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THE KARENS ARE TAKING OVER · CelinaSpookyBoo

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Speaker 1: Today we are talking about an infamous creature. A creature
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Speaker 1: we all try to avoid. The Karen. They come in
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Speaker 1: many different shapes, many different sizes, and do very many
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Speaker 1: terrifying things to people in our lives. We've met them.
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Speaker 1: Maybe you've been one. But today we are going to
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Speaker 1: read stories and we are going to judge people. Are
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Speaker 1: they the Karen? First one here we have M-I-V-A for
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Speaker 1: being a Karen at dinner. Hmm. Burner account? I don't
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Speaker 1: trust anyone. We're not off to a good start. Okay. I, 21, male,
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Speaker 1: and my friends went out for my friend's birthday. We
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Speaker 1: got a few rounds of drinks, and then we ordered
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Speaker 1: our appetizers and entrees at the same time. And I
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Speaker 1: made sure to tell our server to please pace the
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Speaker 1: meal so that our apps and entrees were not served
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Speaker 1: with each other. First, it's kind of a weird thing
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Speaker 1: to say. I feel like they kind of come that
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Speaker 1: way anyways. Here we go. The apps come, and five
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Speaker 1: minutes after that, all our entrees are being served. Now,
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Speaker 1: all of us were a little frustrated, given the fact
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Speaker 1: that I told the server to pace the meal appropriately. Okay,
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Speaker 1: you're sounding like an asshole. Maybe it's the tone I'm
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Speaker 1: reading it in, but I'm feeling it. We ask that
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Speaker 1: they be taken back and that they wait for us
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Speaker 1: to finish our apps. The server takes the entrees back,
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Speaker 1: and two minutes later, a food runner now brings us
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Speaker 1: the same food we had just sent back. We politely
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Speaker 1: told him that we are still eating our appetizer, So
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Speaker 1: he brings it back to the kitchen again. Okay, now
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Speaker 1: I feel like everyone's being an NA here. So we
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Speaker 1: finish our apps and we are now ready for the entrees.
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Speaker 1: About 20 minutes go by and we have nothing. Our
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Speaker 1: server hadn't come to check on us. And at this point,
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Speaker 1: we were all ready for another round and are still hungry. Finally,
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Speaker 1: only my entree comes out. Nobody else's. And my food
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Speaker 1: is ice cold. I had wrongly assumed that my food
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Speaker 1: was sitting on the hot plate waiting for me opposed
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Speaker 1: to just sitting off to the side in the kitchen. Now,
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Speaker 1: I tried calling our server over, but she didn't come
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Speaker 1: over until everyone else got their food. I told the
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Speaker 1: server that my food was cold. And, without skipping a beat,
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Speaker 1: she responded with, verbatim, it's not cold. She hadn't felt
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Speaker 1: the plate, or the food itself, and I was taken
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Speaker 1: aback by the resentment towards me. Kitchens are crazy. Don't
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Speaker 1: send back your food, you're asking for pubes in your dish, okay?
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Speaker 1: I've worked in a kitchen. So now, I am really angry,
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Speaker 1: and I ended up calling over a manager who's being...
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Speaker 1: Very nice. We told her we hadn't gotten the chance
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Speaker 1: to order another round and she offered to buy this
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Speaker 1: round for us and take my pasta off the bill.
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Speaker 1: We told her we all wanted a refill on our margaritas. Okay.
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Speaker 1: So you've sent your food back twice. Now you want
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Speaker 1: free drinks and free food. I don't like you. I
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Speaker 1: don't like you. Okay. Servers get the worst. I can know.
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Speaker 1: 10 minutes later, our server brings us five little shots
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Speaker 1: of tequila and said, my manager wanted me to tell
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Speaker 1: you that your next round is on us. Now I
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Speaker 1: was confused because I thought we were getting margs, but whatever.
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Speaker 1: Free alcohol is free alcohol. But of course, one of
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Speaker 1: my friend goes, oh, geez, these were supposed to be margaritas.
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Speaker 1: Our server looks at us and straight up says, you
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Speaker 1: know what? I'm done with you guys and walks away.
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Speaker 1: Good baby. Don't let anybody treat you like that. We
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Speaker 1: see the manager. So we ask for our check because
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Speaker 1: our server was full on avoiding us at this point.
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Speaker 1: Our server then comes to our table, hands us our check,
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Speaker 1: is very nice and happy like nothing ever happened. Try
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Speaker 1: to get that tip. I said, wait, I thought you
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Speaker 1: were done with us. And she replies, oh yeah, I forgot,
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Speaker 1: and walks away. This is just like beyond the energy here.
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Speaker 1: I'm ready for it. The manager ends up cashing us out,
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Speaker 1: and I was so angry in the heat of the
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Speaker 1: moment that I stiffed our server out of a tip,
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Speaker 1: which I would never do. I'm not sure, but I
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Speaker 1: felt in that it was the only thing I could
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Speaker 1: do from the disrespect I had gotten. If we were
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Speaker 1: a pain in the ass, I get it, but the
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Speaker 1: attitude was straight up unprofessional. Am I an a-hole for
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Speaker 1: the video. I'm busy. Welcome back. Let's read the edits
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Speaker 1: before we get into it, okay? Edits. I live in
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Speaker 1: the US. This restaurant is an upscale chain restaurant. I
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Speaker 1: won't name the place, but there's such desserts as the
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Speaker 1: cheesecake come out as fast as you think it's from
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Speaker 1: a factory. Okay, we're talking about Cheesecake Factory. Let's go
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Speaker 1: to the comments before I have my own opinion here. Oh,
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Speaker 1: it's been locked, the thread. Let's read it. You are
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Speaker 1: an a-hole. The server doesn't get to decide when the
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Speaker 1: food is made and delivered. Your demands are a little
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Speaker 1: bit ridiculous. Yes. As a server, not the a-hole. You
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Speaker 1: told her to wait on the entrees. If she was worried,
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Speaker 1: she would forget to put in the entrees She should
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Speaker 1: have asked to take those orders when she brought your appetizers.
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Speaker 1: So here's the interesting thing. If you've ever been to
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Speaker 1: a cheesecake factory, it's busy. It's almost always busy. But
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Speaker 1: as someone who is a server, you can put in
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Speaker 1: an appetizer order and then put in an entree order
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Speaker 1: and then you would just... consolidate those checks at the
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Speaker 1: end and put them together as a meal. So I
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Speaker 1: think you didn't handle it right, but I think also
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Speaker 1: your server didn't, but I would rate you kind of
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Speaker 1: the A for how you kind of did deal with things.
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Speaker 1: This has been rated the A-hole. I'm going to kind
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Speaker 1: of agree with that on this one. Just stop. Stop
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Speaker 1: being one. Ooh, next one. Am I the A for
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Speaker 1: being a Karen in a comedy club? This always gets me.
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Speaker 1: I'm going to be so curious here. This happened in
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Speaker 1: 2023 and people who witness it still think I was
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Speaker 1: in the wrong, but I don't see it that way.
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Speaker 1: But let's let Reddit decide. My 32 female at the
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Speaker 1: time and my 29 male at the time had just
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Speaker 1: started to work as a host in a brand new
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Speaker 1: comedy club. So he invited me to come. I ended
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Speaker 1: up being the only paying customer there. Everyone else there
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Speaker 1: beside my friend was either a comedian or a comedian's partner.
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Speaker 1: Everything was fine until one comedian during his performance said,
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Speaker 1: started interacting with me. He asked me to clap my hands,
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Speaker 1: so I did. He goes, every time I tell a joke,
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Speaker 1: would you clap for me, sweetheart? I laughed and said no.
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Speaker 1: I thought he would be cool about it, but he
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Speaker 1: seemed really uncomfortable and said, well, feminist women just like
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Speaker 1: to say no, right? I felt that was a bit misogynistic,
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Speaker 1: but I let it go. Delicate line between comedy and
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Speaker 1: bad stuff. You know, we look at certain comedians that
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Speaker 1: have really been like roasted and then you look at
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Speaker 1: other ones that aren't as famous that didn't. It's weird.
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Speaker 1: It's weird what we choose to get so angry about
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Speaker 1: when it comes to comedy because there's a lot delicate
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Speaker 1: freaking line. The comedian continued his performance and told a
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Speaker 1: joke about, ooh, S-H, S-A, I'm guessing. I don't remember
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Speaker 1: exactly how it went, but it was something that the
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Speaker 1: best place to self-massage is on public transport. I felt
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Speaker 1: really uncomfortable about that joke. He told it three times.
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Speaker 1: No one laughed at any of them. Okay, why would
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Speaker 1: you tell the same joke three times? If you're bombing,
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Speaker 1: you're bombing. Leave the stage. Later, he goes, I hope
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Speaker 1: you're all having a good time as we're here to
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Speaker 1: try new material. So if you guys have any feedback,
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Speaker 1: it would be welcome. I looked at my friend beside
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Speaker 1: me and whispered, well, he should stop doing S.A. jokes.
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Speaker 1: I honestly thought the comedian wouldn't hear my comment, but oh.
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Speaker 1: He did. Comedian shouted in a very angry voice, I'm
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Speaker 1: going to tell the jokes that I want to. Then
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Speaker 1: he started to hyperventilate for a while. Oh, so this
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Speaker 1: isn't being funny. Now he's freaking out. When we stopped,
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Speaker 1: he said, sorry everyone, but when people try to censor us,
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Speaker 1: I get very mad. After that, he went on and
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Speaker 1: on about how difficult it is to be a comedian,
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Speaker 1: how his jokes are a way to help society, and
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Speaker 1: how some stupid people just don't get it. When he
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Speaker 1: used the word stupid, I got up to smoke and
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Speaker 1: calm down because I was feeling kind of attacked. I understand.
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Speaker 1: I walked to the hallway and there was a camera
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Speaker 1: filming and I got caught in the footage, apparently. When
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Speaker 1: I reached the smoking area, I realized I forgot my lighter.
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Speaker 1: So I went back to my seat to grab it
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Speaker 1: and I was caught in the footage. After the cigarette,
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Speaker 1: I felt calm and the comedian had ended his performance,
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Speaker 1: so I decided to let it go and enjoy the
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Speaker 1: rest of the evening. I had fun, I met new people,
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Speaker 1: and everyone told me that I should have kept my
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Speaker 1: mouth shut. Two years later, my friend told me that
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Speaker 1: the comedian now tells a joke about how a Karen
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Speaker 1: tried to humiliate him over a silly joke and ruined
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Speaker 1: his footages. I found that amusing. And I'm flattered that
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Speaker 1: I'm his muse for creating new material. My friend still
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Speaker 1: thinks that I'm in the wrong, but honestly, I don't
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Speaker 1: see it. So Reddit, am I the A? I don't
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Speaker 1: think so. I don't think you are. He shouldn't have
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Speaker 1: hyperventilated and went off on a tangent. Comedians, you know,
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Speaker 1: are the most stable and the most unstable people that
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Speaker 1: I've ever met in my life. They're some of my
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Speaker 1: favorite and some of my least favorite people in the
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Speaker 1: whole entire world. This one was rated not the A-hole,
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Speaker 1: which I completely agree. Cop comment here. Him. We're doing material,
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Speaker 1: so any feedback would be welcome. You. You shouldn't do
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Speaker 1: that one joke. Him. I didn't mean negative feedback. You're
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Speaker 1: censoring me. Also, don't walk back and forth in front
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Speaker 1: of the camera. I sat up right where everybody walks
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Speaker 1: back and forth to go out. That literally, like, I
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Speaker 1: think kind of puts that all together and is a
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Speaker 1: perfect summary. Uh, not the Karen. Not the Karen. Ooh,
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Speaker 1: I love parent ones. Is this a mom? Is this
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Speaker 1: a Karen? Let's see. Am I the A for flipping
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Speaker 1: out on my son's school after they lied to him
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Speaker 1: about donation prizes? My son is in fourth grade. School
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Speaker 1: is only open on Mondays. The rest of the week,
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Speaker 1: he is home with me. Where are you? Oh, is
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Speaker 1: this COVID time? Let's see. It's five years ago. It was.
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Speaker 1: They don't do virtual learning during the rest of the week.
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Speaker 1: No Zoom calls are made. No teacher actually checks in.
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Speaker 1: Homework at home is not to be sent back to
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Speaker 1: the school. Instead, they get a participation grade the following
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Speaker 1: week if they tell their teacher they completed it. It's
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Speaker 1: backwards and your students aren't being graded for the work
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Speaker 1: they actually do. Okay, okay. Every Monday, we get a
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Speaker 1: new flyer in the mail asking for donations. Last week,
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Speaker 1: we got a flyer that said to send out 20
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Speaker 1: emails to individuals and ask them for donations with the
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Speaker 1: promises of prizes for participation. They also had other prizes
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Speaker 1: on this flyer. Basically, the more people that donate using
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Speaker 1: your name, the bigger prize you get. This is taking
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Speaker 1: me back to the jump heart for life. I don't
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Speaker 1: know if this is just a Canadian thing. You would
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Speaker 1: like get basketballs and sweaters and stuff for doing stuff
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Speaker 1: for the Heart Foundation. My son wanted the headphone prize.
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Speaker 1: Nowhere on the flyer did it say how many donations
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Speaker 1: were needed. I called the school to ask and they
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Speaker 1: said 12. I sent out 20 emails. 14 people donated.
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Speaker 1: The donation list was emailed to the school with his
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Speaker 1: student ID where we could pick up the prizes this
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Speaker 1: past Monday. My son was losing his mind. He was
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Speaker 1: so excited because he got the 12 donations needed for headphones.
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Speaker 1: We walk in and they proceed to tell my son
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Speaker 1: that he did not qualify for the prize because in
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Speaker 1: order to be eligible, you need 20 donations. Apparently, the
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Speaker 1: prizes for donations started counting up after you receive 20.
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Speaker 1: They turn damn near every student away, not just my kid. Ooh,
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Speaker 1: this doesn't feel good. So I sent the boy with
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Speaker 1: his father and pulled the teacher and principal aside to
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Speaker 1: let them know that what I thought they were doing
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Speaker 1: was messed up, and they got these kids' hopes up
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Speaker 1: for absolutely nothing, and that what they accomplished was destroying
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Speaker 1: the children's spirits by lying to their faces. I then
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Speaker 1: told them that I was told by the secretary that
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Speaker 1: he only needed 12 donations for those headphones. They said,
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Speaker 1: Sorry you feel that way, and this is just how
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Speaker 1: things are right now due to COVID. So I responded with, oh,
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Speaker 1: so lying to students and breaking their spirits is okay
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Speaker 1: because of COVID? Failing to provide virtual learning for the
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Speaker 1: rest of the week like other schools is okay because
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Speaker 1: of COVID? Asking for donations when these kids are here
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Speaker 1: only once a week is okay too? I walked out. Well,
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Speaker 1: my son got headphones in the mail today with a
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Speaker 1: note from the superintendent that said, I'm very sorry for
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Speaker 1: the actions of the school system and the confusion formed
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Speaker 1: around the donation drive. We are trying to work with
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Speaker 1: the families, not turn them away. Please accept this as
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Speaker 1: an apology. My son is over the moon. My husband
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Speaker 1: says that I was being a Karen and that I
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Speaker 1: should have just dropped it because it teaches our son
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Speaker 1: that life isn't fair. And now I look like an
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Speaker 1: AH helicopter to the parents. Am I the A? I
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Speaker 1: don't think so. So this was rated not the A.
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Speaker 1: I think that this story is a big old fat
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Speaker 1: story of miscommunication. I think that secretary shouldn't have been
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Speaker 1: giving out information that she didn't know to be true.
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Speaker 1: Definitely should have double checked. I don't think you're an a-hole.
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Speaker 1: You stood up for what you believed in. I don't
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Speaker 1: think anyone is an a-hole here. I think the world
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Speaker 1: was an absolute mess in 2020 and thank God we're
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Speaker 1: not there anymore. Can you believe it's five years ago?
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Speaker 1: Five years ago. What? Ooh, this is a Karen story
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Speaker 1: that happened at my work. So I am a server
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Speaker 1: in a restaurant. Today, we were slightly busy, just like
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Speaker 1: any other day. I'm the manager, so I try to
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Speaker 1: help all the servers with their stuff. One of the
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Speaker 1: servers had their table's food come up, so I took
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Speaker 1: the first few plates out for her. Okay, that's nice.
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Speaker 1: It was for a lady and her husband, her kid,
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Speaker 1: and her mother. She had short-dyed Karen hairdo, so I
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Speaker 1: just got a bad vibe from her. I love how, like...
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Speaker 1: You see them and you just, you know. Why do
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Speaker 1: they get the same haircut? A lot of them. They said,
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Speaker 1: we need ketchup. I said, okay, one second. So I
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Speaker 1: went back to get their other plates and grab the ketchup.
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Speaker 1: And when I came back, this bee is standing in
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Speaker 1: the server station, helping herself to catch up and stuff.
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Speaker 1: She didn't even give me a chance to get it
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Speaker 1: for her. I was like, um, you're not allowed back here.
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Speaker 1: And she very nastily said, well, I just went back there.
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Speaker 1: And I said, well, don't do it again. And by
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Speaker 1: this time she was back at her table and was
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Speaker 1: talking loudly in front of the other patrons. she said
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Speaker 1: it was that's fine i'll just talk to the manager
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Speaker 1: and i said i'm the manager it felt so good
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Speaker 1: she shut up and didn't say another word the whole
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Speaker 1: time that they were there she also stiffed the waitress
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Speaker 1: which i felt really bad about oh and later on
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Speaker 1: her husband came in and talked to the owner and
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Speaker 1: said i was really rude and really embarrassed her sometimes
14:23
Speaker 1: when people are in a bad mood they just go
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Speaker 1: to a restaurant obviously they're like having a bad day
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Speaker 1: they don't want to cook and then they just they
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Speaker 1: poop on your on servers i'm a really good tipper
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Speaker 1: i don't know why i just need to say that
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Speaker 1: If I ever come to your restaurant, stand up for me.
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Speaker 1: Everyone should work in the service industry for at least
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Speaker 1: three to six months at minimum. No, you know what?
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Speaker 1: Everybody should work in customer service. It makes you a
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Speaker 1: better person. It really does. Ooh, am I the Karen? The,
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Speaker 1: that's worse. So a little backstory. I, 21 female, am
14:52
Speaker 1: a Midwestern transplant to the deep South of Georgia. Oh,
14:56
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Speaker 1: So at said restaurant, we are having lunch and it
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Speaker 1: is a slow day for this place. Now, I normally
16:27
Speaker 1: have zero issues with food coming out slow. It happens.
16:30
Speaker 1: I get it. But being one of four tables on
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Speaker 1: an uncharacteristically slow day full of staff, I shouldn't expect
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Speaker 1: to wait 45 minutes for two sandwiches that seemed that
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Speaker 1: they would be done for quite some time. The food
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Speaker 1: was cold, soggy, unseasoned, and their new portion control ideas
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Speaker 1: were taken way too far. I realized that staff working
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Speaker 1: flat doesn't care to do things right that day and
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Speaker 1: didn't even bother sending it back immediately. Because I knew
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Speaker 1: that there would be no point. I want to pay
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Speaker 1: for my food that I've pushed away and go. Okay.
17:00
Speaker 1: Waitress returns and asks, everything tasting good? To which I
17:04
Speaker 1: reply with an aforementioned grin. No, it really kind of sucked.
17:08
Speaker 1: Can we just get the check? Because she asked, she
17:11
Speaker 1: got a little flustered and went to get the manager.
17:13
Speaker 1: To my protest, I didn't really care. It was one
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Speaker 1: meal and I still got to hang out with my
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Speaker 1: friend who was embarrassed on the other side of the
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Speaker 1: table because I seemed to have offended his polite sensibilities.
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Speaker 1: Waitress and manager return. He asked what the problem was
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Speaker 1: and I tell him all the things I mentioned because again,
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Speaker 1: he asked i wasn't angry i never raised my boys
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Speaker 1: i never cursed i just didn't apologize for not liking
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Speaker 1: the food which here is customary he rolled his eyes
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Speaker 1: so far back into his head i'm pretty convinced he
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Speaker 1: saw the secret to life that's a funny line i
17:43
Speaker 1: might use that i might use that and told me
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Speaker 1: that they would comp it if i wanted i said
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Speaker 1: no because the food is usually decent and i didn't
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Speaker 1: want to be hated and my friend asked then why
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Speaker 1: make a fuss Because they asked! And still, every time
17:55
Speaker 1: we go somewhere, he asks me not to be a Karen.
17:58
Speaker 1: Mind you, there's been other instances of such things happening
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Speaker 1: in different contexts. One such brief example is when I
18:04
Speaker 1: made a guy step away from his own birthday party
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Speaker 1: because his car was blocking me in and I wanted
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Speaker 1: to go home. Did my grin, but didn't mention that
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Speaker 1: making him step away was my fault because he parks
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Speaker 1: like shit. Friend didn't like that one either and thought
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Speaker 1: it was important for me to mention and provide context
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Speaker 1: to my Karen-ness. Am I the a-hole? Okay, I'm gonna
18:22
Speaker 1: be honest. This was rated a-hole. I don't agree. They asked,
18:25
Speaker 1: you said, what's wrong with that? We can't be that
18:27
Speaker 1: soft as a culture, can we? This person said that
18:30
Speaker 1: they are. I'm a blunt New Yorker and saying no,
18:33
Speaker 1: it kind of sucks still strikes me as insanely rude. Okay,
18:35
Speaker 1: I get it. Wording was a little off. You don't
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Speaker 1: have to apologize to be polite, but you could honestly
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Speaker 1: say it's pretty soggy and doesn't taste as good as
18:42
Speaker 1: the food usually does. I think we're choosing bits and
18:44
Speaker 1: bytes here. My aunt is a Karen and has the,
18:47
Speaker 1: it's just how I am personality. It was cool when
18:49
Speaker 1: I was 10 to 12 and I thought, oh, she's
18:50
Speaker 1: just bossy, important woman. But now that I'm an adult,
18:53
Speaker 1: I cringe because it's not cool. It's old and makes
18:55
Speaker 1: her seem like she has no tact or control. I've
18:57
Speaker 1: never complained about food. I'm going to be honest, but
18:59
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't find this one that bad.
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Speaker 1: You put the server in a really awkward position by
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Speaker 1: complaining about the food and not letting them do anything
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Speaker 1: to address it. Okay, I see that. I don't know
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Speaker 1: if I'm on the same path. I don't know. Am
19:10
Speaker 1: I an A for telling my new neighbors that I
19:12
Speaker 1: have been trapped in a basement for weeks after she
19:15
Speaker 1: told me not to check my mailbox on weekends? What?
19:20
Speaker 1: I have been away since Thursday, house sitting for my mom,
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Speaker 1: and it is currently Sunday afternoon where I live. Here,
19:26
Speaker 1: mail does not deliver on weekends. They only do that
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Speaker 1: Monday to Friday, which means I had two days worth
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Speaker 1: of mail filling up my mailbox. My 30-something-year-old neighbors moved
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Speaker 1: in on Friday when I wasn't here, and she was
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Speaker 1: in her front yard when I was collecting my mail.
19:41
Speaker 1: She goes, don't check your mailbox on weekends. They don't
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Speaker 1: deliver on weekends. So I don't check it, in a
19:47
Speaker 1: rude Karen voice, if you know what I mean. already
19:50
Speaker 1: I know we are not going to have a great
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Speaker 1: neighbor relationship and I am hung over and can't be
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Speaker 1: bothered dealing with her shit and I said I know
19:58
Speaker 1: it's just I've been kidnapped in the basement for a
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Speaker 1: week so I need to check my mailbox I don't
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Speaker 1: have a basement barely anyone does in this country She
20:05
Speaker 1: seemed shocked. It was an obvious joke with my overly
20:09
Speaker 1: sarcastic tone. Then we both went inside and that was that.
20:12
Speaker 1: About 25 minutes later, the police knocked at my door
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Speaker 1: thinking I was held captive in my basement, which I
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Speaker 1: don't have. So I explained to them what I had
20:21
Speaker 1: actually said and they laughed and left. Just before I
20:24
Speaker 1: was putting my rubbish out in the bin, she came
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Speaker 1: down and called me the C word for making her
20:28
Speaker 1: think I was kidnapped. What? You were outside. That's a
20:33
Speaker 1: funny one. Not DA. This is hilarious. There's an edit.
20:36
Speaker 1: Thank you for your judgment, everyone. I honestly thought it
20:38
Speaker 1: was going to have a different outcome because I felt
20:39
Speaker 1: horrible after the police arrived. Like I said, it was
20:42
Speaker 1: incredibly wrong of me. No, it's not. No, it's not.
20:44
Speaker 1: This person said some people need to mind their own
20:46
Speaker 1: damn business. Who cares when you check your mail? Completely agree. Also,
20:49
Speaker 1: some people just don't understand sarcasm. At least she cared
20:52
Speaker 1: enough to call the cops for you. You know what?
20:53
Speaker 1: You got that. That's the one thing. If there's Karen,
20:55
Speaker 1: if there's things going down in the neighborhood, they got you.
20:58
Speaker 1: They got you so hard. M-I-V-A for refusing to let
21:01
Speaker 1: my Karen neighbor use my pool after she demanded I
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Speaker 1: follow her pool rules. So I, 34, male, live in
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Speaker 1: a suburban neighborhood with a decent-sized backyard and pool. I
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Speaker 1: have always been friendly with my neighbors, including... Karen, mid-40s female,
21:16
Speaker 1: who moved in next door about a year ago. She
21:18
Speaker 1: seemed nice at first, but as time went on, she
21:21
Speaker 1: started to show her true colors. Over the summer, Karen
21:25
Speaker 1: started coming over with her kids, asking if they could
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Speaker 1: use the pool. I didn't mind, because I was usually
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Speaker 1: outside anyways, and the kids seemed to really enjoy it.
21:32
Speaker 1: But soon things got weird. Karen began showing up unannounced,
21:35
Speaker 1: sometimes even when I wasn't home, and I caught her
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Speaker 1: using the pool without my permission. Don't like it. Don't
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Speaker 1: like it. Well, it's kind of like your responsibility if
21:42
Speaker 1: somebody drowns, right? One day, I came home to find
21:44
Speaker 1: Karen and several of her friends having a full-on pool
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Speaker 1: party in my backyard, complete with snacks, music, and pool floats.
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Speaker 1: I confronted her. Oh, I hate it. I hate it.
21:54
Speaker 1: She acted like it was no big deal, saying, oh,
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Speaker 1: you weren't using it, so I figured it was fine. No, no, no, no!
21:59
Speaker 1: I don't like it. I told her politely but firmly
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Speaker 1: that she needed to ask before coming over and that
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Speaker 1: I was not comfortable with her just assuming she could
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Speaker 1: use the pool whenever Karen seemed annoyed but agreed to
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Speaker 1: follow the rules then last week she took things to
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Speaker 1: a whole new level Karen knocked on my door with
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Speaker 1: a typed list of pool rules that she wanted me
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Speaker 1: to follow here's the rules no swimming after 5 p.m
22:22
Speaker 1: because our kids have a strict bedtime no loud music
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Speaker 1: when her family is outside and mandatory weekend access for
22:28
Speaker 1: her and her kids but only for their exclusive exclusive
22:31
Speaker 1: use ma'am ma'am what i thought she was joking at
22:36
Speaker 1: first but she was dead serious i laughed and told
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Speaker 1: her that there was no way i was following any
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Speaker 1: of her rules for my pool duh karen got angry
22:43
Speaker 1: and called me selfish saying that i was ruining the
22:46
Speaker 1: neighborhood spirit and being unfair to the kids they're not
22:49
Speaker 1: your kids they're not his kids i don't like this
22:51
Speaker 1: now she's been spreading rumors to the neighbors that i'm
22:53
Speaker 1: a bad guy for not sharing the pool some of
22:55
Speaker 1: the neighbors have even said that i should let it
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Speaker 1: go and avoid the drama but i feel like this
22:59
Speaker 1: is insane it's my pool And she's acting like she
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Speaker 1: owns it. Am I the A for refusing to let
23:04
Speaker 1: Karen and her kids use my pool? There's some updates.
23:06
Speaker 1: Just let everyone know my backyard fence does not have
23:09
Speaker 1: a lot. I've taken your advice and I purchased one
23:11
Speaker 1: from the store. I'll be installing it tomorrow. For those
23:13
Speaker 1: suggesting I get a camera, I already have one, but
23:15
Speaker 1: it's not pointing directly at the pool. Hey everyone, update
23:17
Speaker 1: on the situation. Thank you for the advice. It really
23:19
Speaker 1: helped me see I wasn't overreacting. Amen. So I went
23:22
Speaker 1: ahead and installed a keypad lock on my back fence.
23:24
Speaker 1: I figured it would solve the problem without needing another
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Speaker 1: awkward convo with Karen. Plus, you were all right about
23:29
Speaker 1: the liability stuff. I really don't want to deal with
23:31
Speaker 1: any potential fallout if someone gets hurt using my pool.
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Speaker 1: Of course. So Karen has noticed the lock pretty much immediately.
23:38
Speaker 1: She was at my door, furious, saying I was locking
23:40
Speaker 1: out the neighborhood kids and treating her family like criminals.
23:43
Speaker 1: She went on about how I was being dramatic and
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Speaker 1: why I couldn't just let them use it like before.
23:47
Speaker 1: I told them straight up that I wanted some privacy
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Speaker 1: and control over who was using my pool. After all,
23:51
Speaker 1: it's my backyard, not a community park. She rolled her
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Speaker 1: eyes and said I was being selfish. Honestly, I feel
23:56
Speaker 1: a lot better with the lock on now. Love it.
23:58
Speaker 1: You're cool. Yo problem. Yo life. Yo drama. Curious. Today
24:03
Speaker 1: in the comments, I want you to drop below what
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Speaker 1: level Karen you are. We're going to go between one
24:07
Speaker 1: and five. How many Karen strong are you? I would
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Speaker 1: say from one to five. I'm maybe a two Karen.
24:11
Speaker 1: I'm going to be honest. She's come out before, but
24:14
Speaker 1: not as Karen-y as you would think. I have road rage. No,
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Speaker 1: I don't. I'm okay. Lying. Anyways, I love you guys.
24:20
Speaker 1: I hope that you are having a beautiful day and
24:22
Speaker 1: make sure that you come watch my videos every time
24:23
Speaker 1: I post. My dream is to be a YouTuber and
24:26
Speaker 1: on the New York Best Seller list and have a
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Speaker 1: movie and have a baby. Okay, until next time. Love you. Bye.