After their automobile moved into a vacant car spot from behind, a woman honked and yelled at an elderly couple to ‘go back,’ earning her the moniker ‘Karen.’
The incident began with a woman waiting for a parking spot in a busy western Sydney carpark in April of last year, and was re-posted by a dashcam YouTube account.
She waits for a Toyota four-wheel-drive to exit the bay before starting a forward park, only to discover the position has been taken from the back.
She yells at the older pair, ‘Go back, I was parking there.’ ‘Hey! ‘You’re a b*tch.’
The video begins with the female driver waiting as the Toyota pulls out of the parking area, then following it closely behind to steal the spot.
The woman begins to maneuver herself into a parking spot before watching as a white Hyundai snatches the spot.
‘Could you please return?’ As the older couple gestures to her and moves further into the space, the driver says, “Go back!”
‘I was parking there,’ the woman screams as she honks her horn at the couple.
The elderly couple then exits the van, with the man necessitating the use of a cane to do so.
She curses the other vehicle’s female driver before giving up and driving away.
Almost all commenters felt that the dashcam owner was exaggerating, with some even calling her a ‘Karen.’
‘I understand how aggravating it is to be waiting for a carpark when someone does something like that, but you could plainly see they were elderly, and the old fella was walking with a cane.’ ‘Rather than calling her a disrespectful b*tch, you should have shown them some consideration,’ one individual quietly said.
‘They were most likely waiting just as long, if not longer, than the cammer to enter that park,’ a man responded.
‘The oldies may have waited even longer for that park,’ said another.
Several YouTube users suggested that the dashcammer was acting like Karen and that she should have let the older couple through.
‘I apologize, Karen. One person noted, ‘The ancient couple had no idea you were there.’
‘The white car did not appear in view; it appears that he drove into the space he ended up in without checking to see if anyone else was parked there.’ This has happened to me numerous times. ‘I just shrugged my shoulders and moved on,’ said another.