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John1956PA

(3,374 posts)
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 12:39 PM Jun 2022

An uncouth shopper let loose with two loud, uncovered sneezes. I walked out of the store.

It is an ageless conflict between the obnoxious white entitled males and the rest of us. I am a white senior male who disdains arrogant white males who flaunt their unmasked virus-spreading behavior to the detriment of everyone else's health. This morning, such a brute was pushing a shopping cart down a hardware aisle with both hands while looking straight ahead. Without taking his hands off the cart handle or changing the position of his head, he let out a loud sneeze which he followed with a quick back-and-forth head shaking motion accompanied by a sound like that of horse snorting. I had been approaching him, but I immediately turned around and hooked into the adjacent aisle. Then I heard him let out another loud sneeze, whereupon I headed straight for the exit.

I am a fed up with the white male bully mentality. This unmannerly person was a large healthy-looking male who appeared to be in his forties. He was cleanly dressed. He wore a bright T-shirt with lettering, and he also wore a cap. There were other shoppers in his proximity. He did not care about anyone else's wellbeing.

I do not believe in mask mandates at the present time. I just wish that everyone in a public place would observe common sense and courtesy regarding instances in which respiratory virus spread is a risk.


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An uncouth shopper let loose with two loud, uncovered sneezes. I walked out of the store. (Original Post) John1956PA Jun 2022 OP
Uugghh Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #1
Was His Hat Red? nt SoCalDavidS Jun 2022 #2
No. It was medium to dark gray n/t John1956PA Jun 2022 #3

Diamond_Dog

(34,641 posts)
1. Uugghh
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 01:05 PM
Jun 2022

I hear ya. No self awareness or conscience among this entitled crowd, that’s for sure. If I do enter a store, I’ve gotten to the point where I just automatically give everyone a wide berth. But these assholes who think they can spread their germs everywhere are total clods. You did the right thing in leaving. Who knows how long those germy bacteria laden droplets were lingering in the air.

I was sitting outside a Panera at an umbrella table with a friend last week when this woman two tables away started hacking like a moose. No covering of mouth or nose. My friend and I got up and moved. We didn’t care what anyone thought. That’s just disgusting. And dangerous! It is so rude!

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