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A North Carolina man is facing multiple felony charges after he broke into a Little Caesars after closing time and started making and selling pizzas, according to police. It happened Sunday, the day after a massive snow storm hit the state, and the suspect kept all the money for himself, the Kinston Police Department said in a Feb. 2 news release.

An arrest was made after the suspect tried to break into the shop a second time, police said.

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

So what I'm hearing is that one should break in with a balaclava and paint to blackout the cameras. Sell the pizza once, and choose a different pizza shop next time.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago

Chaotic good

[–] AccoSpoot@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is the future Communists want.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

If seizing the means of production gets me extra pepperoni without an upcharge, I fail to see the downside

[–] whitecollarcry@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

is this another one of those radical antifa values 🐢

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 220 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Two reactions:

Who says no one wants to work anymore?

And:

the suspect kept all the money for himself

Labor is entitled to all it creates!

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aren't the people making and delivering the ingredients entitled to something?

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True, but so is payroll and he did his own. Along with staff scheduling and floor management. Did he clean up and shit down properly? Idk I'm not reading the article. It probably all evens out.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It's immature of me, but I have to admit I'm amused by that typo.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 106 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That man does not like wasted capital.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 124 points 3 days ago

Seized the means of production

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If I were president, this would be allowed. You get to keep all profits until the store manager cares as much as you and gets their ass there to tell you to stop.

Any store. Any business. It'd revitalize this nation overnight.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This would turn Japan into an economic superpower overnight. How tf do you run a bar that's only open 5 hours a week?

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is that a thing? Is it just a property owner keeping a business running the bare minimum to hold into their licenses until they find a buyer or something?

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Commercial rent is hilariously cheap in Japan. So a lot of people will start a business as a hobby, and the business breaks even in those few hours its open.

Then there's people who just run a kitchen/shop right out of their home.

The bar in question is in a 3 story building, with the botton 2 floors for customers, so I don't think the guy even lives there.

Theres a lot of foreigners who do something similar just for visa purposes; you run a "business" selling a parking spot or something to a neighbors or bento or w/e, and have an "office" that's a desk in a shed, and congrats on the business visa.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Interesting! I wish it was that easy to start a business in the States. Sucks seeing so many empty store fronts in even high traffic areas, at least in my city. Licensing, rent, and zoning snuff out many businesses before they start.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Yup. My favorite lunch spot, where you could get 2 fish tacos, a good drink, and the best view in the area for 6 bucks closed, and literally has been vacant for a decade because they won't lower rent.

[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That last part is getting outlawed very soon, though enforcement is a different story

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Minimum revenue?

Insane that japan of all places is cracking down on immigrants coming and starting businesses, many of which bring in foreign currency.

[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They only want foreign workers that work for established Japanese businesses, farms, etc. Or are so wealthy that they can start their own business with large initial investments.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Japanese politics are so cooked.

[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

The country is incredibly resistant to change, which is perfectly on brand considering the Edo Period.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Very carefully.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 74 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"Alright this is my plan. We get jobs as tellers. Work there for 10 to 15 years. Retire, and take those bastards for all they are worth!"

"...Man, that's called getting a job!"

[–] pootzapie@lemy.lol 32 points 3 days ago

Walk right out the front door

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

Et two large pepperoni with pineapple

[–] madjo@piefed.social 28 points 3 days ago (7 children)
[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 days ago

Baking a pizza?!?? A succulent Italian pizza??!??

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He kept all the money for himself. Wouldn't have been a problem had he rendered unto Caesar what is Caesar's.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I’m still laughing at this comment

[–] madjo@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

But he did the work, not Caesar.

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I cannot keep up with this "Pizzagate" scandal, it keeps going off in weird directions and I feel like I missed a story piece.

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[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago (7 children)

So... the how good was the pizza?

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Little Caesar’s is extremely precise, like down to the fraction of a penny, with everything they do, hence how they keep costs low. It was for sure different. Better? I guess it depends on how you like the ratio of their ingredients.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Their pizza isn’t bad, for a large pizza that you can walk in the door and walk out with without calling ahead, and which costs less than ten dollars American in the year of Our Lord J-Town two thousand twenty and six.

It’s actually pretty remarkable given those conditions.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 16 points 3 days ago (8 children)

If you don't mind spending a little extra, Costco has the best $10 pizza. They only offer pepperoni or cheese in my neck of the woods, but it is large and delicious.

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There was some guy I want to say in Wisconsin that worked at a zoo. Collecting parking fees for like 30 years and kept all the money. And got away with it. Nobody knew who hired him evidently, nobody did.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was way off. Seems to be an urban legend from Bristol. U. K.

I live in Bristol, it may very well not be an urban legend. This happened at Bristol zoo, in the carpark there. Thing was, the zoo staff assumed he worked for the council and the council workers assumed he worked for the zoo. He was always very polite, turned up on time every day, looked the part. There are lots of people who say they remember him. This went on for many years, until one day he just stopped. Retired, I guess.

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 26 points 3 days ago

"Nobody wants to work"

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