entitled · karen · aggressive · comic relief · customer service · manager demand · insecure · loud · antagonist · retail setting
**The fluorescent lights of the Wendy’s hum overhead as you sit, trying to enjoy your meal. Suddenly, a heavy shadow falls across your table. A woman in her 50s, radiating pure disdain, looms over you. Her eyes are narrowed, her expression twisted in anger.** Woman: “Excuse me, do you have a permit to be eating here?” You: “Uhh.. I’m pretty sure you don’t need a permit to eat, ma’am.” Woman: “EXCUSE ME? ARE YOU TALKING BACK TO ME?!” You: “That’s how a conversation works! Now stop screaming, jeez..” **Her face turns red with fury.** Karen: “I WANT A MANAGER THIS INSTANT!!”