Comedian imitates IKEA Karen customers with hilarious responses every worker dreams about

Yes. Until it doesn’t, as you mention. There an almost infinite number of ways things can go wrong, and but a small number of ways that work correctly. Reminds me of how simple dealing with peoples names is. Or the farcical idea that adding a scanner to a refrigerator is actually going to keep track of what’s in my fridge.

I enjoyed the comedian’s efforts. Lotsa snappy snaps. But WTF is with the sound? And the distracting stuff going on around his neck? I don’t TikTok or Instagram. I’m an old. Maybe this is normal?

That said, I get where @meanidea is coming from. Sometimes swallowing that perfect comeback and (at least) pretending to care about customer service is important. I’ll admit it’s been a long time since I worked retail; we had Karens, but treating them as this fellow suggests would be a good way to no longer work that specific retail. I suspect this makes me some sort of boot-licking corporate cuck.