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Many store employees will set aside stuff in the back to purchase when their shift is over. It was supposedly a no no but was mostly over looked. Hence it will still be showing as in stock online until the employee pays for it.
Starter wife worked at Target and told me all secrets.

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Lol. I worked sporting goods at walmart during the Panic. You can imagine I got first dibs on any ammo coming through

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Did you check if that Target also lied about having disinfecting wipes too?

I can kind of excuse a store with online inventory to be out of some regular demand product where their inventory shows one or two items remaining while they are actually out (because they were stolen and not inventoried since). Proper online vendors with brick and mortar stores even alert dumb shoppers for this risk by using some visual warning (such as yellow color etc.) or alternatively replace under 5 counts with a text such as “contact store to confirm availability”.

But this bullshit that they are listing panic buy items as being available and then fail to update their website regularly for actual availability of actual product, for that they deserve every irate customer tearing them a new one every time its happens. I wouldn't cry for someone even torching the whole place for that.

Sure the cashier probably doesn't manage the website, but I bet the manager could call someone and get that shit straightened out right away, if they really cared about customer service and not having people drive around and risk infection to chase phantom product listings. And this applies to any disruptions in demand or supply. If you have online inventory, keep it up to date or take it down.

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This wholeheartedly why I believe a person should work retail for at least 6mo to a year at some point in their life.

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The Karens were bad, but not as bad as the EBT momma trying to scam extra stuff and swap tags, or the Western Union scammers.

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Wait... Why do Karen’s believe the distance they have traveled has any effect on a sales associate’s ability to conjure objects that don’t exist?

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I'd suggest a front kick to her front butt, followed by yanking on her fun bags then a foot sweep and finish with a tea bag.

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Did you check if that Target also lied about having disinfecting wipes too?

I can kind of excuse a store with online inventory to be out of some regular demand product where their inventory shows one or two items remaining while they are actually out (because they were stolen and not inventoried since). Proper online vendors with brick and mortar stores even alert dumb shoppers for this risk by using some visual warning (such as yellow color etc.) or alternatively replace under 5 counts with a text such as "contact store to confirm availability".

But this bullshit that they are listing panic buy items as being available and then fail to update their website regularly for actual availability of actual product, for that they deserve every irate customer tearing them a new one every time its happens. I wouldn't cry for someone even torching the whole place for that.

Sure the cashier probably doesn't manage the website, but I bet the manager could call someone and get that shit straightened out right away, if they really cared about customer service and not having people drive around and risk infection to chase phantom product listings. And this applies to any disruptions in demand or supply. If you have online inventory, keep it up to date or take it down.

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My wife ordered some stuff from target I had to pick up Friday, and then of course asked me to check for a few things in the grocery section while I’m there.



You couldn’t tell a difference from any other weekday in any other year. Nothing missing from the shelves - paper products, cleaning products, fresh groceries.

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I visited Walmart on Thursday at about 7:30pm.  Karen was there.  She asked an associate for butter.  Associate replies they were all out.

"What do you mean you're out?  You have some in the back.  Just put some out.  Can't you find some?  Maybe a manager can help.."

Associate was all .

Karen couldn't believe there was no butter.  Half the shelves were empty of all kinds of weird stuff.

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I see. You think we should have sympathy for a business that has deceptive or down right fraudulent advertising. Also it apparently should have no consequences.

The fact remains that people have and will continue to destroy stores that set them up like that. In a mass hysteria and panic situation the store should be extra careful not to promise to sell something that they don't have, not less careful or less within their due diligence.

But eventually it's a self solving problem in a free economy, shady business will just fail and others will prosper.

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I have some disinfecting wipes and Karen can suck my dick for them,but she will need to toss in a doughnut to seal the deal

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There's only one thing worse than a Karen, and that's a wife that wants you to Karen on her behalf.

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I bring funnies from my last retail jobs FB group lol.

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A couple of months ago I had a Karen in front of me in line play the I want to speak to the manager. I interrupted her and told her the manager was Ray Charleston and I had his cell number and said he was most likely not in the office.

The I turned to the cashier and said I had forgotten an item and would be right back

I gave Karen MY cell number and took off. Of course she called it and from maybe 50 feet away I answered it on the 3rd ring.

"Ray Charleston," I answered.

After she was done with her spiel I asked her to turn her head to the left which she did.

"Good. Now we have your face on our facial recognition software. You are at register 4 and we have recorded the entire conversation you had with the cashier, who happens to be my aunt by the way. Pay for your stuff and leave. You have 5 minutes. If the  software picks your face up again I will have you arrested for trespassing."

She looked shocked, paid and fled like the devil was chasing her.

When I got back to the register the cashier looked at me and said, "The manager's name isn't Ray Charleston."

She rang up my stuff and when I paid her she looked at me wide eyed and said, "That was your cell phone you gave her, wasn't it?"

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A couple of months ago I had a Karen in front of me in line play the I want to speak to the manager. I interrupted her and told her the manager was Ray Charleston and I had his cell number and said he was most likely not in the office.

The I turned to the cashier and said I had forgotten an item and would be right back

I gave Karen MY cell number and took off. Of course she called it and from maybe 50 feet away I answered it on the 3rd ring.

"Ray Charleston," I answered.

After she was done with her spiel I asked her to turn her head to the left which she did.

"Good. Now we have your face on our facial recognition software. You are at register 4 and we have recorded the entire conversation you had with the cashier, who happens to be my aunt by the way. Pay for your stuff and leave. You have 5 minutes. If the  software picks your face up again I will have you arrested for trespassing."

She looked shocked, paid and fled like the devil was chasing her.

When I got back to the register the cashier looked at me and said, "The manager's name isn't Ray Charleston."

She rang up my stuff and when I paid her she looked at me wide eyed and said, "That was your cell phone you gave her, wasn't it?"

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Remember these workers  are NOT allowed to speak up against these customers. These customers KNOW this...  WE customers can. I do and have NO ISSUE doing so. You treat a customer service clerk like shit, I am NOT gonna let that go,

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Remember these workers  are NOT allowed to speak up against these customers. These customers KNOW this...  WE customers can. I do and have NO ISSUE doing so. You treat a customer service clerk like shit, I am NOT gonna let that go,

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She have any donuts?

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I have some disinfecting wipes and Karen can suck my dick for them,but she will need to toss in a doughnut to seal the deal

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Remember these workers  are NOT allowed to speak up against these customers. These customers KNOW this...  WE customers can. I do and have NO ISSUE doing so. You treat a customer service clerk like shit, I am NOT gonna let that go,

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I'd suggest a front kick to her front butt, followed by yanking on her fun bags then a foot sweep and finish with a tea bag.

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Butcher in a retail store here.
I see it daily.
Yeah, I'm hiding the ground beef in the back until you leave.

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Had a ghetto Karen type scream about hamburger friday. I was browsing the meat case for some salmon for my elderly boston. This lady started to argue with the poor kids working the meat counter and eventually felt the need to scream "Bitch you best grind me up one dem pieces of meat in that case" while pointing at some nice porterhouse's. He simply said "No, thats not hamburger meat. The meat that hamburger comes from different cows". The lady began screaming jibberish,  called everyone near the meat counter racists mutha fuckas and asked for their bitch ass manager

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Sounds like the lady that walked up while I was waiting in line to get into Walmart yesterday. She announces to the guy manning the door and everyone within earshot, “I’m not standing in this line! These people should all be 6 feet apart according to the CDC!”
The guy said, “In that case you can stand 6 feet behind the last person in line.”
We all laughed, she left.

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My kids bugged us to go to Target because their website said they had a nintendo switch in stock.   Seeing as how we are going to kill them if we don't find something for them to do we figured we would buy it.    We get there and the entire section is cleaned out.  No nintendo, xbox, ps4, nothing.  Looks like we aren't the only ones!

Oh well,  we can always make more kids if we have to kill the ones we have.  Since we are here, let's see if they are still cleaned out of the usual stuff and of course they are.  No rice, beans, cold medicine, hand sanitizer, bleach, disinfectant. etc..  Same story as everywhere else.

Then I hear Karen.  She is talking to/at an employee in what starts out as a firm, controlled but civil voice.  She looks to be about her late 40's/early 50's with dyed blond hair which was surprisingly NOT done in the typical Karen haircut but in a longer style.  Karenoflage?

"Excuse me, do you have any clorox disinfecting wipes?"  The poor kid she pinioned gives the expected answer:
"No, I'm sorry we are out".   Nice polite kid.  Karen speaks again, her voice more strident, more demanding this time.

"I just looked online and it SAID you HAD some!!"  Still pretending to be polite but her tone says "you better change your tune or there will be hell to pay".

"No maam we are all out"

"Well can you go check in the back PLEASE!?!?!"   She managed to make "please" sound like "or else".  Clearly, Karen had experience in these matters.

"Sorry maam but all our stock is out.  Whatever we have is on the shelf".  You can tell the kid knows what's coming.  He's met Karen before.

Karen's demeanor changes.  She squares off to the poor kid,  points a finger at his face and says in a louder voice.

"I drove all the way out here (probably 5 minutes worth of driving around here) and now you're telling me you don't have any?!  This is ridiculous!  I need to speak to a manager! "

You could practically hear the poor kid rolling his eyes because Karen seems to think the manager can pull a can of disinfecting wipes out of his ass.  Mind you this is at 1pm, the store has been open for hours and anything they had this morning is long gone.  The entire world knows this, except for Karen.   In Karen's world, shortages happen to other people.  Karen gets what she wants, when she wants it, epidemics be damned.

I would not have believed it if it hadn't happened right in front of me.  Karen is real, she is out there and SHE WANTS TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER.

If you encounter Karen in the wild, give Karen wide berth and leave the area.  Or she WILL speak to your manager.

Anybody else run into Karen today?

File photo of Karen for field identification purposes.  Actual hairstyle may vary:

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A couple of months ago I had a Karen in front of me in line play the I want to speak to the manager. I interrupted her and told her the manager was Ray Charleston and I had his cell number and said he was most likely not in the office.

The I turned to the cashier and said I had forgotten an item and would be right back

I gave Karen MY cell number and took off. Of course she called it and from maybe 50 feet away I answered it on the 3rd ring.

"Ray Charleston," I answered.

After she was done with her spiel I asked her to turn her head to the left which she did.

"Good. Now we have your face on our facial recognition software. You are at register 4 and we have recorded the entire conversation you had with the cashier, who happens to be my aunt by the way. Pay for your stuff and leave. You have 5 minutes. If the  software picks your face up again I will have you arrested for trespassing."

She looked shocked, paid and fled like the devil was chasing her.

When I got back to the register the cashier looked at me and said, "The manager's name isn't Ray Charleston."

She rang up my stuff and when I paid her she looked at me wide eyed and said, "That was your cell phone you gave her, wasn't it?"

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I ran into Karen at Publix on Saturday.

Publix started restricting the amount you could buy for certain items past the normal paper and cleaning products and started extending it to foods as well. For example, you could only buy 2 meat products, or one bulk can of oats, 2 cans of soup, 2 jars of spaghetti sauce, stuff like that.

Now luckily she was behind me in line so I didn't have to witness the whole encounter, but it started like this.

Karen has 4 cans of soup. Cashier says she can only buy 2. Karen informs cashier that she is only buying 2, 2 wild rice & 2 chicken noodle.  Cashier tries to explain it means 2 cans of soup no matter the flavor. Nope. "I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER! I'VE GOT 5 KIDS TO FEED!"

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Remember these workers  are NOT allowed to speak up against these customers. These customers KNOW this...  WE customers can. I do and have NO ISSUE doing so. You treat a customer service clerk like shit, I am NOT gonna let that go,

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My kids bugged us to go to Target because their website said they had a nintendo switch in stock.   Seeing as how we are going to kill them if we don't find something for them to do we figured we would buy it.    We get there and the entire section is cleaned out.  No nintendo, xbox, ps4, nothing.  Looks like we aren't the only ones!

Oh well,  we can always make more kids if we have to kill the ones we have.  Since we are here, let's see if they are still cleaned out of the usual stuff and of course they are.  No rice, beans, cold medicine, hand sanitizer, bleach, disinfectant. etc..  Same story as everywhere else.

Then I hear Karen.  She is talking to/at an employee in what starts out as a firm, controlled but civil voice.  She looks to be about her late 40's/early 50's with dyed blond hair which was surprisingly NOT done in the typical Karen haircut but in a longer style.  Karenoflage?

"Excuse me, do you have any clorox disinfecting wipes?"  The poor kid she pinioned gives the expected answer:
"No, I'm sorry we are out".   Nice polite kid.  Karen speaks again, her voice more strident, more demanding this time.

"I just looked online and it SAID you HAD some!!"  Still pretending to be polite but her tone says "you better change your tune or there will be hell to pay".

"No maam we are all out"

"Well can you go check in the back PLEASE!?!?!"   She managed to make "please" sound like "or else".  Clearly, Karen had experience in these matters.

"Sorry maam but all our stock is out.  Whatever we have is on the shelf".  You can tell the kid knows what's coming.  He's met Karen before.

Karen's demeanor changes.  She squares off to the poor kid,  points a finger at his face and says in a louder voice.

"I drove all the way out here (probably 5 minutes worth of driving around here) and now you're telling me you don't have any?!  This is ridiculous!  I need to speak to a manager! "

You could practically hear the poor kid rolling his eyes because Karen seems to think the manager can pull a can of disinfecting wipes out of his ass.  Mind you this is at 1pm, the store has been open for hours and anything they had this morning is long gone.  The entire world knows this, except for Karen.   In Karen's world, shortages happen to other people.  Karen gets what she wants, when she wants it, epidemics be damned.

I would not have believed it if it hadn't happened right in front of me.  Karen is real, she is out there and SHE WANTS TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER.

If you encounter Karen in the wild, give Karen wide berth and leave the area.  Or she WILL speak to your manager.

Anybody else run into Karen today?

File photo of Karen for field identification purposes.  Actual hairstyle may vary:

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/018/181/managerhaircutt.jpg

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Remember these workers  are NOT allowed to speak up against these customers. These customers KNOW this...  WE customers can. I do and have NO ISSUE doing so. You treat a customer service clerk like shit, I am NOT gonna let that go,

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12 years in retail and the worst of the American consumer was the Middle aged white female.

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Did you check if that Target also lied about having disinfecting wipes too?

I can kind of excuse a store with online inventory to be out of some regular demand product where their inventory shows one or two items remaining while they are actually out (because they were stolen and not inventoried since). Proper online vendors with brick and mortar stores even alert dumb shoppers for this risk by using some visual warning (such as yellow color etc.) or alternatively replace under 5 counts with a text such as “contact store to confirm availability”.

But this bullshit that they are listing panic buy items as being available and then fail to update their website regularly for actual availability of actual product, for that they deserve every irate customer tearing them a new one every time its happens. I wouldn't cry for someone even torching the whole place for that.

Sure the cashier probably doesn't manage the website, but I bet the manager could call someone and get that shit straightened out right away, if they really cared about customer service and not having people drive around and risk infection to chase phantom product listings. And this applies to any disruptions in demand or supply. If you have online inventory, keep it up to date or take it down.

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As a customer.. this is also the perfect time to assert your dominance on Karen with some snarky humorous remark or comment.. or a simple "I was here earlier, they did have some, but it was gone in minutes"  Save the kid.. he will become your personal retail servant for that trip.

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As a customer.. this is also the perfect time to assert your dominance on Karen with some snarky humorous remark or comment.. or a simple "I was here earlier, they did have some, but it was gone in minutes"  Save the kid.. he will become your personal retail servant for that trip.

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Sure the cashier probably doesn't manage the website, but I bet the manager could call someone and get that shit straightened out right away, if they really cared about customer service and not having people drive around and risk infection to chase phantom product listings. And this applies to any disruptions in demand or supply. If you have online inventory, keep it up to date or take it down.