Narrative:

Passenger in xx boarded the plane with no mask; but complied once asked. He was rowdy at the beginning of the flight but did not cause any issues until he began throwing almonds at a passenger 2 seats away; when asked to stop he did. He was then asked multiple times through the flight by both flight attendant a & B to put his mask on. He would comply when asked or when we were walking by but would take it off as soon as he thought we could no longer see. I reminded him that it was a policy; he then all at once told me he had some sort of test done and if that wouldn't work what about a medical condition so that he wouldn't haven't to wear the mask. I asked him if he had spoken to a gate agent about it which he threatened me; telling me that I didn't want to go there with him because I wouldn't win. I then decided to call the ca; and informed the passenger that this was not an argument; and that face masks are a policy and that he would be met at the gate.after deplaning; the group of older and large men that were traveling with the disruptive passenger gathered in the terminal and I felt extremely uncomfortable and unsafe walking by them. They then also got on the same tram as I and were loudly making comments in regards to me asking them to put their face masks on during the flight. In the future I would like to feel safe while doing my job and feel that I am supported for enforcing the companies policies.

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Title: Flight Attendant reported a passenger being confrontational about wearing a face mask.

Narrative: Passenger in XX boarded the plane with no mask; but complied once asked. He was rowdy at the beginning of the flight but did not cause any issues until he began throwing almonds at a passenger 2 seats away; when asked to stop he did. He was then asked multiple times through the flight by both FA A & B to put his mask on. He would comply when asked or when we were walking by but would take it off as soon as he thought we could no longer see. I reminded him that it was a policy; he then all at once told me he had some sort of test done and if that wouldn't work what about a medical condition so that he wouldn't haven't to wear the mask. I asked him if he had spoken to a gate agent about it which he threatened me; telling me that I didn't want to go there with him because I wouldn't win. I then decided to call the CA; and informed the passenger that this was not an argument; and that face masks are a policy and that he would be met at the gate.After deplaning; the group of older and large men that were traveling with the disruptive passenger gathered in the terminal and I felt extremely uncomfortable and unsafe walking by them. They then also got on the same tram as I and were loudly making comments in regards to me asking them to put their face masks on during the flight. In the future I would like to feel safe while doing my job and feel that I am supported for enforcing the companies policies.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.