'Officer Karen' Mocked for Bizarrely Tearful Video About Having to Wait for McMuffin Order

Amid global protests calling attention to police brutality and systemic racism, this cop decided now was the time to go emo over a McMuffin.

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A person who finds a mild delay in McMuffin delivery to be so emotionally disruptive that it results in a bout of self-recorded tears is also allowed to roam around, copping it up, presumably with a potentially fatal weapon at their side at all times.

As the assortment of related hashtags trending their way onto your timeline have surely already informed you, the video in question sees a ludicrously unsettled cop—referred to by some ensuing commentators as Karen, Officer Karen, McMuffin Karen, etc.—detailing what she apparently feels was a harrowing incident of non-immediate receipt of a fast food breakfast sandwich of arguable quality.

1) this is self evident, but anyone who calls it an “English muffin meal” is 800% a cop
2) if you’re breaking down over some McDonald’s, you might want to rethink your line of work
3) if you’re suddenly anxious after 15 years of being a cop then boyyyyyyyy I got a story for you

— The Melismatic Melanatic (@jamesabennettii) June 17, 2020

After bragging about strangers' habit of purportedly paying for her food, she explains that—in this instance—she used the McDonald's app to order ahead. And that's when the McMuffin-centered hell broke loose for this officer with peculiar priorities.

"I'm on my way home from work," she says in the clip, which you can find above if that sounds like something you can stomach. "When I pull up to the window, they hand me my receipt so I go to the second window to get my food. And I'm waiting and I'm waiting and I'm waiting. The girl comes to the window and asks me what my order was. I repeat my order and my coffee order and they ask me to pull up because my food's not ready. It's an English muffin meal with a hash brown and a coffee."

This officer waited for an egg McMuffin that never came. Can you imagine a bigger injustice being committed at a fast food drive thru? https://t.co/K3SfRlFTuY

— Gareth Reynolds (@reynoldsgareth) June 17, 2020

After pulling to the side, the cops says a McDonald's employee brought a coffee to her window, sans food.

"And that's all she hands me is a coffee," the cop says whilst hilariously fighting back tears before launching into a diatribe about respecting cops or some shit. "So I told her, I said, 'Don't bother with the food because now I'm too nervous to take it.' It doesn't matter how many hours I've been up. It doesn't matter what I've done for anyone. Right now, I'm too nervous to take a meal from McDonald's because I can't see it being made. I don't know what's going on with people nowadays but please just give us a break. I don't know how much more I can take."

First of all, LMAO. And secondly, the officer's remarkable display of tone deafness is actively being swiftly mocked into oblivion:

Maybe it’s just me.... but idk if I feel protected by someone who’s scared of a cold McMuffin https://t.co/FSUmkkIkgD

— Ivy 🫧 (@IvyKungu) June 17, 2020

lmfaooooooo im crying bro MY PEOPLE ARE BEING MURDERED AND YOU CRYING OVER A 15 MIN WAIT FROM AN UNDERSTAFFED MCDs?!?? 5 MEN WHO LOOK LIKE ME HAVE BEEN LYNCHED THIS WEEK AND YOU CRYING OVER A MCMUFFIN??? DUMMY DIDNT EVEN GET A MCGRIDDLE AND YOU CRYING??? ive got time today. https://t.co/UnvJeYjT6X

— buccy (self control) (@_justice___) June 17, 2020

i see a lot of takes on officer karen, but how about this one: she willingly ordered a mcmuffin over a mcgriddle. fuck 12

— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) June 17, 2020

She says PEOPLE USUALLY PAY FOR HER FOOD and today this one time THEY MESSED UP HER ORDER AT A DRIVE THRU and then she cries because the world is so scary, jesus fucking christ this lady sucks. https://t.co/gWTa8e0R1R

— maura quint (possibly parody sometimes depending) (@behindyourback) June 17, 2020

IT'S A FUCKING MCMUFFIN. NO ONE IS TRYING TO EXACT MCMUFFIN VENGEANCE ON ALL THE COPS. THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE PLAN.

Also, sometimes when things are backed up, places give you your drink first so you don't think they've forgotten about you. Duh. https://t.co/oKjTiPv8QB

— Robyn Pennacchia (@RobynElyse) June 17, 2020

Cops lying about poisoned milkshakes and crying because they have to wait on a McMuffin.. These unstable people should not be armed patrolling our communities. They’re all cracking because we don’t want them murdering and beating people with impunity. Boo hoo#DisarmThePolice https://t.co/3Etdz5lItM

— Charles Siler (@charles_siler) June 17, 2020

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