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An incident in Florida was captured on video, showing an irate woman cough on a person filming her during a dispute in a Jacksonville shopping center, First Coast News reports.
Heather Sprague, who recorded the video and who was coughed on, is a cancer patient.
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I did not speak, react, or engage. Simply stood to document the behavior, Sprague wrote. When bullies are faced with accountability they must acknowledge the unacceptability of their actions. Within 30 seconds of filming her tirade was done and she left the poor staff in peace.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/watch-irate-woman-coughs-on-cancer-patient-during-dispute-with-store-employees/
dalton99a
(81,569 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 26, 2020, 07:05 PM - Edit history (1)
Yesterday I learned firsthand the power of conscientious bystanders. It took 30 seconds to end 15 minutes of aggressive harassment.
Im a mother of ten, and currently a brain tumor patient at Mayo Clinic. Obviously, I dont get out much right now.
I had an appointment in the Town Center area, so I donned my mask and ducked into a store to escape the heat while I waited for my appointment time. There were two small children wandering around the store unattended for an extended period, and the little guy was doing the potty dance. It became apparent that they belonged to a woman at the register who was becoming increasingly belligerent. She was screaming at, swearing, insulting, and threatening the staff as she demanded to return an item she didnt have with her, just a photo of the item on her phone. The staff were professional and respectful. But they couldnt return an item she didnt actually have with her. She continued to rage, all the while her poor little boy was squirming and asking for a bathroom, which she would have needed to leave the store to find. When she positioned herself so the clerks couldnt exit the checkout area and screamed that she would stay right there, yelling as loud as she wanted, until all their customers left... I stood at a distance, pulled out my phone and wordlessly began filming. She immediately turned her attention away from the staff to me. The video tells the rest of the story. I did not speak, react, or engage. Simply stood to document the behavior. When bullies are faced with accountability they must acknowledge the unacceptability of their actions. Within 30 seconds of filming her tirade was done and she left the poor staff in peace. And hopefully her sweet boy got to find a potty. Im off to find a Covid test, thanks Karencough, cough
pnwest
(3,266 posts)return an item from a picture on her phone???!!! Are you fucking kidding me? That is next-level entitlement/stupidity right there. How in the hell did those clerks keep a straight face? Im gonna go take pics of ALL my shit and return it all!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)And it happened 15 minutes from my house.
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)spicysista
(1,663 posts)Pretty much about the same, NightWatcher.
spicysista
(1,663 posts)And, she behaved that way in front of her child. Wow. Smh
Phoenix61
(17,018 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)Sometimes kids with that kind of parent end up becoming the "parent" in the relationship.
Phoenix61
(17,018 posts)acted the exact same way and now shes passing on the family trait.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)PufPuf23
(8,822 posts)awful human is prosecuted and convicted.
LuckyCharms
(17,455 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)And no one else is of any significance. This kind of stupid is incurable.
Returning an item she didn't even have? Seriously?
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)OH WAIT
Shell be apologizing/and or getting fired here oh, about 24 hours...twitter never sleeps, mam , didnt anyone tell you?
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Link to tweet
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usregimechange
(18,373 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)(self defense) AND they get arrested and charged with assault and battery.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)The victim could insist on having the perp tested at their expense.
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