My daughter had a sever Ashma attack, she was 7yrs old. Her blood OX was down to 30% this guy can in to the ER right behind us, hevwas screaming because he had a paper cut on his finger and he claimed he was going to bleed to death. The ER nurse to him to shut up and handed him a bandaid.
I worked many years in an ER on 3rd shift. One Saturday morning at 2:30am a 26 yr old woman arrived by ambulance. The reason for her visit... She had a sore throat. Yes, a sore throat. And , she'd had it for 3 days. So, she could have seen her doctor on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday but she waited to take an ambulance. Oh, and first thing on arrival, she demanded a popsicle and to be seen IMMEDIATELY by a doctor. That night we were up to our necks in actual emergencies, so she had to wait. She screamed, non-stop, for three hours. I guess we were just supposed to ignore the folks from multiple vehicle accidents as well as those suffering from cardiac events and other serious problems. I wish I could say this was unusual but we saw it all the time.
@@deeking3683 I'm shaking my head. I'm a retired RN, BSN Triage Nurse. I was taken to the ER via EMTs & sat in the waiting room for 2 hours until being seen. I had 3 huge water blisters on my legs. My diagnoses were CHF & CKD Stage 3B. Six months prior I had a balloon angioplasty & 3 stents placed in my heart. And I sat QUIETLY in the waiting room for 2 hours. I'm still shaking my head.
Story 1: Yes, Karen, because obviously if an employee wanted to hide from customers, they'd hide on the sales floor instead of going to the back where customers aren't allowed. How did this idiot even get a management position, because obviously an IQ test wasn't required, nor was a test for basic common sense.
Since it was obviously Target, last time I've checked with an ex-friend, no they don't have a test for you. You have to work there for a certain amount of time and the position (Which is most of the time is free) has to be free for you to be able to climb up and my friend was manager or higher (Can't remember) when she was only 19 years old and couldn't keep her mind of where to live or work at.
It's been my experience that only the dumbest end up in management and executive positions. This is the only way to explain why GameStop execs thought it would be a good idea to start stealing and selling NFTs.
I lived through that storm. When they have to deploy the army because the storm left 4 million homes without electricity in the coldest month of the year, no one will care "who you are".
@@NiennaFan1 She's a politician, she doesn't need to be panicking or in shock to treat people like shit and behave like an entitled arsehole. Steaming piece of filth that fortunately went off in front of the wrong person and lost her career. It's called "poetic justice".
The line "I can't be expected to know who ALL my employees are" is a sham. Granted I didn't have as many as Target or Walmart have, but I had 52 employees at one store that I managed and I knew every single one of them by name. My Assistant (ASM) would look at applications and set up interviews and I would conduct them. Then again, that's just me. I would also take time to get to know them and basically chat on occasion. I'm not the typical boss and I've been told that by several employees. The people who don't take time to get to know their employees often have problems. Whether it be loyalty, willingness to help out, or going above and beyond....none of that happens if you don't treat your people well. Take care of your people and they will take care of you.
Good managers get to know their employees. They don't need a life story, but at the very least be able to recognize them and know their names. Bonus points for knowing the security/Loss prevention and custodial staff. I wasn't a manager (no desire to ever be one) but I make it a point to say hi and acknowledge my coworkers.
I hope everyone in the rescuing family got some kind of recognition for their effort. That was a very comendable thing to do. It was the right thing to do
I wholeheartedly agree with you. One time it flooded so badly in my city that only one house on the main drag was elevated enough that water wasn't up to their door. The homeowner opened her house to everyone who was stranded. She gave them towels & hot chocolate. One family she helped was my Sister & her three kids all of whom were under 10 yrs old. The kids were screaming, in the car, when water started coming in, onto the floorboards; none of them knew how to swim & they thought they were going to drown to death. Thank heaven for that woman who opened her house to them. She even let my Sister call my Dad. A fire engine truck was also stranded in that water.
Managers ARE supposed to know the employees' names. Usually to make that easier, they have multiple managers to handle certain jobs in the store, so she would've known who actually worked under her. If she didn't know the person, she was supposed to go to her other coworkers to ask IF OP worked there
As a squad leader, i need to memorize my boys' full name, call sign and ID number, blood type. Something so simple, if i cannot even do that. How was i be able to lead my squad?
I remember that ice storm. We had no power for a week, and they called in the army to help with the cleanup from all the deadfall & damaged trees - we lost a huge birch tree in our front lawn that landed inches from the front door. My folks had a generator, and we had gas heating, so we were ok - it was like an extended camp-out for me and my brother. Fortunately, we made liberal use of the "outdoor freezer" to keep the food from spoiling. When we finally got around to calling hydro about the electricity, they were surprised: they had actually repaired the lines 4 days earlier, but forgotten to reconnect the breaker, lol.
I was a freshman in high school when that storm hit. I lived in Eastern Virginia so we got hit hard and was out of power for 2 weeks. Thankfully we had a fireplace and mom is resourceful AF. Everything in the fridge went on the porch and she cooked everything in the fireplace in her cast iron pans. IIRC by the time power came back on she was in her groove and baking little cupcakes in a cobbled together Dutch oven. Lol
I worked with a woman who was a brand new Deportation Officer. Apparently, according to her partner, she didn’t like sitting in the back of the plane with her partner and the man they were to watch, so he wouldn’t harm other commercial passengers. She left both and started to make her way to First Class. She declared she should sit in First Class, with a “Don’t you know who I am?” The Flight Attendant said, “I know very well, who you are, now go back to the back of the plane with your partner.” She never lived it down in the office. She was the OG “Karen,” before that term ever existed.
The back of the plane is actually the best since it gives you the highest chance to survive if the plane crashes. I would rather sit there than first class.
School Story: OP's Student Client probably wasn't punished for her Language because she said what all the other Staff Desperately want to say to Karen's face but can't because they'll get Written Up or Fired... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣
Never patronized a business where the manager didn't know every name of their direct reports. It's pretty much something you learn from Day 1. If I were in OPs shoes, I would definitely have called corporate and told them that Karen is literally either too stupid to be a manager or has some neurological issue that would prevent her from doing her job correctly.
At the very least go to the customer service desk and tell the person there you would like to file a complaint about a disrespectful employee. Talk to the highest person in the store or if the bitch is the highest person the number for their superior. Out Karen the Karen by demanding to speak to her supervisor.
To be fair, chances are Karen was the lowest level of manager, meaning that the majority of the level of employees below her are people who don't report to her, but other managers at the same level as Karen. It IS reasonable to not know employees with other managers, particularly other sections of the store. Like, she probably works the toy section as that's where this went down, why would she know the employees from, say, the electronics section? (I'm picking examples out of my ass here, I only had a year to try Target for myself, which included one actual visit).
@@niceguy169 If you supervise the electronics section, why bother an employee who you don't know and isn't on your section? Wouldn't it be the correct step to make s report to the correct manager? When I've worked in similar situations, your manager scolded/fired/took care of any situation involving you directly, not any manager who wanted to bother you just because they're a b*tch and want to cause issues. So even if it's exactly how you say it went down, which is doubtful, she's still a Karen, she's still a bad manager and there's literally NO defence for being so bad at your job/such a shit person.
Ah, yes. The ice storm. We were living in an isolated rural community. Thankfully, we had a wood stove that functioned for heat, cooking and warming water for bath water. As a ten year old, I only have good memories .
My youngest sister got chicken pox during the ice storm... We made her a "bath" with a large plastic tub my mom used to store winter boots in, in front of the fireplace in the basement, and heated water in wine bottle in front of it so she could take "not winter frigid cold tap water" baths.
@@Jedidiah_Martin_2 Pretty sure everyone who is old enough and lived on the eastern seaboard remembers that storm from '98. It was legendary. We were burning oil lanterns, staying warm with a wood stove and kerosene heaters, and packing the fridges and freezers with snow and ice to keep the food good for longer.
Story 3: Never dismiss somebody's terrible attitude because 'they're in shock or scared'. When a person experiences fear or trauma, you see their true personality come out. This is why neighbors/strangers band together after a disaster. They are all afraid, that's when their true compassion and comradery surfaces, and they find the most decent part of themselves to face that adversity. If a person is self important and arrogant in the face of fear, injury, or loss, you are seeing who they really are.
The thing is with that logic, there’s a hole in it. I have anger themed clinically diagnosed PTSD. A stressful traumatic scenario would trigger me to have an episode, but that’s not a revealing of my true personality but instead a triggering of my malfunctioning survival instincts.
@@harleyquinn5774 I have literal decades of experience with a family member with anger themed clinically diagnosed PTSD, and I have been treated at a VA clinic for my secondary PTSD. There is no hole in my logic, my entire opinion on this subject is based on my own life experience. My father's anger came from HIM. It is part of his personality, and he knows that. I don't know your experience, and you don't know mine, so we can agree to disagree on this. But the truth I speak is as real as yours or anybody's.
Story 1: I would have followed Management Karen to her office so I could make her apologize to my lawyer. It's a piece of civil law called "False Imprisonment". She commits it by attempting to confine OP to an area with any combination of physical barriers and/or threats of consequences (including implied ones).
Story 3: Nobody cares how important you are (or think you are), let people finish their business with the phone. Also respect people giving you shelter/hospitality. It's like that plane altercation that caused a Karen to lose her job.
When they have to deploy the army because the storm left 4 million homes without electricity in the coldest month of the year, no one will care "who you are".
@@WaddickLawnCare if it’s an emergency. What if they where going to pick someone up who was having an emergency. Or going to see someone who doesn’t have much time left. Or needs medication at home. If it’s emergency you can make a fuss. If someone could die or get serious harmed because of it.
Story 4: I don't know if it is stubborn ignorance/stupidity or a serious case of doubling down, but neither will excuse you grabbing people like that. Again, you expect people to help you when you grab them?
i hate the karen of the story i once had my toes on one foot almost completly cut through and this lady thought i was faking i had bleed through 4 bath towls and i had ust started to bleed again in the ER when i got super lucky and a plastic surgon comes up and asks whats wrong and gets me all set up and does the job quick as he was meant to be finished at that point.
My sister worked at Walmart for a while, they had at most four people working a shift but since this was at the peak of Covid, it’s possible they were just heavily understaffed. That being said, the managers always knew everyone’s names, some of them had been working for decades there so it was a pretty tight knit group
I agree I worked retail in a very large chain. We all knew each other and our names. The only ones we didn’t know as well were the grocery workers as they were under a different union and operated separate from the rest of the store.
Yeah four people is heavily, heavily, heavily understaffed. There should be more than 4 people in one department alone. Either way, they should still know everyone. Maybe not super well, but they will at least know your name.
New manager maybe? But still the uniform is kinda specific as far as shirt style, name tag, etc. She should have handled that better. And yeah, recognized her own employees.
@@AngharadMac yeah she has to be a new manager at that store and in general. Otherwise she's just a bad boss. You shouldn't scold an employee on the floor whether you see anyone around or not. Either be polite in asking their name, how long they've worked there and then inform them of the no phone policy. If it's someone you know and have had issues with then have them come to the office with you. Terrible management skills all around and extremely unprofessional.
TM - not all hospitals have a psych unit or psych Dr. It takes an act of Congress to get a psych admit. Unless they are a risk of harm to self or others, but a psych Dr would have to determine that.
Story 1 sounds almost like a Walmart where a older manager mistook a customer for an employee, dragged him to the office, took his wallet and placed in a time safe and notify the area manager. He got fired on the spot!
@James Cheddar my thoughts exactly!!!! if some jackbag “manager” tried that with me, i would put the jackbag THROUGH the floor the second they put their hands on me
Yeah I feel you had it before too it sucks and hurts and couldn't even talk for first few days the barely talk . Get well soon fluff and thak for video.
I always felt like my larynx was covered in plastic wrap. I now call the dr when that feeling even starts to come up, to schedule a test, since you can’t get antibiotics without a positive test.
Ice storm of '98. I remember it well. We were in Maine at the time. What I remember most is the way people pulled together to help each other out, just as you Canadian cousins did, just as I saw happen after Hurricane Camille when I was a kid. Restores your faith in humanity, even if some Karen tries to bruise it.
It was bad in Québec, the city of Montreal was completely out of power. One of the 3 largest city in Canada. They had to drop from helicopters to repair the power lines. But yeah, we pulled together and helped each other.
Yikes! Strep throat is no fun at all. I'm glad you're feeling better, Fluff! To answer you musings at the end of Story 1, I can't speak for Target, but I did work at 3 different Walmart locations in 3 different states over the course of multiple years, and the managers, good, bad, or indifferent, all seemed to at least be competent at keeping track of who was and wasn't an employee there. I suspect the manager at the Target in the story was just on a power trip, and might have been new enough to the job that she hadn't met all the employees there yet. The joke's on her for not listening to the OP and doubling down on her "Karen-ness" after the OP told her what the situation was.
Last story: my mother worked as an admitting clerk in an ER for 20 years. She saw a lot of nonsense from people who figured they were worse off than everyone else. Screaming at the admitting clerks was a good way to get you moved to the bottom of the list. If you were well enough to throw a tantrum, you were well enough to wait. The truly sick people were the ones who were quiet. Also, she was a master at shutting down the Karens of the world. She could verbally rip you to shreds and you would walk away thanking her for it. Until later. When you realized what she had said. And the doctors and nurses loved it when she was working because she had a way of looking at someone and knowing who was badly off and who could wait.
@@davidcox3076 Yup! And she worked the graveyard shift for 9 years. That's where the real crap happens. And when I said she knew who was really sick, I wasn't kidding. She told me that one time a guy walked saying he didn't feel well when he signed in. She told me that when she looked at him all she saw was a skull. She grabbed a nurse and said "take this guy now, he's dying." He passed away 2 hours later. She had some sort of 2nd sight, I think.
Story 3: If you are the representative for a community... I would have told them then you are the last one to get it, as you work for the people, so they are your bosses, and are more important than you are.
First Story... if the management doesn't know who works under them... they are either a horrible person, or the corporation is horrible as it has such high turnover. The management should know who their employees are, as they work with them for long periods of time, as without that, someone could just have the right colours, and walk out the door with products, or take time to take the products out of boxes and get them out that way...
Story 3; I was wondering if it was the ice storm lol! I was a kid back then, but man that storm was wild. Glad Karen lost her job, that wasn't a time to be a dick to everyone.
I'm trying to figure out which one it was. I thought I was younger than 17, but I remember a huge ice storm that really hit Ontario hard. our military and reserves were dispatched for emergency aide. I really thought I was younger though, so maybe I'm thinking of the wrong storm. It's not as if we've only had one bad ice storm in Canada lol
She should have told her I will follow you to your office as long as you call the general manager and then spoken to the general manager and tried to have that woman fired. She has no business being anybody's manager talking to people like that or treating them like that
Ugh... strep throat infection sucks. I used to have them a lot. Nowadays, if I have persistent sore throat, I run to the hospital before it gets worse.
I had strep throat once around 16 so I feel for you so much, happy to hear it's over and glad to have you back! I'm 36 now and it's still by far the worst thing I've ever experienced. I was out of school for a week and could barely get out of bed or eat anything, my throat felt like it was on fire. The only good thing is that your immune system archives the whole ordeal and will act rapidly with furious vengeance next time, almost certainly before any symptoms get a chance to develop.
Welcome back, I love these posts. I just found out I have COVID and love listening to these. I used to work for both Wal-Mart and Target and none of my managers were so inept that they did not know who was working and which shift.
I'm thankful that I never ran across any Karens while being a medic, although that might have been because I was an army field medic and served in Canada, so there was not too much of a chance to run across any wild Karens.
Right? Remember how Andrea on 90210 was played by a then- twenty-nine-year-old woman and by the time she left the show she was 34 playing a senior in high school. Funny story. I was almost thirty years old when I went back to my hometown to visit one of my favorite teachers who was about to retire. This is way before social media was as commonly used as it is now. I had a visitor pass but I decided to throw it out. They were just a simple sticker that you put on your shirt in a visible area so you don't get stopped. It was probably a mistake on my part to chuck the visitor's pass, but I didn't think anybody would be dumb enough to mistake a twenty-eight-year-old man for a student. I looked way older than any of the students in the school. I was headed for my former teacher's hallway, who knew I was on my way to see her, when I got stopped by this teacher who had only been there about a decade. By the time I graduated, this particular teacher had already developed a reputation for being widely disliked. Quite the accomplishment to achieve such a reputation in less than a year, if you ask me. Mind you, I had a ball cap on which was a dress code no-no but I wasn't a student. I had cut off khaki shorts, beat up running shoes and a message T-shirt with a very tongue-in-cheek but slightly ironic phrase on it. She sees me coming and her eyes narrow at me and she is clearly judging my wardrobe. As she passes find me she snatched the hat off of my head. I yelled what the hell? She whirled on me, scowling and admonished me for my language plus for wearing a hat in school. I told her she could take her high-and-mighty attitude and shove it up her ass, that I wasn't a student and to give my hat back. Her face contorted and looked like she had been hit in the lady parts with a metal baseball bat. I took advantage of her stunned silence then grabbed my hat back and continued on to my former teacher's hallway. The bitchy teacher got on her walkie-talkie and radioed for the dean. I told her to tell the dean that so-and-so said hello and to give my regards to his wife. I knew them both very well then I shouted out that I graduated ten years earlier. I told her to get her eyes checked and headed to my former teacher's room. It was her planning period. She gave me a big hug and I told her everything. She wasn't at liberty to tell me what she really thought of that other teacher, but she essentially more or less agreed with me that the teacher was a real witch with a capital B. I stayed till the end of her planning period and I left. A few students were looking me up and down as I was leaving because who's this new guy, right? Since the policy has always been that all visitors must sign out at the front office, that's where I headed. Lo and behold, guess who was there? Miss Witch. She pointed me out when I came in and got the dean. I shook his hand and he asked me how I was doing while the witch herself eyed our interaction quizzically. The look on her face as we engaged in casual chat and I made sure she overheard me when I reiterated that I had graduated in 2000, was not a student and I looked her in the face: “I don't know who you think you are, but harassing others, like the way you did me and stealing their personal property, especially when you think they're a student is highly inappropriate. You better come down off your high horse before you get knocked off.” She turned beet red. The dean stifled laughter as he knew I had always been known for having a way with words. The only reason why I didn't get profane and cuss her out up one side and down the other was because my father worked for the school board and I did not want to embarrass him.
@@iononcantomascrivo You brought that interaction on yourself by tossing the visitor’s tag. You’re lucky the teacher didn’t call the police because an unknown adult was wandering the halls. She was rude, but the interaction shouldn’t have happened at all, and that’s on you.
I remember that storm! The eastern seaboard of the US was a national disaster zone. Some of my coworkers ended up living in a school gym for two weeks. I was one block off the Atlantic, but my power was back up within 3 days. I am so happy I was working a shift that I could come in very early, to be out by 3.
I believe it, it was a hell of a storm. I was 14 when the storm hit and we were out of power for 2 weeks(lived in South Eastern Virginia). When the aftermath was over and I went back to school everyone was sharing stories about how their family faired. Most had been without power for only a week, but some were still waiting for VEPCO to restore power to their neighborhood.
@@joshmiller3673 Point...I've never been good with distances lol. The Wikipedia page says it affected from the Appalachian mountains to Montreal, which per Google is just over 700 miles, so maybe they decided to embellish a bit? Idk 🤷♀️ In other news, TIL if a weather pattern is devastating enough it gets a wiki page. xD
@@joshmiller3673 Jan 5 to the 9th of 1998 A crippling, devastating ice storm hit portions of upstate New York, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire, much of Maine and southeastern Canada. 1998 ice storm facts Total damage was $2.4 billion (CPI-adjusted) in the U.S. Over 500,000 in northern New England lost power. Nearly 80 percent of Maine's population lost electrical service. The extensive power outages lasted for days and, in some cases, weeks. Sixteen lives were lost in the U.S. and an additional 28 deaths related to the ice storm were reported in Canada. Ice accumulations were as much as 3 inches thick in northern New York, northern New England and southeastern Canada. Rapid ice accumulations from Jan. 7-9, 1998, downed millions of trees and caused widespread destruction of power lines and power poles. Included in the millions of damaged trees were many maple and apple trees, which affected the maple sugaring and apple industries for years. Outside of the crippling ice, this storm system also brought flooding to portions of the South, Lower Mississippi Valley and upstate New York. The most severe flooding was in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, where more than 700 homes were damaged or destroyed. Total costs were $15 million in North Carolina and $20 million in Tennessee. Source is an article titled 10 of the Worst Ice Storms in U.S. History. Google that title and you'll be able to see all this information there and back check it as well.
The first time I had strep throat I thought I was going to actually die. I called my parents to say my goodbyes and everything, lol. But it took me like a week to get to any normal point as well, so glad to hear your voice again so soon!
I'm so glad you're okay! It's normal to need to take a break and yeah I feel the pain of having strep throat, I got strep throat one time the same month I had broken my foot so talk about *pain*
I used to be a swing shift sort manager at a shipping company. I had roughly 120 people under me (24 per load belt, 18 in unload, and a few in the office). I knew every one of their first and last names, birthdays, health conditions, food allergies (as I often baked stuff to share), and most of their favorite songs (as I would usually sing when walking the belts so that the drivers and people with carts would know where I was and to watch out for me, plus it entertained people, most of the time). Good managers should know their teams front to back and take an interest.
As a Target employee, I can testify that the two Store Directors (Managers) I’ve worked for knew everyone. The Executive Team Leaders (Assistant Managers), a whole different story 😂.
That first one I would have called the police and had her arrested for assault and attempted theft. Then after that was done I would have demanded to speak with a regional manager and make sure that Karen learns to treat customers right.
Story 4: I don't expect the karen to know this, or if these laws are the same as they are in Canada, but here doctors and nurses are under quite a lot of legal protocol when it comes to treating patients and what they can or cannot do in departments they aren't assigned to. OP was alright to set an IV because she was delegated that action by the nursing officer who I assume was still there to ensure the procedure was done properly, and likely knew OP had the training to do so. That is where it stops though. Legally unless she is assigned care to that ED patient via being on call for the department she cannot admit or treat patients without a transfer of care from the doctor in ED. Karen has zero ground to stand on as due to procedure OP cannot tend to the patient outside of certain exceptions. Doctors cannot just be pulled to work on your problems like retail workers, they juggle people's lives and livelihoods so the work they do has to follow many guidelines to ensure proper care is given, and given within the legal requirements of the law, and medical board.
I was wondering similarly. In the U.S. there are also certain laws dictating what medical personnel in a hospital (and presumably elsewhere) are permitted to do under such circumstances (being in a different department than the one they're normally assigned to), even if they're a full MD. While I can't speak for India, I can't imagine that they wouldn't have something similar as well. Most nations usually do, from what I understand (medical layman speaking here).
I was 7 during that ice storm, and I remember all the dark windows of houses and buildings. I was so weirded out about it that for a long time, when I drew houses, I coloured the windows with a black pencil. Everything was so dark and cold during that storm. I felt that light was not a permanent thing, and ever since then, I have always felt the need for candles. I have a lot of candles in different rooms.
Every day I get the chance to listen to a bunch of entitled people getting destroyed. I'm so glad to see you back to it. Thanks for all the fun memories Fluff.
First off welcome back and I'm glad you're feeling better. If you still have residual effects, gargle salt water or listerine. Secondly I remember that ice stormed in 1998! I was a junior in high school when it happened and I lived in New england. Google photos actually capture a lot of what that was, as we were without power for a couple days.
I just wanted to mention that I really enjoy the way you tell these stories. Sometimes you Ad-lib a bit and it flows better while still getting the point and facts across. I've been enjoying your videos for a long time. Keep up the great work!
Good to see you back, Fluff. Strep throat is no joke but I'm glad to see that you're feeling better. If it flares up again, I recommend some Manuka honey. It really help with oral ailments, especially if you find the drops.
I've personally worked in target and Walmart and I was just some random peon, no one important and all the managers knew who I was. That manager was just not interested in knowing her employees.
Yes. From what I understand there is at least a certain amount of prioritizing of patients (in situations where there are more patients at a given moment than there are medical staff available to immediately see them) based upon what their specific medical emergency is (at least in the U.S.) so the fact that the child wasn't immediately being seen is an indication that whatever the problem was wasn't life threatening or anything like that.
A manager that doesn't even know who works in their store, the BIGGEST OOF. If you're demanding their phone, you better know who they are or find a manager who does. "You're lying..." FINE! You caught me. I QUIT, I'll expect my last paycheck once you find out who I am. Manager should be fired.
1st story; manager spots someone in a red shirt in the shop on their phone and the knee jerk reaction is "that has to be an employee, because he's not wairing work attire and a name tag and I've never seen them before! Let's go scold and fire them!!" Yeah, right... Way to go manager😂🤣 Op asked the right questions and the penny didn't drop. I would've walked to the service desk and asked to speak to the GM
Strep throat sucks, I’ve had it twice. Takes forever to recover. So glad you are feeling better. Love your stories but really love when the occasional sweet story comes through.
Good to hear from you DarkFluff, you've been missed! I can hear you still are struggling with the illness, be careful and don't overextended yourself so you get a relapse. Relapses can be bad, even worse than the initial illness. Be sure that you have cleared it out off your system before you dive into full production. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, take care and stay safe!
So glad to hear that you're doing much better. Strep throat is a nightmare and extremely painful. I think I only had it once and that was enough. I did get out of high school when I had it. LOL. So glad to see that you're back.
I remember being in the middle of the 1998 Ice Storm, specifically in the Montreal area. I was five at the time, but I remember that we lost power in our house and had to drive downtown to my dad's office building in order to stay warm.
As someone who works in a grocery store that has employees wearing black polos and black/tan kakis (or black jeans), yet, aside from name badge/hat, there's no identification stating that you work at the place, I've seen plenty of people wear the same sort of outfit, but I know they don't work at the place (or at least not my section). That being said, one thing I've recently gone through has explained to me a very important lesson - when off the clock, I need to take off not only my name badge, but my hat - I like wearing a hat. Off the clock, doing my own shopping (hat on). Old Lady: Do you know the price of this item? Me: No. (To be fair, it was in a section I don't work in anyways.) Old lady: Can you check it? Me: No. Old Lady: Don't you work here? Me: I'm off the clock. (See another co-worker that's on-duty. Point in their direction.) Ask them - they might know. I managed to walk away, and took my hat off - I'm glad I wasn't wearing my name badge.
The mom in the last story took a big risk. About 99% of what insurance companies do is look for any reason to refuse coverage. If her insurance found out she got her child treated by a doctor who was not in the hospital's system... she would most likely be denied coverage and slapped with the full bill.
Strep is one big pain in the neck (pun intended), I used to suffer from it every year from the age of 6 until I turned 20. Glad that you're doing better.
3:42 In big retail stores there are working quite a few workers. It is not necessary to actually know everyone that works there. At the same time it is impossible to not know _about_ everyone that works there. But you at the very least have *SEEN* someone working or relaxing in the staff room. Unless a new hire just started out today and was hired by someone else in management or came from another store entirely. The Karens error even was somewhat understandable given OP's clothing choices but by her tone alone one thing is clear. She is not even adequate as a superior.
@@gaxalee7392 Yes. And No. Thing is, if in the work contracts it is stated phones have to be left behind in the locker taking it away is theft. If it is stated somewhere in the rules the use of phones is forbidden on the property and they can be confiscated until the end of the day it is not. *IF* that rule is applied to proxies or more to the point minors. Thing is the later *ONLY* is legal if it is a rule in schools. Not on work properties that don't require a higher security clearance. In Prison or not-so-secret labs it can be applied as well. In retail? Nope.
I worked at Target as my first job. Our managers knew who everyone was, at least, the people that worked their shifts. That woman failed at keeping track of her underlings.
OP Doctor: If you're not part of the dept & not officially on duty, legally, you should not be doing any medical treatments, period. ~retired Triage IM, RN, BSN
I'm always amazed at how all the managers at the supermarket where I work greet me by name -- the place is huge; there are 25 manned registers and 12 self-check-outs, and with a lot of us working part-time, there's a total of something like 200 cashiers at that one location. I'm embarrassed that I don't know the names of all the managers, but they know mine, and seem to know everyone else's too.
Real talk strep throat can kill you, if not properly dealt with it can turn into scarlet fever and take your hearing vision and life. I used to get it all the time as a kid I and actually had scarlet fever once. Super glad that you’re better and back at it
My daughter had a sever Ashma attack, she was 7yrs old. Her blood OX was down to 30% this guy can in to the ER right behind us, hevwas screaming because he had a paper cut on his finger and he claimed he was going to bleed to death. The ER nurse to him to shut up and handed him a bandaid.
That nurse is my hero 😆
I worked many years in an ER on 3rd shift. One Saturday morning at 2:30am a 26 yr old woman arrived by ambulance. The reason for her visit... She had a sore throat. Yes, a sore throat. And , she'd had it for 3 days. So, she could have seen her doctor on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday but she waited to take an ambulance. Oh, and first thing on arrival, she demanded a popsicle and to be seen IMMEDIATELY by a doctor. That night we were up to our necks in actual emergencies, so she had to wait. She screamed, non-stop, for three hours. I guess we were just supposed to ignore the folks from multiple vehicle accidents as well as those suffering from cardiac events and other serious problems. I wish I could say this was unusual but we saw it all the time.
I would have put the bandaid across his mouth. And see my post to know I understand how you and your daughter feel.
@@deeking3683 I'm shaking my head. I'm a retired RN, BSN Triage Nurse. I was taken to the ER via EMTs & sat in the waiting room for 2 hours until being seen. I had 3 huge water blisters on my legs. My diagnoses were CHF & CKD Stage 3B. Six months prior I had a balloon angioplasty & 3 stents placed in my heart. And I sat QUIETLY in the waiting room for 2 hours. I'm still shaking my head.
@@deeking3683 I wouldn't be surprised if the reason she had a sore throat was because she yells constantly
Story 1: Yes, Karen, because obviously if an employee wanted to hide from customers, they'd hide on the sales floor instead of going to the back where customers aren't allowed. How did this idiot even get a management position, because obviously an IQ test wasn't required, nor was a test for basic common sense.
Since it was obviously Target, last time I've checked with an ex-friend, no they don't have a test for you. You have to work there for a certain amount of time and the position (Which is most of the time is free) has to be free for you to be able to climb up and my friend was manager or higher (Can't remember) when she was only 19 years old and couldn't keep her mind of where to live or work at.
Probably got the job because she was old and worked longtime with company. She seems to be senile.
Actually, an IQ Test IS Required for a Manglement Position or Higher...
Those that Fail the Test are Promoted...
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i always have a little fun at walmart or target just to make a karen or ken mad. by wearing a blue or red shirt.🤣
It's been my experience that only the dumbest end up in management and executive positions. This is the only way to explain why GameStop execs thought it would be a good idea to start stealing and selling NFTs.
That lady in the storm was absolutely god awful. People are out here dying and you're complaining about how important you are? Get out.
I lived through that storm. When they have to deploy the army because the storm left 4 million homes without electricity in the coldest month of the year, no one will care "who you are".
She was probably panicking and in shock, it doesn’t excuse it but I wouldn’t be surprised if she couldn’t understand the words being spoken to her
@@NiennaFan1 maybe they should have carved the words into her forehead with a knife, no matter the situation that behaviour is unacceptable!
@@NiennaFan1 She's a politician, she doesn't need to be panicking or in shock to treat people like shit and behave like an entitled arsehole. Steaming piece of filth that fortunately went off in front of the wrong person and lost her career. It's called "poetic justice".
@@NiennaFan1 says something how that’s what her shock riddled brain defaulted to. I think she was just widdled down to her base form.
Story 2: Counterattacking someone who has a reputation for Being a jerk is the quickest way to become a Hero
The line "I can't be expected to know who ALL my employees are" is a sham. Granted I didn't have as many as Target or Walmart have, but I had 52 employees at one store that I managed and I knew every single one of them by name. My Assistant (ASM) would look at applications and set up interviews and I would conduct them.
Then again, that's just me. I would also take time to get to know them and basically chat on occasion. I'm not the typical boss and I've been told that by several employees. The people who don't take time to get to know their employees often have problems. Whether it be loyalty, willingness to help out, or going above and beyond....none of that happens if you don't treat your people well.
Take care of your people and they will take care of you.
It's her JOB to know them.
Good managers get to know their employees. They don't need a life story, but at the very least be able to recognize them and know their names.
Bonus points for knowing the security/Loss prevention and custodial staff.
I wasn't a manager (no desire to ever be one) but I make it a point to say hi and acknowledge my coworkers.
So many companies can't grasp that simple concept.
I hope everyone in the rescuing family got some kind of recognition for their effort. That was a very comendable thing to do. It was the right thing to do
I wholeheartedly agree with you.
One time it flooded so badly in my city that only one house on the main drag was elevated enough that water wasn't up to their door. The homeowner opened her house to everyone who was stranded. She gave them towels & hot chocolate. One family she helped was my Sister & her three kids all of whom were under 10 yrs old. The kids were screaming, in the car, when water started coming in, onto the floorboards; none of them knew how to swim & they thought they were going to drown to death. Thank heaven for that woman who opened her house to them. She even let my Sister call my Dad. A fire engine truck was also stranded in that water.
Managers ARE supposed to know the employees' names. Usually to make that easier, they have multiple managers to handle certain jobs in the store, so she would've known who actually worked under her. If she didn't know the person, she was supposed to go to her other coworkers to ask IF OP worked there
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Bitch at me and try to take my phone....? She's getting close to chasing her teeth across the floor.
As a squad leader, i need to memorize my boys' full name, call sign and ID number, blood type.
Something so simple, if i cannot even do that. How was i be able to lead my squad?
@@tomeu9872 Exactly! It's the manager's fault entirely that she refused to do what is an unsaid part of the job
@@tomeu9872 why do you need to know their blood type
I remember that ice storm. We had no power for a week, and they called in the army to help with the cleanup from all the deadfall & damaged trees - we lost a huge birch tree in our front lawn that landed inches from the front door. My folks had a generator, and we had gas heating, so we were ok - it was like an extended camp-out for me and my brother. Fortunately, we made liberal use of the "outdoor freezer" to keep the food from spoiling. When we finally got around to calling hydro about the electricity, they were surprised: they had actually repaired the lines 4 days earlier, but forgotten to reconnect the breaker, lol.
I was a freshman in high school when that storm hit. I lived in Eastern Virginia so we got hit hard and was out of power for 2 weeks. Thankfully we had a fireplace and mom is resourceful AF. Everything in the fridge went on the porch and she cooked everything in the fireplace in her cast iron pans. IIRC by the time power came back on she was in her groove and baking little cupcakes in a cobbled together Dutch oven. Lol
@@aldrea6506 Awesome mom. She knew how to improvise.
January 4 through 10, 1998. Fortunately I was back in Texas at that point, after spending three notable winters in the north east.
I worked with a woman who was a brand new Deportation Officer. Apparently, according to her partner, she didn’t like sitting in the back of the plane with her partner and the man they were to watch, so he wouldn’t harm other commercial passengers. She left both and started to make her way to First Class. She declared she should sit in First Class, with a “Don’t you know who I am?” The Flight Attendant said, “I know very well, who you are, now go back to the back of the plane with your partner.” She never lived it down in the office. She was the OG “Karen,” before that term ever existed.
The back of the plane is actually the best since it gives you the highest chance to survive if the plane crashes. I would rather sit there than first class.
@@letmepickmynameidiot4832 same diff
Gotta love flight attendants who take zero crap from idiots ❤
It's stupid that a woman is in that position in the first place, but yeah she definitely sounds like a Karen
School Story: OP's Student Client probably wasn't punished for her Language because she said what all the other Staff Desperately want to say to Karen's face but can't because they'll get Written Up or Fired...
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I came to say Exactly That! Looked for a thread to add to it! I'll Bet that is Entirely Fact! Nobody Likes Her!
It could also be that the admin staff knew it to be true, and they felt she deserved it.
To bad Karen wasn't fired, that would have been karma....
Never patronized a business where the manager didn't know every name of their direct reports. It's pretty much something you learn from Day 1. If I were in OPs shoes, I would definitely have called corporate and told them that Karen is literally either too stupid to be a manager or has some neurological issue that would prevent her from doing her job correctly.
At the very least go to the customer service desk and tell the person there you would like to file a complaint about a disrespectful employee. Talk to the highest person in the store or if the bitch is the highest person the number for their superior. Out Karen the Karen by demanding to speak to her supervisor.
AND why call OP a liar?‼️
To be fair, chances are Karen was the lowest level of manager, meaning that the majority of the level of employees below her are people who don't report to her, but other managers at the same level as Karen. It IS reasonable to not know employees with other managers, particularly other sections of the store. Like, she probably works the toy section as that's where this went down, why would she know the employees from, say, the electronics section? (I'm picking examples out of my ass here, I only had a year to try Target for myself, which included one actual visit).
@@niceguy169 If you supervise the electronics section, why bother an employee who you don't know and isn't on your section? Wouldn't it be the correct step to make s report to the correct manager? When I've worked in similar situations, your manager scolded/fired/took care of any situation involving you directly, not any manager who wanted to bother you just because they're a b*tch and want to cause issues.
So even if it's exactly how you say it went down, which is doubtful, she's still a Karen, she's still a bad manager and there's literally NO defence for being so bad at your job/such a shit person.
Ah, yes. The ice storm. We were living in an isolated rural community. Thankfully, we had a wood stove that functioned for heat, cooking and warming water for bath water. As a ten year old, I only have good memories .
My youngest sister got chicken pox during the ice storm... We made her a "bath" with a large plastic tub my mom used to store winter boots in, in front of the fireplace in the basement, and heated water in wine bottle in front of it so she could take "not winter frigid cold tap water" baths.
"The" ice storm? 😂
@@Jedidiah_Martin_2 Pretty sure everyone who is old enough and lived on the eastern seaboard remembers that storm from '98. It was legendary. We were burning oil lanterns, staying warm with a wood stove and kerosene heaters, and packing the fridges and freezers with snow and ice to keep the food good for longer.
Story 3: Never dismiss somebody's terrible attitude because 'they're in shock or scared'. When a person experiences fear or trauma, you see their true personality come out. This is why neighbors/strangers band together after a disaster. They are all afraid, that's when their true compassion and comradery surfaces, and they find the most decent part of themselves to face that adversity. If a person is self important and arrogant in the face of fear, injury, or loss, you are seeing who they really are.
The thing is with that logic, there’s a hole in it. I have anger themed clinically diagnosed PTSD. A stressful traumatic scenario would trigger me to have an episode, but that’s not a revealing of my true personality but instead a triggering of my malfunctioning survival instincts.
@@harleyquinn5774 I have literal decades of experience with a family member with anger themed clinically diagnosed PTSD, and I have been treated at a VA clinic for my secondary PTSD. There is no hole in my logic, my entire opinion on this subject is based on my own life experience. My father's anger came from HIM. It is part of his personality, and he knows that.
I don't know your experience, and you don't know mine, so we can agree to disagree on this. But the truth I speak is as real as yours or anybody's.
Story 1: I would have followed Management Karen to her office so I could make her apologize to my lawyer. It's a piece of civil law called "False Imprisonment". She commits it by attempting to confine OP to an area with any combination of physical barriers and/or threats of consequences (including implied ones).
For someone who works with their voice, something like that is a major bummer. Don't worry about it, man! We're just happy to have you back!
HIS voice! He uses his own voice, not other people's ("their") voice!
"Their" is correct in this case. It can be used as singular and has been used for a long time in sentences that need it.
Story 3: Nobody cares how important you are (or think you are), let people finish their business with the phone. Also respect people giving you shelter/hospitality.
It's like that plane altercation that caused a Karen to lose her job.
Local politicians are the worst! They are so power hungry and think that their sh*t doesn't stink.
When they have to deploy the army because the storm left 4 million homes without electricity in the coldest month of the year, no one will care "who you are".
Yes unless it’s a emergency.
@@pizzapartytime1826 nope no excuse
@@WaddickLawnCare if it’s an emergency. What if they where going to pick someone up who was having an emergency. Or going to see someone who doesn’t have much time left. Or needs medication at home. If it’s emergency you can make a fuss. If someone could die or get serious harmed because of it.
Story 4: I don't know if it is stubborn ignorance/stupidity or a serious case of doubling down, but neither will excuse you grabbing people like that. Again, you expect people to help you when you grab them?
Being grabbed by them is an honor! Don't you know who they are? /s
i hate the karen of the story i once had my toes on one foot almost completly cut through and this lady thought i was faking i had bleed through 4 bath towls and i had ust started to bleed again in the ER when i got super lucky and a plastic surgon comes up and asks whats wrong and gets me all set up and does the job quick as he was meant to be finished at that point.
Glad to hear you're better now, Fluff. Being sick sucks. Welcome back.
i know what Fluff was feeling. i always think it was a steel wire pad i ate.
Strep ain't fun. I've been diagnosed with it twice in my life, and it's a misery.
Yes, glad you're feeling better
Yes. Recovering from it myself. Not pleasant.
Glad you're back
My sister worked at Walmart for a while, they had at most four people working a shift but since this was at the peak of Covid, it’s possible they were just heavily understaffed. That being said, the managers always knew everyone’s names, some of them had been working for decades there so it was a pretty tight knit group
I agree I worked retail in a very large chain. We all knew each other and our names. The only ones we didn’t know as well were the grocery workers as they were under a different union and operated separate from the rest of the store.
Yeah four people is heavily, heavily, heavily understaffed. There should be more than 4 people in one department alone. Either way, they should still know everyone. Maybe not super well, but they will at least know your name.
New manager maybe? But still the uniform is kinda specific as far as shirt style, name tag, etc. She should have handled that better. And yeah, recognized her own employees.
@@AngharadMac yeah she has to be a new manager at that store and in general. Otherwise she's just a bad boss. You shouldn't scold an employee on the floor whether you see anyone around or not. Either be polite in asking their name, how long they've worked there and then inform them of the no phone policy. If it's someone you know and have had issues with then have them come to the office with you. Terrible management skills all around and extremely unprofessional.
Only worked there for a reset store never worked so hard in my life and got paid so less and treated like dirt from snooty managers
Thank goodness you’re okay! Talk about making a person worried.
Ikr I glad fluff is okay.
I agree! I was looking for a community post today hoping it wasn't anything too serious!
Strep sucks🤒
I want all medical professionals to put anyone who's being a Karen in a hospital under an immediate 72 hour psychiatric hold.
I agree!!!!🤣
Not all states have a "Baker Act". My state doesn't & it really needs one.
TM - not all hospitals have a psych unit or psych Dr. It takes an act of Congress to get a psych admit. Unless they are a risk of harm to self or others, but a psych Dr would have to determine that.
Story 1 sounds almost like a Walmart where a older manager mistook a customer for an employee, dragged him to the office, took his wallet and placed in a time safe and notify the area manager. He got fired on the spot!
@James Cheddar my thoughts exactly!!!!
if some jackbag “manager” tried that with me, i would put the jackbag THROUGH the floor the second they put their hands on me
OP in the first story should have filed the complaint. She should know who her employees are and her behavior was unprofessional.
I've had strep before, glad to hear you doing better. Can definitely tell in your voice that your still recovering. Feel better!!
Yeah I feel you had it before too it sucks and hurts and couldn't even talk for first few days the barely talk . Get well soon fluff and thak for video.
Glad you are doing better. I had it once, felt like someone was scrapping my throat with a rusty spoon! Also was running a 103* fever.
I always felt like my larynx was covered in plastic wrap. I now call the dr when that feeling even starts to come up, to schedule a test, since you can’t get antibiotics without a positive test.
Ice storm of '98. I remember it well. We were in Maine at the time. What I remember most is the way people pulled together to help each other out, just as you Canadian cousins did, just as I saw happen after Hurricane Camille when I was a kid. Restores your faith in humanity, even if some Karen tries to bruise it.
It was bad in Québec, the city of Montreal was completely out of power. One of the 3 largest city in Canada. They had to drop from helicopters to repair the power lines. But yeah, we pulled together and helped each other.
Yikes! Strep throat is no fun at all. I'm glad you're feeling better, Fluff! To answer you musings at the end of Story 1, I can't speak for Target, but I did work at 3 different Walmart locations in 3 different states over the course of multiple years, and the managers, good, bad, or indifferent, all seemed to at least be competent at keeping track of who was and wasn't an employee there. I suspect the manager at the Target in the story was just on a power trip, and might have been new enough to the job that she hadn't met all the employees there yet. The joke's on her for not listening to the OP and doubling down on her "Karen-ness" after the OP told her what the situation was.
Oof...strep throat sucks. I used to get it once a year when I was a kid, and it's not fun at all. Glad you're doing better, Fluff. 😄
The second story. Good on the girl for doing what she did that netted her some confidence.
Last story: my mother worked as an admitting clerk in an ER for 20 years. She saw a lot of nonsense from people who figured they were worse off than everyone else. Screaming at the admitting clerks was a good way to get you moved to the bottom of the list. If you were well enough to throw a tantrum, you were well enough to wait. The truly sick people were the ones who were quiet. Also, she was a master at shutting down the Karens of the world. She could verbally rip you to shreds and you would walk away thanking her for it. Until later. When you realized what she had said. And the doctors and nurses loved it when she was working because she had a way of looking at someone and knowing who was badly off and who could wait.
You couldn't pay me enough to be in admitting. That just sounds like Karen central. Not enough patience for that. Your mom must have been tough.
@@davidcox3076 Yup! And she worked the graveyard shift for 9 years. That's where the real crap happens. And when I said she knew who was really sick, I wasn't kidding. She told me that one time a guy walked saying he didn't feel well when he signed in. She told me that when she looked at him all she saw was a skull. She grabbed a nurse and said "take this guy now, he's dying." He passed away 2 hours later. She had some sort of 2nd sight, I think.
Story 3: If you are the representative for a community... I would have told them then you are the last one to get it, as you work for the people, so they are your bosses, and are more important than you are.
It is part of any manager's job to recognise their employees.
Hate to hear you were sick! Glad to hear you're recuperating! Health and well-being to you 🌞❤.
First Story... if the management doesn't know who works under them... they are either a horrible person, or the corporation is horrible as it has such high turnover. The management should know who their employees are, as they work with them for long periods of time, as without that, someone could just have the right colours, and walk out the door with products, or take time to take the products out of boxes and get them out that way...
Story 3; I was wondering if it was the ice storm lol! I was a kid back then, but man that storm was wild. Glad Karen lost her job, that wasn't a time to be a dick to everyone.
I'm trying to figure out which one it was. I thought I was younger than 17, but I remember a huge ice storm that really hit Ontario hard. our military and reserves were dispatched for emergency aide. I really thought I was younger though, so maybe I'm thinking of the wrong storm. It's not as if we've only had one bad ice storm in Canada lol
@@astrid6496 Its the 1998 North American ice storm
She should have told her I will follow you to your office as long as you call the general manager and then spoken to the general manager and tried to have that woman fired. She has no business being anybody's manager talking to people like that or treating them like that
Damn. I've had that 3 times. It sucks! Happy you're doing better Fluff
Ugh... strep throat infection sucks. I used to have them a lot.
Nowadays, if I have persistent sore throat, I run to the hospital before it gets worse.
Yeah same I had a sore throat and lasted for awhile and got it checked up end up just being strep infection had for about a month it sucks.
Ouch! Poor Fluff! Glad you're feeling better
I had strep throat once around 16 so I feel for you so much, happy to hear it's over and glad to have you back! I'm 36 now and it's still by far the worst thing I've ever experienced. I was out of school for a week and could barely get out of bed or eat anything, my throat felt like it was on fire. The only good thing is that your immune system archives the whole ordeal and will act rapidly with furious vengeance next time, almost certainly before any symptoms get a chance to develop.
Welcome back, I love these posts. I just found out I have COVID and love listening to these. I used to work for both Wal-Mart and Target and none of my managers were so inept that they did not know who was working and which shift.
I'm thankful that I never ran across any Karens while being a medic, although that might have been because I was an army field medic and served in Canada, so there was not too much of a chance to run across any wild Karens.
Story 2: she mistook OP for a student after watching too many highschool movies/series with 30 somethings playing teenagers.
Right? Remember how Andrea on 90210 was played by a then- twenty-nine-year-old woman and by the time she left the show she was 34 playing a senior in high school.
Funny story. I was almost thirty years old when I went back to my hometown to visit one of my favorite teachers who was about to retire. This is way before social media was as commonly used as it is now. I had a visitor pass but I decided to throw it out. They were just a simple sticker that you put on your shirt in a visible area so you don't get stopped. It was probably a mistake on my part to chuck the visitor's pass, but I didn't think anybody would be dumb enough to mistake a twenty-eight-year-old man for a student. I looked way older than any of the students in the school. I was headed for my former teacher's hallway, who knew I was on my way to see her, when I got stopped by this teacher who had only been there about a decade. By the time I graduated, this particular teacher had already developed a reputation for being widely disliked. Quite the accomplishment to achieve such a reputation in less than a year, if you ask me. Mind you, I had a ball cap on which was a dress code no-no but I wasn't a student. I had cut off khaki shorts, beat up running shoes and a message T-shirt with a very tongue-in-cheek but slightly ironic phrase on it. She sees me coming and her eyes narrow at me and she is clearly judging my wardrobe. As she passes find me she snatched the hat off of my head. I yelled what the hell? She whirled on me, scowling and admonished me for my language plus for wearing a hat in school. I told her she could take her high-and-mighty attitude and shove it up her ass, that I wasn't a student and to give my hat back. Her face contorted and looked like she had been hit in the lady parts with a metal baseball bat. I took advantage of her stunned silence then grabbed my hat back and continued on to my former teacher's hallway. The bitchy teacher got on her walkie-talkie and radioed for the dean. I told her to tell the dean that so-and-so said hello and to give my regards to his wife. I knew them both very well then I shouted out that I graduated ten years earlier. I told her to get her eyes checked and headed to my former teacher's room. It was her planning period. She gave me a big hug and I told her everything. She wasn't at liberty to tell me what she really thought of that other teacher, but she essentially more or less agreed with me that the teacher was a real witch with a capital B. I stayed till the end of her planning period and I left. A few students were looking me up and down as I was leaving because who's this new guy, right? Since the policy has always been that all visitors must sign out at the front office, that's where I headed. Lo and behold, guess who was there? Miss Witch. She pointed me out when I came in and got the dean. I shook his hand and he asked me how I was doing while the witch herself eyed our interaction quizzically. The look on her face as we engaged in casual chat and I made sure she overheard me when I reiterated that I had graduated in 2000, was not a student and I looked her in the face: “I don't know who you think you are, but harassing others, like the way you did me and stealing their personal property, especially when you think they're a student is highly inappropriate. You better come down off your high horse before you get knocked off.” She turned beet red. The dean stifled laughter as he knew I had always been known for having a way with words. The only reason why I didn't get profane and cuss her out up one side and down the other was because my father worked for the school board and I did not want to embarrass him.
@@iononcantomascrivo What kind of high school has a dean? I'm used to them having a "principal" in the U.S.
@@iononcantomascrivo You brought that interaction on yourself by tossing the visitor’s tag. You’re lucky the teacher didn’t call the police because an unknown adult was wandering the halls. She was rude, but the interaction shouldn’t have happened at all, and that’s on you.
@@mjjoe76 Your real name is Karen, isn't it?
I remember that storm! The eastern seaboard of the US was a national disaster zone. Some of my coworkers ended up living in a school gym for two weeks. I was one block off the Atlantic, but my power was back up within 3 days. I am so happy I was working a shift that I could come in very early, to be out by 3.
Power was out for 2000 miles and 100k accidents in one day? What storm was this? A bit hard to believe with those fantastical "facts".
I believe it, it was a hell of a storm. I was 14 when the storm hit and we were out of power for 2 weeks(lived in South Eastern Virginia). When the aftermath was over and I went back to school everyone was sharing stories about how their family faired. Most had been without power for only a week, but some were still waiting for VEPCO to restore power to their neighborhood.
@@aldrea6506 Ok, but 2000 miles is 2/3rds of the country.
@@joshmiller3673 Point...I've never been good with distances lol. The Wikipedia page says it affected from the Appalachian mountains to Montreal, which per Google is just over 700 miles, so maybe they decided to embellish a bit? Idk 🤷♀️ In other news, TIL if a weather pattern is devastating enough it gets a wiki page. xD
@@joshmiller3673
Jan 5 to the 9th of 1998
A crippling, devastating ice storm hit portions of upstate New York, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire, much of Maine and southeastern Canada.
1998 ice storm facts
Total damage was $2.4 billion (CPI-adjusted) in the U.S.
Over 500,000 in northern New England lost power. Nearly 80 percent of Maine's population lost electrical service.
The extensive power outages lasted for days and, in some cases, weeks.
Sixteen lives were lost in the U.S. and an additional 28 deaths related to the ice storm were reported in Canada.
Ice accumulations were as much as 3 inches thick in northern New York, northern New England and southeastern Canada.
Rapid ice accumulations from Jan. 7-9, 1998, downed millions of trees and caused widespread destruction of power lines and power poles.
Included in the millions of damaged trees were many maple and apple trees, which affected the maple sugaring and apple industries for years.
Outside of the crippling ice, this storm system also brought flooding to portions of the South, Lower Mississippi Valley and upstate New York. The most severe flooding was in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, where more than 700 homes were damaged or destroyed. Total costs were $15 million in North Carolina and $20 million in Tennessee.
Source is an article titled 10 of the Worst Ice Storms in U.S. History. Google that title and you'll be able to see all this information there and back check it as well.
The first time I had strep throat I thought I was going to actually die. I called my parents to say my goodbyes and everything, lol. But it took me like a week to get to any normal point as well, so glad to hear your voice again so soon!
I'm so glad you're okay! It's normal to need to take a break and yeah I feel the pain of having strep throat, I got strep throat one time the same month I had broken my foot so talk about *pain*
I used to be a swing shift sort manager at a shipping company. I had roughly 120 people under me (24 per load belt, 18 in unload, and a few in the office). I knew every one of their first and last names, birthdays, health conditions, food allergies (as I often baked stuff to share), and most of their favorite songs (as I would usually sing when walking the belts so that the drivers and people with carts would know where I was and to watch out for me, plus it entertained people, most of the time). Good managers should know their teams front to back and take an interest.
As a Target employee, I can testify that the two Store Directors (Managers) I’ve worked for knew everyone. The Executive Team Leaders (Assistant Managers), a whole different story 😂.
That first one I would have called the police and had her arrested for assault and attempted theft. Then after that was done I would have demanded to speak with a regional manager and make sure that Karen learns to treat customers right.
Story 4: I don't expect the karen to know this, or if these laws are the same as they are in Canada, but here doctors and nurses are under quite a lot of legal protocol when it comes to treating patients and what they can or cannot do in departments they aren't assigned to. OP was alright to set an IV because she was delegated that action by the nursing officer who I assume was still there to ensure the procedure was done properly, and likely knew OP had the training to do so. That is where it stops though. Legally unless she is assigned care to that ED patient via being on call for the department she cannot admit or treat patients without a transfer of care from the doctor in ED.
Karen has zero ground to stand on as due to procedure OP cannot tend to the patient outside of certain exceptions.
Doctors cannot just be pulled to work on your problems like retail workers, they juggle people's lives and livelihoods so the work they do has to follow many guidelines to ensure proper care is given, and given within the legal requirements of the law, and medical board.
I was wondering similarly. In the U.S. there are also certain laws dictating what medical personnel in a hospital (and presumably elsewhere) are permitted to do under such circumstances (being in a different department than the one they're normally assigned to), even if they're a full MD. While I can't speak for India, I can't imagine that they wouldn't have something similar as well. Most nations usually do, from what I understand (medical layman speaking here).
I was 7 during that ice storm, and I remember all the dark windows of houses and buildings. I was so weirded out about it that for a long time, when I drew houses, I coloured the windows with a black pencil. Everything was so dark and cold during that storm.
I felt that light was not a permanent thing, and ever since then, I have always felt the need for candles. I have a lot of candles in different rooms.
When a Karen said "do you know who I am?", she's literally give herself away to either get fired, defamed or berated by society.
Every day I get the chance to listen to a bunch of entitled people getting destroyed. I'm so glad to see you back to it. Thanks for all the fun memories Fluff.
I'm glad you're feeling better. Your health is more important than posting.
First off welcome back and I'm glad you're feeling better. If you still have residual effects, gargle salt water or listerine.
Secondly I remember that ice stormed in 1998! I was a junior in high school when it happened and I lived in New england. Google photos actually capture a lot of what that was, as we were without power for a couple days.
I just wanted to mention that I really enjoy the way you tell these stories. Sometimes you Ad-lib a bit and it flows better while still getting the point and facts across. I've been enjoying your videos for a long time. Keep up the great work!
Good point.
So glad you're feeling better we really missed you. Being sick is awful. Love listening to you Fluff.
Good to see you back, Fluff. Strep throat is no joke but I'm glad to see that you're feeling better. If it flares up again, I recommend some Manuka honey. It really help with oral ailments, especially if you find the drops.
Hey, Fluff, good to have you back. I was already worried about you. Glad to hear that you're better already. 🙂
I've personally worked in target and Walmart and I was just some random peon, no one important and all the managers knew who I was. That manager was just not interested in knowing her employees.
The last story. I imagine the kid just bopped his head or arm or something and CK (Crazy Karen) was thinking her child was dying.
Yes. From what I understand there is at least a certain amount of prioritizing of patients (in situations where there are more patients at a given moment than there are medical staff available to immediately see them) based upon what their specific medical emergency is (at least in the U.S.) so the fact that the child wasn't immediately being seen is an indication that whatever the problem was wasn't life threatening or anything like that.
A manager that doesn't even know who works in their store, the BIGGEST OOF. If you're demanding their phone, you better know who they are or find a manager who does.
"You're lying..."
FINE! You caught me. I QUIT, I'll expect my last paycheck once you find out who I am.
Manager should be fired.
I also had strep throat a while ago... That crap killed me and then brought me back to see my reaction
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I feel your pain, When I was younger 2 years old till about 40 years old I would get strep throat 4 times a year. Your right it's no fun!
1st story; manager spots someone in a red shirt in the shop on their phone and the knee jerk reaction is "that has to be an employee, because he's not wairing work attire and a name tag and I've never seen them before! Let's go scold and fire them!!"
Yeah, right... Way to go manager😂🤣
Op asked the right questions and the penny didn't drop. I would've walked to the service desk and asked to speak to the GM
Strep throat sucks, I’ve had it twice. Takes forever to recover. So glad you are feeling better. Love your stories but really love when the occasional sweet story comes through.
Story #1: "NEVER have I ever worked with such an INCOMPETENT manager!!" OP should have said: "please get me YOUR supervisor! I want YOU fired!!"
Good to hear from you DarkFluff, you've been missed!
I can hear you still are struggling with the illness, be careful and don't overextended yourself so you get a relapse.
Relapses can be bad, even worse than the initial illness.
Be sure that you have cleared it out off your system before you dive into full production.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, take care and stay safe!
I’m sorry that you’ve been sick and I’m glad that you’re feeling better! Keep resting and take good care of yourself!
I worked retail in a store with 30+ employees, the managers knew each and everyone of us
So glad to hear that you're doing much better. Strep throat is a nightmare and extremely painful.
I think I only had it once and that was enough. I did get out of high school when I had it. LOL.
So glad to see that you're back.
Fluff, so sorry about the strep throat! That is so painful. Hope you feel better soon....take care of yourself. Love and hugs.
As soon as op started describing the ice storm I knew EXACTLY which one op meant. It's notorious in New England for how bad it was.
If that woman had gotten my phone my next stop to find some way to call 911 and report a stolen phone. Maybe the police can talk some sense into her.
I've had strep throat about six times ... three when a kid and three when an adult! glad your feeling better fluff!
I remember being in the middle of the 1998 Ice Storm, specifically in the Montreal area. I was five at the time, but I remember that we lost power in our house and had to drive downtown to my dad's office building in order to stay warm.
As someone who works in a grocery store that has employees wearing black polos and black/tan kakis (or black jeans), yet, aside from name badge/hat, there's no identification stating that you work at the place, I've seen plenty of people wear the same sort of outfit, but I know they don't work at the place (or at least not my section).
That being said, one thing I've recently gone through has explained to me a very important lesson - when off the clock, I need to take off not only my name badge, but my hat - I like wearing a hat.
Off the clock, doing my own shopping (hat on).
Old Lady: Do you know the price of this item?
Me: No. (To be fair, it was in a section I don't work in anyways.)
Old lady: Can you check it?
Me: No.
Old Lady: Don't you work here?
Me: I'm off the clock. (See another co-worker that's on-duty. Point in their direction.) Ask them - they might know.
I managed to walk away, and took my hat off - I'm glad I wasn't wearing my name badge.
Glad you're feeling better, Fluff! I enjoy your stories 🙂
So sorry you were sick, Fluff. I'm glad you are getting better. Much love
The mom in the last story took a big risk. About 99% of what insurance companies do is look for any reason to refuse coverage. If her insurance found out she got her child treated by a doctor who was not in the hospital's system... she would most likely be denied coverage and slapped with the full bill.
Fluff, glad to hear you are on the mend. Please be kind to yourself, and let your body heal.
Strep is one big pain in the neck (pun intended), I used to suffer from it every year from the age of 6 until I turned 20. Glad that you're doing better.
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In big retail stores there are working quite a few workers.
It is not necessary to actually know everyone that works there.
At the same time it is impossible to not know _about_ everyone that works there.
But you at the very least have *SEEN* someone working or relaxing in the staff room.
Unless a new hire just started out today and was hired by someone else in management or came from another store entirely.
The Karens error even was somewhat understandable given OP's clothing choices but by her tone alone one thing is clear. She is not even adequate as a superior.
Regardless of work status, doesn’t it count as theft to try to force a person to give up their phone?
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Yes.
And No.
Thing is, if in the work contracts it is stated phones have to be left behind in the locker taking it away is theft.
If it is stated somewhere in the rules the use of phones is forbidden on the property and they can be confiscated until the end of the day it is not.
*IF* that rule is applied to proxies or more to the point minors.
Thing is the later *ONLY* is legal if it is a rule in schools. Not on work properties that don't require a higher security clearance.
In Prison or not-so-secret labs it can be applied as well.
In retail?
Nope.
I worked at Target as my first job. Our managers knew who everyone was, at least, the people that worked their shifts.
That woman failed at keeping track of her underlings.
So glad you're feeling better! Please take care, your health is more important then anything 💕
I am so glad you feel better! Take care of yourself! Love your channel.
Nah, unless you're new you learn faces and names pretty quickly. 30 years later and I still Remember the people I worked with there.
Especially when you're a manager lol
Strep is the worst! I'm glad you're feeling better.
I hope you get better soon! Strep throat is no fun. Thanks for all that you do to bring us stories about absolutely insane people!!!
Sorry to hear about you getting sick. Glad to hear you're feeling better.
OP Doctor: If you're not part of the dept & not officially on duty, legally, you should not be doing any medical treatments, period.
~retired Triage IM, RN, BSN
Welcome back, Fluff! We missed you! Glad you’re feeling better. Take care of yourself.
Sorry to hear you had strep! It's such a pain (literally). Glad you were able to make a quick recovery.
Glad to hear youre safe and feeling better. I was missing listening to my friend while driving home from work
So happy you are feeling better. Always take care of self- first.
The second one had me dying,op should've gone up to the manager's office and recorded the encounter on video!😆😆😆
Yeah, strep throat is the worst. I got that a lot when I was a kid. Glad to hear you’re feeling better, and not just because I love your videos.
I'm always amazed at how all the managers at the supermarket where I work greet me by name -- the place is huge; there are 25 manned registers and 12 self-check-outs, and with a lot of us working part-time, there's a total of something like 200 cashiers at that one location. I'm embarrassed that I don't know the names of all the managers, but they know mine, and seem to know everyone else's too.
I have had strep throat a couple of times. Once, all of my children had it at the same. You have all my sympathy. Take care of yourself.
That teacher must have pissed off everyone at the school.
Real talk strep throat can kill you, if not properly dealt with it can turn into scarlet fever and take your hearing vision and life. I used to get it all the time as a kid I and actually had scarlet fever once. Super glad that you’re better and back at it