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I Met A Karen...

by max5ty
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So I pulled into Kroger today...

and a Karen went off on me.

I drive a Land Rover.

According to her, I should buy American.

Ok. I'm not the kind of person that can just come back with a response so it left me speechless.

I ended up paying her $241 grocery bill and I think that shocked her.

Have any of you met a Karen?
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    I she was a full blown Karen. Versus someone having a blonde moment. Not directly responding to her was the best thing you could have done.

    I don't even think there is a response to that. It just might have been a dumb American comment verse a Karen.

    Where Toyota builds their cars in the USA and it used to be they used more parts made in the USA than American manufacturers .

    The the Karen trigger would be" so what you are saying is I should buy a Toyota?"

    I'm very social know I run into different types of Karen's often enough. I'm supposed where you have restaurants you don't run into food snob Karen's on a regular basis
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    • Profile picture of the author max5ty
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      I she was a full blown Karen. Versus someone having a blonde moment. Not directly responding to her was the best thing you could have done.

      I don't even think there is a response to that. It just might have been a dumb American comment verse a Karen.

      Where Toyota builds their cars in the USA and it used to be they used more parts made in the USA than American manufacturers .

      The the Karen trigger would be" so what you are saying is I should buy a Toyota?"

      I'm very social know I run into different types of Karen's often enough. I'm supposed where you have restaurants you don't run into food snob Karen's on a regular basis
      I really seldom run into one.

      Then again, I live in a small town where people are just nosey...

      it's like being in a group chat you didn't ask to join
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  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
    Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

    So I pulled into Kroger today...

    and a Karen went off on me.

    I drive a Land Rover.

    According to her, I should buy American.

    Ok. I'm not the kind of person that can just come back with a response so it left me speechless.

    I ended up paying her $241 grocery bill and I think that shocked her.

    Have any of you met a Karen?
    "I ended up paying her $241 grocery bill and I think that shocked her."

    Wtf did you do that for? I would just tell her to Nap off and mind her own business.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    What kind of person accosts a stranger for the car he drives? That MIGHT be a karen or simply an idiot. Love your solution to HER problem. Did you make sure she had no processed foods before you paid for the groceries? What about imported foods?
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    • Profile picture of the author max5ty
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post


      Did you make sure she had no processed foods before you paid for the groceries? What about imported foods?
      Hahaha, that is good.

      I probably could have also asked her if the clothes she had on were imported.

      I never think of these things right away.

      Of course, when I get home and think about it I come up with 100 different things I could have said.
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      • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
        I had Karen's twin recently, in a parking lot...and after she got through with her rant, I said:

        I listen to Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, do you also have a problem with gay singers?

        And began singing a made up version of Rocket Man and Born in the USA.

        She looked confused as I began singing and dancing in the dark. Karens and Dons make the world annoyingly interesting, eh?


        GJ

        I like how you killed her with your kindness, just remember, no good deed goes unpunished, ha!

        Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

        Hahaha, that is good.

        I probably could have also asked her if the clothes she had on were imported.

        I never think of these things right away.

        Of course, when I get home and think about it I come up with 100 different things I could have said.
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        • Profile picture of the author max5ty
          Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

          I had Karen's twin recently, in a parking lot...and after she got through with her rant, I said:

          I listen to Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, do you also have a problem with gay singers?

          And began singing a made up version of Rocket Man and Born in the USA.

          She looked confused as I began singing and dancing in the dark. Karens and Dons make the world annoyingly interesting, eh?


          GJ

          I like how you killed her with your kindness, just remember, no good deed goes unpunished, ha!
          I have an employee that's a flaming gay guy...

          and by that I mean as soon as he starts talking, you know.

          I don't have a problem with that, obviously, since I hired him.

          It's not my thing, but I'm not going to judge.

          I love him and the customers love him.

          I do joke with him about the current political mess we have going on. He's on one side and I'm on the other.
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          • Profile picture of the author discrat
            Max, am I reading this right ?? You paid her $241 grocery bill???

            WTF ??
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            • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
              Originally Posted by discrat View Post

              Max, am I reading this right ?? You paid her $241 grocery bill???

              WTF ??
              Max is suffering from ERS (Expensive Reverse Psychology)
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            • Profile picture of the author max5ty
              Originally Posted by discrat View Post


              Max, am I reading this right ?? You paid her $241 grocery bill???

              WTF ??
              Yes. 241.17.

              We're not taking any money with us after we die.

              A few months ago I bought a house and donated it to a group that helps women in abusive situations.

              I'm a firm believer that when you give you get.

              Anything you do that helps others, helps you.

              Look at the wealthiest people...

              they donate heavily. I'm far from the wealthiest, but I still believe in giving because it all comes back to you in one way or another.
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              • Profile picture of the author discrat
                We are on the same page, Max. I love helping people but just don't know I would help out a Karen with that much.

                But good for you in not being judgemental
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    Same way here - just full of 'should have saids'.



    Faced with her rant I would have said 'ok..fine...whatever' and gotten in my 'bad' car and left. I would have thought about running over her but I probably wouldn't have done it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
    So Karen came ovah one time.

    "They frickin' hate me."

    Ima mostly slapdown with the opinionated, but I figured her tears gaht zilchow to do with misappropriated generalities, whatevah the frick THEY are.

    Othahwise I woulda smacked her in the mouth.

    Steada that scenario, I thought on my feet greet cheat sweet thang, an' just kinda blurted shit out.

    "Plus mebbe they also DON'T," I said. "Ain't like you no Joolie or nuthin'."

    "That is my MIDDLE NAME, you shithole! Why don't you just SHAFT ME DOUBLE while you're pretending to care?"

    Gal had a point.

    I was only bein' kind bcs she said alla the stuff 'bout the hate.

    Woulda mebbeya tried to figure stuff out, but the gal stomped away.

    "I am Karen. As in KAAAAREN, okay? I did not start this, it is not my fault, I just want to live my life!"

    Less'n she'd told me her name, prolly I wouldna evin known.

    (This was las' week in the store btw, as I was sizin' up joosy zucchinis to purchase. Gal snook up an' said, "They frickin' hate me". What am I to do? Attack her with a random vegetabyool, or pass it ovah so she can bring husself back to sanity in a drug-free cuppasity once I distracted the checkout guy?)

    The Frick This Leaves Nowan?


    Wanna avoid stereotypical nomenclatchure narratives gonna drag yr whole frickin' life down?

    Call yourself like you whistlin' for a dahg, a saint, an' a deemon.

    You fortchinhut, all 3 will show.

    Nuthin' happens, it is like only one partickulah thing in an infinite Caaahsmaahs of possibility kinda bummed the **** out.

    (Alternatively, Karen gonna cum screamin' again ... THEY FRICKIN' HAAAATE ME!!!)
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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

    So I pulled into Kroger today...

    and a Karen went off on me.
    I suspect there is more to this story.
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    • Profile picture of the author max5ty
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      I suspect there is more to this story.
      I have no idea what more there could be...

      I've never seen her, and I don't think she knows me.

      There are some people that really fit the term 'Karen'
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      • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
        Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

        I have no idea what more there could be...

        I've never seen her, and I don't think she knows me.

        There are some people that really fit the term 'Karen'
        Expect her and her family to be outside your house this winter, singing Christmas carols, ...LOUDLY!

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        • Profile picture of the author max5ty
          Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

          Expect her and her family to be outside your house this winter, singing Christmas carols, ...LOUDLY!
          There is a group that goes around doing that during the Christmas Season. They haven't been to my house though.

          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          True story..

          In my late teens/early 20's, I went out with four girls in a row, all called Karen. The first one's full name was Karen Free and the second one was called Karen Freer.
          At least if you called one of them your former girlfriend's name, you would always be right
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          • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
            Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

            There is a group that goes around doing that during the Christmas Season. They haven't been to my house though.
            You need to remove the red cross etched into your electrical pole outside your house.

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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

        I have no idea what more there could be...

        I've never seen her, and I don't think she knows me.

        There are some people that really fit the term 'Karen'
        Did you say nothing to her to begin the situation?
        Did you take her parking space? Spit in front of her? yell at her kid?

        Usually, humans don't just start yelling at someone else with no provocation.

        I wasn't there, and have no idea what transpired. But human actions are predictable.
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        • Profile picture of the author max5ty
          Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

          Did you say nothing to her to begin the situation?
          Did you take her parking space? Spit in front of her? yell at her kid?

          Usually, humans don't just start yelling at someone else with no provocation.

          I wasn't there, and have no idea what transpired. But human actions are predictable.
          Good questions...

          but the answer to all of them is no.

          Humans ARE predictable based on their personalities.

          There really are some people who are just different.

          It could have been political beliefs, buy union type thing, mental issue...I don't know.

          I was watching videos on TikTok (tons of them) about Karens. There really are some people who just defy what most of us consider normal behavior.

          It really is something, and there is a reason the term was started.
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  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
    True story..

    In my late teens/early 20's, I went out with four girls in a row, all called Karen. The first one's full name was Karen Free and the second one was called Karen Freer.
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    • Profile picture of the author discrat
      Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

      True story..

      In my late teens/early 20's, I went out with four girls in a row, all called Karen. The first one's full name was Karen Free and the second one was called Karen Freer.
      I couldn't Karen less !!
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    • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
      Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

      True story..

      In my late teens/early 20's, I went out with four girls in a row, all called Karen. The first one's full name was Karen Free and the second one was called Karen Freer.
      Ultra neat story!

      But, jus' to confirm, babe* ...

      you went out with one ... then anothah ... then anothah ... than anothah ... on seprtit dates, right?

      Naht like alla them followin' you around like sum Fearo-crazy dance quartet?

      * "4 Karens Fearo"
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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

        Ultra neat story!

        But, jus' to confirm, babe* ...

        you went out with one ... then anothah ... then anothah ... than anothah ... on seprtit dates, right?

        Naht like alla them followin' you around like sum Fearo-crazy dance quartet?

        * "4 Karens Fearo"
        If I could change my username to "4 Karens Fearo", I would, hilarious.
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        • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          If I could change my username to "4 Karens Fearo", I would, hilarious.
          Git ahn with it, you frickin' klutz.

          Gotta figure 95%a Karens will be INSULTED BCS DNA, an' will blankya out bcs less diminished horizons (as per their shrinksum pov)!

          Resta 'em, you can slect out dependent on looks, brains, money, talent, influence ... 'longside they won't also fall down drunk at yr feet in no scloosive restaurant an' bawl I WANNA BE ****ED TILL I SPLIT IN HALF BY HUGE WHACKMAN.

          When you gaht Karins, Kristins, evin' Christines chasin' yr ass rn, archetypes gonna prevail ovah typos.

          I sense a Five Karens colossus before me!

          "I said four. but I meant FIVE."

          Meantimes, Karen Gillan dowin' OK vs alla the archetypes, stereotypes an' Ksyswipes.
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  • Profile picture of the author max5ty
    There's been a pretty big plot twist to this story in the last hour and a half.

    I'll tell you the real zinger in a minute...

    but first. She sent me a message on Messenger. I accepted it. I recognized her picture.

    How she knew who I was I have no idea.

    She apologized over and over.

    I'll paraphrase here...

    she was having a bad few days because of family problems and apologized for her behavior.

    She said she cried for a good hour when she got home because someone she didn't even know was so kind to her.

    The biggest plot twist in this is her first name is Karen.

    As the saying goes...the truth is stranger than fiction.

    I would have never seen this coming.

    Sometimes things happen that just completely leave me amazed at how life works.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    In my late teens/early 20's, I went out with four girls in a row, all called Karen. The first one's full name was Karen Free and the second one was called Karen Freer.



    So - you went out with four of them in a row ...because none of them would agree to a second date?
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      So - you went out with four of them in a row ...because none of them would agree to a second date?
      You're assuming they lived through the first.
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      • Profile picture of the author max5ty
        Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

        This whole situation has to do with some addiction issues.

        I'm not going into all of the details...

        but, I think everything will work out.
        So, I want to clarify this statement.

        I quoted Kay...but It wasn't what I meant to do.

        Sometimes I get in a big hurry.

        I wasn't saying Lanfear has addiction issues.

        I was saying the woman does.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      So - you went out with four of them in a row ...because none of them would agree to a second date?
      I think it was a few months for each. they were spaced out over several years though. Just a coincidence about the names, but the surnames being close on the first and second was a little spooky.
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      • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
        Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

        I think it was a few months for each. they were spaced out over several years though.
        Yes, that would explain it.
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      • Profile picture of the author discrat
        Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

        I think it was a few months for each. they were spaced out over several years though. Just a coincidence about the names, but the surnames being close on the first and second was a little spooky.
        What on Earth would a sane woman be going on a date with the pun master????
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  • Profile picture of the author megan226787
    Wow, that's quite an experience! I can't believe she went off on you like that. Paying her grocery bill was a classy move, though. And yes, I've definitely encountered a few Karens in my time!
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by megan226787 View Post

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      Wow, that's quite an experience! I can't believe she went off on you like that. Paying her grocery bill was a classy move, though. And yes, I've definitely encountered a few Karens in my time!
      Kroger is an up-market store though, one of the more expensive ones. Now if this had happened outside Walmart, I would have considered it more charitable.
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      • Profile picture of the author max5ty
        Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post


        Kroger is an up-market store though, one of the more expensive ones.
        That's interesting. I've never considered it that way.

        Ours is almost always busy...

        I believe, Kroger is the most popular grocery in Ohio.

        They do have their Kroger Card and big sales all the time.

        I would consider somewhere like Whole Foods more on the upscale side.
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        • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
          Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

          That's interesting. I've never considered it that way.

          Ours is almost always busy...

          I believe, Kroger is the most popular grocery in Ohio.

          They do have their Kroger Card and big sales all the time.

          I would consider somewhere like Whole Foods more on the upscale side.
          I shop every couple of weeks at a Kroger. They have a few more things I like, a small Brit section for example. However, every now and again I shop at Walmart. Typically I save up to 50 bucks shopping there.

          So, did you ask er.. Karen the Karen (amazing) how she found out how to contact you? Do you live in a small town? Fascinated to know!
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          • Profile picture of the author max5ty
            Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

            I shop every couple of weeks at a Kroger. They have a few more things I like, a small Brit section for example. However, every now and again I shop at Walmart. Typically I save up to 50 bucks shopping there.

            So, did you ask er.. Karen the Karen (amazing) how she found out how to contact you? Do you live in a small town? Fascinated to know!
            Yes, I live outside of Tiffin Ohio which I believe has a population of around 17K. I also have a house in Toledo Ohio in the Ottawa Park area, as well as several apartment units in Toledo (around 500).

            When the woman told her daughter about the incident, her daughter knew who I was.

            As I said in an earlier post, the woman has an addiction issue.

            We're working on that and helping the family.
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  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
    Jus' for the record, my name is naht Karen.

    I had plenny of abyoose an' insult round here down the years, an' I wanna be sure next buncha clowns don't fly off on sum noplace tangent.

    Plus also, didya know KAREN is only 1 K away from bein' an anagram of KRAKEN?

    Livin' proof a nightmare world of terror is only a single synapse away ...
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    • Profile picture of the author max5ty
      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      Jus' for the record, my name is naht Karen.

      I had plenny of abyoose an' insult round here down the years, an' I wanna be sure next buncha clowns don't fly off on sum noplace tangent.

      Plus also, didya know KAREN is only 1 K away from bein' an anagram of KRAKEN?

      Livin' proof a nightmare world of terror is only a single synapse away ...
      I think the term 'Karen' gets way overused.

      I used it because everyone instantly knows what it means.

      But, I hate the term.

      Like 'veggies', I hate that word

      There's actually a whole Reddit forum about hating that word.
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      • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
        Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

        I think the term 'Karen' gets way overused.

        I used it because everyone instantly knows what it means.

        But, I hate the term.

        Like 'veggies', I hate that word

        There's actually a whole Reddit forum about hating that word.
        Nomenclatyoor of Immedietely Significant Mention.

        Buzz woids vs Huttoinoil Trooths.

        Plus also the slip & slide figurin' which is which!

        She mebbe thought SPORRAN, like she presided ovah valybyools.

        Or WARREN, like she was home to creatchoures so easily shaat.

        Or BARREN ... like we nevah would evina said, bcs gal so clearly & hutternly DEAD.

        Them's muh myth smarts for now.

        Grab 'em while you still gaht access to purse of muh genrs flaps*

        *Do you demand aviation imagry, or simply joos?
        Eithah way, you landid here -- an' only YOU ALONE can figyoore what happens next.
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