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I used to work with criminals • Page 2
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ZuluHero 9,708 posts
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MadCaddy13 3,138 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWhen I worked in McDonald’s, a co-worker of mine had a neat idea of scamming the company. Every time someone ordered a happy meal, he would pretend to put it through and give them a penny change (he only scams when they give him £2) and pocket the rest. Done it for ages - amassed about £3k before being caught -
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Registered 8 years agoI used to work with a prolific paedophile who had been in Korea, Thailand and Cambodia before he got nabbed in Vietnam where he was sent down. His name should have rung bells really...
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challenge_hanukkah 13,606 posts
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Registered 7 years agoBurtMacklin wrote:
Mostly in the Nintendo Switch thread.
Do you still hear from him occasionally?
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Razz 912 posts
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Registered 17 years agoApart from everyone I work being coke heads...
Back in the 90s, I used to play street fighter with a bunch of kids in my lunch hour and after school, turns out one of them was Learco Chindamo. The guy that murdered Philip Lawrence, headteacher of St Georges. -
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Registered 8 years agoBurtMacklin wrote:
I don't think they let you write letters in Vietnamese prisons.
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neilka 23,744 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI once bust a goose up behind a branch of Snappy Snaps -
Your-Mother 6,272 posts
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Registered 4 years agoMadCaddy13 wrote:
My mate did the same when we worked at Blockbusters together. If they paid cash he’d scan it through as a “promise” redemption and pocket it. I think he only scammed through about thirty quid before they cottoned on and fired him though.
When I worked in McDonald’s, a co-worker of mine had a neat idea of scamming the company. Every time someone ordered a happy meal, he would pretend to put it through and give them a penny change (he only scams when they give him £2) and pocket the rest. Done it for ages - amassed about £3k before being caught -
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Registered 15 years agoMy grandad told off Ronnie Biggs for swearing too much and offending my grandma in an east end pub. He wrote an apology note to her on a napkin, which I now have. -
JamboWayOh wrote:
I know they lost PMs recently.
BurtMacklin wrote:
I don't think they let you write letters in Vietnamese prisons.
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elstoof 26,655 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMadCaddy13 wrote:
When I worked in McDonald’s, a co-worker of mine had a neat idea of scamming the company. Every time someone ordered a happy meal, he would pretend to put it through and give them a penny change (he only scams when they give him £2) and pocket the rest. Done it for ages - amassed about £3k before being caught
Common practice in bars and pubs when the customer pays cash, if they order a spirit and mixer you just run the mixer through the till and pocket the rest of the money. Then at the end of the week buy a bottle of cheap vodka and top up the stock -
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Registered 3 years agoHardly worth it when you won't be able to get another retail job for life is it? -
Cappy 14,259 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWhilst I would describe one boss I had as a criminal, he wasn't quite at that level. Lots of court dates for infractions which he wouldn't bother turning up for, he knew how to ride the line but never quite crossed over to the point where he'd get convicted of anything.
White collar crime really is the way to go as long as you don't push your luck.
He was the most prodigious liar I've ever come across. I don't think he ever forgave me for destroying his hidden porn collection. For about a month I'd been constantly running short of hard disc space which was at a premium as I was preparing several publications to go to print. He may have thought he'd hidden his filth well but I found it in no time because I was searching for large files and he'd hidden it inside disc images, I guess he thought that making sure that no search hits returned for 'glistening jugs.jpeg' would be enough.
It was at the end of a long day and I needed that space, I deleted the whole lot without mercy. Besides, you just don't want to see somebody's porn collection, it's a bit too personal.
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grey_matters 5,379 posts
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Registered 15 years agoYou-can-call-me-kal wrote:
Hah. That's a bit good!
My grandad told off Ronnie Biggs for swearing too much and offending my grandma in an east end pub. He wrote an apology note to her on a napkin, which I now have. -
Vice.Destroyer 7,333 posts
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Registered 14 years agoRazz wrote:
What a small world. I knew a guy that went to that school and saw the stabbing.
Apart from everyone I work being coke heads...
Back in the 90s, I used to play street fighter with a bunch of kids in my lunch hour and after school, turns out one of them was Learco Chindamo. The guy that murdered Philip Lawrence, headteacher of St Georges. -
Lukus 24,013 posts
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Registered 16 years agoYou-can-call-me-kal wrote:
Ever had it valued?
My grandad told off Ronnie Biggs for swearing too much and offending my grandma in an east end pub. He wrote an apology note to her on a napkin, which I now have. -
Youthist 14,452 posts
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Registered 15 years agoYour-Mother wrote:
Worlds shortst Netflix true crime documentary.
MadCaddy13 wrote:
My mate did the same when we worked at Blockbusters together. If they paid cash he’d scan it through as a “promise”
When I worked in McDonald’s, a co-worker of mine had a neat idea of scamming the company. Every time someone ordered a happy meal, he would pretend to put it through and give them a penny change (he only scams when they give him £2) and pocket the rest. Done it for ages - amassed about £3k before being caught
redemption and pocket it. I think he only scammed through about thirty quid before they cottoned on and fired him though. -
Vice.Destroyer 7,333 posts
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Registered 14 years agomacmurphy wrote:
I'm sure there is. (I don't really know one way or another) It's just a little different for me in this case, because I know three of the implicated guys and I am genuinely shocked at it. We were trained together and I guess this betrays my naivete, but I thought that the guys I knew were honest. More fool me.
@Vice.Destroyer
Is there not quite a lot of moody shit that goes on in councils though? Heard lots about people getting shuffled on housing lists, premises inspectors getting bungs, and so forth. -
Barmaid at a local of mine also worked at Asda. Turns out she’d been taking stock out the back doors for years and by the time the management spotted it, she taken hundreds of thousands of pounds worth.
She got either two or five years iirc. Would have been longer apparently but the management didn’t throw the book at her because they were embarrassed they’d not spotted it and didn’t want it hitting the media.
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Tonka 31,573 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI once worked in a restaurant that was owned by Hells Angels -
challenge_hanukkah 13,606 posts
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Registered 7 years agoYou worked in a front for the Hells Angels. -
Tonka 31,573 posts
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Registered 17 years agoYeah, I didn't know it when I started. I even had to ask the president to move aside once. He used to hang around the kitchen whenever he was there (every fortnight or so), usually not in regalia so I had no clue who he was until someone said "That was the president of HA you just asked to get out of the way"
He wasn't bothered at all though (and it's not as if I was rude or anything). It always looked as if he'd like to join in and do some cooking to me.
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Registered 15 years agoLukus wrote:
No. I wouldn't ever sell it so it's somewhat moot, although I suppose it would be interesting to know.
You-can-call-me-kal wrote:
Ever had it valued?
My grandad told off Ronnie Biggs for swearing too much and offending my grandma in an east end pub. He wrote an apology note to her on a napkin, which I now have. -
challenge_hanukkah 13,606 posts
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SolidSCB 14,662 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI worked in a dodgy call centre during the evenings while I was at college that got hit with a benefits sting. Came in one evening and about 17 of the 20-odd people who worked there didn't come in, having had a letter through their door that morning telling them they'd been caught signing on while working there. -
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Registered 19 years agoDuring the Uni summer holidays, my Dad worked for the council parks department in his home town. There was a really weird guy they called "Stinky Black". Just strange.
He now thinks it was Robert Black, child serial killer.
On a slightly lesser scale, I had a mate who did the drinks trolley on the Glasgow-Edinburgh train. He stuffed his pockets full of his own tea bags, and used those to make the customers' tea (probably better quality than what Scotrail were punting). He pocketed their money.
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Registered 14 years agoSolidSCB wrote:
I can do one better than that: a woman at the DWP office I worked at was claiming income support the whole time she was there (illegally) and it took the DWP two whole years to twig.
I worked in a dodgy call centre during the evenings while I was at college that got hit with a benefits sting. Came in one evening and about 17 of the 20-odd people who worked there didn't come in, having had a letter through their door that morning telling them they'd been caught signing on while working there.
Their.
Own.
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You-can-call-me-kal 22,382 posts
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Registered 15 years agochallenge_hanukkah wrote:
Why?
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anephric wrote:
That is amazing. You've got to admire the brass neck of it if nothing else.
SolidSCB wrote:
I can do one better than that: a woman at the DWP office I worked at was claiming income support the whole time she was there (illegally) and it took the DWP two whole years to twig.
I worked in a dodgy call centre during the evenings while I was at college that got hit with a benefits sting. Came in one evening and about 17 of the 20-odd people who worked there didn't come in, having had a letter through their door that morning telling them they'd been caught signing on while working there.
Their.
Own.
Employee.
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