Even at home, the Karen complex shaped poisonous attitudes that were manifested in condescending and contemptuous treatment of trust-fund Emma's servants. When the poorly-paid workers finally snapped, their privileged superiors were relegated to separate couches, where they lay bound and tape-gagged, ankles tethered to the furniture where they'd been relaxing. As a last display of disrespect by the long-suffering servants, Emma and Nella were hogtied and left to arch unhappily, bare feet flexing close to the wrists pinned behind their backs.