# Share your Covidiot stories **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 29, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854 "2020-04-29T22:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/581 "2020-12-21T23:50:21Z")
How many people do you think may have gotten, or did get, the virus from you at the wedding? ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/582 "2020-12-22T03:36:23Z")
I apologize for the tone of my post above, and hope everyone in your family is recovered and healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/583 "2020-12-22T03:47:50Z")
> [@thdudescar](#): > > About a month ago, my wife, 2 of my daughters, sister, and granddaughter drove to Lafayette for a family wedding. I wasn’t feeling too sparky that day but trudged on, By the time we left the wedding, I knew something was up. Monday I went to the doc and got tested. Positive. By Thursday everyone in the car had tested positive, save my granddaughter. I was basically it over by Monday. My wife and one of my daughters and sister were almost asymptomatic. One daughter had a rougher go of it. She ran a high fever for several days. My symptoms were mostly achiness and shortness of breath. 😲 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/584 "2020-12-22T11:29:22Z")
I put this gem in another thread: > [@Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-breaking-news/847758/6149): > > Last night I was driving home from work at midnight. This was Friday night becoming Saturday morning. Somebody had crashed on the freeway ahead and we were slowed to about 5mph. Adjacent to me was a convertible with the top down, and 6 college-aged people crammed into it. All hollering and waving at another similar convertible adjacent which another 6 similar people crammed into it. Having a convertible myself, but with the top up, I ran my top down and shouted over: “Hey, can I join your gr… @thdudescar a few posts above is a cautionary tale for all of us. Feeling “slightly off”? Don’t soldier through whatever. And definitely don’t attend a group event. The problem is everybody feels a little “off” a couple days every month, especially in the colder areas. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/585 "2020-12-22T11:46:06Z")
> [@thdudescar](#): > > By Thursday everyone in the car had tested positive, save my granddaughter. My sister’s husband’s family had a similar thing happen. I don’t know (and cannot comfortably ask) the details, but the entire family was hit hard. Two near deaths, eight people hospitalized. After over a month in hospital, my BIL is at home on oxygen. He can stand for short periods of time, but cannot do stairs. His hearing is totally gone, and he is now diabetic. ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/586 "2020-12-22T14:24:54Z")
I called all my family members that I came anywhere close to and no got sick or anyone else at the wedding… I honestly had no idea that I might have had Covid, BTW, it was my first Lesbian wedding. Very glad we went because most of my narrow minded family stayed away. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/587 "2020-12-22T14:31:47Z")
Were you masked? ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/588 "2020-12-22T14:59:08Z")
Yes I was. ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/589 "2020-12-22T17:10:42Z")
Excellent. If you all kept your masks on the whole time, it will probably what saved the other wedding attendants. (If none turn out to get sick from the wedding.) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/590 "2020-12-22T17:18:17Z")
One nearby superspreader wedding is now linked to 24 deaths: > **['Superspreader' wedding guests with COVID-19 worked at nursing home. Now, at...](https://www.krem.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/washington-super-spreader-wedding-covid-nursing-home-deaths/293-5f960482-e674-4456-8bcd-ec440fb503b7)** > > Guests of a 300-person wedding in Adams County worked at a nursing home in Moses Lake while they were contagious. An outbreak there has left more than a dozen dead. Moral of the story: Do not go to weddings during a pandemic. Also, not sure why that lists it as a July article. This is very recent. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/591 "2020-12-22T17:32:06Z")
The covidiocy is alive and well in Alberta: > **[Edmonton pastor ticketed for COVID-19 violations, northern pastor calls rules...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-church-sanctioned-covid-19-rules-violations-1.5850744)** > > Health officials have ordered an Edmonton-area church to immediately comply with COVID-19 restrictions, while the pastor at its sister church in northern Alberta has counselled his congregation against following physical distancing and masking rules. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/592 "2020-12-22T21:14:25Z")
We lived in a shared-wall house. Our dumbfuck neighbors have hosted many gatherings in the past few months, and from what we can see as the guests spill into the front and back yards, no one is wearing masks. It’s a small house, and we’re pretty sure they rent out bedrooms to tenants, so there are a lot of unrelated people commingling in that small space and then going out to their various jobs. A couple of men who live there are prime candidates for dying if they catch the virus. We keep our windows closed unless the wind is blowing from our side of the property towards theirs. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/593 "2020-12-22T22:38:14Z")
I’m lying about work so I have an excuse nobody will question to avoid spending Christmas Eve with my extended family. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/594 "2020-12-23T00:09:18Z")
Court case in Alberta yesterday denied request for injunction. No idea if it’s a related church or not. > **[Judge refuses to grant stay in legal challenge of Alberta's COVID-19...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/emergency-injunction-government-covid-public-health-orders-1.5849157)** > > A Calgary judge has rejected an emergency application seeking a stay of Alberta's public health restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19, including bans on gatherings and mandatory masks. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/595 "2020-12-23T05:07:58Z")
I think I posted on here about a pharmacy tech who wore her mask beneath her nose and told me masks don’t do much good anyway. I complained to corporate and also to the appropriate state agency. I was there today, and the same tech had the mask beneath her nose again.I said loudly but tactfully, “Oops, your mask slipped.” She ignored the comment. I’m going to call tomorrow and tell the manager he’s lost a customer by not enforcing state regulations among his employees. It’s one thing to avoid confronting customers. It’s something else to refuse to enforce compliance among your pharmacy staff. You won’t find me at the intersection of Unhappy and Unhealthy after this. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/596 "2020-12-23T11:37:07Z")
In an attempt to bring cheer to our lonely xmas dinner, I decided to deep fry a turkey. The bird will be slaughtered tomorrow at the turkey farm. I need lots of peanut oil, and Walmart is where I know it can be purchased. This was my first pandemic stop at Walmart and it will also be my last. It was scary how accurate the “People of Walmart” pictures matched what I saw. Plus there were many people unmasked. The worst compliance I’ve seen to date, and no attempt by the store to enforce the law. Even many store employees were masking their chin or had noses exposed. I got my oil and got the hell out. Will not return. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/597 "2020-12-23T12:28:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > This was my first pandemic stop at Walmart and it will also be my last My plan precisely and for the same reasons. It is as if they have a national corporate plan to be dimwits and obstreperous and every store has signed on. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/598 "2020-12-23T13:17:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > The worst compliance I’ve seen to date, and no attempt by the store to enforce the law. You can’t necessarily assume all Walmarts will be the same though. I’ve been in 2 recently (3 total visits post-covid) and they were wildly different. One had an employee posted at the door to hand out masks, and they actually had a gate to prevent unmasked people from entering. The other didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/599 "2020-12-23T17:10:05Z")
Instead of the typical holiday office party, my work did an online party using gather.town. It combined the worst aspects of a zoom meeting and a cocktail party. Anyway, that’s not the point of this. “Walking” around I talked to several people who were joining the party after traveling out of town for the holidays. They claimed it was OK though, because they really, really wanted to go. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/600 "2020-12-23T22:02:01Z")
There are two Walmarts in our town. Both of them refuse to allow maskless people to come in. Both of them have counters at the door to see how many people are in the store at a given time and if it’s too many they don’t let you in until someone leaves. I have seen an employee go up to some nimrod wearing a mask below the nose and explain to that person how to fix it or leave. So far, Walmart seems to be the safest store I have visited, actually. I went to Trader Joe’s a few weeks ago, expecting they would be obeying all the rules, and there were two employees stocking shelves unmasked. No one was tracking the number of customers in the store. No one was wiping down carts. I have not been back to TJs, which really makes me sad, but I’m going to support the stores that support safety. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854.md?page=31)