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‘Two Karens, one transaction’: Retail employee gets the two-for-one Karen special, one who assumes seasonal Halloween decor is wicked and another who doesn't believe in patience

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    Two for One.
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    Two karens, one transaction, neither of them where the customer i was checking out. Obligatory on mobile, so apologies for formatting and spelling.
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    Of the two karens in that one transaction, id seen one before. We shall call her karen A. Now i have been at this store (my first job) for a year now, i started last year as we where getting our Halloween stuff in and on the floor. She came in and complained about
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    how she hated halloween and prefered christmas. Last year, when i was brand new she had me lead her around the store to price check everything for her and interrogated me about wearing Halloween pins on my vest telling me 'you wouldnt like it so much if the devil
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    possesed you', she ended up getting a witches hat decoration. I saw her a few more times untill after wed gotten the last of our chirstmas out of the store and i didnt see her again untill recently. When our halloween stuff was being put up again.
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    She comes in and huffed about how we have halloween already. And asked when christmas would be in. I told hee about when that starts to come in and she looked at me agast we dont have it yet. Then she asked if anyone here could made a wreath for her. I told her have stock the stuff to make them, but we dont assemble them for customer,
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    as we're a craft store, she insisted someone here can make it and shes seen a lady make them for people here, I informed herits not a service the store offers. I then exscuse myself politely as im being called to the register. I began to check out a polite customer and while i am, karen A returns.
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    She nudged the lady i was checking out aside, and began to show me pictures of the wreath she wanted and insisted i could take an order for whoever makes them. Then mentioned it was too early for the devil stuff and she hadn't dvn taken her 4th stuff down yet. Then asked me if we still had 4th of july stuff. Seeing the chance to get her out of the
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    way, as any attempt of mentioning that im in another transaction fell upon deaf ears..., i inform her we do. And sent her that way. I resume checking out the nice customer when karen B appears not even 3 minutes later. She droppd a bag on top of the nice ladies stuff and loudly said "i have a return!" And she launched into her complaint.
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    Thr nice customer looked ready to sink through the floor. I say i can help her next and im requierrd to have a manager present for all returns. She looked very annoyed but did step back to wait. I radio s manager snd finally finish the niceladies transaction....
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    Once a manager got up there i let said manager handle the return and wondered where all the audacity was coming from that day.. this is just a small snippet from my year of retail i have more stories i may share soon.
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    measaqueen 22 hr. ago "I'm sorry to say that this store may not be up to your standards and requests. Perhaps you would be happier finding a different place to shop." You can in fact fire a customer.
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    LeaLou27 20 hr. ago I would have very slowly explained that Halloween comes BEFORE Christmas and therefore Halloween decorations hit the shelves BEFORE Christmas decorations... haha
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    DynkoFromTheNorth. 5 hr. ago I'd refer her to the calendar section if the store had one.
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    More-Jacket-9034. 21 hr. ago Karen A may have seen someone holding a class on wreath making. Apparently, the dimwit can't distinguish the difference between a class and someone hired to make wreaths. Distinct
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    possibility she saw it at a different craft store altogether. Wouldn't be the first time an oblivious Karen didn't pay attention to where she was
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    dhbroo12 16 hr. ago Karen A-,"Since we don't meet your standards, don't shop here anymore. Goodbye." Karen B - move her stuff aside, don't say anything while you're doing it, then "Re and disrespectful people don't get waited on. You can leave."
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    glenmarshall 22 hr. ago. edited 11 hr. ago I'd tell Karen A to GTFO and that you do not need her business. And people she'd likely tell likely already know she's an a- he. Karen B also needs to be deflated by the manager.
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    SoMoistly Moist . 21 hr. ago There's not a thing wrong with saying excuse me you'll need to step back to the end of the line and wait your turn
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    meulincat 1 hr. ago Retail and hospitality where entitled people are often catered to by management because of the fear of a bad review.

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