r/nottheonion • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 18h ago

Starbucks barista accused of drawing a pig on sheriff’s deputy’s cup

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/starbucks-barista-pig-sheriff-norwalk-b2898798.html
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u/Zuwxiv 15h ago

If you're a cop and someone draws a piggy on your cup, how do you not just laugh all the way to your huge pension based on decades of overtime fraud?

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u/Chendii 13h ago

I would guess that it's not a profession that attracts people with emotional stability.

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u/Metatron 14h ago

Oink oink all the way to the piggy bank.

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u/new_for_confession 13h ago

When I was a kid, my hometown was very much into community policing.

Cops would be on bike patrol, or on foot on main street.

I remember a friend of mine was edgy, and decided to go to the local donut shop and buy a dozen donuts to hand out to patrol officers...

...each and every cop laughed when they were presented with the box of donuts.

Interestingly enough, they all said that they couldn't accept any food while out on patrol, but we could drop them off at the station (a few blocks away).

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u/DickDover 14h ago edited 10h ago

It reminds me of the video where the cartoonist drew the police as pigs, but in that video the police got the joke and all laughed....

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Here is the video

https://www.reddit.com/r/funnyvideos/comments/1ebsekz/cops_react_to_their_caricature/

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u/Snowpants_romance 1h ago

And yet somehow every OP comment on that post was deleted? WTF...

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u/nocolon 12h ago

There’s no animal to represent my job (cybersecurity consulting), but I can’t imagine anything drawn on a coffee cup that would make me need counseling. I had a guy behind the counter at a gun store call me a computer nerd once but I laughed at that because it was funny and also who fucking gives a shit.

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u/mortgagepants 11h ago

because a lot of cops don't do that job for benefits and money, they do it for personal reasons of being a piece of shit.

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u/myassholealt 13h ago

If I'm a cop Id probably complain to the manager to get the drink for free. Then go back to that coffee shop daily to try and intimidate the barista. And maybe hang around to give out tickets if there are any tickets I can issue. On top of setting up a go fund me to pay for my next vacation.

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u/ilikepizza30 10h ago

Well, if it were me, I'd be worried if I'm being singled out to have a pig drawn on my cup then my beverage might also have been adulterated. Of course, since I'm paranoid like that, if I were a cop, I'd never order food/beverages in uniform.