Maskless California man bullies the wrong ‘Korean Uncle’ as H Mart Ahjummas come to his defense

What happened: The incident occurred at the Korean American supermarket’s location in West Huntington Drive, Arcadia around 6:15 p.m. on Aug. 6. Emilie Tan (@emilieeetan), who was shopping with her boyfriend, managed to film parts of the chaos.

• Tan told NextShark that they first found the man arguing with the manager at the back of the store. At the time, the man was “already visibly aggravated,” yelling in the manager’s face and refusing to leave “because he didn’t want to wear a mask.”
• The man had the manager in a corner while a security personnel contacted the police. At that moment, Tan and her boyfriend chose not to intervene to prevent escalating the scene “into something worse/physical,” since the man was “unpredictable” and the manager was “still professional.” However, they stayed in the area to ensure that the manager was not alone. They also attempted to ID the customer.
• The incident took a worse turn when the man shoved a cart and flipped it in the direction of the manager “in an attempt to ram him,” Tan said. Three female customers then began to intervene, and this is when Tan took out her phone to record the scene. “I started filming when I noticed an immediate change in the man’s expression and body language. He began directing his hostility toward the women,” she said.
• In Tan’s Instagram Story Highlights, the man can be seen pointing his finger at the manager, saying, “You’re breaking the law.” He also claims that the manager assaulted him, but a customer refuted him at once.
• “No he didn’t! You’re the one who doesn’t want to wear a mask right now. We’re all wearing masks. We’re all complying,” the customer said.
• Throughout the video, the manager is seen throwing his body to protect the customers from the man. Tan said more shoppers and H Mart employees began filming the scene later, leaving the man surrounded.