When a woman running for Minnesota Senate, Marisa Simonetti, was trying to get signatures for her candidacy, she completely missed the point. In her video, she was not only confronted for soliciting, she was subsequently told to leave the store.
Posted by Marisa’s personal TikTok account (Marisa.simonetti28), she was working on getting 2,000 signatures just to be placed on the Senate ballot in Minnesota. In Marisa’s video, you can see a man signing her ballot paper. As he gives his signature, a worker approaches and accuses Marisa of not being with the man and asks her to leave the store.
The employee says she knows he’s with DoorDash and that she’s soliciting. Marisa, who refers to her as a “Karen,” stands there and waits for her signature. The worker tells her to leave yet again. Marisa ignores the employee, asking the man if he can finish signing her paper for her.
The worker looks at Marisa and urges, “I just told you three times” to leave the store. But Marisa decides to lie about what she’s getting signatures for in the first place, telling the Home Depot employee that it’s for “kids with cancer.”
The employee tells Marisa “I don’t care right now… You can’t just come in here and talk to customers and do this.” Marisa asks her if she owns the store and the worker says, “No.” When Marisa is handed back her paper, she finally leaves.
This isn’t the first time Marisa Simonetti has engaged in unhinged behavior. In 2024, she’d been previously arrested for tossing a tarantula at a housemate, leading to several charges, which include harassment, disorderly conduct and fifth-degree assault.
Marisa receives very little sympathy on TikTok video
Despite Marisa’s attempt to make the Home Depot feel bad with her dishonesty, the comment section was largely against her, though more so for her solicitating signatures. “She’s correct and you are wrong,” one TikTok user wrote, which now has over 2000 Likes.
“They have no solicitation signs posted. I get why she’s doing it, but businesses don’t like it,” said another viewer. A commenter claiming to have worked at Home Depot shared as much, too. “Nope, you can’t do that at Home Depot. At least when I worked there you couldn’t.”
One user, who defended the Home Depot employee said, “…no one likes going to the store and getting guilt tripped into donating.” Further down the comment section, a TikTok viewer posted a picture of Marisa’s mugshot photo, painting her as a clown.
It’s clear from the response on TikTok, Marisa should have done the bare minimum and asked permission. She’s made it a habit on TikTok of getting signatures at other businesses, only to then record an employee’s reaction when they ultimately kick her off the premises.
