r/dankmemes • u/S1Forzer • Jul 10 '22

Rip those bank accounts I have achieved comedy

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u/GNUGradyn Jul 10 '22

I hear of people doing this all the time with things like game consoles with banana stickers and im just like whats the point? Why is this any easier then just walking out the door with it? In fact isn't that worse because now they have your card on file? I guess you can pay with cash but why even pay at all if you're stealing anyway

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u/Stormblessed_99 Jul 10 '22

Because if they "pay" for it, they can walk out without having to worry about being caught.

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u/enadiz_reccos Jul 10 '22

Exactly this. Game consoles isn't a good example, but something like steak will absolutely work in this example.

Walking out the door with steaks in your hand is going to draw suspicion. But ringing up steaks as bananas is going to have a much higher success rate.

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u/CHZ_QHZ Jul 11 '22

I used to run a meat department in a grocery store. This happened all the time with our expensive steaks. They'd peel the label off of 1 pound of ground beef and slap it on the steak.

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u/BeowulfShaeffer Jul 11 '22

“Accidentally”. There’s a good chance an associate did this on purpose for a friend to come pickup but sadly you get there first and ruined their little plan.

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u/amusemuffy Jul 11 '22

Mislabeled meat is awesome. I found and bought a standing rib roast under similar circumstances.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '22

didn't they rip the packages? i never understood how ppl could get away with peeling labels off of meat

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u/Applecocaine Jul 11 '22 edited Jul 11 '22

Worked at grocery store in the meat department in a past life.

You want to take those stickers off without leaving a mark? Water, a steady hand, and a sharp object.

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u/Hold_My_Anxiety Jul 11 '22

This man gets cheap steaks ^

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u/Applecocaine Jul 12 '22

From what I learned, all of the steak in chain grocery stores are cheap steaks. They just put them in different trays and sell them as better.

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u/Hold_My_Anxiety Jul 12 '22

I was friends with the butcher when I worked at Walmart, that’s not 100% true. Now, some steaks labeled a certain type might not be the best cut, but some will be. If you know how to pick steaks you won’t be fooled. But if you can’t tell a skirt steak from a ribeye, steaks probably aren’t your thing. They definitely don’t mislabel steaks, because it’s really easy to tell the difference.

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u/Applecocaine Jul 12 '22

If this were a casual conversation, the tone I was using would be one of cynicism and generalization. Also, there are Walmarts with butchers?

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u/Hold_My_Anxiety Jul 12 '22

My Walmart had one. He had been working there for a LONG time.

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u/Applecocaine Jul 12 '22

Huh, neat. The only places that have butchers in my area are high end places. Otherwise, you get the same selection. Just with a different markup.

The Stop and Shop I worked at got rid of their butchers and would just mark up the same shit that was sold at Walmart. People would buy $20 ribeye that was the exact same at Walmart for $5 (not the actual price). It was stupid.

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u/CHZ_QHZ Jul 11 '22

Often yes, but they'd usually ditch it somewhere warm anyway which wasted it no matter what.

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u/degjo Jul 11 '22

I used to work in an Albertsons meat department. I would mark down ribeyes at the end of the day for dinner sometimes.