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Am I the Jerk?

Karen wants her Coffee HOTTER than is Scientifically Possible... so I Maliciously Comply

Am I the Jerk?

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Relationships, Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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0:00.0

A Karen demand that the coffee I served her be hotter.

0:03.6

I make it hotter and I give it to her.

0:05.3

She says she wants it hotter.

0:07.1

I make it even hotter and I give it to her.

0:09.2

She says it's still not hot enough.

0:11.2

But if I make it any hotter, it'll start curdling

0:13.6

and there won't even be any milk left.

0:15.2

So I give her a healthy dose of malicious compliance.

0:18.4

Here's what happened.

0:19.3

Subscribe to Emma the jerk on YouTube

0:21.4

and hit the bell to turn on notifications.

0:23.2

This happened a few years ago

0:24.8

when I was first starting in hospitality,

0:27.1

but this was the best intro I ever got

0:29.6

to what hospitality is really like.

0:32.4

It was the afternoon.

0:33.5

And my boss was already in a cranky mood

0:35.2

because he was teaching a 17-year-old

0:37.2

how to use the coffee machine,

0:38.8

which would drive anyone mad.

0:40.6

A woman came in and ordered a dine-in coffee extra hot.

0:44.7

He let me do the coffee while he went out back

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