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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Plantastrophe on 2024-05-09 16:35:28+00:00.
I actually wasn't involved in this one, but I saw it firsthand... and it was a MALE Karen and a FEMALE cashier.
Back in the 2010's, I worked as a part time employee at the Mall of America GAP store as a janitor. My shift ended as soon as the store opened and normally I would go home when it was all done. But It was around Christmas and I decided to stick around to do my shopping.
So, I was browsing a jewelry store, when a man bought a very impressive small glass bird and asked for it to be gift-wrapped. The woman at the checkout was more than happy to oblidge. But as she started getting out the wrapping, the man stopped her and told her he wanted it put into the wrapping machine. The woman told him that the bird was too small and fragile for the wrapping machine and needed more precise care for gift wrapped. But the guy wouldn't listen and started throwing sexist remarks at her before she finally yielded and put it in the wrapping machine.
And wouldn't you? In just two seconds you could her it shatter. A glass bird came in, a pile of glass dust came out. The man completely lost it and accused the woman of incompetence or negilgence. The woman reminded the man that she warned him that the bird was too small and fragile for the wrapping machine. But he just wouldn't listen and he got very hostile and sexist towards her. She then called security and that was my signal to leave the store.
Moral of the story, Karen is not exclusive to women. Never forget that. What do you think of this?