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Tech Tycoon Offers Woman $100K to Take Off Her Mask Mid-Flight

Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of people are flying the friendly skies sans mask. However, every now and then you come across an individual taking the extra precaution of masking up. Most people find no issue with this.

But according to a new report, one tech tycoon was so adamant about the woman next to him removing her mask, that he offered her $100,000 – and she refused.

Steve Kirsch, a Silicon Valley veteran credited with making one of the first versions of the mouse in 1980, was on a Delta flight last Friday sitting in first class next to a woman who was wearing a mask. He asked her to take it off and offered her money, sharing about the entire experience on Twitter.

The tweet also included a selfie of himself from the flight. However, he did not picture the woman wearing the mask nor did he specify the flight number or where he was flying to or from. "And I started the bidding at $100," he said in a reply.