What is a karen?

[scaredyclassic]

WHAT DOES KAREN MEAN?
Karen is a mocking slang term for an entitled, obnoxious, middle-aged white woman. Especially as featured in memes, Karen is generally stereotyped as having a blonde bob haircut, asking to speak to retail and restaurant managers to voice complaints or make demands, and being a nagging, often divorced mother from Generation X.

Fyi
Need to know this in case u hear yr kid muttering karen under their breath

[Coronita]

Just go onto nextdoor in an affluent area, lol.
Plenty of examples. I don’ think it’s a generational thing. It’s more of an “bored annoying stay at home mom that meddles all the time in everyone else’s affairs” sort of thing. i got a couple of classic examples collected over time.

[SDNative2]

OK Boomer.

[svelte]

Nextdoor is pretty bad. The stuff I read on there – and it’s not just the females I might add – is really obnoxious nosey Joe and Jane type of stuff.

Yelp is fun to read too. Some of the crap that people complain about from various businesses is just amazing to read. Makes me glad I don’t have to deal with the general public at my job.

[scaredyclassic]

man. id never heard of a Karen.

there’s a whole taxonomy of karens

[Coronita]

you could write a book about Karens.

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte]Nextdoor is pretty bad. The stuff I read on there – and it’s not just the females I might add – is really obnoxious nosey Joe and Jane type of stuff.

Yelp is fun to read too. Some of the crap that people complain about from various businesses is just amazing to read. Makes me glad I don’t have to deal with the general public at my job.[/quote]

+1

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=Coronita][quote=svelte]Nextdoor is pretty bad. The stuff I read on there – and it’s not just the females I might add – is really obnoxious nosey Joe and Jane type of stuff.

Yelp is fun to read too. Some of the crap that people complain about from various businesses is just amazing to read. Makes me glad I don’t have to deal with the general public at my job.[/quote]

+1[/quote]

i recall reading a yelp review of a restaurant we were contemplating going to and laughing so hard I was in tears at this woman’s disappointment in her evening. it was difficult to believe she was serious. but i think she was

[Coronita]

I went with my kid to Legoland a few years ago, and both of us remember this lady cut in front of us at the food line to complain about the pepperoni pizza she ordered.

She went on a tirade that the personal pepperoni pizza only had 4 pepperonis not 5 or more and demanded a full refund. The manager gave her a full refund, and then she sat down and finished the pizza.

I feel sorry for the american retail stores. What a pain in the ass american consumers are.

[Hobie]

Not long ago these Karen’s were the high power women exec types.

Even a song about them:
go to 2:36

[Coronita]

Karen #9. Manner Police

Etiquette while walking….
This morning I was walking West up (north side)the hill Ocean Air Dr. as I have many times. People (including myself) are always very polite & conscientious about moving to the shoulder in the street or trail if there is one, which I appreciate. However today as I approached a section with no trail I saw a group approaching so I got ready to move to the street. As I got closer I saw 3 groups of women walking together, each with a dog and some with a few children walking side by side spreading all the way into the street. None of them made any attempt to move to single file so I was forced out into the middle of the street. I really can’t believe the selfishness and rudeness. Not sure what else I could have done.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=Coronita]Karen #9. Manner Police

Etiquette while walking….
This morning I was walking West up (north side)the hill Ocean Air Dr. as I have many times. People (including myself) are always very polite & conscientious about moving to the shoulder in the street or trail if there is one, which I appreciate. However today as I approached a section with no trail I saw a group approaching so I got ready to move to the street. As I got closer I saw 3 groups of women walking together, each with a dog and some with a few children walking side by side spreading all the way into the street. None of them made any attempt to move to single file so I was forced out into the middle of the street. I really can’t believe the selfishness and rudeness. Not sure what else I could have done.
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wait; who’s the karen here?

also…is karen a sexist term?

[Coronita]

[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita]Karen #9. Manner Police

Etiquette while walking….
This morning I was walking West up (north side)the hill Ocean Air Dr. as I have many times. People (including myself) are always very polite & conscientious about moving to the shoulder in the street or trail if there is one, which I appreciate. However today as I approached a section with no trail I saw a group approaching so I got ready to move to the street. As I got closer I saw 3 groups of women walking together, each with a dog and some with a few children walking side by side spreading all the way into the street. None of them made any attempt to move to single file so I was forced out into the middle of the street. I really can’t believe the selfishness and rudeness. Not sure what else I could have done.
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wait; who’s the karen here?

also…is karen a sexist term?[/quote]

Both Karens, good point

Yes, it’s sexist, but for men you can call them Karl….

[Coronita]

Here’s a couple different types of Karens

Karen #1: The Pissed off I Need to Vent Neighbor Karen:
Summary: Karen was pissed off that one of her neighbors at the cul de sac had a party and was loud, but rather than be like most adults and talk the neighbor(s), she decides to rant about it on Nextdoor to get the empathy vote.

“I need to write this letter to you because, over the weekend, the constant 7-hour loud noise of the families at the end of Cul de sac on Corte de Marin was unacceptable.

I am a child therapist and advocate for children and truly believe in the magic of play and fun. At the same time, children need to learn respect for their fellow humans.
To have six plus kids barreling down the road and all literally screaming is simply not fair to anyone. The parks and beaches are now open, and it is a workweek.

Please please allow us to work in peace.
We are a community, and everyone matters.

Thank you”

Karens #2: The Parnoid Karens: Summary Suspicious looking man that drove by XXX at time YYY that didn’t look like they belonged there. This gets written about all the time by Karens.

“At about 5:40PM this evening, my husband was driving into our Cul de sac (Ruette De Ville) and noticed a running car pulled over on the side of the road and a person in the car was shining a flashlight into a dark window of one of the homes. The dash cam picture didn’t get the plates or car very well but may be a dark colored Toyota Camry. Has anyone else seen this? Please be aware.”

Keren #3: Bad drivers all abound Karens… These Karens get annoyed by people speeding and terrorizing the san diego roads..

“What can we do about speeding, reckless and distracted driving in Carmel Valley? Just today I was driving down Del Mar Heights Rd. and a white BMW, license plate (actually plate number posted) came by me at 90+ mph. This isn’t the first time this has happened – everyday I see it on Carmel Valley Rd., El Camino Real, the 56 and of course the freeway. At 7 am the other morning when I was walking my dog, within 5 minutes I saw 2 cars run a red light, 1 person distracted on their phone, and 2 people roll through a stop sign. Rarely do I see these drivers get pulled over by law enforcement.
School will be starting soon and there will be more young drivers, cyclists and pedestrians out on the road. Which means more opportunity for crashes, injuries and deaths.
We must be able to do something to stop these dangerous drivers in our neighborhood however I’m not sure what the answer is. I’d love to hear your ideas. I think it is getting worse not better and I fear for my life every time I get on the road. I am going to ask the Carmel Valley Planning board to put this on their agenda and I hope you will attend the meeting with your thoughts.”

Is this your kid’s car? I was driving west on Del Mar Heights today around 1:15pm. This car passed me around 60 MPH and then proceeded to weave through traffic at a high speed. The car was FULL of kids who were laughing and having a good time as the driver “shook” them like a roller coaster: left, right, left, right. Slowed down, speed up. Made lane changes across 3 lanes. Ran yellow, almost red, lights. Tires were screeching loudly as they turned left into the Highlands shopping center. It was soooo dangerous. As a parent with a teen, I would want to know if this was my kid driving like this. I hope the parents see this and can have a talk with this teen before they injure someone (or themselves).

Karen #4: The Coronavirus Enforcer Karens. These are the ones that go around and complain about everyone violating social distancing

Really! Is this social distancing?
Hello everyone
I understand this is a difficult time for everyone. However I am disappointed seeing some of our teenagers hanging out at ocean air rec center playing basketball!
I would ask you to talk to your kids and let them know why it is important to stay home and that it will not only put them but your whole family at risk!
Thank you so much for your help and understanding

Social Distancing Reminders
Many children in our neighborhood are being very good about social distancing – thank you! However, several children need more reminders – particularly those on scooters and bikes (where the distance should be even greater- 15 ft.), and even more so for those riding on sidewalks. A few days ago I saw a young biker pass a runner too closely. The runner asked the boy to stay away. In response the boy circled back a few times, again too close to the runner, to taunt her. Please remember to remind your children and keep our neighborhood safe by adhering to the social distancing guidelines (6-15 feet).

Karens #5: The Nosy Karens: Summary: whenever there is a large police or fire presence in the neighborhood, they have to know what’s going on.

From the sounds of it, they are listening to the police and fire dispatcher 24/7/365 days a week because the moment there is a siren, there is a nextdoor post!

What’s going on major sirens like I’ve never heard so many and a helicopter. Del Mar Heights.
Anyone know what’s going on right now? Major helicopters and sirens anyone know what’s happening out there?

Karens #6: I’m better than you, move your POS Camry parked in front of my house Karen.

I got to dig this one up. It was laughable.
But in summary, it was about a Karen complaining about how a suspicious looking Camry was parked in front of her house, and she was mad that on her street of “C-executives” that anyone would park a jalopy like a toyota camry on their street, let alone in front of her house. Other Karens then chimed in that perhaps the “lowly” camry belonged to a housekeeper, lol.

Karens #7: The racist Karens

Unfortunately, I don’t have any examples from Carmel Valley, but in other areas that I was a member to (Mira Mesa, Rancho Bernardo) and as friends that copied me from further north county, there were some pretty funny ones, that basically if the person didn’t look white, the person looked suspicious.

[svelte]

I realize the double meaning, but this song says it well…

Great album too.

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