Glad you're back DF. I've been binging you're videos and despite the CLEAR proof I still can't believe that people like this exist. What do we need to rename commen sense to now, seeing as it's not so common.
I saw a manager at a small owned grocery store, crumbled up a rude ladies grocery list threw it in her face and said get the hell out since you can't touch a worker or another customer like this ( she punched a cashier who is 16) in the face. The cops were waiting for her when she tried to leave.
Makes me wounder what would happen if two Karens became each others' targets. Probably about as entertaining as an A.I. chat bot talking to an A.I. chat bot. "I'll just stop talking with you." "I'm not through with you!"
Saporatus They overestimate their value as customers. Of course the company needs customers, but most retail businesses have thousands of them. Losing one isn’t going to make much difference to the store’s profits. In fact, the type of customer who’s always demanding discounts or things for free, and driving staff to quit aren’t usually very profitable for the business in the first place.
That last story was gold. After so many stories about Dependas abusing their "authority", it was great to hear about an experienced military spouse not letting a newbie officer push HER around.
2LT doesn't seem to know where the UCMJ ends. When I went through MP school one of the first things we were taught was that civilians on base living with their military spouse were not subject to the UCMJ. Yes of course we can physically stop them from committing crimes and detain them (as we would apprehend a SM), but we were to have them in our custody for as short a time as possible and get them turned over to the civilian police. From there the base commander could ban them from the base and it would be a federal offense if they trespassed.
The fact that the reply from OP was probably loud enough for some of his superiors to hear has probably dropped him in the doo doo. As ex UK navy, I never ceased to be amazed about the number of ways junior officers can screw up.
Had something happen like that with my wife. I joined at 29 years old. My wife didn't need to go to a meeting designed for 19 year old brides on how to do simple shit.
@@CenerothXaris As an Australian, I find that to be a really weird hill for so many US Americans to die on. To us over here, the idea that our government cannot provide decent health care, gets them voted out of office.
Story 6 - I heard another similar story like that where a 2nd LT thought he could boss around the wife of a corporal, only to have her do the same. Only to give the 2nd LT the sort of butt chewing a colonel could give. That being the fact that she WAS the daughter of the full bird colonel for that area, and he also just happened to be visiting the base that day and was only two doors down with the base commander. He heard her voice and almost came running, only to stand with the base commander in the doorway behind her beaming with pride at his 'little girl' giving the 2nd LT a dressing down. All the time her husband was standing just outside the door at parade rest trying not to grin. Oh, and yes the 2nd LT then got a dressing down by the two for not standing to attention when they entered the room.
Story 3: You can help with one or two items, but a whole goddamn list? It's like Karen just wanted an employee to do all the shopping for her, which she could've just done with online shopping (Target does that). Meanwhile, yeah, a lot of people seem to forget cameras exist. It's like blind rage
I would have crumpled the shopping list into a ball of paper and let it drop to the floor. And the cameras? I bet every Karen's morning wish is that all cameras are out of work just when they enter any store. lol
I’m in retail management. A few years ago the local community college approached the store I was at asking if the store could be used as a training ground for special needs students they were training. We let them work. I was instructed to just be my regular manager self to them but keep in mind they were special needs. Also these special needs students were high functioning. They could take care of themselves and could read basic numbers and letters. Being their manager was harder than being a manager to normal people. They learned at a slower pace and I had to repeat myself a lot more. They also needed some coaching from their advisers before talking to me. Work ethic was amazing. Working with special needs kids is not easy and if they woman thought it was, she’s in for a rude awakening. I also told the students if anyone called them the r word to come get me. That person would be banned from the store. Thankfully no one did.
It's my opinion that there's a huge difference between describing a mentally disabled person as "retarded" and describing them as "a retard." The first is just a statement of fact, while the second is a deliberate and uncalled-for insult. Or another way of putting it: The first is describing a condition which a person has while the second is an attempt to make that condition into the entire person.
Excellent post! If I may piggy-back to add: I'm sure you realized that after a long day of managing trainees with special needs, you got to go home, leaving work behind you. Parents of children with special needs are on call 24/7 squared...no, CUBED! ❤Love, compassion and self-care are the keys! ❤
My cousin has Downs Syndrome and has been working at a local grocery store for decades. This allowed her to get an apartment and live as independently as she can. She is one of the most joyful people I've ever known. Her manager, and others like you, are true earth angels. Blessings to you Christine!
Woolworths (with Fujitsu) here in Australia now have 12 mini-stores that help students (k-12) with diverse needs develop things like communication skills, money handling, functional literacy and numeracy etc. They are planning to open at least 25 more at schools & adult learning centres
I'm ex military so story 6 had me rolling with laughter. It reminds me of Lt. Bob. We had a new Lt. assigned to my unit. On his first day our First Sargent introduced him as Lt. Wandell. The Lt got in front of us and said "Hi, you can call me Bob". We all exchanged looks because an enlisted man calling an officer by his first name was a big no no in the Army. I was a bit of a smart ass back then so I grabbed ahold of this with both hands. No matter what the situation he would be Bob to me. Stationed in Germany he wanted to know fun places to hang out and since I spoke the language I knew of allot more places than most. The first night we go out he ends up borrowing 10DM (another big no no, borrowing money from enlisted) from me. Time passes and he's transferred to another unit somewhere in Germany but he never repaid me. A couple years later I'm in some tiny town and I need fuel for my truck. I find this very small maintenance unit that I can fill up at. As I get out of my truck I see a group of soldiers around a generator learning about maintenance. Who's teaching the class? Good ol Lt. Bob. I call out "Lt. Bob, how ya doing?" He calls me over to the group and tries to tell me to address him as Lt. Wandell. I just smiled and said "No Sir, you told me I could call you Bob, and where's that 10 Marks you owe me?" He sheepishly pulls out his wallet and pays me back. He then turns to the group that are hardly containing their laughter at this point and barks "My name is not Lt. Bob and if any of you call me that you're going to be sorry". I start to walk away but before I'm out of earshot I yell "Nice seeing you Bob". So much fun.
After retiring and meeting "call me Lt Wandell", OP should have innocently told him, "Oh, now you are Lt Bobbit?" and waited for the waves of laughter from the others in the group
Bro, you are so lucky he had a decent sense of humor. That should have would have ended me up with bloody knuckles from push-ups, and puke all over my shirt from how much running I would have been doing
My mom developed agoraphobia when I was 15. Then she didn’t leave the house for more than 10 years. Prior to this my Grandfather had been a lighthouse keeper meaning my mom grew up on lighthouses, then she joined the Marine Corp during WW2, raised be as a single mom and suddenly can’t leave the house! One day I was listening to talk radio and this psychologist is talking this new psychology issue that he was treating. It was agoraphobia and his practice was about 10 miles from my mom. Within 2 weeks she was driving again. It was just crazy!
Last story reminds me of the day I tried to enlist in the Marines in 1977. I was 20 and my Dad was with me. He was a WW2vet, MSGT in the Corps, total badass. The recruiter laid into me. I am 6ft 150lb beanpole and this guy was tearing me a new one trying to break me. I looked him dead in the eyes and told him, There is nothing you can do to me that has not already been done by my Dad. He lost it on my Dad and asked him who the F*ck he thinks he is. Big mistake. My Dad ripped off name, rank and serial number and immediately went into Devil Dog mode. The image that pops in my mind is Beetle Bailey stomped into a mudhole by Sarge and the recruiter apologizing, only to have my Devil Dog Dad go up his chain of command ripping the recruiter to shreds. Due to an injury I suffered in a car accident as a kid, I was rejected, but that recruiter was never seen again. Semper Fi Dad, I miss you.
If they're doing restock, you probably can take it from a cart and put it into yours but, especially now-a-days, ask first because they may be doing shopping for a curbside pickup! And you can't just unload their cart onto the floor in the first place!!!
Having worked in retail where they had "reshop" carts (items that needed to be returned to correct shelf) the employees never card, much, if someone pulled something out of it however as Tim Engineman mentioned many stores now have employees that shop for online orders. Also, there are enough "I don't work here" stories that show that no one should assume that the cart is a from an employee restocking. In short in may be okay to pull items out of the cart but always ask first.
@@donnakubiski5572 Yup you almost are outnumbered at times by the pickers for the online orders, and I always greet and say hello to them as well. 6 orders in one cart, and you have 30 minutes to pick it, have it checked, sealed and then drive to deliver it.
Story 2, I used to know a couple who was taking care of their autistic granddaughter and I can assure you, looking after her was NOT easy. Anybody who thinks looking after special needs kids is easy are dead wrong.
I work with adults with learning and social disabilities and I can confirm it is NOT an easy job. I love the job, I love the men I support but it can be exhausting.
I have spent the last 8 years raising my 2 autistic stepchildren. I use to be an Operational Admin who LOVED working 60 hour weeks. My boss asked me if I was going to take any time off for the summer. I asked if I could sleep under my desk. Obviously he said, "No". "Well this is NOT the job, I need a vacation from."
I'll give her credit, though... It takes an exceptionally low IQ to say what she said at 3:55 so bluntly. And I thought the phrase "What number do you dial for 911!" was crazy 🤣
As someone that gets anxiety going outside to places with big groups of people, I feel for that story. I don't freeze up, but when confronted by people I get really hostile.
OP hit her by accident when OP was Being attacked by a crazy lady who obviously can’t do her shopping by herself one item fine not the whole list there are services that can help you with that, thank you for pressing charges so many times they do not.
Third story: At that accusation I'll simply observe and say "If you were hit in the face, where are the marks of it?“ Even a Karen should know that a hit at the face ALWAYS leaves a mark.
On some people, a red mark may show up immediately but also fade within a couple minutes (my son). On others, marks take a 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 long time to show (me, at 3-4 days for a bruise to become visible). There are more variations than hard & fast rules.
I went through OCS (I was in the Army Reserves prior to going through OCS. I was a medic), and I can affirm that we had some seriously dumb s**** who thought that they had power because they could do push-ups and sit-ups. They believed that Physical Training was leadership (no kidding!). One of them, right after we had just had a class on communication where the lecturer had emphasized that there is no such thing as a one-way conversation (all conversations had to be two ways in order to be certain that the listener understood); yelled at me (again, no kidding), "This ain't no two-way conversation! I talk! You listen!" Yeah, we had some real losers in OCS. Fortunately my no-two-way-conversationalist did not get his commission, but others did.
I had a st*pid one aswell when i volunteered. He was bigger then me and i had a somewhat belly. He left me alone after he found out the hard way that this does not make me automaticly weaker then someone buff. XD Body does not tell everything about someone's power he found out, he stopped bragging, flexing like a massive 1d1ot.
@@bobbobbington3615 Butterbars often get ideas, and for the military spouses they soon learn that they are not the rank, and are not subject to all the military rules, though they are subject to quite a few by virtue of living in what is essentially a HOA with armed guards.
I worked at a Special Needs sleep away camp for 2 months as a Specialty Chess Counselor when i was 16/17. Place is called Camp Ramapo and houses children from 4 to 18 with various different needs ranging from Autism to Schizophrenia and a plethora of mental issues. It was one of the most rewarding things I've ever done in my life. Its also one of the HARDEST thing I've done in my life. That woman has literally no idea, and I didn't even have to be with the kids 24-7. I still don't know how the regular counselors did it.
Story 6: OP's Husband definitely has 2 superiors: His own commanding officer, and OP. And he seems to be very much in love of his fiery wife. That's a really awesome story and I laughed throughout. I can imagine the higher ups that 'overheard' how OP chewed up the 2nd Lt to be chuckling 😂
The grabby woman in Target needs to get the Reverse Uno treatment. "How dare you grab a paying customer! Go get your manager NOW!I'm going to get you fired!!"
The first story: My first parish out of graduate school/seminary was a town exactly like that. I have several very funny stories from my time spent there. However, a heartwarming one, considering it is coming up on that time of year, the postmaster called me at my house on Christmas Eve and said, "Pastor, you have a couple of packages here. I just thought I'd tell you just in case you wanted to come and get them before the window closes in an hour." The postmaster going above and beyond. Thanks Santa!
I absolutely loved the last story,there's nothing funnier than a greenhorn lieutenant getting chewed out by a pissed off military wife,with anger management issues!😆😆😆
My first reaction when someone grabs my arm and spins me around by it is to scream in agony and smash my metal cane into their head as hard as I can to force them to let me go... Both of my shoulders and one hip are fucked so grabbing me by the arm and spinning me like Karen's tend to do causes considerable Agony to me... It happened to me once (it was a good joint day so I wasn't riding my Mobility Scooter) and when the Police and Ambulance arrived (Karen lost some teeth when my cane hit her), the Police looked at the security camera's and saw what she did to me and that along with how badly I was standing/limping when they arrived and the witness statements of how loudly I screamed in Agony when she grabbed me, caused HER to be Arrested for Assault & Battery instead of me because it was very clearly Self Defense... [Sigh] It STARTED as a good day for me and ended up with me soaking in a HOT bath eating Extra Strength Ibuprofen like they were PEZ candies (I can't tolerate most Really Heavy Duty Pain Killers so I save them for recovering from Surgery)...
That’s interesting because I can do a pretty convincing cat hiss, and if anybody tries to grab me that’s exactly what I would do, followed by shoving them as hard as I could
Story 1: I'm a direct support professional... I work with disabled adults and I was *DYING* with laughter when I heard "easy job"🤣🤣🤣 I love my job but oh Lord, it is DEFINITELY not an easy job and definitely not a job for everyone. I bet Karen would last about 5 minutes in the field...
Seconds, not minutes. (Okay, I'm exaggerating. But it's funny.) 😆 That was the first thing I thought of when I read the story (I read rather than listen). People who are non-neurotypical are NOT easy to deal with. And I say that as a non-neurotypical myself.
I got a job back in the mid-'80s working with developmentally handicapped young me, and I will agree that it isn't always easy, but it can feel rewarding. On my first day, the boys tried to make my life an absolute Hell, but not knowing any of them, I just thought that I would just chalk it up to unfamiliarity and learn to cope, having been around special-needs individuals almost all my life. When I showed up the next day, everyone, including my coworkers were surprised, because none of them thought I'd be back. It broke the ice with them, and while there were some who continued to act up, I let them know that as long as they followed the rules, I would be fair with them, and was there to help them if they needed help with something. I grew to love them as if they were close relatives, and when they succeeded at something, I would be proud of them and not try to abuse any "power" I may have had over them. It was one of the most satisfying, yet sometimes frustrating, jobs I've ever held. As a "teacher" for them, they taught me much, too.
@@jacklow9611 your last statement hit me hard. And I fully agree. I have learned so much from working in this field. It can be the most rewarding yet most frustrating job. (The rewarding far outweighs the frustration for me at least)
My ex worked with developmentally disabled adults for a couple of years and had to go to the E.R. multiple times due to injuries. Through no fault of their own, many people in that condition are physically very dangerous, and it is one of the toughest jobs out there to take care of them. That Karen would have been a statistic no later than the end of her first day (possibly closer to the beginning of that day).
It's always surprising that people say you work somewhere because they saw you helping someone. "Lady, unlike you I am a decent Human Being and help people."
I feel DF is doing good. Haven't heard anything from Steveo in a while. I think DF either put him in the box or maybe .......*gasp*......... DF might have gone full *Hannibal* on Steveo.
That last story reminds me of when I drove a school bus. There was a load zone coordinator that liked to bark orders at students and drivers alike. One day they caught me on a bad day and came on my bus barking at me about something or another. I calmly put my bus in park, shut off the engine and walked them off my bus. I said to them: "I am not one of your students or your subordinate. If you have an issue with me you will explain it to me calmly or speak to my dispatcher. If you bark orders at me again I will have a conversation with your principal and make sure you are no longer a coordinator!" I received a 'talking to' about it but the transportation director kept laughing half way through and starting over.
Story 2: I work for a bus company as a person who accompanies children with disabilities on their way home. I've had children who screamed uncontrollably, started kicking and hitting around them or were completely silent during the ride. My job is to make sure they reach the destination safely (some of them try to unbuckle or get out of their seat). If this woman thinks working with kids of this caliber is EZ she really is in for a rude awakening.
The last story reminded me of volunteering on base to help with summer craft sessions for dependent kids. Who ever thought it was going to work to put 6 and 12 year olds in the same big room with the same crafts is beyond me. So there was this 11-ish kid who kept cutting up. The woman running the show had a really loud whistle and blew it at this kid multiple times an hour. I had a headache that I did not have at the beginning of the session. I finally got the trouble maker by the arm and we left the room. He said his dad was the CO (base commanding officer) and my husband was in a lot of trouble. Yeah, and I will tell your dad just why I told you to knock it off. Blessed silence the rest of the sessions. I don't know if his dad was really the CO and I got a talking to by the woman with the whistle, but I didn't care. And I never volunteered for anything like that ever again on base or off.
When I listened to the last story, my brain immediately went to a moment in season 2 of Deep Space Nine where Dax, a Lieutenant, is at a table with two Veteran Klingons (before a third walks up) and one of them says, "I see that the Federation insults us by sending a LIEUTENANT to greet us." and her immediate response is to use the knowledge of her previous life (her species shares lifetimes of memories when a symbiotic lifeform joins a new host body) to school the Klingon and he is stunned into near silence as a result.
good that the Amazon driver is in the USA because here in Germany he has to ring doorbells and wait for the person to come , sign and take the package !
In Japan, you can choose to let in front of your door, in your mail box or receive it in person. You can also get your parcel in public mail boxes or convenience stores.
My USPS ("US Snail") just does the "dump&dash". He'll toss it over my gate if I'm lucky, sometimes just drops it in my driveway. I just brought in Amazon packages that are rainsoaked, as TS Nicole is coming through. I'm surprised the lazy bum even bothered delivering today. 🤨
In Australia, I've gotten a card telling me my package will be at x post office near me to collect, if I wasn't home to get to package. But I also see some packages left outside doors too.
Last story, as a spouse is not subject to UCMJ, ordering the service member to force their spouse to attend was in fact an illegal order. The SM (service member) should have immediately refused the order and gone up the chain.
I always hated how 2LT's had to put their stamp on everything, reinventing the wheel. My favorite I tell was when a butterbar ordered me to sweep UP the stairs. What exactly was going through his mind that made him think that was going to work, IDK 😐
I am mortified at the Karen in the 2nd story. Her attitude over special needs is just... I would darn hope that she was never, EVER left alone with her grandchild O_O
Nobody should use the R-word. Kudos for the OP of that story for standing up to the use of that word. *Dealing with someone being mean for calling out a RUclipsr that claims to be an English teacher, who encourages the use of a Thesaurus, for using the word.*
Is there a term for a person who uses Karen tactics but uses them for Good or are in the Right? Examples are the last story, and there's a story fluff posted about a woman who prevented a possible child kidnapping by acting like a Karen.
One of my buddies and his first wife adopted four kids, three siblings. All are "special needs" to varying degrees. The kids are all adults now, though the younger boy is developmentally at a six-year-old level. My buddy has lost both first and second wives (health problems). It's been a rough life for him.
Sadly for many entitled racist people in America. Someone being Hispanic, or just having brown skin, means you are part of the servant class and must serve their every whim.
I LOVED the last one & yes, there are a lot of 2nd Lt’s out there who think they know it all. I’m a USAF veteran, I think I was an A1C at the time (early 70’s) & I yelled at a 2nd Lt, he just stood there & took, saying yes ma’am, no ma’am, it won’t happen again ma’am!! Man, did that feel good!! The officer’s I worked with were great & acknowledged that I knew my job better than other’s who’d been in the same career field longer than myself.
Military wife here. Yeah, they pull that shit in story 6 all the time. My husband’s LT and Captain forced me to go to picnics I didn’t want me to and would yell at my husband for not talking to people even though I have a documented anxiety disorder. They retaliated quite often. Yelled at me in public for crying at a picnic when I was not yet diagnosed after I had just gotten married to escape my abusive family and was in the acute-phase of recovering from the abuse (I don’t remember that time, which was the first 6 months of us being married). I apparently did nothing but cry and have night terrors for months. Right now they are retaliating for the “heinous act” of me not reproducing, because it’s something you’re expected to do in the army. His command tried getting him chaptered illegally. I reported it. They retaliated by leaking my HIPAA information and calling me “crazy” for having anxiety/depression with some PTSD after being severely abused by a close family member and shot at. And it was because the chaplain spilled all our private conversations to this commander. And the unit’s spouses used this information to push me toward another suicide attempt for not having kids-I can’t safely bear children, so I couldn’t even if I wanted to, also in the spread health info put out around the company. Then they did what they could to stop my husband from getting a vasectomy after my surgery had major complications and failed. But we ended up getting it in the end. I’m so done with this shit.
So not only Was the 1st Karen calling this woman's child a terrible name but sounds like she was calling her own grandchild the same terrible name. There is no way I would have been calm or nice to her I wouldn't told her anything I would have smacked her. I need to not put your hands on somebody else or you should expect to get hit back, It wouldn't have been an accident if I smacked her in the nose. So sorry to hear that you are sick I hope you get better soon.
Story 2: I am an official diagnostic autistic person. Back in high school and even in my younger years, I was NOT EASY to handle because of my high functioning autism. I even handled kids who had it rougher than I did, and it ain't easy at all. It takes love and a shit ton of patience, but it's worth it
Better... Take the list, tell her to wait here, walk away and THEN rip it up before tossing it in the trash and going on with your shopping... Wave politely at her as you leave the store with your purchases just to add Insult to her Injury... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan Yes, oh yes. If the store has a bench, escort her to the bench and then take the list and toss it, then take care of business and leave. Better yet, tell her "give me 30 minutes, go get a coffee, etc then when you get back, you should be ready to check out" ...... just make sure you are GONE before she gets back ..... and you can pretty much guarantee she will "check out" when she has a conniption shit when she gets back.
It seems that there are quite a few 2nd Lieutenants who go on a power trip when they get their first assignment. When my older cousin was in boot camp (Army) he got a 2nd Looie who not only was verbally abusive, but sometimes physically. One time, he actually hit my cousin for something, but he was seen by some superior officers (including the base CO) and he was dressed down royally in front of the entire company and iirc, lost his commission right there and then.
So, I don't know when it was implemented, especially considering I'm in a different branch, but the drills weren't allowed to touch us, or even the straps of our backpacks. So if he actually hit someone and it was within the last 30-40 years or so, yeah probably lost his commission. Or atleast was put on heavy probation.
Story 1: I'm not surprised at all that the people of that small town reported op as being a porch pirate. Porch piracy is an usually large issue in the states, there are a startlingly high number of people who live in the states that lack the decency to NOT touch someone elses mail. It feels like it shouldn't be a problem, yet it is. As such, I'm not surprised some people have begun to get paranoid about possible porch piracy.
Regarding the final story, I was on active duty in the army for three years, and we were quizzed on our chain of command from time to time. I always had to bite my tongue to refrain from adding "civilian" to the very top of the chain because that's pretty much how it is. I don't know what that Lieutenant was thinking trying to order a civilian around. You'd think that even a newly minted commissioned officer would know better.
Story 6 - Alas, second lieutenants are not known for their common sense. My Dad was a career soldier (a sergeant), and he hated second lieutenants with a passion!
I honestly don’t understand how people can’t tell who are and are not employees in major stores. Also, you get much better help if you ask kindly. I was very recently frustrated at a Walmart because they’re all remodeling, but when I found an employee I put on a smile and in a kind voice asked for help finding a particular item. She was so helpful and I made sure to thank her. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to act with common decency in public.
First story: when I did my handful of AFlex deliveries, I would panic at any delay(I get anxiety over deadlines and being late for important stuff) so this would have me freaking out a little bit BTW DarkFluff, Between you, Stevo and The Click, I feel so loved by you guys
Last story The number of 2nd LTs (or Ensigns in Navy/Coast Guard) are so full of themselves and think they are the greatest thing in the world To see them knocked down and deflated is the joy of all
Story 3. I haven't set foot in any Target store for over 2 decades. Not since that company banned the USMC from collecting "Toys for Tots" claiming the sight of Marines in uniforms might offend customers! To hell with Target! No, I am NOT a Marine!
Story 2 piss me off. As a woman with autism and going to school to teach Special Education, there is nothing dumb or r***** about people with disabilities. They just learn in their own way. That karen was so infuriating.
Definitely. And there is nothing easy about going to school to become a teacher to teach students. That woman was being ablist. First, you have to take numerous amount of classes and plus learn how to write lesson plans. To become a Special Education teacher, you also need dual licensure with Elementary Education, so learning takes longer. Then you have to take state tests and do student teaching before you are certified. Plus, while you are student teaching, you can't work a regular job, so your income is limited. And, of course, people think we are in it for the money. It is a passion that requires a higher calling and commitment to see things through. Nothing remotely easy about it.
If I were going out for the first time in public out of fear of doing just that... I think I would choose the library. Wallyworld was a horrible first choice
Story 4: OP explaining that she doesn't work there would've achieved nothing. If there's anything that r/IDWHL has taught us, is that, whenever we tell a Karen we don't work there, they double down on their behavior, because they can never be wrong and can never hear a "no".
Last story...kinda sorta happened to my mum. Dad was career Army, Vietnam vet etc. She didn't bother with the officer or the upper command, she went straight to the Minister of Defence. Mum KNEW people, people who were influential and she played her cards as needed. She'd have been brilliant at tri level chess
Unrelated to the stories, when I was watching the last video you put out a few days ago, my husband walked into the kitchen (my computer desk is in the living room, right by the kitchen) and said, "Hey, is that Dark Fluff?" I was like, "Hell yeah." We were both mildly surprised that the other one watches you, though I guess we shouldn't have been because: 1. You're awesome and 2. We've been married 27 years so I guess we have to have SOMETHING in common, lol
Hehe.... Once, with her permission, I dumped out a close coworker's purse, and the pile of "stuff" was amazing. She was very happy to find a couple items she had "lost"! 😄
i desperately want to know where these karens shop that you can walk into the store, give an employee your list and have them get everything on it for you while you just stand around doing nothing. l've never heard of a store doing that (like outside of online ordering, which you're not in the store for so...)
I know, right? In what universe does that happen? Well, only if you're mega rich, from a middle eastern country, you arrive with an entourage, and you are most DEFINITIVELY not in a local Wallyworld, but in THE most expensive store in the country; but apart from those exceptions, it just does not happen. Ever.
I'm reading a novel that mentions a character that does that. *However* that fictional character doesn't grab random people, is friendly with the fictional worker and spends half the shopping time asking about the worker's life and family. Also, the story is set around the late 1800s.
So S4, my personal advice suffer from anything remotely similar to OP. I recommend finding a local card shop or art gallery. Very calm environment, rarely noisy and the people 9.9/10 times are very friendly or very least not wildly insane. I wish you all best out there fellow humans!
Kinda reminds me of one time at the DMV when I was being discriminated against while I was getting my state ID I have Autism and grew up when they stopped teaching cursive for a while so I never learned I got to the point when I had to do my signature and like "Do I have to do in cursive I don't know cursive?" my mom was about to say no when queue Karen behind the counter "No he has to do it in cursive." My mom was like "He has Autism and never learned cursive." Karen behind the counter "He's a big boy he can do it." My mom was gonna jump over the counter at that point she was furious that Karen's tone was so condescending I was so pissed myself but I wasn't gonna give her ablism the satisfaction of a reaction.
Guys I'm back! I lost my voice for 3 days for all who are wondering. TERRIBLE VIRAL INFECTION. 😂😂😂😂😂👊👊👊👊👊🥹🥹🥹🥹
Glad you're feeling better, Fluff. ❤️🤗
Just so glad to have you back & glad for you to have your voice back! Please keep safe!!!
good to have you back fluff health comes first glad you are feeling better
Glad you're back DF. I've been binging you're videos and despite the CLEAR proof I still can't believe that people like this exist. What do we need to rename commen sense to now, seeing as it's not so common.
Good to hear you are recovering. May you be done with bugs for the rest of the year!
I saw a manager at a small owned grocery store, crumbled up a rude ladies grocery list threw it in her face and said get the hell out since you can't touch a worker or another customer like this ( she punched a cashier who is 16) in the face. The cops were waiting for her when she tried to leave.
SHE PUNCHED A WORKER?????
I've never even seen or heard someone in Australia touching a store employee at all... let alone...
So ... the manager told her to get the hell out, then called police when she tried to leave ... (☉_☉)
@@gorilladisco9108 think they meant that the police was already there, and she tried to run away.
Story 1: Given the type of people who think that "I'll just stop talking to you" is a punishment, it's usually a reward.
Same with "I'll never shop here again." like oh nooo Karen please I love getting yelled at.
Makes me wounder what would happen if two Karens became each others' targets.
Probably about as entertaining as an A.I. chat bot talking to an A.I. chat bot.
"I'll just stop talking with you."
"I'm not through with you!"
"Stop. Don't. Come back."
Saporatus They overestimate their value as customers. Of course the company needs customers, but most retail businesses have thousands of them. Losing one isn’t going to make much difference to the store’s profits. In fact, the type of customer who’s always demanding discounts or things for free, and driving staff to quit aren’t usually very profitable for the business in the first place.
It was good that the sheriff had common sense...
They should do something about that town nutcase stalker.
That last story was gold. After so many stories about Dependas abusing their "authority", it was great to hear about an experienced military spouse not letting a newbie officer push HER around.
2LT doesn't seem to know where the UCMJ ends. When I went through MP school one of the first things we were taught was that civilians on base living with their military spouse were not subject to the UCMJ. Yes of course we can physically stop them from committing crimes and detain them (as we would apprehend a SM), but we were to have them in our custody for as short a time as possible and get them turned over to the civilian police. From there the base commander could ban them from the base and it would be a federal offense if they trespassed.
The fact that the reply from OP was probably loud enough for some of his superiors to hear has probably dropped him in the doo doo. As ex UK navy, I never ceased to be amazed about the number of ways junior officers can screw up.
Had something happen like that with my wife. I joined at 29 years old. My wife didn't need to go to a meeting designed for 19 year old brides on how to do simple shit.
@@stoopingfalcon891 LOL I'd love to hear stories of that sometime.
Story 4, OP's only mistake was shopping at Wal-Mart. That's the worst place for people with outdoor anxiety.
very true
I mean OP lives in the US, so not like they had a chance to begin with.
agoraphobia is a bit more complicated than outdoor anxiety, but I agree
@@Ishlacorrin I'd love to say that isn't true but alas a good health care system means the communists win lmao.
@@CenerothXaris As an Australian, I find that to be a really weird hill for so many US Americans to die on. To us over here, the idea that our government cannot provide decent health care, gets them voted out of office.
I used to be a special education teacher. It's nowhere easy. That lady was delusional.
Story 6 - I heard another similar story like that where a 2nd LT thought he could boss around the wife of a corporal, only to have her do the same. Only to give the 2nd LT the sort of butt chewing a colonel could give. That being the fact that she WAS the daughter of the full bird colonel for that area, and he also just happened to be visiting the base that day and was only two doors down with the base commander. He heard her voice and almost came running, only to stand with the base commander in the doorway behind her beaming with pride at his 'little girl' giving the 2nd LT a dressing down. All the time her husband was standing just outside the door at parade rest trying not to grin.
Oh, and yes the 2nd LT then got a dressing down by the two for not standing to attention when they entered the room.
Fucking beautiful. Thank ya for dropping such a wonderful story for others to laugh about
Story 3: You can help with one or two items, but a whole goddamn list? It's like Karen just wanted an employee to do all the shopping for her, which she could've just done with online shopping (Target does that).
Meanwhile, yeah, a lot of people seem to forget cameras exist. It's like blind rage
Camera's are Karens, Racists and cops their worst fear.
I would have crumpled the shopping list into a ball of paper and let it drop to the floor.
And the cameras? I bet every Karen's morning wish is that all cameras are out of work just when they enter any store. lol
I hope you don't have that attitude when a disabled individual shows up.
Karens are (mostly) able-bodied and they hate disabled people. In their mind disabled people are scum.
If they are allowed to go Scot free earlier, Karens just get worse, it seems.
I’m in retail management. A few years ago the local community college approached the store I was at asking if the store could be used as a training ground for special needs students they were training. We let them work. I was instructed to just be my regular manager self to them but keep in mind they were special needs. Also these special needs students were high functioning. They could take care of themselves and could read basic numbers and letters. Being their manager was harder than being a manager to normal people. They learned at a slower pace and I had to repeat myself a lot more. They also needed some coaching from their advisers before talking to me. Work ethic was amazing. Working with special needs kids is not easy and if they woman thought it was, she’s in for a rude awakening. I also told the students if anyone called them the r word to come get me. That person would be banned from the store. Thankfully no one did.
You are what a Manager SHOULD be...
And sadly, all to often, aren't...
Good for you!
😄😁😆😅😂🤣
It's my opinion that there's a huge difference between describing a mentally disabled person as "retarded" and describing them as "a retard." The first is just a statement of fact, while the second is a deliberate and uncalled-for insult.
Or another way of putting it: The first is describing a condition which a person has while the second is an attempt to make that condition into the entire person.
Excellent post! If I may piggy-back to add: I'm sure you realized that after a long day of managing trainees with special needs, you got to go home, leaving work behind you. Parents of children with special needs are on call 24/7 squared...no, CUBED! ❤Love, compassion and self-care are the keys! ❤
My cousin has Downs Syndrome and has been working at a local grocery store for decades. This allowed her to get an apartment and live as independently as she can. She is one of the most joyful people I've ever known.
Her manager, and others like you, are true earth angels.
Blessings to you Christine!
Woolworths (with Fujitsu) here in Australia now have 12 mini-stores that help students (k-12) with diverse needs develop things like communication skills, money handling, functional literacy and numeracy etc. They are planning to open at least 25 more at schools & adult learning centres
I'm ex military so story 6 had me rolling with laughter. It reminds me of Lt. Bob. We had a new Lt. assigned to my unit. On his first day our First Sargent introduced him as Lt. Wandell. The Lt got in front of us and said "Hi, you can call me Bob". We all exchanged looks because an enlisted man calling an officer by his first name was a big no no in the Army. I was a bit of a smart ass back then so I grabbed ahold of this with both hands. No matter what the situation he would be Bob to me. Stationed in Germany he wanted to know fun places to hang out and since I spoke the language I knew of allot more places than most. The first night we go out he ends up borrowing 10DM (another big no no, borrowing money from enlisted) from me. Time passes and he's transferred to another unit somewhere in Germany but he never repaid me. A couple years later I'm in some tiny town and I need fuel for my truck. I find this very small maintenance unit that I can fill up at. As I get out of my truck I see a group of soldiers around a generator learning about maintenance. Who's teaching the class? Good ol Lt. Bob. I call out "Lt. Bob, how ya doing?" He calls me over to the group and tries to tell me to address him as Lt. Wandell. I just smiled and said "No Sir, you told me I could call you Bob, and where's that 10 Marks you owe me?" He sheepishly pulls out his wallet and pays me back. He then turns to the group that are hardly containing their laughter at this point and barks "My name is not Lt. Bob and if any of you call me that you're going to be sorry". I start to walk away but before I'm out of earshot I yell "Nice seeing you Bob". So much fun.
After retiring and meeting "call me Lt Wandell", OP should have innocently told him, "Oh, now you are Lt Bobbit?" and waited for the waves of laughter from the others in the group
Bro, you are so lucky he had a decent sense of humor. That should have would have ended me up with bloody knuckles from push-ups, and puke all over my shirt from how much running I would have been doing
My mom developed agoraphobia when I was 15. Then she didn’t leave the house for more than 10 years. Prior to this my Grandfather had been a lighthouse keeper meaning my mom grew up on lighthouses, then she joined the Marine Corp during WW2, raised be as a single mom and suddenly can’t leave the house! One day I was listening to talk radio and this psychologist is talking this new psychology issue that he was treating. It was agoraphobia and his practice was about 10 miles from my mom. Within 2 weeks she was driving again. It was just crazy!
Last story reminds me of the day I tried to enlist in the Marines in 1977. I was 20 and my Dad was with me. He was a WW2vet, MSGT in the Corps, total badass. The recruiter laid into me. I am 6ft 150lb beanpole and this guy was tearing me a new one trying to break me. I looked him dead in the eyes and told him, There is nothing you can do to me that has not already been done by my Dad. He lost it on my Dad and asked him who the F*ck he thinks he is. Big mistake. My Dad ripped off name, rank and serial number and immediately went into Devil Dog mode. The image that pops in my mind is Beetle Bailey stomped into a mudhole by Sarge and the recruiter apologizing, only to have my Devil Dog Dad go up his chain of command ripping the recruiter to shreds. Due to an injury I suffered in a car accident as a kid, I was rejected, but that recruiter was never seen again. Semper Fi Dad, I miss you.
😂😂😂😂 recruiter giving suprised Pikachu face popped in my head...
Story 5: I know that employees push carts around to restock, but I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to take from them
If they're doing restock, you probably can take it from a cart and put it into yours but, especially now-a-days, ask first because they may be doing shopping for a curbside pickup!
And you can't just unload their cart onto the floor in the first place!!!
Having worked in retail where they had "reshop" carts (items that needed to be returned to correct shelf) the employees never card, much, if someone pulled something out of it however as Tim Engineman mentioned many stores now have employees that shop for online orders. Also, there are enough "I don't work here" stories that show that no one should assume that the cart is a from an employee restocking. In short in may be okay to pull items out of the cart but always ask first.
Yeah, both you guys are correct. The store I work at gets a lot of online orders which the staff have to stop for.
@@donnakubiski5572 Yup you almost are outnumbered at times by the pickers for the online orders, and I always greet and say hello to them as well. 6 orders in one cart, and you have 30 minutes to pick it, have it checked, sealed and then drive to deliver it.
I never really thought about it that way but you bring up a good point you’d probably Frick up their inventory if you took something from it
Story 2, I used to know a couple who was taking care of their autistic granddaughter and I can assure you, looking after her was NOT easy. Anybody who thinks looking after special needs kids is easy are dead wrong.
I don't think I'd struggle too bad with it, but I'm also autistic so I'd definitely be able to relate to them
I work with adults with learning and social disabilities and I can confirm it is NOT an easy job. I love the job, I love the men I support but it can be exhausting.
@@Kasey.Walker oh that’s awesome if I may be so bold as to ask what program it is?
@@Choujifangirl Program? Could you clarify your question please? I'm not entirely sure what you mean, thank you!
@@Kasey.Walker um…Nevermind
I have spent the last 8 years raising my 2 autistic stepchildren. I use to be an Operational Admin who LOVED working 60 hour weeks. My boss asked me if I was going to take any time off for the summer. I asked if I could sleep under my desk. Obviously he said, "No". "Well this is NOT the job, I need a vacation from."
So wait, the Karen in the 2nd story wanted a job taking care of kids with special needs because she thought it would be easy?? Dear lord! *face/palm*
I'll give her credit, though... It takes an exceptionally low IQ to say what she said at 3:55 so bluntly.
And I thought the phrase "What number do you dial for 911!" was crazy 🤣
As someone that gets anxiety going outside to places with big groups of people, I feel for that story. I don't freeze up, but when confronted by people I get really hostile.
OP hit her by accident when OP was Being attacked by a crazy lady who obviously can’t do her shopping by herself one item fine not the whole list there are services that can help you with that, thank you for pressing charges so many times they do not.
What the hell, first story ... wasn't it pretty obvious the guy was putting packages ON porches, not taking them off porches?
Third story: At that accusation I'll simply observe and say "If you were hit in the face, where are the marks of it?“ Even a Karen should know that a hit at the face ALWAYS leaves a mark.
Lol. Except that isn't true.
@@johnclaybaugh9536 yes, not just purple eyes are the only marks that can appear in the face. Red marks as well.
On some people, a red mark may show up immediately but also fade within a couple minutes (my son). On others, marks take a 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 long time to show (me, at 3-4 days for a bruise to become visible). There are more variations than hard & fast rules.
I went through OCS (I was in the Army Reserves prior to going through OCS. I was a medic), and I can affirm that we had some seriously dumb s**** who thought that they had power because they could do push-ups and sit-ups. They believed that Physical Training was leadership (no kidding!). One of them, right after we had just had a class on communication where the lecturer had emphasized that there is no such thing as a one-way conversation (all conversations had to be two ways in order to be certain that the listener understood); yelled at me (again, no kidding), "This ain't no two-way conversation! I talk! You listen!" Yeah, we had some real losers in OCS. Fortunately my no-two-way-conversationalist did not get his commission, but others did.
I had a st*pid one aswell when i volunteered. He was bigger then me and i had a somewhat belly. He left me alone after he found out the hard way that this does not make me automaticly weaker then someone buff. XD Body does not tell everything about someone's power he found out, he stopped bragging, flexing like a massive 1d1ot.
There's no way that last story was real.
The absolute worst were the officers from West Point, largest group of morons and the absolute worst officers to a man.
@@bobbobbington3615 Butterbars often get ideas, and for the military spouses they soon learn that they are not the rank, and are not subject to all the military rules, though they are subject to quite a few by virtue of living in what is essentially a HOA with armed guards.
I don’t know if you’re familiar with the game team fortress two but every time I hear medic that’s all I see I’m so sorry😂
I worked at a Special Needs sleep away camp for 2 months as a Specialty Chess Counselor when i was 16/17. Place is called Camp Ramapo and houses children from 4 to 18 with various different needs ranging from Autism to Schizophrenia and a plethora of mental issues.
It was one of the most rewarding things I've ever done in my life. Its also one of the HARDEST thing I've done in my life. That woman has literally no idea, and I didn't even have to be with the kids 24-7. I still don't know how the regular counselors did it.
The answer…red wine and pomegranate martinis
Story 6: OP's Husband definitely has 2 superiors: His own commanding officer, and OP. And he seems to be very much in love of his fiery wife. That's a really awesome story and I laughed throughout. I can imagine the higher ups that 'overheard' how OP chewed up the 2nd Lt to be chuckling 😂
The grabby woman in Target needs to get the Reverse Uno treatment.
"How dare you grab a paying customer! Go get your manager NOW!I'm going to get you fired!!"
The first story: My first parish out of graduate school/seminary was a town exactly like that. I have several very funny stories from my time spent there. However, a heartwarming one, considering it is coming up on that time of year, the postmaster called me at my house on Christmas Eve and said, "Pastor, you have a couple of packages here. I just thought I'd tell you just in case you wanted to come and get them before the window closes in an hour." The postmaster going above and beyond. Thanks Santa!
I absolutely loved the last story,there's nothing funnier than a greenhorn lieutenant getting chewed out by a pissed off military wife,with anger management issues!😆😆😆
"You obey me!" That line is the best way to get punched by me
same by me with pretty big foul mouth allong with it, lucky here in Netherlands we have not so many karens like America have.
Story 4: I feel so bad for OP. I hope that interaction doesn't scare her off of going outside again.
Poor thing. More trauma. Those Karens can detect someone with anxiety from 20 miles away.
My first instinct if someone grabs my arm is to growl like a dog and tell them to let me go.
Mine is scream as loud as I can that she's gonna R me just to get them off quickly
My first reaction when someone grabs my arm and spins me around by it is to scream in agony and smash my metal cane into their head as hard as I can to force them to let me go...
Both of my shoulders and one hip are fucked so grabbing me by the arm and spinning me like Karen's tend to do causes considerable Agony to me...
It happened to me once (it was a good joint day so I wasn't riding my Mobility Scooter) and when the Police and Ambulance arrived (Karen lost some teeth when my cane hit her), the Police looked at the security camera's and saw what she did to me and that along with how badly I was standing/limping when they arrived and the witness statements of how loudly I screamed in Agony when she grabbed me, caused HER to be Arrested for Assault & Battery instead of me because it was very clearly Self Defense...
[Sigh] It STARTED as a good day for me and ended up with me soaking in a HOT bath eating Extra Strength Ibuprofen like they were PEZ candies (I can't tolerate most Really Heavy Duty Pain Killers so I save them for recovering from Surgery)...
That’s interesting because I can do a pretty convincing cat hiss, and if anybody tries to grab me that’s exactly what I would do, followed by shoving them as hard as I could
Story 1: I'm a direct support professional... I work with disabled adults and I was *DYING* with laughter when I heard "easy job"🤣🤣🤣 I love my job but oh Lord, it is DEFINITELY not an easy job and definitely not a job for everyone. I bet Karen would last about 5 minutes in the field...
Seconds, not minutes. (Okay, I'm exaggerating. But it's funny.) 😆
That was the first thing I thought of when I read the story (I read rather than listen). People who are non-neurotypical are NOT easy to deal with. And I say that as a non-neurotypical myself.
I got a job back in the mid-'80s working with developmentally handicapped young me, and I will agree that it isn't always easy, but it can feel rewarding. On my first day, the boys tried to make my life an absolute Hell, but not knowing any of them, I just thought that I would just chalk it up to unfamiliarity and learn to cope, having been around special-needs individuals almost all my life. When I showed up the next day, everyone, including my coworkers were surprised, because none of them thought I'd be back. It broke the ice with them, and while there were some who continued to act up, I let them know that as long as they followed the rules, I would be fair with them, and was there to help them if they needed help with something. I grew to love them as if they were close relatives, and when they succeeded at something, I would be proud of them and not try to abuse any "power" I may have had over them. It was one of the most satisfying, yet sometimes frustrating, jobs I've ever held. As a "teacher" for them, they taught me much, too.
@@jacklow9611 your last statement hit me hard. And I fully agree. I have learned so much from working in this field. It can be the most rewarding yet most frustrating job. (The rewarding far outweighs the frustration for me at least)
@@Amy_The_unbearded: As it did for me.
My ex worked with developmentally disabled adults for a couple of years and had to go to the E.R. multiple times due to injuries. Through no fault of their own, many people in that condition are physically very dangerous, and it is one of the toughest jobs out there to take care of them. That Karen would have been a statistic no later than the end of her first day (possibly closer to the beginning of that day).
It's always surprising that people say you work somewhere because they saw you helping someone. "Lady, unlike you I am a decent Human Being and help people."
Story 2: I was eating when I watched this and almost choked on the R word. WHAT THE HELL, LADY?!
Hope you're doing well DF. Your presence was greatly missed.
I feel DF is doing good. Haven't heard anything from Steveo in a while. I think DF either put him in the box or maybe .......*gasp*......... DF might have gone full *Hannibal* on Steveo.
That last story reminds me of when I drove a school bus. There was a load zone coordinator that liked to bark orders at students and drivers alike. One day they caught me on a bad day and came on my bus barking at me about something or another. I calmly put my bus in park, shut off the engine and walked them off my bus. I said to them:
"I am not one of your students or your subordinate. If you have an issue with me you will explain it to me calmly or speak to my dispatcher. If you bark orders at me again I will have a conversation with your principal and make sure you are no longer a coordinator!"
I received a 'talking to' about it but the transportation director kept laughing half way through and starting over.
Story 2: I work for a bus company as a person who accompanies children with disabilities on their way home.
I've had children who screamed uncontrollably, started kicking and hitting around them or were completely silent during the ride.
My job is to make sure they reach the destination safely (some of them try to unbuckle or get out of their seat).
If this woman thinks working with kids of this caliber is EZ she really is in for a rude awakening.
The last story reminded me of volunteering on base to help with summer craft sessions for dependent kids. Who ever thought it was going to work to put 6 and 12 year olds in the same big room with the same crafts is beyond me. So there was this 11-ish kid who kept cutting up. The woman running the show had a really loud whistle and blew it at this kid multiple times an hour. I had a headache that I did not have at the beginning of the session. I finally got the trouble maker by the arm and we left the room. He said his dad was the CO (base commanding officer) and my husband was in a lot of trouble. Yeah, and I will tell your dad just why I told you to knock it off. Blessed silence the rest of the sessions. I don't know if his dad was really the CO and I got a talking to by the woman with the whistle, but I didn't care. And I never volunteered for anything like that ever again on base or off.
Just pretend you didn't hear the karens and treat them like an employee that should blow their minds
"ill take my business elsewhere."
Please do it helps me not catch an assault charge againest rude customers.
When I listened to the last story, my brain immediately went to a moment in season 2 of Deep Space Nine where Dax, a Lieutenant, is at a table with two Veteran Klingons (before a third walks up) and one of them says, "I see that the Federation insults us by sending a LIEUTENANT to greet us." and her immediate response is to use the knowledge of her previous life (her species shares lifetimes of memories when a symbiotic lifeform joins a new host body) to school the Klingon and he is stunned into near silence as a result.
Great Stories! The deal with the Hispanic lady and the manager telling Karen to go shop at the HD 5 miles away was golden!
Rules for Karens: 1, When they go hands on, it's game on. And your game is the final quarter hockey fight. 2, always always press charges.
8:40. But officers, who are you going to believe? Me, or those lying cameras???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Welcome back Fluff! Rest! Stay hydrated and we will always be here ready to listen to the craziness of the world you share with us!
good that the Amazon driver is in the USA because here in Germany he has to ring doorbells and wait for the person to come , sign and take the package !
In Japan, you can choose to let in front of your door, in your mail box or receive it in person. You can also get your parcel in public mail boxes or convenience stores.
My USPS ("US Snail") just does the "dump&dash". He'll toss it over my gate if I'm lucky, sometimes just drops it in my driveway. I just brought in Amazon packages that are rainsoaked, as TS Nicole is coming through. I'm surprised the lazy bum even bothered delivering today. 🤨
here in Netherlands they can drop it of at neighbours, or they take it back with new schedule for delivery when you are available.
In Australia, I've gotten a card telling me my package will be at x post office near me to collect, if I wasn't home to get to package.
But I also see some packages left outside doors too.
I've been stopped by police while delivering late at night before. Thankfully they were understanding.
Last story, as a spouse is not subject to UCMJ, ordering the service member to force their spouse to attend was in fact an illegal order. The SM (service member) should have immediately refused the order and gone up the chain.
I always hated how 2LT's had to put their stamp on everything, reinventing the wheel. My favorite I tell was when a butterbar ordered me to sweep UP the stairs. What exactly was going through his mind that made him think that was going to work, IDK 😐
OP should pay herself on the back for surviving a wild Karen in Walmart when she has anxiety and agoraphobia. Wild Karens and Walmart both scare me.
I wonder how much trouble the 2nd lieutenant could get into by trying to order a civilian around.
I am mortified at the Karen in the 2nd story. Her attitude over special needs is just... I would darn hope that she was never, EVER left alone with her grandchild O_O
Nobody should use the R-word. Kudos for the OP of that story for standing up to the use of that word.
*Dealing with someone being mean for calling out a RUclipsr that claims to be an English teacher, who encourages the use of a Thesaurus, for using the word.*
Is there a term for a person who uses Karen tactics but uses them for Good or are in the Right? Examples are the last story, and there's a story fluff posted about a woman who prevented a possible child kidnapping by acting like a Karen.
I would have said yes sir I am a porch pirate 😂 I steal packages from Amazon then deliver them
One of my buddies and his first wife adopted four kids, three siblings. All are "special needs" to varying degrees. The kids are all adults now, though the younger boy is developmentally at a six-year-old level. My buddy has lost both first and second wives (health problems). It's been a rough life for him.
apparently it wore the wives out as well.
Karens don’t realize that assumptions are the mother of all screw-ups
Sadly for many entitled racist people in America. Someone being Hispanic, or just having brown skin, means you are part of the servant class and must serve their every whim.
I LOVED the last one & yes, there are a lot of 2nd Lt’s out there who think they know it all. I’m a USAF veteran, I think I was an A1C at the time (early 70’s) & I yelled at a 2nd Lt, he just stood there & took, saying yes ma’am, no ma’am, it won’t happen again ma’am!! Man, did that feel good!! The officer’s I worked with were great & acknowledged that I knew my job better than other’s who’d been in the same career field longer than myself.
Military wife here. Yeah, they pull that shit in story 6 all the time. My husband’s LT and Captain forced me to go to picnics I didn’t want me to and would yell at my husband for not talking to people even though I have a documented anxiety disorder. They retaliated quite often. Yelled at me in public for crying at a picnic when I was not yet diagnosed after I had just gotten married to escape my abusive family and was in the acute-phase of recovering from the abuse (I don’t remember that time, which was the first 6 months of us being married). I apparently did nothing but cry and have night terrors for months.
Right now they are retaliating for the “heinous act” of me not reproducing, because it’s something you’re expected to do in the army. His command tried getting him chaptered illegally. I reported it. They retaliated by leaking my HIPAA information and calling me “crazy” for having anxiety/depression with some PTSD after being severely abused by a close family member and shot at. And it was because the chaplain spilled all our private conversations to this commander. And the unit’s spouses used this information to push me toward another suicide attempt for not having kids-I can’t safely bear children, so I couldn’t even if I wanted to, also in the spread health info put out around the company. Then they did what they could to stop my husband from getting a vasectomy after my surgery had major complications and failed. But we ended up getting it in the end. I’m so done with this shit.
What insane person thinks being a special needs caretaker is an "easy" job?!
it isn't, i have light autism my self, as kid i did have learning dissabillity and still have trouble focusing to that autism.
Someone who has never tried doing that job. It's rewarding, to be sure, but it's definitely not easy.
First time I've heard a story about a military spouse adamant on them not being military
So not only Was the 1st Karen calling this woman's child a terrible name but sounds like she was calling her own grandchild the same terrible name. There is no way I would have been calm or nice to her I wouldn't told her anything I would have smacked her. I need to not put your hands on somebody else or you should expect to get hit back, It wouldn't have been an accident if I smacked her in the nose. So sorry to hear that you are sick I hope you get better soon.
i agree with you fully 100%, i would have reacted same way when needed.
if luck with broken nose or jaw or few punched out teeth.
Story 3: If cameras could talk, they'd say: "How many times do we need to teach you this lesson, you old hag!?"
Throw that purse as far as you can, over a few aisles.
Story 2: "*If* she gets a job."
Panic: "If"... "If" is good.
We missed you while you were gone! Balance has been restored. Glad you are feeling better Fluff!!
All of those karens are monsters.
Story 2: I am an official diagnostic autistic person. Back in high school and even in my younger years, I was NOT EASY to handle because of my high functioning autism. I even handled kids who had it rougher than I did, and it ain't easy at all. It takes love and a shit ton of patience, but it's worth it
Fifth story: Level of racism in the area: IT'S OVER 9000!!!
You can't even pretend you know spanish if you say Hablar "English-o".
Me being the petty witch I am I would have ripped up Karen's list tossed it at her and told her good luck remembering what you needed and walked off
Better...
Take the list, tell her to wait here, walk away and THEN rip it up before tossing it in the trash and going on with your shopping...
Wave politely at her as you leave the store with your purchases just to add Insult to her Injury...
😄😁😆😅😂🤣
@@HappilyHomicidalHooligan Yes, oh yes. If the store has a bench, escort her to the bench and then take the list and toss it, then take care of business and leave. Better yet, tell her "give me 30 minutes, go get a coffee, etc then when you get back, you should be ready to check out" ...... just make sure you are GONE before she gets back ..... and you can pretty much guarantee she will "check out" when she has a conniption shit when she gets back.
Falling asleep on the floor she just hit you with her purse🤦♀️
Yes charge the Karen they won’t learn if you don’t
It seems that there are quite a few 2nd Lieutenants who go on a power trip when they get their first assignment. When my older cousin was in boot camp (Army) he got a 2nd Looie who not only was verbally abusive, but sometimes physically. One time, he actually hit my cousin for something, but he was seen by some superior officers (including the base CO) and he was dressed down royally in front of the entire company and iirc, lost his commission right there and then.
So, I don't know when it was implemented, especially considering I'm in a different branch, but the drills weren't allowed to touch us, or even the straps of our backpacks. So if he actually hit someone and it was within the last 30-40 years or so, yeah probably lost his commission. Or atleast was put on heavy probation.
Employees are more important and way better than customers
Story 1: I'm not surprised at all that the people of that small town reported op as being a porch pirate. Porch piracy is an usually large issue in the states, there are a startlingly high number of people who live in the states that lack the decency to NOT touch someone elses mail. It feels like it shouldn't be a problem, yet it is. As such, I'm not surprised some people have begun to get paranoid about possible porch piracy.
Regarding the final story, I was on active duty in the army for three years, and we were quizzed on our chain of command from time to time. I always had to bite my tongue to refrain from adding "civilian" to the very top of the chain because that's pretty much how it is. I don't know what that Lieutenant was thinking trying to order a civilian around. You'd think that even a newly minted commissioned officer would know better.
so right back at her "did you not hear what I just said"
Story 6 - Alas, second lieutenants are not known for their common sense. My Dad was a career soldier (a sergeant), and he hated second lieutenants with a passion!
I honestly don’t understand how people can’t tell who are and are not employees in major stores. Also, you get much better help if you ask kindly. I was very recently frustrated at a Walmart because they’re all remodeling, but when I found an employee I put on a smile and in a kind voice asked for help finding a particular item. She was so helpful and I made sure to thank her. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to act with common decency in public.
I’m so glad that you are feeling better! You were missed!!
Thank you for that Besty that is a good person.
First story: when I did my handful of AFlex deliveries, I would panic at any delay(I get anxiety over deadlines and being late for important stuff) so this would have me freaking out a little bit
BTW DarkFluff, Between you, Stevo and The Click, I feel so loved by you guys
Last story
The number of 2nd LTs (or Ensigns in Navy/Coast Guard) are so full of themselves and think they are the greatest thing in the world
To see them knocked down and deflated is the joy of all
Imagine thinking special ed is an "easy job" lol
Story 1.
"If you speak to me like that I wont talk to you anymore "
Is that supposed to be a threat???
In my mind, laughing, "Is that your husband? No, he's my patient" 😂😂😂
Thank you so much for saying “r word” instead of the actual word. I appreciate it so much. Most ppl roll their eyes when told its a slur
Story 3. I haven't set foot in any Target store for over 2 decades. Not since that company banned the USMC from collecting "Toys for Tots" claiming the sight of Marines in uniforms might offend customers! To hell with Target! No, I am NOT a Marine!
Damn. I didn't know that
@@voutsider190 True story! Pass it on!
Story 2 piss me off. As a woman with autism and going to school to teach Special Education, there is nothing dumb or r***** about people with disabilities. They just learn in their own way. That karen was so infuriating.
i know what you mean i deal with light autism on my own as well, i would deffently punched her lights out.
Definitely. And there is nothing easy about going to school to become a teacher to teach students. That woman was being ablist.
First, you have to take numerous amount of classes and plus learn how to write lesson plans. To become a Special Education teacher, you also need dual licensure with Elementary Education, so learning takes longer. Then you have to take state tests and do student teaching before you are certified. Plus, while you are student teaching, you can't work a regular job, so your income is limited. And, of course, people think we are in it for the money. It is a passion that requires a higher calling and commitment to see things through.
Nothing remotely easy about it.
And op didn't even need to say a single word to put Karen in her place 😁
Story 4: as someone with similar problems and ptsd, if someone grabs me in walmart im screaming and punching them without hesitation
Make sure they’re Not working there and even if they aren’t you don’t grab someone or take things off them.
If I were going out for the first time in public out of fear of doing just that... I think I would choose the library. Wallyworld was a horrible first choice
Story 4: OP explaining that she doesn't work there would've achieved nothing. If there's anything that r/IDWHL has taught us, is that, whenever we tell a Karen we don't work there, they double down on their behavior, because they can never be wrong and can never hear a "no".
Last story...kinda sorta happened to my mum. Dad was career Army, Vietnam vet etc. She didn't bother with the officer or the upper command, she went straight to the Minister of Defence. Mum KNEW people, people who were influential and she played her cards as needed. She'd have been brilliant at tri level chess
Unrelated to the stories, when I was watching the last video you put out a few days ago, my husband walked into the kitchen (my computer desk is in the living room, right by the kitchen) and said, "Hey, is that Dark Fluff?" I was like, "Hell yeah." We were both mildly surprised that the other one watches you, though I guess we shouldn't have been because:
1. You're awesome and
2. We've been married 27 years so I guess we have to have SOMETHING in common, lol
Last: 2nd Lts are called butter bars! Or shavetails! I bet this one called his mommy and spent a lot of his salary crying and sobbing!
Nothing like using a purse full of crap that you never use!
Hehe.... Once, with her permission, I dumped out a close coworker's purse, and the pile of "stuff" was amazing. She was very happy to find a couple items she had "lost"! 😄
i desperately want to know where these karens shop that you can walk into the store, give an employee your list and have them get everything on it for you while you just stand around doing nothing. l've never heard of a store doing that (like outside of online ordering, which you're not in the store for so...)
I know, right? In what universe does that happen? Well, only if you're mega rich, from a middle eastern country, you arrive with an entourage, and you are most DEFINITIVELY not in a local Wallyworld, but in THE most expensive store in the country; but apart from those exceptions, it just does not happen. Ever.
I'm reading a novel that mentions a character that does that. *However* that fictional character doesn't grab random people, is friendly with the fictional worker and spends half the shopping time asking about the worker's life and family. Also, the story is set around the late 1800s.
So S4, my personal advice suffer from anything remotely similar to OP. I recommend finding a local card shop or art gallery.
Very calm environment, rarely noisy and the people 9.9/10 times are very friendly or very least not wildly insane.
I wish you all best out there fellow humans!
Kinda reminds me of one time at the DMV when I was being discriminated against while I was getting my state ID I have Autism and grew up when they stopped teaching cursive for a while so I never learned I got to the point when I had to do my signature and like "Do I have to do in cursive I don't know cursive?" my mom was about to say no when queue Karen behind the counter "No he has to do it in cursive." My mom was like "He has Autism and never learned cursive." Karen behind the counter "He's a big boy he can do it." My mom was gonna jump over the counter at that point she was furious that Karen's tone was so condescending I was so pissed myself but I wasn't gonna give her ablism the satisfaction of a reaction.