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Am I the Jerk?

Karen ROBS and OLD LADY... STEALING her GAMING CONSOLE landing herself IN JAIL

Am I the Jerk?

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Society & Culture, Relationships

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0

An entitled Karen pushes down an old lady and runs off with her bag containing thousands

0:04.9

of dollars worth of merchandise, as well as the newest gaming console of the time.

0:09.1

And as a result, this entitled Karen got arrested and spent over a year in jail.

0:14.3

Here's what happened.

0:15.3

So about 18 years ago, I worked to the main video game retailer in the United Kingdom.

0:20.3

It wasn't a bad job overall, but just like anything where you have to deal with the general

0:24.2

public, it came with some pretty horrible moments.

0:27.1

This one was early December when the Xbox 360 first came out.

0:31.1

Like most console launches, we were running on a pre-order only system.

0:35.1

The last stock we received had been reserved by customers with a small deposit.

0:39.6

Because the launch wasn't December, the Xbox was the must-have Christmas gift, and it

0:43.8

made people go a little bit insane.

0:45.9

I think anyone who has had to deal with pre-orders at retail knows where this is going.

0:50.4

Our store opened at 9 o'clock AM.

0:52.4

We couldn't do a midnight launch, as the store was within a complex that was locked

0:56.8

from 10 o'clock PM to 8 o'clock AM each day.

1:00.1

The first thing we see once the complex opens is a woman sprinting up to our door and

1:05.0

frantically pulling on the handles.

1:07.2

We let her know through the doors that we don't open until 9 o'clock AM.

1:11.6

At this point, she's fairly reasonable.

1:13.5

She says okay and decides to wait.

1:15.8

Over the next 15 minutes, a small line falls behind her of people here for their consoles,

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