Kylen Suttner, a fitness TikToker and influencer, was doing her daily workout at the gym as usual when suddenly a woman came up and snatched weights away from her.
Suttner finished a set and put her free weights down, only for a pair of hands to come and snatch one of the dumbbells away from her almost as soon as it touched the floor.
@fitbykylen she really did that #karen #gymkaren #karensoftiktok #MACChallengeAccepted #GetTheWChallenge
"Oh sorry, I was using that," Suttner said.
The woman immediately fired back:
“I’ve been waiting for these for a really long time. You’ve had them forever.”
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After being shocked by the person's response, Suttner tried again.
"I just have a couple more," she said to the offscreen voice, who replied:
“You’ve had them long enough.”
People could not believe how rude the interaction was.
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Suttner posted a follow-up video in which she said she didn't see herself returning to a public gym for a "long, long time" after the incident.
@fitbykylen a long time u guys #gymkaren #BbStyleFearlessly #MACChallengeAccepted #GetTheWChallenge
Unfortunately, this was far from the first time someone was this rude in a public gym setting.
“A guy literally tried taking it out of my hand mid set. Becuz he ‘couldn’t’ use the silver ones,” said one user.
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Suttner told the Daily Dot the other woman should have "[found] another pair of dumbbells" or "report [her] to the front desk if they think [she] had them for an excessive amount of time.”
But ultimately, Suttner's composure got her a lot of notice.
“[It's] Crazy to see how many people something like this has happened to,” she reflected.