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Seattle Ace Hardware fight over masks gets physical
Fox News ^ | 30 minutes ago 6/15/30 | Michael Ruiz

Posted on 06/15/2021 7:33:24 PM PDT by conservative98

Putting the hard in hardware, the top-notch customer service was a home run.

A Seattle man claims he was attacked by a baseball bat-wielding clerk at an Ace Hardware location in an altercation that stemmed from his friend’s refusal to wear a coronavirus mask in the store.

Bobby Dixon, the young man seen in viral video of the altercation, told Jason Rantz of KTTH Radio Seattle Tuesday that he went into the store masked, but his friend declined to put one on.

"They pretty much told him, ‘put a mask on or get out,’" he said. "When he was walking out the door the dude at the counter started running his mouth, being pretty vulgar, and so my buddy started cussing."

The two went on jawing each other until Dixon said he no longer had a desire to shop there.

"At that point they started cussing at me," he said. "They were just attacking us for no reason pretty much, for not having a mask. He was complying with them when they said if you’re not wearing a mask you gotta get out."

After stepping out, Dixon said he turned around to try and get the employee’s name to report him to the manager.

"That’s when I was met with the baseball bat," he told Rantz. "I’m lucky he didn’t hit me or swing with it, you know, I was able to rip it out of his hands."

The video begins at that point – showing a blonde-haired man holding a baseball bat inside the entranceway alongside another man in an Ace shirt and a pulled-down mask.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: ace; acehardware; covidfascism; fauciism; masks; seattle
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Because some people wanted the details to go along with the video.
1 posted on 06/15/2021 7:33:24 PM PDT by conservative98
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https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1404880703062384640


2 posted on 06/15/2021 7:34:41 PM PDT by conservative98
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3 posted on 06/15/2021 7:35:44 PM PDT by conservative98
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NOT.


4 posted on 06/15/2021 7:36:01 PM PDT by conservative98
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For more commentary:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3968072/posts

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5 posted on 06/15/2021 7:37:10 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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A fight broke out at the Lake City Ace Hardware over masks. When Bobby says he went to complain about poor customer service to a manger, he was met with two employees -- one with a bat.

Then, they fought.

Bobby joins the show today to discuss what happened. (WARNING: Language) pic.twitter.com/eHQSGuMk5h— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) June 15, 2021


6 posted on 06/15/2021 7:38:41 PM PDT by conservative98
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I know. Some people there are complaining there is no story and taking the side of Ace Hardware. smh.


7 posted on 06/15/2021 7:39:36 PM PDT by conservative98
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Leftist democrats demand others be controlled by force and if you do not comply, they demand you be murdered


8 posted on 06/15/2021 7:40:38 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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No shoes, no shirt, no service. No mask, we’ll whack you with a bat.


9 posted on 06/15/2021 7:43:15 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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“Ace is the place for the helpful hardware man”


10 posted on 06/15/2021 7:44:43 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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In post 6, was that the manager in the background pulling his mask down to talk? Interesting thing to do while you are threatening people with physical violence for not wearing a mask


11 posted on 06/15/2021 7:46:39 PM PDT by conservative98
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It amazes me that so many people in this country forget there is a 2nd amendment. What would the baseball bat wielding employee have done if the customer had stuck a gun in his face? I always try to be polite to everyone, because you never know who’s carrying.


12 posted on 06/15/2021 7:47:56 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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Yeah I noticed that too!

Everybody knows it’s about virtue signaling, not about health. But only some of us are willing to admit it.


13 posted on 06/15/2021 7:49:38 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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14 posted on 06/15/2021 7:52:47 PM PDT by plain talk
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What would the baseball bat wielding employee have done if the customer had stuck a gun in his face?

In this case he was lucky he didn't get beaten with his own bat. The bat wielding Ace Hardware employee was rapidly disarmed by the customer who could have just grabbed the bat and started using it. He chose not to, but seemed a more capable fighter than the Ace Hardware employee.

I would hope that the Ace Hardware regional manager would arrange for some new staffing, and much better training for their store employees. Starting fights with customers is rarely a good idea.

15 posted on 06/15/2021 7:53:30 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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Screw loose on aisle 4 !
16 posted on 06/15/2021 7:54:47 PM PDT by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember when the quarantine was to be 2 weeks)
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Kids taking a break from their night time pantyfa activities.


17 posted on 06/15/2021 7:54:59 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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That is exactly when you legally present your concealed carry weapon !


18 posted on 06/15/2021 7:55:29 PM PDT by A strike (Barr to Gitmo,Roberts to Florence supermax, HerrDoktor FauxiGates to TerreHaute)
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No masks at our ACE including employees.


19 posted on 06/15/2021 8:00:13 PM PDT by Maudeen (https://thereishopeinJesus.com/)
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To: conservative98

The only thing missing here is the play by play from Pat Summerall.


20 posted on 06/15/2021 8:00:18 PM PDT by algore
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