'Karen was annoyed that I didn't evenly divide 7 by 2': Mother throws tantrum after her daughters were not picked as volunteers in school assembly

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 10, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

When will the Karens of the world understand that not every event is about them? It's wishful thinking at this point to imagine that sudden self-awareness is even possible, but we live to hope for another day. Thankfully, this performer/educator had enough confidence to confront Karen with facts and receipts after Karen tried to accuse her of being unfair.

The Redditor who shared this story visited schools and gave performative lectures about the importance of saving water, using volunteers from the student body for part of the performance. After the assembly ended, the mother of two daughters confronted the Redditor and asked her why she selected more boys for the volunteer portion than girls. The Redditor was quick to point out that the exercise required an odd number but that for another volunteer portion, she made sure to even things out by giving a young girl an extended solo exercise. Still, Karen was not pleased and it became clear that she was simply annoyed that her daughter had not been chosen out of literally 200 kids. Give it a break, Karen!

For more stories like this, here is one about an employee who caused a mass quitting after their Karen boss yelled at an intern.

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    opetukse
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    Karen was annoyed that I didn't evenly divide 7 by 2. Karen I used to work for a company where we went into schools in our area to perform a free 1 hour wacky science show teaching kids the importance of saving water.
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    Our local area relies on aquifers (underground porous rock that stores rainfall) for the majority of our water, so it's important to teach kids both about how the water cycle works where we live and about not wasting water. This incident occurred 5 years ago (just came up on my FB memories) and it very much fits this sub.
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    Myself and my colleague were at a school in a very affluent area performing an our water show, teaching the kids in our own inimitable irreverent way. The school had invited parents in to the assembly, so we had about 30 or so parents seated at the back of the hall along with the 200 or so kids.
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    After the show (which went down an absolute treat) my colleague had gone to collect the car (couldn't park near the school) whilst I had remained behind to tidy up and move all our kit to the front entrance to the school where he would be pulling up. Suddenly, a parent came up to speak to me.
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    Karen: "Hello. Do you mind if I have a quick word?" Me: "Of course not!" Karen: "Well, let me start off by telling you how fantastic that show was."
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    Me (waiting for the but): "Thank you very much." Karen: "But..." My internal monologue: "There it is!"
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    Karen: "I was wondering if you noticed that you picked more boys than girls as your volunteers, rather than an equal number of each?" Me: "You're asking me if I realised that I didn't pick an equal number of boys and girls as my volunteers?" Karen: "Yes."
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    Me: "Yes, I was aware of this. Mainly because we need an odd number of volunteers in the show. It's very difficult to keep the numbers of each equal when the total number is odd." Karen looks at me whilst trying to think.
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    Me: "Did you notice that whilst we picked 4 boys and 2 girls for the aquifer experiment, we picked a girl as the solo volunteer for the tooth brushing experiment. And the tooth brushing volunteer does a lot more than the aquifer volunteers do. So, yesterday when we did this exact same show in a different school we had 4 girls and 2 boys for the aquifer experiment, and then a boy for the tooth brush. We always try and keep things as fair as possible."
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    Karen: "I'm just saying because my daughters were here today and I want them to enjoy science." Me: "Well, hopefully they did." Karen: "I also noticed that on your banner (indicates pop up banner off to one side) that you have 2 that. That's boys and one hardly equal."
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    Me: "True. But with the size of the banner 3 children was the right number. 2 would have left too much empty space whilst 4 would have been too crowded. Karen: "Then why didn't they pick 2 girls?"
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    Me: "Because we made several mock ups of the banner and showed them to different children, and the most popular design was that one." Karen: "Well I don't think..." Me (interrupting): "You may be pleased to see that the fun pack that each child gets to take home has one boy and one the cover." (Picks up pack and shows her)
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    Karen: "That's nice." Karen walks off. Teacher comes over to me. Teacher: "What was all that about?" Me: "Apparently I need to find a way to pick an equal number of boys and girls, despite the total number adding up to an odd total."
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    Teacher: "Because you didn't pick either of her 2 daughters as any of your handful of volunteers out of 200 children in the school?" Me: "It would seem that way." Teacher: "What did you say to her?"
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    Me: "Basically that 7 isn't divisible by 2, but across multiple schools we make sure to keep things equal." Teacher: "And what did she say?" Me: "That's nice."
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    Isteppedinpoopy. 8 mo. ago Just cut one of the kids in half. Easy peasy 817 Share
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    HaroldWeigh 8 mo. ago She has 2 dughters and no son that doesn't seem fair she should have had a son and a daughter by her "logic". 154 Share
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    Xylophone_Aficionado 8 mo. ago So I'm guessing she gets upset every time neither of her daughters gets picked for something, based on what the teacher said to you 4122 Share
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    jgyimesi 8 mo. ago Math is not for everyone. As an example...when a team or person gets more points or electoral votes, they win. I'm finding this concept to be more difficult than j once believed. Next time, just stop deciding when each person has equal amounts...duh ;-)
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