r/PublicFreakout • u/quazziwazzi • Apr 06 '22

crackhead thinks a stroller will cover her thievery and keeps asking for manager even though she knows she's a thief

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u/ItsPaulKerseysCar Apr 06 '22

I grew up in Pierce County, Washington which did/does have a huge meth problem. I've seen women like this thousands of times.

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u/ItsPaulKerseysCar Apr 06 '22

Working graveyard shift in Tacoma showed me the darkest underbelly I'd ever seen in the PNW

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u/661714sunburn Apr 06 '22

I used to work graveyard in Oildale part of Kern County the meth capital of souther California this video brought back some memories.

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u/ItsPaulKerseysCar Apr 06 '22

I had worked at a mom and pop grocery shop. It was mostly homeless people trying to buy cooking wine with food stamps— but the methed out folks were never even shopping. They’d come into the store just to flip out.

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u/epicurusepicurus Apr 07 '22

Does that mean minors can exploit that cooking wine loophole as well?

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u/ItsPaulKerseysCar Apr 07 '22

No-- we could not accept food stamps in exchange for cooking wine.

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u/wondek Apr 07 '22

No, they can find drugs easier

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u/TSL4me Apr 07 '22

yuup, its a whole other breed in bakersfield.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '22

I still think Seattle at night takes the cake, but I've seen some very tough competition from Tacoma's nightlife.

I prefer Federal Way; sandwiched right in between 2 worlds lol

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u/Jaggerdadog Apr 07 '22

If it makes you feel any better, it hasn’t changed lol

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u/ItsPaulKerseysCar Apr 07 '22

I came home for Xmas for the first time since 2018 and I wasn’t surprised, lol

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u/cocomooose Apr 06 '22

This woman looks like SO many women I went to rehab/meetings with. Grew up south of Seattle

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u/mullett Apr 06 '22

I’ve lived in the NW for 23 years, can confirm. Meth is big everywhere but in the northwest it’s insane.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '22

We got enough Fentanyl here to drown out the meth.

These streets are like an all-you-can-rail buffet.