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It's true! I mean, just last week, I was in the grocery store and had the unfortunate luck of encountering the Philly Karen. I was standing there knocking on some watermelon, trying to find the best one, when she came over, screaming in my face, demanding that I hand over the perfect watermelon! I tried explaining to her that I had arrived at the watermelon display and had been knocking on four or five watermelon at that point and had just picked the one that would taste the most sweet! I was so looking forward to slicing into the perfect green outer shell to expose the juicy red innards. But, no. Philly Karen was right there demanding that particular watermelon. Well, what could I do. I, being a guy, could not defend myself or people would turn against me. Nor could I not defend myself or people would call me a wimp. In the end, I just threw up my hand and handed over the watermelon and she walked away. Of course, I knocked on a few more watermelon before I found the next perfect option and continued on my way. Unfortunately, no, the manager did not observe the confrontation. And the security guard probably had more important things to do than to get up off his chair while observing from the video wall room. So I didn't get any recompense.