'JUST... DO... YOUR... JOB!': Furious Karen rampages and screams at a hardware store employee, then gets put in her place as he maliciously complies to her commands

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    Font - Posted by u/NotTheGolden Child616 3 days ago "DO YOUR JOB!" ... Okay, Karen
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    Font - So, this may not be as dramatic as my last story, but this one literally happened today. Figured... Why not share? So, if you didn't see my last story, I work at a ~mysterious and ~unknown~ major appliance and home supply shop, in charge of online order fulfillment... And today's adventure happens while I'm in our building materials area.
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    Font - I'm minding my own business, pulling a rather large order for sheet metal and screws. Problem is? The sheet metal size I need isn't where it's meant to be, I'm having to scan pretty much everything to figure out what's what. This lingering in the wild sadly put me in range of... A WILD KAREN ATTACK!
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    Font - Wild Karen: raging harpy voice Are you gonna help me or not?! Yours Truly: suddenly very confused, looking at her Wild Karen increasingly annoyed seeming: Well?! I've been standing over there FOR- EV-ER and you haven't offered to help me!
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    Font - Yours Truly: Ummm... My bad. I can try? I don't work in this department, so it depends if... Wild Karen: suddenly hostile Try? UGH! No, you WILL. It doesn't matter if you work in this department or not!
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    Font - Yours Truly: taking calming breaths so I don't lash back, wondering what this woman's problem is Okay, what do you need? definitely unable to control annoyance in my tone Wild Karen: THIS!! not joking when I say proceeds to suddenly pull out a screw and nearly stab me in the eye shoving it towards me
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    Font - Yours Truly: pushes her hand away, feeling much less calm as I have a PTSD reaction to people putting hands in my face, much less a feckin screw... now visibly shaking Okay, ma'am, screws are at the end of this aisle on the left... What... Wild Karen: I ALREADY KNOW THAT.
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    Font - Yours Angrily: Okay, what size is that? What size do you need? Wild Karen: even angrier for some reason YOU TELL ME!!! takes a step closer as of trying to seem threatening
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    Font - Yours Angrily: unable to hold back I have NO clue, ma'am. There's an entire wall of screws. It's impossible for me to tell it's size by just... Looking at it. Wild Karen: You will NOT come at me like that! (says me like she's royal and I'm should feel afraid) Your manager would NOT like that!
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    Font - Yours NoLongerGivingAF -ly: Ya think? Well, I can get a manager if you'd like. Maybe one of them can identify the screw by sight! Wild Karen: DON'T MAKE ME MAD TODAY. JUST... DO... YOUR... JOB!
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    Font - What ended up being funny was, one aisle over, one of our assistant managers actually WAS nearby. With Karen ranting and stomping like an angry toddler, I walked over when I noticed him and told him I have two issues: One, I can't find the items. Two, (proceeds to explain Karen he may want to talk to).
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    Font - He proceeding to show me where it was, and ignored her same as I was until she huffed loudly and stormed away. I don't think she liked that my manager DID like how I handled the situation...
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    Font - (cue what could possibly count as Malicious Compliance) Yours FeckingOverThisC t-ly: Yes, ma'am. I walked away from her to my trolley, and proceeded to continue looking for the items on my order. Wild Karen: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! Yours Freely: My job.
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    Human body - Valkyriemome 18 hr. ago I love stories with a happy ending. This is as good as a bedtime story!
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    Font - cabird78 +3.22 hr. ago Karen really got screwed in that situation, huh? I found your story riveting.
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    Font - AdultinginCali +1 21 hr. ago Sounds like the nuts and bolts of it.
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    Human body - PoeGirl1135 22 hr. ago What a nut. No wonder you bolted on her! She screwed herself out of a chance to get help.
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    Smile - +3.21 hr. ago It's really fasten-ating how OP threw a wrench in Karen's plans. Had me hanging by a thread. cabird78
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    Rectangle - Wieniethepooh +2 22 hr. ago She had the guts to go nuts. You nailed it!
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    Font - mercurius5 21 hr. ago I saw what you did there.
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    Font - hicctl +4 19 hr. ago I never understand their mindset, do they truly think stomping their feet and yelling will get them better service? No it will get them the bare minimum you can get away with, and as slow and annoying as you can get away with.
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    Font - AdultinginCali +1 20 hr. ago That was satisfying, thank you.
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    Smile - NotTheGoldenChild616 OP 19 hr. ago Feel this post may lead to a Service Industry Support Group...

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