The majority of the public has complied with the mask requirements, but there are a few people who have not. Public outbursts have been caught on camera and spread around the country through news and social media.
Sprouts Farmers Market requires all customers over the age of two as well as employees to wear a mask or face covering inside the store. At one of the Sprouts locations in Tucson, Arizona, a man was removed due to his uncooperative behavior with employees and the disturbance he caused after coming inside without a mask.
In the video, he says, "You're a bunch of idiots wearing masks, you know it's not real.” He continues to yell at the employee and other customers around him, using frequent profanity.
Directing his comments towards another customer, he also says, “Come outside and show me how tough you are.” In an article written by Janelle Griffith of Today news, it says that the man threatens to “beat the mask off of his face,” referring to the other customer.
His three sons with whom he entered the store, tried to calm him down and get him to leave. Before things had a chance to get physical, one of the sons picked up his father and carried him out. As they left the store, the man kicked and knocked over a stack of boxes near the entrance.
Not all people have had such a bad reaction. After being asked how she has seen people at her workplace react to rules about wearing a mask, an employee at the Chandler Police department says, “The majority don’t necessarily complain about having to wear them.”
Most people comply with the requirements to wear masks or face coverings in public, but there are still those who choose to defy them.