'You are not gonna scam me!': Male Karen accuses fast food worker of stealing $0.05, throws change at her

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 22, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

There are many instances in which it's worth confronting someone if you have been wronged. This story is not one of them.

Here, we have a fast food worker who was nearing the end of a night shift and didn't have many bills left in her register. She explained this to a customer who was insistent on getting the exact change. No problem, but that meant that the worker had to give a considerable amount of that change in coins and not bills. This in and of itself infuriated the customer, who was at this point revealing himself to be quite the male Karen. The pressure caused the worker to miscalculate and forget $0.05. The average customer would be fine with that but this guy seemed to have a bone to pick with every little thing. He threw a tantrum and tossed all the coins back in the customer's face. People like this do not deserve the deliciousness of McDonalds. 

For more stories like this, check out this post about a Karen who tried to steal someone's belongings at a campsite.

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    "Male Karen threw a handful of coins at me",
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  • 02
    Male Karen threw a handful of coins at me at McDonald's. This story happened when I was 20 and worked in a McDonald's while studying at university.
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    I was shy and inexperienced of human nature, and it was my first job in the restaurant industry. McDonald's probably was a bold choice for a girl like that, but despite the humiliation and suffering, I'm glad I chose it because it made me one of the strongest person alive.
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    One day on my second week of working there, I finished my shift at 10 pm. In my country, most companies paid their workers that day so everyone paid in cash with big banknotes, so in the last hour of my shift, I was struggling with giving back the change. My cash register mostly consisted of 50$ and 100$ notes or 1-5-10-25-cents. And of course, everyone rushed to spend their hard-earned money on McDonald's.
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    A guy in his late 30s or early 40s, with a full business attire, walked in at around 9:50 pm. He only asked for that small ice cream in a cone.
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    It was 1$ when this happened, and he paid with a banknote which is worth about 50$ here. I asked him politely if he had a smaller banknote. He replied with a simple no. Until that point, there was nothing about him that screamed Karen.
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    I could give him back 40$ in banknotes. I told him I could only give him the last 9$ in coins since there were no banknotes left in my cash reg. He let out a very annoyed I reply, but I thought it was and directed at the situation and not me.
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    I started counting the 9$ to him in cents. I could only give him back the last 1$ in 5 and 10 cents. I accidentally gave him 0.95$. I didn't realize it until he said: "This is just 8.95$" I immediately replied "I am very sorry" and gave him the last 5 cent. I thought that was the end of it.
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    That is when he started screaming from his lungs with a bright red face: "DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH STEALING FROM ME? YOU ARE NOT GONNA TAKE AWAY MY MONEY"
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    I looked up shocked, trying to process what was happening. He was screaming so loud that the whole McDonald's went silent and they were all staring at us. I told him "I am sorry, it was not intentional, I just miscalculated the coins." He continued screaming.
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    "YOU ARE NOT GONNA SCAM ME! AND WHAT THE ARE THESE COINS? GIVE ME BANKNOTES" and he threw all the coins from his grip at me.
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    I stood there humiliated, intimidated, 50 people staring at me. I could only say: I don't have banknotes. He replied: IDGAOwhat you have, get me banknotes from somewhere.
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    That is when the manager arrived to my station. He was the good guy manager thankfully. He took over the situation, gave him his change, and firmly told him that cashiers can not leave their station and can only handle the money that is in their register, and it is very unlikely someone would steal 5 cents. He dropped his brave screaming attitude now, that the manager wasn't a 20 year old girl. And left.
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    Before that incident, the only conflict I had was when my mum was mad at me for not tidying my room, so that was a lot for sure, I remember I walked home crying and shaking. Never saw him again after that.
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    Artistic-Rich6465. 18 hr. ago I had someone yell at me over $0.05 cents, too. I was working at a Hallmark store and this lady came up with a few items. She'd "calculated" all her items to total $8.01. When I rang them up, it came to $8.06 and she had a meltdown. She started yelling at how she didn't have sales tax in her home state and that she would NOT give the state of California sales tax either... (Yeah, it doesn't work that way, lady) She made such a big deal about it that the man in line
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    Freda Freya 18 hr. ago This was a strangely comforting read. I'm currently at this point in life, scared that I'm never going to be able to deal with people like this and keep a job to support myself.
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    Ok_Ambassador_9111 OP 17 hr. ago It is tough, it took me 3 years. There was a point where I had become myself, i am very guilty about it, but i quickly realised and dropped that attitude, but yeah I can sense on many cashier they are cuz of the years they spend with customers like that. (It is not right tho)
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    Do not feel bad about it, we are not the same, for some people it is natural, some people can learn in time, and some people are never gonna be the type who can endure it. It's alright, there are plenty of jobs where you can avoid contacting people. And the service industry is tough.
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    Now after all these years, and having worked in other industries, and offices, and corporates. I think it is harder to deal with your coworkers and toxic work environment.
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    You also developed a don't give af attitude after a while which I the karens off, and you actually learn to keep peace. And it is fun to watch Don't worry dear
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