Have you ever worked with an Amy Cooper?

jetsonx

Call her Amy Karen Cooper, Central Park Karen, call her what you like but this type of individual ain't too pleasant at all. On the surface, they are great at playing office politics but outside that realm their true colours often show.

Unfortunately, this personality type also thrives in corporate environments. Rumor has it that some of "Big Four" firms in Dublin are full of Amy Cooper types.

Have you ever worked with one or had an encounter with one. Tell us about it...

Seve OB

jetsonx wrote: »

Call her Amy Karen Cooper, Central Park Karen, call her what you like but this type of individual ain't too pleasant at all. On the surface, they are great at playing office politics but outside that realm their true colours often show.

Unfortunately, this personality type also thrives in corporate environments. Rumor has it that some of "Big Four" firms in Dublin are full of Amy Cooper types.

Have you ever worked with one or had an encounter with one. Tell us about it...

I worked with a girl called Amy Cooper a long time ago.
One of the nicest people I’ve ever known.

corner of hells

No, but Tommy Cooper was hilarious, is he related to Amy ?

Gregor Samsa

jetsonx wrote: »

Call her Amy Karen Cooper, Central Park Karen, call her what you like

Can I call her Bill Smith? I worked with a guy called Bill Smith, so the answer is yes if I can do that. Nice bloke, quiet but good at his job. Didn't bother anyone.

Edit: Actually no, his name was Bob Smith. Sorry, mixing them up. Answer is no.

Lillyfae

Anyone who works in a company with a Finance or Administration team works with at least one, but quite possibly many, Karens.

jetsonx

Lillyfae wrote: »

Anyone who works in a company with a Finance or Administration team works with at least one, but quite possibly many, Karens.

Yeah, could be something to do with this because accountants are normally a nice bunch of people.

McGinniesta

We've all worked with a jobs worth or a crank in real life.

its_steve116

I wanna taste her, but her lips are venomous poisoooooon.

No wait that's Alice...

retalivity

This yankee bollox needs to end.
They are Wagons, not Karens or Amy Coopers.

odyssey06

Is there a local Irish / Celtic that suggests similar behaviour...

biko

Amy Cooper, is that someone from some TV show?

Swindled

jetsonx wrote: »

Call her Amy Karen Cooper, Central Park Karen, call her what you like but this type of individual ain't too pleasant at all. On the surface, they are great at playing office politics but outside that realm their true colours often show.

Unfortunately, this personality type also thrives in corporate environments. Rumor has it that some of "Big Four" firms in Dublin are full of Amy Cooper types.

Have you ever worked with one or had an encounter with one. Tell us about it...

Bit of a racist and sexist generalisation

Yurt2

Clit Power...Clit Power...I knew a Fr. Clint Power once, maybe she's having a go at him.

Purple is a Fruit

More irritating than that "Karen" bollox is women buying into the misogyny.

(I know, some Wildean wit will quote me and post "OK Karen"!)

"Boomer" is equally dumb.

Bonzo Delaney

retalivity wrote: »

This yankee bollox needs to end.
They are Wagons, not Karens or Amy Coopers.

The correct local colloquialism would be
" a two faced hoor" enough of this Americanism ****e

Larbre34

Swindled wrote: »

Bit of a racist and sexist generalisation

It isn't.

But it is an unfamiliar description for people in Ireland. Karen, maybe. But in my opinion, all Irish 'Karens' should be referred to as Twinks or Lindas. Time for a poll?

odyssey06

biko wrote: »

Amy Cooper, is that someone from some TV show?

Nearly... but I dont think Amy took Sheldon's surname on BBT

There was an Amy Cooper infamous for calling the cops on a black birdwatcher in Central Park.

Purple is a Fruit

biko wrote: »

Amy Cooper, is that someone from some TV show?

A young woman who was walking her dog in Central Park when a guy who was bird-watching reminded her it was a section where dogs aren't supposed to be walked. She went ballistic and called the police to say she was being harassed - and stooped to adding "by an African American man". She was a stupid bitch for her behaviour, and the way she exploited the political situation (but unsurprisingly acted all liberal and diversity embracing before the incident). The guy recorded the incident on his phone - shared it on social media and someone recognised her and spread the word as to who she is.

So far, no sympathy (although I wouldn't take part in a witch hunt myself).

But then, people piled on her employer, and demanded she be sacked. So much pressure was put on that they did sack her - and incredibly, confirmed it on Twitter (can you imagine? A HR decision shared on Twitter). Needless to say, the crowd harassing her employer were horrible bullies (but muh "be kind").

Purple is a Fruit

Purple is a Fruit wrote: »

More irritating than that "Karen" bollox is women buying into the misogyny.

(I know, some Wildean wit will quote me and post "OK Karen"!)

"Boomer" is equally dumb.

Ah now.

Please tell me calling a woman Karen is not classed as misogynistic

Purple is a Fruit

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah now.

Please tell me calling a woman Karen is not classed as misogynistic

Certainly not if her name is Karen!

It's the way only women are called out for arsehole behaviour - demonstrated by this stupid catchphrase. As if only women can be arseholes. Loads of fellow women buy into it though. And lots of "liberals" love the term - it gets used alongside "TERF".

BBC, the way it's cringily trying to look hip and woke, had a video up last year with a group of people discussing the "Karen phenomenon" (scarlet for them) - these dreadful WHITE :eek: MIDDLE-CLASS women... and every member of the group discussing this scourge was - colour me astounded - white and middle-class!

It's not just the word - that's hardly an issue - it's the dumb mindset that surrounds it. By people who think they're so tolerant and feminist but throw other women under a bus.

Yurt2

Karens are real. They wear sunglasses on top of their head, drive Toyota Landcruisers in urban settings, their kids do after-school French classes, and have dropped out of the labour force because their husband made partner in one of the Big 4. Let's not pretend they're not a real social phenomenon.

Purple is a Fruit

Someone else will come along with some other description of a "Karen" though.

Nobody said the above described women aren't real. Although not one thing listed makes those a bad person.

Yurt2

Purple is a Fruit wrote: »

Someone else will come along with some other description of a "Karen" though.

Nobody said the above described women aren't real. Although not one thing listed makes those a bad person.

People who have four-wheel drives as their 'runaround' and live in a city should be exiled to Siberia. I'd change the constitution to make it so.

Purple is a Fruit

I believe those include guys also. Bunch of Kierans.

JPup

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ah now.

Please tell me calling a woman Karen is not classed as misogynistic

I’m afraid so. The reason being Karen was a very popular name for girls in America (not Ireland!) 50-60 years ago. And an internet meme sprung up a few years ago where anyone who is stupid/annoying/whateveryourehavingyourself is called a Karen because clearly middle aged women are worthy only of scorn and ridicule.

It’s a new spin on an age old trope of post menopausal women being good for nothing crones etc.

its_steve116

retalivity wrote: »

This yankee bollox needs to end.
They are Wagons, not Karens or Amy Coopers.

You sound like a hardcore Irish-ist there.

Purple is a Fruit

JPup wrote: »

I’m afraid so. The reason being Karen was a very popular name for girls in America (not Ireland!) 50-60 years ago. And an internet meme sprung up a few years ago where anyone who is stupid/annoying/whateveryourehavingyourself is called a Karen because clearly middle aged women are worthy only of scorn and ridicule.

It’s a new spin on an age old trope of post menopausal women being good for nothing crones etc.

Neo feminists buying it really indicates what a joke the movement has become.

Yurt2

Does anyone feel sorry for the middle aged male gammon or is just the Karens we weep for?

fleet_admiral

Not an office but I worked with a girl in a pub years ago who slapped me across the face because I disagreed with her when she said she was very attractive. She got away with it too, would have been very different if the genders were reversed

0lddog

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Not an office but I worked with a girl in a pub years ago who slapped me across the face because I disagreed with her when she said she was very attractive. She got away with it too, would have been very different if the genders were reversed

Was that a learning moment for you ? ( at least you seem to remember it )

Swindled

retalivity wrote: »

This yankee bollox needs to end.

Exactly, all this aping and importing of US identity politics horseshyte.
A country that is rapidly declining and going down the toilet and they want to import and emulate its so called culture. Utter clowns. Monkey see monkey do.

alias no.9

Yurt! wrote: »

Karens are real. They wear sunglasses on top of their head, drive Toyota Landcruisers in urban settings,

Yurt! wrote: »

People who have four-wheel drives as their 'runaround' and live in a city should be exiled to Siberia. I'd change the constitution to make it so.

In reality it's a FWD Dacia Duster (or if Irish Karen is feeling really flaithulach, maybe a Tucson or Sportage, but still FWD) rather than a Land Cruiser (0 new passenger Landcruisers registered in Ireland in 2021) because Irish Karen likes the cheap tax just as much as some other people like to indulge in hyperbole about other peoples choice of vehicle.

Lillyfae

Swindled wrote: »

Bit of a racist and sexist generalisation

They can definitely be men too.

fleet_admiral

0lddog wrote: »

Was that a learning moment for you ? ( at least you seem to remember it )

Excuse me?

She should have been fired on the spot. I should have reported her to the police for assault