r/IDontWorkHereLady - Karen Tries to Force a CUSTOMER to Serve Her! Gets EMBARASSED!

hello my wonderful beautiful friends guys welcome back to our slash I don't work here lady we're entitled people seem to think that everyone's put on Earth to serve them and in today's episode guys Karen's are getting embarrassed left and right I hope you enjoy the stories today hit subscribe if you haven't and as always you can send or link your post to this email right here so I've really debated telling the story but it is what it is and my significant other approved so what the heck yesterday I was at the red themed Big Box store and all of our Christmas shopping is done so my significant other and I were picking up some knickknacks and a few groceries I was just browsing and that's when my arm gets grabbed hard and I'm spun to face this older man I immediately recognize this man and let's call him Bob not his real name I then interrupt his tirade and say hi Bob I see you've still got that scar on your cheek as I'm saying this Bob turns pale as a ghost and he runs away why that's the more interesting part so years prior to this I was in the same store during the same time of year yesterday I was wearing this make your eyes bleed Christmas sweater but when Bob and I first met I was wearing a nice Hugo Boss pantsuit as I just gotten off work at any rate I was putting one of those really fancy crock pots that did everything back on the Shelf now my mom knew I was wanting one for the kitchen so I would hold off for now and if I didn't get one for Christmas I'd probably be able to find one super cheap in an after Christmas sale so I turn and start pushing my cards along and that's when my ponytail got grabbed and it was yanked hard thankfully it was more discomfort than outright paint so I turn and this guy lets go of my hair so there's this guy and he's about six foot two and I'm five foot four the guy looks to be in his mid-50s wearing expensive clothes and jewelry facing him I could make out what he's saying the guy says how dare you ignore me like that if I had more time I'd put you in your effing place now get the F over here and help me I tell them I don't work here I then turn around and start to walk away and the guy says do your effing job he then grabs my arm and swings me around again getting three inches from my face screaming and spitting at me saying what the f is wrong with you you can't talk to me like that now at this point Bob made his worst mistake he nods up his hand in my turquoise top and raised his other hand like he was going to slap me at that point I had enough of Bob and I need to mention here that I spent a lot of my time in the car doing hand-to-hand instruction so Bob and I doci doe for a couple of seconds and then on the way down the side of Bob's face hits the edge of the bottom most shelf and laid his cheek open pretty good I had my knee in his back and my arm was torqued up so he wasn't going anywhere due to all that noise with Bob screaming hitting the Shelf Etc there were several people looking to see what happened including a store associate and my significant other I don't remember this part probably from the adrenaline but my significant other swear is that I told Bob to stop moving so I don't have to hurt him anymore I also don't remember asking for someone to call the police as this a-hole tried to assault me so the police arrive I release Bob I get handcuffed EMTs try to fix Bob's face and arguing ensues Bob claims that I attacked him first my significant other asked to check the security footage and they do Bob's arrested and he's eventually charged with assault I have to go and fill out a statement but I'm let go and Bob was found guilty of assault I didn't see Bob again until yesterday the guy was older heavier and he didn't have expensive clothes or jewelry this time I just waved by as he ran away guys you know what they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks and I have a feeling that Bob will soon learn a painful lesson again if he doesn't stop aggressively grabbing customers and I also love the fact that he remembered op and he thought oh crap I better get out of here so me and my girlfriend were hanging out in this door that had a little bit of everything when she decides to look for some covers for her phone I was looking at Tech stuff when suddenly a lady comes up to me I was wearing jeans and a red Polo and I guess the lady mistook me for an employee even though they had blue uniforms so the lady comes up to me and says hey can you tell me where I can get this item I look around for a second before looking back at her and said uh I don't know I don't actually work the woman interrupts me before I could say the magic words I don't work here and she says you brown people are all the same you don't know how to treat customers you're disgusting I just shrug off what she said and I'm about to go get my girlfriend and tell her the story about the crazy lady but before I could move I kid you not she reaches into her basket grabs a body spray and she starts spraying at me and some got into my eyes blinding me the woman then says to me it serves you right for being lazy meanwhile I'm just screaming how help hearing me scream my girlfriend and staff start running over to me yelling before I could say anything I could hear the employees shouting at the woman that I didn't work here and that's when she realizes it the police are called and I guess staff didn't let her leave she ends up getting arrested and she's crying saying she didn't do anything wrong the police asked if I'd like to press charges and I said yes now even if I was an employee that's no way to treat people treat others as you wish to be treated yeah guys so this is a new one I've read stories where Karen's have attacked people with basically everything but body spray wow guys like and it's funny that she was screaming that she did nothing wrong and shouldn't be arrested like somehow dousing a complete stranger with a can of body spray is okay and guys I just want to add that she's lucky that Opie wasn't severely allergic to body sprays or anything like that because that would have been the worst mistake of that woman's life so this happened a couple of years ago and I think below is a good remembrance of the event so there's a chain restaurant located next to a strip mall less than five minutes away from where I work I'm often in there either by myself or with colleagues and I've had a few I don't work here moments but this one Takes the Cake I think it comes from me being dressed in business casual and usually having a quick chat to some of the servers in the dining area on this particular day I decided to stop for lunch I was in jeans and a dark blue polo shirt I spoke briefly to one of the servers and then slipped into a stool at the bar the bar was pretty quiet so my beer and food order was taken in a matter of moments as usual I get the lunchtime special unlimited soup and salad with an entree and being a regular there was no need to consult the menu my order was placed and a glass of tall sads was in front of me in under a minute the subin salad station is located to the rear of the restaurant and you have to walk through the restaurant area to get there at lunch time there's normally only one section of the dining area open so the easiest path is through the unused one as it's empty I do what I normally do head down to get my salad and then go back for the soup I didn't hear anything as I went down to the salad bar but I remember hearing and excuse me as I was returning with my bowl I sat that down and head back for my soup again I hear an excuse me but I'm not thinking it's addressed at me because why should it be I get my soup and bread and head back to the bar I then see a woman rise from a table and step out into my path at that I move to one side thinking she's on her way to the salad bar but she's checking my every move as if she's going in for a tackle I'm within a few steps of her and she's got a face like she's been chewing a bunch of bees the woman says to me what the heck is your problem do you employees not listen here hearing her say that I'm confused and now it's my turn to say excuse me the woman says I've been trying to get your attention for over 10 effing minutes I say to her in confusion of what the woman goes on and says I know you're ignoring me on purpose I know your problem you see a single mom with two kids and you don't want to bother serving me because you'll get no tip at this point I try to utter those famous words but the woman's on a roll she goes on and says I've been here for over 10 minutes and none of you lazy monkeys have even come over and given a silverware or offered us drinks and you you effing ignore me on purpose and don't you dare say you didn't hear me because I saw you turn your head away from me now as the woman's taking in more air I say it I say to her look I don't work here and that drives her insane the woman says don't you give me that crap you're telling me you decided to put on the uniform and not serve people food I'm gonna have your job for this who's in charge around here at that very moment the manager appears and he addresses me by name and asks what the problem is and before I can speak she's off again wearing a grin saying well well you don't work here yet your boss knows your name let me tell you I hate pranks and the woman then turns to the manager and says this idiot here has treated me like garbage he's been rude he's ignored me over a dozen times and he thinks because I'm a single mom I'm not worth his time you guys don't serve single moms I'll have you know that I'm a paying customer of this joke of a restaurant and your staff have left me and my kids sitting without even a high you need to fire that jerk right there and I expect that you'd better take care of me and my kids I'm not paying for anything after the way I've been treated I want both of your names as well as I'm gonna make sure that your big bosses know what's going on here and if you don't fire that man right now I'm gonna make sure that they do and then I'll make sure your boss fires you the manager says okay ma'am uh here's my card and he hands her his business card she then looks to me and says your name what is it the woman doesn't have a pen but the manager hands are one and of course she asked me to spell out my name savoring each letter he then tells her uh I'm gonna have to do my job here ma'am and I'll need to establish the facts and could you please watch the color of your language let's start at where you're sitting she then points back to one of the large tables where two kids around 8 or 10 years old are sitting she then says we haven't even been given drinks or silverware yet and we've he then cuts her off and says uh if I'm gonna sort this out I need to speak to the person who sat you there and find out why you haven't been assigned a server she says to him you don't need to be doing that what you need to be doing is firing this jerk manager tells her ma'am please work on this with me I'm trying to establish the facts for your complaint she says I know effing well what you're doing you are trying to save your ass and probably his too I want to see this idiot fired manager says to her please ma'am could you please stop using profanity there's families in here I then notice that the regular noise of the restaurant is nowhere near its usual level and I look over to the dining area and we certainly have most of its attention the woman then points at me and starts to speak and says are you going to and that's when the manager holds up his hand and says ma'am please understand one thing I can't fire guests now that just pissed her off even more and she says what are you trying to pull here this prick is wearing the restaurant's uniform and he's running around with food in his hands is that what you it's at this point the manager has enough and says ma'am ma'am please stop will you please take a good look at this gentleman she looks at me and the manager goes on and says he's wearing a blue button-up shirt and jeans our uniform is a black shirt with our logo and black pants and you'll also notice that he's not even wearing an apron which all of our servers wear while on duty and if you take a good look down to the end of the restaurant you'll see where the self-serve bar is this is why the gentleman is carrying cold soup now she then stares at me looking me up and down and then looking around probably trying to see if what she's hearing is true the manager then tells her there's a lot I can and can't do two and four guests and as I said it's not in my power to fire them now I can make them leave if they're disrupting other gas or staff or causing problems for the restaurant and you fall into the ladder the woman's about to speak again but the manager gets in first and says I can also call the police to assist me so may I kindly suggest that you gather up your kids and leave and if you wish to take this further the website address is on my card and you'll find the corporate contact information the exit is this way I wait until they're out of my path and return to the bar and I get a few questions on what happened I answered them the same way that she thought I worked here the manager then said he'd have to write a report about the incident and asked if I would give my contact details which I did now the lady did contact corporate as I got a phone call from some lady asking to give my version of events although I have no idea what tale she told them or even if they took any action against her the restaurant did send in the report cards along with the CCTV that recorded the incident and about two weeks later I get a letter from carpet thanking me for my cooperation and a 50 gift card yeah yeah so it sounds to me like this woman did this all to herself and I'm willing to bet that the woman just came inside the restaurant sat down at a random table where no servers knew they were supposed to serve her and then the entitlement just snowballed into what it became and seriously did she really have to keep emphasizing that she somehow was not served because she was a single mom like I don't know about you guys but when I see a mom out with her kids I don't immediately think oh that's a single mom right there but hey maybe she uses that as some sort of pass that's supposed to get everyone to be like oh we never knew you were a single mom let us give you the most special treatment ever so this story goes like this on this day I'm asked to go get some groceries and I tend to shop at wood guys it's a nice big store with great service and great variety I take my cousin Paris with me because she needs a few things now an important thing to note is that I'm six foot three and black my cousin Paris not her real name is not she's as white as the snow-capped peaks of mountains now a little bit about Paris is she has baby blue eyes platinum blonde hair dimples and looks like someone fused Billy eilish and Phoebe Cates together and made them Snow White a lot of people say that she's very pretty which is actually relevant to the story up until this point everything's going well Paris and I split up to do our own shopping so I head off to make some Life Health decisions about some chips I want to get the Flaming Hot Doritos maybe get some Rico's nacho cheese now I'm very seriously in consideration and this is probably why I didn't hear the lady when she called me the first couple of times I only noticed her when she walks up the woman was white middle-aged and dressed like she was 20. not a good look I remember scoffing at her brand new Buccaneers Jersey but she had on a Patriots coat and booty shorts I'm thinking all sorts of negative stuff from the start the woman starts up with the are you gonna help me or not in a very rude tone the woman has her hands on her hips and she's doing the whole neck shaking thing and I'm like huh so she starts listing things saying she asked for this and that and for me to go see where the butcher was he apparently wasn't at his post now I was confused and asked her what the heck she was going on about and she gets mad telling me that she already asked all this and wouldn't have to repeat herself if I listened she didn't say it like that she insulted me but I don't for the life of me remember what she said I was too busy trying to figure out why she was talking to me it takes me a moment to realize that she thinks I work here and I politely tell her that she's mistaken we've never spoken and I do not work here she then tells me that she sees me here all the time and that she just spoke to me a few minutes ago and that she isn't stupid I told her I didn't think she was stupid that she was just mistaken and then went to tell her that I'm not even dressed like I work here and that's when things go from weird to this woman is insane so Paris pokes her head out of the aisle behind me and she asked if I can grab one of the boxes of noodles at the top I apologize to the woman and dismiss myself from the lady's presence to go help Paris this was apparently a bad move because watching me help Paris get her Ramen and then grabbing several other things off the high shelves really pissed the lady off the woman starts in at me loud as a banshee and she's screaming ha I knew you worked here and then she starts yelling and her language is colorful and she seems to have a particular stick up her rear because she thinks I'm helping Paris because she's young and pretty instead of helping a woman like her now I must have had a look on my face because she gives me a look that says I'll have you know that plenty of men find me attractive and then she said some pretty disparaging things at paris's expense my cousin and I are not that close in fact she's a bit of a spoiled brat and our relationship is contentious at best she and her sister are usually selfish big-headed and disrespectful however she's my cousin and you best believe that you're not gonna disrespect her in my presence I then say to her look lady I understand that you're having some sort of identity crisis here gesturing to her outfit but I can assure you that I do not work here and my cousin's not some hot girl that I'm helping instead of you we've never spoken before and despite what you believe we do not all look alike the woman that accuses me of calling her racist and she says I'll have you know that I've dated black guys which Paris then chimes in letting her know that she can choke down all the black D's that she wants but that doesn't make her not racist it did take a bit but the commotion finally got the attention of a worker who comes over now he's a black guy he's as tall as me carrying several items in his hands and I cannot express how much he looks nothing like me I then turned to midlife crisis and I can see the recognition on her face when she looks at him the guy immediately starts asking if there's a problem and then he starts handing her things apologizing because the item she was looking for had been in the area it's supposed to be in but it was just moved from where she remembered it was which is code for you should have taken five seconds to look around the woman is stunned silent for like two whole minutes like you could see the Clockwork going on in her head she wants to say something but she keeps looking up trying to figure out how she mistook me for this guy she then shoots Paris a dirty look because she's giggling like an idiot the lady wants to say something so bad but she holds back to her credit her skin then redens like a tomato and her face looks like it's going through emotions like she's having a heated conversation in her head and then she starts stammering I know she wants to continue the argument but she's lost all footing because I stepped to the guy to illustrate how we look nothing alike and Paris is laughing her ass off by now I look at the guy and say dude she just confused me for you I mean can you blame her we could be twins the guy then looks at me funny for a moment and then realized what happened I very politely but very condescendingly tell the lady I'm happy you found your man and I hope the rest of your day is exceptional I find being polite is a better Fu than actually saying Fu Paris then hit her with a have a nice day Karen with no emphasis on the Karen and we just walked away un-freaking believable guys all I can say kudos to op for finding humor in that situation like I actually thought that woman was going to accuse Opie of kidnapping or something but yeah and that my friends brings us to another end of our slash I don't work here lady guys I hope you enjoyed today's stories if you did hit that thumbs up and if you're not subscribed consider subscribing so you don't miss these crazy crazy Karen stories and if you missed the last episode on the channel it's in our slash entitled people episode where a random woman knocks on Opie's door and won't stop harassing her to give up her house because it's Karen's turn to live in that house guys it's another ridiculous tale so go check it out if you haven't and myself and Stevie boy will see you guys in the next one we love you [Music]

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Length: 19min 58sec (1198 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 03 2023