to be physically handicapped and have to use a cane. I'm pretty sure that it's really hard and to have some entitled, ignorant jerk push down on them with verbal insults must put more pressure on them.
And here I thought I had it bad! I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis when I was 38.
My cousin Gloria, like OP, has rheumatoid arthritis and uses a wheelchair.
When I was in high school one of my classmates used a cane. This was back in the day when all canes were just those thick wooden ones with a rubber tip, nothing like the beautiful canes you can get now. Fortunately for her she was related to some very badass people so seldom got teased.
So sorry for you, I have lots of arthritic pain after severe fall and multiple fractures and years of nursing 🥺
I've had a similar experience in a store, Been diagnosed with Lupus since age 11 and it first effected my legs. First cane, then walker, but ended in a wheelchair until I got a little better. Still can't walk good but during the time I used a walker at about 14 yrs old? (Has a seat kinda built into it for breaks) I used that seat to help me carry the small basket of stuff.
This blonde woman gave me a dirty look and told me "Those aren't play things. Kids like you shouldn't play with them."
I dunno what she was thinking, if I just got it from the store or what but I was shy so didn't really tell her how it was. Simply said "this is my walker"
I was so embarrassed to use them after that, she really messed with my head just because I don't "look" sick doesn't mean I'm not disabled. It wouldn't be until my 20s when I learned not to give a F anymore what rude or entitled people think.
I look back and wished I had guts back then.
If I was Op I would have called the manager and tell him that there's woman and a teal van is always parking in a distable spot so to be wary of her.
OP stands for Original Poster, and not opie as in a person
I'm sorry, it's the dam microphone.
@@richewilson6394 it's ok just letting you know 😀
@@TheDarkCatYT
OP -- as in the original poster *on Reddit?
I would also call the cops then she would be getting a ticket for using a disable spot with no sticker
I'm really glad her grandparents reacted by ending their friendship. My grandparents were mostly of the "your boss pays you, so he's always right, and you're lucky to have a job, kids these days are so whiny" type. They would have told me to keep my word and smooth things over, except maybe about the water bill, because you can't expect someone to run a power washer with no water, that's a special level of idiocy.
Some stores do offer parking for women who are pregnant and/or have very young children, but they are not interchangeable with disabled parking.
They are usually" Babies are Us" or stores like it.
The local Best Buy, too.
They are when I'm with my mom... parent and child.
@@wmdkitty only if one of you is disabled, and have a plackard permitting parking in a handicap spot.
Als Supermarket has it where im at too.
Here's a tip: Pressure washers can be used to write on the driveway. You can leave a note saying:
"NO PAY. NO WATER. NOT FINISHED."
Since when did pregnancy qualify as a disability? She should not keep getting pregnant.
Clearly the husband is disabled and being kept locked up. How else could she get the same person to knock her up that many times?
Or maybe she has lots of baby daddies?🤦 It's time to get fixed!!😆😆
or like the saying goes you need to learn to live with your mistakes
@@Mrs_Sugar_Min 😆
I would have told her those spots are for the physically disabled. Not for someone so mentally disabled she keeps getting knocked up when she can't handle the kids she already has.
WOW!! OP is a real trooper! After the 2nd phone call with Caren being so demanding and the crappy attitude and being so inconsiderate and ungrateful for FREE SERVICE, before she even started, I would have said, "Ya know? I've had a change of heart, do it yourself!".
That pregnant Karen needs to woman up. My mom used to walk two miles every day while pregnant with my second brother making one of her male coworkers feel bad. The kicker is my mom had four kids at that point, and she is an absolute saint for putting up with everything me and my siblings have put her through.
My mother was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when she was in her 20s and osteoarthritis when she was in her 60s. If one wasn't flaring up, the other was
Some people need to grow a freaking spine.
If it had been me pressure washing, I would either never gone back or said something to the effect of “I’m sorry, I must be going crazy because I was under the impression that I was pressure washing your driveway in 100° heat, *in my free time, FOR NO PAY.”*
After being harassed for two days to start, I would have said "nope, not doing it" and not started it, or said it is going to be at x rate... as it seems crazy to start doing that for them.
My thoughts exactly- I blame the fist story on OP just as much as the entitled witch! Quit letting people step all over u in the name of kindness!
That parking story. I was just waiting for the "I didn't choose my disability, but you chose your expansive family!" Line.
Second story: Thank god the entitled pregnant woman is a matter of just entitlement.
Entitled womans mixed with pregnancy makes them crazy, but even when the entitled ones aren't the pregnant ones, just remember the crazy Karen at the coffe shop harrasing a pregnant woman.
Well, it’s also severe ableism …
Or the entitled woman who ruined a five-year old's ice cream just because her daughter had to wait longer for the same flavor.
Last time I checked barebacking it isn’t something that makes a handy caped person
4 Kids in 4-5 years with a 5th on the way... Trust me, there's a mental handicap somewhere there. And I come from a long line of Irish Catholics, I know of what I speak. In the extra hundred feet she had to walk, she probably picked up two more baby daddies.
@@Arkryal A functional uterus is not a disability.
Pregnancy doesn't qualify as an illness.
wtf is a handy caped person?
The opposite actually, they told my ex to park at the back of the lot and walk. They had her walking right up until our kiddo was born, so I would definitely say no.
Also Irish catholic background family like JM lol.
Remember kids, dont let ANYONE walk all over you (like in the last story). If "Karen" starts demanding stuff and berating you over a FREE servive/job, leave. Just leave, it's not worth it and no one should treat you like that.
I will never understand why it took more than one nasty call from Karen at 8am to not squash it and tell her to kick rocks and do her own driveway. Never let Karens get away with 1 rude thing or they will expect you to roll over each and every time.
The pressure washer one...I know people exactly like that. Had a friend who was asked to mow his parent's neighbor's overgrown yard (as a favor). The lady that owned the house was like that: calling him at 6 in the morning asking why he wasn't there, etc. He started, put an hour into it before his mower literally stopped due to the insane thickness of the grass and weeds. As he's sorting out the problem they lady stormed out of her house because she stopped hearing the mower and began yelling about "lazy children thinking that they need a break every 10 seconds."
He was 28.
Shrugged, packed up his stuff and left. I found out about it because he called me wanting to hang out and get lunch, and told me. Apparently later she tried to bill his parents for 'emotional damage' due to 'falsely promising to help her.' Not sure what happened after that.
Part of me hopes that her lawn has become more overgrown, but that one patch of it is slightly shorter than the rest.
It is so satisfying seeing how clean things get with a pressure washer.
You know you watch DarkFluff so much that as soon as you hear "give someone an inch, " your brain IMMEDIATELY inserts "and they'll take a FREAKIN' mile. " 😂
I loved being pregnant nearly 50 years ago. I assure you I do not like being disabled and unable to walk more that 20 metres now! If a woman is going to carry on about it being terrible to be pregnant she should make sure it doesn't happen.
Heard the pressure washer one this morning. That Karen is insane…like what is her deal?
I would have lost it. Does she have Alzheimers or something?!
I wouldn't have finished it. EFF them.
Should have told the store employee that the pregnant Karen was a repeat offender of illegally parking in the handicapped spot.
Story 3: I just don’t get why some people allow others like that “Karen” to push them around like that. That girl was basically doing that for free, and those people were just awful. She had no obligation towards them and you shouldn’t help people like that as they are so disrespectful. She did NOT hire her. After those calls from
the first day of washing the driveway, I would have never gone there ever again and would have certainly blown them off. I can’t believe people like that. That made me so angry to hear. She was such a push-over. Just block them everywhere and call the police if they still bother you.
I suspect the only reason she finished the job was because of her OCD.
I have a very minor case of it that I had to do everything in fours as a kid. I actually can fight it now if I concentrate and it seems to be tapering off as I get older but the mind goblins can be overwhelming.
In the second story as soon as she asked if she had kids, OP should've said "you have enough for the both of us"
#2 - I would have been really tempted to cruise the lot, get a description and plate on preggo's car and report it to local police so they could double check vehicles like that in HC spaces for the next few months. Let's make sure she understands ALL the parking laws and has to walk from the boonies every time she goes shopping!
Hey Karen, did you want to have kids? yes? was it your dream to become a parent? yes? Well it wasn't OP's dream or want to be disabled.
I wish the pregnant Karen had called management on her so that the manager could tell her off and tell her they would watch for her car (since she always used the space) and would have her ticketed if she used it again.
“I’m pregnant, I can barely walk.”
Well “lady” being able to spread your legs isn’t a disability.
Lol,IKR
BWAHAHAHA 🤣!
LMAF, now that's some funny shat. While she dosen't qualify for disability i would question the man's mental health who actually caused the pregnancy.
Never do crazy.
Well lady my grandmother ran a business and her garden while wrangling in 18 children, what's your excuse?
Right 😂🤣
Oh My God ..that last story..my jaw just kept dropping until it felt like it was going to fall off Lol..what a horrible woman her entitlement off the charts! And her logic of not wanting OP on her property but wanting her to work..what?! Unbelievable but yet it happened..oy vey!
These people are WAAAAAYYYYY too nice.. that driveway washer did too much for that b
The handicapped parking story is so unfortunately all too common. As someone who used to work in retail, I’ve see this happen more times than I’m willing to admit.
My favorite instance of this happening was that a lady got in the face of an old guy and his wife who took the last handicap space from her. She was yelling how the spot was disabled people only... The old guys responded by taking off his jacket to show that his left arm was missing from the elbow down. He leans in real close to the lady and I hear him ask “I don’t know, do I look disabled enough to you?”
"But I have FOUR KIDS and I'm pregnant with another!"
"Hey, it's not my fault that you can't keep your legs together."
But, seriously, why do folks engage with these people? Just walk away. You don't need to justify yourself and you don't owe them any explanations. They're not likely to listen, anyway.
Lol….the lady wanting her driveway washed would have gotten a tune up she’d never forget, AND she’d have an unfinished driveway.
It amazes me how many people out there just lack empathy. I have an "invisible disability" (autism), and could very well have gotten a disabled placard for my car if I'd wanted to (when I was still able to drive, that is; sadly, I started getting too overwhelmed by all the stimuli during driving) because sometimes I get really bad panic attacks and wind up running out of the store. When that happens, my legs feel like jelly and I just want to go home; so the farther away I am, the harder it gets. But I at least can move without arthritis pain and have use of my legs, so I wouldn't feel right taking the spot away from someone who needs an aid to walk or is in a wheelchair.
Like...those people really need it because of pain and-or accessibility issues while for me, it's just a little longer of being uncomfortable; just like I didn't choose to be mentally disabled, they didn't choose to be physically disabled. I can't even understand the mentality of the non-handicapped folks who think it's okay to try and steal those spots.
The entitled pregnant lady in that story made me so mad just listening to it because it was like she was saying "Since stupidity is my disability, I'm entitled to that spot!". >.>
Also, if that was me in that last story, I wouldn't have even gone back the second they started harassing me. I'd tell them that if they're so dissatisfied with the FREE WORK, to hire a professional to come out and power wash the rest of their driveway. OP put up with way more abuse than she should have, though it was good to see her grandparents stand up for her and take her side.
That power washing one pissed me off so much, how do people get so fucking entitled?!?!?!? And how do people let others take such advantage??? I would’ve been gone the first day
Last story. I would have stopped going back to Karen's place after the first day and told her to find another person to finish her driveway. No one deserves that kind of grief
I've apparently got arthritis too. It's not nearly as major as the op in the story, but sometimes it flares up something awful. It sucks, especially with a job where you have to be on your feet.
If it was that uncomfortable to be pregnant, then why did that lady have 4 kids and another one to come?
3rd story makes me want to invite OP and the GPs to the barbeque. I need to send them my location just to see if they would show up because THEY are awesome!
Honestly! The poor person with a disability. I have been disabled since I was 10 and have handicap plates. I don't look disabled but I can't remember what it's like to not be in pain and there are some days that the act of breathing hurts. I get looks and comments from people all the time for parking in handicap parking.
I feel for OP.
Not all disabilities are visible. Not all illnesses are visible.
My poor non-disabled husband gets angry glares and rude comments all the time until they realize he’s setting up my wheelchair because I am disabled. Yes, we do have a placard, and no, he doesn’t use it when he’s out without me.
I have severe arthritis too and a handicapped parking permit too. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen able bodied parents with kids, not even babies park in handicap parking!!! Having kids and not being able to walk = the same thing?? 😡😡
It could be the kids true but I understand it’s annoying
The last one was too nice to right away say that she would only be verbally abused like a day laborer of she was being paid like one, but in the end the “Service Bill” was a wonderful touché!
For the second parking story, saw someone park next to a van with a wheel chair lift that did have the plates and block the lift so the driver couldn't get into the car. The guy tried to contact the owners in the store, and when no one showed up the store called a tow truck and the local police. The people who parked in the clearly marked NO PARKING area reserved for such vehicles, tried to pull the we don't speak English line and started speaking in I want to say Hmong, and going off the disabled guy and cops. Plot twist kicks in here: The disabled man actually taught Hmong, as did one of the responding cops who promptly gave them a ticket for the FULL price of the infraction and hauled off their car, meanwhile their just doing their damndest to impersonate a goldfish.
story 2 is why you never and i mean never tell a Karen, that you might be able to help because they will take a mile
Hey Fluff, I'm from Brazil and your videos are helping me a lot with my English skills. Thank you 😘
I'm from São Paulo. And you?
@@telinhajp I live in Hortolândia -SP 😁
@@janevieiragomes7703 Cool! Not that far. 👍🙂
There is another one with britisch english. I love both, but Fluff has a funny attitude. I hear him dayly since a month. ❤️
That's awesome!
My second pregnancy was high risk, and my pelvis was falling apart enough that I had to use a cane to get around. I still didn't park in handicapped parking, because I didn't have a permit.
Okay that pregnant lady is just crazy. When I was pregnant I preferred parking farther from the store for 1.) Exercise and 2.) Having enough space to get my door open for my pregnant belly. Pro tip, park with cart returns on the driver's side. Nobody else likes to and it guarantees you enough space to get out of the car without someone parking over the line in your spot. Also if you put the car seat on that side, now you can get yourself and the newborn out without having to do any fancy footwork.
That's why lots of stores "pregnancy parking spaces" for women that are pregnant or just recently gave birth. The real issue is how non disabled an pregnant people using these disabled and pregnant parking spots and they get away with it. I'd be a millionaire even if I just got a penny for every time I see non disabled or pregnant person parking it the disabled and pregnant parking spots.
With the entitled Karen acting that way over pressure washing I'd probably never came back after that first day. I'd love to see what she would of tried to do. Like call the cops saying "we hired OP to do our driveway and never finish it". I'd be like "no mr officer they never hired me. I offered to help pressure wash their driveway for free because they're my grandparent's friends. After the way I was treated I decided no to go back because I was doing it for free. So it was either leave or make her ass a permanent boot holder".
That last girl was too nice! I would’ve left their driveway looking like crap if they’d treated me like that! You’re not getting paid and it’s not doing any damage to the property, so screw them! Lol
When I was pregnant, I was having all kinds of complications. I had constant braxton hicks and contractions 3 weeks early. It hurt to walk and I never did shit like the Karen in the 2nd story.
I would have said "Lady, I didn't knock you up so don't take it out on me"
I love that #2 put it in her face that she CHOSE to have all those kids.
I’m so frustrated that OP went back to finish the driveway after they were so utterly rude and even said they didn’t even want them there
Finish your own driveway, Caren 😤
Story 2: Well the guy who got her pregnant sure as hell has some sort of mental disability for letting a Karen breed her spawns
You should have told her it was way more uncomfortable listening to her yammer, being totally selfish and disrespectful. I was wishing a cop, nurse, or manager just toss her and her brood of larva out and ban her forever from the store. Unbelievable! Don't waste your breath, sweetie!
Sounds like the husband from the first story needs a vacation from his choosing beggar wife
Agreed!!!
1st story: holy $h1t but I love OP's parting response. 2nd: love the grandparents and I'll pay up, when you do. Absolutely perfect responses!
I've gotten some shitty comments from people seeing me park in the handicapped spot. One ancient lady who seemed quite spry told me the handicapped spots were specifically for the elderly and I was selfishly denying a parking spot to someone who needs it. She shut her mouth real quick when I pulled my walker from the back of my car and unfolded it. Several times I've had to tell people"No, I'm not using my mother's/father's placard, it's MINE, in my name. Call a cop, they can't do a damn thing."
When my mom forgot to put up her placard when we were at a local salon, there was a cop sitting on the parking lot. We presented the placard, explaining that we forgot to put it up. We weren't ticketed, and he told us we can place the placard where it is visible.
@@evadedenbach1226 I was doing an overnight at the hospital for a minor surgical procedure. I could have been discharged same day but had no one to drive and since I was being put to sleep they made me stay. Got the handicapped spot like 10 feet from the door. Next day when leaving I realized I hadn't put my placard up. No tickets! Super lucky.
Story 2. At a local mall, there are several pink parking spots which are for pregnant mothers and those who have newborns. This Karen would qualify while she was pregnant and shortly thereafter. I expect that this Karen would continue to use those pink spots long after her next baby is born.
My husband has a handicapped placard. It can be almost impossible to find an empty handicapped spot at some stores.
When I was pregnant with my daughter, I could just barely walk due to swollen ankles, etc. But I would have never parked in the handicapped spot.
"You chose to have kids"
True that! I was thinking that entire time, bitch you know how hard it is to have a toddler and you decided to get pregnant every year. This is why young parents mostly have to kids with a year apart, while others wait 5 years apart like my parents did to me and my brother.
My mom has Rheumatoid Arthritis which is an autoimmune disease that's crippling and attacks joints. Mom can't walk far distances without dealing with pain. Her feet have nodules which makes it hurt more to walk. One lady confronted her about being parked handicapped even though mom has a handicap license plate. This lady followed mom around the store until mom told someone to call the cops because the woman was harassing her. Yes my mom is a Karen too and if that woman would have complained to her about being pregnant and exhausted my mom would probably yelled at her telling her "Well you should have kept your damn legs closed!" 😂
Why are people polite to Karens?
Exactly what I was wondering as soon as they start acting entitled I'd be done! no more being nice no more favors nothing and I tell them where to stick it!
you'd be surprised on how many people don't have backbones...
“Handicapped” parking (definitely an out-dated term, but yeah) is definitely a sore spot for me. My little group of apartment buildings has a single handicap spot, and I know from multiple sources (including the owners) that it was put in specially for one person who had lived there for 20 years (I’ve been here almost 6 years). She was the sweetest lady ever, and she was a truly wonderful neighbor. She had many health conditions to battle, and she sadly passed on just around 2 years ago.
It’s a very small cluster of apartments, and the small parking lot is directly next to the buildings, so it’s definitely not something for the average person to complain about. I have some physical difficulty myself (hips, knees, and ankles, oh my!), but it’s literally so close that I’d never think of trying to take that spot, even now that she’s passed. For one, I’m not interested in pain management from a doctor, paying for any medical bills for that, taking any super addictive meds, going through the red tape for a pass, or any hassle. As far as I’m concerned, I can still hobble my butt where I need to go, so there’s no need for any of that hassle. I do sympathize with people dealing with pain issues/physical or mobility issues, major or minor.
However, the following month after the sweet lady passed, another neighbor decided that the handicap placard in her mom’s car (which she continually gripped about her mom needing to use the car now and again) entitled her to park wherever she wanted.
Unfortunately this isn’t a story with a satisfying ending. There was no revenge or malicious compliance. It just continually annoyed me and made me sad for about a year and a half until that entitled neighbor moved. There is a number of elderly people here as well, but the tiny parking lot is so close that the designated spot is more symbolic than anything.
Now, two years on, people around here just randomly park there (since they know that the sweet lady isn’t here anymore). People, including the college students next door that go for a run every morning, just park there for no reason. At least they’re not abusing someone else’s handicap parking placard, but it still feels disrespectful to me. The sign for the spot is the standard “handicap parking only, unauthorized vehicles will be towed, fines, blah blah blah” but it’s no longer enforced as none of the residents have the placard or require accommodations.
There are other hills to die on here, though, as well as many other stories. It’s mostly just the typical apartment shenanigans with only dashes of crazy thrown in. Luckily, the owners are truly wonderful people, and they quickly resolve any problems that arise.
Love how four kids, pregnant with the fifth and still doesnt know what birth control is.
Yes. Soothing voice and THE LAWN MOWER SUPER LOUD!!!! My favorite
Today is my first night at my new house, this is perfect for me now! Thank you fluff and thank you Stevo.
Story 2: here there are "reserved" parking for pregnant people or families with young children, but they are very different from parking for disabled people. The one for disabled people are enforceable by law, the other ones are a courtesy from certain stores, mostly grocery stores. I've been pregnant with 3 kids in tow, it's no reason to use a disabled parking.
People need to learn to not put up with one second of that kind of crap from them Karen's. The first time she would have came out making demands to me I would have wrapped up my equipment flipped her the bird and said do it yourself
Friends of the grandparents though. Would have mentioned something to my grandparents, asked if they wanted me to really continue and if not I'd have quit for sure. Her grandparents did the right thing, stuck up for her and ended a friendship due to the entitlement.
To be fair it is difficult to be a mom and pregnant, which is why some places offer parking for new moms close to the store. That said, screaming at an actual disabled person for using a disabled spot in a place that doesnt have reserved parking is not cool.
Story 3.
Mix up a large bottle of water, sugar, and natural live yogurt.
Sneak up Karen's driveway.
Apply mixture, using it to spelling out any insult you wish to convey to Karen.
It takes about 10 years for the words to fade, unless they want to astrolaze their driveway.
"It's uncomfortable being pregnant," says woman who is pregnant with FIFTH baby!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Keep your damned legs shut, then!!!!
I agree, being pregnant can suck sometimes...but a lot of places have special parking for pregnant women or people with small children. Even if they don't...handicap parking is for the HANDICAPPED!! You HAVE to have a valid placard or license plate in order to park in those spots!! Besides, most doctors recommend that pregnant women exercise, at least a little bit, during pregnancy.
I have an invisible disability too with disabled car tags and keep waiting for the day when I get harassed by a pregnant woman like the story…I want to say “I know I’m not pregnant you should count your blessings I can’t pull a reverse cowgirl like you have four medals for performing”
That pregnant lady.... SMH. There's a local grocery store in my town that is nice enough to have a few spots dedicated to "customers with children" parking spots next to the handicap spots. These ones are pink and have a child in a cart logo instead of the usual blue wheelchair logo.
If I was in that OP's shoes I would have left after pregnant Karen started screeching about having kids. I don't care if you have kids and are tired, you still broke the law and for all she knows she took a spot from a wheelchair bound person at one of her many stolen parking spaces.
Karen starts talking? I'd start walking (or hobbling) away. Never get into an interrogation with them. "have you ever been pregnant"? ""have you ever had kids" No answer. None of her darned business. Just cold dead eyes and stare as though you've stepped in goat crap. At least in this instance, the disabled OP can get away faster lol.
The pregnant lady needs to stop having kids! I mean, seriously, how many do you need?
Wow Karen seems like a wonderful mother, busy accosting handicapped people in stores instead of being an advocate for change and asking the stores to create special pregnancy spots (some stores have these in Canada).
If you have a legitimate problem during pregnancy, you can get a temporary disabled placard with a note from your doctor to the DMV. Otherwise, walking is excellent for pregnant women.
Karen said they do have Mother and Child spots but, "they are too far away". As all the ones I have seen start right after the Handicap ones, she is just lazy
Darkfluff: sit back and relax
Me, who listens to these while doing chores: "No, I don't think I will" (In captain America voice)
Pregnant women can use the disabled spots... IF they get a temporary placard. They require doctor approval and aren't easy to get, but severe emclapsia and recommended bedrest can often get one prescribed. I have a friend who got one when she was pregnant, around 3 months in. She was pregnant with twins and excessive exercise in the Central Texas heat spiked her blood pressure hard. Her placard expired two months after her due date. So no, Karen was wrong. OP was right. You DO have to have a placard.
That second story about the pregnant lady makes me so mad. Omg. I have TWIN 15 mn olds and I'm about 18 weeks pregnant with #3. Trust me I haven't known a good night's sleep in quite some time nor had 5 min to myself. When I think I have finally baby proofed my house these two magically figure out how to get into something my husband and I don't want them anywhere near lol. I would die for my children, but they are a handful.
That all being said, never in my wildest dreams would I ever think to walk up to what is clearly a handicapped person (nor to a not so obvious handicapped person, you never know and I'm not a medical expert) and say I have it worse than them. Disgusting. If 4 kids is too much she should have gotten back on contraception.
I'm handicapped, your not! You're pregnant, so what! You can't use handicapped parking because you are pregnant!
The first time Karen berates me for doing a free job for her is the last time I do a job for her. Doesn't matter if it's lawn mowing or pressure washing something I'm done!
Waite until the em hears about "pregnancy spaces." I can only imagine her STILL favoring the handicap spots
Where I am there are already parking spots for people with children.
@@PhoenixFires9 there's some where i am too but it's still mostly in malls
Omg the 2nd one. I have an autoimmune fibromyalgia disease. Before I even found out I had it, I couldn't stand up straight and walked like "7" for 9 months. I was (and still am) in so much pain all over my body. I can walk normally now, but with fibro, you get intense pain that travels from joint to joint in your body (like today for instance, my ankle began hurting, then it traveled to my lower back and back to my ankle). I once had spare time before my DMV appointment and went to Safeway to get coffee (from the Starbucks), and there was a spot close to the door that wasn't handicap so I parked there. This van who wasn't anywhere near it sped up and slammed on their brakes right behind me while slamming on the horn. I ignored them and got my coffee, my hips and ankles hurting while I'm waiting. 20 minutes later, I get my coffee and walk out to see he parked beside me. He waited for me just to yell at me saying "How DARE you take a spot from a disabled veteran!?" I said "You weren't anywhere close to the spot." He tried arguing with me bringing up a disabled veteran again until I cut him off saying "Sir. With all due respect, I'm disabled and am in so much pain. I don't know why you chose to waste both your and my time by acting in this manner but I hope you learn from this." I got in my car and drove away.
Just because you're pregnant or a veteran doesn't grant you automatic respect because you chose to become pregnant and serve. I didn't choose to be disabled.
If the employee was truly embarrassed by his wife’s behavior, either he would have already made her stop contacting the bos or he would have divorced her! Anyone that tolerates that bs is just as guilty as the one doing it.
With someone that entitled do you think they'd let their partner go scot free in a divorce?
So many pregnant women or EMs with children claim to be handicapped. Since a handicap permit can only be issued with a doctor's authorization I like to see how many of these "handicapped" women convince their doctors they need the permit and actually get it
It feels GREAT when you tell us at the end that you love us!!!!!
Honestly, the second one IS valid. There are health risks involved with pregnancy. Someone took the pregnant spot while I was pregnant with my third, and the physical strain of walking from a much further spot caused me to go into labor. This is why stores have a spot for expecting mother's. She IS physically handicapped, but as pregnancy is a temporary condition you don't get a placard.
Similarly, had a guy complain about me using an electric card when his wife (senior with a cane) needed it more. I had just been released following surgery to remove a tumor from behind my right eye, draining tube covered by light guaze, hospital bracelet still on. Here is an idea, instead of comparing who needs it more complain to the store about not having enough spots or carts for everyone who needs them.
RE: pressure washing. Management should NEVER get to set all the terms and conditions for volunteer labor. And volunteer labor must make sure management knows it!