'Because you are rude [and] she is nice:' Karen customer gets told off after employees ignore her and help more courteous woman

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Dec 15, 2023 12:00 PM EST

A little kindness can go a long way. For example, nobody is going to want to help you with something if you approach them with rage and entitlement. But, if you ask for help with zero expectations and a kind "please" and "thank you," then you are WAY more likely to get help. Like, is that so difficult to understand? It turns out, for Karens, it is a completely alien concept. 

Take, for example, this Reddit post about a Karen in a grocery store. There were two people stocking the shelves—turns out they didn't actually work for the grocery store, they just worked for the product they were stocking. So when OP asked for help and they told her they didn't work there, she simply apologized and moved on. However, when they noticed her kindness, they pointed her into the direction they believed she needed to go. A close-by Karen heard this go down and started to throw a tantrum because they hadn't helped her earlier when she asked (rudely) a question. They told her straight up, they didn't answer her because she was being rude, but they did answer OP because she was being kind. Oh boy, the colors that filled this enraged Karen's face were priceless. And what the manager did was even more epic! (Unlike this manager who got what they deserved.)

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    Posted by u/Livy5000 21 hours ago ņ Rude Karen gets told off M
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    This is a bit different from the other posts. I was in Walmart after there was another remodel and things were changed around again. I was looking for the pots and pan section.
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    Because I hate to assume anything I asked a few people who were putting inventory up if they worked there. They said no and I apologized for bothering them. I
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    told my mom that I couldn't find the section and they graciously told me where it was. That was when a rude Karen started screaming at them. "WHY DID YOU HELP HER AND NOT ME!"
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    "Because you are rude!!! She's nice!!" Im honestly surprised.
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    I have seen people's face get really red when angry but her face turned an ugly blue/purple shade as she went nuclear. She was painfully loud but
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    it was absolutely fascinating to those colors change the angrier she got. And since I sometimes like to start... for entertainment and I was curious as to just how much angrier I could work her up, I
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    was about to just start when I got elbowed hard by my mom followed by the look. I briefly debated on whether or not to ignore the mom look.
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    The decision was taken away when the manager turned up and escorted the Karen right out the door and banned her from coming back.
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    I was so disappointed. My mom saw my look and started laughing. Like no sympathy at all.
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    Silver_Mind_7441 18 hr. ago I went to Walmart after major remodel. My app wasn't working and I couldn't find an employee. I see a customer on their phone, muttering to themselves saying stuff like it's in aisle 10. I ask
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    them if they could look up an item for me. Nice person does and then I had the aisle. Just took a few more minutes of wandering back and forth to find item. I did not
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    demand they look up the item. I asked politely. They didn't work at the store but saved me a good 10 minutes of trying to find the item. Why can't people help others?
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    lapsteelguitar 17 hr. ago Yeah.... Never, and I do mean never, ignore that "mom look". But I understand your temptation.
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    Livy5000 OP 16 hr. ago I was 43 yrs old though! My oldest at the time was 17 and the other son was 16. I learned that look from her just like I learned how to wield the chancla from her. This was just 2 yrs ago.
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    Yeah ignoring her look would have meant a long annoying never ending lecture on not making Karens explode with more fury all the way home and then the moment I get home I would have exploded in anger with her which would have resulted in
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    me ducking from 2 chanclas being hurled my way and/or her calling me an pendejo. I was trying to decide if the consequences to ignore the mom look was worth it and I had just decided that it was when the manager unfortunately showed up
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    mmsiv 16 hr. ago I'm a vendor for another company so I work at Walmart several hours a week but I don't work for Walmart. I try to point people in the right direction when they ask for help but I often don't know where items are in the store
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    (except stuff my company supplies, obviously). Most people understand this when then ask me for help and I explain why I don't know the answer, but sometimes people act like I'm lying because obviously I'm WORKING AT WALMART SO JUST HELP ME!!! XX
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    Head_Razzmatazz7174 11 hr. ago Everyone is so focused on the grammar, they missed the part where the manager turned up, escorted the Karen out of the store AND banned her. That's a good manager.
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