So random memories just pops up when I was thinking about the concept of acting in films/tv.
I remember my mother once getting an unfavorable decision in court (civil trial) and faked crying in court to attempt to reverse the decision. (I’m not gonna explain the details of the lawsuit, because that’s kinda a bit too personal) She wasn’t even “in the right”, she also messed up a lot of legal procedures. And I’m just like: wtf?!? I know the crying is fake. I was trying to get her to leave and stop being so embarassing, so we were leaving and the crying already stopped (I mean it is fake crying), but then she try to go back in and resumes fake crying, zero actual tears btw, complaining to the staff (who aren’t even judges btw) that works in the courtroom.
She have always tried the “speak to a manager” trick before, like everywhere she goes. Restaurants, dealing with the utility company, retail returns, attempting to haggle in a store, banking; and like 90% of the time, she isn’t really “in the right” and like a majority of the time, “speaking to a manager” didn’t change anything. And then even after the they said “no” on a customer service phone call, she still stays on the phone for like half an hour repeating the same demand and hearing the same response.
What’s bizzare to me is that, I never thought she’d try this in a courtroom. Like that’s not how the world works. It isn’t a restaurant, you can’t just cause a scene or demand to “speak to a manager” and have problems solved like she always tried to do before. Its a fucking courtroom, and she did not follow legal procedures, and, as a (small) bussiness owner, is reluctant to get a lawyer. Like jesus christ lol.
The same manipulative tactics that she uses on me and like I see though the bullshit.
Anyone just witness such bizzare instances of “karen-ing”?
We have our very own Karen in our neighborhood. She’s the type who’s always mad in the neighborhood group chat. Like saying she has her husband kill any snake they see because she hates them, even though other people were saying some snakes aren’t venomous and actually help with keeping rats at bay. There was also a time where I mentioned outdoor cats (there is one in our neighborhood), while great at controlling rats, can also potentially decimate other wildlife like birds, etc. And she just scoffed and said she doesn’t care. Whenever someone alerts the group that there are suspicious people walking around or something, she always responds with “locked and loaded” or “shoot first before asking”, etc.
Anyway, if there’s one thing the entire neighborhood, including the Karen, is united in, it’s our hate for the useless corporate HOA. So on that front, I’m fine letting her loose on the HOA. We had the annual HOA meeting recently and while homeowners were taking turns airing their grievances on zoom, the Karen was blasting the neighborhood group chat because she couldn’t figure out how to unmute herself or type into the zoom chat lmao. So all she could do was swear in the group chat and telling us she was shouting at the HOA that they were liars, etc. even though nobody could hear her. Anyways, it wouldn’t have been productive if she could speak in the meeting because she’ll just swear and bitch at them, instead of the cooler heads who were making sure the HOA takes notes and commits to fixing the issues with timelines. We had lawyer and accountant homeowners who were more productive in getting what we needed.