Anti-Mask ‘Karen’ Follows Mom With A Child Around Store While Coughing On Them, Gets Fired After Internet Detectives Track Her Down
A Nebraska woman got in trouble for deliberately coughing on a mother and her child inside a grocery store.
Janene Hoskovec, 54, who the internet already dubbed Anti-Mask Karen, was fired by German software company SAP after a video of the incident went viral.
The footage, captured by the mom, was initially posted on Reddit and quickly spread to other platforms.
The mom, who uses the goes by the name Jessabird on Reddit, said she was simply shopping when Hoskovec approached her and asked why she was wearing a mask.
Hoskovec then went on about how she was born and raised in Nebraska and that it’s too bad that some Nebraskans have turned into sheep.
The video clearly shows Hoskovec walking up to the mom and purposely coughing on her and her daughter time and time again, smiling and saying things like, “Excuse me, I’m coming through.”
Recently, a woman from Nebraska went viral for all the wrong reasons
She was captured deliberately coughing on a mother and her child inside a grocery store
“So my kid and I were at the store tonight to pick up a few groceries when this lady approached us and said politely, ‘Excuse me,’ and to be honest I thought she was going to ask me for help or ask where something was,” Jessabird said after the incident. “I was about to say ‘I don’t work here, lady,’ when she asked why we were wearing masks. That’s when I realized that she wasn’t wearing one herself. I started walking away, while replying, ‘Because of the Delta variant, and also because there’s a mandate.'”
That’s right! As of August 24th, the city of Lincoln, which is where the whole ordeal took place, renewed a mask mandate for anyone over the age of two, regardless of vaccination status, requiring them to wear a mask indoors.
“She asked if I’ve had a vaccine and said that my kid and I don’t need to wear masks because we look young and healthy,” Jessabird continued. “There were several other people around wearing masks but for some reason, she chose to pick on me and my kid.”
TikToker @thatdaneshguy reshared the video with his 350K followers
And they were really appalled by it
One of the people who really contributed to the popularity of this story is internet personality Danesh. “I initially found the video when I was tagged by several users on TikTok in the comment section of the video uploaded by the victims themselves,” he told Bored Panda. “I was horrified that someone could be so cruel and brazen about publically assaulting a mother and child.”
Danesh noticed the coughing lady had not been identified yet so he ran her face through facial recognition software, but nothing came up. “I eventually found her a few days later with the help of my friend Guilt by searching through Facebook groups, events, and news stories about masks and vaccines in her area by looking through every like, love, or angry reaction by a female account,” the dedicated online detective said.
Eventually, the internet found out who the woman was
@thatdaneshguy♬ original sound – Danesh/内田守
And she got into a lot of trouble
At the end of this video, a guy working at the store tried to intervene and told Jessabird and everyone to just go their separate ways. “Karen walked away and I told the guy what happened,” Jessabird recalled. “He said it wasn’t the first time he’s had to deal with people like her at work.”
“I then tried to continue my shopping but this lady followed me around the store. I told her she needs to keep her distance and that her coughing on me was assault. She laughed and kept saying ‘Look at you, it’s so cute how scared you are!’ By this time I was absolutely livid, trying my best to hold it together in front of my kid. I didn’t finish my shopping, instead, I went to the self-checkout to pay for my stuff. [Then], she followed me to use the self-checkout right next to mine. I informed the employee manning the checkouts that this woman had assaulted me in the store by coughing deliberately on me, but I didn’t wait around to see what the employee would say in response. I just really wanted to get us the heck out of there.”
@thatdaneshguyReply to @stephlstamp she’s fired. Next up, we want to see mugshots. @guilt we did it!♬ original sound – Charles Osborne
Her employer fired her
Image credits: SAP
Image credits: SAP
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“I made a video identifying Janene as soon as we found her,” he added. “The reason I made it was because she needed to be held accountable for her actions.”
Even though that wasn’t his goal, Danesh was happy that Janene lost her. “She should be arrested for assaulting a child.”
“The Lincoln Police said in a statement that they will only accept complaints from those that were present at the event. The victims are too afraid to press charges, but [the employees of the shop] were witnesses to this event and have camera footage as well. They have no reason not to file a report. In fact, it is their obligation to do so. I think the video is evidence enough to arrest Janene, but the dereliction of duty by the Lincoln Police Department stands in the way. They are enabling her behavior and Janene is already painting herself as the victim as you can see by how she reacted on LinkedIn.”
Danesh highlighted that COVID-19 is very real and “there is no reason to coddle those that would put other people at risk for the sake of respecting their opinion. Opinions are not inherently precious. Some opinions are wrong and stupid. Janene should be institutionalized.”
But it looks like she hasn’t learned anything
Image credits: thatdaneshguy
Still, people were happy to see her let go
Harassing people at the supermarket makes you a "hero" now, does it? Talk about setting the bar so low ants could trip over it. This moron got what she deserved.
She talks about those who “threaten harm” after literally assaulting someone. She needs to be in a mental health facility.
Load More Replies...Im a different kind of mother. The moment she coughed near my kids would have resulted in me walking to the raid display and grabbing a can of wasp and hornet spray. Cough again, b*tch. I dare you
Just imagine how easily you would have been regarded as the one who overreacted. Never answer crazy with crazy.
Load More Replies...The mother should have filed a report and demand that the idiot be tested. If she's indeed suffering from Covid she can get charged with assault.
I have a friend who's baby got coughed on at the supermarket parking place. She said she didn't know before she that she was able to hit someone. But just did in a reflex to save her child. And I think it's really deserved to get a punch in the face for something like that
Load More Replies...Pandemic or no pandemic, this behaviour is totally unnacceptable... allergies my foot. I have sinus issues and i used to carry tissues and hankies to make sure things are under control. I got mortified if i sneezed in my own hanky or tissue. In which world does coughing on others and then claiming allergies is correct? You are no hero... no way... she is playing the victim card... wow
That's an assault now in many countries and she should be charged also! I'm glad she lost her job though and i hope she lost any respect from her friends and family too (although many might be the same as she is) Shame on her that thinks she is a hero!! Hero of what???
Seriously! I totally agree and this woman should have been arrested.
Load More Replies...Its hilarious how irrationally triggered these assholes get because someone's wearing a mask. Imagine being so stupid and lacking in any self-awareness that you whine about your freedoms because of a mask mandate and then get mad when other people also 'express' their freedoms by wearing a mask.
"MY freedom says I can DEMAND you give up YOUR freedom to do what makes ME comfortable". Have I translated that correctly?
Load More Replies..."boomers don't realize how quickly the internet works"? Don't blame this on boomers. That woman is a fool, and fools come in all ages.
Exactly. Because at 54 y/o (and a super olddddd looking 54!), I'm sad to say she's of my generation, Gen-X.
Load More Replies...I don't care which side of the argument you are on. And I don't care what the subject of that argument is. But it would be nice if we could go back to being civil and respectful toward each other. It's not that hard to do.
I would have punched her as hard as I could. It's one thing to cough on me, the consequences of which would not be pretty. But my child? Consider yourself lucky if you're not sipping your meals through a straw for a number of months. I would have walked over to the mom and p!$$€d this woman off so bad that I'll be the decoy to get her away from a child. And just a response to "P" in the "Still happy to see her go" section. Please stop blaming Boomers for everything and how all of us are stupid. We're not. Not by a long shot. This is not about us. Its about an ignorant and dangerous person who may unknowingly have Delta and the child not being old enough to be vaccinated. In coughing towards that child she may very well eventually end that child's life.
But you'd be the one to be arrested and your child into protective custody. Tempting, absolutely, but not worth it.
Load More Replies...I "walk" with a cane or am in a wheelchair. I consider you deliberately coughing on me as an act of violence and I WILL defend myself. Prepare to be beaten with the cane or bulldozed
On supper break, but quick amendment: IF YOU THINK SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FIRED? Read the fine print in your own employment agreements. Hubby's co-worker was fired for a DUI on a Saturday night. He wasn't working. His job doesn't involve driving. But his DUI was in the fine print under "behavior detrimental to company image". I think this woman more than qualified for "detrimental"...
My question is - If someone coughs on me deliberately and I punch them in the face, is that self defense?
I would have split my knuckle to the bone on that hoe's nose right then and there. Self defense against a biological weapon.
Purposefully coughing on people is gross and absolutely unacceptable even coronavirus and all that stuff aside.
I would have punched her out for threatening the safety of my child. What a C U Next Tuesday.
The Internet Strikes Back is my new favorite Movie.. She did indeed " Mess Around and find out"
I have already been arrested and released without charge for laying someone out that tried that nonsense on my wife and myself. Deliberately cough on me or even challenge me for wearing a mask and it will not end well for you. FKing idiots don't realize it's to protect THEM, not me.
Horrible horrible bastard. I really truly hope she gets Covid. I know that's an equally horrible thing to say but she would learn the lesson the hard way. People have died you stupid whore. I'm not usually violent but I really think I would have brained her
We discussed cases like this early on. Over the last 18 months I've had Influenza A (which CLOSELY mimicked Covid, and I'm still recovering from it), tonsillitis, sinusitis, and TWO major surgeries. My husband said he would not hesitate to react physically if someone tried to kill me by deliberately coughing on me. Even if they didn't have Covid, their intrusion into my delicate space could cause me illness I cannot afford. I have only recently started going out anywhere that isn't my dr, and that only a couple of times a month.
Apparently, being an asshole is now considered a medical condition. She's the menace, not the mom and kid.
Why would anyone think it is EVER ok to cough on someone? Gross. Where were you before the pandemic? In a cave?
I'm coughing from seasonal allergies and I'm wearing a mask and excusing myself to the restroom so I can hack up a lung in peace. She is awful. Before Covid started people (at least the people I've been around) would excuse themselves and apologize for coughing. This is disgusting.
They couldn't unless she did this to another employee at her company.
Load More Replies...Notice the Boomers get the blame when most of the antimasking is done by younger people, any chance...................
Not gonna lie, and this is not my usual nature, but I would've beat her up real good.
THAT F*****G ANTI-MASK NEBRASKA KAREN BY THE NAME OF JANENE HOSKOVEC WHO COUGHED ON A MOTHER AND A CHILD AT A GROCERY STORE, SHOULD REALLY BE ARRESTED AND INCARCERATED FOR THE REST OF HER F*****G LIFE!!!
THAT F*****G NEBRASKA KAREN BY THE NAME OF JANENE HOSKOVEC WHO WAS COUCHING ON A MOTHER AND A BABY AT A GROCERY STORE, SHOULD REALLY BE ARRESTED AND INCARCERATED FOR THE REST OF HER F*****G LIFE!!!
What a seriously disturbed state Unemployed Jan is in. Trump empowered the mediocre with his examples of bullying. I hope she and others of her kind learn their lessons before too many variants appear and do us all in.
It's bad enough she refused to wear a mask indoors, but what she did is a new level of stupid. Anyone and their grandma have smartphones, did she really think she was gonna get away with it?
Omg, people mind your own business. Don’t go up to people and ask them why they are wearing a mask. Likewise, don’t go up to people and ask them why they aren’t, unless it’s your event/business/property. We have to stop this vigilante mask justice stuff. By now, everyone has access to the facts- or at least what they choose to believe are facts. You’re not going to change anyone’s mind with a 2 minute conversation at the grocery store by catching someone off guard and putting them on the spot. Just stop.
That's more or less how it works where I live. Some people are very cautious, others much less, and many are vaccinated, while others are still reluctant. Sometimes you disagree with others and their behaviour, but not a reason to start a fight. When I see all these videos and posts here it looks like in some places (esp US) everyone always wants to fight and impose their opinion.
Load More Replies...Deliberately coughing on people should be a crime, with the offender being tested, and further charges being laid if the result turns out to be positive.
The Crown Prosecution Service in the UK have confirmed that anyone intentionally coughing or spitting at someone and making them fear infection of coronavirus will be breaking the law.
Load More Replies...Happened to me at our local IGA with out-of-towners protesting mask mandates & Dawn (PIC at the time) totally blew me off quoting "Corporate Policy". I don't shop IGA anymore if I can help it, they don't seem to care about the local regulars as much as tourism dollars. Wasn't nearly the 1st problem there, just the most dangerous.
I am a white lady, and would never, EVER do this to anyone.
Load More Replies...Except that she's not stupid. Or at least not just stupid. She was also malicious. So I definitely don't feel bad for her.
Load More Replies...If she had just shared her mad views then fair enough, freedom of speech and so on. However, there is being a weirdo and then there is actual harassment, if not assault (I don't know the actual law here). The CRIME of harassment is any kind of behaviour that is unwanted and is intended to annoy, disturb, alarm, torment, upset or terrorize an individual or group. So she actively broke the law in one way or another. This isn't just her having an unpopular or weird opinion and she did it in public.
Load More Replies...This site dividing the people? Why? because they (we) have an opinion other than yours? Do you feel threatened?. ...adding to the hatred of each other. WOW what did you just do then?
Load More Replies...Harassing people at the supermarket makes you a "hero" now, does it? Talk about setting the bar so low ants could trip over it. This moron got what she deserved.
She talks about those who “threaten harm” after literally assaulting someone. She needs to be in a mental health facility.
Load More Replies...Im a different kind of mother. The moment she coughed near my kids would have resulted in me walking to the raid display and grabbing a can of wasp and hornet spray. Cough again, b*tch. I dare you
Just imagine how easily you would have been regarded as the one who overreacted. Never answer crazy with crazy.
Load More Replies...The mother should have filed a report and demand that the idiot be tested. If she's indeed suffering from Covid she can get charged with assault.
I have a friend who's baby got coughed on at the supermarket parking place. She said she didn't know before she that she was able to hit someone. But just did in a reflex to save her child. And I think it's really deserved to get a punch in the face for something like that
Load More Replies...Pandemic or no pandemic, this behaviour is totally unnacceptable... allergies my foot. I have sinus issues and i used to carry tissues and hankies to make sure things are under control. I got mortified if i sneezed in my own hanky or tissue. In which world does coughing on others and then claiming allergies is correct? You are no hero... no way... she is playing the victim card... wow
That's an assault now in many countries and she should be charged also! I'm glad she lost her job though and i hope she lost any respect from her friends and family too (although many might be the same as she is) Shame on her that thinks she is a hero!! Hero of what???
Seriously! I totally agree and this woman should have been arrested.
Load More Replies...Its hilarious how irrationally triggered these assholes get because someone's wearing a mask. Imagine being so stupid and lacking in any self-awareness that you whine about your freedoms because of a mask mandate and then get mad when other people also 'express' their freedoms by wearing a mask.
"MY freedom says I can DEMAND you give up YOUR freedom to do what makes ME comfortable". Have I translated that correctly?
Load More Replies..."boomers don't realize how quickly the internet works"? Don't blame this on boomers. That woman is a fool, and fools come in all ages.
Exactly. Because at 54 y/o (and a super olddddd looking 54!), I'm sad to say she's of my generation, Gen-X.
Load More Replies...I don't care which side of the argument you are on. And I don't care what the subject of that argument is. But it would be nice if we could go back to being civil and respectful toward each other. It's not that hard to do.
I would have punched her as hard as I could. It's one thing to cough on me, the consequences of which would not be pretty. But my child? Consider yourself lucky if you're not sipping your meals through a straw for a number of months. I would have walked over to the mom and p!$$€d this woman off so bad that I'll be the decoy to get her away from a child. And just a response to "P" in the "Still happy to see her go" section. Please stop blaming Boomers for everything and how all of us are stupid. We're not. Not by a long shot. This is not about us. Its about an ignorant and dangerous person who may unknowingly have Delta and the child not being old enough to be vaccinated. In coughing towards that child she may very well eventually end that child's life.
But you'd be the one to be arrested and your child into protective custody. Tempting, absolutely, but not worth it.
Load More Replies...I "walk" with a cane or am in a wheelchair. I consider you deliberately coughing on me as an act of violence and I WILL defend myself. Prepare to be beaten with the cane or bulldozed
On supper break, but quick amendment: IF YOU THINK SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FIRED? Read the fine print in your own employment agreements. Hubby's co-worker was fired for a DUI on a Saturday night. He wasn't working. His job doesn't involve driving. But his DUI was in the fine print under "behavior detrimental to company image". I think this woman more than qualified for "detrimental"...
My question is - If someone coughs on me deliberately and I punch them in the face, is that self defense?
I would have split my knuckle to the bone on that hoe's nose right then and there. Self defense against a biological weapon.
Purposefully coughing on people is gross and absolutely unacceptable even coronavirus and all that stuff aside.
I would have punched her out for threatening the safety of my child. What a C U Next Tuesday.
The Internet Strikes Back is my new favorite Movie.. She did indeed " Mess Around and find out"
I have already been arrested and released without charge for laying someone out that tried that nonsense on my wife and myself. Deliberately cough on me or even challenge me for wearing a mask and it will not end well for you. FKing idiots don't realize it's to protect THEM, not me.
Horrible horrible bastard. I really truly hope she gets Covid. I know that's an equally horrible thing to say but she would learn the lesson the hard way. People have died you stupid whore. I'm not usually violent but I really think I would have brained her
We discussed cases like this early on. Over the last 18 months I've had Influenza A (which CLOSELY mimicked Covid, and I'm still recovering from it), tonsillitis, sinusitis, and TWO major surgeries. My husband said he would not hesitate to react physically if someone tried to kill me by deliberately coughing on me. Even if they didn't have Covid, their intrusion into my delicate space could cause me illness I cannot afford. I have only recently started going out anywhere that isn't my dr, and that only a couple of times a month.
Apparently, being an asshole is now considered a medical condition. She's the menace, not the mom and kid.
Why would anyone think it is EVER ok to cough on someone? Gross. Where were you before the pandemic? In a cave?
I'm coughing from seasonal allergies and I'm wearing a mask and excusing myself to the restroom so I can hack up a lung in peace. She is awful. Before Covid started people (at least the people I've been around) would excuse themselves and apologize for coughing. This is disgusting.
They couldn't unless she did this to another employee at her company.
Load More Replies...Notice the Boomers get the blame when most of the antimasking is done by younger people, any chance...................
Not gonna lie, and this is not my usual nature, but I would've beat her up real good.
THAT F*****G ANTI-MASK NEBRASKA KAREN BY THE NAME OF JANENE HOSKOVEC WHO COUGHED ON A MOTHER AND A CHILD AT A GROCERY STORE, SHOULD REALLY BE ARRESTED AND INCARCERATED FOR THE REST OF HER F*****G LIFE!!!
THAT F*****G NEBRASKA KAREN BY THE NAME OF JANENE HOSKOVEC WHO WAS COUCHING ON A MOTHER AND A BABY AT A GROCERY STORE, SHOULD REALLY BE ARRESTED AND INCARCERATED FOR THE REST OF HER F*****G LIFE!!!
What a seriously disturbed state Unemployed Jan is in. Trump empowered the mediocre with his examples of bullying. I hope she and others of her kind learn their lessons before too many variants appear and do us all in.
It's bad enough she refused to wear a mask indoors, but what she did is a new level of stupid. Anyone and their grandma have smartphones, did she really think she was gonna get away with it?
Omg, people mind your own business. Don’t go up to people and ask them why they are wearing a mask. Likewise, don’t go up to people and ask them why they aren’t, unless it’s your event/business/property. We have to stop this vigilante mask justice stuff. By now, everyone has access to the facts- or at least what they choose to believe are facts. You’re not going to change anyone’s mind with a 2 minute conversation at the grocery store by catching someone off guard and putting them on the spot. Just stop.
That's more or less how it works where I live. Some people are very cautious, others much less, and many are vaccinated, while others are still reluctant. Sometimes you disagree with others and their behaviour, but not a reason to start a fight. When I see all these videos and posts here it looks like in some places (esp US) everyone always wants to fight and impose their opinion.
Load More Replies...Deliberately coughing on people should be a crime, with the offender being tested, and further charges being laid if the result turns out to be positive.
The Crown Prosecution Service in the UK have confirmed that anyone intentionally coughing or spitting at someone and making them fear infection of coronavirus will be breaking the law.
Load More Replies...Happened to me at our local IGA with out-of-towners protesting mask mandates & Dawn (PIC at the time) totally blew me off quoting "Corporate Policy". I don't shop IGA anymore if I can help it, they don't seem to care about the local regulars as much as tourism dollars. Wasn't nearly the 1st problem there, just the most dangerous.
I am a white lady, and would never, EVER do this to anyone.
Load More Replies...Except that she's not stupid. Or at least not just stupid. She was also malicious. So I definitely don't feel bad for her.
Load More Replies...If she had just shared her mad views then fair enough, freedom of speech and so on. However, there is being a weirdo and then there is actual harassment, if not assault (I don't know the actual law here). The CRIME of harassment is any kind of behaviour that is unwanted and is intended to annoy, disturb, alarm, torment, upset or terrorize an individual or group. So she actively broke the law in one way or another. This isn't just her having an unpopular or weird opinion and she did it in public.
Load More Replies...This site dividing the people? Why? because they (we) have an opinion other than yours? Do you feel threatened?. ...adding to the hatred of each other. WOW what did you just do then?
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