Top Karen meltdowns that backfired with instant karma: 'Oh go make a Facebook post about it!'

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Isabella Penn
Jul 22, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

We've all heard crazy Karen stories. Some of us have even been unfortunate enough to witness one in person. From Karen's insisting that they deserve special treatment to having a public meltdown over the slightest inconvenience, all Karen stories are highly infuriating to everyone involved. Typically, it is a poor worker of some sort (usually a manager) who can't stick to the Karen no matter how much they want to, or sometimes a neighbor who got the short end of the stick when they moved in. But the best Karen stories are the ones that result in instant karma. Someone has got to stick up to these Karens, or else they'll go about their ways, inflicting more entitled behavior on the next innocent person who happens to cross paths with them at the wrong time. Thankfully, there are people out there who are putting these entitled people in their place, one Karen at a time. Below, several people shared their stories of when a Karen was met with instant karma. And trust us, these stories are incredibly satisfying.

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  • 01
    r/AskReddit ⚫7 hr. ago Physical-Savings7412 What is the best "get fl experience you've had? d karen"
    via u/Physical-Savings7412
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    Gruneun 18h ago My brother held the door for a pair of older women walking into a store behind us. One of them screamed at him not to hold the door just because she was a woman. He replied, "I'm not. I'm holding it because of your age.
    via u/Gruneun
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    ivehuckedyourmum • 13h ago Worked at a pizza shop as a delivery driver when I was younger. Shop was owned by 3. (extremely polite, professional, and hard- working) Russian men, 2 brothers and a cousin. Took a delivery right down the street, I'm talking a tenth of a mile. Guy comes out hot about how they shouldn't have someone with such a heavy accent taking orders because "nobody can understand what the he's saying and
    via u/ivehuckedyourmum
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    he just wants his order correct." I let him. know that I'll pass on the message. I go back and tell the owner that took the order about this guy's complaint. Owner immediately calls him, tells him that if he doesn't like the way he speaks that he can I off and order from somewhere else since he was too lazy to drive 30 seconds to place the order in person. Ended it with "do you understand my English now?"
    via u/ivehuckedyourmum
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    NamedForValor • 18h ago An older guy in a pizza shop was yelling at someone because they parked "too close" to the shop which meant he had to walk farther- like he was genuinely mad that someone who arrived before him got a parking space closer than him. The person was ignoring him for the most part until he started calling them names, then they looked at him and said "oh go make a Facebook post about it!"
    via u/NamedForValor
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    blazeoftori • 16h ago Not too long ago, im in line at Subway, and the guy ahead of me is throwing a FIT, something about a coupon for a free sub.The manager insisted it was expired, he can't get a free sub. This man throws a huge fit, hes screaming, cops get called, he stomps out the front door, FINALLY, as I get to the register to pay. The cashier gave me my sub for free for being chill about the whole scene.
    via u/blazeoftori
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    tarheel_204 . . 15h ago Edited 14h ago We were at Disney World for a club trip back in high school. Me, my brother, and some friends were waiting in line at space mountain. My brother got separated very briefly (we're talking a minute) getting distracted with something in the ride queue. My brother tries to get back in line with us (only like two families got between us in this time frame). This guy directly behind us is not having it. Starts pushing my brother back and won't let him get
    via u/tarheel_204
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    back with us. We were like "dude, he was briefly looking at something and he's with us. He's been in front of you this entire time." Guy is insistent that he can't get back in his spot in line and is aggressively pushing my brother back. Cast member just happens to be walking by, we told him the guy directly behind us was aggressively putting his hands on him, and the guy was ushered out of line immediately Imfao. His family was unfazed by the whole thing and stayed in line lol
    via u/tarheel_204
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    . TheBigC87 12h ago I was in line about the fourth person back and this old lady was holding up the line at a Bed, bath, and beyond because she had a bunch of coupons that were expired and was demanding that they give them to her. Not recently expired, like expired over a year ago and she said she "didn't notice". Guy behind her with a thick New England does this: Guy: Just show em' yer special privileges card...
    via u/TheBigC87
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    Old Lady: I don't have a special privilege's card Guy: why don't you have one? Old Lady: I don't know Guy: do you think that's because you don't have special privilege's? Old Lady: Blank stare Everyone else in line just started busting out laughing, when the lady finally figured out that the guy behind her insulted her, and there isn't a thing she can do about it, she just walked out.
    via u/TheBigC87
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    Guy proceeds to put his stuff down and the cashier told him that she was going to give him 50% off on the sheet set he was buying. Dude was a legend...
    via u/TheBigC87
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    . PowermanFriendship 16h ago About 25 years ago I worked in a family- owned sub shop. A very drunk guy came in and rudely demand "half an Italian". He didn't specify cold cut, steak sub, or anything more, and eventually after some back and forth, it kind of seemed like he was asking for a cold cut. So we made it and gave it to him, and he payed for it. The guy could barely keep his eyes open he was so plastered, but it didn't stop him from being loud, aggressive, and belligerent about everything
    via u/PowermanFriendship
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    Anyway, he pays for the food and then slides over at the front counter about 2 feet from the register. The person behind him steps up and starts trying to order food, but while this is going on, the drunk guy very sloppily opens up his sub at the counter, deconstructs the sandwich, flapping his hands around angrily, tossing shredded lettuce and tomato all over the place (including onto the other customer), and starts cussing up a storm saying something like like "isss fuggin what I order, guddam
    via u/PowermanFriendship
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    Like mid-sentence the owner vaults over the counter, bends the guy over, aims him at the side door, and uses his head as a battering ram to literally throw him out of the place. Like the whole thing took 10 seconds, and he was back finishing taking the next customer's order. It was like when Uncle Phil would throw Jazz out of the Banks' house on Fresh Prince, it was glorious. Drunk never came back.
    via u/PowermanFriendship
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    stuxnet . 12h ago Edited 7h ago About 25 years ago at an expensive steakhouse restaurant in Dallas, a couple of mid-age ladies were led to their table. by a young waiter. The place was surprisingly almost empty at the time. A few minutes after eyeing the menu, the waiter approached them to ask if they'd be ready to order. I don't know what led to a sudden yelling from one of the ladies, but ended up the waiter leaving while saying something along the lines of "I don't have to put up with your at
    via u/_stuxnet
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    Not even a minute later, a tall older man with a perfectly trimmed white beard and magnificently dressed in a cowboy outfit (with the hat included), approached the table to ask about the encounter. That guy looked like he meant business, his demeanor and the way he carried himself showed authority, he didn't need to speak to make himself present, you knew he was the owner. He approached the table and immediately went into a squat position to be at the same eye level as these ladies (as if he was
    via u/_stuxnet
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    contact. I was probably about 20 feet away, but until today, I do vividly remember hearing the man saying: "I'm going to bring the waiter back and you will apologize to him, loud and publicly, just like you were berating. If you decide not to do this, I will forcibly remove you myself from the premises". Everyone, including me and my entire table, stopped in their tracks and turned around, it just felt like a good ol' western cowboy duel was about to go down. The lady couldn't believe this man w
    via u/_stuxnet
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    With a defeated and angry face, the lady slammed the towel napkin on the table and said: "fine!, bring him back!", as if trying to keep some sort of dignity. The waiter came back, and the lady complied. At no point the waiter showed any sense of pride or being haughty. The apology was accepted and business continued as usual.
    via u/_stuxnet
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    • zerbey 16h ago Was a male Karen. He would constantly call and berate us for perceived issues with network speed (it wasn't us, it was his equipment). Then he escalated to pretending to cc newspapers in support emails, but since he was incompetent they weren't valid. One day my boss sees one, they get into a brief back and forth with him telling him to stop being to staff, then finally my boss just sends a final message "Your account is £45 every three months, we do not need your business and s
    via u/zerbey
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    riddance". He copied the entire support team on that one, there was a cheer in the office. I miss working for that guy, he was one of the best bosses I've ever had.
    via u/zerbey
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    farkwadian • 14h ago I had to slam on my brakes one time at a crosswalk because a family started to walk across that I didn't see on the sidewalk obscured by a bush. The family didn't even react to my tires screeching because | stopped well before they were in the road. The woman behind me saw how hard I braked and after the crosswalk she drove next to me and was yelling out her window and pointing her finger at me while she was driving... then she hit the car in front of her as we came up to a
    via u/farkwadian
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    CHEESE PLATTER My brother held the door for a pair of older women walking into a store behind us. One of them screamed at him not to hold the door just because she was a woman. He replied, "I'm not. I'm holding it because of your age."
    via Darya Sannikova

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