When the customer decided not to comply, the clerk had three good choices - serve him quietly, politely leave her post in fear of being infected, or call the manager. She chose a fourth and unwise one - to argue with the customer after informing him of the store mask policy.
I said up front that the guy was wrong to shoot her and should go to jail. I was simply pointing out that when someone decides to do a job they weren’t hired to do, they invite consequences that they can’t imagine and aren’t trained for. She chose to argue with him and try to persuade/force him to put a mask on. That didn’t work out well for her, proving my point. She may have been righter than right, but she’s still dead, so where did being right get her?
It’s the same principle behind telling counter staff to give the cash to the robber demanding it. The employee doesn’t know the robber’s state of mind or what they’re going to do, and the employee’s life is more important than pretty much everything. Stress makes people do crazy things, so comply with the robber or leave the area if it’s safe to do so, but don’t put your life on the line to enforce store policy or protect store property.
Like many social justice warriors, she pushed her opinion too far and paid dearly for it.
Didn’t Mike Tyson recently say something like the problem with society now is too many people haven’t experienced getting a punch in the mouth for opening it? (I know I have).