1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Why wasn't I at my desk? Well, maybe it was 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: because you said you'd slap the shit out of me. 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 2: You know if if someone said that, I probably wouldn't 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 2: be at the place where they are. 5 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I'm not gonna I'm not gonna about to 6 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: be will Smith by someone. I'm not standing there watching 7 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: this big do come over me to smack me in 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: the face. I'm gonna defend myself, that's right by running away. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: About fifteen years ago, I worked for a large hospital 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: for kids in the maintenance department. Our manager, let's call 11 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: her Karen, was a major bitch. No one on our team, Yes, right, 12 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: that's right. Hey, do we know any Karen's that She's 13 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: all she's doing is taking care of six children all day. Like, 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: what a what a bitch? What terrible person? Awful? Let 15 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: the kids die. No one on our team liked her, 16 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: and we owardly showed no respect for her after her 17 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: constant harassment towards us in the two years she worked here. 18 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: I love It's like like I imagine, like Karen like 19 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: gone off on the wrong foot, like initial everyone just 20 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: don't like out. That was like Karen's bitch. But literally 21 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: they're like dunking on her every single day, throwing pies 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: in her face, like putting your thumb tacks on her ches. 23 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 2: Karen's so terrible, and it's like, you sound kind of terrible. 24 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: You guys have been pranking me for way too long. 25 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: She would call us on the maintenance radios and be 26 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: rude to tell the guys they were being incompetent. It 27 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: was beyond micromanagement, but also rude. On top of it, 28 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 1: she expected the maintenance guys to come to work at 29 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: her house for free, or would tell some of the 30 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: hospital vendors she would guarantee the hospital contract if they 31 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: did work at her house for cheap. Okay, she does suck. 32 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: That sucks. God, that's like like blackmail, almost literally. Wow. 33 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: She used to brag about this to me. Karen and 34 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: I were the only woman in our department of about 35 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: twenty five people, so I it was a mouthy twenty 36 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: something year old and didn't care for her attitude and 37 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: regularly would say yeah, sure or whatever when she asked 38 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: me to do things. I would do what she asked 39 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: because it was my job, but I would make a 40 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: non committal remark like that. One time she asked me 41 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 1: to come to her house and help her pull down 42 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 1: dead trees in her backyard. She was having a pool installed. Lady, 43 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: this is not the job. 44 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 2: I do not work for you. I work for the hospital. 45 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 2: I am not like your your personal tree dragger. 46 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: What are you talking about? I said no, mainly because 47 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: I wouldn't do it for someone I liked, let alone her. 48 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: And pretty soon after that she started treating me even 49 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: worse than she did before. I did you did? You 50 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: threw it back? H? 51 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: So like is it worth like to me, that's like 52 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: not not worth it. I don't want to make my 53 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: life health one like got one singer. 54 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: You know. She had been trying to get me in 55 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: trouble since then, such as see seeing her buddy in 56 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: HR and emails to me asking for status on project 57 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: that I was working on and wanted my replies in 58 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: writing Okay, yeah, so Karen's really trying to yea get 59 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: her most. Fast forward six months later, me and one 60 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: of the maintenance guys were chatting in the office and 61 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: I was five months pregnant with my first baby. Congrats, op. Yeah. 62 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: She asked me to do something I don't remember what, 63 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: and I said, yeah, whatever, I'll do it. In a 64 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: few minutes and I turned back around to talk to 65 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: my coworker. She's standing behind me, and I hear her whisper, 66 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: I wish I could slap the shit out of you. 67 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: What Karen's getting feisty? Ro Karen's about to throw hands. Yo, 68 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: that's an HR violation I ever heard one. Oh yeah, 69 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: but also op, he's being kind of like being kind 70 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: of a dick. 71 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 2: She's stoking the flames. But like you go up to 72 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 2: a pregnant well, I mean she's another woman going to 73 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: a pregnant woman, Like, I wish I could slap this 74 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 2: shit out you. 75 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: No, Yeah, it's fucked up. It's fucked up. I can 76 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: see my coworker saw her say it too, and I 77 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: made no comment, but I was shocked. I acted like 78 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: I didn't hear though. She left the office a minute 79 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: later to do something. I get up walk down the 80 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: hall to the employee health department because I am few 81 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: and my heart was racing. I'm pissed, and I went 82 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: also five months pregnant, so i'm extra bits. Yeah. The 83 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: employee health nurse has me laid down for a bit, 84 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: take my vitals and write up a formal report, and 85 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: an hour later she sends me back to my desk 86 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: as I'm okay to continue working. So basically, she just 87 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: did this to get a complaint filed against Karen Smart. 88 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: When I log back in, I see an email from 89 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: Karen with HRC seed, asking where I had been for 90 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: the last hour, as she had called the office phone 91 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: a bunch of times and was wondering why I had 92 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: abandoned my desk. So I emailed her back. I love that. 93 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: This is like I read ahead a little bit. This 94 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: is like corporate like clapbacks. You know. I love this. 95 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: I apologize for being away from my desk when you 96 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: said you'd like to slap the shit out of me, 97 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: I was upset. I had to be calmed down and 98 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: have mine in my baby's vitals checked at the employee 99 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: Health center, and they were concerned about my hostile working 100 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: environment and wanted me to stay there the full hour. 101 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: And you can bet your ass that I bcced her 102 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: buddy in HR and all of HR, her boss and 103 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 1: his boss to make sure everyone saw it. Bro those 104 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: ccs through those saw c s. I was summoned to 105 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: HR about thirty minutes later. I knew Karen hadn't seen 106 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: my reply yet. This was early two thousands and her 107 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: computer was down to the office near me. They had 108 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: me go home for a day and put me on 109 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: admin leave for three extra days. I came back to 110 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: the office to see her desk had been emptied and 111 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: we never saw her again. Those guys and maintenance threw 112 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: me the best baby shower ever three months later. Dude, Yo, 113 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: that's revenge. Dude. That is a fish served, well played, 114 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: well played, crushed it. Also, I love like corporate clapbacks 115 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: in the email chains, like as per my last email, Yeah, freakin' 116 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: thumb ass. As per my last email, you can see that. 117 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: I fucking hate you. Get over it. I love. I 118 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: love like the the corporate lingo translations. Yeah, it's like 119 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: as for my last email is like did you not 120 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: see you idiot? Or like, uh, what's another Let me know. 121 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: Your earliest convenience is get this ship done right now. Dude. 122 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: It's so weird corporate America. I ain't about it. Ain't 123 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: about it. Fuck corporate America.