Karen attempts to get free desserts from local bakers by constantly complaining about their quality, they ban her from their bakery in response: ‘Sorry, our business is now closed to you’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Oct 10, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

How are there people who still think that acting selfishly and entitled will get them further than acting kind and patient? All it takes is a minimum understanding of human interaction to realize that people would react much better to others being nice to them instead of being mean. 

When it comes to interaction with someone who is supposed to provide you with a service of some kind, these statements go a long way. Take this Reddit story as an example–These two local bakers had to deal with a Karen customer who constantly tried to get discounts and free desserts. She was a regular customer and thought that by acting out and being mean to the bakers, she could get her way, when in reality all she had to do was the complete opposite. Eventually, Karen tried to get the bakers in trouble by planting a hair in their cakes and then demanding compensation, which led the bakers to finally ban her from ordering anything in the future.

Hopefully, it was a lesson learned for this Karen, but if not, at least we all could learn from it instead, so scroll down to read the full tale. After you are done, click here for a story about an employee who got in trouble because a coworker stole her work.

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    "Enjoy losing your primary source of desserts"
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    Humiliate me infront of your employees? Enjoy losing your primary source of desserts
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    This isn't my personal story, but I wanted to share it. Obligatory English is not my first language, so I apologize in advance for any mistakes.
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    My friends M and B are super talented cooks, B is actually a chef and M is working towards her PHD but loves to cook. They are both awesome and great people.
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    Well, they had this client Karen (not the real name) who is the owner of a well known coffee shop in their city. She would buy cheesecakes from them every week, because M and B's
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    cheesecakes are the best, nice texture, flavorful but not overly sweet, suffice to say they are delicious. At first Karen would buy 1 or 2 every now and then but soon she
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    was buying 4 to 5 every week, her clients can't get enough of those cheesecakes. Karen tried multiple times to replace M and B's desserts but nothing came even close, their recipe is a result of
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    years of experience and talent, they even gave Karen some tips but she just couldn't replicate it. Now, a normal person would think that maintaining a good relationship with the suppliers is
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    mutually beneficial but not Karen. She would complain for everything hoping to get a discount or free product. She would get so mad when the prices raised but it was inevitable
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    to make the cheesecakes also increased every year. IMHO the price for the cheesecakes was more than fair if not on the lower side but Karen didn't care.
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    One time she sent a picture of a cheesecake with all of the jam on the side complaining they delivered it that way or that it happened overnight with no explanation (?), but M and B.
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    always deliver their desserts personally and with a transparent cover, the only logical explanation was that one of Karen's employees (or Karen herself) tipped it and wanted to
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    replace it for free. Obviously my friends didn't replace it because they were sure it wasn't their fault. Another time she sent M a message complaining about a hair in one of the cheesecakes,
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    now my friends are very careful with hygiene and always clean their workspace, B is extremely clean (to the point it could be a different issue lol) but still M decided to apologise and thank Karen for the notice and
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    promised to be more mindful about it. Things came to a head when they made their last delivery to the coffee shop, all of Karen's employees were giving M and B dirty looks and whispering that
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    no one was to pay them until the boss (Karen) arrived. They made my friends wait like half an hour until she arrived. Then she grabbed the hair she supposedly found on the cheesecake and proceeded to lecture M and B
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    infront of her employees clearly trying to humiliate them. The hair wasn't even theirs, M has long brown straight hair while B has short thick dark curly hair, the hair Karen showed them was blonde thin and curly.
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    The worst part is that my friends could see that none of Karen's employees were wearing hair nets and there was a big golden retriever laying Infront of the kitchen's doorway, really cute but that's no place for a dog. My
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    friends were mortified and stunned, in the moment they said nothing to Karen and just left after collecting the payment. Usually they are very confrontational but they wanted to remain professional.
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    Now, here comes the petty revenge, M and B waited until Karen asked for more cheesecakes to tell her 'business is now closed, sorry for the inconvenience~' Karen freaked
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    out and said they should have warned her beforehand just to be left on read. Note: this wasn't a formal contract just a verbal agreement with Karen. Baking desserts is
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    only a side hustle for my friends on top of their regular jobs/studies. Nice extra money but not indispensable.
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    SaintHasAPast • 1d ago • I hope they find another vendor they can work with so the new place can take some of the Karen's business.
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    attgig • 1d ago This. Walk over to the closest coffee shop and ask if they're interested in purchasing cakes as their relationship ended with that competitor.
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    stressedaf36 OP.1d ago Great idea!
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    EkriirkE 1d ago • • I'm confused, did they lie about being closed or did they actually close and the revenge was no forewarning?
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    stressedaf36 OP • 17h ago • It's closed for Karen with no warning, they still make desserts on demand.
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    BB01007 • 1d ago • Great. Now I want some of that M and B cheesecake.
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    ForkliftGirl404 • 1d ago Why are people surprised when they treat people like s and are eventually told no?
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    SnooWords4839 • 1d ago M & B should add coffee to their place, no need for Karen to stay in business.
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