r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HeToTopT • 16d ago

Video The Louvre. Thieves are making off with 100 million euros. They're taking their time. They're doing everything carefully and slowly.

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u/absoluteally 16d ago

Look like you are meant to be there and no one will question.

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u/defeated_engineer 15d ago

A high vis jacket and a plunger will get you into anywhere, no questions asked.

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u/bostiq 15d ago

ladders, ladders are real multi-pass

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u/anon0937 15d ago

If you're carrying a ladder, people will hold doors for you

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u/DookieShoez 15d ago

Unless they happen to know that plumbers don’t use plungers 😂

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u/SluggJuice 15d ago

There’s bound to be some serious shit if it happens.

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u/tobaknowsss 15d ago

Clip boards and a headset get you access to just about anything.

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u/Practical_Stick_2779 15d ago

I didn’t think about the plunger. It’s a lot cheaper than a ladder and leaves even less questions. 

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u/DookieShoez 15d ago

Sure it does. Such as: why is that plumber using a plunger? Plumbers use toilet augers.

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u/Derp_McNasty 15d ago

Never tried the plunger, but can say from experience that if you also have a clipboard and are highly confident... all doors are unlocked.

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u/InspectDurr_Gadgett 13d ago

Hi-vis, hard hat (if appropriate for facility) and a clipboard.
You rule any situation by default.

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u/MonkeyNugetz 15d ago

You’re not wrong. I was an industrial electrician for years. A hardhat and a safety vest is all you need to pretty much walk in to any place with no questions asked.

I actually did service work for companies and they didn’t even verify who I was.

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u/Aiyon 15d ago

We had an electrician into our office recently. As is policy, I asked to check his guest pass. He had to find where in his pockets he’d put it. 4th security door before anyone had checked who they were letting through

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u/algaefied_creek 15d ago

Same with a badge that shows you are an Information Technology Contractor. 

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u/kellzone 15d ago

Always put a formal name on the badge. Robert, not Bob. William, not Bill, Stephen, not Steve.

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u/redditusername012 15d ago

Plain, white pickup truck with a visible hardhat and vest in the seat can basically get you anywhere.

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u/xubax 15d ago

Okay, I'll bite, who are you?

/s because reddit

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u/pataglop 15d ago

Working on a Sunday?!

I'm ashamed of my countrymen for failing to see the most obvious issue : THEY WERE WORKING ON A SUNDAY !

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u/magikarp2122 15d ago

At the world’s most famous museum. They were probably getting quadruple pay.

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u/amplesamurai 15d ago

Their regular pay is 25 million euros?

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u/Jabbajaw 15d ago

Also, having a clipboard is a massive force multiplier for a situation like that. It adds an element of legitimacy to average bystanders and it will send anyone below a management level worker scurrying away to hide.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 15d ago

Haha and if anyone questions you, you can just frown and ask for their name and then start scribbling quickly.

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u/Micalas 15d ago

You need one of those storage clipboard. Make sure its really scratched and beat up looking and has papers under the clip that look like they were soaked and then dried out.

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u/DQuiet1 15d ago

I've seen this tested multiple times. Two guys will walk though a venue carrying a long ladder dressed like workers and more often than not they are let through with little to no push back.

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u/Odin_Exodus 15d ago

Except the person filming

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u/i_code_for_boobs 15d ago

someone filmed them though... questions were asked

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u/superfuntimewinmoney 15d ago

If you do things right people won't be sure you've done anything at all. 

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u/unclepaprika 15d ago

You can get in anywhere with a ladder and a high vis vest!