'Dentist Karen' Threatens to Sue Dental Office for Being Asked to Wear Face Mask, Take Temperature

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Every week, there seems to be another Karen going berserk on matters often pertaining to race or the wearing of masks. On Thursday, footage emerged of a woman in a dentist’s office wielding threats after being asked to wear a face-covering in the waiting room.

In the viral TikTok video, the white woman threatens to sue a dental office after an employee requests that she wears a mask and get her temperature checked. Earning the name “Dentist Karen,” by people online, the woman tells the office staff, “You’re going to work on my teeth, not my nose. I don’t wear masks getting my teeth cleaned.”

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When the worker explains that patients in the waiting room are required to wear a mask to help stop the transmission of COVID-19, the woman asks if she can use her hand to cover her mouth, to which the worker says no. Then, when staff ask if they can take the woman’s temperature, she threatens to sue for harassment.

“You can’t take my temperature that’s against the law!” the woman shouted back. “I have the right to sue you for harassing me!” She added that she spoke with her attorney before arriving at the office, who told her that it isn’t legal for a dentist to take her temperature because they’re not MDs.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dentist-karen-threatens-sue-dental-214143134.html

[SWBTATTReg]

1. These people are so stupid that it hurts. NT

[Skittles]

31. they are worse than stupid

they are brainwashed beyond belief

[NurseJackie]

2. A cliffhanger ending... I can't wait to find out what happens next!

I'll bet someone will recognize her and her identity will soon be made public.

[Alex4Martinez]

18. I love the Karen show! Here's an important update relating to her colorful leggings!

Link to tweet

[brush]

21. Anybody can be a dentist? Since when? I don't get the purpose..

of this video. If she thinks she's helping her mother's case, she's as dumb as her mother.

[Alex4Martinez]

26. The young lady in the video is a comic, like Sarah Cooper...... It's a spoof. nt

[brush]

30. There's no 'tell there. How is anyone supposed to know that?

And she's no Sarah Cooper.

[SMC22307]

24. I could barely make it through because of that gawd awful accent...

Southern Valley Girl.

[Alex4Martinez]

28. Blaire Erskine is a comic, she's mocking Valley Girls and Karens....

Here's another take down.

Link to tweet

[smirkymonkey]

42. This woman cracks me up.

So many people don't realize it's satire because part of her schtick is to act so naive and innocent, but that's what makes it funny. Not as good as the one about her "husband", but still pretty humerous.

[SMC22307]

47. Thanks... never heard of her.

Based on truly idiotic comments I see on social media every day from Americans who think they know everything, I didn't recognize her brand of satire...

[Newest Reality]

3. Anyone...

Anyone can get free advice from Imaginary Attorneys For You, Inc.

It's some of the best fantasy law around, too. Ask a scold of Karens and they will all agree.

[NurseJackie]

4. "Scold"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. The law firm is called Karen, Debbie, Chad & Kevin, LLC.

That lawyer couple in St. Louis who were brandishing guns at protesters would also be perfect for her.

[ProfessorGAC]

29. Their PR Guy Is Biff!

Don't forget about Biff!

[smirkymonkey]

41. *snort*

BTW, how is your toe feeling, Velveteen? I hope you are feeling better.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

44. Thanks for asking!

It's better but half of my foot is black and blue. It only hurts when I walk on it, and shoes except for Crocs are out of the question. But I don't go anywhere anyhow.

[smirkymonkey]

48. Ugh! I'm so sorry. It sounds so painful. You need to walk even just to get around the house.

Have you tried one of those external pain formulas like IcyHot or Aspercream with Lidocaine in it? It's mostly for muscle and arthritic pain, but it really helps to numb the area and releive pain, although temporarily. If you get Instacart, they deliver from local pharmacies and markets. That, and ice, should help you through until it heals on it's own.

Anyway, take care and feel better soon!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

49. I've got some of that stuff, haven't really needed it.

The injury has just given me another excuse to sit around on my butt.

[tblue37]

15. Maybe her attorney is Orly Taitz. nt

[yonder]

19. Haven't heard that name for a spell.

[malaise]

5. What I find hysterically funny is that all of these anti-government lunatics

believe that federal law applies or does not apply to private businesses.
The stupid burns.

[csziggy]

6. Two points it is legal for the dentist's office to deny her service

Not only for refusing to follow their office policy, but anyone who has threatens legal action should automatically be put on their banned, do not serve list and the office staff should refer her to the practice's legal counsel.

My insane niece once got my Dad thrown out of a nursing facility when she began talking about suing them. No matter that she had no standing to sue on Dad's behalf or anything to sue about, but just that threat from a family member had them ask him to leave within twenty four hours. Any attempt to discuss the matter with the home's administration was met with referrals to their attorney. I couldn't blame the nursing home - they did not want or need the harassment. And the niece had already caused a number of scenes while Dad was there , so I suspect they were relieved to have a way to get rid of her.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. I saw an interview with the CEO of Delta Airlines yesterday, in which he said

they require all passengers to wear masks and won't let them on an airplane without one. If a passenger takes off a mask in flight (except for eating or drinking) and refuses to put it back on they will be banned from future Delta flights. People need to understand that a private business can require masks (or pants, for that matter) on their premises, period. The customer has the choice of wearing the mask or leaving, but their rights are not being infringed in the slightest

[Aristus]

39. Not only that, but they can empower their pilots to enforce the policy.

A passenger disobeying the pilot of a commercial airline while in flight is a felony.

[Goodheart]

8. LOL at her obvious lies. But, actually, yes... she CAN sue that office.

Anybody can sue anybody for anything. LOL.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. The question is whether they can win,

and whether they or their lawyer will be sanctioned for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

[KWR65]

9. This is a HIPAA violation. Somebody is going to be sued. n/t

[Goodheart]

10. You mean revealing her identity, right?

I'm not sure you're correct about that.

[RandiFan1290]

16. No, it's not. nt

[Alex4Martinez]

25. Yeah, um, no it's not a HIPAA violation.

It's a trespassing violation, the woman needs to leave the premises.

[KWR65]

34. No the dental staff is discussing her treatment in public.

That is a HIPAA violation unless the woman signed a waiver with the dentist office allowing the staff to discuss her treatments and medical conditions. This should have occurred behind closed doors.

[RandiFan1290]

36. Karen was discussing her treatment in public, not the staff.

Nice try


0/10

[smirkymonkey]

37. What treatment?

Getting her teeth cleaned?

Her medical condition, on the other hand, would be better treated by a psychiatrist.

[yardwork]

57. The dental staff said nothing about her health.

[intrepidity]

27. Do you mean recording in a medical space?

That may be so.

[Crunchy Frog]

52. It would only be a HIPAA violation if it was recorded by a staff member.

Ordinary people in a waiting room are not subject to HIPAA regulations. A person screaming about her own medical treatment in a public space is not a HIPAA violation.

Many people really don't understand HIPAA.

[KWR65]

54. No. They are openly talking to her about medical procedures in a public place. The Lobby.

They should have taken her to a private room. I once knew a nurse that was fired for a HIPAA violation by talking to a patient about their treatment in a public room.

[Crunchy Frog]

55. I could only hear the lady at the front desk talking about office regulations.

I couldn't understand everything that was being said, so maybe you could provide a transcript of the parts where she was actually talking to the woman about her treatment.

Everything that I could hear about the treatment came from the aggrieved woman herself.

[yardwork]

58. What medical procedures did they discuss? I listened and heard none.

The staff repeat their requirements. The woman herself yelled that she needed her teeth cleaned. The staff said nothing about her treatment, or her health.

It's not a HIPAA violation to state that all patients have to wear masks and have their temperatures taken.

[machoneman]

59. Wow, you STILL don't get it do you? Amazing behavior in not 'getting it' . Tsk-tsk!

[Skittles]

61. nonsense

she's talking about office procedures

[yardwork]

56. Looks like it was somebody in the waiting room who recorded the meltdown.

I doubt it's a HIPAA violation for a person in a waiting room to record another person yelling at the receptionist at a dentist's office. There's no indication that anyone in the dental office made the recording or released it.

[dem4decades]

11. No it's not a law, it's an office policy. Get the fuck out.

[RandiFan1290]

12. There she goes again

[PJMcK]

17. She checked with her lawyer?! Ha Ha Ha Ha!

I got my haircut the other day for the first time in four months. The lady who owns the salon used one of the laser thermometers on my forehead. No big deal except that now I have another hole in my head. (wink)

Why do people like the woman in this story feel they have a right to be assholes? There seem to be a lot of them in our country. Why is that, I wonder?

[roamer65]

22. EWPS.

Entitled White Person Syndrome.

[smirkymonkey]

38. They all feel like they have the "Power of Trump" behind them.

And if he doesn't have to wear a damn mask, then neither do they.

[roamer65]

20. No shirt, no shoes, no mask...no service.

Kick her ass out.

[yonder]

23. Wearing spandex should be a privilege, not a right

[Skittles]

32. my dentist takes my blood pressure and pulse

is that against the law too?

these fucking people

[Alex4Martinez]

33. TYRANNY!!!

It's my new favorite world around the asshats who won't wear masks.

[Skittles]

35. and yet they worship the fascist Trump

sick, sick people!

[smirkymonkey]

40. If I was her dentist, and she ever did get in my chair, I'd tell her she had a mouthful

of cavities and remove her teeth one-by-one in the most excruciatingly painful way possible.

[Ilsa]

43. She and many others look too young to be Karens.

More like Jennifers.

[PCIntern]

45. As a dentist all I can say is

FUCK YOU! And KISS MY PETUNIA!

How’s that for clinical objectivity?

[RiF]

46. Look, she talked to her attorney before she came here...

...how does that not satisfy everybody?

[Thekaspervote]

50. Dentists, all businesses should simply tell them follow the rules or leave

[Mariana]

51. Employees/owners need to stop arguing with these people.

"You're trespassing. Please leave now, or I'm calling the police." Then do it.

[Skittles]

62. I agree

they have procedures - if you're not willing to follow them then LEAVE.

[Crunchy Frog]

53. Did she end up getting escorted off the premises?

She's putting everyone else there at risk.

[keithbvadu2]

60. Just gotta interview that lawyer.

Just gotta interview that lawyer.

Graduate of Trump University?