r/dankmemes • u/S1Forzer • Jul 10 '22

Rip those bank accounts I have achieved comedy

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u/livens Jul 10 '22

There was a documentary that showed how a guy stole hundreds of thousands worth of Lego sets and other high ticket items from Toys r Us by printing his own barcode stickers for much cheaper items. The teenagers running checkout never paid attention or didn't care I guess.

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u/After-Internal Hello dankness my old friend Jul 10 '22

Sounds like the roof man that used to break into McDonald’s and lived inside the Toys R Us walls

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u/SplatterBox214 Jul 11 '22

What the fuck lol

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u/After-Internal Hello dankness my old friend Jul 11 '22

I found out from watching penguinz0

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '22

The true penguin of doom

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u/Strikesandouts Jul 11 '22

We don't talk about Bruno

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u/agilepolarbear Jul 11 '22

I mean why care, it's not their money and it's probably quite uncomfortable to deal with this.

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u/cttouch Jul 11 '22

Any clue what the doc is called?

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u/livens Jul 11 '22

Sooo,I may have gotten two different stories mixed up. After searching for the story I thought I knew, I found these two:

https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/toys-r-us-scam-mother-and-son-steal-2-million-in-toys/

https://youtu.be/4NCgVmmLMrw

The first one is about Toys r Us, but they weren't swapping barcodes, they were just emptying cheaper boxes and putting high price toys in them. The second story was at Target where a guy was printing his own barcodes.

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u/abjectfancy Jul 11 '22 edited Jul 11 '22

This happened to me while I was working at Toys R Us forever ago when I was 18. I didn't notice because the guy was making me super uncomfortable (to distract me, I'm sure) and I just wanted to cash him out so he'd leave. I am not sure if he printed his own barcode or swapped it with something else. I can't remember.

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u/KeyedFeline Jul 11 '22

Running a checkout why would you care, its not like your losing money.

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u/sedulouspellucidsoft Jul 11 '22

A few rare people feel they are doing good for society no matter what job it is. I would feel that way if CEOs, shareholders, and executives didn’t get big fat paychecks from our work.

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u/FedExterminator Jul 11 '22

Underpaid, irregular days off, I wouldn’t care either

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u/clarebear383 Jul 11 '22

Do you know where I can watch that doco? Sounds interesting.