Woman Refuses To Help Entitled Karen Who Thinks She's An Employee Despite Being Told She's Not

Some people don’t recognize a favor, and this checkout line turned into a full-on power struggle fast. A 28-year-old woman was just trying to do her job when a “Karen” decided the rules did not apply to her.

Here’s the messy part: the OP had previously worked there, so the entitled woman assumed the girl must be an employee too. The girl was polite at first, even pleased to help, but Karen kept pushing, acting like she was entitled to take over the checkout like the OP was still on the clock. Even after the girl explained she no longer worked there, Karen kept going, and then the manager shockingly told the ex-employee to assist anyway.

That’s when the whole thing stopped being a simple request and became a humiliating scene.

First of all, since the OP had previously worked there, we now understand why the woman believed the girl was an employee

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It all began when this girl was asked politely for assistance, and she was pleased to comply

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But at that point, Karen began to impose on the OP because she believed she worked there

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Karen evidently doesn't trust the ex-employee, despite the fact that she informed her that she no longer works there

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However, the female just brushes it off and continues with her own checkout

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Tell her to help me now!

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Even though she had long since left her position, the manager turned back and shockingly requested that she assist the woman

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The OP was already doing a normal, friendly thing, and Karen still decided she was “in charge” of the situation because the girl used to work there.</p>

This is similar to the neighbor who refused to pay vet bills after someone found a lost pet.

After Karen brushed off the fact that the OP no longer worked there, the checkout kept rolling, but the attitude sure didn’t.</p>

Then the manager turned back and told the ex-employee to help Karen, basically confirming Karen’s worst assumptions.</p>

Someone had this to say regarding the story:

Life confuses some people. Like the attorney who put a new car with a LoJack system in his basement, then reported it stolen. The police tracked it to his basement, just as LoJack was designed to do. Or the radio DJ(s) who announce that the station has just gone off the air due to transmitter failure. (Is it his ego that puts his voice in my radio?) The person who asks a graphic artist to show the car that is on the other side of the barn in the picture. Ever tried that with the picture on your desk?

It is truly a horrible customer experience

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And just like the “LoJack in a basement” kind of confusion, the whole scene spiraled because everyone kept acting on the wrong information.</p>

It might seem over the top, but after reading so many stories, I have learned to anticipate the worst. Today's story is also not helping matters.

Have you ever encountered a situation like this? What did you do, or did you make an effort to calm things down?

Or did you direct your rage at the one who started it? Let us know in the comments section below. 

Nobody wants to be treated like an employee when they’re clearly not, and that checkout proved it.

Wait till you see what happened when a worker confronted a coworker over stolen lunches.