Karen Goes to My Manager to Get Us Fired if We Don’t Obey Her Demands
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🗓️ 28 June 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | And entitled Karen refuses to take no from anybody at our company. |
| 0:04.1 | Because any time we do, she goes above and beyond just to get us in trouble with whoever our manager might be. |
| 0:10.4 | And after witnessing this in person, I'm honestly so glad that she eventually got fired. |
| 0:15.0 | Here's what happened. |
| 0:16.0 | So at around 2009 I had the pleasure of working with a woman who we will call Karen |
| 0:21.0 | who had one of the worst personalities in the country. |
| 0:24.0 | She would basically say anything that flew out of her head at the moment, |
| 0:27.7 | and if people didn't immediately agree, she'd scoff and walk away. |
| 0:31.6 | For example, she went on holiday in Greenland and somehow got her hands on whale meat. |
| 0:36.8 | Limited whale hunting is allowed in Greenland to keep the Inuit communities alive and is definitely |
| 0:41.8 | not something they're supposed to serve to a tourist. |
| 0:44.4 | Anyways, this Karen liked it a lot and of course said whale hunting should be allowed everywhere |
| 0:49.6 | so that Karen's just like her can get it at the local supermarket. |
| 0:53.2 | And when the rest of the people at the lunch table mentioned the environmental issues, |
| 0:57.2 | she scoffed and stood up. |
| 0:58.9 | Another example is when the canteen serves something bizarre, and this Karen said that she expected me to eat it because |
| 1:05.0 | according to her French people just eat everything. Well were I French I would have found that |
| 1:09.6 | mildly offensive but wouldn't you guess it I'm actually Italian. I pointed that out to her and she |
| 1:14.9 | looked at me and said, wow, not French, and she said this in a tone that clearly indicated that |
| 1:20.0 | I offended her by not having a nationality that made her wrong. |
| 1:23.4 | She then predictably scoffed and walked away. |
| 1:26.2 | And yes, most interactions people have with this Karen were at the canteen, |
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