'The look on her face was priceless': Entitled mom faces off with teenager in dispute over metro seat

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
May 23, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Traveling exposes you to all sorts of people, whether you want to be in their presence or not. The teen in this story is clearly used to dealing with entitled people, and the way he put this Karen in her place will surely resonate with that woman for a long time to come. 

"I saw this today and I can't stop laughing," shared u/WhatTheH*ll431 to r/entitledparents. They wrote that while traveling on their city metro, there was a dispute over who should sit in the reserved seats, meant for disabled people, the elderly, pregnant women, or anyone who asks to sit there, generally. This Karen thinks she's the police of the reserved seats. And she also thinks that since she has a toddler with her, she should get a spot ASAP. Scroll down to see what this teen said. 

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  • 01
    Font - r/entitledparents. Posted by u/What The H S 131 2 2@459 2 I witnessed EM getting destroyed I saw this today and I can't stop laughing I was traveling in my city metro. It wasn't that much crowded at that time, but all the seats were occupied. Still, you could freely stand without being humped by a stranger.
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  • 02
    Font - There was this kid sitting in the reserved seats( the ones for people with handicaps, pregnant women and old people, definitely not for moms of 2 year olds). He was probably 14 or 15,idk. He is the hero of the story here
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  • 03
    Font - Then at one stop, our EM comes in. She has this cute little child who was trying to keep up with his mom's pace.
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  • 04
    Font - EM instantly sees our hero sitting at the reserved seat and just stares at him. I guess this was her way to make people automatically give away their seats or something. The kid didn't move though. This probably irked EM a lot I guess, cause she moved towards the kid with heavy steps.
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  • 05
    Font - She comes near him, stop and again does the stare. The kid doesn't budge.
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  • 06
    Font - Then she starts screaming. If she didn't have the whole compartments attention earlier she had it now. She starts berating the kid for sitting in a reserved seat and not giving it for someone more deserving like a mother like herself with a young kid (idk what her logic was. The seats aren't reserved for them anyways). She just keeps shouting and screaming and tries to get others opinion on it and for a while people were on her side.
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  • 07
    Font - Then the kid, out of nowhere, rolls right side of his jeans up and detaches the artificial leg and keeps it infront of EM.
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  • 08
    Font - The look on her face was priceless. It looked like she was mortified and embarrassed at the same time. She just backed away silently. And just got off on the next stop. I don't think that was her stop.
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    Font - Autumnesia I love this story, the kid in the story, and the fact that he pulled the ultimate move, but I HATE the fact that Karen doesn't know she was wrong either way. If she learns from this to think her actions through, great. I'd hate for it to be twisted in her head to something like "That boy was so rude for not telling me earlier about his leg and embarrassing me, these kids are supposed to let mothers with young children sit!"
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  • 10
    Font - throwawayacc97n5 Omg my Dad is an amputee and has done this before and it's such an amazing way to shut s up! a A funny story that's kind of related is that once he was on a private plane with his friends (all stuntmen) and the stewardess was asking them if they got injured in their jobs often, and in response my dad took off his prosthetic leg and kind of tossed it towards her and the poor lady was so frightened she screamed and jumped.
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  • 11
    Font - I often get the stink eye for sitting in the reserved seats on the metro or the bus because I look young and healthy but I'm actually disabled due to issues with my spine, spinal cord, nerves and leg but you can't really tell from looking at me. A lot of disabled people don't outwardly present as disabled so it's best to approach people kindly and not assume the worst of them. Edit: the stewardess had been joking around with them earlier and wasn't angry at my Dad incase that wasn't clear
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    Font - manderifffic He has definitely dealt with a Karen or 20 in his time
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  • 13
    Font - kifferella Some dude came up to me at a Canadian tire and was like, "You just parked in a handicapped spot!?" I pointed at the placard on my dash. Yup!? And he said, "The handicapped person has to be WITH THE VEHICLE!!" Now, after the fact, I got it. He thought I was using granny's placard. It happens, I'm sure. But at the time? WOOSH.
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  • 14
    Font - I had gone out alone. My car was empty. I just cocked my head like a goofy puppy from side to side. Looking at the car... at him... back at the car.... "But... but... if I stayed with the car... how would I get my windshield wipers??" For the life of me I thought he meant I had to stay in/with the car, which was a new flex to me because wtf... And he did the same goofy puppy thing right back at me and then it suddenly clicked for both of us and he turned very pink and ran away. Dumba. (Pr
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  • 15
    Font - + [deleted] i wanted to see the em's face
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  • 16
    Font - Tobito_TV Oh dear lord. That is the best destruction of an EM I have ever read about. That kid is an absolute hero.
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  • 17
    Font - Elite1221 Don't judge a person by his looks
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  • 18
    Font - 9 MercuryMad Hatter. This reason is why I don't use a lot of handicap spaces, even though I'm partial disabled and qualify. You can't see my injury, and unless I'm having a bad day and need my cane, you wouldn't know how much it hurts for me to stand on a metro. And I can't use the cane all the time, or else I'll never be able to not use it. People stare all the time if I have the cane anyways. I think it's because I'm younger than most people who would need one. I just wish people would
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  • 19
    Font - 01 COO theseamstressesguild. My grandfather had this happen to him on a tram in the 1950s. A woman tried to shame him in a crowded tram for not giving up his seat. He apologised, reached under the seat for his two canes he needed for his muscular dystrophy and stood up. The woman was mortified and tried to refuse the seat but Poppys INSISTED she take it. He probably gave a speech about gow he had seen the error of hia ways etc. Sarcasm runs in the family.
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    Font - DramaForBreakfast. Absolutely love this. As a young person with an invisible illness I get this s SO much, f ting amazing to see it shot down like that
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