‘I couldn't believe she got away with it’ : Unhinged Karen calls police in attempt to avoid paying for services, places false accusations on employee and gets away with it

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Eleonora Bader
Mar 22, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

There are people that are willing to go to great lengths in order to avoid paying, such as this Karen, who took advantage of an employee at a nail salon. He was just doing his job when she made an executive decision to make his life unnecessarily harder. She ignored his instructions and purposefully kept moving her hand out of the UV/LED light, so her fingernails wouldn't dry. He gently put her hand back in a couple of times, as it is his job to do so, and she lost it.

She called the cops, because, well, she is, as the title suggests, a little unhinged. When they arrived, she claimed he 'forced her hand into the light' and announced her desire to press charges. To say she got carried away a little would be putting it lightly. The police questioned the people in the shop, and the result of this whole mess was… nothing. That's the problem. She stirred up trouble and didn't pay for the service the salon provided. Plus she didn't get into any trouble for making up lies and wasting police time, either.

u/davidpham268 was furious and took to Reddit to complain. Commenters chimed in that it was his duty to press charges on her for not paying the bill. For more stories like this, here is a man who took malicious compliance to a whole other level when he 'hired' a goat for yardwork after his HOA forbade him from hiring an actual company.

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    Font - Clo Karen called the Police in a nail salon. I'm an Asian guy work in a nail salon in a mall. On Wednesday I had an incident with a nasty Karen! I was so angry that the policemen let Karen get away without paying for her full service, fault accusations and no consequences! These type of Karen will do the same to others places, because the police enable it!
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    Font - Posted by u/davidpham268 21 hours ago Karen called the Police in a nail salon. I'm an Asian guy work in a nail salon in a mall. On Wednesday I had an incident with a nasty Karen! I was greeting her and she told me she want a gel manicure (for anyone that doesn't know, you use a UV/LED light to cure the gel to dry, take like 30-60 seconds to dry).
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    Font - When I sat her down, she already have an attitude by sitting far from my table, crossed her legs and out of reach. I told her can you sit closer to the table so you have to reach. She got annoyed when I asked her. She told me, she wanted OPI colours funny bunny (off white) and bubble bath (natural pink), but she didn't know which colour is white and which colour is pink.
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    Font - When I started to do her hand she look at it every few seconds. In my head, maybe she just a picky client. I should have stick to my feeling that she is just here to get a free gel manicure, but I gave her a benefit of a doubt and continue. (In my salon if a client too picky and you think you can't handle it, you can ask the manager to switch to someone else but if no one can't handle it. The manager will ask them to leave, because in the end you'll waste your time and the client just wan
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    Font - When I done painted gel base coat on her first hand, I told her to put in the light but she only put like halfway in. So I told her you have to put your hand in a little more so the gel can be cure/dry but she refuse "I don't want to put my hand all the way in". So explained to her that "if you don't do it that way it won't be dry". She told me "I did this a thousand time, I know what I'm doing". I told her "every gel light is different, you have to follow my
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    Font - instructions". So I show her and place her hand little bit more inside the light, and told her to leave her hand like that until the light turned off and it only need to be one time but she kept doing it 3-4 time (30 second each time).
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    Font - After that I told her to switch her hand but she pretended she didn't hear me until I asked her the 3rd time and she raised her voice "I have to make a phone call". She call her friend and told them Karen: "I didn't give him permission to touch me and he force my hand into the light".
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    Font - Me: I said "Excuse miss, I didn't force your hand, I just place it in the light a little bit more so the gel can dry". Karen: "I don't want to talk to you, the conversation is over"! So I don't know why I continue the service, I should have stop.
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    Font - When I finished painted her hands. I massaged her hands as well. After that she asked to speak to the manager. Asked the manager to see the camera footage, but the manager told her only authorities or the police are allow to see it. Karen said "then call the police". The manger told her do that and he called the police too.
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    Font - She stand up and walk to to door, so I follow her but kept my distance because she didn't pay for her service yet. She told the police on the phone that she didn't feel safe in the salon because me and the manager were looking at her, so she have to stay outside.
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    Font - When a policeman came, she told him that I force her hand into the light and she want to press charged for A: lt. So he gave her a complain form to fill out. I told him you can't let her go because she didn't pay for her service yet and he said don't worry she just gonna go fill out the form in Starbucks (3 door down from the salon) then I told him my side of the story.
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    Font - Thanks god! My coworker working on a client, and they sat like 6 feet away so they heard our whole conversation with Karen. When I asked them to be my witnesses because Karen told the police I a ed her, they were shocked and they told the police what happened.
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    Font - Then another policeman arrived and they went to checked the camera footage. They said if I was as ed Karen why did she let me massage her hands in the end of the service.and it all on Karen, she made it up lies. My manager told me later (I was doing my appointment client) the policemen went and talk to her in Starbucks and she screamed at them and cause a scene there.
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    Font - I was so angry that the policemen let Karen get away without paying for her full service, fault accusations and no consequences! These type of Karen will do the same to others places, because the police enable it! Should I go to the police station and press charges? I want Karen to meet justice!
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    Commenters were quick to point out OP's right to press charges.

    Font - Demos 21 hr. ago Yes, there should already be a report from the incident you can reference in your filing. Make this k h pay! 744 Reply Share
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    Font - davidpham268 OP · 21 hr. ago I just called and asked one of my regular client. She said the police just gonna make Karen pay for the service she got done and just fine her, but if I want to press charged for fault accusation I have to get a lawyer go to court too. 388 Reply Share
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    Font - Crystal-Clear-Waters · 21 hr. ago You can absolutely press charges for her skipping out on her bill. You should. Go down there and file it. 70 Reply Share
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    Another stupidly brave Karen...

    Font - dafireboy 20 hr. ago . I remember a story about a Karen making a complaint, and once the video was reviewed it was clear she made the whole thing up. So the officers had her write a statement, had her sign it, then made her swear she wrote what really happened. Then they told her the video was reviewed and asked if there was anything she wanted to change about her story.
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    Organism - She stuck to her original complaint, so they arrested her for perjury and filing a false report. This needs to be more normalized. If I were a cop I would enjoy the extra paperwork just to put these entitled a hats in their place. Reply Share 99
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    Font - shaensays 19 hr. ago Arg the amount of wasted law enforcement time - especially the affect on true emergency calls which no doubt they would raise hell about if there was a delay in their emergency. I hope the karens are being charged with wasting police time. It's mind-boggling eh? Reply Share 20
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    Font - cybermonkeyhand - 20 hr. ago You don't need a lawyer. If she is charged criminally with theft the prosecutor will charge her and she'll need to hire a defense lawyer. If you want to sue her because she didn't pay take her to small claims court, that's a civil case and you really don't need a lawyer for that and you got it all on video that she rec'd services without paying for them. 17 ↓ Reply Share ●●●
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    Font - danielthelee96 · 19 hr. ago The day that all the Asian nail salons collectively pick up their bags and leave the country.... will the entitled populus understand the consequences of their actions... Until then, privilege abounds Reply Share 17 ●●●
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    Font - davidpham268 OP. 19 hr. ago Lol. Doesn't matter wherever you go/live there always will be good and bad people around, especially Karens. Hopefully in the future the new generations not gonna be so entitled! 16 Reply Share
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    Font - o eaglenate 20 hr. ago You showed much more restraint and composure than I would have my friend. My hats off to you. 13 Reply Share
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