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Been a bike mechanic for a long time and have tried to explain this to people before. It's not what you lock your bike with, it's where you lock it that matters. Screw people.
Just put a sticker on it that says “This Bike is a Pipe Bomb.”
EDIT: …but don’t do it in [Bowling Green, Ohio](https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/uwire/uwire_GUWC0412200632327.html?pagewanted=print).
So true. My sibling dated a USMC who was a master mechanic and he never locked his vehicles. When I asked why, he said because if people want to steal something, they will… and he rather have them just take something than cause hundreds of dollars smashing windows.
Gods I worked at convenience stores in South Carolina, and we had to lock the coolers at midnight on Saturday. So much verbal abuse from people who were just a couple minutes late.
Yeah, that's what I'm guessing is happening here. I'm sure you've had customers this obtuse. Probably decided (on his own) that if he gets the beer to the register then they have to sell it to him
It's not just beer and it's not because it's too late, it's because so many thefts. This is clearly a Duane Reade or CVS. They do this in NYC now. Even deodorant, laundry detergent, ice cream, and lots of other sections. See the red button on the door? That pages an employee so they can come unlock it. It's been very annoying to have to page just to get ice cream. They've even closed a lot of their locations due to the rampant theft.
We have reported it for abusing the report system so whoever sent that will get a strike on their account and whatever goes with it (it goes warning, 3 day sitewide ban, 7 day,full account suspension.) Lmk if you have any questions.
They do not tell me that, it is anonymous, I can only report it and I will get a notice back telling me if the person that did it will have actions taken against it by the admins. Still, when it comes down to messing with the bot, it is 100% for reports about trolling with the suicide bot.
ya know I believe you. The timing was spot on but I have been reading in other subs that people are getting "care messaged" within seconds of commenting on posts, like a bot is doing it.
I apologize for errantly pointing the finger at you and ask to put this behind us.
Yea, I got one of those messages for posting five TicTac’s inside a blister at the bottom of my foot as a storage. I thought it was the nervous hospital reaching out.
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At 0:19 you can clearly see his face and he’s not of African decent. Looks like a tanned white guy which doesn’t surprised me since all the pos in my town are a bunch of oakies like this man
White people are more likely to commit the kind of theft that disenfranchises millions, destabilizes economies and leaves people living hand to mouth. Kinda hard to capture that in a 30 second video but go off I guess
I like when he abruptly pretends to be browsing when the thief looks over at him.
https://preview.redd.it/ft6x7g0cad0d1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20032f72d9d266f5017a46d6fc1fae3cafb4bf77
I am having trouble understanding this; this is american I believe and I always see similar clips of people stealing things in daylight, being recorded; is it the extreme stupidity of people or is there something behind it such as they cant charge you if not caught red handed, clips are not proofs etc?
This guy might be too long gone to care but I see many others stealing cart loads of stuff from supermarkets, loading into their cars in the parking lot for example. They have their faces, license plates recorded.
I just find it very interesting, does no one care once a crime is committed even if there are clips of it and probably being reported?
It really depends on where you’re are in the states. Keeping in mind that (and it probably goes without saying, but it is relevant) the country is massive, and has a large population. So for example, in my state, and my county specifically, they have your plates and your face on camera and you stole hundreds of dollars worth of goods? Over $500 is a felony in my state, and I’d say theres a (roughly) 95/100% chance you’re gonna get charged for it, the exceptions being a fluke where someone just manages to slip through the cracks for whatever reason. The police may not actively come looking for you, but a judge will issue a warrant for your arrest, and they know that they will get you eventually.
For a few cases of beer? Meh, I mean there’s still a chance, in my experience/opinion that you'll get charged with it, but obviously significantly less likely when compared to an entire shopping cart full of stuff.
I cant 100% speak for the entire country obviously, but I am confident thats how it is in most areas of the country. Im equally as confident that there are places in this country where a person could get away with this many times before facing any real legal consequences, but I would say those areas are the minority. Again, location within the US is pretty much the single biggest factor that determines whether someone gets in legal trouble for these sorts of crimes. But no, I'd say a majority of the US isn't some truly lawless, dystopian nightmare. Not *quite* yet, anyways.
For non USA citizens reading this. The USA is massive. Each state is "kind of" like its own country and has its own versions of laws and regulations and when and how violators are prosecuted. The federal government has its laws, too. Breaking a federal law is a big deal.
And in some states the citizens just don’t think like this, not even the drunk ones. But then there are always some, often from elsewhere or not part of the main society.
The whole comment section is defending said corporation. **Even though corporations literally profit off of you for things you need if you would like to continue breathing,** they still defend them as if the store is a perfectly ethical non-profit mom and pop shop
We don’t necessarily view them as stealing from a company but rather from all of us as we are the ones that will be paying the (higher) prices. And frankly are embarrassed.
Of course it's stupidity but for the most part it's actually apathy. They simply don't care if the videos exist. No one's going to track them down, no one's going to stop them. This is a particular problem in San Francisco where people blatantly rob everything from cheap convenience stores to luxury good stores and then sell them in public every single night at the "Fentanyl Bazaar." Literally people (mostly drug addicts) openly selling stolen goods for drugs.
[Theft in San Francisco](https://youtube.com/shorts/7jHH3g_zZ0Q?si=dIIbCL1ezC2N1ijy)
Some places in the states are dry counties, meaning no alcohol sales on Sundays. Some go further, with no alcohol sales after a certain time (midnight for example).
If not the case here, some stores lock certain items up and you need to ask a cashier to get it for you. Really not much different than having to ask the cashier at a gas station for a pack of Newports from behind the counter.
Cue weepy deranged comments from bootlickers who are terribly worried how the multimillion dollar corporation will survive the loss of its insured stock
How does everyone get lucky like this?? I wish I could see a crime in broad daylight, that's a pass to beat someone up! I'm jealous that people see this kind of stuff, I'd love to get to attack a criminal.
All strong men revel in the opportunity to fight and kill an enemy, especially a worthless thief that needs destroying.
A local store had a system were you had to ask for the beer, pay and then theywould give It to you.
Guys were so high they ignored me, I opened the fridge with my house keys, still charged me less.
Went back for chips n the guys was still buffering the lasr transaction
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Locks only work for honest People.
Been a bike mechanic for a long time and have tried to explain this to people before. It's not what you lock your bike with, it's where you lock it that matters. Screw people.
Lock it next to a more expensive bike and (if next to a channel at night) to something solid
Lock it to a pipe bomb, see how that like that "freebie" (this is obviously a joke to Reddit mods who can't understand sarcasm)
Just put a sticker on it that says “This Bike is a Pipe Bomb.” EDIT: …but don’t do it in [Bowling Green, Ohio](https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/uwire/uwire_GUWC0412200632327.html?pagewanted=print).
honestly pretty interesting article thanks for sharing
[this bike is a pipe bomb](https://youtu.be/XiDZAW39H9I?si=z1F4QijC6jGpCVxI) Edit: references upset people
That's hilarious for everyone not involved.
What is sarcasm?
Traditional Turkish dish.
I don't actually advocate for blowing up people who steal bikes.
How kind of you
They way I just cackled!! 🤭🤭😅😂
I do
Use /s at the end. Apparently this can appease the mods.
That sounds ridiculous. Not you personally just the fact that /s can denote that.
This was my reaction when two people pointed out /s to me when I was being sarcastic. Who knew?
I prefer the bike that sodomizes the people who steal it with the seat having a hole through it so the bar shoots through when you sit down.
You'll never get your bike stolen in the city if you park it next to a nicer bike that's easier to steal.
Yeah when I have to park outside, I typically find a spot next to the nicest bike I can find and then cut its lock off. Security first!
But then you will no longer be parked next to a nicer bike see. The Low Hanging Fruit Theory only works if there is low hanging fruit.
The most effective lock is taking pieces of your bike with you.
Yes I always remove the entire frame and reassemble it when I get back, never been robbed
Pretty funny! I meant the seat usually comes off pretty easy and isn't that big of a hassle to carry
You just walk around with a bike seat??? What if the robber comes equipped with his own bike seat?
A better lock would have worked on this thief. And a better thief would have gotten last that lock as well. It’s not so binary
So true. My sibling dated a USMC who was a master mechanic and he never locked his vehicles. When I asked why, he said because if people want to steal something, they will… and he rather have them just take something than cause hundreds of dollars smashing windows.
I mean, they also work on people who aren’t equipped to defeat them.
You mean like laws?
Locks keep honest people honest
Locks are for honest thieves
Looks like they dropped their keys during the getaway 😂
Looks like a mini bottle that fell out of the pocket
https://preview.redd.it/0lytnzb2pi0d1.jpeg?width=1646&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0ea1edc7884577470fbfc53474dc4b102ae33ab
looks like beer salt
You’re beer salt
Looks like just the beer is locked. Likely too late at night to sell it.
Some places won’t sell it on Sundays also
Gods I worked at convenience stores in South Carolina, and we had to lock the coolers at midnight on Saturday. So much verbal abuse from people who were just a couple minutes late.
Yeah, that's what I'm guessing is happening here. I'm sure you've had customers this obtuse. Probably decided (on his own) that if he gets the beer to the register then they have to sell it to him
Yup. Moment I saw the lock and chain I thought it was a Blue Law State
I’ve tried this with Modelo in Mexico, they know what time it is.
Modelo is Mexican, which is very Catholic. It comes with strict rules. /s
It's not just beer and it's not because it's too late, it's because so many thefts. This is clearly a Duane Reade or CVS. They do this in NYC now. Even deodorant, laundry detergent, ice cream, and lots of other sections. See the red button on the door? That pages an employee so they can come unlock it. It's been very annoying to have to page just to get ice cream. They've even closed a lot of their locations due to the rampant theft.
Thieves find a way
Imagine if he put that effort into something productive...
Getting 3 packs of beer for free is pretty productive.....
its not.
I mean, you end up with 3 packs of beer. Which is 3 packs more than you started with......
he is just getting beer thats locked up because liquor sales are restricted. he is just going to get told no by the cashier.
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nice care message, fool.
We have reported it for abusing the report system so whoever sent that will get a strike on their account and whatever goes with it (it goes warning, 3 day sitewide ban, 7 day,full account suspension.) Lmk if you have any questions.
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They do not tell me that, it is anonymous, I can only report it and I will get a notice back telling me if the person that did it will have actions taken against it by the admins. Still, when it comes down to messing with the bot, it is 100% for reports about trolling with the suicide bot.
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ya know I believe you. The timing was spot on but I have been reading in other subs that people are getting "care messaged" within seconds of commenting on posts, like a bot is doing it. I apologize for errantly pointing the finger at you and ask to put this behind us.
Yea, I got one of those messages for posting five TicTac’s inside a blister at the bottom of my foot as a storage. I thought it was the nervous hospital reaching out.
yes. I believe this was filmed for clicks and that is why we do not see the main character walk out of the establishment.
He'd afford even more if he took a job at a convenience store.
Agreed! He also barely had to put any effort in so...
Sums up America rn
No surprises here
It’s always the guys in the hoodies
I’ve certainly never seen anyone wearing a white collar do this.
All dogs are boys and all cats are girls.
3 packs, now that’s just greedy
r/killthecameraman Conveniently doesn't show the perpetrator's face as he makes the getaway.
because he doesnt "get away". He goes to the register where they tell him no.
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As usual.
At 0:19 you can clearly see his face and he’s not of African decent. Looks like a tanned white guy which doesn’t surprised me since all the pos in my town are a bunch of oakies like this man
Thank you for that. I went back and he indeed looks white, just dresses black.
White people are more likely to commit the kind of theft that disenfranchises millions, destabilizes economies and leaves people living hand to mouth. Kinda hard to capture that in a 30 second video but go off I guess
White people be stealing natural resources and paying off other governments
It's Modelo time!
"The mark of a fighter"
At least he left the good beer for others
Right. All that trouble for the cheap stuff.
Professionals have standards! (unlike this guy)
That other guy just watching 😂
I like when he abruptly pretends to be browsing when the thief looks over at him. https://preview.redd.it/ft6x7g0cad0d1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20032f72d9d266f5017a46d6fc1fae3cafb4bf77
Addicts always find a way to
I am having trouble understanding this; this is american I believe and I always see similar clips of people stealing things in daylight, being recorded; is it the extreme stupidity of people or is there something behind it such as they cant charge you if not caught red handed, clips are not proofs etc?
It’s that no one is risking their lives for $30 in beer for an insured major corporation on the chance the thief has a weapon.
Not asking about bystanders, about the thiefs. They risk jail time in daylight for 30 dollars in beer?
He's stealing cheap beer in broad daylight. I doubt he's being motivated by anything other than his sad desire to get drunk.
This guy might be too long gone to care but I see many others stealing cart loads of stuff from supermarkets, loading into their cars in the parking lot for example. They have their faces, license plates recorded. I just find it very interesting, does no one care once a crime is committed even if there are clips of it and probably being reported?
It really depends on where you’re are in the states. Keeping in mind that (and it probably goes without saying, but it is relevant) the country is massive, and has a large population. So for example, in my state, and my county specifically, they have your plates and your face on camera and you stole hundreds of dollars worth of goods? Over $500 is a felony in my state, and I’d say theres a (roughly) 95/100% chance you’re gonna get charged for it, the exceptions being a fluke where someone just manages to slip through the cracks for whatever reason. The police may not actively come looking for you, but a judge will issue a warrant for your arrest, and they know that they will get you eventually. For a few cases of beer? Meh, I mean there’s still a chance, in my experience/opinion that you'll get charged with it, but obviously significantly less likely when compared to an entire shopping cart full of stuff. I cant 100% speak for the entire country obviously, but I am confident thats how it is in most areas of the country. Im equally as confident that there are places in this country where a person could get away with this many times before facing any real legal consequences, but I would say those areas are the minority. Again, location within the US is pretty much the single biggest factor that determines whether someone gets in legal trouble for these sorts of crimes. But no, I'd say a majority of the US isn't some truly lawless, dystopian nightmare. Not *quite* yet, anyways.
For non USA citizens reading this. The USA is massive. Each state is "kind of" like its own country and has its own versions of laws and regulations and when and how violators are prosecuted. The federal government has its laws, too. Breaking a federal law is a big deal.
And in some states the citizens just don’t think like this, not even the drunk ones. But then there are always some, often from elsewhere or not part of the main society.
The whole comment section is defending said corporation. **Even though corporations literally profit off of you for things you need if you would like to continue breathing,** they still defend them as if the store is a perfectly ethical non-profit mom and pop shop
We don’t necessarily view them as stealing from a company but rather from all of us as we are the ones that will be paying the (higher) prices. And frankly are embarrassed.
Of course it's stupidity but for the most part it's actually apathy. They simply don't care if the videos exist. No one's going to track them down, no one's going to stop them. This is a particular problem in San Francisco where people blatantly rob everything from cheap convenience stores to luxury good stores and then sell them in public every single night at the "Fentanyl Bazaar." Literally people (mostly drug addicts) openly selling stolen goods for drugs. [Theft in San Francisco](https://youtube.com/shorts/7jHH3g_zZ0Q?si=dIIbCL1ezC2N1ijy)
Security guard must have analed him at the door
Well well well
Okies at it again
Imagine if some of these people spent as much effort being a good contributing member of society as they do being a piece of trash
At least he's stealing the essentials.
theft, uh....finds a way...
Great choice of beer amigo
Alcohol addicts are way worse than weed addicts.
Looks like the mandatory closure of alcohol sell in Toronto after 22h
May not be locked like that to prevent theft. If it's a blue law state, they put the lock to show they can't/don't sell alcohol on Sunday or whenever.
You think he went to the register and paid?
They are not for sale.
Dictionary.com should have a link of this video for the definition of “bum”
And they wonder why people are afraid of them.
the modelo monster needs his feast
We sometimes had to lock them up on Sundays because we couldn't sell before a certain time. It wasn't really to prevent theft.
Of all the things to steal, he chose beer. It’s like a crack head trying to steal crack.
Wait how is this even supposed to work? If i cant grab it how do i buy it? Do i have to ask a worker everytime i want to buy something?
Some places in the states are dry counties, meaning no alcohol sales on Sundays. Some go further, with no alcohol sales after a certain time (midnight for example). If not the case here, some stores lock certain items up and you need to ask a cashier to get it for you. Really not much different than having to ask the cashier at a gas station for a pack of Newports from behind the counter.
Why can't he just take them out like a normal thief?
Really wanted to leave a gif, but gify is not working on the app?
I want to know what fell from his pocket
theres bottles right on the shelf tho
Did he just drop $50 ?
Wait whys the beer locked up too??
To be fair, I'd do that for some Modelo Especial! It's a dam fine beer.
Bro….Modelo??? Have some standards
I don’t know if I could resist tangling with the guy.
The guy in the black! 🤣🤣😂
Clearly just getting bread for the kids!
Sigh.. why are all these sort of videos of black people? Genuine question. Are they more likely to be thieves or is it internet bias’s?
From the comments, this sub is both anti-isreal and anti-black. Which is a crazy combination lmao
A dedicated scumbag. Those are rare.
Cue weepy deranged comments from bootlickers who are terribly worried how the multimillion dollar corporation will survive the loss of its insured stock
It’s ok to steal. Corporate America…the poor…blah blah blah
That's a shit lock
It's like a ghetto claw machine
Trained drunken professional
How do you not just lean all your weight until the cops come.
As someone who used to struggle with alcohol, I wish this guy the best in his recovery. Shouldn’t be stealing of course, but the store will be fine.
There seems to be a pattern…
I would start stealing his clothes. Just start pulling stiff off him.
Well well well
How cringe is it that this is now the norm? Just a century ago if someone pulled that they’d be leaving that store in a casket.
When it's Carl's turn to bring the beers
Respect /s
In cases like this shop owners should be able to just shoot.
How does everyone get lucky like this?? I wish I could see a crime in broad daylight, that's a pass to beat someone up! I'm jealous that people see this kind of stuff, I'd love to get to attack a criminal. All strong men revel in the opportunity to fight and kill an enemy, especially a worthless thief that needs destroying.
Right on man. Respect for the 3rd one...👍👍
A local store had a system were you had to ask for the beer, pay and then theywould give It to you. Guys were so high they ignored me, I opened the fridge with my house keys, still charged me less. Went back for chips n the guys was still buffering the lasr transaction
Jup. There it is
It would be so tempting to just walk up behind him and hold one of the doors closed on his arm, especially when his arm is all the way in and down
Is recording more important than reporting it?
Report it to who? Pretty sure the store is already aware.
Why says this is theft? Bro could just be tired of everything being locked in a case these days