October 28, 2025 at 1:35 am

Nurse Wearing Scrubs In A Costco Was Asked For Help By a Pushy Customer, And She Had To Tell Her More Than Once That She Didn’t Work There

by Matthew Gilligan

exterior of a costco store

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Let me ask you a question

If you saw a person wearing medical scrubs IN A GROCERY STORE, wouldn’t you just assume that they DON’T work there?

I sure would!

But you know how people can be…totally clueless!

Take a look at what happened in this story from Reddit.

Scrubs in Costco?

“I went to Costco after work today and was perusing all the cute Christmas decor.

All of a sudden, I heard a loud “DO YOU WORK HERE??!!”

Here comes a Karen!

I looked around me for this loud voice and a Karen was walking toward me.

She had the haircut, the yoga pants, the impatient look on her face, the whole nine yards.

This lady was WAY OFF.

I’m a nurse. I was wearing PURPLE SCRUBS. Nothing about me looked like I worked at Costco…

I asked her if she was speaking to me.

She confirmed.

I said NO.

The Karen didn’t believe her.

She said “NO??!!” like I was brain damaged.

I said “NO…I’m wearing SCRUBS?”

She tsk-tsk’d and walked away, shaking her head like I was the dummy!”

Karen was clearly the dummy!

Reddit users shared their thoughts.

This person spoke up.

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Another individual weighed in.

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This Reddit user shared a story.

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Another individual has been there.

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And this reader had a lot to say.

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This Karen didn’t want to take NO for an answer!

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