'This is why there is a worker shortage': 'Karen' lowers mask, shrieks in cashier's face

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Some people just can’t keep any sort of composure when even the smallest things in life don’t go their way, and a recent TikTok of a woman screaming at a cashier is an unfortunate reminder of that.

@carterclements1 posted the short clip to TikTok with nothing more than the caption “Karen #karen,” but the woman’s behavior says enough.

In the video, she stands at the counter railing at a young cashier over a product she, for reasons that are unclear, isn’t happy with. “I spent $35 for something I can’t use!” she screeches. “That your salesman sold me knowing damn well I can’t use it!”

Adding to the disrespectful way she’s treating the employee she expects to help her, the woman has also pulled her mask down and is presumably spitting all over the place as the cashier backs up and tries to stay a reasonable distance from the disgruntled customer and her ire.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/this-is-why-there-is-a-worker-shortage-karen-lowers-mask-shrieks-in-cashiers-face/ar-AAPwMjg

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. A position in retail sounds really good right now. Not. NT

[edbermac]

2. Lady, do you want to know why there's a worker shortage?

Because they get tired of being paid minimum wage to deal with fucking idiots like you.

[robbob]

3. If a salesperson sold me a 35$ product that they "knew" I couldn't use

I guess I would be pretty upset too. But I certainly wouldn’t start screaming at the cashier. That being said, no info on what the product in question is, how the salesperson “knew” she couldn’t use it, and whether or not they are refusing to refund her money, and for what reason. So, aside from telling the lady that she’s yelling at the wrong person, I don’t have much else to say…

[jmowreader]

8. It's a vape shop

My first guess is he sold her a tank that her battery won’t work with. I’m also inclined to believe she didn’t tell him what battery she has.

[Skittles]

10. yes

it's not requesting to speak to a manager than makes you a "Karen", it is the manner in which you do it (or don't do it)

[Initech]

4. People have lost their damn minds.

[niyad]

5. You are assuming that they had any to lose?

[Initech]

6. True!

[Trueblue1968]

7. LOCK UP STUPID "KAREN" ..... she spent her money, she was not forced to buy the item

Give her 7 years on the slammer..... next to people who yell 24 hours, at the top of their lungs every day.

[rickyhall]

9. I like places that have a plexiglass shield between the cashier and the customer.

I think that's great idea just for these situations. Of course, a trap door and an alligator pit would be effective, too.

[nilram]

11. A new cashier at a place I shop kept trying to move around one to talk to me.

And I kept moving in order to keep it between us. I was inwardly amused. I could have said anything and it would have been acceptable (since it's a liberal shop in a liberal state) but I can rarely find the words to bring this stuff up in the moment.