Ask Amy: Woman named Karen isn’t a ‘Karen’
Of course, your dedicated sister should always treat all customers well. Right now, she might be required to bear the burden of customer ridicule with grace. The way to do so is to maintain a neutral facial expression and quietly wait until a customer’s “comedy” has run out of steam.
It’s the facial version of a “slow clap.”
Here’s my suggested fantasy “comeback,” for when she is frustrated: “Careful, pal – I might demand to see the manager.”
Fantasizing about – but not actually delivering – this line might help her to get through these moments.
Dear Amy: My brother died suddenly during a major COVID surge. His family and mine live on opposite coasts.
Some of them are anti-vax and think COVID is “not that bad,” including my brother’s daughter, who is an ER nurse.
I worried that if I attended the funeral, they would not follow COVID safety guidelines, so I made the difficult decision to stay home. When I called my brother’s daughter to extend my condolences and tell her I would not be coming, she flipped out.
She used the “f-word” in telling me I am pathetic and that if my parents were alive they would be ashamed of me. She hung up.
I assumed this was her grief talking and that she would eventually come around and apologize. She hasn’t.
She is now engaged. My entire family, including my grown daughters, will be invited to the wedding except me.
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