My Karen boss makes my job hell, but I leave her stuck in an elevator.

This story harkens back to the ye old days when Blockbuster and Hollywood video were the things

to do on a family-friendly Friday, and cell phones were still something most people didn't really

consider necessary. AKA The 90s. I took a job at a video store near my house. It was a small family

owned store with three different branches in the town. The job was wonderful. I loved movies and

games. It was so close to my residence and school. I even got free video rentals and a discount

from the sub shop next door. The video store was located in a beautiful old building from the 1920s.

It was all marble stairs and a really amazing caged elevator that led up to the storage and

employee lounge. It was perfect for me. The hours were flexible, the pay was decent, but one drawback

was my supervisor. Let's call her Amanda. Because, well, that was her name. Seriously,

screw Amanda. Amanda was on the older side and seemed not to be content with how her life turned

out. As a result, she took all of her frustration out on everyone she could, especially those people

that she worked with who happened to be younger. If you were a young college student like myself,

you earned a special little extra helping of disdain from her. I mean really, like how dare you

decide to actually have aspirations of making more than 750 an hour. While I'm genuinely fairly

tolerant of people like Amanda, she really went the extra mile to annoy me as much as humanly

possible. She was bitter, mean, petty, and did anything and everything she could to just be plain

unpleasant. She wasn't even nice to customers. The only upside to this attitude was that she didn't

let Karen customers get away with Karen-ness. I might have been able to take more if she happened

to be more particularly knowledgeable or good at her job. She was neither and only appeared to have

the job because of good old nepotism. She was the daughter-in-law of the owner. She knew nothing

about movies, games, gaming systems, or anything we rented or sold. When the customers had a question,

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