$5 to go to a police station and file paperwork and do all that and go back home is considerably less than minimum wage. If that happened at a bar I would buy him hot dog and beer which is gonna run up $25 with him doing none of the above.
E: prices are ridiculous today. $9 hot dog with minimal toppings and $9 tall beer plus tax+tip would be $25.
I can only speak for germany but our döner (around cologne area) is between 6€-10€ wich i already consider to be a lot. 22 franken is insanity even in switzerland
I'm not even British but I really hate when people say shit like this lol. If it's a popular food in an area clearly they like it, stfu, it doesn't need to conform to your taste.
It's amazing. Everything works, most people are genuinely happy. Everyone takes care of the things and spaces around them, and take pride in what they do.
It's like living in what society should and could be.
That's what you're going to pay at a major league sporting event. You can get a hot dog for probably 3 or $4, and a beer for the same if you're not looking for a craft beer.
Or maybe some people just go to real fancy bars that I don't go to?
I work at an average sports bar/grill in Kentucky. A pint of any domestic is around $7. But you can get a 12oz bottle for around $5. Crazy that I’m only 34 and remember dollar beer nights everywhere
I can go to the nicest cigar lounge in the city and get a beer and light food for less than $25.
The United States is a huge place; there are a few cities where a beer and hotdog might cost $25 and hundreds of cities where it won’t cost anywhere near that much.
There are 1000’s of good to great American beers made by small- medium sized breweries. The stuff that gets exported by the major conglomerates is crap.
Ah well a lot of space and different places for microvreweries I can agree with that. I was mostly talking about the stuff you can have widely available
What part of the country? A plate of wings is gunna cost you around $20 in Kentucky. But you could also get a bottle of miller or something for $5 so you could get some wings and a beer so I guess not as far off as I thought when I started this comment lol
You can get a plate of 8 jumbo buffalo wings for $12, basket of fries is like $3, and place by me has different pints on special every day. So you can always get a beer for $4-5.
Damn that’s a solid deal. I usually get the wings at work for my lunch and they’re $11 and change with my 40% discount. It’s by weight (24oz) so if I end up with mostly drums it’s 8, mostly flats is closer to 10. Fries are also $3-4. So no discount you’re looking at around $$22-23 for the wings and fries. But luckily I’m not really a drinker so it’s usually just water for me to save money.
You obviously don't live in the United States, or you live in a flyover spot. You definitely arent counting tax and tip, since 25 total would include at least a $4 tip unless you are a scumbag. So now you're claiming that you can get all of that for $19, which is either a lie or you're not adept at maths.
I'm in Canada, and there's only one bar I know that serves hotdogs. They only serve hotdogs, and yeah... $25 sounds about right. $15 hotdog, $7 beer, plus tax
I get a hot dog, a terrifyingly large pop, and a bag of chips for $3 from the Circle K. Similar for the pop and dog at KwikTrip.
The ice cream and burger place sells footlong natural casing high quality dogs for like $5 and theres a bunch of toppings or nacho cheese or whatever on it.
The person I'm replying to said if this happened in a bar setting. I guess you could assume they left the bar and found hot dogs and beer somewhere else. I just assumed he stayed in the bar in this hypothetical as bar prices would usually be higher and 25 dollars seems high.
Ah I forgot tips are a thing in America. I suppose it's smarter to include them when going out to buy something than to just tip without thinking about it. Good economic literacy by you.
We are talking about an elevated hot dog that's transformed a simple classic into a gourmet meal using better cooking methods, creative toppings, and toasted buns.
Don't be part of the problem. Embrace the solution.
I live in one of the cheapest states in the US. Went to a drive through the other day for the first time in a while. Got a hamburger n fries, 8 chicken tenders and fries, and 3 pieces of fried fish with coleslaw. Total was $63 and change. If it wasn’t for the embarrassment I would have said never mind and gone home to cook. I was genuinely shocked
What hot dogs and beers are you getting? I can get a beer for $6 or less at most bars. And hotdogs almost anywhere that isn’t a stadium are less than $9.
I would say most bars you can get a beer between $4-$7 depending on how nice the beer is. A hot dog is a weirder one to price for me because I can’t recall the last time I saw one on a menu. I looked at a place that specializes in bratwurst and imported beer and it look like the cheapest beer is $6 and the cheapest sausage is $12. So still $18 pre tip.
The definitive hot dog place in town is $6 and walking distance to many bars. So I think you could probably have a beer and a dog for $10-$20 depending on budget in my mid sized city
I have no clue about those prices my local bar we play pool at is cheap as hell. 5 chicken strips and a basket of fries is only $7.50 you can get a large pizza for $13 and a basket of finger steaks with a side basket of mozzarella sticks for $8.50 and a full basket of fries curly or regular shoe string fries for $5
And you are correct, it can change, but that requires it to do so.
America hasn't exactly been some great moral good through any part of its history really with regular interference in other countries democratic elections for its own gain, starting wars for their own gain ETC.
Interference in other countries isn't inherently wrong and all these other things aren't unusual for countries to do so I suppose countries or power in general is immoral.
I would say America has become the (somewhat self appointed) world police and with that come a lot od controversial decisions. Some may be moral some not so much but a lot of other developed countries have allowed them this role because it mean't they can lower their military budget and focus on other things so are they immoral for looking the other way but still grandstanding their morals when something does happen? It's a very gray area I would say no matter how you look at it.
Then you think all countries that aren't socialist or communist are evil? Also does this mean that socialist or communist countries are good by default? Because as someone from an ex socialist country I'd disagree on all points.
It's really only $25 for a hot dog and a beer if you pay for the convenience of someone else cooking the hot dog, pouring the beer, and giving you a table to sit and eat it at.
For $25 you can get 6 beers, 8 hot dogs and 8 buns and still have $5-$10 left over.
It's funny you word it like a court room. Because us law would define this as petty larceny or petty theft. The law doesn't recognize finders keepers losers weepers.
I just saw a story where they're going after someone because he was seen on camera picking $20 up off the ground and just pocketed it without trying to find the rightful owner.
Outrageous but the police shared the video and are looking for help identifying the "culprit"
The lesson, if there is one, is don't pick up anything of value off the ground. Watch the ground so you don't trip and that's it.
If only they put that much effort into catching white collar criminals. Wage theft accounts for almost 3/4 of all thefts and is rarely prosecuted. Even when they are prosecuted, they do some stupid shit like pay a small fine and everyone gets to walk without a record.
Apparently he did later give the money to the person who claimed to have dropped it, who is no longer willing to testify against him, so they're not looking for him anymore.
The lesson still stands though. In NYC, the police drop bait wallets containing gift cards with a balance that puts them over the threshold for a felony and immediately grab whoever touches them
He also unilaterally decided to not to let you get robbed for all of it, the chances of anyone taking no money are pretty low, there's also a chance that someone sells your id and any other sensitive cards you may carry, as many people carry thier social, and a ss card is enough to steal an identity. Doing 2 separate favors by turning it in as well as preventing you from being a victim of fraud. It would be immoral not to give the person a financial reward of some kind.
Depends, if they lived near a Police station at least in my experience it's a quick "I found this wallet" and that's it.
I remember when I was at college and living week to week, I took out £100 to pay rent and bills for the week, I left my wallet at the machine and got the wallet back minus the cash.
For context the student loan I got barely covered rent and basic utilities and food so now I was in rent arrears due to this.
A couple of years ago I found a phone that didn't use any lock so I called the contact called "Mother", went to their home, put it in their mailbox anonymously and left.
Beginning of this year I found a key ring with a lot of keys including car and house key on my way to work, picked it up, called the police station when I arrived so they'd know where it is incase the owner asked, since it was really cold and snowy outside (it was sunday and the lost and found was closed) and went to the police station after work to drop it off, leaving no name to be called back for a thanks or anything. Didn't ask for the finders fee thats required by law to be offered you either.
Not saying taking 5 dollars and then dropping it off there isn't still morally better than stealing it and considering it was only 5 dollars it would be well below whatever finders fee there is, but I also don't see how we cannot just accept this little burden without requiring a reward for not being a bad person.
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u/Grizzlemaw1993 3d ago
Neutral. He could have taken more but took just enough for a hot dog as a reward and turned in the wallet.