Grocery store Karen throws tantrum when she can't save 5 cents on toothpaste, blames Democrats: ‘Make coupons work great again!’

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Nov 18, 2024 9:00 PM EST

In this day and age, it's not surprising to hear about a Karen tantrum in the wild. They happen all the time and it feels like it is just getting easier and easier to trigger some entitled person. Apparently, according to this Reddit story, it looks like it only takes 5-cents to push a Karen over the ledge. In this case, it was a Karen screaming about her coupon. She made a big show about how expensive everything is these days and that she had a coupon. When she pulled out the coupon it was expired and the cashier couldn't do anything about that. Well, that did not make her happy, and she started going OFF. In her mind, the reason her coupon didn't work was because of something the Democrats did, nothing to do with how expiration dates work… The funniest thing is that the coupon was only for 5 cents off her toothpaste… Read how it all went down below! 

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    "[I] was forced to endure her insanity so she could save 5 cents."
    via Unsplash+ (and Eduardo Soares)
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    Lady at checkout can't find her coupon, blames democrats I was at a grocery store. I was waiting in line behind someone else, and she comes up behind me. I have a bunch of sh, she has a few items - mosty toiletries so I assume she's travelling for thanksgiving. She's huffing and puffing already, seemingly kind of agitated. I figure, she is in a hurry. I had a lot of stuff so I asked her if she wanted to go in front of me. She was receptive to this, and goes in front of me. Now she thinks we are
    via douevenchan
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    she starts complaining about prices. I don't care and just kind of nod and say "yeah, it's crazy", etc. It took all of 10 seconds of me just being nice for her to start talking about how Trump is going to fix everything. Sweet, great, now it's her turn. Now, it's her big moment. Well, cashier rings up her sh and asks, as they always do, do you have any coupons? Of course she does, but
    via douevenchan
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    can't find them. So now she is sifting through the seemingly endless abyss of chaos that is her purse, mumbling, I know I have it here and some sh about how when trump takes office, she won't have this problem! After about 3 minutes of pulling everything out of this God forsaken bag, she eventually finds it, and it doesn't scan. Cashier explains it's expired.
    via douevenchan
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    She is very upset at this, and asks cashier to just honor it. Cashier explains, a manger has to do that because they have to use a PIN to put it in. She is infuriated by this, but now we are waiting for the manager to come. During this time, she talks in less than charming language about how inflation s ks, Democrats are to blame, and Trump will fix it. Manager comes, punches it in, and I see on the display, IT WAS FOR 5 CENTS OFF OF COLGATE TOOTHPASTE. Now she decided to berate the people about
    via douevenchan
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    TL;DR I let boomer lady in front of me, she complains about inflation. She wants to use a coupon that she can't find. It's expired. Manager manually honors the coupon. This all took about 10 - 15 minutes and she got 5 cents off toothpaste. I lost 10-15 minutes of my life trying to be nice to someone who blamed Joe Biden for her coupon being lost/expired and was forced to endure her insanity so she could save 5 cents. Make coupons work/great again!
    via douevenchan
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    yomeny1 6h ago • • I both wonder and never wanna know how these people function in daily life if they're like this. How are you able to drive, to have a job, to pay taxes, etc. If you can't handle and organize basic sh like this without blaming the boogyman of 'Democrats'
    via yomeny1
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    CartographerNo2717 • 5h ago I worked in a grocery store as a cashier through high school and university. It's always for [inconsequential amount] off [product]. "Well this baking soda is $0.10 less at the Dominion across the street." and tired 20 year old me replies "Is it? I guess you can pay $0.10 more here and get on with your day, or take your business there for the savings."
    via CartographerNo2717
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    She made sure everyone knows she'll never shop here again. I see her again three days later with the same script, different cashier. Should I have said that? No. But I managed to work there for 8 years. Interesting how no one cares. See you next tuesday.
    via CartographerNo2717
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    throw-away987 • 6h ago "You made me wait that long just so you could save 5 cents? Did you need the nickel for scratches offs? Times must be really hard." Shame them at every chance you get
    via thr0w-away987
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    Feminazghul ⚫ 6h ago • I see no reason to assume that the expired coupon stunt wasn't intentional on her part. There are an amazing number of people who aren't happy unless they can start some sh, somewhere. You just happened to get front row seats.
    via Feminazghul
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    Justryingmybest99 • 6h ago You really need to tell these people, in the moment, to STFU, and why they need to do so. Of course they'll be "oh, just like a Democrat to do that" but then you have to let them know that you were minding your own business, not saying a thing, and they started it, so they're the ones who are uncivil and need to STFU! Like right now! a good story on Reddit later is fun, but we need to take a page from their playbook, and tell them how it is.
    via justryingmybest99

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