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I hope the staff spat in their food

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[–] toeknee@piefed.social 4 points 7 hours ago

I hope all their future meals taste like piss and flies

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago

WE need the Charmed Ones to curse those ICE Agents. Luckily, there's an Instant Karma Spell in the show (s04e03):

"Let Cruelty, pain and evil ways Follow this villain through all his days Reverse the torment, he creates To turn on him a crueler fate' (Just change 'villain' to 'ICE Agent')"

[–] Yankee_Self_Loader@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

And they also arrested the people who hired these Illegal staff members right? Right?

[–] Cruel@programming.dev 21 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It is unclear who the individuals arrested are or what the reason was for their arrests

Wow great reporting. Didn't contact the restaurant or anything. Just writing about videos people post on social media.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

That is unfortunately SO much media these days. We should demand better, the media is the fourth pillar and its corruption and failure is to blame as much as anything else.

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 2 points 12 hours ago

Not even telling us if they paid their bill, so i'm guessing not. Just ate for free then arrested them.

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 5 points 12 hours ago

I have midwest crisis fatigue and so Does most of america.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Simple response: Don't feed the animals.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh you feed them you feed them the off menu special.

That actually reminds me of a story.

So in 2002 I worked at a place where the old owner still owned the property and he would come by to collect his rent cheques. German fellow, old guy.

He told a story once about growing up in Nazi Germany, he was very young at the time but old enough to remember it things.

In the town he grew up in, it was a small town, turns out one day the local butcher and his wife had the SS show up and take them off to be executed.

What they found it was Gestapo officers kept going missing in the area and everyone thought that they were taken to be questioned. No no it turned out that the old couple, who's children had long left the town and had lived elsewhere, were snatching Gestapo officers and then butchering them and selling them by turning them into sausages.

He said the sausages tasted completely normal and everyone was quite surprised how good the sausages were given the fact they they were all eating human sausage

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I mean they're pigs, must be pork.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Long pork as they say

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 24 points 22 hours ago

Ah, so that explains a few things. A place I went to get some food yesterday, had the front doors locked. Someone had to let me in. Every time I've ever been there, it's usually busy Being vague just in case ICE were to read this.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] crimes_of_ICE@lemmy.4d2.org 34 points 1 day ago

If anyone wants to help document their crimes, check out https://crimesofice.org/ :)

[–] locahosr443@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Boogers and cum

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 294 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

That's some Tarantino villain level bullshit.

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 81 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tarantino wishes he could come up ridiculously evil shits like those.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago

This is similar to the beginning of Inglorious Basterds. The milk scene.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago

Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!

Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.

Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?

Mr. Pink: No, I just kidnap them afterwards.

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[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hypothetically, how would the police determine who on the staff accidentally added rat poison to their dish if there were no witnesses?

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 6 points 20 hours ago

Head chef, venue manager, and operator are all likely to face criminal charges for something like that. Regulators do not fuck around, least here in aus

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

anybody know how to read the independent without an overlay telling you to swipe to read the next article covering up the current article you're trying to read?

makes me want to just add them to my network blocklist

[–] Valo85@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

On mobile I use Firefox (I know I know just but hang on a minute) and there's the option to turn to page reader friendly with a tap of an icon in the address bar, near the right side.

That usually gets rid of intrusive overlays, formats the text into a more readable face type and also uses dark mode.

On topic - I'm so sorry America is infested with ICE

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[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 131 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why those nazi terrorists aren’t being denied service everywhere they go is beyond me.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (12 children)

Probably because they're often not clearly identifiable as law enforcement, let alone ICE. ~~Can't~~ It's not good business to deny service just because they look the type that might be ICE.

Edit: People seem to be misunderstanding my intentions here. Businesses should totally refuse service to anyone clearly showing to be ICE or acting in a racist way. Fuck them.

I'm saying that it's not in their best interest to deny service to middle aged white guys / rednecks because they look like they might be in ICE. They'd go out of business.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Republicans have literally fought tooth and nail to be able to refuse service to anyone (in their case, LGBTQ people, disabled people, and black people) which absolutely can and should be used to the fullest extent against them.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

My stance is fuck ICE, but not people who are possibly ICE. Judge people based on how they act and the message they send, not based on which race and age group they belong to

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

For what it's worth, I understood what you meant and am confused by their replies to you.

[–] mangaskahn@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They certainly can, law enforcement isn't a protected class. It might be bad for business, but nothing is stopping anyone from denying service to LEOs

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 day ago

@BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works is saying they_don't_ clearly identify as cops when showing up to eat

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[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

At least I hope the staff spit on their food.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Evil. Gimme a better term and I'll use it. But for now: evil.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

evil implies the only way to beat them is to be "good'. it demonizes them into being monsters, which is no different than what they do.

a better term is reprobate.

an unprincipled or depraved person

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I would add unscrupulous, but it may be redundant.

Having or showing no regard for what is right or honorable.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

oh I like that.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 85 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They're butthurt that they couldn't eat at a Mexican restaurant in last few days (sound on for best effect)

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe instead of heckling them out of restaurants, we should use those moments to record them removing their masks so we can connect them to their crimes?

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[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Yow! What a scoop!

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 64 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So these dangerous criminal aliens were perfectly safe while preparing and serving them food and running the restaurant, but became dangerous as soon as they closed up for the day?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Snowflakes probably couldn’t handle the pico. And that’s just embarrassing.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 61 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I hope the staff put extra "special sauce" in their food at least. Disgraceful nazi fucks.

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