The peanut allergy story - I would have kept walking, no response to idiot customer is required during a medical emergency. I possibly would have flipped her off as well.
It's actually a good thing OP paused and tried to deal with that Karen, because she got a ride to the ER. Had she tried to drive herself, it wouldn't have been at all safe.
That story is ridiculous. It might be very well true. I have no doubt. But what the hell is wrong with that owner? She has a single server with peanut allergies in an Asian restaurant; a cuisine that frequently uses peanuts and doesn’t inform the chef? The chef only speaks mandarin in what is presumably an American, Canadian or British restaurant. Some places deserve to go out of business.
The story is almost certainly made-up. The things which don't match up with how real people behave are legion, leading me to strongly suspect that someone asked a chatbot to make up the story for them. Maybe it's real, but there's more likelihood of it being fiction than real.
@@Farewell_TrashI personally love peanut butter (I get the kind that's just peanuts and salt only), but sunflower seed butter is just as delicious. I'd have no problem keeping that around in lieu of pb if I lived with someone who is allergic, or cashew or almond butter if they didn't have a tree nut allergy. Those options are more expensive, which is why peanuts are probably more popular.
I don't think she actually stated that ALL of her kids actually had cancer, I interperted that part as OP not even bothering to remember what sob story the mom gave them when transcribing the events, so they just listen a bunch of typical fake sob stories scammers like to use just to give the readers an idea of what she probably said. I could be wrong though.
Enough evidence to actually sue them for the theft of service. Your time is money and having a Karen do something like that shouldnt happen. The moment the Karen agreed on the price that also makes it a binding contract.
Once she told me she had planned up front to never pay me, I'd look her in the eye, and say "B, you are utterly despicable, and a very sorry excuse for a human." 😡
Unless this was western North Carolina, going through what they have this year (2024), no one has had it that bad. “1 stubbed my toe.” “I lost my home and everything in it.” Yeah, no comparison.
First story: That woman used every tactic of a scammer, fake photos, fake videos, sad stories with her and her family living every single terrible thing in the world. Man, some people just have no shame or heart.
Karen: My children have cancer. Me: So do I. Karen: My mother-their grandmother-just died. Me: Mine died last month. Karen: We're broke! Me: After paying for the home nursing care, so am I. HOWEVER, I'M content with working my two jobs, having a warm home, and paying off my bills as I go along....WITHOUT scamming people!
I would record that idiot and go around to the various charities and explain what that woman was doing with the donated stuff. Might get her arrested, but will most likely get her name taken off of anyone's list for future donations.
As a woman of the more senior variety, I have this bit of advice: If someone asks you for something and your answer is going to be ‘no’ regardless of their reasons, just say ‘no’ and change the subject. There is zero benefit in explaining your reasons. Zero.
Most of these stories are from people working in retail/customer service. Usually in those jobs, they're instructed to never say no to customers, so that's not a realistic advice for them
@ It works even in customer service. ‘I cannot do that’ followed by ‘but this is available to you’. Repeat until customer is taken care of or calls for a manger. One of my job duties involves taking customer complaints. I have a ton of experience de-escalating irate people. Generally speaking, angry people don’t want to hear an explanation. They calm down when given an acknowledgment of their frustration and options to choose from.
@@MrsWheezerI'm older, too, but that attitude got me raked over coals on my birthday. Nearly got me fired once. A lot of people don't want alternatives, even when what they think they want isn't viable. It's terrible.
@@SewardWriter That stinks. I’ve had great results with it. I also won’t apologize. Instead, I go with ‘Unfortunately blah blah can’t happen’ then offer alternatives. Honestly, I learned how to do this when my kids were toddlers. And since entitled people are generally at that maturity level, what works on a tired 2 year old can work on them. 😂
The proper reply to "I'm never coming back here again" is often "that's good because you're no longer welcome here, and never coming back is exactly what we demand of you when you're banned."
My immediately response the moment she asked would have been. "No you cant, the vehicle is only insured for myself and my partner, not for anyone else within the 'family'." then hung up if on the phone or simply just walk away if in front of me.. Lets not forget that cops frown on people who give cars to someone that is uninsured to drive said vehicle.
You rent a car in those situations. If their car was a goal loss and fully insured, those claims are settled quickly unless they are fighting the insurer over the amount.
Last story: Dad can rent a room in an SRO for himself and his son, and also attend whatever programs there are for "troubled youth." Dad may learn how to support him without enabling him, and his son may get help for his issues.
Also the son either has a very unique type of stealing addiction or is stealing to feed a different addiction. When you have an addiction to stealing you steal whatever you can whenever you can not just a super expensive thing.
Story 7: I can see why they are separated. It's like talking to a wall with Karen. She encourages and enables bad behavior and tries to shut down any opposition, and it culminated in DV, harm to the kid, and jail. Hope she was put away for a while
If it wasn't for the fact that this story is relatively recent, I swear the the permissive mom could have been someone that I used to know. She did the same thing with her son and put him on a pedestal while undermining all of the discipline her husband tried to instill in him. She ruined her son. She basically taught him that he was bulletproof, that he could do as he wished and she would always run to his rescue. She did everything she could to stop him from experiencing the rightly earned consequences of his behavior. Much like her, he became extremely self-absorbed, had no respect for boundaries, zero regard for the word know being a complete sentence and nothing in the same realm as a sense of accountability. He was still throwing tantrums by the time he was a teenager because it always worked and helped him get whatever he wanted. Because his father was often on the road working to support the family (and because the mother never worked), dear old mom was left to contend with the monster she had created. She was also nothing without a supply of attention to whine about how awful her life was I.e. “what went wrong.” since she had shown similar entitled behavior towards me and let the masks slip to show what a real b word she was after I stopped putting up with her crap, I did not hold back. I told her she had turned her son into a vile excuse for a human being, that I hope my words came back to haunt her when her son eventually raised a hand to her or ended up in front of a judge. Guess what happened.
Story 3: Epi pens cost around $700 and do not last forever...they expire in 12 to 18 months after manufacture...that money is wasted if you don't use them during that time period. Story 7: It looks like CD will most likely get full custody of Joe after the assaults his ex committed on him, the kid and the resisting arrest with violence. Karen's is jail-bound! Story 9: OP is NTA. The kid chose to do everything he has done while KNOWING that it would cause him to be kicked out. OP is UNSAFE with him around. The kid is a menace. He is very lucky that OP did not call the police on him...touching on a woman while she is sleeping is beyond creepy...not to mention illegal as hell. Dad needs to go too.
Yep, in story 7 the father, and the spoiled son, are actually the lucky ones as getting rid of the mother's influence may have saved the son from growing up as somebody who'd ruin his own life. Provided the father was smart enough to not only demand that full custody but also do his best to keep the mother away from the son after that, and if she got any meeting rights, that the meetings would be closely supervised ones as long as possibly.
Australia Epipen , Private Prescription price $79.99 , Discount PBS price $30.60 , Concession PBS $6.70 , Safety Net Price $0.00 . Sorry you guys don't have the same thing , so unfair .
@@joeblow9467 yeah, we have greedy monopolist pharma companies here that the FDA (government agency in charge of food and pharma) so far has not been able to get under control. Trump's boy RFKjr promises to do something about it but it remains to be seen how well he'll do.
42:47 No, if he were a kleptomaniac he wouldn't be repeatedly trying to steal the same valuable piece of jewelry, he would be regularly stealing a variety of small items irrespective of their value.
Poor OP in story 2. It’s heartbreaking when a beloved furry family member crosses the Rainbow Bridge, and having to deal with a Karen who lacks in empathy, compassion and common decency when grieving is incredibly difficult. OP, I am so very sorry for your loss.
OMG! I know. I had a staff once (Thankfully not a Karen just didn't have the sense to know I knew my cat was dying) that looked at me sobbing over my cat and said "She's just chilling." Pretty insensitive I know but she took me to the vet's the next day to put my cat down (My decision) and she was nice to me the entire time. She even told me "Whenever you're ready we'll leave" so technically she wasn't a Karen because she knew she messed up
I know. A few months ago, I lost my sweet kitty that I'd had for 16 years (she was an adult cat when I got her). It leaves a huge hole in your life when you lose a pet you've had that long.
Many years ago, my 13-year-old Persian died unexpectedly right in front of me. I'd had her since she was a tiny kitten. The next day, someone I worked with asked why I was so down and I told him, and he said, "so you're not over it yet?" I was so shocked, I couldn't even speak. It's been well over twenty years and I still remember that day and what he said. I still miss her, but oddly enough, he and I have been friends all this time. It was just a moment of a complete lack of empathy on his part, and really isn't who he is. So I can total empathize with OP in this story. We never really get over the ones we lose.
I looked up snowshoe and oh my gosh gorgeous! I'm so sorry for your loss! It is truly the hardest part of being a pet parent! I hope they passed peacefully. I still miss our old lady that we lost last year. One of the few comforts is that our only other cat has thrived in a single cat household and really come into his own. 🥰
Story one.... "A dingo ate her baby"! 😂 That woman had a lot of gall. An obvious scammer. Karma, B! 🤨 Story six.... That rabid Karen needed a stiff ticket for tresspassing and illegal parking. 😮 Story eight.... Karen, Queen if Denial"! I've used that same "special kind of stupid" line several times on phone solicitors. 😄
I'll be surprised if the woman actually claimed a dingo ate her baby as a real statement. It's likely an Australian, New Zealander, or someone else familiar with Aussie slang, using that as a joking reference to her throwing every possible disaster out and hoping something hits the sympathy button. Sometimes, these kinds of people don't realise that people like them have already conditioned others to put spam filters on their sympathy buttons to handle exactly that approach.
8: I will never understand why ppl would try to be polite when dealing with rude AHs. I mean..i guess I understand if you work there... but when you're yelled at, berated and grabbed? No. If someone asked me to take an order at a place i was dining in... they get 1 "Sorry...I dont work here" then I leave. No conversation, no explanation... I dont need to convince you I don't work here...go get the manager yourself.
Story 4: If someone I knew had just recently been in an accident by their fault (like *running a red light)* and they're asking to borrow my car, hard pass. Like, OP needs the car to work, so if the EM crashes it (and it's not outlandish to think she might), OP is going to suffer quite a bit
I'm more shocked they took the time to even explain it. If anyone tried something like that with me it would've been several hard "No(s)." Or going crazier by asking to borrow their house, or their partner.
I was curious about the cost of EpiPens in the US and found this snippet of information “After Mylan (now part of Pfizer) acquired the rights to produce EpiPens in the U.S. in 2007, the cost of a two-pack skyrocketed to $600, up from about $60. 🇺🇸 U.S. Former Mylan CEO Heather Bresch defended the price hikes to Congress, citing minimal profit margins.”
9:58 “It’s worth it to have one around.” Dude, did you miss the part where You read that OP couldn’t afford an epipen, and that insurance didn’t cover it? Those things truly are expensive out of pocket.
That's because the US has a health-profit system instead of a health-care system. Cost of epipen in US $300. Cost of epipen in Japan (second most expensive anywhere on Earth) $98. Canada $80, Germany $80, France $76. Australia $66, UK $61. And no-one in the US has the guts to do anything about this.
@@ShakaarGaleed [Googles....] I said no-one in the US has the guts... Signor Mangioni is Italian. He has also, I notice, represented three different parties (so far) in the Senate. I'm sure this proves something, but I don't know what.
I can tell you how expensive they are. EMT here. One day my supervisor was in rare form and a horrible mood and actually threatened to bill me for using one on a call. I walked out of the station, never to return. I've since gotten another job for a different ambulance service
Karen: I want to see your manager. Maybe he can teach you how to provide good service... Me: I'd like to see your parents, maybe they could show you how to provide good manners and respect.
Last story: I'm pretty sure if OP were to ask her local law enforcement for help in resolving her stepson's housing predicament, they'd be more than happy to offer him "3 hots & a cot"!
In the early seventies I had a similar case I was standing by the school when a boy named Stephen charged at me, I simply stepped to my left and he hit the brick wall resulting in several stitches and a mild concussion
Good on the college guy customer for taking care of the server that was in obvious medical distress. Glad to know there are still good people out there.
Story 1: I used to work for a homeless shelter and if you want to talk about entitlement, let me tell you something. When people claim they’re suffering a financial hardship, they immediately start grifting from actual charities. When I worked around Christmas some of the homeless women started making unreasonable demands about gifts that they expected for their children; think bicycles for kids no older than three years old, new designer clothing for children of 3 months age, etc. Also these poor desperate women were demanding gift cards up the butt! Most of the gift cards were for free meals, but a rare few were given gas cards; which I honestly was never offered. Once the gifts were passed out; then you’d see the most entitled women, start asking for the receipts, so that they could take back the gifts and clothing and get cash refunds, which ended up going into their wallets. Honestly, there were people who just wanted a pair of socks or maybe a warm hoodie, but not these entitled witches, they made unreasonable demands about the types of gifts they expected for Christmas. It’s seriously made me really bitter about the entitlement of Christmas. Nowadays I buy gifts for immediate family; people who’ll appreciate that I thought of their needs versus the entitlement of the supposed homeless community. Many of these women are the same women that will physically fight over a designer handbag, but never think about the actual needs of their children. Sometimes, I think screw the entitlement of Christmas. But, I guess I’m a big softy? Because, I have actually bought a homeless person an entire meal, just because he looked like he needed help that day?
Story 2: Would happily tell a customer like that to get out and never come back. there is no amount of money they could spend that would make a comment like that acceptable, and there never should be.
Second story: What an insensitive thing to say. Once you bring a pet into your life they are family. As Mike Wasowski once said (Probably spelt it wrong) "Once you name it you get attached to it". I know what its like losing a cat. I once had a pretty Calico cat named Cali for 17 years. The last few months she was getting skinny and I changed her diet and gave her medicine prescribed by her vet which worked for a few months. Then in March of 2016 she was tripping over herself and not eating. One day I was laying on the floor in tears next to her and my staff came in and said "Why are you crying? She's just chilling." I told them "No she's not. She's not eating." It took them calling my mom and her convincing them that she's dying. Now before you say they were Karens here's what happened the next day. They take me to the vets to have her put down after getting the diagnosis which wasn't good. It was so bad they said if she stayed at the vet's she might not make it. The staff after having Cali put to sleep (My decision) was very understanding and even said "We'll leave when you're ready"
I was owned by a dilute calico names Callie. She didn't have much wrong with her except that she was getting old and it was her time. The day before her final vet visit, we took her to a blessing of the animals. We gave her some of her favorite food that evening, whatever she wanted to eat. She died peacefully and is reunited with her best friend, my husband's late dog. I wish the end had been as gentle for all of our other cats and dogs. We lost three cats to FIP within a few months and they suffered at the end, despite our best efforts to keep them comfortable. I was a huge mess when the cats died. As you said, pets are family.
There’s a guy with 3 kids who lives near me and at Christmas he doesn’t buy, or wrap a single gift for his kids. All the work is done by charities. The piles of toys they gat are HUGE so a lot of it ends up broken after just a few days as there’s so much, it’s not taken care of. He could afford to give the kids a decent Christmas himself but why bother when it can be got for free, in large quantities from different charities. They even get a free Christmas dinner.
You should contact the charities he's been scamming and let them know. Far too many people do this/do nothing when they see others doing it, and it takes away from those actually in need.
My family has never been well off, we've had rough times when I was growing up when my mom would go hungry just to feed the kiddos, it was tough to watch as my country doesn't really have lots of good charities except for the church where my mom would sometimes go get a few bags of donated food when times got really tough.. during Christmas, we'd still have lots of gifts, not from charities, but from her. When we were old enough to know she revealed that she starts shopping for gifts right after Christmas and hides them every year. She shops months prior for things she thought we'd love or need and this way she could still afford to give us an amazing Christmas each and every year no matter how tough it got.. Im an adult now and she still does this, and I've begun to do the same. I love her to bits ❤ Edit: I forgot to mention how even when I was like 10 I caught on to how my parents struggled and stopped asking for gifts, I'd always tell her "I don't want gifts this year, please spend it on sibling 1 and 2, I'm happy to spend time with you all" But every year she still got me and gets me, a ton of gifts and even this year the same dance repeats between us hehe
That story with the cat is so sad! I didn't have a "Karen" experience after having to put my cat down. But it took me a couple of days to even try to do anything. Fur-babies are family.
To bad OP didn't have recording going while EM was shouting "If you leave you're never coming back." So when she calls up next week asking for babysitting you can play it back and say "Sorry, I can't babysit, I'm not allowed over there."
The only way the stepmom in the last story would be the a--hole (in this case at least an overly-nice and all-too-forgiving person) would be if she stays with the stepson's loser of a father. If the man has problems choosing between his thief of a son or his wife, he doesn't deserve the wife; just a divorce.
I'd only agree with this if the father was making excuses for his son's behavior and insistent OP let his son stay with them. I don't get the vibe he was doing that, rather being put in a very difficult situation of his son's doing. That's not to say OP should let her step-son stay with them after that attempt of course, just that I get the father is having a difficult time. He shouldn't be making OP feel guilty or put the burden of his son being potentially homeless on her though. That's definitely a jerk move for sure.
@@SamusKnight2K I *was* getting that vibe, hence the harshness of my answer. But yes if *you* are right about the father, then I agree that he is deserving of considerable patience as well. But though I that agree he is between a rock and a hard place, but I think the wife's needs and safety should come first anyway, and the dad should be understanding of this. I got the impression that he wasn't.
Story 4: "Your work is only 10 miles away, you can bike it or something" Take it from someone who used to walk 10.5 miles one way regularly to and from work, it's brutal.
Story 2: I lost my horse in September. I had bred her myself and owned her for the entirety of her 30 years. If people don't think losing a creature who has shared half your life with you has no effect, they have no empathy.
There are lots of those types of people in the world. I am somewhat that way (low empathy) towards homeless people. I feel that they got where they are due to choices that they themselves have made. If I lost everything, I would not relegate myself to living in a tent on the sidewalk and taking a dump in the street. I have a profession, and even though I am retired and 77 years old, I do know how to use my mechanic profession to put food on the table. There are lots of farms around where I live, and I will bet that they would have a bed in a room somewhere and they have food. In exchange, I know how to work on machinery, I can weld, and fabricate metal. I have skills. These homeless people most likely do not have skills that are needed. Again, due to choices that they themselves have made.
If it was me, I would have told the Karen this: "My cat just died, my BEST FRIEND I had for a long time and you have the nerve to say that about him? Have you ever had pets growing up?!"
It may be cruel for me to say on the last story but even I wouldn't allow the stepson in where we live. Considering the reputation and still continuing it. Obviously the child needs to be disciplined and the father is beyond dumb. He can make the promise of not doing it again even though it will be a lie.
last story : kleptomania doesn't work like that.... it doesn't zoom in on expensive items and it's an impulse.... A klepto wouldn't try to steal the necklace from OP's neck.. they would take a pen laying around, a small decoration, etc. The addiction is more likely or he's simply greedy
Storey 2: My guess is the Karen never owned a cat/dog in her life. The thing people who never owned a cat/dog don't understand is a cat/dog becomes a part of the family and losing one can be as devastating as losing a family member for many people.
Story 1: "Individuals or groups who take advantage of charitable or non-profit organizations for personal gain can face serious legal consequences. This includes charges such as false pretenses, larceny by trick, and fraud. Penalties can include fines, imprisonment, and restitution." She should have called the cops.
17:15 When our small suburban town set up school bus routes, for both elementary and high school, our house was at the bus border line. Instead of our entire narrow street being "Too Close," the houses _across the street_ were able to take the bus, while my brother and I had to walk, or bike to school.
I have lost so many cats in my 77 years of life. I will get over it an a few days. I will always miss them, but I do have memories of them. I use to go camping with 5 cats. They wanted to go for 2 walks a day. One in the morning, and one in the evening. If they did not get their walks they were irritable all day, or at least until the next walk. If I was going for a long ways, I would stop for a couple of hours and take them for a walk. I have 3 cats right now. I have never taken these cats camping mainly because my girlfriend does not like cats very well. When I go visit my Kids, I always take my cats with me. My girlfriend asked me the other day why we don't go camping much anymore, and I told her it was because she would throw a fit if I brought my cats along. SO, we have a nice 25 foot Lance camp trailer that just sits there.
@BuilderofRat thank you dear it's hard after you have loved them like family because he was I have his sister and our older cat and they are my life now. Thank you again and have a Merry Christmas.
I honestly love this channel it’s great story telling and the voice is wonderful. But I don’t understand how people have the ability to carry on these conversations as I would have walked off
Story 2: It’s always sad when a beloved pet crosses the rainbow bridge. Unfortunately, I have crossed paths with many people that have the attitude of, “it’s just an animal”. No, my pet was not just an animal. They were a part of my family and it hurts when they pass away. Sorry you don’t have enough empathy to understand that.
There are also those people that will say you can just get another animal. That's actually the worst thing to say too. The pets we take care of are more than just pets.
My last job was at a "small" company that made half a billion in profits the last year I worked there. They wouldn't give us insurance, because we were laid off for maybe 4 weeks out of the year, so by law, they didn't have to. Epipens cost nearly $700 without insurance and the best they would do is reimburse me if I had to use one. They're only good for a year, really. I just hoped I would never be in a situation where I needed one. There is a hospital less than 5 minutes away, so I had that going for me, at least.
From my understanding epipens are absurdly expensive, and they're only good for just over a year. Keeping just a single pen on hand for one employee can add up. I mean it'd be great if the owner did, but that responsibility is on the employee. You can't expect the owner to fully cover it. That the owner went above and beyond to keep the restaurant peanut-free is enough. And yes, I know OP can't afford one but that just goes to show how messed up our health care system is. I'm not sure if maybe the owner could look into offering the staff insurance though, it could certainly help OP that way.
@patsquach4080 I'm sure there's better words than atrocious or inexcusably classist, but I can't think of them right now. For a while too, we were getting punished come tax season for not having insurance. For a while I've been working jobs that don't offer insurance, or one that took nearly half my pay to give me so-so coverage. When I haven't been able to get insurance through work, I've made far too much for government assistance, but far too little to pay for private insurance.
When I worked retail someone tried something similar to the store I worked in like in the first story trying to guilt us in to giving them stuff for free for her kids for the holidays. We didn't fall for it and she left angry found out that not only did she try this in other stores but she didn't even have kids. People will try anything to get something for free.
Hahaha wanting someone to stop dying and take your order is brilliant. That's amazing. "Well you better have kept enough air to convey my order to the kitchen..."
I cried when I came home from work and my husband told me my hamster had died. You go ahead and mourn your fur babies, they love you as much as you love them.
Last story... If I were in OP's shoes, I'd leave until the son got professional help. Even if that meant placing him in an institution that could deal with klepto behaviour.
Yay more Fluffy time! And long stories, yay! What a great Christmas present😊. Merry Christmas Happy holidays and hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday 🥰
Story 8... That manager went over and beyond to make sure a customer was dealt with right, and the Karen... if she was kicking that hard... she should have been charged with attempted battery and multiple harassments.
Story 1. Never open the trunk until after the money is in your hand, and always meet up at the police station. Story 2. Peanuts in soup??? I don't want anything hard that I have to chew for 2 minutes in my soup. Story 7. I have never heard of a better time to deploy the Tazer. Story 9. Time to hire a good divorce lawyer.
5:09 The customer is not always right. The *civilised* customer is always right. She does not qualify. Get her out of the store and be a leader to your employee.
Gifts story: Makes you wonder if the kids actually got anything for Christmas or if mammy dearest went and sold everything. Cat story: OP, I'm sorry for your loss. Pets are family to many of us, but Karens are going to Karen. Ignore her. Allergy story: Umm... I would get with the owner and impress on ALL employees, new and old, how allergic to peanuts you are. And despite how expensive Epi-pens are, I'd try to find a way to get one. OR there is a less expensive workaround. You can get a vial of epinephrine and syringes and keep a syringe that's pre-filled to the correct dose in your purse. Much of the cost of an Epi-pen is in the mechanics of the delivery system. Don't come back here again story: If I were OP, I'd have simply said "okay" and never go back. Can't argue with crazy. iPads story: At least she paid up front. But I think I'd institute a policy that items not picked up after X amount of time after being notified of repair completion will be sold. Stolen phone story: Definitely see where EK gets it from. RHOA story: I hope they got their pictures off of CCTY and put them on a do not serve list. Shopping Karen story: That hospital bill is going to be one heck of an a**hole tax. Necklace vs homeless son story: NTA! And your husband needs to get his priorities straight. The theft of a $3k necklace enters the realm of a felony. At 19 he's an adult and his next address will be the Graybar Hotel. While not knowing your situation in full, I'd pack up all my valuables, documents, clothing and whatnot and move out. Let the kid steal from his father. You can contact a lawyer at your leisure.
Last Story. It seemed like this kid got loads of chances. Dad isn't helping him by being a crutch either. The boy is 19 and that is Legal age, if I was her I would tell her hubby, the dad, that if he doesn't want his son homeless, work out an arrangement with the kid, where the kid would be responsible for life with Minor help from the dad. That way he's not completely alone and dad can still help. But yeah, DON'T let him back in your house.
I had full coverage from a good insurance company in the USA. When I made any claim they told me where I can get my rental car without me having to ask. I wonder what kind of insurance Karen had?
Story 6 has me remembering the story where someone tried to drop off a sewing machine at a neighboring business because they thought it was the correct business. When told they were wrong they wanted to leave it anyway because the repair shop next door was closed and they wanted the employee next door to take it in for them so they didn’t have to come back. If I remember correctly, this wasn’t a small table top sewing machine, but an old one that was built into a table itself. Some people just can’t understand that businesses have specific hours of operation.
People who lose their pets should not be made to go back to work straight away! I couldn’t when I lost my dog, it took months before I was emotionally ready! That OP should have been allowed time to mourn!
Story 3 - I had a manager who was some kind of sociopath to her employees. Like, seriously, she should’ve been studied. If you had any sort of chronic illness, you were just an inconvenience to her. One of the cashiers was ringing through a customer’s groceries when she (cashier) started having an asthma attack. She managed to tell the customer that she had to get her inhaler from her bag, and the customer was like “holy shit, go. I can wait.” (We were in a fairly close knit community, so we had a lot of regular customers who knew a lot of our longtime staff, and vice versa.) The manager came out to see s customer standing at an empty till, and the cashier rushing back taking hits on her puffer. She starts yelling at the cashier for leaving, and this angel of a customer shuts her down. (I’m paraphrasing because it was years ago and my coworker was pretty upset when she told me after.) “She was having an asthma attack, and I told her to go get her inhaler. I’m not in a hurry, and I don’t want her to die just so I can get out of here a minute faster.” I don’t miss much about that store, but *god* I miss some of our regulars.
First story....nobody should expect something for nothing. My comment is the truth is that life can be weirder than fiction. My house burned down, 6 weeks later my ex killed himself after asking me to marry him just before my house burned down, we buried him, homeless staying with relatives for a year, not enough money to rebuild in this economy, bought a shed on payments, turned it into a tiny house to be back on my own property, and 4 months after being back on my own property I was diagnosed with lymphoma. I survived the chemo. I'm 9 months out from that now. My credit is ruined. I'm getting caught up. I went crazy and decided the only way to get out of debt is to down-size indefinitely until I'm debt free. I paid off the mortgage with the settlement and then paid off my car. I got my other car fixed. I'm still working on getting my property back in order and slowly working on getting out of debt. I laugh to myself that it literally sounds like it can't possibly be real...there's more....my-step mom died the day before my birth day this past May and 3 weeks after we buried her, my step-brother got T-boned on his motorcycle. It's been a rough 3 years as of January 26th.
Going up to my surgery on my ankle (that we had to cancel) my husband and I were rear ended while sliding on ice in a round-a-bout. The man's insurance company offered us a free rental car, it would have been nice but we don't really know our way around the city the guys insurance company is in. We finally got the estimate done today, so I hope we get our Ford Escape done soon. My friend and his father are fixing it, so I know they'll do an amazing job.
I use to give my sons hand me downs to a friend of mine who had a 3 kids. Some of the stuff was near new since he grew so fast. My generosity stopped when I found out she was taking the clothes I gave her for free and selling them to her local secondhand store for money for herself! I wouldn’t have minded if the money went to her kids but she was also letting her son walk around in the same clothes all the time. 💔💔
Story 1: OP should have screen shot everything and reported the woman to all the charities in the area. I would go a step further and also sent all the information to all the news agencies. This is exactly why I find it hard to donate to agencies, churches, whatever.
On the last story, "3k" is probably actually a reference to a 3 carat diamond (not sure why "k" is sometimes used for "carat" when that doesn't even have "k" in it). If so, there's a good chance the necklace is worth more than 10x as much as you're suggesting. Also, OP is definitely not the problem in that situation, the stepson is a potentially dangerous person and the husband is an actually dangerous enabler. As soon as the husband characterised the situation as "forcing me to pick between my son and my wife" she should be looking for somewhere to move, or telling her husband to do so, depending whose name is on the property they're living in.
Story 2: I just recently went through the same thing as OP. My cat of 11 years passed away and she too was my baby, it is heartbreaking to lose a pet who is part of your family and also your best friend.
Story 1: I would have told her off for admitting that she had left her kids home alone. Story 2: The moral of this story is, *never insult a fur baby.* Story 4: The correct response to "I'm not asking again", is "Good. I don't want to have to tell you no again."
Last story, the kid knew his situation was tenuous at best. Should have been confronted the first time and told if anything else went missing, cops would be called!
sometimes I wonder if Karens pulling the "You're ruining my kids' christmas" card really is that common? Because having worked retail for 10 years in germany, this never happened to me once.
I'm anaphylactic to tree nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts etc.) and just shook my head through all of story 3. Now granted, I'm from a country with good healthcare and don't pay for my EpiPen. But if I lived in America I would sure as hell save up to buy it and cut cost in other places, but I'd never be without the EpiPen. It's also not like a monthly expense, they are good for over a year. I also never ever eat food I'm not 100% sure about and if couldn't properly communicate with the chef to ask for the ingredients, I'd never eat it. That said, I find the story a bit hard to believe. I know medical symptoms are different for everyone, but if my anaphylaxis is at the "can't talk/tongue swollen" stage, you won't see me calmly walking around, because by that point I can't think straight anymore and my feet and hands are numb. I find that whole story a bit hard to believe. If it's true, OP is certainly not making good life choices....
Story 1: OP really should've called that woman out on her BS. If she took advantage of charities, there could be some substantial fraud charges. If nothing else, a lot of scorn from her friends for cheating the system Story 7: If those parents are separated, then Karen's likely spoiling Joe rotten to get him to choose her to live with and gain child support from the dad. Either way, Dad has everything working for him to gain full custody of Joe and properly raise him. Karen likely flipped out because her easy meal ticket was slipping away. Instead, she now gets jail time, and probably future supervised visits to her son after she gets out. NG.
Story 8 is iconic Yes there's the initial panic from the whole situation, but I feel like looking back on it later would be fruggin hilarious, just thinking of that Karen breaking her dum ahhh toes xD
I've had to rely on charity for my kids' Christmas. It wasn't a proud moment. We just had almost no money. I was working full time. My wife was, and still is very sick. The idea that someone would take advantage of then is disgusting, yet, predictable.
In the first story, it sounds like the lady is actually committing a crime, at least she is if she is getting people to fund her through scams. It's a shame no one called the police to turn her in.
Story 2 with the cat. I feel that 100%. I had a cat for about 2 years before it got REALLY sick and we had to put her down, sure it wasn't a 10 year span, but she was still family and it still hurt
Fun short story. Had an entitled person who wouldn't leave at close say they work retail. They kept ew they'd be giving up their lives for customers so they don't need to go home. She literally came in 2 min to close.
Last story: NTA. Son needs to go, dad needs to go for not having his wife's back. There is no place in the world that this behavior is right and should be let slide.
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The peanut allergy story - I would have kept walking, no response to idiot customer is required during a medical emergency. I possibly would have flipped her off as well.
It's actually a good thing OP paused and tried to deal with that Karen, because she got a ride to the ER. Had she tried to drive herself, it wouldn't have been at all safe.
That story is ridiculous. It might be very well true. I have no doubt. But what the hell is wrong with that owner? She has a single server with peanut allergies in an Asian restaurant; a cuisine that frequently uses peanuts and doesn’t inform the chef? The chef only speaks mandarin in what is presumably an American, Canadian or British restaurant. Some places deserve to go out of business.
The story is almost certainly made-up. The things which don't match up with how real people behave are legion, leading me to strongly suspect that someone asked a chatbot to make up the story for them. Maybe it's real, but there's more likelihood of it being fiction than real.
Not related, but peanuts popularity is so weird to me, like it's THE WORST nut I've tried in my life
@@Farewell_TrashI personally love peanut butter (I get the kind that's just peanuts and salt only), but sunflower seed butter is just as delicious. I'd have no problem keeping that around in lieu of pb if I lived with someone who is allergic, or cashew or almond butter if they didn't have a tree nut allergy. Those options are more expensive, which is why peanuts are probably more popular.
If there's enough evidence, the lady in the 1st story could be brought up on fraud charges. If you say your child is sick, they'd better be sick
At the very least OP should inform all the other charities not to fall for her in the future.
I don't think she actually stated that ALL of her kids actually had cancer, I interperted that part as OP not even bothering to remember what sob story the mom gave them when transcribing the events, so they just listen a bunch of typical fake sob stories scammers like to use just to give the readers an idea of what she probably said. I could be wrong though.
Enough evidence to actually sue them for the theft of service. Your time is money and having a Karen do something like that shouldnt happen. The moment the Karen agreed on the price that also makes it a binding contract.
Once she told me she had planned up front to never pay me, I'd look her in the eye, and say "B, you are utterly despicable, and a very sorry excuse for a human." 😡
Unless this was western North Carolina, going through what they have this year (2024), no one has had it that bad. “1 stubbed my toe.” “I lost my home and everything in it.” Yeah, no comparison.
First story: That woman used every tactic of a scammer, fake photos, fake videos, sad stories with her and her family living every single terrible thing in the world. Man, some people just have no shame or heart.
It also makes people suspicious of those who REALLY need the help. Most people want to help others in need but no one wants to get scammed.
Karen: My children have cancer.
Me: So do I.
Karen: My mother-their grandmother-just died.
Me: Mine died last month.
Karen: We're broke!
Me: After paying for the home nursing care, so am I.
HOWEVER, I'M content with working my two jobs, having a warm home, and paying off my bills as I go along....WITHOUT scamming people!
I would record that idiot and go around to the various charities and explain what that woman was doing with the donated stuff. Might get her arrested, but will most likely get her name taken off of anyone's list for future donations.
Also yet another example of how just because a person can have children, doesn't mean that they should.
They are usually White
As a woman of the more senior variety, I have this bit of advice:
If someone asks you for something and your answer is going to be ‘no’ regardless of their reasons, just say ‘no’ and change the subject. There is zero benefit in explaining your reasons. Zero.
Most of these stories are from people working in retail/customer service. Usually in those jobs, they're instructed to never say no to customers, so that's not a realistic advice for them
@ It works even in customer service. ‘I cannot do that’ followed by ‘but this is available to you’. Repeat until customer is taken care of or calls for a manger.
One of my job duties involves taking customer complaints. I have a ton of experience de-escalating irate people. Generally speaking, angry people don’t want to hear an explanation. They calm down when given an acknowledgment of their frustration and options to choose from.
@@MrsWheezer this! Works in relationships too.
@@MrsWheezerI'm older, too, but that attitude got me raked over coals on my birthday. Nearly got me fired once. A lot of people don't want alternatives, even when what they think they want isn't viable. It's terrible.
@@SewardWriter That stinks. I’ve had great results with it.
I also won’t apologize. Instead, I go with ‘Unfortunately blah blah can’t happen’ then offer alternatives.
Honestly, I learned how to do this when my kids were toddlers. And since entitled people are generally at that maturity level, what works on a tired 2 year old can work on them. 😂
Story 6: Customer: "I'm never coming back here again!"
Me: "You say that like it's a punishment instead of a reward."
The proper reply to "I'm never coming back here again" is often "that's good because you're no longer welcome here, and never coming back is exactly what we demand of you when you're banned."
At Story 8, assault charges should have been filed against the Karen!
Story 7 and yes I agree.
Story 4. I'm not asking again! " Good, I don't have to say no again!" Imagine thinking you can take someone else's car. Crazy.
My immediately response the moment she asked would have been. "No you cant, the vehicle is only insured for myself and my partner, not for anyone else within the 'family'." then hung up if on the phone or simply just walk away if in front of me..
Lets not forget that cops frown on people who give cars to someone that is uninsured to drive said vehicle.
I would just say "NO!" It's a complete sentence. No explanation needed. 😮
You rent a car in those situations. If their car was a goal loss and fully insured, those claims are settled quickly unless they are fighting the insurer over the amount.
Last story: Dad can rent a room in an SRO for himself and his son, and also attend whatever programs there are for "troubled youth." Dad may learn how to support him without enabling him, and his son may get help for his issues.
Also the son either has a very unique type of stealing addiction or is stealing to feed a different addiction. When you have an addiction to stealing you steal whatever you can whenever you can not just a super expensive thing.
Story 7: I can see why they are separated. It's like talking to a wall with Karen. She encourages and enables bad behavior and tries to shut down any opposition, and it culminated in DV, harm to the kid, and jail. Hope she was put away for a while
And I hope the Nice Dad puts a Restraining Order as well since she might try to take Joe from him after getting out of Jail.
If it wasn't for the fact that this story is relatively recent, I swear the the permissive mom could have been someone that I used to know. She did the same thing with her son and put him on a pedestal while undermining all of the discipline her husband tried to instill in him. She ruined her son. She basically taught him that he was bulletproof, that he could do as he wished and she would always run to his rescue. She did everything she could to stop him from experiencing the rightly earned consequences of his behavior. Much like her, he became extremely self-absorbed, had no respect for boundaries, zero regard for the word know being a complete sentence and nothing in the same realm as a sense of accountability. He was still throwing tantrums by the time he was a teenager because it always worked and helped him get whatever he wanted. Because his father was often on the road working to support the family (and because the mother never worked), dear old mom was left to contend with the monster she had created. She was also nothing without a supply of attention to whine about how awful her life was I.e. “what went wrong.” since she had shown similar entitled behavior towards me and let the masks slip to show what a real b word she was after I stopped putting up with her crap, I did not hold back. I told her she had turned her son into a vile excuse for a human being, that I hope my words came back to haunt her when her son eventually raised a hand to her or ended up in front of a judge. Guess what happened.
She's most likely White and the judge will be sympathetic to her lies and just give her community service and a fine.
Story 3: Epi pens cost around $700 and do not last forever...they expire in 12 to 18 months after manufacture...that money is wasted if you don't use them during that time period.
Story 7: It looks like CD will most likely get full custody of Joe after the assaults his ex committed on him, the kid and the resisting arrest with violence. Karen's is jail-bound!
Story 9: OP is NTA. The kid chose to do everything he has done while KNOWING that it would cause him to be kicked out. OP is UNSAFE with him around. The kid is a menace.
He is very lucky that OP did not call the police on him...touching on a woman while she is sleeping is beyond creepy...not to mention illegal as hell. Dad needs to go too.
Yep, in story 7 the father, and the spoiled son, are actually the lucky ones as getting rid of the mother's influence may have saved the son from growing up as somebody who'd ruin his own life. Provided the father was smart enough to not only demand that full custody but also do his best to keep the mother away from the son after that, and if she got any meeting rights, that the meetings would be closely supervised ones as long as possibly.
Epi pens are covered by healthcare with prescription or $50-75 USD over the counter without one, at least in civilised countries.
Australia Epipen , Private Prescription price $79.99 , Discount PBS price $30.60 , Concession PBS $6.70 , Safety Net Price $0.00 . Sorry you guys don't have the same thing , so unfair .
@@joeblow9467 its honestly wild isn't it
@@joeblow9467 yeah, we have greedy monopolist pharma companies here that the FDA (government agency in charge of food and pharma) so far has not been able to get under control. Trump's boy RFKjr promises to do something about it but it remains to be seen how well he'll do.
42:47 No, if he were a kleptomaniac he wouldn't be repeatedly trying to steal the same valuable piece of jewelry, he would be regularly stealing a variety of small items irrespective of their value.
Definitely supporting a drug habit.
Story 2: *John Wick has entered the chat * Karen: why do I hear boss music?
Karen: why do I here a pew pew cocking?
@darkmage9252 John Wick: *pulls out a club * please, she's not worth the ammunition.
@@darkmage9252 a Nerf one, John has "words" for that Karen.
I love it! Great post.
Poor OP in story 2. It’s heartbreaking when a beloved furry family member crosses the Rainbow Bridge, and having to deal with a Karen who lacks in empathy, compassion and common decency when grieving is incredibly difficult. OP, I am so very sorry for your loss.
I agree. I have a ragdoll and cannot even think about that day because of how much it will hurt.
OMG! I know. I had a staff once (Thankfully not a Karen just didn't have the sense to know I knew my cat was dying) that looked at me sobbing over my cat and said "She's just chilling." Pretty insensitive I know but she took me to the vet's the next day to put my cat down (My decision) and she was nice to me the entire time. She even told me "Whenever you're ready we'll leave" so technically she wasn't a Karen because she knew she messed up
And from how Karen carried on about the donuts, I have a strong feeling she could stand to miss a few circular fried dough pieces.
I know. A few months ago, I lost my sweet kitty that I'd had for 16 years (she was an adult cat when I got her). It leaves a huge hole in your life when you lose a pet you've had that long.
Many years ago, my 13-year-old Persian died unexpectedly right in front of me. I'd had her since she was a tiny kitten. The next day, someone I worked with asked why I was so down and I told him, and he said, "so you're not over it yet?" I was so shocked, I couldn't even speak. It's been well over twenty years and I still remember that day and what he said. I still miss her, but oddly enough, he and I have been friends all this time. It was just a moment of a complete lack of empathy on his part, and really isn't who he is. So I can total empathize with OP in this story. We never really get over the ones we lose.
1: This is why it's payment upfront, before packaging and delivery.
Story 2 - My heart goes out to OP. I lost my snowshoe kitty this year and I still miss him. The manager should’ve told that woman to get the f*** out.
I looked up snowshoe and oh my gosh gorgeous! I'm so sorry for your loss! It is truly the hardest part of being a pet parent! I hope they passed peacefully. I still miss our old lady that we lost last year. One of the few comforts is that our only other cat has thrived in a single cat household and really come into his own. 🥰
Story one.... "A dingo ate her baby"! 😂 That woman had a lot of gall. An obvious scammer. Karma, B! 🤨
Story six.... That rabid Karen needed a stiff ticket for tresspassing and illegal parking. 😮
Story eight.... Karen, Queen if Denial"! I've used that same "special kind of stupid" line several times on phone solicitors. 😄
Story 1 OP could be an Aussie as that's a thing they say
I'll be surprised if the woman actually claimed a dingo ate her baby as a real statement. It's likely an Australian, New Zealander, or someone else familiar with Aussie slang, using that as a joking reference to her throwing every possible disaster out and hoping something hits the sympathy button. Sometimes, these kinds of people don't realise that people like them have already conditioned others to put spam filters on their sympathy buttons to handle exactly that approach.
I was thinking of the line from the Seinfeld show, spoken by Elaine. 😅
8: I will never understand why ppl would try to be polite when dealing with rude AHs. I mean..i guess I understand if you work there... but when you're yelled at, berated and grabbed? No.
If someone asked me to take an order at a place i was dining in... they get 1 "Sorry...I dont work here" then I leave. No conversation, no explanation...
I dont need to convince you I don't work here...go get the manager yourself.
Story 4: If someone I knew had just recently been in an accident by their fault (like *running a red light)* and they're asking to borrow my car, hard pass.
Like, OP needs the car to work, so if the EM crashes it (and it's not outlandish to think she might), OP is going to suffer quite a bit
I'm more shocked they took the time to even explain it. If anyone tried something like that with me it would've been several hard "No(s)." Or going crazier by asking to borrow their house, or their partner.
It's not like it's less likely she'll have another accident - it's MORE likely she will.
I'm shocked OP didn't just break up with his ex right there. Like, I know the mom is the real villain, but does any guy want that as a future MIL.
I was curious about the cost of EpiPens in the US and found this snippet of information “After Mylan (now part of Pfizer) acquired the rights to produce EpiPens in the U.S. in 2007, the cost of a two-pack skyrocketed to $600, up from about $60. 🇺🇸 U.S. Former Mylan CEO Heather Bresch defended the price hikes to Congress, citing minimal profit margins.”
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There is soooooooo much wrong with the healthcare industry.
What a terrible person. 10x price increases are insane.
The US is weird, these things are covered by free health care or cheap over the counter in civilised countries.
Lifesaver medicine. And they EXPIRE! Well under 2years & 1year at worst. So you have to spend 6-700$ yearly to be on the safe side. That's wild.
9:58 “It’s worth it to have one around.”
Dude, did you miss the part where You read that OP couldn’t afford an epipen, and that insurance didn’t cover it? Those things truly are expensive out of pocket.
That's because the US has a health-profit system instead of a health-care system.
Cost of epipen in US $300. Cost of epipen in Japan (second most expensive anywhere on Earth) $98. Canada $80, Germany $80, France $76. Australia $66, UK $61.
And no-one in the US has the guts to do anything about this.
@lomax343 Luigi Mangioni did.
@@ShakaarGaleed [Googles....] I said no-one in the US has the guts... Signor Mangioni is Italian. He has also, I notice, represented three different parties (so far) in the Senate. I'm sure this proves something, but I don't know what.
I can tell you how expensive they are. EMT here. One day my supervisor was in rare form and a horrible mood and actually threatened to bill me for using one on a call. I walked out of the station, never to return. I've since gotten another job for a different ambulance service
Karen: I want to see your manager. Maybe he can teach you how to provide good service...
Me: I'd like to see your parents, maybe they could show you how to provide good manners and respect.
Last story, no, I wouldn't have let them be homeless. I would have arranged for them to have a new home, a 10 foot by 10 foot concrete cell with bars.
And probably a few "friendly" room-mates. Just be careful of dropping the soap...
He'll have 3 hot meals and a cot to sleep on, with 1 hour outside to play. Have him go there
The problem is guys like that usually go in a stupid crook and comes out with a lose butthole and a PhD in criminal endeavors.
Last story: I'm pretty sure if OP were to ask her local law enforcement for help in resolving her stepson's housing predicament, they'd be more than happy to offer him "3 hots & a cot"!
In the early seventies I had a similar case I was standing by the school when a boy named Stephen charged at me, I simply stepped to my left and he hit the brick wall resulting in several stitches and a mild concussion
Awesome!!!
Good on the college guy customer for taking care of the server that was in obvious medical distress. Glad to know there are still good people out there.
Story 1: I used to work for a homeless shelter and if you want to talk about entitlement, let me tell you something.
When people claim they’re suffering a financial hardship, they immediately start grifting from actual charities.
When I worked around Christmas some of the homeless women started making unreasonable demands about gifts that they expected for their children; think bicycles for kids no older than three years old, new designer clothing for children of 3 months age, etc.
Also these poor desperate women were demanding gift cards up the butt!
Most of the gift cards were for free meals, but a rare few were given gas cards; which I honestly was never offered.
Once the gifts were passed out; then you’d see the most entitled women, start asking for the receipts, so that they could take back the gifts and clothing and get cash refunds, which ended up going into their wallets.
Honestly, there were people who just wanted a pair of socks or maybe a warm hoodie, but not these entitled witches, they made unreasonable demands about the types of gifts they expected for Christmas.
It’s seriously made me really bitter about the entitlement of Christmas.
Nowadays I buy gifts for immediate family; people who’ll appreciate that I thought of their needs versus the entitlement of the supposed homeless community.
Many of these women are the same women that will physically fight over a designer handbag, but never think about the actual needs of their children. Sometimes, I think screw the entitlement of Christmas. But, I guess I’m a big softy?
Because, I have actually bought a homeless person an entire meal, just because he looked like he needed help that day?
Story 2: Would happily tell a customer like that to get out and never come back. there is no amount of money they could spend that would make a comment like that acceptable, and there never should be.
Second story: What an insensitive thing to say. Once you bring a pet into your life they are family. As Mike Wasowski once said (Probably spelt it wrong) "Once you name it you get attached to it". I know what its like losing a cat. I once had a pretty Calico cat named Cali for 17 years. The last few months she was getting skinny and I changed her diet and gave her medicine prescribed by her vet which worked for a few months. Then in March of 2016 she was tripping over herself and not eating. One day I was laying on the floor in tears next to her and my staff came in and said "Why are you crying? She's just chilling." I told them "No she's not. She's not eating." It took them calling my mom and her convincing them that she's dying. Now before you say they were Karens here's what happened the next day. They take me to the vets to have her put down after getting the diagnosis which wasn't good. It was so bad they said if she stayed at the vet's she might not make it. The staff after having Cali put to sleep (My decision) was very understanding and even said "We'll leave when you're ready"
I was owned by a dilute calico names Callie. She didn't have much wrong with her except that she was getting old and it was her time. The day before her final vet visit, we took her to a blessing of the animals. We gave her some of her favorite food that evening, whatever she wanted to eat. She died peacefully and is reunited with her best friend, my husband's late dog. I wish the end had been as gentle for all of our other cats and dogs. We lost three cats to FIP within a few months and they suffered at the end, despite our best efforts to keep them comfortable. I was a huge mess when the cats died. As you said, pets are family.
Cool story, doesn’t matter. You can’t work and need to grieve then stay the F home.
Story 3 - I’m so glad that OP is alright, no thanks to that Karen witch.
When you take an EpiPen you still have to go to the hospital. It just buys you more time so you don’t die on the way there.
I’d rather drop them off at Goodwill before I would sell them to her.
There’s a guy with 3 kids who lives near me and at Christmas he doesn’t buy, or wrap a single gift for his kids. All the work is done by charities. The piles of toys they gat are HUGE so a lot of it ends up broken after just a few days as there’s so much, it’s not taken care of. He could afford to give the kids a decent Christmas himself but why bother when it can be got for free, in large quantities from different charities. They even get a free Christmas dinner.
You should contact the charities he's been scamming and let them know. Far too many people do this/do nothing when they see others doing it, and it takes away from those actually in need.
@@azhrayharris8I will do that, thank you for the advice.
My family has never been well off, we've had rough times when I was growing up when my mom would go hungry just to feed the kiddos, it was tough to watch as my country doesn't really have lots of good charities except for the church where my mom would sometimes go get a few bags of donated food when times got really tough.. during Christmas, we'd still have lots of gifts, not from charities, but from her. When we were old enough to know she revealed that she starts shopping for gifts right after Christmas and hides them every year. She shops months prior for things she thought we'd love or need and this way she could still afford to give us an amazing Christmas each and every year no matter how tough it got.. Im an adult now and she still does this, and I've begun to do the same. I love her to bits ❤
Edit:
I forgot to mention how even when I was like 10 I caught on to how my parents struggled and stopped asking for gifts, I'd always tell her "I don't want gifts this year, please spend it on sibling 1 and 2, I'm happy to spend time with you all"
But every year she still got me and gets me, a ton of gifts and even this year the same dance repeats between us hehe
That story with the cat is so sad! I didn't have a "Karen" experience after having to put my cat down. But it took me a couple of days to even try to do anything. Fur-babies are family.
40+ minutes? This is just what I needed for the last hour of my shift.
To bad OP didn't have recording going while EM was shouting "If you leave you're never coming back." So when she calls up next week asking for babysitting you can play it back and say "Sorry, I can't babysit, I'm not allowed over there."
The “dingo ate my baby” is kind of a bad analogy because as ludicrous as it sounds, it ended up being true.
The only way the stepmom in the last story would be the a--hole (in this case at least an overly-nice and all-too-forgiving person) would be if she stays with the stepson's loser of a father. If the man has problems choosing between his thief of a son or his wife, he doesn't deserve the wife; just a divorce.
I'd only agree with this if the father was making excuses for his son's behavior and insistent OP let his son stay with them. I don't get the vibe he was doing that, rather being put in a very difficult situation of his son's doing. That's not to say OP should let her step-son stay with them after that attempt of course, just that I get the father is having a difficult time. He shouldn't be making OP feel guilty or put the burden of his son being potentially homeless on her though. That's definitely a jerk move for sure.
@@SamusKnight2K I *was* getting that vibe, hence the harshness of my answer. But yes if *you* are right about the father, then I agree that he is deserving of considerable patience as well. But though I that agree he is between a rock and a hard place, but I think the wife's needs and safety should come first anyway, and the dad should be understanding of this. I got the impression that he wasn't.
If stepson gets arrested, he’ll have a place to sleep
AND food to eat!
Story 4: "Your work is only 10 miles away, you can bike it or something"
Take it from someone who used to walk 10.5 miles one way regularly to and from work, it's brutal.
And that's with me being in decent shape
the only one making the stepson homeless is himself, so apparently he wants to be
Story 7:
wow, that Karen made everything worse than it needed to be 😂
Don't they always?
Story 2: I lost my horse in September. I had bred her myself and owned her for the entirety of her 30 years. If people don't think losing a creature who has shared half your life with you has no effect, they have no empathy.
There are lots of those types of people in the world. I am somewhat that way (low empathy) towards homeless people. I feel that they got where they are due to choices that they themselves have made. If I lost everything, I would not relegate myself to living in a tent on the sidewalk and taking a dump in the street. I have a profession, and even though I am retired and 77 years old, I do know how to use my mechanic profession to put food on the table. There are lots of farms around where I live, and I will bet that they would have a bed in a room somewhere and they have food. In exchange, I know how to work on machinery, I can weld, and fabricate metal. I have skills. These homeless people most likely do not have skills that are needed. Again, due to choices that they themselves have made.
If it was me, I would have told the Karen this: "My cat just died, my BEST FRIEND I had for a long time and you have the nerve to say that about him? Have you ever had pets growing up?!"
No just no empathy, no heart whatsoever.
@@BuilderofRat Creative art degrees are not worth the paper they're printed on.
@@JamesDavy2009 I wonder of the HR people are impressed with degrees that have hardly any worth?
It may be cruel for me to say on the last story but even I wouldn't allow the stepson in where we live. Considering the reputation and still continuing it. Obviously the child needs to be disciplined and the father is beyond dumb. He can make the promise of not doing it again even though it will be a lie.
last story : kleptomania doesn't work like that.... it doesn't zoom in on expensive items and it's an impulse.... A klepto wouldn't try to steal the necklace from OP's neck.. they would take a pen laying around, a small decoration, etc. The addiction is more likely or he's simply greedy
Storey 2: My guess is the Karen never owned a cat/dog in her life.
The thing people who never owned a cat/dog don't understand is a cat/dog becomes a part of the family and losing one can be as devastating as losing a family member for many people.
I still miss the two black Burmese cats I grew up with: Mischief and Mayhem.
Story 1: "Individuals or groups who take advantage of charitable or non-profit organizations for personal gain can face serious legal consequences. This includes charges such as false pretenses, larceny by trick, and fraud. Penalties can include fines, imprisonment, and restitution." She should have called the cops.
17:15 When our small suburban town set up school bus routes, for both elementary and high school, our house was at the bus border line.
Instead of our entire narrow street being "Too Close," the houses _across the street_ were able to take the bus, while my brother and I had to walk, or bike to school.
Story 4 - When it comes to vehicles, I don’t care if your family or not, NOBODY takes my car.
Story 4: OP should have presented EM with a bill for fixing the dent in the car caused by the thrown iPhone.
My baby Leo passed Wednesday at 12.5 years I am still crying.
It's never easy when our fur babies leave us. I had a.wonderfully intelligent black kitty who.passed away in 2009, 15 years ago, and I still miss her.
@paul16451 thank you dear it still hurts but everyday heals me a bit. Merry Christmas and have a blessed day.
I have lost so many cats in my 77 years of life. I will get over it an a few days. I will always miss them, but I do have memories of them. I use to go camping with 5 cats. They wanted to go for 2 walks a day. One in the morning, and one in the evening. If they did not get their walks they were irritable all day, or at least until the next walk. If I was going for a long ways, I would stop for a couple of hours and take them for a walk.
I have 3 cats right now. I have never taken these cats camping mainly because my girlfriend does not like cats very well. When I go visit my Kids, I always take my cats with me. My girlfriend asked me the other day why we don't go camping much anymore, and I told her it was because she would throw a fit if I brought my cats along. SO, we have a nice 25 foot Lance camp trailer that just sits there.
@BuilderofRat thank you dear it's hard after you have loved them like family because he was I have his sister and our older cat and they are my life now. Thank you again and have a Merry Christmas.
I still miss Mischief and Mayhem-the two fur babies I grew up with. They died back in 2010 from Cyclone Ului.
Thank you for the extra long video @Darkfluff! Happy Holidays!
I honestly love this channel it’s great story telling and the voice is wonderful. But I don’t understand how people have the ability to carry on these conversations as I would have walked off
Story 2: It’s always sad when a beloved pet crosses the rainbow bridge. Unfortunately, I have crossed paths with many people that have the attitude of, “it’s just an animal”. No, my pet was not just an animal. They were a part of my family and it hurts when they pass away. Sorry you don’t have enough empathy to understand that.
There are also those people that will say you can just get another animal. That's actually the worst thing to say too. The pets we take care of are more than just pets.
The problem with getting epi pens without insurance is they cost $700+ and expire in 12-18 months. So they're an almost yearly expense.
An Extra Long Episode? A Surprise to be sure, but, a welcome one!
I hadn’t noticed until I saw your comment! Thank you for drawing my attention to it, it made me smile.
@@Loki-and-Thor No Problem!
Christmas came early 😊
@luxrayblast An extra-long episode here is like an early Christmas present! 🎄
The owner of the restaurant that knows about your peanut allergies should have an EpiPen in the first aid kit …
My last job was at a "small" company that made half a billion in profits the last year I worked there. They wouldn't give us insurance, because we were laid off for maybe 4 weeks out of the year, so by law, they didn't have to. Epipens cost nearly $700 without insurance and the best they would do is reimburse me if I had to use one. They're only good for a year, really. I just hoped I would never be in a situation where I needed one. There is a hospital less than 5 minutes away, so I had that going for me, at least.
From my understanding epipens are absurdly expensive, and they're only good for just over a year. Keeping just a single pen on hand for one employee can add up. I mean it'd be great if the owner did, but that responsibility is on the employee. You can't expect the owner to fully cover it. That the owner went above and beyond to keep the restaurant peanut-free is enough. And yes, I know OP can't afford one but that just goes to show how messed up our health care system is. I'm not sure if maybe the owner could look into offering the staff insurance though, it could certainly help OP that way.
@@meaganmurphy5115 I am Canadian…so I am just shaking my head in disbelief at the healthcare system in America…
@@SamusKnight2K I am Canadian so I am in shock that Americans would rather carry a gun than live a healthy lifestyle
@patsquach4080 I'm sure there's better words than atrocious or inexcusably classist, but I can't think of them right now. For a while too, we were getting punished come tax season for not having insurance. For a while I've been working jobs that don't offer insurance, or one that took nearly half my pay to give me so-so coverage. When I haven't been able to get insurance through work, I've made far too much for government assistance, but far too little to pay for private insurance.
When I worked retail someone tried something similar to the store I worked in like in the first story trying to guilt us in to giving them stuff for free for her kids for the holidays. We didn't fall for it and she left angry found out that not only did she try this in other stores but she didn't even have kids. People will try anything to get something for free.
Hahaha wanting someone to stop dying and take your order is brilliant. That's amazing. "Well you better have kept enough air to convey my order to the kitchen..."
I cried when I came home from work and my husband told me my hamster had died. You go ahead and mourn your fur babies, they love you as much as you love them.
Last story... If I were in OP's shoes, I'd leave until the son got professional help. Even if that meant placing him in an institution that could deal with klepto behaviour.
Yay more Fluffy time! And long stories, yay! What a great Christmas present😊. Merry Christmas Happy holidays and hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday 🥰
Why work in the food industry if a peanut could kill you?
Story 8... That manager went over and beyond to make sure a customer was dealt with right, and the Karen... if she was kicking that hard... she should have been charged with attempted battery and multiple harassments.
That is one angry birfalo that steals and attacks everyone.
Story 1. Never open the trunk until after the money is in your hand, and always meet up at the police station.
Story 2. Peanuts in soup??? I don't want anything hard that I have to chew for 2 minutes in my soup.
Story 7. I have never heard of a better time to deploy the Tazer.
Story 9. Time to hire a good divorce lawyer.
5:09 The customer is not always right. The *civilised* customer is always right. She does not qualify.
Get her out of the store and be a leader to your employee.
Gifts story: Makes you wonder if the kids actually got anything for Christmas or if mammy dearest went and sold everything.
Cat story: OP, I'm sorry for your loss. Pets are family to many of us, but Karens are going to Karen. Ignore her.
Allergy story: Umm... I would get with the owner and impress on ALL employees, new and old, how allergic to peanuts you are. And despite how expensive Epi-pens are, I'd try to find a way to get one. OR there is a less expensive workaround. You can get a vial of epinephrine and syringes and keep a syringe that's pre-filled to the correct dose in your purse. Much of the cost of an Epi-pen is in the mechanics of the delivery system.
Don't come back here again story: If I were OP, I'd have simply said "okay" and never go back. Can't argue with crazy.
iPads story: At least she paid up front. But I think I'd institute a policy that items not picked up after X amount of time after being notified of repair completion will be sold.
Stolen phone story: Definitely see where EK gets it from.
RHOA story: I hope they got their pictures off of CCTY and put them on a do not serve list.
Shopping Karen story: That hospital bill is going to be one heck of an a**hole tax.
Necklace vs homeless son story: NTA! And your husband needs to get his priorities straight. The theft of a $3k necklace enters the realm of a felony. At 19 he's an adult and his next address will be the Graybar Hotel. While not knowing your situation in full, I'd pack up all my valuables, documents, clothing and whatnot and move out. Let the kid steal from his father. You can contact a lawyer at your leisure.
Yay loooong video, thanks guys! ❤️🎉
Last Story. It seemed like this kid got loads of chances. Dad isn't helping him by being a crutch either. The boy is 19 and that is Legal age, if I was her I would tell her hubby, the dad, that if he doesn't want his son homeless, work out an arrangement with the kid, where the kid would be responsible for life with Minor help from the dad. That way he's not completely alone and dad can still help. But yeah, DON'T let him back in your house.
I had full coverage from a good insurance company in the USA. When I made any claim they told me where I can get my rental car without me having to ask. I wonder what kind of insurance Karen had?
Had is probably the right word. I would have canceled her after the second AT FAULT accident.
Story 6 has me remembering the story where someone tried to drop off a sewing machine at a neighboring business because they thought it was the correct business. When told they were wrong they wanted to leave it anyway because the repair shop next door was closed and they wanted the employee next door to take it in for them so they didn’t have to come back.
If I remember correctly, this wasn’t a small table top sewing machine, but an old one that was built into a table itself.
Some people just can’t understand that businesses have specific hours of operation.
People who lose their pets should not be made to go back to work straight away! I couldn’t when I lost my dog, it took months before I was emotionally ready! That OP should have been allowed time to mourn!
Story 3 - I had a manager who was some kind of sociopath to her employees. Like, seriously, she should’ve been studied. If you had any sort of chronic illness, you were just an inconvenience to her.
One of the cashiers was ringing through a customer’s groceries when she (cashier) started having an asthma attack. She managed to tell the customer that she had to get her inhaler from her bag, and the customer was like “holy shit, go. I can wait.” (We were in a fairly close knit community, so we had a lot of regular customers who knew a lot of our longtime staff, and vice versa.)
The manager came out to see s customer standing at an empty till, and the cashier rushing back taking hits on her puffer. She starts yelling at the cashier for leaving, and this angel of a customer shuts her down.
(I’m paraphrasing because it was years ago and my coworker was pretty upset when she told me after.)
“She was having an asthma attack, and I told her to go get her inhaler. I’m not in a hurry, and I don’t want her to die just so I can get out of here a minute faster.”
I don’t miss much about that store, but *god* I miss some of our regulars.
First story....nobody should expect something for nothing. My comment is the truth is that life can be weirder than fiction. My house burned down, 6 weeks later my ex killed himself after asking me to marry him just before my house burned down, we buried him, homeless staying with relatives for a year, not enough money to rebuild in this economy, bought a shed on payments, turned it into a tiny house to be back on my own property, and 4 months after being back on my own property I was diagnosed with lymphoma. I survived the chemo. I'm 9 months out from that now. My credit is ruined. I'm getting caught up. I went crazy and decided the only way to get out of debt is to down-size indefinitely until I'm debt free. I paid off the mortgage with the settlement and then paid off my car. I got my other car fixed. I'm still working on getting my property back in order and slowly working on getting out of debt. I laugh to myself that it literally sounds like it can't possibly be real...there's more....my-step mom died the day before my birth day this past May and 3 weeks after we buried her, my step-brother got T-boned on his motorcycle. It's been a rough 3 years as of January 26th.
Yikes! I feel so sorry for you; and on the day my country celebrates its birth too.
Going up to my surgery on my ankle (that we had to cancel) my husband and I were rear ended while sliding on ice in a round-a-bout. The man's insurance company offered us a free rental car, it would have been nice but we don't really know our way around the city the guys insurance company is in. We finally got the estimate done today, so I hope we get our Ford Escape done soon. My friend and his father are fixing it, so I know they'll do an amazing job.
I use to give my sons hand me downs to a friend of mine who had a 3 kids. Some of the stuff was near new since he grew so fast. My generosity stopped when I found out she was taking the clothes I gave her for free and selling them to her local secondhand store for money for herself! I wouldn’t have minded if the money went to her kids but she was also letting her son walk around in the same clothes all the time. 💔💔
43 minute video it’s a Christmas miracle
Love how your channel has developed over the years ❤
Story 1: OP should have screen shot everything and reported the woman to all the charities in the area. I would go a step further and also sent all the information to all the news agencies. This is exactly why I find it hard to donate to agencies, churches, whatever.
Seriously why do they say "i'm never coming back to this store" like it's a threat, Karens really are stupid
On the last story, "3k" is probably actually a reference to a 3 carat diamond (not sure why "k" is sometimes used for "carat" when that doesn't even have "k" in it). If so, there's a good chance the necklace is worth more than 10x as much as you're suggesting.
Also, OP is definitely not the problem in that situation, the stepson is a potentially dangerous person and the husband is an actually dangerous enabler. As soon as the husband characterised the situation as "forcing me to pick between my son and my wife" she should be looking for somewhere to move, or telling her husband to do so, depending whose name is on the property they're living in.
I'm sorry, Red Bull and vodka?! Seriously? 😹 =^..^=
That made me gag a tiny bit 🤢
Story 2: I just recently went through the same thing as OP. My cat of 11 years passed away and she too was my baby, it is heartbreaking to lose a pet who is part of your family and also your best friend.
Story 7 I hope Joe's Dad got out of there. Respect to him for being a respectable man.
Story 1: I would have told her off for admitting that she had left her kids home alone.
Story 2: The moral of this story is, *never insult a fur baby.*
Story 4: The correct response to "I'm not asking again", is "Good. I don't want to have to tell you no again."
Scammers like the mom in story 1 are what makes it so hard for people who really need help. More forms, more scrutiny, more time to evaluate.
Last story, the kid knew his situation was tenuous at best. Should have been confronted the first time and told if anything else went missing, cops would be called!
sometimes I wonder if Karens pulling the "You're ruining my kids' christmas" card really is that common?
Because having worked retail for 10 years in germany, this never happened to me once.
I'm anaphylactic to tree nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts etc.) and just shook my head through all of story 3. Now granted, I'm from a country with good healthcare and don't pay for my EpiPen. But if I lived in America I would sure as hell save up to buy it and cut cost in other places, but I'd never be without the EpiPen. It's also not like a monthly expense, they are good for over a year. I also never ever eat food I'm not 100% sure about and if couldn't properly communicate with the chef to ask for the ingredients, I'd never eat it.
That said, I find the story a bit hard to believe. I know medical symptoms are different for everyone, but if my anaphylaxis is at the "can't talk/tongue swollen" stage, you won't see me calmly walking around, because by that point I can't think straight anymore and my feet and hands are numb. I find that whole story a bit hard to believe. If it's true, OP is certainly not making good life choices....
EpiPens apparently cost around $700 in the US (which is over 10 times what they cost where I live)
Story 1: OP really should've called that woman out on her BS. If she took advantage of charities, there could be some substantial fraud charges. If nothing else, a lot of scorn from her friends for cheating the system
Story 7: If those parents are separated, then Karen's likely spoiling Joe rotten to get him to choose her to live with and gain child support from the dad. Either way, Dad has everything working for him to gain full custody of Joe and properly raise him. Karen likely flipped out because her easy meal ticket was slipping away. Instead, she now gets jail time, and probably future supervised visits to her son after she gets out. NG.
Whoa!!! I'm super early today!! 😁😁😁
I hope everyone is having a great day!!!
Story 8 is iconic
Yes there's the initial panic from the whole situation, but I feel like looking back on it later would be fruggin hilarious, just thinking of that Karen breaking her dum ahhh toes xD
I let my kids stay home from school because our cat died. 😢
I've had to rely on charity for my kids' Christmas. It wasn't a proud moment. We just had almost no money. I was working full time. My wife was, and still is very sick. The idea that someone would take advantage of then is disgusting, yet, predictable.
In the first story, it sounds like the lady is actually committing a crime, at least she is if she is getting people to fund her through scams. It's a shame no one called the police to turn her in.
Story 2 with the cat. I feel that 100%. I had a cat for about 2 years before it got REALLY sick and we had to put her down, sure it wasn't a 10 year span, but she was still family and it still hurt
Fun short story. Had an entitled person who wouldn't leave at close say they work retail. They kept ew they'd be giving up their lives for customers so they don't need to go home. She literally came in 2 min to close.
36:50 I wonder what would happen if that crew showed up to his actual job a few days later...😮
Last story: NTA. Son needs to go, dad needs to go for not having his wife's back. There is no place in the world that this behavior is right and should be let slide.
Story 6: "Open" and "Basically Open" are as different of concepts as Washington State and Washington DC are places.
You're assuming Yanks know the difference. Their schools don't teach jack squat.