'Hurry it up!': Impatient Karen refuses to wait until parking space becomes available, other woman takes her sweet time

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 2, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

This Karen could not bother to wait a minute until this grocery store customer was done loading her food into her truck. Of course, Karen wanted something: the other woman's precious parking spot. Did she make it known to the woman that she was waiting? You betcha! Did she need to honk after just a few seconds of waiting? Of course not, but she wouldn't be a Karen then, now would she?

 

Thankfully, this lady was not having any of Karen's nonsense. She shared her side of the story via this thread on Reddit's r/F***YouKaren subreddit, and let's just say that Karen was going to have to wait just a little bit longer for her parking spot. By the time OP was done stalling, Karen couldn't bear the wait and moved on, which is exactly what the Redditor was hoping to achieve.

 

We have to hand it to this lady for having the tenacity to give Karen a piece of her mind. Those of us people-pleasing non-confrontational types are too anxious and eager to stand our ground against the Karens of the world. However, it's reading stories like these that slowly instill us with the confidence to confront the impatient, entitled drivers out there. 

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the funniest reactions in the comments section. When you're finished reading, feel free to check out this obnoxious Karen who complained to her husband about her neighbor's shower.

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    Font - "Karen wasted no time honking and yelling for my parking spot." 089
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    Font - Karen wasted no time honking and yelling for my parking spot. Karen (I was urged to post my comment from r/traumatizethemback as a post!) This happened to me a few years ago. I was hobbling a little because I have/had joint issues (many joint replacements).
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    Font - I remember it was a busy weekend, football, I think. I had gotten lucky and procured a close spot to the front of the store. This was at a Smith's grocery store. Anyway, I was in the midst of opening my trunk lid and beginning to put groceries into the trunk when a car pulled up and waited for my spot.
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    Font - After barely a minute, the driver tapped the horn, and I looked over at her. She then waved her hand like, "Hurry it up!" I scoffed because it had only been like a minute, and my cart still had the heavier stuff like a gallon jug of milk, soup cans, bottled water, and a case of beer.
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    Font - It was hot, and i was getting grumpy. She had the audacity to tap her horn again and yell something at me. I couldn't catch what she said, but the tone of her voice was extremely
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    Font - I turned back at her and did the "WHAT!?!" motion with my hands. She responded by yelling, "WELL?!?" and holding both hands up, palm side up, exaggeratedly shaking them. What a nasty person!
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    Font - At this point, the blood was screaming in my ears, and I felt the heat of fire on the top of my head. I was seething at her direct and entitlement towards me. That's when The Petty Monster reared its ugly head! Smoke coming out of my nose... fire in my eyes!
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    Font - I slowed my usually-rushed pace down in putting the stuff in. grunt, grunt "This is soooo heavy..." struggle struggle struggle Finally, I put everything away, then slooooooooowly walked the cart to the corral halfway down the parking lot. I could have just taken the short route and put it back inside the store, but, nah.
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    Font - I slooooooowly walked back to my car, fumbling with my keys... ...and got into the passenger side and put on my seat belt. I could hear her crazy yelling something at me, and she loudly revved angrily away (she reminded me of that crazy lady Kathy Bates played in Stephen King's "Misery" when she yelled, "YOU COCKADOODIE!" in that unhinged way.)
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    Font - It was then I got back out and got into the driver's seat and drove away. I kinda looked for her, and she was circling the parking lot two aisle away. I slowly passed by her, making sure she saw me. I was looking directly at her with a big,-eating grin on my hot, tired face, waving exaggeratedly and cheerfully.
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    Font - I just had to show her how I pulled one on her for her stupid-crazy rudeness! The look on her face made it worthwhile. Yeah. you, Karen. Thank goodness, nothing like that happened again. It was awfully stressful!
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    Font - Terminal Swamp_ass 20 hr. ago I'd put all my in the car then go back into the store. 538 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - AngstChild 18 hr. ago Go back into the store and buy some earplugs. 118 Reply Share
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    Font - rhawk87 20 hr. ago Nice, way to go OP! Why are Karens like this?? Why not just find another parking spot or wait patiently? I just can't wrap my head around being : to someone because they aren't putting away their groceries fast enough. 106 Reply Share
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    Font - SnorkinOrkin OP. 20 hr. ago Thank you, but I was so jittery from the interaction for a while afterward. I am still questioning why some people are like that? I mean, just as you said, just sit tight for a couple of minutes or move along. She had the commonsense of a toddler. Strange and scary!
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    Font - buffalobill36001 - 20 hr. ago I would've taken the cart inside the store and sat down on a bench for a few minutes
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    Font - SnorkinOrkin OP. 20 hr. ago I almost did that, but I had a gallon of milk, a bag of ice, and ice cream. It was a hot day. I figured if she saw me climbing into the passenger side, she'll go away knowing I'm obviously waiting for my hubby or something.
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    Font - Sczysz 20 hr. ago I'm more confrontational, I would've gotten in the driver's seat, turned on tunes, rolled down the window and just stayed there. Flip her off as soon as she started honking and yelling again.
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    Font - SnorkinOrkin OP. 2 hr. ago When I was younger, I was the "flipping off" kind. I flipped everyone on the road off for every kind of infraction... ...until one day I almost lost my job flipping off the boss who was out on a field call!
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    Font - groovymama98 - 19 hr. ago Love that you tracked her down and waved goodbye!
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    Font - SnorkinOrkin OP. 17 hr. ago At first, I wanted to just flee the scene. But, my petty monster told me to go taunt her!
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    Font - Saberune 20 hr. ago More patience than me. I would've just flipped her off while focusing on my groceries without even giving her the courtesy of a glance to make sure she understands how insignificant she is to me.
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