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SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:24 AM Jul 2020

Trumpie Tantrum Shopping Spree [View all]

Went to my grocery store on Friday 7/3 and the store was busy at 9am.
I had my mask on. Anyway, there was a couple, in their 40's looking a bit shabbily dressed, he unshaven and she in pajamas.
I was getting my milk, when she came up behind me, brushed my shoulder as she grabbed a gallon.
Alarmed by the shoulder brush, I yelled. "Please keep your distance" I said. and quickly stepped away from her.

She said, "Fuck You."
So did I, immediately and very, very loudly ( knowing this would draw attention).
"No! Fuck You. Get Away From Me Right Now!
"I am getting milk and you can wait before you get yours. There are signs all over the store asking you to keep 6 ft away."
Her scruffy husband then piped up saying, "We don't believe fake news. We don't care." (the words fake news, explained everything).
I could see a store clerk running over.

I said to the man "I don't care what you want to believe. I don't want to catch any diseases you may carry." I said.
He had a blankish stare. I don't think he understood what I'd said.

The clerk heard me, and interrupted us, asking what the problem was.
She piped up, " I just got my milk."
I replied, "You nearly shoved me aside to get your milk, when you saw I was already getting some. Could you wait a few seconds? ...to keep a distance."
Husband piped up, 'We know our rights and we don't believe the virus." (not sure if the virus speaks to them directly or how often.)

The clerk stopped him and said, "This is private property and we can refuse service to anyone. The store is well posted with social distancing, all over the store, and we expect our customers to be considerate of others."

The husband, then said a terse "Fuck You" to the clerk. The woman, in a true Trumpie tantrum, threw her half-gallon of milk on the floor which broke open and sprayed a couple of other customers, who started yelling at her.

"You are leaving the store now." the clerk told her and her husband.
A 2nd clerk showed up by then, and reached for their cart, pulling it toward him. They didn't try to stop him and he got the cart away, I assume, in case the woman would want to throw that too.
"We have rights!" the woman yelled. She threatened to call the police. and this is why I am writing this, because what the clerk told them, shut them down so fast and completely..
"This store is not a public place. This private property, just like your home and we can refuse service to anyone. Today, you two are being refused and must leave immediately. Throwing milk at customers is assault and you can be arrested. Please leave now, before we call the police... and the milk is going to cost you $2.39."

The two clerks escorted the couple away and I went to self-checkout. The couple were at the front desk, paying for the milk and talking to the manager with the two clerks.
They left the store. Who knows where else they went to enact their "Trumpie Tantrum Shopping Spree".
I am glad to see my grocer, stand up for customers and hope others will start speaking up to stop these mass spreaders.

PS: I just finished chemo and look like it. Gaunt, pale...covered from head to toe with skull cap, eye protection from my glasses, a N95 mask covered with a cloth one, long sleeves & pants and gloves. It's 90F outside.
No moron is going get between me and my brand of milk.

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Trumpie Tantrum Shopping Spree [View all] SmartVoter22 Jul 2020 OP
Sounds like you need the milk of human kindness. So sorry! Beakybird Jul 2020 #1
I was in the middle of a good one safeinOhio Jul 2020 #2
😻 I like that ! lunasun Jul 2020 #4
Good one liberal N proud Jul 2020 #40
Thank you for speaking up, SmartVoter22, even in spite of your present vulnerability. BComplex Jul 2020 #3
The clerk's replies were spot on. n/t TheRickles Jul 2020 #5
Sounds as if the store had done good training. Nt spooky3 Jul 2020 #18
Good for you...and lucky your store clerk had the right reactions too! FailureToCommunicate Jul 2020 #6
Wow! There may actually be zombies living among us. patphil Jul 2020 #7
There are empty shells I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #46
Interesting...thanks for posting Lochloosa Jul 2020 #47
Wow, I know how it feels to have just finished chemo, TNNurse Jul 2020 #8
Way to go SmartVoter22! You take care of yourself. iluvtennis Jul 2020 #9
BRAVO bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #10
What complete nuts! How did they make themselves publicly obnoxious before masks??? nt Mars and Minerva Jul 2020 #11
Maybe it's because Trump is failing so badly jmbar2 Jul 2020 #12
I agree. They seem extra agitated, and I think it's because his buffoonery is blossoming. C Moon Jul 2020 #55
My guess is that these morons are being told to go out and create disruptions. There are too many erronis Jul 2020 #13
Must be hate Radio. Lock him up. Jul 2020 #15
That's where it got a BIG shot of adrenaline. Hate radio. calimary Jul 2020 #27
Great analysis and a fantastic set of phrases to be borrowed and repeated. erronis Jul 2020 #30
The internet that Al Gore built is spreading it through targeted hate memes lostnfound Jul 2020 #57
I think you're right. I think there wnylib Jul 2020 #23
You never know who might be packing heat and shoot you. 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #43
Potential violence wnylib Jul 2020 #48
Besides being a chicken, I have waaaaay too much... 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #51
I think we might come from the same era. wnylib Jul 2020 #52
Born in 1951. My dad was the classic "man of few words," so my mom... 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #53
Born in 1949. My parents were wnylib Jul 2020 #56
Good on you, gab13by13 Jul 2020 #14
Sorry you went through that. Fla Dem Jul 2020 #16
Fantastic! Good on ya. I don't want to hijack the thread but have a question: spooky3 Jul 2020 #17
I'll play along...for a very short bit. SmartVoter22 Jul 2020 #58
I think you misunderstood my post--I think spooky3 Jul 2020 #59
OK makes some sense. SmartVoter22 Jul 2020 #60
I wish this exchange was on video. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #19
To a brave person Old Terp Jul 2020 #20
Good for you and good for the store! Thank you!! SunSeeker Jul 2020 #21
I had a very similar incident in NH Tiger8 Jul 2020 #22
Just want to express my admiration for DUers and their like-minded comrades qallunat Jul 2020 #24
Terminally contemptible. Soulless sociopathic disregard. 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #44
Good for you!!! I'm so happy to hear they backed you up. flying_wahini Jul 2020 #25
Educate the Dumpos marieo1 Jul 2020 #26
Tom Hartmann just read this article on his show! yellowdogintexas Jul 2020 #28
She was in her PAJAMAS? Grasswire2 Jul 2020 #29
Was it a Walmart? 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #45
I was threatened last week by a rangy old dude. Really. Grasswire2 Jul 2020 #31
"What are you going to do about it?" renate Jul 2020 #37
Big thank-you to grocery store clerks! cp Jul 2020 #32
I know exactly what you are going thru. Butterflylady Jul 2020 #33
Maybe they should open their own grocery store! Grokenstein Jul 2020 #34
That is crazy! cayugafalls Jul 2020 #35
Good on you. My response would have been much easier for those mental toddlers to understand: Volaris Jul 2020 #36
So glad you called their ignorant, selfish asses out! MLAA Jul 2020 #38
They all hope Sean Hannity will call them louis-t Jul 2020 #39
I'm so sorry you're going through Cha Jul 2020 #41
In my Retail Days Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #42
Where these peole are being really stupid Mr.Bill Jul 2020 #49
They were mean, selfish people. Thank you for standing up to them. Ilsa Jul 2020 #50
Shopping in their jammies?!? BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #54
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