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Video shows ‘Karen’ spitting on gas station worker over mask rule

‘This is ridiculous! There’s no law that says you have to wear a mask!’

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video shows karen spitting on gas station worker

A woman was filmed spitting at a gas station employee after being told that she needed to wear a mask.

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Footage of the woman, which shows her arguing with a cashier, made the rounds on social media over the weekend.

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The woman can be seen spitting in the direction of the employee as the two argue over the store’s face mask policy.

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“This is ridiculous,” the woman says while leaving the store. “There’s no law that says you have to wear a mask.”

The incident is just one of many in which a “Karen,” a slang term for an unnecessarily antagonistic white woman, has been witnessed throwing a fit related to the pandemic.

Just this week a woman was filmed going on a political tirade inside a Trader Joe’s after similarly being asked to wear a mask.

“You’re fucking Democratic pigs!” the woman yelled. “All of you.”

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Another Karen spotted in Florida this week even purposely coughed on a woman who had been filming her harass workers at a Pier 1 Imports.

The victim, Heather Sprague, is immunocompromised as a result of a brain tumor.

“I think I’ll get really close to you and cough on you then, how’s that?” the Karen says. “Asshole.”

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But Karen isn’t always the one in front of the camera.

A Karen also recently attempted to shame a Starbucks employee who refused her service for not wearing a mask. After posting footage of the employee on Facebook, a monumental backlash ensued. The internet responded by raising more than $78,000 for the harassed employee.

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