An IGA employee is asking those coming into grocery stores to be kind.
The request comes after the worker had hot coffee thrown at her after she asked a customer to wear a mask as per the provincial health order that was put in place last week.
The employee asked to remain anonymous as the matter is currently under investigation by her employer.
A Kelowna resident who witnessed the incident posted on social media that the event unfolded just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at the Rutland IGA.
The employee asked a woman who came into the store without a mask to put one on. The woman refused.
“She grabbed cat food then went towards the door. She hadn’t paid for it, so I asked if she was going to pay for it,” the employee said.
“She said since she can’t wear a mask in store, she’ll just leave. And she did, with the unpaid cat food.”
The employee said she followed the customer and tried to take the cat food back. That was when the woman threw a cup of hot…
