Entitled Karen demands free labor from her locksmith, gets ornery then left without doorknobs: 'Drove off and blocked her number'

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Aug 16, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

A Karen's going to leave a bad review no matter what. For small businesses, sole proprietors, and contractors, these 1 and 2-star reviews can be a death sentence, so when you know that the outcome is inevitable and the bad review is on the way anyway, you might as well get a little petty revenge of your own. 

Small-time contractors know when they've got an unruly customer on their hands. 

Never satisfied, fueled by self-loathing, and likely sporting an unsightly bob haircut, Karens have no boundaries when it comes to their entitlement. And any blue-collar tradesman can tell you that they're most likely to be targeted by the exploitations of a Karen because 'services' are not considered labor, but a right to the customer. 

So when the locksmith in our next story encountered this 1-star Karen, he knew right away that he had a problem client. She continually took advantage of his time, changing her mind, sending him on futile errands around the city, and wasting his energy–all the while, refusing to compensate him for his time, labor, gas, and expenses. 

Ultimately, the final straw broke the camel's back when the Karen, dissatisfied with another above-and-beyond service from her locksmith, demanded he compensate HER for her wasted time, demanding he pay her $100 for wasting her time with an unsightly doorknob. 

Enjoy having saloon doors, lady. Keep scrolling to read the hilarity that ensued after this locksmith agreed to BRB before ghosting an entitled Karen unfit to have doorknobs in her house.

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  • 01
    "Oh no, I'm going to get a bad review from someone who was going to give me a bad review anyways!"
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    Boomer demands premium hardware on a job that I did for free and paid for the parts out of pocket. Boomer Story I am a locksmith.
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    Since 2020, quality of hardware has plummeted on every brand. There have been multiple locks with problems with them from every company. Yesterday I installed a knob for a baby boomer.
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    I only charged her for the appointment and the hardware, did not charge for labor, and gave her a veterans discount despite not being a veteran. Well the knob I put on was faulty.
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    Not to bore you with the details, but it had a bad spring that allowed the knob to pop off. I completely refund her, eating the cost of gas and the hardware. She demands I replace it with a different brand.
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    I go to the hardware store and grab a mid level lever for her. I install it, again all of this for free at this point while paying for the lever out of my own pocket.
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    When I am done she looks at it and says "I'm really not happy with this one I want you to go get a better one". I tell her that I'm paying for this out of my own pocket and installing it for free.
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    She says she should be compensated for having to call me back out. Finally I just tell her point-blank "no" remind her that I'm paying out of my own pocket and have a family to feed.
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    She told me it's not her problem and I need to make her happy I ask her if after I replace it with a more expensive knob if she feels that we should give her financial compensation on top of everything else.
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    Without hesitation she says yes I think $100 should be fair. I take the lever off and tell her I'll be back. Drove off and blocked her number. Oh no, I'm going to get a bad review from someone who was going to give me a bad review anyways!
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    Inshpincter_Gadget ⚫ I like how you de-handled that situation.
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    JustNKayce TBF, it's really easy to put on a door handle. Not sure why she even called you. I am a female Gen Jones Boomer and I have always installed my own hardware and locks. But, clearly she can't lower herself to do manual labor so now she will get to pay a premium price hopefully!! LOL
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    pkinetics. They want to complain to the manager. Can't complain about their own work
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    Loki_the_Corgi Rule 0 of life: NEVER with people offering you a service.
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    InuGhost Rule 0.6 Don't with the person who can easily lock you out of your house.
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    thedudeabidesOG Millennial When she leaves you a bad review let her have it. the NextDoor app I'd even blast her on it too. but No good deed goes unpunished...
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    JustNKayce My brother did a similar favor for someone for free. The guy bitched about something about it. Brother says, "Do you want your money back?" And of course has never helped that guy out again. People are crazy.
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    Head Razzmatazz7174. Oh, that's some seriously entitled After all that, with you eating the cost of installing it the second time, plus the hardware, she still
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    thought she was entitled to both a free knob, plus free labor, plus extra money? I started laughing when you took off the second lever, drove off, and then blocked her. That was glorious.
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    Fair_Acanthisitta_75 Send her a special coupon in the mail: $100 off your next locksmith callout. (In small print) cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts, coupon must be presented on arrival of locksmith with a plate of cookies and apology letter for being a customer who was way out of line at the last callout.
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    Spiritual_Oil_7411 I don't understand why you were paying for anything out of pocket to start. If she were paying for the handle, she could get whatever upgrade she wanted. No good deed goes unpunished, you handled this perfectly
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