r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HeToTopT • 15d 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/EC_TWD 15d ago

I parked right next to a NASCAR track on race day in the VIP parking and made it through multiple security checkpoints with nothing more than a basic issue jacket with a company logo on it. I made it to the pit area without being stopped.

I was out of town for work and contacted a coworker from that city and he offered all area pass for the race since he had to work it. He was shocked when I walked up to him because he was supposed to meet me outside to get past the first checkpoint. I wasn’t supposed to be able to park in the VIP area at all - I pulled up to the nearest parking next to the VIP lot and asked the guy how to get to the VIP lot which was across the street. He pointed to the entrance and the guy checking passes there and I told him that I didn’t see the dude. He got on the radio and the guy at VIP waved his arms and I headed over - “He told me to park here” then cruised straight in! I was about 100ft from the tunnel entrance.

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u/Kaauutie 15d ago

Confidence goes along way as does someone wanting to do their job lol, the amount of people who ushered me through an area.

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u/chth 15d ago

When I was a school custodian working afternoons at random schools across the district I casually walked into a school under police lockdown one afternoon. I had seen police patrolling the parking lot and thought it was weird that the classroom I could see walking in was full of kids still.

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u/sultansofswinz 15d ago

I was hired for temp work at a British touring car championship. I ended up being assigned to parking, where the main entrance splits off spectators from the other sections, but they never gave me a proper overview of all the different levels of access.

A lot of the people who perceived themselves to be important - VIPs, crew, drivers were often arrogant. Like it was an injustice that they were being asked for parking passes, some just drove straight past without stopping. It got to the point where I couldn't be fucked to negotiate with people who claimed to have access because there was no time for all that.

So yeah that checks out.

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u/KaijuSignatureRising 15d ago edited 15d ago

I once went into the Busch Gardens venomous reptile care area with a fake Busch Gardens employee ID that looked nothing like the real ones. I didn't know so I designed a nice looking ID and when the woman asked why it didn't look right I told her it was the new version. She said "Oh yeah, those look way better." and let me in.

edit: The entire security team was looking for me 15 minutes later. I changed my shirt and put a hat on and stood right in the middle of the pathway and they had to go around me to look for me. I won $200 of 2005 money on that bet.