Karen

This happened yesterday at a Starbucks somewhere in the US. Obligatory I’m on mobile.

I’m a medical professional. I’ve been dealing with people who think COVID is a hoax, or not serious, etc. Please don’t debate that here, the post is not about that.

K : Karen Me : Me B : Barista

I walk into Starbucks and distance myself on the little circles they have that are six feet away from each other. There are just a few people in the store and it’s pretty big so overall so I felt safe. I’m minding my business, browsing Reddit, when this Karen walks in. I didn’t notice her until I heard a barista say ‘excuse me you need a mask to be inside the store’. I turn to witness a look of horror on this woman’s face, as if she didn’t see the countless signs stating you need a mask, and or she didn’t realize there was a pandemic.

K: All I want is a coffee. B: I’ll be happy to make you one when you put a mask on. K: But... Me: Nope. K: What? Me: Nope. These workers don’t get paid enough to make coffee and babysit children. K: Excu- Me: Nope. K: I- Me: Out. she goes to speak again Nope, out.

It felt like I was talking to a misbehaving puppy, and she looked just as sad. So she turned to the only line of defense she had left.

K: I’ll get you fired! Me: I don’t work here. K: I’ll find your boss! Me: I am my boss.

She short circuits, makes that weird grunting angry sound and leaves.

I can’t stand when these anti-maskers involve people who aren’t paid to deal with their shit. And even people who are? Not paid enough.

TL:DR Maskless Karen wants coffee and I defended the baristas.

Edit: You’re all kind and I’m glad that there are more people out there who are willing to stand up for others.

Background

My cousin (23,F) recently opened up her own salon. From a young age, she taught herself how to thread/wax eyebrows and developed an interest in makeup and hair. Everyone in our extended family would go to her before events and on a monthly basis for their threading, waxing, hair and makeup needs. In 2020, she had a full-time job (non-salon related) but decided to renovate the basement of her home to create a small salon space. She now spends her free time taking clients in her at-home salon and there's nothing but great reviews! Her sister helped with the renovations and now helps her with marketing the business (social media, community pages) and I help with the finances (budgeting, price-setting). We all support her and are really proud of her! The salon is our baby.

We're now in the middle of a pandemic and this greatly affected her salon business. As a result, she implemented safety measures and our small team made sure to keep up with covid regulations in our city. This included having one customer inside at a time, doing temperature checks, making masks/face shields and gloves mandatory, wiping down the salon after each client...etc. Also, when our city was in lockdown, the salon was closed as it is not an essential service.

Incident

Our city is once again in lockdown since the end of December to the end of January. The salon has been closed since the lockdown began. The salon's social media pages had been updated to let the current clientele know that the salon is closed.

Now comes the Karen. Karen sees a community post from OCTOBER detailing a discount that the salon was having on a certain package we offer. She comments on the post saying that she can't believe the salon is open in the middle of a lockdown when her salon has to be closed. This is important for later. Karen fails to notice that this post was made in October, when salons were allowed to operate as long as they followed safety regulations. Karen doesn't bother checking more recent posts indicating that the salon was closed. My cousin doesn't see her reply at this time.

The next day, two police officers show up at my cousin's door while she's at a doctor's appointment. The officers ask for my cousin and my aunt lets them know that she's not home right now. My aunt does not speak English very well and lets the officers know that she would call my cousin and ask her to come home. Maybe the officers didn't believe her but they insisted on coming inside the h

Few weeks ago, was woken by a phone call at about 5:13am by some snotty woman demanding I work the weekend when I don't even work for them or retail for that matter. This is how it all went down:

5:13 am phone wakes me up. "Hello?" "This is Terry from Bmart, Lucy you have to work this weekend!" Me trying to grasp reality as my brain is still sleeping and I dont know any Lucy, or this caller Terry. "Hey Terry, you dialed wrong number. Lose it please." I hang up the phone and almost drift back to sleep when it rings again and I stupidly answer it. Terry "You hang up on me again I will fire your butt! You are to work the weekend or find another job!!!!" No, she didn't say butt, she said much worse and now I decided to have some fun with this. The result was very lifting I might add. Caller had a southern accent so no clue how they could be even calling me to begin with. Me "Terry, if you want me in it's over time Saturdays, double time Sundays. I want this in writing or I will not come in!!!" Figured this would end the call and I could get back to sleep and only disturbance would be my daughter's cat who decided to pay me a visit and dig her claws into my covers, ignoring the fact shes sharpening them on me. I was dead wrong. I had to listen to Terry give me some spiel on company policy for full timers and open ability. I cut her off in mid sentence..... "Terry, I could care less about company policy!! You want me to work this weekend, you are paying me what I require and your putting this in writing!! Also, because you annoyed me by waking me twice, I now will only work double time Saturday and Tripple time Sundays.... Take it or leave it!! Oh, don't forget, thats $15.00 an hour!! That means $30 an hour Saturdays, $45 an hour Sun.........." I never got to finish saying Sunday, because this is what happened next... Terry "whly sht whly sht, I don't even make $15 an hour, why the hell do you!!!" Next thing I know, her yelling attracted other staff and I can hear yelling in the background of why the hell does she make $15 and I only get $9 with others in background yelling why is Lucy getting $15 and I could no longer make out who was saying what other then Terry telling someone I refuse to come in unless I get OT which is when some guy takes over the call. "This is Bill the general manager, Lucy, what is this about not coming in unless you get OT and where the hell are you getting $15 an hour from?" Me "You want me in, those are my terms! Stop calling and wa

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