Karen Claims To Be The Owner's Wife In My Parents' Restaurant....- Reddit Stories

Karen Claims To Be The Owner's Wife In My Parents' Restaurant....- Reddit Stories
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Karen Claims To Be The Owner's Wife In My Parents' Restaurant And Ends Up Embarrassing Herself.
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An 18-year-old (OOP) works out at his parents' tiny family-run restaurant, Joe's, named after his grandparents. OOP occasionally works at the restaurant, which serves snacks, cakes, and quick meals. Most customers don't know he's the owner's son. When the restaurant is crowded on weekends, OOP takes orders, assists staff, and earns tips.

A woman (called "Karen") in her 30s or 40s entered the full restaurant with her mischievous 13-year-old son one weekend. They sat down and OOP took her order after 20 minutes. The toddler ran about the restaurant, shrieking, treading on customers' feet, and touching their food while waiting for their food. Karen was preoccupied with her phone and seemed uninterested about her son's actions.

The boy cried and ran back to his mother when OOP grabbed him by the hand and told him to stop running around, frustrated by the disruption. Karen confronted OOP, enraged that he touched her son. OOP carefully explained that her son was disturbing other guests and handling their food, but Karen said "he’s just a child" and could do whatever he wanted.

Karen made OOP feel intimidated by claiming to be the restaurant's owner's wife. She loudly stated that OOP had made a major mistake and would dismiss him. OOP was amused and played along, knowing his father, the real owner, would intervene. Karen doubled down on her tale, even naming OOP's father, which astonished him since few knew.

OOP apologized and begged Karen not to dismiss him, but she insisted on speaking with the management. OOP's father emerged from the restaurant's back. Karen asked that OOP be fired for being nasty to her son, still feeling superior. Karen claimed that as the owner's wife, she could terminate someone without cause after the father calmly stated that he couldn't.

OOP's father, pleased by her audacity, let her continue her prank. She threatened to phone her "husband" (the owner) to complain. Karen quickly called the restaurant's owner, unknowing that she was calling OOP's father. The father answered the phone in his pocket with a smiling, "Hello, this is Joe's owner." How can I help?

After being discovered lying, Karen paled. OOP's father calmly told her he was the owner and she was not his wife. He disclosed that OOP, the employee she wanted dismissed, was his son. Karen was humiliated, grabbed her stuff, ignored her wailing child, and left the restaurant without waiting for her dinner. As she went, OOP, his father, and the staff laughed at the scenario.
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