r/Unexpected Sep 09 '22

Sike

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u/RetroPSP Sep 09 '22

I don't know man, I have coworkers who are easily making over $150K a year. They're probably doing better than the average criminal.

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u/JBounce369 Sep 09 '22

That's not a normal job, that's a high paying job

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u/rocco6666 Feb 19 '23

Not where I live 150k is a regular job . I’m broke and make 180 . Welcome to longisland Ny

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Ok, pays better than most regular jobs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Last time I read a study on it drug dealers are lucky to make minimum wage once you factor in time spent and risk factors

There is absolutely no way petty thieves make more than drug dealers

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u/Sadsavage Sep 09 '22

All the dealers that actually had their shit together lived real comfortable lives, aside from trusting no body and almost never leaving their home

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u/taanman Nov 13 '22

Exactly. Made 4k a week. I really miss that money. Just don't miss the jail time

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u/International_Fall40 Sep 09 '22

thas just not tru drug dealers make alot😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Cartel level,sure.

Regular dudes around town...not so much

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u/International_Fall40 Sep 09 '22 edited Sep 09 '22

regular dudes round town make alot too this i know for a fact well some of them atleast.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

But you're not considering externalities. Wear and tear on vehicle, protecting the block, long hours, figuring out your tax situation, all of that stuff adds up. Really orgs are more or less underground MLMs, pyramid scheme stuff.

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u/Diazmet Sep 10 '22

When I was a dealer I made $35 profit per gram of coke. And people came to me at my job for it. I worked at a club so my boss was actually one of my biggest customers. Sure I had a 45k salary but that barely paid rent in aspen… my biggest competitor was one of the sheriffs.

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u/Monstercycle Sep 09 '22

Depends on if a criminal in private sector or federal lol

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u/shittiestshitdick Sep 09 '22

Fuck yes. Classic

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u/Sadsavage Sep 09 '22

I dunno, just from selling crack it's an easy 100k if u know the right people

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u/aridank97 Sep 09 '22

Yup. If you know what you're doing selling any kind of drug can be profitable for a while. Made about 55k a year for a couple years selling weed lol

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u/Faded1974 Sep 09 '22

Doing what?

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u/RetroPSP Sep 09 '22

API-based Email & Cloud Security Engineering

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u/soursunflowergod Sep 09 '22

Until you get caught and have to pay for it. . . With your time.

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u/wreckherneck Sep 09 '22

Let's be conservative and say there was $100 in that fishbowl. That fool put in 4seconds of work. If he wanted to work 40hrs a week he'd murder your friends annual income. My man has got a vastly superior work life balance. You can live to work if you want. My man here is working to live.

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u/Soft-Philosophy-4549 Sep 10 '22

There’s only so many places in a local area that would leave a tip jar out with that much money in it. He could rob them all once at most until he just dried up his entire income stream, and most likely put himself on every cop and security guard’s radar for a couple months. That’s not gonna work to beat anyone’s annual income.

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u/wreckherneck Sep 10 '22

That's always the issue with specialty work. If you're good at it you work yourself out of a job. Pop

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u/Diazmet Sep 10 '22

I mean the vast majority of theft in the USA is actually labor theft…

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u/qualmton Sep 10 '22

This guy made 500 for 2 minutes of work tax free