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‘Please leave the worker alone’: Karen demands Jack in the Box worker give her name, sparking backlash on TikTok

‘They don’t get paid enough for this BS. Don’t like the service, don’t return.’

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Tricia Crimmins

A woman working a fast food drive thru.

In a TikTok posted on Nov. 22, a woman, dubbed a Karen by viewers, asks a Jack in the Box employee for her name, but the worker refuses. It’s unclear what occurred before the clip started that prompted the Karen to ask this.

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“I’m sorry ma’am, I am not giving you my name,” the employee tells @mrsmememe.

“You cannot do that,” the TikToker says to the employee. “I need hot sauce. What is your name?”

The employee closes the drive-thru window and walks away.

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The video was posted by TikToker @mrsmememe and has received 1.7 million views. It appears to be a reupload of someone’s Facebook post and it’s unclear if the Karen in the video is the TikToker.

https://www.tiktok.com/@mrsmememe/video/7033498142444162309?is_copy_url=0&is_from_webapp=v1&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=7016721189293147654

Comments on the TikTok revealed that users thought the drive-thru customer was out of line.

“You thought we were going to defend you?!” commented @ekj476.

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“Yes drive thru Karen!!! She’s probably over worked and under staffed!!! Leave her ALONE!!!!!” stated @tikkimmietok2707.

“Please leave the worker alone,” wrote @jenncast21.

“They don’t get paid enough for this BS. Don’t like the service, don’t return,” commented @sunlunastar420. “No need to be extra.”

“The employee handled it very well actually,” commented @cgc2000. “I probably would’ve thrown something.”

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The Daily Dot has reached out to @mrsmememe and Jack in the Box.


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