A Pennsylvania ritual support worker said she was fired after a ragging customer destroyed the store because she told him to go for not wearing a face mask.
Elena Santiago, the 40’s shift manager, said a young man from York, Pa., Took a skateboard on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 3.
This person ignored his first two requests that he cover his face under state law.
He tried to give her one of the hand-held masks for stock customers, but the man rudely refused her offer, he said.
“If you’re going to disrespect me, I’ll have to tell you to leave the store,” she told the customer and warned him that he would call the police if he didn’t.
When the man threatened her that he would attack her if she dialed 911, he told the cashier to call other employees to help with the situation.
The man responded violently, shaking the cashier in the magazine rack, he said.
Security footage shows the man throwing the store display to the ground and knocking over the cash register.
He is then seen leaving the store and smashing the front window with his board.
Santiago said she was fired days later the following Tuesday, and she is worried she will not get a new job during the coronavirus epidemic.
“I don’t really understand that,” he said.
“I was fired for defending myself. They are punishing me for defending myself. I think how they handled it is unfair. “
Legal Aid did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Company spokesman Chris Sawers declined to comment on the Daily Record.
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