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CatWoman

(79,301 posts)
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 04:59 PM Sep 2021

That nut in Lincoln, Nebraska has been identified

Who is Janene Hoskovec? Maskless Woman Who Intentionally Coughed on Shoppers at Nebraska Grocery Store Identified as Arizona-Based IT Employee

The SAP released a statement saying it was investigating the incident involving one of its employees.

A video of a maskless woman intentionally coughing on customers at a Super Saver grocery store in Lincoln, Nebraska, is being widely circulated on social media.

The original video was shared on Reddit last week along with the title, "Anti-Mask Karen Deliberately Coughing on me at South 27th Super Saver." The video quickly spread to other social media platforms, going viral on TikTok and Twitter, where a version shared by popular account Fifty Shades of Whey has been viewed more than 2 million times.

'I'm Not Sick and Neither Are You'

The Reddit user who goes by Jessabird detailed the events that led to her pull out her cellphone and start filming. She said she was at the store with her 13-year-old daughter when the maskless "Karen" approached them and confronted them for wearing masks, saying how "Nebraskans have turned into sheep."

Jessabird said the woman then proceeded to follow the mother and daughter around the store and when she asked her to maintain social distance, the woman started coughing on them intentionally.

In the video, the woman is seen coughing multiple times in the direction of the videographer. "Excuse me, I'm coming through," the woman is heard saying as she continues to cough at the mother and daughter. The woman then says, "Look at you guys, you're so cute. ... You're such sheep."

When a fellow shopper asks her why she wasn't wearing a mask, the woman replies by saying "Because I don't need to have one on. I'm not sick and neither are you." The woman then claims she has "allergies" when confronted about coughing at the shoppers. Watch the video below:


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https://www.ibtimes.sg/who-janene-hoskovec-maskless-woman-who-intentionally-coughed-shoppers-nebraska-grocery-store-60108
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That nut in Lincoln, Nebraska has been identified (Original Post) CatWoman Sep 2021 OP
Fire her? Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #1
And then jail. nt redwitch Sep 2021 #4
Because? Jimbo S Sep 2021 #10
she's a complete asshole who put other lives at risk? CatWoman Sep 2021 #11
And her behavior reflects badly on the company, AND spooky3 Sep 2021 #13
And she is a danger to other employees hamsterjill Sep 2021 #23
ITA. And what if she did it to a client? Nt spooky3 Sep 2021 #32
I do not disagree Jimbo S Sep 2021 #14
in the case of behavior such as her's CatWoman Sep 2021 #17
Yes. You can lose your job for being an asshole. LakeArenal Sep 2021 #18
Being an asshole during a covic pandemic changes things. brush Sep 2021 #19
Welcome to at-will employment! WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #20
If you are at will, you don't even have to be an asshole spooky3 Sep 2021 #21
Why do you think companies do background checks? LiberalFighter Sep 2021 #24
Termination does not need to be justified. Xipe Totec Sep 2021 #44
During a public health crisis it does. hadEnuf Sep 2021 #46
It's more than being an asshole. wnylib Sep 2021 #48
LOL keithsw Sep 2021 #25
Because we are sick of being made sick by assholes, and their SUPPORTERS. denbot Sep 2021 #27
Embarrassing the company. Doing stupid stuff on camera,then named hurts a career irisblue Sep 2021 #28
Because deliberately coughing on another person during a pandemic soldierant Sep 2021 #43
Because? rambler_american Sep 2021 #50
Don't argue w/such people. They love their own drama. stollen Sep 2021 #2
She's just gross. 🤢 nt Baked Potato Sep 2021 #3
I think it's Janene's satisfaction with her own cleverness gratuitous Sep 2021 #5
correct CatWoman Sep 2021 #8
My asthma makes me cough; fortunately it's well-controlled. This woman, however, is just a troll... Hekate Sep 2021 #37
Allergies have many symptoms wnylib Sep 2021 #49
Who is Janene Hoskovec? dalton99a Sep 2021 #6
"Juris Doctor degree" from a law school? PatSeg Sep 2021 #9
There are law schools and there are law schools. bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #16
Aha, that explains a lot PatSeg Sep 2021 #36
To be fair, complete morons graduate from good law schools, too. yardwork Sep 2021 #56
Absolutely, but really, her school was really bad, bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #57
Yes PatSeg Sep 2021 #61
However, being knowledgable in one's field does not negate being ignorant sanatanadharma Sep 2021 #42
Sadly, that is so true PatSeg Sep 2021 #62
Says she received a law degree but nothing about having a license. AND... LiberalFighter Sep 2021 #26
But her title suggests she works with clients. Her employer Hortensis Sep 2021 #38
For profit in accredited law school with really low bar passing rate bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #40
Sounds like she gets fired a lot. Easy to see why. yardwork Sep 2021 #55
My mom would have kicked her ass right then and there. Then light up a Hotler Sep 2021 #59
Oh what damn planet is it ever okay PatSeg Sep 2021 #7
I will be VERY disappointed if she's bluestarone Sep 2021 #12
If she had coughed on me, I would also want wnylib Sep 2021 #51
EXACTLY! bluestarone Sep 2021 #54
Being mean for the sake of being mean.... MissMillie Sep 2021 #15
Backpfeifengesicht stillcool Sep 2021 #22
One of my favorite words and very appropriate here. scipan Sep 2021 #33
Good Leith Sep 2021 #29
She did it there because she'd get maced here. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2021 #30
Oh good. tanyev Sep 2021 #31
Disgusting Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #34
Do these idiots not know they're being filmed XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #35
Sounds like assault. Does NE have a "stand your ground" law? Just curious. paleotn Sep 2021 #39
I would have Traildogbob Sep 2021 #41
Spitting on grocery store produce . keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #45
She should come to Texas and try that... CCExile Sep 2021 #47
She works for SAP musette_sf Sep 2021 #52
I Think They're Very Image Conscious ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 #53
Ex SAP Employee NQCowboy68 Sep 2021 #58
👇 Nevilledog Sep 2021 #60
🎉 w00t 🎉 musette_sf Sep 2021 #63

spooky3

(34,452 posts)
13. And her behavior reflects badly on the company, AND
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:20 PM
Sep 2021

she is likely an at will employee, so the company has no obligation to employ her?

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
23. And she is a danger to other employees
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:52 PM
Sep 2021

She’s on video coughing on people outside of work. What if someone in the office was doing somethings she disapproved of?

She will be out within 72 hours I bet.

Jimbo S

(2,958 posts)
14. I do not disagree
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:22 PM
Sep 2021

Does being an ass hole *outside* of work justify termination? If so, millions would be out of work.

CatWoman

(79,301 posts)
17. in the case of behavior such as her's
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:32 PM
Sep 2021

i really don't have a problem with that.

only ignorant, rabid scum goes around coughing in people's faces.

brush

(53,778 posts)
19. Being an asshole during a covic pandemic changes things.
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:38 PM
Sep 2021

And then not wearing a mask either, consequences should follow.

spooky3

(34,452 posts)
21. If you are at will, you don't even have to be an asshole
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:44 PM
Sep 2021

to lose your job.

Certainly it is ethically justifiable to fire someone for engaging in harassment and assault, or doing other things that reflect badly on the company. There is no gray area here; this employee had no need to be aggressive toward innocent shoppers, let alone shoppers doing the right thing in a pandemic; they weren’t doing anything wrong toward her. Her employer has to wonder what this employee might do next, toward fellow employees, for example.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
44. Termination does not need to be justified.
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:23 PM
Sep 2021

They can fire you for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all.

They just can't fire you for an illegal reason, such as being a member of a protected class (gender, religion, race, etc.).

That's what employment at will means.

hadEnuf

(2,190 posts)
46. During a public health crisis it does.
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:33 PM
Sep 2021

She is obviously a health risk to anyone around her.

If someone stabs random people outside of work but not in work should they not be terminated from their job?

wnylib

(21,451 posts)
48. It's more than being an asshole.
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:35 PM
Sep 2021

Deliberately coughing on someone during a pandemic is an assault that could jeopardize people's health and lives.

She followed her victims in order to endanger them. That's stalking.

An unstable stalker who endangers people's lives in public is a liability to a company's customers and to their other employees.

denbot

(9,899 posts)
27. Because we are sick of being made sick by assholes, and their SUPPORTERS.
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:05 PM
Sep 2021

Fuck them, they are bringing false narratives into peoples faces, and potentially killing them. It seems to me that you would have to be a complete asshole TROLL to see no problem in using social media to do what can be done to discourage a subset of asshole from literally trying to kill those they disagree with politically.

irisblue

(32,974 posts)
28. Embarrassing the company. Doing stupid stuff on camera,then named hurts a career
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:10 PM
Sep 2021

Nebraska is an “Employment at Will” state. That means that the employer and the employee have equal rights to terminate employment at any time for any reason as long as no other law is being violated (i.e. Workers' Compensation, FMLA, EEOC, etc.)
https://dol.nebraska.gov › FAQ › Ge...
General FAQs - Nebraska Department of Labor

soldierant

(6,865 posts)
43. Because deliberately coughing on another person during a pandemic
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:14 PM
Sep 2021

is assault and battery (emphasis on the battery.) And reckless endangerment Both crimes. And you can be put in jail/prison for aommitting a crime. And you can also be fired for it, even if the crime was not committed on the job.

rambler_american

(789 posts)
50. Because?
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:55 PM
Sep 2021

Because deliberately coughing on someone constitutes assault if I'm not mistaken. And if it's not it certainly should be.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. I think it's Janene's satisfaction with her own cleverness
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:07 PM
Sep 2021

Aren't allergies supposed to make you sneeze, not cough? But Janene's so taken with her smug comebacks that she's just asking for the boom to be lowered on her. It'll make for a great story at the unemployment office!

Hekate

(90,683 posts)
37. My asthma makes me cough; fortunately it's well-controlled. This woman, however, is just a troll...
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:31 PM
Sep 2021

Also she’s an *hole & very taken with her own alleged cleverness.


wnylib

(21,451 posts)
49. Allergies have many symptoms
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:52 PM
Sep 2021

that include coughing, sneezing, abdominal pain, rashes and hives, eczema, and more.

Asthma causes coughing, especially allergen-induced asthma. But stalking someone and coughing in their face is a deliberate act. As someone with multiple allergies and asthma, I know that when you feel the cough coming on, you turn away from people and cover your mouth. You don't seek them out and cough at will in their face.

dalton99a

(81,486 posts)
6. Who is Janene Hoskovec?
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:10 PM
Sep 2021
Who is Janene Hoskovec?

As reported by International Business Times, Janene works as a client partner at SAP’s office in Tempe, Arizona.

According to her LinkedIn profile, she received her Juris Doctor degree from the Arizona Summit Law School and has worked in technology sales for 20 years.

Her account states that she has worked for SAP for over three years and has served in similar technology roles at other companies.





bottomofthehill

(8,329 posts)
16. There are law schools and there are law schools.
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:30 PM
Sep 2021

Her law school was a for profit school with a bar passing rate in the single digits. It was so bad, that the ABA pulled its accreditation so she is a graduate of an unaccredited law school with about a 90 percent chance that she did not pass the bar. She wrote a bunch of checks to say she graduated from law school

yardwork

(61,608 posts)
56. To be fair, complete morons graduate from good law schools, too.
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 08:19 PM
Sep 2021

Sidney Powell graduated from UNC Law School.

bottomofthehill

(8,329 posts)
57. Absolutely, but really, her school was really bad,
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 08:24 PM
Sep 2021

Smart people can learn enough to pass any test and still be stupid, but, this woman could not get into a shitty law school so she went to a for profit, really shitty law school that had an awful bar passing rate and the ABA took accreditation away from. The school was only in existence for about 10 years. I am sure a good lawyer or two graduated and passed the bar, but not many.

sanatanadharma

(3,705 posts)
42. However, being knowledgable in one's field does not negate being ignorant
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:11 PM
Sep 2021

One is ignorant when unable to control one's emotional response to encountering other points of view.
One is ignorant when behaving contrary to kindergarten lessons about sharing.
One is ignorant when ignoring the grace of seeing and changing their own personal shortcomings.
One is ignorant when believing the world of others needs be subservient to their own prejudices and preferences.
One is ignorant when self-identifying with desires which can be changed, like one's mind.
One is ignorant when saying "I know"; better to say I was taught (perhaps well, perhaps not).

LiberalFighter

(50,928 posts)
26. Says she received a law degree but nothing about having a license. AND...
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:57 PM
Sep 2021

she is not working as an attorney.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
38. But her title suggests she works with clients. Her employer
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:46 PM
Sep 2021

will be getting feedback from some of them.

bottomofthehill

(8,329 posts)
40. For profit in accredited law school with really low bar passing rate
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:07 PM
Sep 2021

When it was accredited for about 5 years.
The degree is not worth the paper it is written on.

Hotler

(11,421 posts)
59. My mom would have kicked her ass right then and there. Then light up a
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 08:48 PM
Sep 2021

Pall Mall red and wait for the cops. I miss ya mom.

PatSeg

(47,430 posts)
7. Oh what damn planet is it ever okay
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:12 PM
Sep 2021

to cough on another person? Even if there wasn't a pandemic, that is just about as rude and inconsiderate as you can get. Looks like she just enjoys the attention.

wnylib

(21,451 posts)
51. If she had coughed on me, I would also want
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 08:01 PM
Sep 2021

her to be prosecuted for assault. Follow her to her car, get her license plate number, and call the police to press charges. The phone video and store security cameras are evidence.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
29. Good
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:11 PM
Sep 2021

I predicted we would know her name yesterday, but I don't mind being a day off.

She was such a smug little bully, laughing at the strangers as she harassed them. Now she's going to whine and say that she never meant to really stalk and cough at innocent people. Now she will have to face the fact that she's nothing more than an asshole.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
30. She did it there because she'd get maced here.
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:12 PM
Sep 2021

People here in Tucson has got maced for doing this and was charged with aggravated assault. Person that did the macing was justified under stand your ground.

XanaDUer2

(10,667 posts)
35. Do these idiots not know they're being filmed
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 06:29 PM
Sep 2021

it can go viral, and total strangers will find out everything about you in a few hours?

Traildogbob

(8,739 posts)
41. I would have
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:09 PM
Sep 2021

Pissed on her. Claiming I have bladder issues and prostate problems. If she can purposely cough on me with allergies, why could I not piss on her?

keithbvadu2

(36,802 posts)
45. Spitting on grocery store produce .
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:32 PM
Sep 2021

Spitting on grocery store produce .

He got b_tch-slapped.

He deserved it.

ProfessorGAC

(65,035 posts)
53. I Think They're Very Image Conscious
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 08:14 PM
Sep 2021

So many giant clients, I'd think any bad publicity or connections is one too many.
I'd be very surprised if they don't launch her.

Nevilledog

(51,104 posts)
60. 👇
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 08:50 PM
Sep 2021


Tweet text:
SAP
@SAP
·
Sep 8, 2021
The health and safety of our employees and the communities in which we live and work are of utmost concern to us. We are taking the matter of an SAP employee incident very seriously and investigating the situation.

SAP
@SAP
We have reviewed the incident and can confirm that the individual in question no longer works for SAP.
5:25 PM · Sep 8, 2021
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