How to apply for a job at Karen's Diner - the UK's "rudest restaurant" where staff are trained to be mean to customers
25.03.2023 - 12:53
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
For those of us who have worked in hospitality, you’ll know difficult it can be to remember the customer is always right.
But imagine a restaurant job where good service doesn’t actually matter – meaning you can throw as many insults at the diners as you like.
That’s exactly what employees at Karen’s Diner get to do. Dubbed the UK’s “rudest restaurant”, the eatery gives punters with an outlandish culinary experience by delivering “good food and a very rude service”.
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The deliberately rude staff are known to chuck menus on the floor, hurl insults at customers and force them to play games while they eat – refusing to break character even for a moment.
But what does it take to work at Karen’s Diner? For those interested in applying, you must be much more than just "absolutely awfully rude”.
In a Facebook post advertising several roles earlier this year, the eatery said: said: "Well it’s about bloody time we recruited, you lot have been well an truly polluting my DMs, BEGGING me for a job. Well, here’s your chance. We are recruiting kitchen staff, and Karen servers."
"So, if you think you’ve got what it takes to be absolutely awfully rude, then give it your best shot through the link below, you never know, you could end up joining the Karen fam! Now, obs you can’t JUST be rude (sadly), you’ve also got to be bloody hilarious, witty, above 18, and experienced in working in a fast-paced restaurant.
"This job is every customer service workers DREAM, because who wouldn’t want to be rude to customers? We get a lot of applications, so make sure to try and stand out and impress us, embody