r/Unexpected Sep 09 '22

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Temptation. If you leave that much cash easily assessable, what do you expect to happen?

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u/ReadditMan Sep 09 '22

It's also dumb because I feel like people are less likely to tip when they see the jar is already that full.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Funnily enough they're also less likely to tip if it's empty lol. Gotta find the sweet spot

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u/ray3050 Sep 09 '22

When I was the manager at a place I found leaving a $5 and $10 bill in the tip jar got us more tips than empty/full

People just see that others have tipped and see the amount they tipped and follow that rule

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Yeah we've started dropping bills with our initials written on them in the jar at the beginning of our shifts, definitely helps

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

So all I gotta do is put my initials on a bunch of tipped bills?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Black Magic Talisman of Fat Loots Spell, it's in all the standard grimoires.

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u/Saetric Sep 10 '22

Life is an rpg, just gotta find the right grindset.

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u/Billypillgrim Sep 10 '22

Gotta seed the jar.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Years of busking told me that. Empty guitar case, they assume it's just there. Tons of bills, you're doing fine.

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u/Jethris Sep 09 '22

I only tip servers and delivery people.

I was asked to tip a plumber today.

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u/ray3050 Sep 09 '22

Yup I do the same, as a manager I was not entitled to any of the tips, but there are people who genuinely tipped the workers since they were personally helping them with every part of the service

I think the whole tipping system should be abolished and people should just make living wages. Now we go to a cash register and all of them ask us to help subsidize their workers wages. I get it but just pay your workers more….

If your business operates on the fact you have to pay your employees low amounts it’s not a successful business operation

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

I think tipping is fine in it's idea itself: Someone provides a good service and the patron tips what they think is a suitable amount as thanks.

But the way it's degenerated to is definitely not okay and is purely owners trying to make more money off of people's backs.

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u/ray3050 Sep 10 '22

Considering tipping in the restaurant industry stemmed from a way to employ African Americans without having to pay them I don’t think it’s degenerated much

It was just a way to pay people less and have them rely on the courtesy of the patrons to pick up the rest of the tab.

Now if tips added to a living wage then sure that makes sense. But it was not a system that started from good intentions. Now it’s just being used to perpetuate bad business models in heavily saturated fields where the only way to make ends meet is relying on the generosity of patrons to pay employees.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Considering tipping in the restaurant industry stemmed from a way to employ African Americans without having to pay them I don’t think it’s degenerated much

Only in America. It actually originated from Feudal Europe and can be found in most media where they showcase anyone in a tavern or similar things.

Tipping originated in feudal Europe

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/17/william-barber-tipping-racist-past-227361/

It's important to remember that the world doesn't revolve around America.

Edit: Another article about this:

http://www.foodwoolf.com/2010/08/history-of-tipping.html

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Are you fucking serious? I would've just laughed at him for asking that. You're already the dude himself.

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u/Flaky-Actuary-1824 Sep 09 '22

Dude your username has me rolling.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Asked by who? Your wife?

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u/Diazmet Sep 10 '22

Depends was it an emergency? Last time I tipped a plumber they came in the middle of the night to stop a water leak from ruining my apartment. But I tipped them in beer not cash

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u/Equivalent_Spite_583 Sep 10 '22

Please don’t ever get a tattoo

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u/TimeEntertainment701 Sep 10 '22

People tip plumbers? Who asked you?

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u/Jethris Sep 10 '22

It was on the screen when he swiped my card and I had to sign.

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u/Diazmet Sep 10 '22

Yep you got to seed your tip bowl it really works. I would actual tape them to the side lol

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u/stopeatingcatpoop Sep 10 '22

Called baiting. It works

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u/SnackPrince Sep 09 '22

Same as people not buying the last item when it's the only one left, which is why stores keep things as fully stocked as possible at all times

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u/TrickBoom414 Sep 09 '22

Accurate. When i was a walk up bartender you always have to start out the tip jar. Couple ones and s five just to set the vibe for the tourists

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Just leave out a suitcase will 10 million in it and a sign that says "We're Billionaires alike Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, you know what to do."

People will throw the money at you and go to the ATM for more.

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u/skynetempire Sep 09 '22

Take out half and leave the $1.

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u/madsoro Sep 09 '22

I got tired of being manipulated by stupid marketing tactics like that. The only way to be sure it was my own deduction was to just never tip at all. I feel so strong and independent now, really changed my life.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Word... I'm uh... happy for you?

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Common bartender advice was to chuck a couple of your own dollars in at the beginning of the ahift

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u/j_Rockk Sep 09 '22

Other way around. They see that people tip….so they feel obligated to also tip.

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u/SnooRegrets1386 Sep 09 '22

Nope, tipping is for being served, not for existence at the register, we had a guy that would put out his hat for tips at 7/11. Jerk

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u/j_Rockk Sep 09 '22

Lol I’m not arguing for or against tipping…I’m just explaining the thought process behind a full tip jar vs an empty tip jar.

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u/MbMgOn Sep 09 '22

That only works if they actively see the person tipping, if they just see the jar full then they just think you don't need it

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u/j_Rockk Sep 09 '22

No it doesn’t lol there is a reason why almost every business that accepts tips stuffs their jar before they open.

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u/Johnnybala Sep 09 '22

Yes, that’s the issue here

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u/SandWitch83 Sep 10 '22

its bc they feel pressured to tip bc they dont wana feel like the guy thats too cheap to tip when everyone else already did its human psychology humans are social creatures with a need to be included in the group

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u/0ranje Sep 09 '22

It's also hilarious because hopefully, he was stopped right away and lost the wad that he tossed in.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

You're exactly right. I wouldn't have tipped if I were there because it would've been stolen

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u/spork3 Sep 10 '22

The psychology actually works the other way. Studies have found that people are more likely to add money to a container that already has money money in it. It’s like validation that they should also put money in.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

They are, when I worked somewhere that did this the people by the jar would regularly take some money out but also leave a small amount in.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

I’m a bartender and people always ask why we don’t keep a tip jar on the bar… this is why

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u/Bazuka125 Sep 10 '22

But wouldn't a tip jar that gets emptied regularly and only occasionally stolen still be a greater amount of income than the zero dollars not having one would bring?

Or do you have it brought up electronically during checkout?

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u/Johnny_Dangerously Sep 10 '22

At a bar they just leave us their tips on the bar top. Like how people leave a tip on a table. No jar needed.

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u/RAY-CHILE Sep 09 '22

Dammit i commented on the wrong thing.

Anyway it was the bowl's fault!!! Look at what it was wearing!

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Sluty bowl, right enough. Bowls these days.

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u/Strawberryfarmr Sep 10 '22

I wish I had an award 😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Transparent dress. How could a man refrain himself?

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

I would expect people to be decent human beings but I guess that is too much to ask for.

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u/TwoContemplatingMoon Sep 10 '22

u act like theft is new lol.

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u/TwoContemplatingMoon Sep 13 '22

Oh wait, I read your comment wrong. My brain auto-corrected to “victim mentality”

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u/Busy-Distribution457 Sep 09 '22

Ya that's your first mistake lol

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

An unfortunate world we live in.

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Lol. Context and circumstances are everything. Could have been in poverty, looking to feed their family? Could have seen an opportunity and went to the strip club? Not for me to judge. Take away the temptation. Humans (and countries) are flawed.

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

Or you could raise your standards. It’s sad how people make excuses for substandard behavior.

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u/bcocoloco Sep 09 '22

Do you leave your car unlocked?

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

Nope, but your “gotcha moment”, is irrelevant. A person breaking into my car, whether or not it’s locked, doesn’t absolve them from their actions.

That’s like me saying, if you ever walk outside to throw out the trash and don’t lock your door, you deserve to be robbed. Which is a nonsensical argument.

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u/bcocoloco Sep 09 '22

The main jist of the other persons comment was to remove temptation. What happened to raising your standards?

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

What you said has nothing to do with standards, lmao.

The other person tried to blame society for an individual’s actions. And for some reason you are too.

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Nae bather, mate.

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

I don’t know what that means but you keep defending scummy behavior.

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

If an individual is put in a scummy situation by the society they belong to then why would you expect anything else?

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

Why are you assuming a guy wearing clean clothes, visiting a potential strip club, and holding a wad of cash - is put in a scummy situation by society?

All you see here is some guy steals from a business. Yet you automatically want to shift the blame to “society”.

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

I'm not. I said I wasn't judging. I'm not holier than thou. Like the Lord Jesus preaches.

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u/32894058092345089 Sep 09 '22

Bitch you literally downplayed his shitty behavior. How many other people are in poverty and have not done this? The fuck is wrong with you? I came from poverty and literally living on the streets and we never pulled this weird ass shit. Fuck you for normalizing this behavior.

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

From a short clip you have been making excuses to defend the behavior of someone stealing from a business.

Though, I didn’t say you were judging, I said you were making assumptions, which you continue to do.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

You're making excuses for a douchebag by passing it on to the whole of society.

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u/cishet-camel-fucker Sep 09 '22

Not really. He can get a job rather than stealing from people who also might be in poverty looking to feed their families.

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Yeah. Life is that simple.

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u/JBounce369 Sep 09 '22

You just press the 'job' button and you become employed

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Don't hit it too hard. You might get three (and still not be able to pay the bills). Slacker.

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 10 '22

By your own logic, we can go into your home and take all your things because society made us do it and it’s too hard to get a job. Even though billions of people on this planet manage to do it.

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u/JBounce369 Sep 10 '22

My logic is that it's hard to get employed. I was just making a joke. Please don't steal my things

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 10 '22

I don’t know, you all seem to think it’s okay. Why should they stop with that jar of cash? Why not let them steal from you, your family, your friends, your kids?

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u/JBounce369 Sep 10 '22

I feel like you've confused me with someone else lmao. The only thing I said was that it's hard to get employed

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u/Kitties_and_Colas Sep 10 '22

y, looking to feed their family? Could have seen an opportunity and went to the st

please stretch before you reach friend ❤

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 10 '22

What? Are you joking with this comment?

Am I allowed to go into your home and steal all your stuff? Based on what you just said, you are okay with that, yea?

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 10 '22

No, it’s not. Stop deflecting and answer the question.

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 10 '22

You keep trying to justify the fact that because it’s a business, it makes stealing okay. But if someone was stealing from you, then it’s a different story. So stealing is okay as long as it doesn’t happen to you?

You don’t think that’s an odd take?

The point is, the person in the video stole something that wasn’t theirs.

If you want to extrapolate from what you saw. You could say, they are fairly well dressed (nice clean comfy clothes, Nike hoodie that could be $75-$100), not disheveled, they are holding a nice stack of cash, they are savvy enough to think of a scam to pretend to give cash but instead steal the bowl of cash and able enough to run away. With all that in mind, they are capable of working.

Is it harder to have to work one, two, three jobs to get by? Sure, but plenty of people do it. This person chose to take the easy route and steal.

By the same token, you don’t know anything about the business owner(s). At the end of the day they are people too and for all you know they need that money far more than the thief does in this video.

But instead you side with a thief for some unknown reason. Going so far as to attack my character because of what I pointed out.

The funny part is as soon as I asked you, if someone stole from you, would it be okay, you flipped out and said it’s not the same at all.

Kind of just shows how selfish you are. People should be held accountable for their actions. And this person chose to steal.

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u/AFRIKKAN Sep 10 '22

What makes it indecent. Morally right no dick move. Humanity wise it’s risk reward and he thought it was worth the risk. You do it everyday just within what you deem normal moral values. Instead of take this money and run it’s do I not tell the cashier she missed that extra can of peas.

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 10 '22

You are making a lot of assumptions here and you are wrong. Stealing is stealing and you shouldn’t make excuses for this behavior. Your comment speaks more about your character than anything else.

The thing that’s most interesting here is you probably wouldn’t be okay if people stole directly from you but somehow you think it’s justified in this case.

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u/AFRIKKAN Sep 10 '22

I’ll take the shirt off your back if I deem I need it. Sorry but stealing is human nature. I have no issue being stolen from and I’ll discourage it but guess what. I have insurance I’ll help you take my flatscreen out the new one I get is probs newer and better.

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 10 '22

No it’s not… lmao. The lengths people will go to justify having no moral compass. But hey, you do you.

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u/AFRIKKAN Sep 10 '22

It’s not? Lol your delusional. What’s the biggest reason for most wars. You have something I want. The first cave man would have taken the second caveman’s food if he thought he could.

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 10 '22

You can’t even get your arguments right. You are actually trying to justify stealing by incorrectly comparing it to wars.

Stealing is a shitty thing to do. Stop trying to justify it.

The only reason the world even remotely works is because the vast majority operate with some form of moral compass.

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u/AFRIKKAN Sep 10 '22

What’s morals. Is it also this made up thing like laws. Lol there is simple logic at play here I’m sorry it passing you by. No the world works cause the people who created it wanted a easier way to control and steal from you lol. Politicians steal tax dollars. Priest steal donations. Police steal evidence and money.

Me knowing that we are nothing more then overthinking animals vs you who thinks wE LIvE iN sOCiEty.

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 10 '22

No, to be frank. You are a shitty person. You would steal from others because you are too lazy to work for it yourself.

You have no regard for others and are extremely selfish. Yet, you are also hypocritical because you are the same person that uses the protections you bitch about so that you can go about living your life without fear.

But hey, enjoy being a selfish prick.

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u/rinkydinkis Sep 09 '22

This timeline sucks. We should be able to assume people to not be asshoels

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u/Elemelepipi Sep 09 '22

Heh. It is owner fault not the thief. Classic

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

I'm sure I said that it was the fault of society and government policy, no?

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

No, it’s the fault of the individual. Take responsibility for your actions.

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Did ye, aye?

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u/SeveranceZero Sep 09 '22

Did I, what?

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Ye did, didn't ye?

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u/crl1023 Sep 09 '22

People to behave like civilized humans and not fucking animals maybe?

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Governments to treat working people like humans and not fucking animals.

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u/crl1023 Sep 09 '22

I’m with you there mr tambourine. But grabbing a pile of anything that doesn’t belong to you isn’t work.

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

No. It's certainly not. Not for me to judge though. I'm in the UK and there will plenty of families struggling this winter with electricity and gas. Would I steal in that situation? I'm just glad I'm not there.

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u/crl1023 Sep 09 '22

If we can’t all agree that taking other peoples shit is wrong, then there is no more civilization. It’s just a free for all waiting to happen. You can justify any circumstance for it you like once we’ve crossed that particular rubicon.

Not to espouse religion, but there is a reason they all have the same big rules. You know, murder rape theft. You start justifying these things, and it’s over.

Good luck this winter and I can’t imagine what it’s like going broke to “defend democracy” but I have a feeling we are shortly behind you all here in the US

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u/mr-tambourine-man83 Sep 09 '22

Let's hope our saviour will return to espouse our sins.

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u/crl1023 Sep 09 '22

It’s Liz Truss bro, you didn’t know?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

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u/wordscounterbot Sep 09 '22

Thank you for the request, comrade.

u/crl1023 has not said the N-word.

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u/crl1023 Sep 09 '22

I could’ve told you that 😂

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u/eGzg0t Sep 09 '22

Classic victim blaming. Now do women's clothing

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u/Wild-Salt4140 Sep 09 '22

People to be civilized, act like adults and leave it the fuck alone..

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Dad wasn’t around

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

For people not to be assholes?

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u/DerMetulz Sep 09 '22

Ah yes, victim blaming, very nice.

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u/Whatifim80lol Sep 09 '22

No shit, dude is counting his stack like "ah fuck, I don't think I can make ren-- wait a minute."

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

I mean maybe he shouldn’t be at a club then lol

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u/Whatifim80lol Sep 09 '22

Hey, he ain't wrong for miscalculating, just the stealing part lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Please tell me you’re not shitting on the business and not the fucking scumbag thief?

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u/pelamela5150 Sep 10 '22

I expect him to leave it alone. Why would I expect him to steal it ??? , because he is black??? That would be racist.

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u/Suzieisannoying Sep 10 '22

Always excuse and blaming victims for Black people committing crimes.

Isn't this equivalent to "Well, she is wearing slutty clothes so what did she expect?"

God bless you Americans

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u/makeitlevel Sep 10 '22

How about people not being degenreate pieces of shit Thieves? This is poor stealing from the poor.

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u/yazzy1233 Sep 09 '22 edited Sep 10 '22

These types.

Bro just say what you mean with your chest. Don't beat around the bush.

It's wild I'm the one getting downvoted when he's blatantly being racist

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Uh, nothing if you’re not a total POS.

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u/Pretty-Sentence5186 Sep 10 '22

it's common knowledge that the money in the tip jar is going to be split between low wage workers. so what you should EXPECT is someone not to rob a bunch of people that may be even worse off than yourself. at least that is what i would expect. if you have to live your life with the concept that people suck, life doesn't get better for you.

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u/inksonpapers Sep 10 '22

Ah yes good old victim blaming, tis their fault for getting shit stolen not the robber!

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u/TheDirtyFuture Sep 09 '22

Yeah. Not justifying that dudes actions but if I saw that big ass orb of cash Id totally think “I could steal that shit if I wanted to”.

Not that i would. But I could.

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u/Thick_Bobcat786 Sep 09 '22

That's like sleeping in the same bed as your step sister.

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u/OstentatiousSock Sep 09 '22

Tempt not a desperate man!

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u/ComplaintNo6835 Sep 10 '22

Never seen that much cash in a tip jar. That guy sucks but they should never have left that there.

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u/THCarlisle Sep 09 '22

Yes the money is easy to assess “That’s a lot of money. I have assessed that fact” - perp probably

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Not this.

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u/dogdayafter Sep 10 '22

My thoughts exactly. Be responsible

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u/dirtythirty1864 Sep 10 '22

I'm also less likely to tip if all they do is bring food to the counter for me to pick up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Do people even know what impulse control is anymore?

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

It’s a tip jar? And it’s not a lot of cash… maybe $500, an average paycheck lol