'You probably don't remember me, but I waited on you about a year ago...': Server runs into Karen customer a year after her outburst, gives her a taste of her own medicine

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jun 6, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

It's not easy to forget the people who yell at you for no reason. Those moments become embedded in our memories forever and often inform how we respond or react in future confrontations. 

No one has to endure more of these confrontations than our servers, so be sure to give them tips and a break if something goes wrong. Here, we have a server who worked the opening night of a brand new restaurant when a Karen customer memorably screamed at her in front of the entire restaurant because orders were backed up on such a packed evening. The server never forgot the encounter and ended up running into this patron again at a different restaurant a year later. Since this was her final day at work, she did not mince words and gave the Karen customer the exact kind of verbal dressing-down she deserved.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more stories like this, check out this post about a Karen neighbor who kept stealing a tenant's laundry detergent.

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  • 01
    "You screamed at me in front of the entire restaurant"
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    Your food is taking too long when the brand new restaurant is packed?
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    New restaurant just opened, maybe a few weeks in, and of course the place is slammed because everyone wanted to check it out, and being in a not-so-great area the food was exceptionally good.
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    I go to check on one of my tables and this lady SCREAMS at me that she ordered her food an hour ago. I don't do confrontations and thankfully my boss was right there so I let him handle it. I went to check the ticket and it had been 45 minutes, along with every other ticket that was waiting. Yes it has been awhile but the place was new and super busy... what do you expect? It was so awful that tables that weren't even mine were stopping me to ask if I was okay.
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    A year or so later, I saw her in a different restaurant I was working at and thankfully she wasn't in my section but I warned my coworker.
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    Thankfully, she just so happened to show up again and it was my last day. I could hardly contain my excitement. As I left, I stopped at her table and said, "you probably don't remember me, but I waited on you about a year ago at X.
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    You screamed at me in front of the entire restaurant and I just thought you should know you're a terrible person."
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    The text I got from my coworker after was awesome. The lady started flipping out, demanding to know my name, but all management said was 'she doesn't work here.'
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    ☐ oucreeps. 12 hr. ago this is why i don't go to grand opening nights for restaurants. i've seen both sides. it's always kind of a shitshow. let everyone get the bugs out, and try version 1.2 several weeks later.
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    dnm8686 OP. 11 hr. ago Look at you over there with all that common sense!
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    verminbury 13 hr. ago If she wanted to cut her losses, she should have said, "Yeah, she didn't do much for me at the last place either!" and flounced out.
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    D☐ oFromTheNorth 10 hr. ago One of a way to ruin her evening! Or entire week even! Awesome!
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    tunderthighs94 1 hr. ago Fast food has really ruined people's perceptions of how long it takes to make food lol. Even an empty restaurant could take 30+ minutes depending on what you ordered, what they already had prepared, whether the main chef is there or not, etc.
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    Coney Island Man⚫ 5 hr. ago After 40 minutes I would walk out
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    Quick-Possession-245 . 4 hr. ago Good for you!
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    citruskush 1 hr. ago This is what we have ALL wanted to do. FD incredible.
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    OnTheList-YouTube 52 min. ago Perfectly done! Some people have to have said that by someone, so they can reflect on themselves. Well done.
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    Pandadrome 21 min. ago It was very unprofessional. Nobody has the right to scream at waitstaff, but 45 minutes waiting time is insane, the place should calculate for a full house. This was not a petty revenge, this is bringing a grudge to new place of business and acting unprofessional as Not a petty revenge. If I were your manager at the new place, it would have consequences because you've adversely affected reputation of the restaurant.
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    dnm8686 OP. 14 min. ago Well good thing you weren't my manager, and if you read again, you'll see I did it on my last day so management couldn't do anything anyway. No need to act professional around goblins!
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