I’ve had that happen to me. Once I was in a Walmart in the winter with my winter coat on, pushing a cart with my purse in the kiddy seat like many other shoppers and a customer asked me where something was. I said I didn’t work there and they said “I thought you did!” I said “Most employees don’t wear their winter coats as they’re working.”
According to reddit, Karens suffer from some kind of “phantom” version of this where they detect NSRD from *everyone* around them.
I’ve had that happen to me. Once I was in a Walmart in the winter with my winter coat on, pushing a cart with my purse in the kiddy seat like many other shoppers and a customer asked me where something was. I said I didn’t work there and they said “I thought you did!” I said “Most employees don’t wear their winter coats as they’re working.”