Danielle Muscato (she/her)

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@notarytim @laura_billow @kroger Grocery stores could easily fix this by switching to one-way aisles and limiting c… https://t.co/idhVtN6d1X — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@maxicat12 @JordanUhl @kroger Exactly. They have the right to refuse service, and would have been in the right for… https://t.co/Yf7aIqxsQZ — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@j3anne121 I'm glad you have the money for that, I don't! I shop in the clearance section, and they charge extra fo… https://t.co/SHxBL85O3q — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

The manager was not following store policy as stated on their website and in their app. There are also signs on th… https://t.co/G3Nbuz6qtJ — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@GorrellTrisha @kroger I was threatened with imminent bodily harm (getting "beat up"). This isn't just about a mask. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

I am high risk in multiple categories. I shop for groceries during slow hours when possible to avoid other people.… https://t.co/uS8kTRfwfT — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@LindaBouldin @kroger Off-duty cop who was hired by @kroger for security was standing right there. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@valleyofthemud @ianbremmer @kroger He didn't have to. That's why @kroger hires off duty cops for security, one of… https://t.co/G15Nd6ohve — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

If someone came in topless they'd say, "Come back w/a shirt. We sell shirts here, we do delivery if you don't want to wear one. But you can't come in & you can't buy anything without one. It's the law, see the sign?" Except in this case, it's the law AND there's a pandemic. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

The right thing to do would be to tell them they cannot check out and must leave for threatening another customer, and aren't allowed back. Even if they weren't willing to go that far, they should have said we won't ring you up without a mask. It's the law and it's store policy. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

He didn't care that they weren't wearing masks, endangering his employees and customers. He didn't care that they had threatened to beat up another customer. I didn't feel safe continuing my shopping with them still in the store. They threatened me & weren't wearing masks. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

To clarify bc ppl keep asking: There was an off-duty cop, hired by @kroger as security, standing right next to us during this convo. The law here requires masks to be worn in public. It's also Kroger's store policy. There are signs on the door. He just didn't care. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@JamesBosco114 @NathanJRobinson There was an off-duty cop, hired as security by Kroger, standing right next to us while this was going on. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@TJWalkerRadio @NathanJRobinson Can't do my job without groceries TJ — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@numbakrunch @kroger Exactly this. It's store policy, it's the law, there are signs on the door, they hire off-duty cops for security. There is zero reason not to enforce the mask mandate except apathy for public health. FURTHER, this particular couple threatened to assault another customer. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@NoHomeLikePlace @mattdizwhitlock @kroger He wasn't at risk of assault. He had an off-duty cop right next to him (hired for security by his store). *I* was. The cop literally told me to wait by the door while they took care of it, for my safety. But they decided to do nothing. I didn't feel safe w/them in the store. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@ianbremmer @kroger If you're a mgr whose security includes hiring off duty cops, & someone comes into your store, refuses to wear a mask despite the law requiring it & signs saying so, & they threaten to assault anoth customer…yeah, you're shit at your job if you don't escort them off the premises — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@ianbremmer @kroger If you're a mgr whose security includes hiring off duty cops, & someone comes into your store, refuses to wear a mask despite the law requiring it & a signs saying so, & they threaten to assault ano customer…yeah, you're shit at your job if you don't escort them off the premises — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@phoenix329 @ChrisMilIington @kroger Exactly! There was an off duty cop right next to us when we had this conversation. The right thing to do would be to tell them "you can't threaten my customers, and you have to wear a mask in my store. There's a sign on the door, get out and don't come back." — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@dbmckinsey @BurloTokyo @nntaleb @kroger It's also the law and they hire off-duty cops for security. There was one right there next to us when we were talking. He said he wasn't there to enforce the mask law, just for loss prevention. WTH? — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@mattdizwhitlock @kroger Bullshit. By not enforcing @kroger's own store policy that customers must wear in his store, he's putting EVERYONE at risk, incl his own workers! I was not safe continuing my shopping, with these people, who threatened to beat me up, also there shopping. I left w/o my groceries. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@NathanJRobinson There was a cop standing right next to us. He wasn't at risk. He just didn't care that another customer had threatened me with assault. The right thing to do would be tell them they needed to leave. You don't have to sell to people who refuse to mask up & threaten other customers — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Stop assuming goodwill where none exists. These people sign up for the riot control squad because they WANT TO GET PAID TO TEARGAS PEOPLE Cc @Lollardfish https://t.co/N1ZfK3KX0G — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@YoungerDryad @graymattersrep @kroger I ASKED to file a report. A cop (off duty/paid by @Kroger) was right there, he & the mgr went to talk to them together. Y then declined to do anything because they said it was their word against mine. I was told they denied it. I don't even know if they talked to the right couple — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@lena_jakobsson @maripoza67 @pope_dumbass @kroger The manager made it clear he would rather risk my health and personal safety and lose my business forever, than enforce his own store's policy that customers must wear a mask. It's also the law, and it says so on the door. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@maripoza67 @pope_dumbass @kroger I did not feel safe finishing my shopping. They were still in the store as well. I left a full cart of groceries and told the manager I'm sorry, but I don't feel safe here. You are doing nothing to protect me from someone who threatened me with assault AND refuses to wear a mask. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@maripoza67 @pope_dumbass @kroger The mgr should have refused to let them buy anything & asked them to leave, just on the mask issue alone. That he refused to do this, putting EVERYONE in the store at risk, AND me at risk of assault if I saw them again while finishing shopping, is why I'm putting him on blast. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@maripoza67 @pope_dumbass @kroger I am high risk. The law here says you have to wear a mask in places of public accommodation. There's even a government hotline for reporting noncompliant businesses. There's a sign on the door saying it's a law that you have to wear it. I asked nicely & was threatened w assault. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

RT @kaliedra: Why @kroger is the safety of your customers not a priority for your managers when another customer threatens them verbally an… — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@inkysgrrl I'm very upset and shaken. Her exact words were, "Do I need to get my boyfriend to beat you up?" and he started approaching me. I want @Kroger to ban these people from their stores. — PolitiTweet.org