Apparently, There Are Some Sick Burns On The Web

Masks are required for customers in our store. I have a compromised immune system as well as asthma. If a person comes through my line without a mask, I offer them one, and if they still refuse, I politely tell them that I am unable to ring them up. Most just take a mask or leave, but there are a few who throw temper tantrums.

There is a coworker who goes out of her way to insult and emotionally hurt people, but I just ignore her usually.

Coworker: “Hey, is it true that you’re refusing to ring up people without a mask on?”

Me: “Yeah.”

Coworker: “You can’t do that! You’ll get fired!”

Me: “No, you are allowed to refuse customer service to someone if you feel threatened. We’re in the middle of a health crisis, I have pretty much no immune system, and I have asthma. If you refuse to wear a mask, then I am being threatened.”

Coworker: “Well, they’re writing horrible things about you on the [Next Town] Facebook page and the city’s home page!”

Me: “So?”

Coworker: “But… they’re writing bad things about you on—”

Me: “I don’t care. I don’t live in that town, for one. And two, if they are the type to write about me for following the mandate, so what? They boycott the store. Then I won’t have to worry about them coming back in and getting me sick.”

She was very annoyed that I wouldn’t get angry over the fact that people supposedly were writing bad things about me online. Things no other person was able to find.