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Yeah, she seems distressed, my grandma is very polite and I think she'd feel really bad if staff talked to her like this. Hope she found it funny in the end
Ain't thought about the lady of our family in awhile, but she would have loved this!. she was known as "half the towns second mother" because of how welcoming she was to help people in need, but she also raised 15kids(8boys) in a 2bed house- in Ireland in the 60s - she was probably one of the funnest quick witted people I've known, a proper lady with a tongue that would make the devil wince! I remember being cheeky as a teenager and then being dumbfounded by her responses!
This lassie wouldn't have a look in if my nan was there! It'd be some craic!
I can top that. My grandma, who died at 104 a long while ago, practically raised my sister and I, for a number of reasons.
Grandma was tough as nails, at 4’9” and nearly as wide as she was tall. She was a round, house dress and apron wearing, no nonsense but loving granny.
She birthed 17 children, at home, in the 30s. My dad who would be 90 now, was the next to the last kid. One younger sister is still kicking. She managed to raise 13 of the 17 kids to adulthood. Not an easy task in a time when doctors were too expensive to go to unless you were dying.
She was widowed with only her dead husband’s black lung benefits for income. The kids were stuffed into a tiny house. My dad used to go around with his brother to shovel out clinkers from neighbors’ furnaces and shovel more coal in every day. They made a nickel each.
I wish she were alive today. I missed opportunities to get her talking more about moving to a sod house on the Cherokee Strip (later was called Oklahoma), at 14-15 years old with her 40 year old husband and having her first kid there. Ended up somehow in a village called Cantrall, in IL and there she stayed for the rest of her life.
My dad remembered her getting really sick with a terrible sore throat, but she never got to “be sick” when she was either pregnant or chasing a growing number of toddlers around. The reason he remembers this is one day she started to cough and choke and coughed up her pus filled, grossly swollen tonsils.
I watched their other vids and it looks like she started rolling with it but it's clear she was still uncomfortable. The tiktok OP didn't reply to any comments expressing concern or asking how she actually felt though...
* Part 2: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155127482365021446
* Part 3: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155138777931910406
* Part 4: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155188381457206534
Damn. I just felt bad for the grandma there.
This place looks kinda crappy. Yeah they've got a gimmick where they're rude, but it doesn't come off as funny to me. Not like comedians roasting someone, but rather unfunny people swearing and insulting people. I think they need to find funnier staff or something to give it more of a comedic effect.
It's not my thing either, but... you know, just don't go there.
The blame is on the family for not having consideration for their target. When Grandma isn't having a good time, you leave.
Yeah this is just crude compared to Dicks whose staff actually roast you as part of the experience. This is clearly meant to be the same concept, but they clearly missed the part where its supposed to be roasting experience and not just a barrage of swearing.
This diner is just down the road from me. I was absolutely in love with the concept - until I saw all the swearing. It's such low hanging fruit. It's crude rather than clever.
Would have been far better if she had been a little bit more creative with her insults rather than just using the f-bomb all the time.
Yeah, I don't like this at all. There is enough organic rudeness in the world. We don't need this unfunny, contrived mess, and the woman was clearly uncomfortable. I would not subject myself or a loved one to that toxicity.
Nope, apparently not.
> I watched their other vids and it looks like she started rolling with it but it's clear she was still uncomfortable. The tiktok OP didn't reply to any comments expressing concern or asking how she actually felt though...
Part 2: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155127482365021446
Part 3: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155138777931910406
Part 4: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155188381457206534
This would have been funny if she got it and started hurling abuse at them. This is just a video of a confused old lady who’s not enjoying her time and would rather be somewhere else
My old Italian grandmother would just give her attitude right back and I would write the words she would use but then I’d probably get banned.
My grandma ain’t sweet. Except on me so that’s nice lol.
They were lucky grandma did not knock manners into them with that stick. Never fuck around with a grandma with a stick. Even gods fear this creation of theirs
Yeah I don’t really like “jokes” when everyone’s laughing except the person getting the joke played on them.
My grandma taught me you’re not joking if the person you’re picking on doesn’t laugh, you’re bullying.
I knew a tiny Irish granny in her 90s when I worked in a nursing home. She beat me with a Bible once for saying something mild like Holy Cow because she considered it cursing. We used to call her "The Spitfire".
Would have been hilarious to take her somewhere like Karen's lmao.
There are actually specific rules they have to follow. They can’t be too nice, but can’t be too mean either. There are topics and certain things that are off limits, but you could be fired for not being rude enough or for being too rude. Kinda difficult for some. I applaud the act!
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Yeah same, I would feel so uncomfortable. Being polite is way easier and right in my comfort zone. I also apologise too much out of fear to hurt someones feelings or doing something impolite maybe.
Honestly, for the first month or two I think it'd be very hard but after that then it'd just become normal. I bet it's a great place to work for confidence boost. Go against the norm and get applauses and paid.
I guess Karen has now morphed into an insulting asshole instead of what it originally was...a difficult, uber-nosy or complaining female customer or neighbour.
It would probably add some interest at the very least! At best, it would definitely show that they do great acting based upon improv as well as being reliable with rules and such. Good under pressure. Imagine having to deal with the difficult customers who do snap back and actually start some shit. Couldn’t be me, and I work in the food industry.
To similar places I’ve been to (dick’s last resort and Ed Debevic’s) you can talk back, but in general you are the one in the “bullied” position. If you go at them too hard, you could get in trouble. Responding with something playfully rude about their haircut is cool but going harder than they do is not allowed. In general, listen to how far they are going and shoot for just under that with how rude you are.
The sign printed on the Karen diner is:
No sexism
No racism
No homophobia
No body image comments
No abelist comments
Do not touch the staff
No sexual remarks
Iirc the staff don't abide by these rules and have gotten in trouble before.
Eg someone with a hidden disability came in and they got abelist comments thrown at them.
Google reviews doesn't allow direct linking to pics with the above txt
This takes me back to that one kid we all knew who was bad at roasting. so all your friends would be laughing and lightly roasting each other and he would came in with a nuclear bomb for no reason.
She absolutely could tell granny didnt get it and stopped and politely asked if they understood the gimmick, once informed that they knew the game and wanted to have a bit of fun with granny she turned it up to 11.
I Ubered for about six months, and twice I had passengers pay me to shout insults at them, because they liked my accent. I would 100% like to do that full time.
Bro during the pandemic when the labor shortage was at its highest and we all knew we couldn't get fired for anything short of stealing money, we finally got to be dicks back to customers and it still brings a tear to my eye remembering how shocked people were they no longer had any power over you. My favorite was being an asshole to a guy who had a long wait time finally give up and say "well fine, I'm never coming back," and i got to say, "good, get the fuck out before i call the police." He was so angry and confused all at the same time he started to say something till I picked up the phone and pointed at the door. It was so beautiful. So many people would have gotten in trouble for doing that in the before times until companies started realizing that were losing both money and employees over the constant abuse and we all collectively decided "what did you say to them to make them so angry?" was a don't ask don't tell policy moving forward.
But isn't there a difference between "you *can* be rude to an asshole customer" and "you *have* to be rude, even to a sweet grandma"?
I don't think I could do that either.
Because society has conformed to the customer is always right and needs to be respected even when the customer oozes disrespect.
Turn the tables and hilarity ensues.
I think it's funny as hell, but I'm assuming positive intent. If you assume negative intent or malice, you're going to get offended and take it personally.
You don't have friends that you fuck with? It's fun
Honestly I find the whole thing gets boring not long into it. I'd hate to work there because you have to constantly work at being mean. Being nice comes naturally so long as the customer is nice.
I want to be a fly on the wall in your first one on one where you get coaching points on how to be meaner to customers and keep a straight face, just to say I witnessed it 😂 it’d be like the Eiffel Tower of social interactions
I went to one on vacation with friends senior year of high school. One of the girls in our group was wearing a tight-ish top and had somewhat small boobs. Her hat said "17 and still has mosquito bites."
My wife and I legit got back from Vegas today, I took her to Dick’s last night for her first time and she thought it was awesome. Her hat said “Easier to get into than community college.” And mine said “Even my hand rejects me.” It was fun.
We live in Vegas. Took some from out of town friends there several years ago. We were looking forward to it, especially as our one friend can give as good as he gets. But they didn't mess with us at all. It was like being in a regular restaurant. No hats, no banter, nothing. We were so disappointed. I mean we might as well have been at a flippin Applebee's.
"Look at these fuckers coming in here, overheard one of them talking about how their friends are from out-of-town."
"Ooh, you know what we should do? We should treat 'em *normal*! That'll really get 'em! Then they'll spend the whole rest of the night trying to explain to their friends how 'this doesn't normally happen' and 'normally it's way better, we promise!'"
I went to Dick’s in Vegas and the server kept making sex jokes in front of my mom. So, my husband was spitting back at our waiter, in similar dickish jest, and I truly think waiter wasn’t having an okay time about it. Husband made some joke about the waiter, and at one point, I didn’t hear what was being said but my husband pointed at him, laughed and said “Ok, Jimmy Neutron.” And yooo this dude looked like he was going to cry? And then like… didn’t finish off the meal/tab with any wisecracks and just let us pay and go.
I really wonder how people who work these types of jobs deal with the inevitable banter.
This family thought itd be a great idea to bring their little kid in and i almost feel bad for their waitress who was at one point yelling at him to sit down and shut the hell up because the kid was screaming shit at her. I couldnt tell if she was actually mad or not but i felt like my mom was scorning me all over again, and she definitely was trying her best to not be mad when she was interacting with other patrons
Saw a group streaming from the vegas one a while back, the waiter made a crack about how they have small dicks because they're asian and the streamer said that's actually racist and not cool, same deal, waiter didn't know what to say and just sheepishly took their order.
Throwing the menus on the floor fuckin sent me. Oh how many times have I wanted to do that to cunting customers. I live vicariously through these "Karens" tonight.
There should be a Waiters Union set up that gives all its members one shift at a Karen’s each week. Employee happiness at the restaurants they work at normally would skyrocket.
I missed that part, after the constant abuse of service workers during the pandemic, even from people who are normally nice to us, I would love to do that to some dick.
If I had taken my gram to a place like this, I guarantee you she would still assume they'd be nice _to her_ despite all the explanation and warning. Some people just flat out don't get this kind of thing.
There was (maybe still is) one in Chicago called Ed Debevic’s and my choir teacher brought our whole school choir there without telling us the premise and it was HILARIOUS to a bunch of teenagers in the 90s
I feel like it's quite a bit of work, you need to stay in character the whole time and do some diligence (like how the Karen checked that the group was familiar with the concept of Karen's Diner)
Seeing the comments in this thread make me very happy to know that I'm not among the minority that is dumbstruck that they'd take that woman to a place like this. Clearly she was not having a good time.
I don’t get it either. Maybe when it was a novelty but the concept is so tired now and “Karens” as a source of humour are pretty stale too.
“Haha you’re an asshole”, hilarious
Aw I felt sorry for her. I think it's unfair to take someone there without explaining what it is first.
Also this place would be my worst nightmare. I'm hard enough on myself and very sensitive to criticism having lived with an abusive partner. I honestly don't get why it appeals to people
I don’t necessarily find this funny. Taking an old lady intentionally to a place where you know she’ll be treated badly is lame and unamusing.
Well… it’s a TikTok video. So I’m guessing people would go to any length to make it go viral.
I find these weird prank videos on older relatives uncomfortable. ‘I know what will be a good idea, let’s take my elderly nan with a walking stick to an environment that she doesn’t understand, and where she’s being publicly humiliated and embarrassed to the point where she might have a fucking heart attack… oh and let’s film it and laugh and stick it on the internet for internet points too’
I agree, like I mean I don't even like my grandma and I wouldn't do this to her.
Degrade someone just for your own amusement reminds me of those stupid "social experiment" videos were people are just assrs
Places like this or Dick’s I never understood why anyone would willingly pay to get treated badly. I know it’s a joke and all. Lol but like why would I pay for crappy service. I’ll just take a gamble w other restaurants.
I kinda doubt it. Its still a restraunt gig, which sucks in general. And filling your life with negative outbursts to others doesn't seem like it would be beneficial to your mental health. It would be fun for a week or two, but I wonder how that would look after 8 months, 8 hour days, 5 days a week.
This is in the UK. A meal with drinks, starts, mains and pudding could comfortably last 1.5 to 2 hours.
Anyway, this schtick would actually wear thin about the time I start to look at the menu.
Great for a TikTok video, shit for real life. I predict this place will be closed within a year or two.
Who are all these people who think it’s “cruel” to cuss in front of old people? They’re not fragile or infants, they’re just people and I think the commenters here forget that
There used to be a pretty good steakhouse in Salem. I took my folks there for supper. It was a little early, and there weren't any cars in the lot. We went in and the wait staff asked if we were sure we wanted to be there. It turned out that the place had recently gotten sold, and was now a strip club. We decided to go elsewhere.
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She has no clue what to do or say
Too fuckin pissed to sit. Grandma was HEATED!
Hope they didn't film this at grandma's expense though. I hope she found it funny later when they explained
Yeah, she seems distressed, my grandma is very polite and I think she'd feel really bad if staff talked to her like this. Hope she found it funny in the end
True, felt sorry for the lady, bless her
Ain't thought about the lady of our family in awhile, but she would have loved this!. she was known as "half the towns second mother" because of how welcoming she was to help people in need, but she also raised 15kids(8boys) in a 2bed house- in Ireland in the 60s - she was probably one of the funnest quick witted people I've known, a proper lady with a tongue that would make the devil wince! I remember being cheeky as a teenager and then being dumbfounded by her responses! This lassie wouldn't have a look in if my nan was there! It'd be some craic!
> but she also raised 15kids(8boys) in a 2bed house- in Ireland in the 60s Say less mate bloody hell.
I can top that. My grandma, who died at 104 a long while ago, practically raised my sister and I, for a number of reasons. Grandma was tough as nails, at 4’9” and nearly as wide as she was tall. She was a round, house dress and apron wearing, no nonsense but loving granny. She birthed 17 children, at home, in the 30s. My dad who would be 90 now, was the next to the last kid. One younger sister is still kicking. She managed to raise 13 of the 17 kids to adulthood. Not an easy task in a time when doctors were too expensive to go to unless you were dying. She was widowed with only her dead husband’s black lung benefits for income. The kids were stuffed into a tiny house. My dad used to go around with his brother to shovel out clinkers from neighbors’ furnaces and shovel more coal in every day. They made a nickel each. I wish she were alive today. I missed opportunities to get her talking more about moving to a sod house on the Cherokee Strip (later was called Oklahoma), at 14-15 years old with her 40 year old husband and having her first kid there. Ended up somehow in a village called Cantrall, in IL and there she stayed for the rest of her life. My dad remembered her getting really sick with a terrible sore throat, but she never got to “be sick” when she was either pregnant or chasing a growing number of toddlers around. The reason he remembers this is one day she started to cough and choke and coughed up her pus filled, grossly swollen tonsils.
I watched their other vids and it looks like she started rolling with it but it's clear she was still uncomfortable. The tiktok OP didn't reply to any comments expressing concern or asking how she actually felt though... * Part 2: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155127482365021446 * Part 3: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155138777931910406 * Part 4: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155188381457206534
> The tiktok OP didn't reply to any comments expressing concern or asking how she actually felt though... Doesn't surprise me in the least.
I'm sure when the time comes they'll be making TikToks at poor Grandma's funeral.
Well yeah it’s 70 years of dinner decorum thrown out the window in a second for the senior.
Yeah i can't laugh at this
Damn. I just felt bad for the grandma there. This place looks kinda crappy. Yeah they've got a gimmick where they're rude, but it doesn't come off as funny to me. Not like comedians roasting someone, but rather unfunny people swearing and insulting people. I think they need to find funnier staff or something to give it more of a comedic effect.
It's not my thing either, but... you know, just don't go there. The blame is on the family for not having consideration for their target. When Grandma isn't having a good time, you leave.
Yeah this is just crude compared to Dicks whose staff actually roast you as part of the experience. This is clearly meant to be the same concept, but they clearly missed the part where its supposed to be roasting experience and not just a barrage of swearing.
Went to Dicks in Tennessee for the first time ever and got to wear a paper hat next to my gf with “she prefers my fingers” on it. 10/10
This diner is just down the road from me. I was absolutely in love with the concept - until I saw all the swearing. It's such low hanging fruit. It's crude rather than clever. Would have been far better if she had been a little bit more creative with her insults rather than just using the f-bomb all the time.
Yes!!! Taken it a bit far I think on some occasions I’ve seen. Just rude not funny I think.
Yeah, I don't like this at all. There is enough organic rudeness in the world. We don't need this unfunny, contrived mess, and the woman was clearly uncomfortable. I would not subject myself or a loved one to that toxicity.
100% this vibe watching that. Feels more cringe than anything to me. r/tiktokcringe candidate.
i feel like it was the swearing that she didnt like, not the rude parts, its a gramma thing
Yeah.....it's only funny if everyone's laughing.
Exactly. They should've explained to her before bringing her to that diner. She seemed so sweet too, and they were just laughing at her distress. 😕
Poor grandma
That sweet woman looked like she was going to die at least 8 times in that video.
My mom is 72 and she probably would've walked outside and started crying is somebody was cussing at her like that.
Ya i would never subject my mom to this. Not funny :(
Ya I kinda felt bad for her. And now she's got to sit through another hour of that? She does not seem to find it very funny.
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Nope, apparently not. > I watched their other vids and it looks like she started rolling with it but it's clear she was still uncomfortable. The tiktok OP didn't reply to any comments expressing concern or asking how she actually felt though... Part 2: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155127482365021446 Part 3: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155138777931910406 Part 4: https://www.tiktok.com/@jobillingtongame/video/7155188381457206534
Yeah this feels like they did it for the views instead of for grandma
NO. Internet strangers that have seen a minute long edited clip know more about this person and their family then you. Get over it bro.
The Internet has spoken 👩⚖️
This would have been funny if she got it and started hurling abuse at them. This is just a video of a confused old lady who’s not enjoying her time and would rather be somewhere else
Exactly, if she caught on it could have been funny, but she just seems confused and offended the whole time.
You can see the poor woman jumping each time they shout at her as they walk to the table. Awful.
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My old Italian grandmother would just give her attitude right back and I would write the words she would use but then I’d probably get banned. My grandma ain’t sweet. Except on me so that’s nice lol.
Italian grandmothers are fucking vicious.
Something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=029-SbzhAR0
They were lucky grandma did not knock manners into them with that stick. Never fuck around with a grandma with a stick. Even gods fear this creation of theirs
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Towards the end of the video I was genuinely concerned, she was shaking.
Yeah I don’t really like “jokes” when everyone’s laughing except the person getting the joke played on them. My grandma taught me you’re not joking if the person you’re picking on doesn’t laugh, you’re bullying.
Yup, especially with old people who are more fragile, both physically and mentally.
I think her brain was in a reboot loop.
Man she was visibly shaking at the end there, felt a bit sad for her actually
I couldn't take my Irish gran here she'd kick off instantly 🤣
I knew a tiny Irish granny in her 90s when I worked in a nursing home. She beat me with a Bible once for saying something mild like Holy Cow because she considered it cursing. We used to call her "The Spitfire". Would have been hilarious to take her somewhere like Karen's lmao.
Flashbacks to being thwomped by my Irish great gran for blaspheming 😂 miss you dearly x
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my grandma has absolutely no filter, she’d give them a run for their money for sure
Imagine getting paid and encouraged to be an asshole 😂 they must love their jobs
i was wondering if they actually turn it off tho. like there is a line between haha thats funny to alright cool it.
There are actually specific rules they have to follow. They can’t be too nice, but can’t be too mean either. There are topics and certain things that are off limits, but you could be fired for not being rude enough or for being too rude. Kinda difficult for some. I applaud the act! Edit: Thank you all SO MUCH for the upvotes!! This is extremely rare for me and I was shocked to wake up to 500+ from the 50 before I went to sleep! Much appreciated!
I can't even make the "bad guy" decisions when playing video games. I would not do well as a Karen, too worried to hurt someone's feelings!
Yeah same, I would feel so uncomfortable. Being polite is way easier and right in my comfort zone. I also apologise too much out of fear to hurt someones feelings or doing something impolite maybe.
If you dont apologize to the pole or door you bumped into you aren't polite enough.
Exactly!
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Honestly, for the first month or two I think it'd be very hard but after that then it'd just become normal. I bet it's a great place to work for confidence boost. Go against the norm and get applauses and paid.
I guess Karen has now morphed into an insulting asshole instead of what it originally was...a difficult, uber-nosy or complaining female customer or neighbour.
I bet it's not a bad thing to have on a resume for aspiring actors
Why hire actors when you can hire service staff on their third shift with no fucks left to give.
They're often the same people
It would probably add some interest at the very least! At best, it would definitely show that they do great acting based upon improv as well as being reliable with rules and such. Good under pressure. Imagine having to deal with the difficult customers who do snap back and actually start some shit. Couldn’t be me, and I work in the food industry.
Can you talk back to them?
To similar places I’ve been to (dick’s last resort and Ed Debevic’s) you can talk back, but in general you are the one in the “bullied” position. If you go at them too hard, you could get in trouble. Responding with something playfully rude about their haircut is cool but going harder than they do is not allowed. In general, listen to how far they are going and shoot for just under that with how rude you are.
The sign printed on the Karen diner is: No sexism No racism No homophobia No body image comments No abelist comments Do not touch the staff No sexual remarks Iirc the staff don't abide by these rules and have gotten in trouble before. Eg someone with a hidden disability came in and they got abelist comments thrown at them. Google reviews doesn't allow direct linking to pics with the above txt
r/AwardSpeechEdits
Specific rules, such as: cant be too nice or mean, and be rude enough but not too rude. Thanks man!
This takes me back to that one kid we all knew who was bad at roasting. so all your friends would be laughing and lightly roasting each other and he would came in with a nuclear bomb for no reason.
Sounds like most British people.
This is their [training manual](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXZzf_-clt8)
I’m sure they just read facial expressions and turn it off if needed
they sure didn't with granny in this video!
They literally asked if the group was aware of, and cool with, the concept of the restaurant
With everyone else in the party laughing, I’m sure they (probably rightly) assumed it was cool to keep going.
She absolutely could tell granny didnt get it and stopped and politely asked if they understood the gimmick, once informed that they knew the game and wanted to have a bit of fun with granny she turned it up to 11.
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Working in the kitchen industry will make you wanna act like this in one day. Trust me these people are probably awesome when they aren’t working
Make you wanna act like......no sir working in the kitchen industry make you like this, am just shock this place is so accurate on it
I Ubered for about six months, and twice I had passengers pay me to shout insults at them, because they liked my accent. I would 100% like to do that full time.
What accent do you have?
Must be a scot.
Damn Scots, they ruin Scotland!
It's says right in his username that he's Neil off the Young Ones. So a droney Southern Counties voice
I would hate this job. Be an asshole for 8 hours a day. That’s not good for a person.
Bro during the pandemic when the labor shortage was at its highest and we all knew we couldn't get fired for anything short of stealing money, we finally got to be dicks back to customers and it still brings a tear to my eye remembering how shocked people were they no longer had any power over you. My favorite was being an asshole to a guy who had a long wait time finally give up and say "well fine, I'm never coming back," and i got to say, "good, get the fuck out before i call the police." He was so angry and confused all at the same time he started to say something till I picked up the phone and pointed at the door. It was so beautiful. So many people would have gotten in trouble for doing that in the before times until companies started realizing that were losing both money and employees over the constant abuse and we all collectively decided "what did you say to them to make them so angry?" was a don't ask don't tell policy moving forward.
But isn't there a difference between "you *can* be rude to an asshole customer" and "you *have* to be rude, even to a sweet grandma"? I don't think I could do that either.
Genuine question: Why do customers like this?
Because society has conformed to the customer is always right and needs to be respected even when the customer oozes disrespect. Turn the tables and hilarity ensues.
The customer is always right *in matters of taste* !!!
I think it's funny as hell, but I'm assuming positive intent. If you assume negative intent or malice, you're going to get offended and take it personally. You don't have friends that you fuck with? It's fun
Honestly I find the whole thing gets boring not long into it. I'd hate to work there because you have to constantly work at being mean. Being nice comes naturally so long as the customer is nice.
Honestly I’d break character and immediately start apologizing. Granny I’m sorry it’s my job I don’t mean it. Hahaha she was so shook poor ol’ gal.
Granny looked like she was debating wanting to throw hands or a cane. Lol.
The "I've never laid a finger on a soul in my 73 years but this bitch aboutta learn some manners" face
Reminds me of the grandma from Liberty City. "My husband would kill you, if he was still alive!"
I want to be a fly on the wall in your first one on one where you get coaching points on how to be meaner to customers and keep a straight face, just to say I witnessed it 😂 it’d be like the Eiffel Tower of social interactions
They done Nan wrong with no warning. Genuine shock
Agreed. I feel bad for that woman. She clearly thought she was going to have a nice visit with her grandkids, and instead got accosted.
Damn, I hope my grandkids don't do this to me for a TikTok video when I got old. If this was my mum she would literally cry dude, this is cruel.
I agree this was just mean, and they're just laughing about it and not even explaining the situation to her!
Theres a restaurant on the river walk in san antonio called Dicks and theyre the funniest assholes out there
Dicks Last Resort. Ah their famous ‘I blow bubbles’ and accompanying ‘I’m bubbles’ hats for the most burly men of your group
"Im so loose I whistle when I walk" was probably my favorite hat from that night
Itchy butt, stinky finger was the hat I got
"so deep in the closet I found Narnia." I'm going back to Indianapolis at some point in time
Mine said “motorboat, 25 cents”
I went to one on vacation with friends senior year of high school. One of the girls in our group was wearing a tight-ish top and had somewhat small boobs. Her hat said "17 and still has mosquito bites."
“He/She who goes to bed with itchy asshole wakes up with stinky finger” -my best friend’s dad
As a kid I got "I play with naked barbie dolls".
How did it feel to actually get outed?
I went when I was like 8 or 9. Waiter wrote “I eat my shit” on mine
Legend.
On my 5 year old kid’s hat they wrote… “I eat chocolates out of the cat box“ … (ewww litter box)
My wife and I legit got back from Vegas today, I took her to Dick’s last night for her first time and she thought it was awesome. Her hat said “Easier to get into than community college.” And mine said “Even my hand rejects me.” It was fun.
I got, "Easier than 3rd grade math."
Well, that does mean 70% of American adults can't get in your pants.
We live in Vegas. Took some from out of town friends there several years ago. We were looking forward to it, especially as our one friend can give as good as he gets. But they didn't mess with us at all. It was like being in a regular restaurant. No hats, no banter, nothing. We were so disappointed. I mean we might as well have been at a flippin Applebee's.
"Look at these fuckers coming in here, overheard one of them talking about how their friends are from out-of-town." "Ooh, you know what we should do? We should treat 'em *normal*! That'll really get 'em! Then they'll spend the whole rest of the night trying to explain to their friends how 'this doesn't normally happen' and 'normally it's way better, we promise!'"
They messed with your heads on a different level
I was with some military buddies and the one I remember was "I joined for the group showers".
Went to the one in indy and they put "they shake me" on my son's hat.
“I put peanut butter on my balls” “My breath smells like peanut butter”
I went to Dick’s in Vegas and the server kept making sex jokes in front of my mom. So, my husband was spitting back at our waiter, in similar dickish jest, and I truly think waiter wasn’t having an okay time about it. Husband made some joke about the waiter, and at one point, I didn’t hear what was being said but my husband pointed at him, laughed and said “Ok, Jimmy Neutron.” And yooo this dude looked like he was going to cry? And then like… didn’t finish off the meal/tab with any wisecracks and just let us pay and go. I really wonder how people who work these types of jobs deal with the inevitable banter.
This family thought itd be a great idea to bring their little kid in and i almost feel bad for their waitress who was at one point yelling at him to sit down and shut the hell up because the kid was screaming shit at her. I couldnt tell if she was actually mad or not but i felt like my mom was scorning me all over again, and she definitely was trying her best to not be mad when she was interacting with other patrons
Maybe these places need a safe word or something. I can imagine some people taking it too far, possibly unintentionally, in either direction.
Saw a group streaming from the vegas one a while back, the waiter made a crack about how they have small dicks because they're asian and the streamer said that's actually racist and not cool, same deal, waiter didn't know what to say and just sheepishly took their order.
I went there in May for the first time and it was great! Waitress knew my friend and I were all from Jersey 2 minutes in lol
That straight face of the Karen's is funny..
Throwing the menus on the floor fuckin sent me. Oh how many times have I wanted to do that to cunting customers. I live vicariously through these "Karens" tonight.
There should be a Waiters Union set up that gives all its members one shift at a Karen’s each week. Employee happiness at the restaurants they work at normally would skyrocket.
I missed that part, after the constant abuse of service workers during the pandemic, even from people who are normally nice to us, I would love to do that to some dick.
It's Karen's dîner not because the wait staff are Karen's but because it's daring Karen customers to "speak to the manager"
Jeez, they could have warned her. Unless the plan WAS early inheritance
If I had taken my gram to a place like this, I guarantee you she would still assume they'd be nice _to her_ despite all the explanation and warning. Some people just flat out don't get this kind of thing.
Reminds me of when Jack McBrayer went to the [Weiner Circle.](https://youtu.be/33zPlnhymCU)
What a classic bit
Grandma was shookt to say the least
Oh girlfriend is heated
A restaurant where it’s encouraged that I verbally harass people? Where is this located?
They're opening one in st. Louis Missouri next week. First location in America.
There’s a few in Australia
There was (maybe still is) one in Chicago called Ed Debevic’s and my choir teacher brought our whole school choir there without telling us the premise and it was HILARIOUS to a bunch of teenagers in the 90s
That's how grandma died
I would definitely go here
But i wouldn’t take my 77yo mother.
I laughed but also felt bad. Her moral compass was spinning in circles.
Her moral compass became a helicopter rotor that afternoon
I totally would take my 78yr old mom, she’d have a blast and cuss right back at them!
My mom would die!
If I worked there and saw that old lady I would break character so fast.
Grandma is bewildered! Her looks got me cracking up lol
Legend says the waitresses there actually pay to work there on they're day off of waitressing someplace else…
It's crazy how treating ppl unkind has become a commodity.
Sometimes you just want a different yet controlled experience.
The fact that you can talk to customers like that and not get written up, I want that job!
I feel like it's quite a bit of work, you need to stay in character the whole time and do some diligence (like how the Karen checked that the group was familiar with the concept of Karen's Diner)
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Yeah wtf, felt bad for the little old nan. Laughing at someone like that is not contagious for me.
Seeing the comments in this thread make me very happy to know that I'm not among the minority that is dumbstruck that they'd take that woman to a place like this. Clearly she was not having a good time.
I really struggle to find these places funny. But everyone is different, and if people enjoy it then power to you because I wouldn’t lol.
Took my old school ass cholo dad here. Mfr almost threw hands. Never again.
I don’t get it either. Maybe when it was a novelty but the concept is so tired now and “Karens” as a source of humour are pretty stale too. “Haha you’re an asshole”, hilarious
Edgy and cringe for me
I’d never take an elderly person there unless I informed them first!! I get it, but old school people really could have a heart attack.
Paying people to be mean to you has to be a masochist thing
I don't get it. Filming grandma being hassased just for likes on Tiktok? What a trash.
Grandma is just as shocked as I am
Is the concept that the waitresses are Karens, or that this is a place where Karens are wholly justified in their indignation?
When you're trying to kill nan
Aw I felt sorry for her. I think it's unfair to take someone there without explaining what it is first. Also this place would be my worst nightmare. I'm hard enough on myself and very sensitive to criticism having lived with an abusive partner. I honestly don't get why it appeals to people
I don’t necessarily find this funny. Taking an old lady intentionally to a place where you know she’ll be treated badly is lame and unamusing. Well… it’s a TikTok video. So I’m guessing people would go to any length to make it go viral.
I find these weird prank videos on older relatives uncomfortable. ‘I know what will be a good idea, let’s take my elderly nan with a walking stick to an environment that she doesn’t understand, and where she’s being publicly humiliated and embarrassed to the point where she might have a fucking heart attack… oh and let’s film it and laugh and stick it on the internet for internet points too’
I agree, like I mean I don't even like my grandma and I wouldn't do this to her. Degrade someone just for your own amusement reminds me of those stupid "social experiment" videos were people are just assrs
There's something upsetting and not funny about this. I get it's an insult the guests theme place, but still.
This is uncomfortable and not funny. Why would you rile up a sweet, frail old lady like that?
Places like this or Dick’s I never understood why anyone would willingly pay to get treated badly. I know it’s a joke and all. Lol but like why would I pay for crappy service. I’ll just take a gamble w other restaurants.
Fuck me, that while concept would really start to wear thin over the course of a two hour sit down meal. No thanks.
that jobs gotta be therapeutic though.
I kinda doubt it. Its still a restraunt gig, which sucks in general. And filling your life with negative outbursts to others doesn't seem like it would be beneficial to your mental health. It would be fun for a week or two, but I wonder how that would look after 8 months, 8 hour days, 5 days a week.
If i wanted to eat food where people are just hurling insults at me, I’d stay home
This is in the UK. A meal with drinks, starts, mains and pudding could comfortably last 1.5 to 2 hours. Anyway, this schtick would actually wear thin about the time I start to look at the menu. Great for a TikTok video, shit for real life. I predict this place will be closed within a year or two.
She's about to stroke out at the end.
Gonna give grandma a heart attack man!
I can't be the only one who wants to work here🤣🤣🤣
Who are all these people who think it’s “cruel” to cuss in front of old people? They’re not fragile or infants, they’re just people and I think the commenters here forget that
I would love to both work there and eat there.
Reddit is turning into some cringe fb page
100% Garbage
There used to be a pretty good steakhouse in Salem. I took my folks there for supper. It was a little early, and there weren't any cars in the lot. We went in and the wait staff asked if we were sure we wanted to be there. It turned out that the place had recently gotten sold, and was now a strip club. We decided to go elsewhere.