--- title: Tropical Storm Karen Memes: Internet Says the Storm Wants to Speak to the Manager description: Tropical Storm Karen, which could hit Puerto Rico early next week, has inspired the internet to make memes. canonical: https://time.com/5683398/tropical-storm-karen-memes/ author: Sanya Mansoor article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-22T17:57:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-14T08:28:35.833Z og:title: Tropical Storm Karen Has the Internet Saying the Storm 'Wants to Speak to a Manager' og:description: "The hurricane being named #Karen is like a gift to the internet" og:url: https://time.com/5683398/tropical-storm-karen-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92414ab41eb6bd02/698a034a22fb85cb5ee29df8/arrival-times-karen.png?branch=production&width=897&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 897 og:image:height: 505 og:image:alt: Tropical Storm Karen's predicted arrival times og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tropical Storm Karen Has the Internet Saying the Storm 'Wants to Speak to a Manager' twitter:description: "The hurricane being named #Karen is like a gift to the internet" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92414ab41eb6bd02/698a034a22fb85cb5ee29df8/arrival-times-karen.png?branch=production&width=897&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tropical Storm Karen Has the Internet Saying the Storm 'Wants to Speak to a Manager' > Sponsored content. 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As Tropical Storm Karen continues to inch closer to Puerto Rico and the Virgins Islands, forecasters say portions of the Caribbean should expect tropical storm-force winds and heavy rainfall that may cause flash flooding through Wednesday._  by [Sanya Mansoor](https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Sep 22, 2019 5:57 PM UTC As Tropical Storm Karen continues to inch closer to Puerto Rico and the Virgins Islands, forecasters say portions of the Caribbean should expect tropical storm-force winds and heavy rainfall that may cause flash flooding through Wednesday.  by [Sanya Mansoor](https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Sep 22, 2019 5:57 PM UTC [Tropical Storm Karen](https://time.com/5683370/tropical-storm-karen-atlantic/), which is moving through the Southern Windward islands and could hit Puerto Rico early next week, has inspired the internet to make memes poking fun of the storm’s name. #Karen was trending on Sunday afternoon on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/AllisonPonthier/status/1175811193837162499) “Karen” has become synonymous with the persona of an annoying entitled, woman, according to the internet’s meme database, [KnowYourMeme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/karen), which says the meme may have first come about because of its association with _Mean Girls’_ ditzy, popular high school character Karen Smith. The Karen meme is also associated with a side-swept haircut that is [“short in the back and longer in the front](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/speak-to-the-manager-haircut)” and “mocked as representative of middle-aged women” obsessed with complaining to store managers, KnowYourMeme says. Haircut and manager memes are making the rounds on Twitter as Tropical Storm Karen dumps rain on the southern Windward Islands. One meme shows this haircut sitting atop of the storm’s forecast cone. Another refers to the cone as a “visual representation of the rising anger of everyone in line behind Karen as she argues with the manager because her coupons are not working.” > [](https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1175742582116311040) > [](https://twitter.com/JWButta/status/1175737272844599296) > [](https://twitter.com/Bryan%5FKnowsBest/status/1175701385956003841) > [](https://twitter.com/racingfan372/status/1175733329322283008) > [](https://twitter.com/WonderKat365/status/1175745426219241472) > [](https://twitter.com/ColtonStones/status/1175796124839370752) > [](https://twitter.com/MemeHub247/status/1175779935581081600) It’s still important to know that this is a potentially life-threatening storm. A tropical storm warning, indicating that tropical storm conditions are expected within the next 12 hours, is already in effect for St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada and its dependencies, according to the National Hurricane Center. 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