I needed to do grocery shopping and decided to go to the Walmart in Trexlertown. Not only that, but I decided to go in mask-less. I just took my time and meandered the isles. It wasn't all that busy. Not a soul bothered me.
I was heading over to the health and beauty aisle to get some toothpaste,hairspray and then I was ready to leave. A vagrant of a man, a customer, saw me without a mask. He stopped me and said you know it's a law that you should be wearing a mask. I laughed at him and told him to do his research that it was not a law. He shouted at me, "You don't have to wear one? "I said back to him, "Don't worry about it." He shouted back at me, as I was walking away , and said, "You think your s**t don't stink or something? "I shouted back and I said, "Yep!"
Well, apparently he didn't like it that I told him off and he went and told somebody in authority. But it took them a while to find me. I was in an aisle all by myself looking for hair conditioner.
This young male, a Walmart employee said, "ma'am!" and held out a mask. I looked at him, shook my head no and said, "I will not wear that." He then told me I had to, that it was the law. I laughed at him and told him it was not a law and I did not have to wear it. I tried to give him the new information about the CDC telling stores to let people alone if they weren't wearing masks, he refused to take it. He told me that I had to leave the store then. I told him I would not leave until I finished my shopping.
He threw his head back in an arrogant way and said, "Well then I'll just call the police and have them come and take you out. "I said, "you go right ahead and do that." I spent at least another 10 minutes in that aisle looking for what I wanted. I then headed to the checkout, self check-out that is.
I was almost finished and here comes a female police officer. She tells me I just need to leave my stuff there on the register so she take me out to the entrance so she can talk to me. I refused. I told her I was checking out I was almost finished and I would be leaving. She wouldn't let me alone. She kept harassing me. Telling me I needed to wear a mask and that's what the sign says on the door and I have to abide by it. I said, "No I don't."
She continued to harass me and I told her she was harassing me and to leave me alone,but she wouldn't. I refused to go anywhere with her. She tried to tell me that I was putting millions at risk. I nearly rolled on the floor with laughter at that. I told her that I wasn't putting anybody at risk, that I've done my research and she needs to do her research, too. And then also said to her, "You can't tell me that you want to be wearing that mask,either."
So she had the honor of a Escorting me out once I finish checking out. The little twerp who called her was standing there watching. I guess he thought he was smug, but what he didn't realize was that I didn't wear a mask in and I didn't wear one going out. While she was escorting me out I turned to her and said, "what's the matter are you afraid I'm going to turn around and come back in?" She just walked off in the other direction and got in her police car and left. She Never laid a hand on me just walked side-by-side while I was pushing my cart. She repeatedly asked me while standing there harassing me if I frequently shop at the store. I did not look at her and I did not answer her. Each time she asked me that I ignored it because it wasn't relevant to what was going on. She also told me that I was trespassing on Walmart property. How so??
Walmart called the cops because an older woman would not wear a mask?? They never even asked if there was a medical reason why I was not wearing one. You think Walmart would be concerned about watching out for shoplifters and calling the police for that reason. read more