Karen Admonishes Hotel Worker For Drinking at a Bar After Work

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Emmy Pratt • Writer and Editor
Jun 13, 2023 12:30 PM EDT

What you do outside of work hours is your business. No customer, parent, or boss should have any say in what you do when you're off the clock. I feel bad for people with highly scrutinized professions, like teachers, who need to drive an hour away to feel comfortable going to a bar. So many parents expect teachers to be more moral than them, even when the teachers are nowhere near their kids. It's a highly unrealistic expectation that shouldn't be projected onto anybody. 

Teachers aren't the only people who get shamed for having the audacity to drink a beer at a bar. It seems that anyone with a public-facing job can get shamed and criticized for trying to be a human being outside of work hours. One hotel desk clerk was spotted by a Karen after his shift at a local college bar, and she made some bogus complaints to the hotel about this sighting. 

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    Font - 21 r/TalesFromTheFront Desk u/Jdawger 17h I got a negative Front Desk review, while I was off the clock at a bar 10 minutes away from the hotel. Medium Join
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    Font - I've been working at my hotel for three on-and-off years and have received zero negative reviews directly towards me while I was working the desk... ...well, I did say working the desk. In my three years, I received one directed complaint.
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    Font - For context, this happened when I was still in college. I got off of my afternoon shift and went to a campus pub with my college friends to unwind. I went straight from work still wearing my work clothes, but took off my nametag and anything that states my hotel on it; basically, I was wearing my checkered long-sleeve shirt and black pants (yes, this is important). I had a great time, downing shots, drinking beer, and then having my designated driver roommate drive me and my car back to o
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    Font - Two days later, I get into work and my boss is there. Felt it kind of odd because she is usually gone before afternoon shift gets there at 3pm. She doesn't look mad, more concerned and confused. I clock in and she asks to speak to me. Again, she didn't sound mad, so I was more wondering if everything is ok. She pulls up our review forums and shows me the most recent review. It reads something like "I saw the front desk agent getting drunk with friends, downing shots, and unable to walk. V
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    Font - Obviously, my boss had to ask me some questions to follow up, with the biggest one being "were you drinking at work." I say that I was of course not and I just went to the bar after my shift two days ago. I explained that I made sure my nametag was off and there was nothing that said our hotel on it, but still had the same work clothes I had on that shift.
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    Font - Per requirement, she reached out to the guest for more info and the guest explained that they recognized me at the same bar with my work clothes, beard, and my long hair. The guest just said to her that she doesn't think front desk agents should be drinking at all, even off the clock+.
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    Font - After that, she said that I had nothing to worry about and that what I do on my own time is my own so long as it is not illegal. The guest's review was removed by corporate after my owner's request and the guest was added to our Do Not Rent list.
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    Font - And the best part, after my boss said that I had nothing to worry about, she invited me to that same bar for drinks that same night and bought the first round. Edit: I don't know specifically why they were added to DNR. My boss added them with "do not accommodate." Usually that means they were excessively rude or what not.
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    Rectangle - CoderJoe1 +2 •16h The guest sounds like the kind of person that thinks school teachers should never be seen in public except at church. Reply Vote
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    Font - birdmanrules 1 Award What a AH. +2.16h I have gotten two in seven years. One I agree with I was having a bad day. So it was fair. But the other. Heard screaming and ran to a guy who had collapsed with what after dragging out the de fib said was an heart attack. So whilst other guests called an ambulance I followed the defibs instructions including chest compressions.
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    Font - A Karen came out of her room saw me and said I need towels. I replied I'm sorry this man is in trouble I cannot assist you right at this moment. She repeated towels now. I said as soon as the ambulance arrives ma'am.
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    Font - Anyhow she slams door, after man was taken away I got towels knocked on door to her saying. I am going to report you for ignoring me. Short story, she did. Shorter story. Boss DNR her. Reply Vote
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    Font - Gwydion-Drys. 13h I got a complaint levelled at me for being overweight. I was pretty obese at the time. But I still wore a suit and a button shirt in the hotel color. Just like the hotel demanded. So I was dresses professionally.
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    Font - The review said it did not refelct well on the hotel to have overweight staff. The GM was even heavier than me. So he just shrugged and put the Lady on the DNR list. Reply Vote
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    Font - JaBevi5055 • 15h I was Night Audit \ Security and I made a comment to a guest at check out. They asked how my night had been? I said that it had been a long busy night and that I was ready to go home and have a beer, @ 6 am...
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    Font - Now I explained to the guest I was checking out the difference in time, when she made the comment of how I was an ALCOHOLIC. I told her that to her, it is 6 am, morning, getting up to start her day. BUT!!! To me, having just worked a 10 hr night shift, it was 6 pm and the end of a long trying day. Time for a dinner, a beer, and relaxation, then eventually bed.
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    Font - Now she seemed to believe that explanation, then and there, but who knows later. And to those haters out there. I have dealt with Alcoholism, my father had it bad. And I have been a social drinker most of my life. A beer at 6 am after working all night is just as I explained, A Night Cap!!! So don't hate! Reply Vote
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    Font - Tight_Syllabub9423 • 15h Or she might have decided that you're not only an alcoholic, but a lazy good for nothing slugabed, laying about all day while decent people are working. I get that one surprisingly often as a night worker. It's one reason why my gate is locked. Vote
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    Font - JaBevi5055 • 15h Hell I got that from my own mother. She expected me to adjust to a day light schedule on my days off. When you work a 40 hr week at Night, it is just common sense to maintain that on your 2 days off. Because it plays havoc on your circadian rhythms if you are changing it. Her argument was she did it in nurses training, so why don't I. I never won those arguments. ... Vote
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    Font - Angelals Not My Name Lol at the ending... ... +3• 17h Reply Vote
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    Font - IsltTurkey NeckOrDick. 12h Since they were also at the bar imagine if you made that same complaint to their work. "People working at the grocery store really shouldn't be drinking, ever." ... Reply Vote
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