WARNING: RACISM AND LANGUAGE CONTENT.Just days after a Calgary woman was derided after having a mask melt-down at a Fabricland store, a Calgary Ken is putting her to shame..A man who entered a liquor store Saturday night and went on a vile, racist tirade when asked to put on a mask..The man hurled racial epitaphs at the woman, demanding to know where she was born and calling her “Paki scum.”.The lone clerk asked him to leave the store as she videotaped..The video has outraged area councillor Jyoti Gondek who visited the store after the video started to go viral..In a message an Twitter, Gondek said the store was run by “two wonderful sisters.”.“If you’re gonna go to a store that is run by people who live in your neighbourhood, you need to follow the rules, and the rules are that you need to wear a mask. And if you don’t feel like wearing a mask, I’ll tell you what: just stay home,” Gondek said.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .“Do us all a favour and don’t spew your nonsense, racist garbage at people who are doing you a favour by keeping their doors open..“The two sisters I visited in that store today said that they’d like to tell you that they’re shocked and surprised, but they’re not. This has happened to them before and it will probably happen to them again.”.Earlier this week, a woman was videoed having a meltdown at the Chinook Fabricland location for not wearing a mask..In a Facebook post she claimed to have a mask exemption but never mentioned that in her tirade..A North American-wide trend since the COVID-19 pandemic began has been filming women in public who are having meltdowns after being forced or asked to wear masks to avoid spreading the virus..The women have been dubbed “Karens” and the men “Kens.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
WARNING: RACISM AND LANGUAGE CONTENT.Just days after a Calgary woman was derided after having a mask melt-down at a Fabricland store, a Calgary Ken is putting her to shame..A man who entered a liquor store Saturday night and went on a vile, racist tirade when asked to put on a mask..The man hurled racial epitaphs at the woman, demanding to know where she was born and calling her “Paki scum.”.The lone clerk asked him to leave the store as she videotaped..The video has outraged area councillor Jyoti Gondek who visited the store after the video started to go viral..In a message an Twitter, Gondek said the store was run by “two wonderful sisters.”.“If you’re gonna go to a store that is run by people who live in your neighbourhood, you need to follow the rules, and the rules are that you need to wear a mask. And if you don’t feel like wearing a mask, I’ll tell you what: just stay home,” Gondek said.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .“Do us all a favour and don’t spew your nonsense, racist garbage at people who are doing you a favour by keeping their doors open..“The two sisters I visited in that store today said that they’d like to tell you that they’re shocked and surprised, but they’re not. This has happened to them before and it will probably happen to them again.”.Earlier this week, a woman was videoed having a meltdown at the Chinook Fabricland location for not wearing a mask..In a Facebook post she claimed to have a mask exemption but never mentioned that in her tirade..A North American-wide trend since the COVID-19 pandemic began has been filming women in public who are having meltdowns after being forced or asked to wear masks to avoid spreading the virus..The women have been dubbed “Karens” and the men “Kens.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
