Top 75 Times Karens Faced Justice
These Karens paid a price for their actions. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the rudest, most entitled, and most belligerent people, aka Karens, who received karmic justice for their actions.
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00:00:00This is my job. I'm just trying to work. I'm trying to make a living.
00:00:03I didn't get up yesterday to be attacked by a crazy person.
00:00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the rudest,
00:00:11most entitled, and most belligerent people, aka Karens, who received karmic justice for their
00:00:19actions. We'll explore the inciting incidents and what cosmic consequences they received.
00:00:25He's been called a genius. He's been called an inspiration.
00:00:31But now, some are calling him a vile racist.
00:00:36Number 75. Slapstick Karen. Justice doesn't always involve the law.
00:00:42Sometimes, appropriate consequences occur outside the legal framework.
00:00:47In 2015, a Karen's incorrect takeout order did not make her a happy bunny.
00:00:52You did it right the first time. Customer is always right. That's how it works here.
00:00:58Apparently, she was livid her food contained green peppers instead of red,
00:01:02stating her kids wouldn't eat such colors.
00:01:06Who wants to bet Karen didn't let them know this beforehand?
00:01:09Anyway, Karen decided some racism was needed as she scolded the staff for speaking another language.
00:01:16Talking about whatever it is you're talking about and whatever language it is that you're
00:01:20speaking, okay? This is America. The nice employees offered to make it again,
00:01:25but it would take 15 minutes. Naturally, Karen couldn't wait and so she stormed out while
00:01:31yelling. But then karma came into play as she walked right into the glass door. Delightful.
00:01:37Number 74. Hammer of Justice. Things are about to get ugly at this
00:01:42drive-thru coffee stand. As the old expression goes,
00:01:46play stupid games, win stupid prizes. In 2024, the owner and barista of the Taste of Heaven
00:01:54Espresso Bikini Coffee Stand in Seattle, Washington, Emma Lee, was in for a dramatic shift.
00:02:01A regular customer arrived at the drive-thru, got his order, and then kicked off upon being
00:02:06charged more than usual. After making threats, he eventually got his order from Lee. Then he
00:02:13threw the water and the coffee at the serving window. First the customer throws the water,
00:02:18then the coffee. But the barista isn't taking it lying down. In a flash, Lee popped out again,
00:02:26armed with a hammer, and smashed his windshield. Not only does the tantrum man have to fix his car,
00:02:33but he's also been banned from Lee's establishment. And she filed assault charges against
00:02:38him. I was trying to de-escalate as much as I felt was appropriate for the situation.
00:02:43Number 73. Farmer Karen. The woman who runs the farmer's market says that this matter
00:02:49is just a misunderstanding. In June 2020, Dan Floyd wanted to
00:02:54celebrate Pride Month, while he sold products via his Dan Good Cookies business at the Livermore
00:03:00Farmer's Market in California. So he handed out pride flags to customers. Gail Hayden,
00:03:06the director of the California Farmer's Market Association, made sure she used her authority to
00:03:11dash that nice gesture. She was recorded berating Floyd, calling the LGBTQIA plus
00:03:18promotion a political point of view. Hayden also tried to claim the flags were a health
00:03:26and safety risk as the kids were having sword fights with them. When the footage went online,
00:03:31the internet and the LGBTQIA plus community were livid at Hayden, and she was forced to
00:03:38resign from her director position. I didn't really mean political. I meant in the sense
00:03:43that it's not food, it's in another category. Number 72. Chipotle Chucker. Let the punishment
00:03:50fit the crime, as they say. In 2023, Rosemary Hain wasn't happy about the appearance of the
00:03:57hot burrito bowl she'd ordered from a Chipotle in Ohio. If I show you how my food looked and how
00:04:02my food looked a week later from that same restaurant, it was disgusting looking. So
00:04:07she argued with employees, leading her to throw the dish at Emily Russell before storming off.
00:04:18Have no fear. Haines was soon arrested and found guilty of assault. She was fined and
00:04:24sentenced to 180 days in jail with 90 suspended. However, the judge offered her an unusual
00:04:30alternative. Haines could instead work 20 hours per week for 60 days at a fast food restaurant,
00:04:36which she accepted. Why should the city taxpayers pay for her and feed her for 90 days in jail
00:04:45if I can teach her a sense of empathy? Russell, on the other hand,
00:04:48quit her job due to lack of support from Chipotle management.
00:04:53Number 71. Burger Basher. If you ask for extra ketchup on a burger, a rational person wouldn't
00:05:00be upset to receive what they asked for. But no one said Karens were rational. In 2022,
00:05:07a woman at a McDonald's was filmed doing the classic Karen thing of asking to speak to the
00:05:12manager. The woman was apparently mad at getting too much extra ketchup, channeling her inner
00:05:18toddler. The Karen slammed the burger on the counter, causing it to explode everywhere.
00:05:28She then claimed the staff were mocking her because she was on a diet,
00:05:32even though she didn't tell them that. When the video spread online, Karen posted an update
00:05:37saying she was fired due to the clip and accepted no responsibility.
00:05:48Number 70. Rich Racist.
00:06:00Donald Sterling had owned the NBA team, the Los Angeles Clippers, since 1981.
00:06:06But that came to an end in 2014. During leaked audio between the real estate mogul and his
00:06:12mistress, V. Stiviano, Sterling was angry that she had taken a photo with the legendary
00:06:18Magic Johnson. He stated while Stiviano could sleep with black people, Sterling asked her
00:06:24not to bring them to his games. The league, coaches and players, including those from the
00:06:36Clippers, were outraged at Sterling's racist remarks. The NBA banned Sterling for life and
00:06:41fined him $2.5 million. Sterling's wife pushed through the sale of the Clippers,
00:06:56eventually overcoming his efforts to block it by suing her and the NBA.
00:07:02Number 69. Acting Up.
00:07:12If you're an actor who's a bigot, you might want to study your role before accepting a part.
00:07:19In 2019, actor Sayee Omuba caused outrage when a 2014 social media post in which she ranted
00:07:27homophobically was discovered. The problem was that Omuba had been cast as Celie in a UK theatre
00:07:34run of The Color Purple, a role that involves a lesbian relationship. After being dropped by
00:07:40the production and her agency, Omuba took everyone to a tribunal with the support of her
00:07:46father's group, Christian Concern. In 2021, she lost the case and was ordered to pay over £300,000
00:07:54in legal fees. Like a glutton for punishment, Omuba appealed. However, that was rejected in 2024.
00:08:01Number 68. Birthday Bigots.
00:08:11You don't get much more carony than dictating who can and can't live near you based on absurd
00:08:18criteria. In 2015, a group of white supremacists under the name Respect the Flag drove around
00:08:24Douglasville, Georgia waving confederate flags and weapons, screaming racial slurs and threatening
00:08:30anyone who wasn't white. This included families and children attending a birthday party.
00:08:39The group did this shortly after extremist Dylan Roof had committed a heinous church
00:08:44shooting in South Carolina. In 2017, couple Jose Torres and Kayla Norton were found guilty for
00:08:51their involvement. Torres was sentenced to 13 years in jail and 7 on probation, Norton to 6
00:08:58and Norton to 9. The duo sobbed as they received their punishments.
00:09:18Number 67. Tram Tirade.
00:09:21Police are appealing for information after a woman traveling on the Croydon Tram held
00:09:26racist abuse at fellow passengers. Most of the time, public transport is easy and uneventful.
00:09:32But apparently not when Emma West got on a tram from Croydon, England to Wimbledon in 2011. With
00:09:40a child sitting awkwardly on her knee, she launched into a racially charged tirade,
00:09:45ignorantly telling anyone, mostly non-white passengers, to go back to their countries.
00:09:52After the clip went viral, West was located and arrested. In 2013, she was given a 24-month
00:10:00community order. However, that wasn't the end of it. In 2014, after being suspended from her job,
00:10:07West was struck off as a dental nurse by the General Dental Council after they deemed her a
00:10:13risk to patient safety. Number 66. Principle of Racism.
00:10:19When most folks make a mistake at work, they don't become a bigot. But apparently,
00:10:24Nancy Gorduk is cut from a very different, severely frayed cloth. In 2015, the founder
00:10:32and principal of the TNT Academy in Stone Mountain, Georgia, accidentally dismissed students
00:10:37at graduation before the valedictorian's speech. When she called them back, for some reason,
00:10:43Gorduk singled out the black students and berated them.
00:10:50After the clip went viral and caused outrage, Gorduk apologized. But she added that the devil
00:10:57made her behave racist. As a result of the scandal and pointing fingers at Satan,
00:11:09the school's board of directors voted to fire Gorduk. Number 65. TSA Tantrum.
00:11:20In 2023, three TSA agents had the worst shift ever when Micaiah Coleman went through security
00:11:29at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Due to the rules, you can't take large quantities
00:11:34of liquids through, and Coleman wasn't happy to lose her precious apple juice.
00:11:39After ranting and trying to get her items back, she got onto a table to illustrate her frustration.
00:11:45When the agents tried to control her, it got messy. Coleman elbowed one,
00:11:50giving them a concussion, and ripped their top. Then, after taking off her shirt for some reason,
00:11:56she grabbed another's hair and punched them multiple times. Finally, Coleman bit the
00:12:01remaining agents. Unsurprisingly, she was arrested and charged on several counts, including assaults.
00:12:16Number 64. The Undermining Volunteer. It's basic decency to address people by their preferred
00:12:24and actual title, especially when it comes to a formal setting like a council zoning commission
00:12:29meeting. Well, Tony Collins didn't want to be decent in 2021. During a Greensboro,
00:12:42North Carolina City Council Zoom meeting, Collins, a volunteer construction contractor,
00:12:48refused to address Carrie Rosario as Dr. Rosario. Instead, he referred to her as Mrs. Rosario,
00:12:55despite her correcting him multiple times. It makes you wonder if he'd been rude if Rosario
00:13:08had been a white man. At a later meeting, the council disclosed Collins showed white privilege
00:13:15and entitlement and voted to fire him from his position in the zoning commission.
00:13:20Number 63. Soup Assaults. In 2021, Janelle Broland, a manager at the Sol de Jalisco restaurant
00:13:29in Temple, Texas, was having an annoying shift. She'd just dealt with a phone call from Amanda
00:13:35Martinez, complaining about her soup being so hot that it melted the plastic lid. But Broland's
00:13:50workday was going to get worse when Martinez walked in and began ranting. When the manager
00:13:56asked her to calm down or the cops would be called, Martinez lobbed the soup in Broland's face
00:14:02before running off. Thankfully, it wasn't hot, but the spicy content did give the manager a
00:14:08nosebleed and irritated her eyes. In 2023, Martinez was fined, told to pay court costs,
00:14:24and received 15 months deferred adjudication and six days of jail work release.
00:14:30Number 62. First Class Racism. Nice neighbours can make a house a home. Nasty neighbours can
00:14:44make a house a hellscape. Suzanne Kraft is definitely in the nasty category. In 2020,
00:14:51she began targeting fellow Louisville, Kentucky resident with her bile. Simply being an interracial
00:14:56couple was enough to rile up Kraft, who sent a family letters through the post containing threats,
00:15:02bullets, and racist slurs. The Karen neighbour has a history against this, and another family too.
00:15:09She was convicted of vandalism for spurring offensive imagery and slurs on their properties,
00:15:14resulting in Kraft being given a non-contact order, which she ignored. In 2023, Kraft was
00:15:21sentenced to nine years in jail, followed by three years of supervised release for her horrible
00:15:26harassments. Number 61. The Astronauts. Lisa Nowak could have spent the rest of her days
00:15:47living off the fact that she was a NASA astronaut. Instead, she's better known as the
00:15:58Astronuts. In 2007, after her relationship with fellow astronaut William Oflin ended
00:16:04and he began seeing Colleen Shipman, Nowak wanted revenge. Allegedly wearing an adult diaper,
00:16:11she packed a load of weapons and supplies as she drove 900 miles to confront Shipman
00:16:16in Orlando, Florida at the airport. Nowak managed to pepper spray Shipman, who managed to get away
00:16:31and call the cops. In 2009, Nowak, as part of a plea deal, received one year's probation and two
00:16:38days in jail that she already served. She was also demoted by the Navy and got an other than
00:16:45honorable discharge. Number 60. Trad Karen. The rise of trad wives in recent years has been
00:16:54strange. On one hand, they're living the life they want. On the other, well, there's Lily Gattis.
00:17:01In 2024, she posted a cooking video. But instead of talking about how much salt to add,
00:17:07she goes on a misogynistic, racist, and expletive rant about gold diggers.
00:17:15Stop throwing us all under the bus as if we're all gold diggers.
00:17:18Somehow, making it even worse, Gattis casually throws in a racial slur.
00:17:23After the internet was awash with outrage, the video found its way to Rove of the Carolinas,
00:17:29her employers, who promptly fired her. Did Gattis hold her hands up and apologize?
00:17:35Of course not. Instead, she called people sick for getting her fired.
00:17:40Then, the trad wife showed her arrogance by pretending to apologize, only to mock people.
00:17:55Number 59. Canada Karen. Canada has a reputation for being filled with nice people.
00:18:02Then, there's Kelly Polka breaking that mold.
00:18:14In 2018, a group of men were trying to enjoy their meals at a Denny's in Lethbridge, Alberta.
00:18:21Suddenly, Polka turned her head around and began yelling at them and uttered violent threats.
00:18:32At one point, she had to be restrained by her husband.
00:18:38Polka also claimed they weren't Canadian and told them to go back to their countries.
00:18:43While it shouldn't matter, each of the men are Canadian citizens.
00:18:53Polka did apologize for her racist behavior, but also claimed she was apparently provoked.
00:18:59Police investigated, and Polka's employer, Cranbrook Dodge, immediately fired her.
00:19:14Number 58. In-N-Out Legal Trouble. In 2022, Areen Kim and Elliot Ha were at
00:19:22an In-N-Out restaurant in San Ramon, California, and got a hate crime along with their fries.
00:19:29The duo were digging in and recording their review when Jordan Krah's disembodied voice
00:19:39began spewing racist and homophobic comments and slurs at them.
00:19:44Like a menacing Casper, Krah threatened to fight Ha outside. Kim tried to continue the
00:19:50video like a trooper, only for Krah to stand outside and watch them through the glass,
00:19:55putting them both off.
00:20:00The good workers at the restaurant walked the pair to their car to make sure they were safe.
00:20:09When the video went viral, internet sleuths managed to track down Krah's identity.
00:20:14He was arrested and charged with hate crimes.
00:20:18Number 57. Nursing Racism. On the whole, nurses are underappreciated,
00:20:25even though they're the backbone of the medical industry.
00:20:29Then there's Rayane Oliva, who breaks the mold for all the wrong reasons.
00:20:34In 2015, she was recorded uttering vulgar insults against Native Americans,
00:20:39then finishing with a smug expression. Well, that look would soon be scrubbed from her face.
00:20:45The video and other clips and posts from Oliva quickly drew the ire of the internet,
00:20:52especially with Native Americans. After discovering she was a nurse at the Monument
00:20:57Health Rapid City Hospital in South Dakota, they set up a Facebook page, requesting she'd be fired
00:21:03and arranged a demonstration. However, before the protest,
00:21:07the hospital publicly fired Oliva and stated they stood against racism.
00:21:12Number 56. Petty Person Petty. A local man simply wants to fish in his own
00:21:18neighborhood. Alarming video tonight shows him catching something else.
00:21:22In 2023, Anthony Gibson was hanging out with friends and doing some fishing in Noonan, Georgia.
00:21:29But then, for the third time of the day, a white person sticks their nose in.
00:21:34All are the same type of people. Atlanta News First saw some of those
00:21:38other encounters on his page, one of which he claims police were called on him.
00:21:42Pretending to be nice with cloudy overtones of racism, Tanya Petty questions where the group
00:21:48lives since the lake is only for use by residents. However, Gibson lived there.
00:21:54When Petty didn't immediately get her way, she switched tactics by playing the victim.
00:21:59She denied Gibson permission to film her and threatened him by saying she would take down
00:22:04his license plate number. When Petty's employer, wellness company Sea Glass Therapy, heard about
00:22:10it, they publicly fired her as an independent contractor.
00:22:14Number 55. Karen the Karen The high-powered woman slammed for
00:22:19berating cops during a traffic stop is breaking her silence. In 2018, police in Tenafly, New Jersey,
00:22:27stopped a vehicle after noticing its registration had lapsed. The cops had no idea what they were
00:22:33in for when Karen Turner arrived to collect her daughter, who was using the car. She quickly
00:22:39pulled the, do you know who I am card by making it clear she was a commissioner for the Port
00:22:44Authority of New York and New Jersey. After tossing in she was a friend of the mayor and that the
00:22:57pulled over women were students at prestigious schools, Turner also belittled and swore at the
00:23:03officers. For some sweet revenge, the department released the footage. After resigning from the
00:23:09Port Authority, Turner was also fined $1,500 by the Ethics Commission.
00:23:15Number 54. Dior Disaster As creative director at Dior, John Galeano
00:23:30had the fashion world at his feet. But that was before he got intoxicated and went on an
00:23:35anti-semitic rant not once but twice. In 2011, shortly before Paris Fashion Week, a video of
00:23:43Galeano emerged of him saying he loved Adolf Hitler and wished violence against others.
00:23:54After this, another woman came forward with similar accusations concerning a 2010 incident.
00:24:01On top of being fired by Dior, the disgraced designer was also found guilty of his tirade
00:24:06and fined €6,000 in suspended fines. In 2013, Galeano sued Dior for unfair dismissal.
00:24:14Unsurprisingly, he lost and had to pay the defendants a symbolic €1 each.
00:24:21Number 53. Utah Karen A Midvale family now taking legal action
00:24:27In an ideal world, every neighbor would be a good egg. Sadly, you have people like Katherine
00:24:38Smith who has continually terrorized her neighborhood in Midvale, Utah. In 2023,
00:24:45for months, she targeted one family by screaming racial slurs at them,
00:24:49messing with their vehicles and even threatening to feed their child to her cats.
00:24:57Smith was recorded multiple times behaving inexcusably. According to the family's lawyer,
00:25:04there had been 81 incidents of recorded terrible behavior by Smith. When all the footage got out,
00:25:09you might be shocked to know that Smith had outstanding warrants. One for harassing
00:25:15another family. Even though she was arrested, Smith continued her campaign. So in 2024,
00:25:21the family issued a lawsuit against her.
00:25:28Number 52. Hollywood Horror
00:25:45In 2020, Natasha Lawson was working as a security guard at a pavilion supermarket
00:25:50in West Hollywood, California. Instead of getting to enjoy a quiet shift,
00:25:55she was alerted to an argument in the parking lot. When she arrived, Cashmire Duran turned her
00:26:01ire towards Lawson. She threw a bottle at the guard, attacked her and even bit her finger.
00:26:07All while Duran uttered racial slurs. Eventually, Duran's father dragged her
00:26:20into the car and tried to get away. However, they were blocked from doing so. Duran continued
00:26:26yelling obscenities inside the vehicle. At one point, reaching a new low by throwing dog food
00:26:31on the ground and using more slurs. Duran was arrested and charged for her deplorable actions.
00:26:39Number 51. Skirt Shamer
00:26:41In 2024, Avery Leroy was with friends at a restaurant in St. George, Utah.
00:26:53Suddenly, she felt cold hands touch her and pull on her skirts. Leroy then saw the icy
00:26:58mitts belonged to an Ida and Lorenzo. During the confrontation, Lorenzo flashed her ID badge,
00:27:05told them she was working for the state and said she would call CPS if Leroy's skirt
00:27:10didn't stop exposing her. In reality, the student had shorts underneath. After seeing
00:27:22the clip online, Lorenzo called the police, even claiming bystanders applauded her for her actions.
00:27:29However, once they got the whole story, she was arrested and charged with battery.
00:27:34To top off the justice cake with a karmic cherry,
00:27:38Lorenzo was also fired from the Utah Attorney General's office.
00:27:43Number 50. Low Battery Meltdown
00:27:46Getting a low phone battery is annoying, sure, but launching into a racist tirade against someone
00:27:53that has nothing to do with that? Well, that's bonkers. In November 2022,
00:28:04a video emerged of an Uber driver getting a load of abuse from a customer. With footage taken from
00:28:10the worker and by a witness, we can see the entitled woman yelling at the guy about her
00:28:15battery and wanting a charger. To make her behavior worse, she uttered multiple racial
00:28:20slurs at the driver, sparking gasps from the witness. The police interviewed the driver,
00:28:33however, he didn't issue a formal complaint. Uber then announced the woman was banned from
00:28:39the platform. Delightful. Number 49. Tube Show
00:28:45On England's London Underground, there's a list of unspoken rules. Don't talk loudly,
00:28:51don't speak to strangers to be friendly, and don't eat smelly stuff.
00:28:55There's also a written rule about not spitting racist vitriol that one can ignore.
00:29:04In 2020, he was yelling aggressive abuse at other passengers like,
00:29:08this is my home, and other such ridiculous things. He even referred to non-white people
00:29:15as his pets. Gross. As the tube stops, a group of black guys goes to leave, however,
00:29:21Ken tries to intimidate them. Suddenly, one of the guys spins and punches him, knocking the now
00:29:27unconscious Ken to the floor in a heap. While cheers erupted from the carriage,
00:29:33some people put Ken in the recovery position. Number 48. No Cruise Control
00:29:50It might not come as a surprise to anyone, but even politicians can be complete Karens.
00:29:57In March 2022, Texas Senator Ted Cruz was running late and ended up missing his flight
00:30:03from Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport in Montana. Instead of handling it like an adult,
00:30:09he argued with the staff for his poor timekeeping, even reportedly whipping out the
00:30:14Do You Know Who I Am card. Cruz became frustrated when he was late for checking in for his flight
00:30:20to DC, and was told that rebooking options weren't limited due to spring break. In the end,
00:30:26the police had to be called to calm Cruz down. Another US politician who hates being told what
00:30:32to do is Amanda Chase. After refusing to wear a mask during the Virginia Senate sessions in February
00:30:382021, she had to sit in a plexiglass box of shame. Pretty humiliating.
00:30:46Number 47. New Jersey Slurs When Tamika Bordeaux walked out of her Bayon,
00:30:52New Jersey home in January 2022, she was quickly greeted by the sight of a mail carrier being
00:30:58chastised by Claudia Emanuele, who was complaining about some late post. Reportedly attempting to be
00:31:05a good Samaritan, she went to help. But as soon as she walked over, Emanuele erupted with a litany
00:31:11of racial slurs at her. Bordeaux tried to simmer down the situation, but that didn't work. Even
00:31:29walking away had no effect, as Emanuele followed and kept using abusive words. Emanuele only
00:31:36stopped with the abuse when Bordeaux went into a store and after two other people had intervened.
00:31:42Bordeaux ultimately handed the video to the cops, who arrested Emanuele.
00:31:50Number 46. Buffalo Bigot In May 2022, Caitlin Bolden,
00:31:56Brandon Hawkins, and Erica Seymour were part of the behavioral health team for the Buffalo Police,
00:32:02which specializes in cases with mental health incidents. The trio watched a video of a black
00:32:07police officer being pulled over by a white officer, highlighting racial profiling, before
00:32:13showing the clip to their captain, Amber Byer. She reportedly launched into a racially charged,
00:32:20minute rant, slating black people. Citing other incidents of her racism, including claims she
00:32:39repeatedly used grim slurs, the three spoke to Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia, who removed her
00:32:45from managing the department. Then in December 2022, the trio initiated a $15 million lawsuit
00:32:59against Byer, who was quickly suspended from her role. Number 45. Texas Tirade
00:33:16One common factor of Karen's is making sure everyone knows their vile thoughts,
00:33:26even if no one requested them. In August 2022, four Indian American women were going to their
00:33:32cars after being at a restaurant in Plano, Texas. But then Esmeralda Upton came out of the shadows
00:33:39and decided she was going to go on a racist rant. Fearing for their safety,
00:33:44the woman filmed Upton's outburst. She told the four how much she hated Indians,
00:33:49issued threats of violence, and assaulted them. On top of being arrested on several charges,
00:33:54Upton also had to contend with not one, but two lawsuits from her victims.
00:34:00Number 44. Tape Dub Sometimes people come together to get justice.
00:34:07In 2021, on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, a drunk Maxwell Barry was causing havoc
00:34:14as he groped two female flight attendants. When a male attendant confronted him,
00:34:19things kicked off. After spouting verbal abuse, Barry attempted to attack the man,
00:34:24but it didn't work out for him. The attendant, cool as a cucumber, restrained Barry easily.
00:34:31Other passengers got involved and helped him by taping the unruly Barry to his chair.
00:34:37Despite Barry constrained, the flight attendants used seatbelt extenders and tape to keep him
00:34:42seated, and his mouth temporarily shut. Genius! He was arrested when the plane landed.
00:34:48On top of his cinematic embarrassment going viral, Barry faced charges of three counts of assault.
00:34:55He pled guilty and received 60 days in prison, with one year of supervised release.
00:35:02Number 43. The Anti-Influencer Even if you're walking down the sidewalk,
00:35:07apparently, that's enough to summon a Karen from the Shadow Realm to torment you.
00:35:13In December 2022, TikToker Bianca Figueira said she was doing just that when Sandra Jean Allen
00:35:20was walking in the other direction, so the influencer attempted to get out of her way.
00:35:25After she did that, Allen had to escalate the situation with racist insults.
00:35:30When confronted, Figueira claimed Allen got physical with her, which in turn caused the
00:35:36TikToker to defend herself and her family. Allen proceeded to scream for help for some reason,
00:35:42then threatened to call ICE on Figueira. Yikes!
00:35:46After throwing in cringey phrases like,
00:35:57are you triggered, the altercation got police called to the scene.
00:36:09They were eventually shown the footage, leading Allen to be later arrested for her behavior.
00:36:15Number 42. Escalation Karen Enjoying the warm weather in March 2022
00:36:23in Bristol, England, Faye Johnson and her three children decided to paddleboard on a river.
00:36:28However, a group of tweens was enjoying their own entertainment, albeit inappropriate and reckless,
00:36:35as they launched rocks and mud balls at folk on the water. Johnson erupted with rage when she
00:36:42and her kids had items lobbed at them. She grabbed her paddle and struck Antoine Forrest on
00:36:53the head, leaving a nasty injury. After the police originally failed to react, which caused much
00:37:00public outrage, they eventually arrested Johnson for her assault. In January 2023, she was handed
00:37:07a four-month suspended sentence and told to give Forrest £500 in compensation.
00:37:13Number 41. Walmart Can Usually, we see Karens as customers launching
00:37:20a tirade of irrational abuse against employees. Well, not this time. Instead, it's reversed.
00:37:28In November 2022, an unnamed customer was trying to leave Walmart with a cart of paid items.
00:37:34Instead, he was blocked by an unidentified employee. For context, the worker was white and
00:37:39the customer was black. The employee demanded to see the receipt before spitting racial insults and
00:37:46slurs. The worker then began taking items from the cart. This caused the two to get into a ruckus
00:37:53over the products. Afterward, the customer issued a formal complaint with Walmart,
00:38:07who later announced the racist employee was no longer working for them.
00:38:12Number 40. South African Karen In 2016, in Johannesburg, South Africa,
00:38:20estate agent Vicky Momberg's car was broken into. When the police arrived, instead of them
00:38:25being able to help solve this crime, they became victims of another. Momberg launched into a racist
00:38:32tirade against the officers and emergency service dispatchers, even throwing in apartheid-era slurs
00:38:3948 times.
00:38:48So, she was arrested for Kremen injuria, which concerns impairing another's dignity. In 2018,
00:38:55Momberg became the first South African to be sentenced to jail for such a crime.
00:39:00The court rejected Momberg's claim that she was emotionally stressed at the time.
00:39:06The court looks at the circumstances and the actions of Ms. Momberg as intentional and racial.
00:39:12She was originally handed a sentence of three years, with one suspended. She appealed the
00:39:17decision but failed. In December 2019, Momberg was released from prison and hopefully learned
00:39:24from the experience. Number 39. Pizza the Problem
00:39:29It's really bizarre how some Karens are so triggered by hearing languages other than their
00:39:35own. In February 2023, this was certainly the case when Rita Bellew went into Amy's Pizzeria
00:39:42in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. She lost her marbles upon hearing the TV behind the counter speak in
00:39:50Spanish. Bellew spewed a litany of racial insults toward the employees and owners of the restaurant.
00:40:05She then demanded a refund as she wasn't handing her cash to an illegal immigrant in her view.
00:40:11She then claims the people who called her racist were racist themselves. Right.
00:40:24Afterward, Bellew was charged with hate crimes. And to make her more annoyed,
00:40:28hopefully, the pizza shop has reportedly seen an increase in business since her racist rant.
00:40:42Number 38. Doorbell Degenerate For over a year, the Suarez family in St.
00:40:48Louis, Missouri was harassed by Judy Klein. But seemingly, it wasn't until her ring-recorded
00:40:55exploits went viral that anything was done by the authorities.
00:40:59She often turned up at their property and issued racially charged and violent threats,
00:41:14claiming it was her house. But that's not all. At one point, she even broke into the building
00:41:20and threatened one member of the family with a hammer. According to reports, Klein's family
00:41:26had owned the property decades ago but sold it. For some reason, she decided this meant
00:41:32she could still control what someone else does with their home. In February 2023,
00:41:37Klein was arrested and charged for her barrage of crimes against the Suarez family.
00:41:43More than a year later, Klein now faces three felony charges,
00:41:46burglary, property damage, and unlawful use of a weapon.
00:41:50Number 37. Hot, Beautiful and Unemployed The unearned confidence of a white Karen
00:41:58is truly a sight to behold. In October 2018, two unidentified black women were in the parking lot
00:42:05of a block of apartments in Charlotte, North Carolina, as they awaited help with a car
00:42:11problem. All of a sudden, a seemingly intoxicated Susan Westwood descends on the duo, proclaiming
00:42:18she is hot and beautiful. She then rants with tones of racism as she questions why the two
00:42:28are there, with plenty of cursing. Even after being asked to leave, Westwood continued harassing
00:42:42them, so the woman called the cops. Afterward, Westwood lost her job with cable company Spectrum.
00:42:48Then in 2019, she was sentenced to 12 months of probation for her various charges.
00:42:55Number 36. Snow Day Apparently, like Karens,
00:43:00Kens regularly can't cope with putting a piece of cloth over their mouth for a bit of time to
00:43:06protect others. In 2022, at a ski resort in Ontario, Canada, one snowboarder wasn't happy
00:43:19with the business's wear a mask rule. The guy kept trying to get on the ski lift, but the security
00:43:25staff repeatedly stopped him. The unfortunate, patient skiers had to watch as Ken's actions
00:43:32slowly ate into their slope time. After the man tries to fight out of security's grasp,
00:43:44the police arrive, and the crowd cheers as this drama finishes.
00:43:56The man was escorted from the resort, but no charges were filed.
00:44:00However, he did get the embarrassment of this video going online.
00:44:05Number 35. Takeout Freakout In the modern world, online reviews are
00:44:11vital. A business can be successful or collapse on that mark out of five. Well, David DeMerchant
00:44:18phones the restaurant Frank D's to order takeout. However, he was put on hold. So, DeMerchant let
00:44:25the world know about his bad experience. Sadly for him, the owner added some details he conveniently
00:44:32left out. His server actually had a seizure while on the phone with DeMerchant. He then arrived at
00:44:38the restaurant to pick up his order, ignoring the ambulance outside. When they offered to make it
00:44:43there, DeMerchant refused, went home, and wrote this misleading review. Now, he has to live with
00:44:50the shame of getting publicly called out. Number 34. Miss Kick
00:44:57After having a few drinks, people tend to get an inflated ego. In 2021, at the Linkster's
00:45:03Tap Room in Florida, one patron thought more highly of his fighting skills than he should
00:45:08have. In the video, we see him yelling at a guy on the street. As the guy approaches,
00:45:14the patron goes to showcase what he's learned from watching three UFC fights with a roundhouse
00:45:19kick. Only, he misses. Big time. He pretty much takes himself out of the battle with some instant
00:45:31karma. Various other bar folk descend on the scene and separate the duo. However, the patron tries to
00:45:37punch the guy to save face. It doesn't work. On a side note, the lights on the tree outside are
00:45:44mesmerizing. Number 33. IHOP Patients
00:45:49Waitstaff has to deal with a lot of annoying and unnecessary stress from customers.
00:46:02Honestly, they should be paid so much more than what they get. Especially this IHOP employee in
00:46:082022. One sneaky customer recorded one man having a meltdown at the restaurant. This Ken decided that
00:46:16slow service was the thing that tipped him over. After arguing with Ken and getting abused,
00:46:21she tells him to leave and walks off. Like a rational person, he picks up his glass
00:46:27and throws it on the floor, causing pieces to fly around and hit other people.
00:46:39Yikes. Quickly, security descends on Ken and forces him out of the restaurant with plenty of shame.
00:46:55Number 32. Collier Karen Educators are often seen as one of the noblest
00:47:01and most trustworthy groups. But then, there's Patricia Schmidt, who smudges that reputation
00:47:07and then some. In August 2021, she was an exceptional student education specialist at
00:47:14an elementary school in Naples, Florida. According to an unidentified mother, she and her children
00:47:19were walking on the pavement down a road. Schmidt, who was driving, beat her horn before she rolled
00:47:26down her window as she thought the two were trespassing. She embarked into a curse-filled,
00:47:32racist, and ableist rant, screaming multiple slurs at them. With all the negative publicity,
00:47:40the Collier County School District initially put Schmidt on leave before they fired her
00:47:45for her disgusting behavior. Number 31. Sheep in the Bank
00:47:58Once again, we have someone who has a tantrum over being asked to wear a face mask inside a
00:48:04business. In March 2021, in Galveston, Texas, Terry Lynn Wright refused to comply at a bank.
00:48:11So, they asked her to leave, which she declined. With no other option, the staff called the cops
00:48:18to have Wright removed. When the police arrived, Wright tried to tell the officer about the law.
00:48:24Yikes. After getting physical with the cop, Wright was arrested. In the process,
00:48:39she tried claiming it was police brutality, but multiple witnesses hilariously disagreed,
00:48:45prompting her to call them sheep. A week later, to the surprise of no one,
00:49:02Wright had a similar incident at another location. Number 30. Key Fob Kelly
00:49:09Even just trying to get home apparently ruffles the Karen's feathers.
00:49:17In October 2018, Darian Tolles was trying to enter the apartment complex where he lived
00:49:22in St. Louis, Missouri. In his way was a white woman, Hilary Brooke Muller,
00:49:27armed with a tiny dog who had a problem with the black man trying to get to his residence.
00:49:32Acting as though she owns the building, she demanded proof that he lives there,
00:49:37dabbling in some racial profiling. Thirty minutes after this incident,
00:49:50a police officer sent by Muller spoke to Tolles in his apartment. When the video went viral,
00:49:56Muller's employers weren't too happy. The real estate company Tribeca STL fired her publicly
00:50:03for her stunt. Number 29. Radio Karen
00:50:14Oh boy, another incident of a white American snapping when hearing a non-English language
00:50:21spoken. In July 2020, a group of landscapers was working in the street in
00:50:32Nashua, New Hampshire. Suddenly, they were accosted by conservative Donald Trump-loving
00:50:37radio host Diana Plaws, who recorded the incident. She laid into them for speaking
00:50:43Spanish then accused some of the workers of being in the states illegally. A passerby
00:50:52stepped in to confront Plaws, but she only made more racial statements and called him
00:50:58a social justice warrior for wearing a face mask. According to George Russell,
00:51:02who owns the radio station WSMN Broadcasting, he received thousands of complaints about
00:51:08Plaws' actions, so he dropped her show from their slate.
00:51:14Number 28. Cocktail Catastrophe Many of us have had the joy
00:51:19slash trauma of having too much to drink on a night out, but not many of us will descend
00:51:25into a racist rant. Then again, we're not Justine Morrison, and admittedly, we don't
00:51:32know how much she drank, but reports did say she threw a drink in January 2023. In fact,
00:51:39she was removed from a cocktail bar in Halifax, England after causing a scene. Outside,
00:51:45Morrison decided being ejected wasn't enough. She decided to go on a racist rant at the
00:51:50doorman Dally Wiley, spitting her disgust at him as her tirade was recorded. Not only was
00:52:03she cautioned by the police for her hate crime and got permanently banned from the bar, but
00:52:08Morrison was also fired from her part-time accounting job for the Shine Theatre Arts.
00:52:14Number 27. Horsin' Around In 2013, Christine McGrail and her daughter
00:52:30Olivia decided to wait in the drive-through at McDonald's in Whitefield, England. Sounds normal
00:52:36so far, except they were on horses. When they were refused service for safety reasons and told
00:52:43to go inside the building to order, McGrail decided that meant letting Olivia take her pony
00:52:50inside as she waited outside with her own horse. Confused and disgusted customers were soon more
00:52:57grossed out when the horse defecated in the restaurant. But it's okay. As McGrail later
00:53:13claimed that everyone found it funny, which is doubtful, but especially not hilarious to the
00:53:19staff who had to clean the mess. McGrail was fined £90 and was banned from the McDonald's property.
00:53:32Number 26. Airplane Assault It's strange the trajectory some minor
00:53:40celebrities can go through in their lives. Take Patricia Cornwall. She was an NFL cheerleader and
00:53:46did a little acting in the past. Then in December 2021, she was videoed attacking an older man on
00:53:53a plane. Cornwall was apparently enraged that Russell Miller wasn't wearing a face mask as he
00:53:59was eating and drinking. While he didn't help calm down the situation, instead calling her some choice
00:54:06phrases, Cornwall's unhinged reaction was something else. She struck, scratched, and spat on
00:54:21Miller. Thankfully, the flight staff managed to separate the two. However, Cornwall was arrested
00:54:26by the FBI after landing and charged with several crimes for her bizarre behavior.
00:54:32Number 25. Smoothie Tirade Hospitality employees have it rough. They're
00:54:42not paid enough and have to serve the public all day. Nightmare. But it got worse for teenage
00:54:48workers at Robex in Fairfield, Connecticut in January 2022 when James Iannazzo walked in.
00:54:55Apparently, he had bought his son a smoothie from there, resulting in an allergic reaction which
00:55:01required medical treatment. However, according to the staff, Iannazzo didn't mention the peanut
00:55:06allergy when he ordered. He erupted with a racist tirade at the employees, even throwing the
00:55:13beverage at them. Iannazzo was fired by Merrill Lynch and was arrested. He was given a year of
00:55:25probation and had to donate $500 to a charity. Then, he settled a lawsuit from one of the
00:55:32employees for a reported $7,500. Number 24. SoCal Karen
00:55:40In 2020, Torrance, California and the surrounding area were haunted by a figure that harassed folk
00:55:46with Asian heritage. Lena Hernandez, who used to be a social worker, weirdly, was involved in
00:55:53several incidents where she launched into grim, racist rants at people for seemingly little to no
00:55:59reason. At one point, she put on a mock Asian accent to belittle one victim. But in July 2020,
00:56:11she was finally arrested for attacking Katelyn Salmanow at the Del Amo Mall the previous year.
00:56:17In October 2020, Hernandez pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery. As such, she received 45
00:56:24days in jail, three years of probation with a year of anger management and was barred from being near
00:56:30Salmanow and the mall. Number 23.
00:56:45Randy Marsh Cosplay You know it's a big deal when a
00:56:50performer has to stop what they're doing to address some nonsense in the audience.
00:57:08And that's exactly what happened in Georgia in 2022 as the comedian Lewis Black was doing his set.
00:57:14Comedians usually deal with hecklers swiftly and harshly. But not in this case. Black bluntly
00:57:20called out the guy who was harassing people in the audience. The crowd then turns their
00:57:25displeasure on Ken and yells for him to leave. Quickly, security arrives to escort him from the
00:57:36venue. At this point, Ken produces his best Randy Marsh impression from South Park by yelling that
00:57:42he thought this was America. It is. Which is why a private business can throw him out.
00:57:59Number 22. Party Pooper
00:58:06The bachelorette party is a cherished symbol for those taking the plunge into married life.
00:58:12In 2022, one group of women rented a $4,000 Airbnb to have a big shindig.
00:58:19But one local resident wasn't happy. This Ken trespassed onto the property as the women were
00:58:30enjoying the pool. He reportedly videoed them to make it extra creepy. Yelling that the party is
00:58:36disturbing the neighborhood, apparently he uses transphobic slurs and threatens violence against
00:58:42the group. The women stood their ground with this nonsense and called the police. Unfortunately for
00:58:51Ken, he was arrested for his nosy behavior. On top of that, he was already on probation for a
00:58:58domestic dispute the week before. Uh-oh. Number 21. Baldwin Batty
00:59:05Hey, even famous men can be Kens. It's not just a title for us normies. In 2018,
00:59:18actor Alec Baldwin had a bit of an... incident. He had apparently gotten into an argument with
00:59:24Wojciech Szewczykowski over a parking space in New York City. Instead of dealing with it
00:59:29rationally, Baldwin reportedly shoved Szewczykowski hard in the chest and then punched him across the
00:59:35jaw. In 2019, Baldwin sued Szewczykowski for the accusations and false imprisonment. He also
00:59:51claimed Szewczykowski was exaggerating his injuries. But the actor did admit guilt for a
00:59:56violation of harassment. Baldwin received a conditional discharge and enrollment in an
01:00:01anger management course. In 2022, this drama was eventually concluded when the case was settled.
01:00:08Number 20. Soho Karen
01:00:21At the end of 2020, a video went viral that showcased the later-named Soho Karen. Taking
01:00:29place at the Arlo Hotel in Soho, Manhattan, New York, Mia Ponsetto couldn't find her phone. Instead
01:00:36of being calm and rational, she decided to accuse a random black person, the 14-year-old
01:00:42Kion Harold Jr., of stealing it. He didn't have it. With Ponsetto also losing patience with Harold's
01:00:54father, she tackled the young boy to the ground, all of which was caught on camera. In the aftermath,
01:01:00a warrant was issued for her arrest. After a brief car chase, the cops got her.
01:01:06But she made it worse for herself by resisting. She pled guilty to a felony hate crime and
01:01:11received two years of probation. If Ponsetto fails to comply with the terms of the plea deal,
01:01:17she is facing up to four years in prison. Number 19. Dog Park Karen
01:01:23For some reason, Karens seem to flock to dog parks. It's bizarre how often this seems to happen.
01:01:30In 2021, author Frederick Joseph and his partner enjoyed a night walk with their pup
01:01:35in Brooklyn, New York. Suddenly, they were harassed by a woman. According to Joseph
01:01:40and a bystander in the video, the woman threatened to get the cops involved and told the couple to
01:01:46stay in their hood. This was all because the dog was barking loudly at night.
01:02:01There's just one problem. She got another apparently loud dog mixed up with Joseph's.
01:02:08After the video spread online, she was ID'd as Emma Sarley. Once her employer, software firm
01:02:15Bevy, heard about the incident and her discriminatory behavior, Sarley was fired.
01:02:26Number 18. Karen Named Karen Sometimes it's the little things in life.
01:02:32A rainbow, the smell of cut grass, and a Karen actually named Karen.
01:02:38In 2021, Karen Turner attempted to shop in a grocery store in Ohio. But since the pandemic
01:02:46was underway, people were on edge. Well, not Turner, who refused to wear a mask.
01:02:53The store staff told her to leave, but she stubbornly didn't. We're not sure what she
01:02:59was expecting here, but it probably wasn't the police turning up. Body cam footage shows Turner
01:03:05being as uncooperative as possible with the cops. As they attempted to take her handbag from her,
01:03:10she hilariously screams,
01:03:19Turner was fined $573 plus court costs for her strange protest.
01:03:26Number 17. Kat Meet Karen Here's a woman who ticks loads of boxes
01:03:32on the Karen bingo card. In 2020, TikTok user Iris Kessler posted a weird interaction that
01:03:39occurred outside a Mexican restaurant near her work. A customer known as Arielle accused the
01:03:46place of serving her cat meat instead of chicken. It's a bit weird that she apparently knows what
01:03:57cat meat tastes like. She then threw things at the restaurant's windows and threatened further
01:04:02violence against them. As Iris Kessler and others stood outside to stop her from returning,
01:04:08Arielle spat out various insults and homophobic remarks while they waited for the cops to come.
01:04:13Her nonchalant demeanor soon went out the window as she was bundled into the back of the police car
01:04:19while screaming.
01:04:21Number 16. Zombie Karen Imagine a plague where zombies are created.
01:04:34That's already grim. Well, now picture a Zombie Karen. Sorry for that image. In 2020,
01:04:42an unnamed woman was reportedly told to leave a Louisiana bar and wasn't let back in. It isn't
01:04:49hard to see why. With the door closed, she didn't take the news well. She threw herself
01:04:55against the glass multiple times while yelling. She then began licking the door for some reason.
01:05:06Not getting anywhere with her walking dead stick, she decided to bust in using her head.
01:05:13She also accused the person filming of being racist. Right. By the end of the video,
01:05:19we see her being taken by police. She probably felt so silly the following day. Hopefully.
01:05:29Number 15. Plane Karen Babies and planes can be a rough mix,
01:05:35but in 2018, Susan Perez handled things really poorly. Complaining about having to sit next to
01:05:42a young child and insulting the mom, Perez seemingly wanted to be moved, but this wasn't
01:05:48doable. She subsequently demanded the name of the flight attendant, Tabitha. Once she got it,
01:06:00she basically implied that she could get the worker fired. Well, Tabitha wasn't going to let
01:06:12that slide. She called for Perez, now with a surprised Pikachu face, to be removed from the
01:06:18plane. The Karen tried to say she was sorry, but the damage was already done. Her employer,
01:06:24the New York State Council on the Arts, suspended her. Number 14. Healthcare Karen
01:06:38It's not every day a Karen tells on themselves. It makes our job a little bit easier, though.
01:06:44In 2021, worldwide events caused Karens in all fields to get weird. One working at a medical
01:06:52center in Kentucky decided this was going to be the hill she wanted to metaphorically perish on.
01:06:58In a video posted by the TikTok account,
01:07:05at journeyintruth, the woman is asked to leave the building. She claims she hasn't
01:07:10resigned or been fired. Well, seemingly one of those isn't correct. In reality,
01:07:21the woman refused to comply with a vaccination mandate, meaning she could no longer work there.
01:07:27The head of security demands her and a fellow like-minded colleague's badge while she flicks
01:07:32her foot about and refuses to comply. Number 13. Corner Store Caroline
01:07:51In 2018, a woman claims to have been assaulted by a young boy in a corner store in Brooklyn,
01:07:57New York. That's shocking and horrific, right? In a video released online, we see the apparent
01:08:10victim, Teresa Cline, calling the cops on the young family as the children cried. However,
01:08:17her version of events were very, very wrong. CCTV showed as the boy walked out of the store,
01:08:25his backpack lightly grazed her, clearly showing him walking by, rushing out to leave with his
01:08:32family. So, she put this family through unnecessary stress over nothing. She
01:08:37apologized to the falsely accused black child after the truth came out, but her words were
01:08:42widely seen as insufficient. There were talks of an investigation into her actions,
01:08:54and while she wasn't arrested, she was mocked and called out.
01:08:59Number 12. Marjorie Taylor Greene fined
01:09:04Even politicians can be Karens. Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the most controversial figures
01:09:10in the US. Greene refused to wear a mask in Congress, despite it being required.
01:09:28She ignored this easy-to-follow mandate many times. When a person breaks this house rule,
01:09:34they're fined $500 the first time, then $2,500 for each following incident.
01:09:47Usually, the amount is taken off the representative's salary. In January 2022,
01:09:52Greene claimed she had been fined nearly $90,000 as a result of her ignoring the directive. Using
01:10:00math, that means she'd flouted the decree around 37 times at that point. Yikes.
01:10:07Number 11. Kat Karen
01:10:10Nobody likes to be told they can't do something, but sometimes it's best to just listen and take
01:10:16the L. In 2020, a woman arrived at the World Gym in New Taipei, Taiwan. However, she wanted to bring
01:10:24her cat in with her. We can only assume she needed a trusted spotter. After attempting this numerous
01:10:31times in the past and reportedly having her membership taken away, she tried once more.
01:10:37But this time, she used violent threats. Then, still not getting her way, she took all her
01:10:44clothes off, stormed into the gym, and began working out. About 30 minutes later, the police
01:10:51arrived and arrested her after making sure she was dressed.
01:10:56Number 10. Armed Ken and Karen
01:10:59In 2020, as a group of George Floyd protesters went through a private neighborhood in St. Louis,
01:11:06Missouri, all was fine. Well, it was until Patricia and Mark Thomas McCloskey came out
01:11:12of their house yelling and pointing firearms at the protesters.
01:11:21Due to their bizarre actions, the two were invited to appear at that year's
01:11:29Republican National Convention, where they criticized the Black Lives Matter movement.
01:11:45In 2021, the McCloskeys pled guilty to misdemeanor offenses.
01:11:49This resulted in fines for the pair and the destruction of their notorious weapons.
01:12:02However, the Missouri Governor Mike Parson pardons them. In 2022, the Supreme Court of
01:12:08Missouri indefinitely suspended their law licenses, but then gave them a year's probation instead.
01:12:15Number 9. 10 Items or Jail
01:12:20For those of us that aren't keen on people, self-checkouts in grocery shops are wonderful,
01:12:26but sometimes there are rules on using them. In March 2023, Linda Yuka tried to go through
01:12:33one at an HEB store in Spring, Texas. When she was denied the option because she had more than
01:12:3910 items, an agitated Yuka left the grocery store. The employees were probably hoping this
01:12:46was the end of it, but no. She then returned with a friend. Yuka reportedly attacked a staff member
01:12:53and pulled her hair before hurrying away from the scene. The cops later tracked her down and
01:12:58charged her with assault. As part of her bond, Yuka is banned from shopping at any HEB stores
01:13:05throughout Harris County. Number 8. Starbucks Karen
01:13:10Ah, more anti-mask people. I get shortness of breath, dizziness, and it messes with the
01:13:15heartbeat. And I do have asthma as well. In 2020, Amber Gillis posted an image on
01:13:22Facebook of Starbucks barista Lennon Gutierrez in San Diego, California.
01:13:27Saying quote, meet Lennon from Starbucks who refused to serve me because I'm not wearing a
01:13:31mask, next time I will wait for cops and bring a medical exemption.
01:13:34She claimed she was refused service for not wearing a mask, and she wasn't pleased. And
01:13:40it didn't have quite the effect she was going for. Instead, a GoFundMe page was created for
01:13:46Gutierrez to give him tips for standing up to Gillis. He made this GoFundMe so other people
01:13:55could tip the barista, and it blew up. Currently, it has over $105,000. Well,
01:14:01Gillis wasn't happy. In 2021, she decided to sue Matt Cohen, who created the GoFundMe page.
01:14:09She claimed that a screenshot of her original post included in the fundraiser violated her
01:14:15rights. The suit was dismissed by a judge. However, Gillis is appealing the decision.
01:14:267. BBQ Becky
01:14:28It's a video that launched a thousand memes. In 2018, a group of people were enjoying the
01:14:35nice weather by having a barbecue at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California.
01:14:39Well, not on Jennifer Schultz's watch. She told the group that they couldn't be
01:14:51there for a barbecue and that she apparently owns the park. She doesn't. She then proceeds
01:14:57to call the police. She even takes and refuses to give back one person's ID.
01:15:14Eventually, the cops arrive with Schultz sobbing over the incident.
01:15:18They assessed her for a psychiatric hold but felt she didn't fit the criteria.
01:15:27After this event, Oakland residents came together at the site to have a large cookout,
01:15:32probably causing Schultz a sleepless night with all those grilled goodies.
01:15:386. San Fran Karen
01:15:41In San Francisco in 2020, James Wanilo was stenciling a BLM message on his own
01:15:48wall. But someone asks for his attention. As he turns, he's greeted with one of the
01:15:53most terrifying expressions a person can have in the shape of Lisa Alexander.
01:16:00Wanilo is then told by her that he shouldn't do that on other people's property. He plays
01:16:13along for a bit until Alexander states she knows the wall isn't his and she knows the person whose
01:16:20it is. Uh-oh. Wanilo then goads them into calling the cops, which they do.
01:16:29After the video went viral, Alexander apologized for calling the police.
01:16:34Several companies also cut ties with the skincare firm she's CEO of.
01:16:445. Extinguisher Scene
01:16:49In January 2023, Jennifer Holder was at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
01:16:56After allegedly dipping on paying the bill at Buffalo Wild Wings,
01:17:00she attempted to enter a secure door. A big no-no, especially in an airport.
01:17:07When she was confronted by staff, Holder grabbed a fire extinguisher and went on a rampage,
01:17:13spraying employees and passengers with the chemicals as she wandered around.
01:17:19Eventually, the police managed to arrest her, but not before they were kicked and spat on by
01:17:31Holder. Several airport staff even required medical attention for breathing in the extinguisher spray.
01:17:37Holder faces several charges, including assault and obstructing law enforcement.
01:17:434. Permit Patty
01:17:45In 2018 in San Francisco,
01:17:488-year-old Jordan Rogers was saving up to afford to go to Disneyland.
01:18:00This entrepreneur did this by selling cold bottled water on the street,
01:18:05right outside her house, for $2. Well, because people hate plucky kids apparently,
01:18:11Allison Edel decided to intervene. In a video, she is shown calling the cops on Rogers for not
01:18:19having a permit. Edel claims the yelling about the water being for sale for hours on end is what
01:18:36drove her to make the harsh decision. After the video was uploaded, Edel was nicknamed Permit
01:18:42Patty by the wonderful internet. Due to the backlash, she was later forced to resign as CEO
01:18:48of TreatWell Health. 3. Non-Flying Senator
01:19:01Sometimes, US Senators like to think of themselves as untouchable.
01:19:12Well, in 2021, Alaska State Senator Laura Reinbold learned that this isn't always the case.
01:19:20She was videoed at Juneau International Airport, arguing with staff over their mask rules. In a
01:19:25classic Karen move, whenever a member of staff asked her to wear it properly,
01:19:30she wrote down their name for daring to question her authority.
01:19:40Later on, Reinbold called it mask tyranny. With all the online backlash to the video,
01:19:46Alaska Airlines stated they told Reinbold she's no longer allowed to fly with them.
01:19:52Last year, she referred to Alaska Airlines staff as mask bullies after a confrontation
01:19:58with flight attendants. As a result, she's asked to be excused from legislative sessions
01:20:03until next year since traveling was now a nightmare for her. Whoops!
01:20:092. Mother and Son Karen Sometimes, being a Karen can be a family affair,
01:20:17and that was the case in 2021 in Tennessee. Johnny Martinez, who was doing his job checking
01:20:24vehicle permits in a residential building's car park, was accosted by mother and son,
01:20:28Bitsy and Edward Brennan. They demanded to see his ID and stated he shouldn't be there.
01:20:45Martinez refuses to go along with their antics. Out of nowhere, Edward attacks Martinez since he's
01:20:51recording on his phone. Bitsy then calls the cops. Edward then tries to gaslight the video
01:21:03camera by claiming he never touched Martinez. Right. In the aftermath, Edward was served with
01:21:10an arrest warrant for assault and Bitsy was fired as an investment broker at UBS.
01:21:401. Central Park Karen In 2020, Christian Cooper went to
01:21:46watch birds in New York's Central Park, but he spots namesake Amy Cooper with an unleashed dog,
01:21:53which they need to be in that area. So Christian asks her to put a leash on the pup. Instead of
01:22:00realizing her mistake and being sorry, she goes all Sith and refuses. Christian records the scary
01:22:07part, where she announces that she'll call the cops and recklessly claim,
01:22:11an African-American man is threatening my life, when he was doing no such thing.
01:22:22It's also really distressing seeing her yank her dog's collar all over the place.
01:22:26After the video came out, Franklin Templeton Investments fired Amy. She was also charged
01:22:32with several crimes, but those charges were later dropped. Have you experienced the wrath
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