Woman yells at kid that screamed directly in her ear, triggering Karen mom’s dramatic outburst: 'She even tried to encourage her kid to scream again'

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Isabella Penn
Aug 25, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

For context, this story takes place at an airport gate while passengers are waiting to board. There's nothing worse than taking your seat on a long flight, only to realize you're sitting by some rambunctious children whose parents could care less what they are doing. Sure, you can put in some headphones and turn them up full blast to try and tune them out, but the parents are the ones who should be controlling their children. But of course, as all parents know, sometimes you try your hardest, and your kids are still crazy in public. But what's worse is when the parent is crazier than their kid.

Enter Karen. She and her child are waiting to board, and she's not paying attention as her child is using the seats in the waiting area as his own personal playground. No big deal, the Original Poster (OP) in this story thought. That is, until a few seconds later, she hears a piercing scream in her ear, only to turn and see the child a few centimeters from her face. You won't believe how the entitled mother reacted.

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    r/ r/Entitled People • 4 hr. ago ForeignStory8127 Karen angry that I snapped at her kid after said kid screamed into my ear.
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    So, this happened a few years ago at a major airport in the US. I worked as a pilot for an airline, and in the course of my duties I ride our aircraft to/from home to our crew base. I often did this out uniform, with my only identifying feature being my work ID/lanyard.
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    My last flight before time off put us on the ground around noon. Being off duty, I immediately changed out of my uniform and took a seat from the gate where my flight home would depart from. Behind me there was a rambunctious child whom was using
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    the seats as her personal playground and randomly squeal/screaming while doing so. While this is annoying, and the squeals are like nails on a chalkboard to me, it's the reality of things. I just ignore it and browse through my tablet.
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    Next thing I know, I catch a full scream into my ear. I turn my head and the kid is literally a couple of centimeters from my face and is hanging off the back of my chair. I immediately snapped at the kid 'DO NOT SCREAM INTO MY EAR.'
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    That is when the Karen mother, whom was just letting this happen, loses her shit. She darts up, standing over the seat behind me yelling at me 'Don't you yell at my kid, how DARE you!' The kid, meanwhile, has a shocked look, but settles down/goes silent. Karen
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    continues on, trying to goad me into arguing with her, and doing everything but actually putting hands on me to escalate this into a physical fight. She even tries to encourage her kid to scream again, to which the kid just sat there quietly. In initially stare at her for
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    a few seconds, then went back to ignoring her/the situation and go back to looking at my tablet. She continues having a meltdown of one for 10 minutes before the man with her collected her, the kid, their things, and went elsewhere.
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    I feel bad for the kid, as, I cannot see her future ending well with that sort of guidance. It was also a shame that the mother flipped, as I likely would have given the kid wings that my company supplies us with after the kid calmed down.
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    Ambiguous_Trash • 5h ago Lady needs to learn that if she doesn't discipline her kid someone else will
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    Going NutCracken • 5h ago I don't mind kids unless they aren't well behaved. There's a time and a place to let your child be themselves. There are plenty of spaces for your child to be themselves. Seats at an airport gate is not one of those places. I see nothing wrong in what you did. I'm sure there will be plenty of people who will disagree with me. But that mother was in the wrong to let her child run wild in a gate area.
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    Healthy_Brain5354 • 5h ago You should've called security
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    SockFullOfNickles 5h ago • I bet she also complains about her lack of village too. Everyone wants their village until the village tells their kid to stop acting like an animal.
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    Captainbabygirl767 • 5h ago My father is a retired pilot, flew for 38 years the last 10-15 years being international and he would come home exhausted. I do not blame you for snapping and honestly I would have too. I once had a friend intentionally yell directly into my left ear which I have a benign tumor in this ear and my hearing on that side is not only poor but sensitive too and she turned and screamed very loudly into my ear and it hurt! I was so mad I thought about
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    doing the same to her but instead I just left. Kids can scream pretty loud and this same friend had the ability to screech this ear piercing screech that made your ears ring. I imagine the little kid screaming into your ear so close to you like that really hurt. I'm sorry that happened to you and I hope the remainder of your trip home was uneventful.
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    Every-Requirement-13 • 4h ago I hate parents that don't parent 00
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    Old-Photograph9012 • 4h ago Your reaction was so valid. I would've been so annoyed if I heard a piercing scream right in my ear.
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    . Head Razzmatazz7174 4h ago You handled that perfectly. You told the child to stop in your 'adult in charge' tone, and then didn't respond at all to the mother. Entitled parents like that love to get into arguments and she made herself look a fool screaming at someone who was completely ignoring her. Sounds like Dad got embarrassed and decided the best thing for them would be to just exit stage left.
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    Barfy_McBarf_Face • 4h ago Children left running and unattended may be subject to tow and disposal.
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