A video that shows a Target customer who has apparently refused to put on a mask and is berating an employee has gone viral. TikTok user @rossisfunny, who posted the video on January 19, says the scene took place at the Target store at 61st Street and Broadway. The anti-masker has been dubbed “Target Tammy.”
@rossisfunny These poor cashiers who literally do not get paid enough to be doxed by this woman for just doing their jobs #nyc #karenalert #target #gay ? original sound – rossisfunny
Ross narrates his video, which has garnered 1.8 million views to date. ”I’m in Target by Columbus Circle and this idiot is bullying the cashiers because she doesn’t want to wear a mask and she’s streaming on Instagram, and they love drama so let’s give them drama.”
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At one point during her outburst, “Tammy” hurls a homophobic slur at Ross, to which he says “Oh my god, do that again,” clearly relishing the idea that all this be immortalized on his social media (though he later speaks of his hesitations about giving such a person airtime). She goes on arguing with the cashier, insisting that a “[mask] mandate is not a law.”
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At the end of the video, Ross confesses to having taken her earphones, which fell to the ground amid the commotion.
In an update on January 21, Ross returns to Target, wanting to turn over the earphones to the Lost and Found; he is welcomed with affection by the employees as their defender. He then addresses “Tammy” directly, challenging her to claim them. “I’m here at the scene of your zero-budget political performance,” he says. He also extends a benevolent invitation to the foul-mouthed anti-masker. “If you want to get a drink, let me know. I think you need more homos in your life, just judging, kind of based, on everything about you!”
@rossisfunny Hey “Target Tammy”, the lovely cashiers you harassed are waiting for you to come in and claim your property! #nyc #karenalert #target #gay ? original sound – rossisfunny
This is great. Hooray for Ross! We all need more people in our lives like him. If Target Tammy lives on the Upper West Side, it’s not shocking but it certainly is depressing.
good for you ross – you’re a nicer person than that creep.
BTW – why can’t Target refuse to take money if someone is not wearing a mask – just refuse them service.
I would have dumped the earphones in the trash – which is what she is.
Yep, there’s no law requiring a mask, nor is there a law forcing you to get a vaccine.
BUT, private businesses can set their own rules for employment and customers entering their property.
YOU have freedom, THEY have freedom. Isn’t FREEDOM wonderful?
Now go be Typhoid Tammy someplace else who will tolerate your narcissism.
I wonder if she attended public school where vaccines were a requirement for attending. Unless she’s one of those flat-earth, everyone gets a trophy home-schooled “winners”.
Indeed there is a state law requiring mask s indoors until February 1, 2022.
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/keep-masking-ny-governor-extends-mask-mandate-through-february-1-2022
I have a business. Am I allowed to have a no Loh’s allowed? If so, at least you are consistent in your position. Am I allowed to have a no masks policy as well?
Only if you long for polio and smallpox to return.
You do NOT have the freedom to endanger others during a pandemic. Are 875,000 dead American not enough for you?
SCOTUS decided in 1905 that masks and vaccines can be mandated at the state level to protect public health.
Omicron is a mild cold not smallpox, nor polio. Vaccinations supposedly for Covid only somewhat protect the recipient, not the people around them. They are great for big pharma and big gov. Mask wearing is an action of obeisance and totally ineffective. 1905 vaccination law allowed one to pay a $5 fine for non-compliance. The dead are not my fault. The Chinese Communists had much to blame there and our ignoring the beneficial use of post infection treatments. Certain governors mixed the infected with the most vulnerable. That is NY, Mass. and Michigan among the worst offenders.
Hey Derek (aka “Fox News”) . Thousands of New Yorker’s have died of Omicron. Mask wearing is effective. Check out The Good Doctor or Grey’s Anatomy on your favorite network. See the experts wearing masks?
Hey Wise A..
Republicans exist to produce the wealth that Democrats tax away.
Trust your experts I will trust mine. Go play with your Fauci bobble-head icon.
indoor masking is a mandate not a law, but they’re effectively the same and can be enforced the same. It’s just a lot easier for the next executive to reverse the mandate.
I won’t wear a mask either, but I would not act like this woman. It does not help the cause of freedom.