Entitled Karen Demands ID Check, Turns Out She Has An Expired License

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Eric Lund
Sep 23, 2019 8:00 PM EDT

Sometimes people manage to play themselves, and the results are satisfying. Anyone who works in retail or the service industry can recall a time when they had to deal with an entitled customer. Rarely these interactions end in the favor of the employee, but sometimes they do, like this time a woman freaked out at Chuck E. Cheese, or the time this Karen ended up paying for her coupon.

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    Text - r/MaliciousCompliance Posted by u/SalviaMoria 18 hours ago Karen Wants Her ID Checked oc[S] I work in a casual fine dining restaurant in a downtown area. Prices aren't crazy but high enough that we dont get a super young crowd... I would say average age of our dinner crowd is 30 to 60 although it varies more on the weekend. I only include this information so you understand why I didnt initially ask for identification (even though you should always check)
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    Text - Thursday night a table of 4 comes in for early dinner. 2 Karens and their daughters. Excellent. I'm ready for them to split entrees and tip me 15%. Not the WORST type of table if we're being honest, but nonetheless. They order a pitcher of sangria and I tell them I'll be right back with that for them to which Momma Karen says to me "you really aren't going to check these girls IDs? Her birthday was just last month. Aren't you supposed to check anyone who looks under 40?" She is correct, o
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    Text - with their mothers and I was being lazy by assuming they were of age since their moms did not stop them from ordering drinks. I agree with her and tell her that I actually am supposed to check ALL IDs regardless of age, and proceed to look at all 4 of the ladies IDs. Unfortunately for Momma Karen, her birthday was a few days previously and her ID had expired. In the state of Michigan it is illegal to serve alcohol to anyone with an expired ID regardless of age so I had to deny Momma Karen
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    Text - EDIT: I didnt include details of Karen throwing a fit when I denied her a glass of sangria. She informed me that she, a business owner, is more aware of the law than I, a mere server, could ever be. I simply couldn't "just do my job" and bring her a glass. My generation doesn't respect elders and blah blah blah. Her daughters were a little embarrassed I believe but I tried to move past it and serve them the rest of their meal normally. Karen kept huffing and puffing but said no when I off
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