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Am I the Jerk?

Karen DEMANDS that I give her my Paycheck FROM THE ARMY...and she HATES the ARMY

Am I the Jerk?

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Society & Culture, Relationships

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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0:00.0

An entitled Karen smacks me in the face, because I refused to give her the compensation I received from my army service.

0:07.1

Here's what happened. So this happened about a year ago, four months after I had been enlisted into the Swedish Armed Forces.

0:13.5

Just to put this into perspective, the SAF enlists a few thousand people every year who just finished high school for nine to 11 months.

0:21.0

For those of us who get enlisted, we get a form of compensation for this.

0:25.1

It's not a salary, it's something a little bit different.

0:27.6

As this compensation comes from taxes, and because of this, we don't pay taxes on this income.

0:32.8

It's not a lot of money, but still, it's money, and I'll happily take it.

0:36.4

Anyway, most of the time I went home wearing my uniform, because people tend to smile at you,

0:41.6

or just start small conversations, asking me how the life in the army is and stuff like that.

0:46.5

Mind you, this is Sweden, talking to strangers very rarely happens.

0:50.5

But I enjoy doing it, so the uniform is a conversation starter.

0:53.8

There's also a kind of respect that you get from people sitting around you for what you're doing,

0:58.1

and I honestly like it.

0:59.3

So on this occasion, me and two of my other friends I was serving with, all were wearing the uniform.

1:04.3

We arrived at our home city, which is a pretty big city in Sweden,

1:07.3

and proceed to walk towards a subway from the train station.

1:10.0

When we hear an angry voice behind us, we hear this entitled Karen's scream,

1:14.7

how dare you?

1:16.3

We just ignore it because there was no reason to think it was directed towards us.

1:20.3

But then this entitled Karen says it again.

1:22.5

Don't ignore me, you jacks.

1:24.3

At this point, I turn around to see what the fuss was all about,

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