CostCo Karen: 'I feel threatened' id'd and fired.

[Voltaire2]

Link to tweet

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[MagickMuffin]

1. GOOD. He was very threatening

But played the victim! Poor baby now he doesn't have a job because he is a DICK!

[TheBlackAdder]

2. I thought insurance salesmen were supposed to charge premiums and not pay. This guy drives claims.

[dalton99a]

3. Employers don't want people who give them negative publicity.

Dumbass

[renate]

4. LOL! He likes hot yoga (he's so centered) and mentoring others!

Yah, I'm sure that's true.

[2naSalit]

5. K&R

[redstatebluegirl]

6. I am so glad, if he would go after an elderly person like that he has serious anger issues.

He needs to be in jail, but I'll accept unemployed.

[Squinch]

20. And it looks like the precipitating incident was an elderly person telling his unmasked self

to socially distance.

Not fit to be out in public without a keeper.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Demonstrates the temperament that can be hiding below the surface....

in some personality types. This guy was reportedly one of their very best salesmen.

I've know several men like that and some of them scared the hell out of me when they flipped out.

[hunter]

8. The video...

[AnotherMother4Peace]

10. One of Bunker Boy's warriors - going after an elderly person. nt

[MontanaMama]

31. Clearly yoga is doing him a world of good.

[smirkymonkey]

38. That's what I was thinking.

What kind of yoga is this, anyway?

[Sentath]

39. my abs hurt just looking at that

holy crud, ow.

[cabot]

41. Well that is certainly a reasoned response

[uppityperson]

9. Thoughts and prayers

[ProfessorGAC]

11. He Feels Threatened?

Well to quote the tee-shirt worn by some cultists, "Fuck Your Feelings", you punk!

[NutmegYankee]

42. He's packing a concealed pistol. It's a phrase to justify shooting someone.

An equivalent to a cop yelling “stop going for my gun”.

[ProfessorGAC]

43. Thanks, I Missed That

Zimmerman-like bait?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

55. I hope he lost his concealed carry license for this.

[roamer65]

12. That has to be one of the dumbest shirts I have ever seen.

We haven’t ran the world since 1776. Ignorant of history and just plain stupid.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. A Misprint?

Maybe they meant 1946!
They got the 1 & the 6 right!

[Wellstone ruled]

13. Now that Stupid just cost himself a

100k plus job. Well,those good hands did not save his sorry ass.

[gratuitous]

14. Dear Nitwits

When you're acting out in public (and don't deny it, you know you do) and someone's pointing their cell phone at you, they're video-recording you. You will not come out of it looking good. You just won't. Even if you think you're totally right, you won't come out looking good. The reason someone's pointing their cell phone at you is because you're acting like a nitwit (hence my salutation). Long ago, the Bible queried, "Can a leopard change its spots?" Updated to today, Jeremiah might wonder "Can a nitwit stop nitwitting?"

When you see the cell phone come out, stop nitwitting. Really. You're being a nitwit, and you will be identified. Shut up. Walk away. Cause the recording to stop.

I'm saying this not because I think you're capable of reining yourself in, but basically to make me feel better. When you lose your job or you are the target of online abuse or people come up to you in public and give you shit for being a nitwit, I can take comfort in saying, "I fucking told you so, you nitwit."

[BamaRefugee]

17. SHHHHHHHHHH! Don't tell them that, PLEASE let them nitwit their lives away!

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Oops. Wear a mask!

😷

[Squinch]

16. "This is not who I am" non-apology in 3..2..1..

[47of74]

36. The excuse of every Branch Trumpvidian

[yaesu]

19. am sure fox snooze has an opening for the idiot. nt

[Squinch]

21. Nah. Guy looks like he refuses to mask, and Fox offices have had mandatory masking for months.

All the time they've been telling imbeciles like this one not to.

[Wednesdays]

40. Faux Noise might not hire him, but

they'll likely run a sympathetic piece about him, decrying how "the lib'ruls are stifling his right to free speech!"

[Richard58]

22. Yay!

I'm glad to hear that this bullying punk got fired! I'd be willing to bet any money he is a MAGA moron. And how "manly" of him to threaten an elderly woman just because she asked him to wear a mask. His "I feel threatened" BS was his way of covering his ass if he decided to punch or shoot her. (Which is why that idiotic "stand your ground" law needs to be changed.) Of course he would have a hard time convincing a jury that he felt threatened due to the fact that HE was walking towards HER and she was an elderly women.
As an aside, what is with these morons who KNOW they are being videoed but yet keep acting like jerks? Do they not know that their actions have consequences? You know, like job loss and becoming a public pariah?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

23. Bullying an old woman?

Seek counseling while you're unemployed, stupid!

[LizBeth]

24. Wear a mask. Lol. Good for them.

[George II]

25. Tweet from his (former) employer:

Link to tweet

[abakan]

26. And another one bites the dust

[iluvtennis]

27. What a moron

[BusyBeingBest]

28. The unholy brew of Donnie Dump's "presidency", racial conflict and pandemic

has exposed so many people who are either mentally ill or just plain godawful human beings. And so many of these videos show upper middle class/wealthy successful white people at the snapping point--over what? Wearing fabric over nose and mouth? Acknowledging that black people are often treated unfairly by cops? Why is this making otherwise-functional, successful white people go apeshit all over America? This clown, the Crazy Target Karen, the San Francisco beauty product CEO, the cyclist dude in VA...they were all apparently on the cliff-edge of sanity and reason, despite all their money and achievements and comforts. It's really interesting, in a way.

[North Shore Chicago]

48. +1

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

29. I guess Allstate didn't like his version of "Mayhem"

He seems way more dangerous than this guy-and again, my first question when seeing one of these videos "where did this guy USED to work?".

[ChubbyStar]

44. He is yelling back off while approaching in a menacing fashion

Sorry dude it doesn't work that way. The poor woman saying "Dan" knows the clown car is crashing.

[SpankMe]

30. New and frightening tactics on the right

Tactics being cultivated on right wing web sites and forums now is for whites to shout certain words or phrases like "you're threatening me" and "gun" when they get into conflicts with people in public. In the event there are no cameras running, they can plausibly claim that they were being threatened or that they saw a gun. These claims would be corroborated by witnesses nearby who will tell cops they believed the Karen was in danger based on what they heard being shouted. It's very psychological.

The right goes lower and lower every day in this country.

[Hekate]

33. Thanks for the heads-up

[North Shore Chicago]

49. +1

[Hekate]

32. I'm really confused. An old lady was threatened by a man, & SHE ("Karen") was fired?

The OP title does not seem to match the story at all. But maybe I’m confused because I’m an old lady myself.

So, for the first (but not last) time, I am joining those who object to “Karen” as an all-purpose slap. It would have more impact and be less offensive in itself if we simply tagged people behaving badly by their location or relevant activity. Costco Connie. BBQ Becky. Dog-walker Dora or Off-Leash Lizzy. Lemonade Lucy.

[SCantiGOP]

34. I think OP is using "Karen" as gender neutral

Idiot lost his job, but COSTCO would have ushered him out anyway without a mask. They are very diligent about enforcing their policy.

[Hekate]

37. It's not gender neutral

[JI7]

46. Karen is used for men and women who behave in certain ways. There was the latest British Karen

who was a man that spewed out racist things at an asian family.

[obamanut2012]

51. No, it isn't

It has never been a gender-neutral term. Some folks are now saying it is because they know it's exist AF.

Insulting a man by calling him a woman's name? And that's gender neutral and not sexist as hell???

lolz

whatever

You just proved our point.

[USALiberal]

54. The "Karen" deal is a fucking stupid idea anyway, just use "asshole". nt

[hunter]

35. Daniel is a Karen.

It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world.

Except for Lola.

[Voltaire2]

45. He exhibited the full Karen behavior.

If the fit fits....

[Tipperary]

47. Plus his name is out there.

His name is Dan, but for some reason, even when knowing the idiot’s name people wants use the term Karen. Wonder why that is?

[obamanut2012]

50. How is man a Karen?

[JonLP24]

52. I think the OP answers in post 45

I think the meme is about behavior. Either way this isn't a big deal outside of DU.

[obamanut2012]

53. yes, it is