A Male Karen Let me tell you the last time I ran into a male Karen in the wild. My parents are one of the founders of a resort and are chairman of the board of directors. They weren't always resort owners. This is sort of their second career. They used to be research psychiatrists. Anyway, I've sat in a few of the meetings so everyone knows that I'm the boss's son. I was on vacation with my fiancee Julia and my sister Michaelina. So I, Julia, and Michaelina were staying at Dad's Resort for a week or two because we were visiting my mother. As we entered the resorts I noticed the parking lot was packed and I saw a few cars roaming around looking for parking spots being the owner's son, most staff members did know us, and as I walked to the reception, one of the staff working there saw me. She walks over to greet me. She tells me that my mom is currently in a meeting and would you like me to bring your luggage to your room. I say to her, 'Thanks.' Sometime later after a bit of swimming, we went to the restaurant to eat lunch. I had put on a blue shirt, and I was still in my gray swim trunks. The clothing looks similar to the uniform that the waiters are wearing. They were almost identical except the only difference was it didn't have the word staff on it. This will come in handy later. So while we were chatting in the restaurant I heard some man say, 'Hey you!' rather rudely from somewhere behind me at first I thought it was someone trying to get the attention of a waiter. So I continued chatting with Julia and Michaelina as I was chugging down some ginger ale. Someone roughly grabbed my shoulder from behind and I almost choked on my soda, spitting it all over. The man then screams at me and says, "Hey, I've been trying to get your attention. " Me, being someone who doesn't get mad that easily, just looked up. I saw a man dressed in one of those colorful Hawaiian shirts, Bermuda shorts, sunglasses, and flip-flops. I asked him politely, "Do you need something, sir?" The man says to me "Why are you eating with the guest and not doing your job?" Now I caught on pretty quickly and I knew what he thought. He thought I was staff from what I was wearing. But I was getting a little annoyed by how much he was yelling at me while he was but a foot away from me. I say to him, "Sir, I don't work..." He then stops me and says, "Shut up, I'm the VIP here! Do you know how much I'm spending to be here? We're not even getting service." The man just continued yelling and I continued to talk calmly to mister loudmouth. While raising my voice a little I say to him, "Excuse me, I do not work here." That's when the man slaps me. He says, "Don't you use that tone with me. The manager, Jack was walking over, when he heard the man yelling. Then he broke into a run and he hurried over when he saw the man slap me. He then screams, "Sir, stop!" He then looks at me and says, "Noah, are you all right?" Jack was someone who's worked at the resort for a few years so he was pretty casual with me. The man then screams, "Are you the manager? I want this employee fired! He is so unprofessional. I don't know why you hired someone who won't do their job?" The man then pointed at me, he spoke as if she was the owner telling the manager that he VIP. The manager tells him, "Sir, he doesn't work here." Meanwhile, the man keeps saying, You're trying to cover him. I want you fired as well."
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