'What are you doing? My car is ruined!': Firemen total hydrant-blocking Karen's car to run a fire hose through it

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    r/r/MaliciousCompliance · Posted by u/AQuietBorderline 4 hours ago 2 "YOU need to leave MY CAR alone!" "If you say so." LOC This is not my story but my friend Adam's. Adam is a retired police officer and this takes place in the mid 90's, back when Adam was a beat cop maybe a year or two into his service. At the time this story takes place, a firebug had targeted several businesses over the course of a 3 month period. The fires were put out but they were getting bigger and bigger, causing thousan
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    police were patrolling the area every night to try and catch Mr. Firebug. On this particular night in the middle of February, Adam and his partner, Rick, drew the short stick and thus were assigned to patrol part of the area. While on patrol, he notices a classic Mercedes Benz pulling up to a house and a familiar lady dressed in a thick fur coat steps out. He groans...it's the wife of a local business owner that every officer in this town have had the displeasure to ticket for various parking/tr
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    It would've been fine if she were a nice lady or something. But no. Her three default sentences were "Don't you know who I am?!" "Where's your manager/supervisor?!" and "I'll have your job!" Seriously, she was a Karen before Karens were even a thing. Rick points out to Adam that Karen had parked right by a fire hydrant. Par for the course. Adam gets ready and steps out of the squad car. "Good evening, Mrs. Entitled, ma'am." Adam said.
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    "What are YOU doing HERE?" Karen bellowed. Adam guessed that's the Karen version of the word "hello". "Working the beat. You do know you parked next to a fire hydrant?" "So?" Karen said. "I'm suggesting you move it before I write you a ticket. I'm not in the mood for extra paperwork tonight." "Listen. YOU need to leave MY CAR alone. Or I'll have your job!" With that, Karen storms off to the house, goes inside and slams the door.
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    Adam thought "If you say so" and proceeded to check the outside of the car for any more violations and wishing that "being a " was a federal offense. As he's putting the ticket under the windshield wiper, the call everyone's been dreading comes on the radio. A fire alarm has been triggered. The address? Right across the street. Adam looks over at the building and can see a faint orange glow in the windows on the second floor. He reports the glow. He and Rick get ready in case Mr. Firebug decides
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    perimeter around the building as the glow gets brighter and brighter. Unfortunately, by the time the fire department gets there, flashover happens and all the windows on the second floor get blown out. It was so hot that Adam felt sweat form on his face. The fire department need to get the hoses set up. But Karen's car is in the way. Using safety hammers, they break the windows and run the hoses through, getting everything set up in record time. During all of the chaos, Karen comes out and she s
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    It took two officers to restrain her and bark at her to go inside and let everyone do their jobs. She actually listened and returned inside. Adam spent the rest of his shift helping with the fire and investigation. It was close to dawn when he returned to the station to finish up. All he wanted was to go home and crawl into bed. That's when his supervisor calls Rick and him over and reports that Karen reported several thousand dollars worth of damage. Not only had her windows broken but water ha
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    The supervisor asked them what happened and they reported everything. Fortunately, the dashcam caught a recording of the event. The supervisor shook her head, laughed and said "Well, you had nothing to do with the car getting damaged, so I consider this closed." A few weeks later, they caught the firebug, a different business owner who was trying to commit insurance fraud. He figured that if several other buildings caught fire, nobody would think he was responsible for burning down his own busin
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    series-hybrid 4 hr. ago Firemen actually look forward to breaking hydrant-blocking windows. Vote Reply Share TXToastermassacre 3 hr. ago I can tell you there isn't a first responder out there who doesn't love breaking windows. There must be some childish neuron activation going on when that happens. Vote Reply Share
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    zorggalacticus 3 hr. ago The firetruck in our city has huge bumper guards on the front. They can, and have, used it to just shove the vehicle out of the way. The best example was a BMW parked right by a fire hydrant. Shoved it out into the street, caving in the rear of the car. Then called for a tow because it was blocking traffic. Owner had to pay for the tow, a ticket, and the damage to his vehicle. Insurance wouldn't cover it because of the circumstances. Vote Reply Share
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    justaman_097 . 4 hr. ago Well played. I love it when an entitled parks in front of a fire hydrant and then suffers the effects of firemen doing their job. Vote Reply Share measaqueen 3 hr. ago I love it when people yell in my face at work "go ahead, call the police" and are then shocked when I do and they get in trouble. Vote Reply Share
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    PhoenixFlare1 - 3 hr. ago "Banshee that swallowed an air raid siren". I choked on my soda when I read that! Stealing!!! 0 Vote Reply Share
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    Hammie5150 - 4 hr. ago Karen's have always been a thing... we just didn't have a "name" for them. Vote Vote Reply Share Impossible-Bear-89534 hr. ago Before "Karen", it was "Heather." ... Vote Reply Share Blipnoodle 3 hr. ago So heather's evolved into Karen's? Is that the final stage? Or is there a Karenizard after? Reply Share
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    Floss75 4 hr. ago Dashcam in the 90s? Vote Reply Share InevitableCup5909 - 3 hr. ago They have been around for decades now, there were shows centered around watching and commenting on the footage the same way a lot of youtubers do now. Vote Reply Share
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    blumenfe 3 hr. ago Sounds like she was actually providing a public good. All those tickets, thousands of dollars worth of fines - it all goes into the city or police budget. Someone should have been assigned to just follow this lady around to keep giving her tickets to increase city revenue. Vote Reply Share
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    GTFU-Already · 1 hr. ago Oh, Lord, there's been a version of this story going around since there were cars to park in front of fire hydrants. Reply Share Vote

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