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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    2 months 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.

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    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.

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

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        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?

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          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.

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            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.

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              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.

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              Minimum revenue?

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

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                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.

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    Hasn’t this happened at a little Caesars before? I swear it was a Florida man thing a few years back.

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      They featured that guy on the HBO series Florida, Man. He broke in while high as a kite to get a drink, and ended up getting caught when he went back a second time to get something else

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            The short guy from Workaholics

            Adam or blake (the curly haired guy)? I could see your comment causing a ruckus on their podcast

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              Adam. Sorry I’m bad with names. Guess I should have added “and Righteous Gemstones” to make it more clear, but I thought Blake was taller than Adam?

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      I feel like this comment is so generic it’s not even AI. Just a bot randomly posting pretyped comments.

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    Sigh, and he could have gotten away with it, but he got greedy. A lesson for us all. On an unrelated matter, does anyone know where the nearest Little Ceasars is located? Just curious, really.

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    Sigh, and he could have gotten away with it, but he got greedy. A lesson for us all. On an unrelated matter, does anyone know where the nearest Little Ceasars is located? Just curious, really.

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    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.

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        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.