Have you ever done something unprofessional at job? For the very first time, I got into a fight w/ a customer who wasn’t wearing a mask. She was SO RUDE and nasty, I snapped. The 4 months I’ve worked here, self entitled people STILL come into this store w/o wearing masks.

Sometimes I have to wear mine for 8 hours straight at a time, yet people whine and bitch about wearing one shopping in a store for only 30 minutes? No that’s too easy for them.

These two customers, (one guy and one lady), came through my line without masks. The lady before me asked if we’re allowed to tell customers to put a mask on if they’re not wearing one. I told her that at our store, corporate doesn’t really want us doing that... (one word, money). Yet I’m also told that we can tell them to put one on if they don’t give medical reasons (confusing and weird, I know). That lady and the guy she was with did not give us medical reasons. They were rude to me, mainly the lady, and just wanted to bitch.

I told her how I agree that it is so ridiculous. The 2 customers without masks over heard me and that lady talking. The one lady without the mask butted into our conversation and started fighting with us. “Actually, we ARE allowed to not wear masks in this store. It’s our freedom!!”

That’s when me and the lady got into an argument with her. I said that not wearing a mask because it’s your freedom is absolutely ridiculous. Then she proceeded to say that the masks don’t do anything and spewed all this non-sensical conservative anti-science propaganda jibber-ish. The lady told her that she’s a nurse and how disrespectful and unsafe it is to not wear a mask. One of my managers heard everything blow up and actually stuck up for me. The lady without the mask said that it’s different wearing a mask when you’re a surgeon. How?? Then she told my manager that he needs to study science Call us both unprofessional... we technically were, but as human beings, we mess up. Let emotions get the best of us. And this shit has been going on far too long.

The lady without the mask started all this. My customer and I were kindly and peacefully minding OUT OWN business, we were talking with EACH OTHER, and the other lady was rude and butted into our conversation. Yeah I know it’s not right for me as a worker to do something like this, I know and I shouldn’t of done it. My manager also shouldn’t of snapped either. But this is the what?? 100th time I saw someone in the store without a mask when it says right on the door “MASKS ARE REQUIRED.” Not only that, they were rude. When another person says “It’s my freedom,” I’m going to lose my mind. It’s about safety. No wonder why America is one of the worst countries with COVID cases. Especially when the stay at home order was taking place and thousands of people were protesting.

Who knew something as simple as wearing a g*ddam mask would cause such an uproar. If this doesn’t scream stupid, I’m not sure what does.