On "Karen"
Quite frankly, I really fucking hate applying "Karen" to bossy self-entitled assholes.
In my experience, most bossy self-entitled assholes are men. I've had to work under a few. I've worked in customer service and had quite a few call me. I spent 2.5 hours one time at a really shitty job with a guy who spent the entire time calling me names and describing what he would do to me if he ever found me because my job didn't allow me to hang up the phone nor transfer it to my boss. I have only had one woman I've worked with who was a bossy self-entitled asshole. But hey, a woman stands firm on a request instead of bowing under and she gets labeled a "Karen".
It's just misogyny writ large, and I refuse to use it.
(That, and every Karen I've known in my life has been a really nice person.)
In my experience, most bossy self-entitled assholes are men. I've had to work under a few. I've worked in customer service and had quite a few call me. I spent 2.5 hours one time at a really shitty job with a guy who spent the entire time calling me names and describing what he would do to me if he ever found me because my job didn't allow me to hang up the phone nor transfer it to my boss. I have only had one woman I've worked with who was a bossy self-entitled asshole. But hey, a woman stands firm on a request instead of bowing under and she gets labeled a "Karen".
It's just misogyny writ large, and I refuse to use it.
(That, and every Karen I've known in my life has been a really nice person.)
