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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Jun 14, 2020, 08:27 PM Jun 2020

Maskless Woman Coughs on Fellow Customer in Argument Over Face Masks in New York Coffeeshop

A customer in a bagel store coughed on another customer during an argument over wearing face masks in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, on June 6, reports said.

In a Facebook post about the incident, Ally Goodbaum said she noticed the other woman, named in reports as Lauren Balsamo, “was coughing, not covering her mouth, and not wearing a mask.”

Goodbaum said she asked the staff to ensure customers wear masks and when Balsamo heard this, she “became enraged yelling at me calling me names claiming she has covid antibodies and doesn’t need to wear a mask in public,” Goodbaum wrote.

In the video Balsamo told Goodbaum to “say it to her face” and repeatedly called her a “pussy,” before walking over to Goodbaum and coughing at her.

The video has since gone viral and Balsamo has been referred to online as a “Karen,” a derogatory term for a woman perceived to be entitled or inappropriately demanding.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maskless-woman-coughs-fellow-customer-215906776.html

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Maskless Woman Coughs on Fellow Customer in Argument Over Face Masks in New York Coffeeshop (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
We should be able to arrest her for assault. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #1
remember the Detroit bus driver? a woman coughed on him and in 2 weeks he died. dem4decades Jun 2020 #2
Yes. LisaL Jun 2020 #3
Spitting on grocery store employee. keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #4
Hard to believe..No, you cannot make this stuff up..can you?..K and R Stuart G Jun 2020 #5
Wow! That slap was wild! nt. Akacia Jun 2020 #6
A 44 year old woman was stabbed to death by a man & his girlfriend after an argument... ARPad95 Jun 2020 #7
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