# The assholes who pretend to have corona. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 25, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283 "2020-03-25T22:45:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/1 "2020-03-25T22:45:45Z")
We [have](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/coronavirus-walmart-viral-hoax) [two](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8150601/Man-26-filmed-licking-toiletries-Walmart-charged-making-terrorist-threat.html) who did it in Walmarts and [one from a Karns grocery store](https://kfor.com/health/coronavirus/pennsylvania-man-faces-charges-for-deliberately-coughing-near-elderly-man-who-was-wearing-medical-face-mask/). All arrested. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/2 "2020-03-25T22:48:16Z")
Hey, could a mod fix the obvious typo in the thread title? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/3 "2020-03-25T23:22:56Z")
[This particular moron](https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-accused-licking-deodorants-missouri-121637702.html) discovered that even implying one has it while doing sometihng stupid is not a good idea: > [@](#): > > A man who police accused of licking items in a Missouri Walmart has been charged with making a terrorist threat. > > Cody Lee Pfister, 26, was charged by the Warren County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with making the threat after police said he made a video of himself licking items in a Walmart store. > > A video posted to social media shows a man saying to the camera: “Who’s scared of the coronavirus? Don’t touch your mouth” before licking a row of items on the store shelf. _More at the link._ He’s facing a possible four years in prison. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/4 "2020-03-25T23:29:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Hey, could a mod fix the obvious typo in the thread title? Yes, those guys sound like some real asshills. ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/5 "2020-03-25T23:30:35Z")
Another from New Jersey: > **[NJ Man Charged for Allegedly Coughing on Wegmans Employee, Saying He Has...](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-man-charged-for-allegedly-coughing-on-wegmans-employee-saying-he-has-coronavirus/2342905/)** > > A New Jersey man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly coughed on a Wegmans employee and told her he has coronavirus. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office says 50-year-old George Falcone of Freehold was at the grocery chain on U.S.... A Twitter discussion of the Missouri man licking deodorant in Walmart (it’s long): [https://twitter.com/BasedPoland/status/1241899126406643713](https://twitter.com/BasedPoland/status/1241899126406643713) These fuckheads are realizing that they are a microscopically small set of people who are not taking this seriously. I was reviewing two of the cases present in the OP and came here to start a themed thread. I delightfully saw that someone had already done it. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/6 "2020-03-26T00:22:58Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Hey, could a mod fix the obvious typo in the thread title? Yeah, you forgot to capitalize the “C” in “Corona.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/7 "2020-03-26T00:33:28Z")
[Cody does _not_ look happy in his mug shot](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missouri-man-arrested-licking-items-walmart-mock-coronavirus-fears-n1168901). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/8 "2020-03-26T01:35:40Z")
This happened in early February. > **[19-year-old arrested in coronavirus Lysol spraying at Joliet Walmart](https://wgntv.com/news/19-year-old-arrested-in-coronavirus-lysol-spraying-at-joliet-walmart/)** > > A 19-year-old Joliet man turned himself in to police Thursday after he allegedly sprayed Lysol inside a Walmart while wearing a shirt that claimed he had coronavirus. Tyler D. Wallace has been char… I hope he gets the book thrown at him. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/9 "2020-03-26T05:15:18Z")
I hope they all get the book thrown at them, ESPECIALLY the one who deliberately coughed on an elderly man wearing a mask and gloves. Holy moly. They should be punished by making them hand-dig graves for those that died of the disease. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/10 "2020-03-26T07:56:21Z")
There was one case (probably one of the links in the above posts, but I don’t have them in front of me right now) of a guy who deliberately coughed all over the produce section. The store had to discard over $100 of coughed-on produce. The guy was arrested, but the article didn’t mention if he will have to pay for all that produce. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/11 "2020-03-26T11:08:25Z")
Why do people make videos of themselves committing crimes then post them on YouTube? This was going on before covid-19 and makes absolutely zero sense from the viewpoint of the lawbreakers. I suppose we should be grateful that they’re willing to publicly post proof of their misdeeds but why? And yes, they need to throw the book at these idiots who are licking produce etc. Examples need to be made. We cannot tolerate this kind of behavior right now. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/12 "2020-03-26T11:28:03Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Why do people make videos of themselves committing crimes then post them on YouTube? A large number of people are _incredibly_ stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/13 "2020-03-26T12:16:55Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Why do people make videos of themselves committing crimes then post them on YouTube? 1. Make video 2. ??? 3. Profit! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/14 "2020-03-26T15:00:02Z")
This woman ruined $35,000 worth of groceries at a small chain grocery store > **[Woman coughs on $35K of goods at Pennsylvania grocery store in ‘very twisted...](https://nypost.com/2020/03/25/woman-coughs-on-35k-of-goods-at-pennsylvania-grocery-store-in-very-twisted-prank/)** > > A Pennsylvania woman ruined an estimated $35,000 worth of goods by intentionally coughing all over them while the coronavirus plagues nations worldwide, a grocery store alleged on Facebook. The wom… ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/15 "2020-03-26T15:02:20Z")
This idiot licked an airplane toilet seat in her attempt to become famous > **[Woman licking plane toilet seat for 'coronavirus challenge' is slammed by...](https://nypost.com/2020/03/16/woman-licks-plane-toilet-seat-for-coronavirus-challenge/)** > > Ava Louise, a twice-Dr. Phil guest, and perpetual “clout-chaser” on social media, has recently gone viral for a bizarre stunt that is getting widely criticized. Sorry for the multiple posts, had weird technical difficulties ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/16 "2020-03-26T15:51:28Z")
A local company had to shut one of their buildings down for several days this week after an employee falsely claimed to have tested positive. > **[East Hills Business Park call center now says employee lied about testing...](https://www2.ljworld.com/news/general-news/2020/mar/25/east-hills-business-park-call-center-now-says-employee-lied-about-testing-positive-for-covid-19/)** > > One of Lawrence’s largest employers was partially shut down this week after an employee allegedly lied about having contracted the COVID-19 virus, company officials are now reporting. The call center operator Maximus announced Monday that it was... ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/17 "2020-03-26T15:54:12Z")
#1, coronavirus is NOT the reason you shouldn’t lick toilet seats, and #2, #2 IS the reason you shouldn’t lick toilet seats. These people should be publicly executed. Or sterilized, at the very least. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/18 "2020-03-26T18:18:35Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > This woman ruined $35,000 worth of groceries at a small chain grocery store > > [Pennsylvania store tosses $35K of goods after woman coughs on them](https://nypost.com/2020/03/25/woman-coughs-on-35k-of-goods-at-pennsylvania-grocery-store-in-very-twisted-prank/) The story implied that it’s not the first time she’s pulled stunts like this. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/19 "2020-03-26T23:26:14Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > #1, coronavirus is NOT the reason you shouldn’t lick toilet seats, and #2, #2 IS the reason you shouldn’t lick toilet seats. Some folks have strange tastes and I don’t mean flavors. Still, lips and/or tongues that taste (or taste of) toilet seats shall never touch mine. If I want shit, I’ll smoke it. > [@](#): > > These people should be publicly executed. Or sterilized, at the very least. Back in the day, they’d be found hanging from lampposts and convenient trees. America has gone soft. Best we can do now is float them in cages a safe distance from shore. Keep in mind that coughing on someone can be considered a terrorist act. Be selective. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283/20 "2020-03-27T02:27:25Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > #1, coronavirus is NOT the reason you shouldn’t lick toilet seats, and #2, #2 IS the reason you shouldn’t lick toilet seats. > > These people should be publicly executed. Or sterilized, at the very least. Once sterilized, she’s can lick toilet seats to her heart’s content. (May need to be re-sterilized after each.) \ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-assholes-who-pretend-to-have-corona/850283.md?page=2)