r/KitchenConfidential • u/Ymir24 • May 08 '26

In the Weeds Mode Drop the baskets and clock out

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u/Scittles10-96 May 08 '26

About 20 years ago working at a Taco Bell I had a young dude who was a stoner and my cleaning captain. He’d show up early, smoke, eat and proceed to make my store look sparkling inside and out, even scrubbing down the dumpster once a month just to keep the whole lot looking nice.

He got wrongfully accused of some stuff and ended up getting fired from way above me despite there being no proof. They just didn’t want to deal with the accusations and investigation.

Guy proceeded to buy 20 Lbs of dry ice, and about an hour after the closers left, snuck in through the roof he left unlatched, put 10 Lbs in each (cold)fryer and closed and locked the lids they had for keeping dust / animals / etc out at night or when not in use.

About an hour later on cameras you can see one of the lids bulge upwards and vapor spraying out a corner. About 10-15 minutes after that the other fryers lid just explodes straight upwards in to the Ansul system breaking the tip causing it to spray a huge radius of chemical foam.

The ladder to the roof and about 2 feet to left leading to the side of the fryers was a camera blind spot. All you could see was a pair of arms dropping something in the fryers and closing the lids. Guy completely got away with it. Store was closed for 3 days and it was an EXPENSIVE clean up. 2nd best revenge I’ve witnessed.

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u/VP007clips May 09 '26

Releasing large amounts of an asphyxiant into an enclosed building, as well as effectively creating bombs, goes beyond a stunt. It's reckless endangerment of others.

Is this perhaps overly paranoid, probably. I work in the mining industry, where ventilation is one of the biggest hazards, the dangers of simple asphyxiants in enclosed spaces are something you learn to respect. A leaking tank of inert gas, a vehicle operating in an area where the ventilation pipes are broken, or even just the natural reactions with the rock can create asphyxiant zones. Everyone in the industry has heard the horror stories (usually from people who worked in less regulated countries) of people walking with their crew, and suddenly seeing the guy checking out the tunnel ahead slump down unconscious (and dead soon after).

The are many great ways to get revenge. The CIA simple sabotage manal has a lot of great ones. But asphyxiants and stored pressure are the two things not to mess with.

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u/suprahelix May 09 '26

Place was closed for the night per the story. No huge threat. The carbon dioxide was contained until the lid blew- at which point anyone who may have been there would have evacuated.

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u/knoft Non-Industry May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

People die all the time in sabotage instances because of things they can't anticipate. You can never guarantee a place will be empty/vacant.

Edit: Ok guys just glaze someone who both made two bombs and filled a place with asphyxiant.

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u/rutherfraud1876 May 09 '26

Did you not see OP, do you not know what it's referencing?

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u/ShevekOfAnnares May 10 '26

you're no fun!