2021 has yielded a plethora of ‘Karen’ videos and footage of people venting their frustration on airplanes. Who can forget these clips of authorities apprehending people in airports, some because of a failure to comply with mask mandates and others because of their participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
A woman from Missouri will likely be regretting her own particular holiday rage. On Sunday, she tried to board a plane out of Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport in Arizona. However, she was late and the security doors to the jetway had already been closed.
Most of us would have cursed ourselves and thrown our hands up in frustration. We doubt any of you would have thought it a good idea to force the doors open, run down the stairs to the tarmac, and still try to board the plane.
However, that’s allegedly what Vickie Meyers, 53, from St. Louis did.
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She was stopped by authorities at the foot of the stairs and escorted back up to the airport. Running on the tarmac of an airport is a felony, so she was immediately cuffed and carted off to Maricopa County Jail. According to KNXV-TV, there are signs in both English and Spanish warning passengers not to trespass.
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According to cops, Meyers told a police officer, “I’m trying to stop the plane so I don’t miss it.”
Another airport user who witnessed the incident, Bryan Jones, told KNXV-TV, “She decided to go out the emergency exit doors onto the tarmac and start arguing with the ground crew why she should be let onto the plane still.”
Myers has been charged with criminal trespassing on a crucial public service facility. She was later released and allowed to return to St Louis but must return to Phoenix in January for a court hearing.
The whole incident was captured on video and has gone viral on TikTok.
@anthonyk892Karen missed her flight, decided to walk out emergency exit onto tarmac. Gets felony trespassing.♬ KAREN – PrettyUgly
@anthonyk892Raw arrest video with original sound.♬ original sound – Anthony K892
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WSnyder
The real crime was releasing her and allowing her to leave the state. White Privilege I guess.
MISTERJETT
of course!!!!!
TedV
And those bell bottoms! Surely that’s a crime against humanity. Get The Hague involved!
fredk3
i love barbra but i had to laugh when tarmac karen reminded me of babs with a touch of roz focker in the mix!
Invader7
A touch of Roz Focker ???? She’s a WHOLE lot of CRAZZZEEEEE !!!
Openminded
Looks just like her in the first airport perp walk photo.
JJinAus
Here’s a scoop Queerty. Be the first news outlet. THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS TARMAC! No, really. Just like black boxes. No such thing. Apron- or ramp – depending where you’re from, taxiway, runway. No tarmac.
missvamp
are you the airport terminology police? wtf
i love the song in the first tiktok. too perfect!
Kangol2
Dear JJinAus a/k/a KarenonQueerty, “tarmac” is a perfectly acceptable word to use in American English and British English for what this Karen trespassed upon. From the Oxford UK Lexico dictionary online:
1.1 the tarmac: A runway or other area surfaced with tarmac or a similar material.
‘A healthy baby boy was delivered in the back of the helicopter on the tarmac at the Comoro Airfield.’
Also, from the Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of American English:
tarmac: a tarmacadam road, apron, or runway.
Sheesh!
Invader7
Uh YES there is …Ask people who WORK @ airports !!!
Den
Just to reiterate, Tarmac, a brand name (now generalized to the material) for tarmacadam is the material used to pave the runway, apron, etc, that you mention. All of which can be referred to as “the tarmac”. It is a material well suited to the weight and heavy use airplanes subject the surfaces to.
JelaniNaji
I just took a trip to her Facebook page and… Let’s just say, it explains a lot.
Invader7
We’ll take your word for it. And spare our eyes and brains from the carnage !!!
cuteguy
How is this lgbtq related?
Invader7
Do you REALLY want us all to answer that question???
RTG
Social media has shown me there is no bottom to human kind’s stupidity…..or self delusion.
Invader7
Exactly!!!
BigTX
I love the song! Hilarious!
Kangol2
Priceless song, excellent TikTok videos, and a perfect example of how some people, like this privileged right-wing Karen, think the laws only apply to others.
Openminded
It’s so strange how people who are “habitually late” seem to hold themselves in a position of deserving more than the average person. WHO in their right mind would dash onto the TARMAC to try and stop a plane when it is YOU who are late? I hope the judge in this case throws the book at this loony tune. I won’t be surprised to hear she was running late because TSA held her longer than necessary while she argued about her rights to carry on a huge bottle of shampoo or something else privileged like that.