r/IDontWorkHereLady - Karen Wants Me Fired And To Speak To My Manager, But I Don't Work Here Lady!

welcome to our /aa don't work here lady where we share stories about folks that are mistaken for employees by irate customers first of all thank you to all subscribers for supporting me in the comments I really appreciate it and today we have three good stories the first story is lady calls me a Nazi because I'm a German tourist this is my first story on the subreddit here also English is my second language so sorry for any vocab or grammar errors the cast D equals my dad l equals entitled lady M equals manager me equals yours truly this story happened about three years ago me my parents and my dog were visiting the USA for three weeks during the summer holidays we also visited some old friends who moved here it was so good to see them again me and my dad went to Walmart one day to get some groceries my mom in the dojo stayed at home because my mother was not feeling very well first of all D America the food here is amazing but it has way more calories than here in Germany also the portion sizes are so much bigger I was shopping with my dad at Walmart to get something to eat for dinner keep in mind my dad isn't very good at English so I had to translate for him and speak to shop assistants for the most part we were in the candy aisle to look for some snacks but for the most part we were comparing what different candies America has both of us were talking in German my dad found a Twinkie package if I remember correctly and I explained to him what this is what flavour etc when he put it into the shopping cart I heard that typical Karen I'm sound thinking not much of it I moved our shopping cart closer to the corner because I thought that it was blocking someone from passing nope another louder arm sounded again and I turn to my left there she was standing in her full glory the Karen with every single care and feature typical care and haircut huge sunglasses and the can I speak to the manager outfit she looked like she was about in her late 40s to early 50s the lady was staring at me and my dad seemed rather annoyed me uh can I help you entitled lady ah took you long enough where the paper towels me excuse me entitled lady are you deaf or something I asked you where the paper towels are me um sorry ma'am don't know what you're talking about entitled lady what the heck how dare you speak to customers like that I'm going to get the manager and tell him how rude you are one last time where are the paper towels at this point the Karen started to annoy me and my dad but in all my confusion I realized that she thought that I was an employee the lady was looking very angry at me and before I could correct her my dad started to speak to me in German dad in German what's up with her is everything all right me in German yes this lady just thinks that I'm an employee don't worry about it I'll handle it suddenly the lady looked extremely terrified like she just saw a ghost or something she quickly changed her attitude back to typical Karen behaviour entitled lady stop speaking Spanish ha ha this instant we are in America so speak English I will definitely tell your manager about this us me and my dad were absolutely shocked I really didn't know how to answer to that but I tried to be respectful to her me excuse me ma'am but you see I don't work here we are both German tourists please leave us alone I grabbed our shopping cart and gestured to my dad to go to the next aisle and continue our shopping as soon as we were almost around the corner I made the mistake to look at Karen again she started screeching she shouted you to stop immediately and walk towards us and she grabbed my arm her grip was so tight that it almost made me tear up the entitled lady shouted in my face you Nazi w come with me I'm going to get your manager I was shocked and my dad was livid he pushed her away from me and told her something along the lines of in his broken English and with his heavy German accent get your hands off my daughter you stupid B go away and never talk to us again the lady looked shocked at my dad as if she never got someone to raise their voice at herself her mouth was moving and she wanted to say something but she quickly walked away after a bit as soon as she disappeared my dad comforted me and asked me if I'm okay I answered that I was fine but needed to calm down a little some minutes passed and we continued our shopping hoping we never have to deal with that lady again after about 10 minutes we both hear that intimidating an annoying voice again those are the guys me and my dad turn around and we seen lo and behold our favorite nightmare Karen with manager in tow entitled lady those are the guys you need to fire that girl she was very rude to me and threatened to kill me and that man is salted and tried to rape me she had an evil grin on her face as she said that the manager looks confused at me and responded after a second ma'am I'm very sorry but this girl doesn't work here entitled lady what but I saw her helping that man she has to be an employee and she threatened to kill me in a concentration camp me and my dad looked in disbelief at each other but I quickly tried to explain the situation to the manager me sir this is not true me and my dad are German tourists and in no way Nazis we were in the candy aisle when this lady approached us she mistook me for an employee and when I tried to correct her she suddenly called me names in a Nazi when she was physically assaulting me my dad pushed her away from me and told her to go leave us alone I still have a bruise on my arm when I showed the manager my bruise the lady tried to claim that I painted it on my arm my dad tried to back me up and told the manager again with broken English and heavy accent to look up security footage the lady's face turned pale and she still consist that I painted the bruise on my arm entitled lady stuttered they are lying you have to believe me not those Nazis they assaulted me and want to murder me don't watch the security footage because it's unnecessary in a waste of time manager ma'am I won't need to review the footage because I already witnessed it through the cameras to me I'm so sorry for this inconvenience do you want to press charges because this lady assaulted you I politely declined because me and my family were just for a holiday in America to relax and see new places and not to visit courts the lady got banned from the store and me and my dad got a little discount on our groceries some people are just nuts man when we got home we have a story to tell my mom and our dog but in the end we just laughed over it I got an ice cream for my dad and some loving cuddles for my dog thank you so much for reading my first encounter with a Karen this is my first story on this subreddit so it'll probably have some flaws but oh well the second story is how dare you let a drunk serve me typical phone warning yes English is my first language Australian so swearing is part of my vocabulary but predictive text is a B I'll do my best to proofread it a bit of backstory about me so you get an idea of my mindset I'm a bartender on weekends and uni student on weekdays I worked retail for six years and often go autopilot when tired I once think my fiancee for shopping with us after she cooked dinner also if you've never paid close attention to a longtime bartender before we're pretty good at what we do and like to show off when mixing my uniform is a long white shirt bleach Abul a blue vest not bleach Ubel and black slacks not the most comfortable uniform so I often bring a t-shirt and boardies to change into afterwards that's me in a nutshell one Saturday afternoon it's packed absolutely bonkers because of the AFL match I don't remember who is playing the beer is flowing the cheers are merry and the roar sir loud being the spirit mixer or more correctly the one who spends the most time around the rack of spirits I'm mixing a whole bunch of rums for a party of 10 I yanked the next bottle of rum off of the shelf tossing the empty at the recycle bin and spin the top off not the smartest thing I've ever done in a six hour shift as I proceeded to spill about five shots worth of Bundy rum on the hem of my shirt as well as my pants I sigh but shrug spilled alcohol is par for the course on a busy day and my manager knows I'll write it off I finished my shift and silently thank past me for packing a change of clothes well the t-shirt at least fantastic the t-shirt I packed was a deep blue with a decal on the front of a wing foxed that read I do not give a fig a a flying fox shout out to the artist fable fire look them up tossing my rum-soaked top into my bag I change and leave whatever I'm only going to the nearest Big W my old work place to get some more things and then home while browsing the confectionery aisle I feel a presence behind me thinking it's someone trying to see what's past me I mutter an apology and step sideways tiredly weighing up whether I buy the discounted cherry ripe bag or a block of Black Forest while I grab the block of chocolate the person behind me coughs in an excuse me manner me sorry mate I step further aside I put the block back and grab the bag instead cherry ripe is better anyway I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn around to see a walking nest of bleached hair and sunglasses that can make a fly jealous Karen I knew immediately Karen excuse me there was more nasal in that voice than an ents clinic can you help me at this point I'm almost in autopilot and the presence of this Karen flicks the switch me yes ma'am she's scoffs as if I've just picked my nose Karen you shouldn't use such a tone with a customer where your light bulbs obviously not in the Lally aisle I think to myself me I don't know electrical that way I think I gesture in the general direction of housewares and electrical goods Karin's hands shoot to her hips tapping her foot I stand there like a numpty wondering what on earth she's doing Karen well aren't you gonna take me there me no she throws her hands in the air Karen well I never the service here is terrible she leans in to jab a finger at me I instinctively rock backwards you need to take me there me finally suppressing six years of customer service lady I don't Karen I don't care what excuse you have you she stops and I noticed her nostrils flare you're not slow you're drunk how dare you where's your manager me lady Karen no shut up you drunk are all this yelling brought an actual employee over let's call him slim slim what's going on Karen how can you let an employee be drunk here are you the manager slim no ma'am but he's Karen I only want to speak to a manager now slim turns on his heel and smartly walked over to the PA calling our floor manager confectionery he wimps Alton stays at the registers while my old manager wanders over manager how can i Karen fire this drunk piece of sh the manager looks at me my flying fox t-shirt my rum smelling slacks and my blank expression she was used to seeing that after I finished work manager miss he hasn't worked here for years Karen yes he does look at him she jabs me in the chest and I stumble backwards slightly knocking some kinder surprises off the shelf you're just protecting his drunk a manager ma'am you need to calm down Karen I won't until you fire this Sh stain how dare you let a drunk sir me look at him it seems she actually took the time to look at my outfit this time not the blue pinstripe business shirt the managers wearing but a shirt that's borderline offensive and yet cute at the same time her face flushed pink and she flicks her hair in annoyance Karen excuse me I'm late for an appointment at 6:00 in the afternoon she pushes past manager and I and leaves the store manager watches her leave before giving me a sideways glance I shake my head slowly and just wave it away dumb customers was something I dealt with at least once a week is a cashier I buy my cherry rights and drive home to play Wow and the last story is mistaken for a subway employee make a lifetime friend I know I'm posting on here again but this time it's hella wholesome also this will be kind of short cast me Greta now a family friend mom this takes place more than 10 years ago I was 8 when this happened I was with my family and it was after church and my parents had to stop at Walmart to get some things they forgot while shopping the night before so here we are at Walmart on Sunday it was hot and humid as is typical for southern Louisiana it was after church I was tired and hungry and complaining rather loudly to my mom my sister who was 17 at the time squeezed my hand and told me to shut up being nine years older she can do that I did shut up and walked with my mom until we got to the cashier and checkout now as a treat and for me behaving my mom raised my sister and me that if we did something good we got a treat we go to Subway now most Walmart's I've been and have a subway connected to it so we go into Subway go in and place our orders my mom asked me to go and get napkins when I hear an older woman ask if I can get her napkins now this lady at this time was in her late 50s and had a German accent Greta can you man me some napkins please me yeah sure I hand there's some napkins that I had gathered it was a rather large stack of napkins because we all ordered something messy Greta oh thank you honey I not walk away to my family and start to eat a few minutes later Greta came over to my table and started to talk to my mom Greta I'm sorry about interrupting your meal but I wanted to ask if this is your young lady mom Cox her head to her side uh yeah looking at me like I did something I wasn't supposed to do I wasn't a bad child but my mom never liked it when strangers talked about me Greta I just wanted to say that she's a very sweet girl I just moved here from Germany and I don't know my way around here is it okay if I buy her a cookie my mom smiles a very proud smile my mom raised me and my sister to help people without reward it was the whole gold rule deal she goes to the worker and says that she's such a good worker and deserves a cookie for being such a good girl giving winks to the worker she comes back and starts having a conversation with my parents and we discovered that she ended up going to the same churches us so in the end we ended up making a lifelong friend thank you for watching

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Length: 13min 29sec (809 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 08 2020