A dispute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about neighborhood boundaries grew a little too energetic after an old lady decided that she didn’t trust her neighbor enough and grew suspicious of a newly erected fence. So, the Philadelphia Karen decided to trespass on said fence, only to find out that she was embarrassingly wrong. Sadly for the Karen, her neighbor was also a bit petty and didn’t help her old bones climb back out of the fence.
The footage of the incident was captured by TikTok user StinkerBell, also known as @samantha_kisses_cats or simply Samantha. Samantha was merely filling up her kiddy pool, and out came the neighborhood Karen complaining about the water flooding into her side of her property.
Samantha reiterated to the old lady that the water was being diverted to her own drain and that there was no need to worry. Still, the Karen not only tried to wreck the fence but also climbed over to see where the water was indeed going.
Much to the Karen’s embarrassment, Samantha appears to be correct about where the excess water went; hence, Karen was now trapped in the yard. She even tried to use Samantha’s chair to get out, but the TikTok user wouldn’t give her the courtesy. And while the Philadelphia Karen managed to get out, her ego was more than bruised, given that awkward attempt to vault over the fence. Here’s part 2 of the crashout.
For the old Karen, she was the victim, despite having climbed over the neighbor’s fence and attempted to destroy it beforehand. Sadly, it appears Samantha’s troubles are not over simply because of that one Karen, because in her latest video, she showed that the whole household next door blames her whenever a storm floods their drains.
Typical Boomer Crashout?
Viewer reaction to the whole incident quickly spiralled into a generational war with many people testifying how boomers or even older generations might be a little too narcissistic to admit their own mistakes. With the way the Philadelphia Karen tried to shift blame to Samantha in the video above, many were reminded of similarly behaving old people in their circle.
Some people, however, were a little less tolerant of the Philadelphia Karen and were advising Samantha to call the police over trespassing, destruction of property, and possible assault. To many, what the Karen did counts as violent behavior, all caught on camera.
“Trespassing, destruction of property and possible assault. Hope they called the police on the violent thug,” suggests randomlyranting
“Love the pettiness of not letting them use the chair to get back over,” admits PK-Baha
“Always kind of amusing when they start monologuing like they’re the hero of some Hollywood movie in their head, only they’re just not that eloquent,” laughs Mysterious_Eye6989
“Dana Carvey is doing too much,” jokes The Kuuurg
“being silent and just recording the whole thing is probably adding to her embarrassment too ๐คฃ I love this,” says Kachina Rae
“Nothing sets a boomer off quite like boundaries,” according to State_Conscious