'A Karen barged in': Woman demands to be served pizza at closed restaurant

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    Font - Sorry WE'RE CLOSED
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    Font - r/r/MaliciousCompliance Posted by u/dynamicd punch 12 hours ago Pizza Oven S OC Old compliance I just got reminded of by a different sub., I'll try to keep it short.
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    Font - Basically I worked as a delivery driver and odd-jobs do-er for a well-known Pizza chain in my teens. I was always on a close, and as part of the close we needed to lock doors, turn off most lights, the oven, and the "Open Sign" out the front.
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    Font - One shift, as we were closing, we forgot to turn off the Open Sign, and a Karen barged in and demanded we had to serve her as the Open Sign was on. Informed her the oven was off, and wouldn't warm up before we left, and still she insisted. Cue malicious compliance.
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    Font - Food service laws in Australia prevented us from selling anything uncooked for risk of food poisoning. So I offered to serve her by selling anything that we didn't need to cook, which was soft drink. And only soft drink. Any and all soft drink she wanted. All the soft drink in the world! She stormed out shortly after, after buying no soft drink.
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    Font - dk91 . 8 hr. ago Long ago once walked into a sandwich shop pre-open (lights were on and door was not locked) and tried ordering a sandwich. The guys behind the counter gave me the most ridiculous look and gave me some attitude pointing out they weren't open. I left without saying much, but was annoyed with the attitude considering I had no idea the store wasn't open yet.
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    Font - pandathumbs17 +1.3 hr. ago On my last ahift in a butcher shop, we had a customer come in at 603 as my coworker and I were just finishing putting the covers on the display cases. Customer asked if we were still open. Said, "no we close at 6." Guy looked at his watch and said, "but it's 603!" Looked him in the eyes and said, "yeah, that's how that works," and walked away. Caught the suburban dad looking dude flipping us off with both hands from outside the store after he huffed out. Still m
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    Font - Logical-Wasabi7402 +2.6 hr. ago We have people who do this after we're closed. We had a lady call in an order last night with like 10 minutes to close, and right around closing time she called to ask if we could add more food to her order. She had the audacity to get mad at me when I said the kitchen was closed.
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    Smile - Archangel4500000 +3. 11 hr. ago Ferengi rule of Acquisition #19 "Satisfaction is not guaranteed."
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    Font - comedy ER +2.4 hr. ago Yes, she is quite right. Having an open sign on is a legally binding contract. /s Vote Reply Share +1.3 hr. ago Captain Ponahawai Only if you speak to the manager
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    Mammal - MistraloysiusMithrax +1.5 hr. ago Considering you declined to serve her raw dough I'm thinking you did her a favor here lol
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    Font - PN_Guin +3.9 hr. ago You could have probably made her some kind of salad without dressing from the toppings, but soda works too. The nerve of some customers...
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    Font - nellirn +2.4 hr. ago No salad? Vote Reply Share dynamicd punch OP 3 hr. ago Nope, back then [business name] had pizza, garlic bread, cheesy garlic bread, and soft drink.
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    Font - Duke-Guinea-Pig 10 min. ago Ive seen Karens do this even when the store says closed

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