This Man Protests Mask Requirements By Laying On The Costco Floor For 8 Minutes Straight

One Costco shopper turned a mask requirement into a full-blown scene, and the video still has people talking. What started as a simple store policy quickly turned into a public tantrum, with one man refusing to comply and choosing the floor instead.

The incident happened in December 2020, when Costco required masks inside the building. In the video, the man argues, lies down on the floor for minutes, and eventually gets escorted out by police, while bystanders watch the whole thing unfold.

The reactions are just as memorable as the meltdown, and the comments have plenty to say about it.

In December of 2020, this man had a temper tantrum because the Costco he was at required a mask inside the building.

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He laid on the floor for 8 minutes.

The man is being recorded, and the video is about a minute long. He lays on the floor for approximately 8 minutes and threatens anyone who tries to touch him.

The police are eventually called, and it is very clear that this man is throwing a tantrum about the mask mandate inside this Costco store. The police try to talk to him and get him to stand up and put on a mask, but it's evident that the man doesn't want to do either.

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The police had to escort him out.

He eventually got up and stated that the police told him he could check out and leave without a mask, so that's what he did. He went to self-checkout to purchase his items and was then escorted out of the store by the police.

It is said that the worker was not a fan of the policeman's decision and stated that the man shouldn't have been allowed to get away with his actions, but we are sure that the policeman just wanted him to leave the store as quickly as possible before a larger scene occurred.

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He blames the government for not being able to buy his items without a mask.

Comments came rolling in, comparing this man to a toddler throwing a tantrum when they don't get their way. However, it's much more acceptable for a toddler to throw a tantrum than for a grown man to do so. Unfortunately, situations like this have become quite common since the pandemic and the mask mandate began.

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A real adult temper tantrum.

People obviously thought it was extremely childish for this man to act the way he did because he refused to wear a mask. This behavior is not suitable for a grown adult, and he should have been embarrassed to act like that.

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The man actually got his way.

Allowing this man to check out and leave without a mask gives him the impression that every time he throws a tantrum, he will get his way. This is exactly how toddlers operate during a tantrum, so it shouldn't be any different for him.

Unfortunately for him, adult tantrums don't have the same effect as toddler tantrums.

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Here's the full video of the situation.

The comments wasted no time piling on.

Here come the comments.

Melissa Bennett

People start comparing him to their toddlers.

Ashley Benson

This also echoes the dog park showdown, where a visitor got confronted over an aggressive pet.

Florida, Florida, Florida.

Kim Rodriguez Donaldson

At least people found some humor in it.

Judy Pawlusiow A few people focused on the part nobody wanted to think about.

Definitely gross to lay on the floor at Costco.

Charmaine Rae

I'm not completely against this.

Diane Fournier

Yep, I know I definitely would.

Tasha Teskey

You get two choices: do what they say or leave.

Paul Summers Then the jokes kept getting sharper.

He would have gotten up and left eventually.

Mel Howell

If he wants to lay on a nasty floor, then let him.

Hanne Gidora

Clearly, he got his way still.

Cass Bowler

What a lie.

Ciaran Bradley

People have jokes about this one for sure.

Eric James

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he probably doesn't have a wife.

Woo Cindy

We've seen many of these scenarios where people are doing outrageous things because they aren't happy about a mask mandate, but there's something about a grown man lying on the floor that resonates with us. This situation is definitely one to remember.

I just wonder what he thinks now, seeing this video circulating around the internet.

May this kind of tantrum stay far away from every checkout line.

For more COVID blowups, read why someone was judged for enforcing COVID guidelines during an in-laws visit.