‘I ended up working at that place’: Random chef on lunch break gets accosted by restaurant's notorious Karen customer, impresses their head chef and gets hired

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Dec 24, 2023 5:00 PM EST

Sometimes a beautiful thing can blossom out of something horrible. For example, a higher-paying job can blossom from how you handle a Karen tantrum. Which is exactly what happened to this Redditor. She was enjoying her lunch at a restaurant she did not work at. She had interviewed with them, but it was too soon to know anything about that. She had only an hour for lunch from her actual chef job at a completely different restaurant, so was trying to down her food as fast as possible. All of a sudden a Karen approached her with daggers for eyes and well, you can guess what happened next. However, instead of losing it during the tantrum she so unwillingly was forced into, she kept her head cool. One thing led to another and BAM, she got hired at that restaurant doing what she loved and getting paid more. So take THAT Karens of the world. Level-headed empathetic humans 1 Karens 0. Read the entire showdown below! 

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    "Like I said, I DON'T WORK HERE!" 76..5..4..
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    Posted by u/Glittering_Guest3887 7 hours ago On lunch break XL
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    At the time I was a third year apprentice chef going for a job interview and they told me to arrive in my chef uniform as the interview. is also an audition that you have to make a dish that they ask for. So I
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    did everything and was told we will call you. Still in my chef uniform and I was hungry and thought why the not I will place an order.
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    While I was waiting I did noticed a table of ladies watching me but did not say anything at all. My food arrived and I was scoffing it down as I have to go back to my job soon as I was not on a split shift I was on a
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    straight and was given an hours break. Then I noticed someone was standing next to me with a plate of food in their hands looking at me, I said hi and
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    continued to keep eating. They got my attention again and started to look upset with me, which I have no idea why. "I ordered a well done steak does this look well done to you?" They asked I
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    looked at the plate and wanted to laugh but did not. "No, it looks medium well and your point?" I
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    asked not caring as I wanted to finish so I can get back to work. She slammed the plate in front of me food went flying lucky for her nothing landed on my
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    plate, "Instead of enjoying your food maybe you should cook the way your paying costumers had asked for." She snapped, I looked at her in shock.
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    "What you think I work here love? Sorry I do not I'm just having lunch then I'm gone, maybe go ask that person for help." I told her, she looked \, "No, your a chef you got the clothes on, go back into
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    that kitchen and cook my food the way I had asked and paid for." I rolled my eyes now, as I had enough of her yelling at me.
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    "Listen here lady I was here for a job interview and they told me to wear my uniform which I am, I did not cook that steak for you. As you know I do not work here please go talk to the front of house they can
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    actually help you as I DO NOT WORK HERE!" I snapped because if you looked at my chef jacket it had bright pink word of 'SUGAR' which was the name of the café I worked at, with pink buttons and pink and
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    white checkered pants, this place is straight up black jackets with white or black buttons and grey small checkered chef pants, the head chef worn all white. chef
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    So I was shocked that she went to continue on yelling at me, and that was when I noticed the head chef walking over towards us asking what was going on and she
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    turned on him, "Your young staff member here is refusing to recook my steak." The head chef smiled at me then at her, "Maybe because she doesn't work here? But please
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    bring your plate with me and tell me what is wrong with it." She looked at him in shock, "She doesn't work here?" She asked, I smiled at her, "Like I said I DON'T WORK HERE RIGHT NOW." I
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    snapped finished off the last bite and walked off leaving her stunned. I ended up working at that place and turns out she is always complaining about her food but she keeps coming.
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    Darkmeathook. 4 hr. ago Blink twice if you messed with her food while you worked there
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    跑 Glittering_Guest38 87 OP - 3 hr. ago Not saying I did, but I know few of the wait staff and senior chefs may have lol
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