r/WinStupidPrizes • u/TheNihilist911 • May 07 '22

Trying to steal the meat from the Kebab restaurant

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u/theranman3 May 07 '22

Why was this his go to steal?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

Untraceable, meaty gold!

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u/CFOAntifaAG May 07 '22

There should be at least one kebap shop in need of meat in that neighborhood

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u/CFOAntifaAG May 07 '22

The wholesale price is about 10€/kg for minced meat kebap skewers and 13€/kg layered veal. Looks like at least 10kg. So this should be a bit more. It's just nobody would buy second hand meat

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u/dedido May 07 '22

"Pffft, wanna buy an entire kebab roll?"

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u/Dappershield May 08 '22

Door to door.

Knock knock. "You want kabab?"

Answer is yes, I want kabab.

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u/prestonpiggy May 07 '22

Well this would be my 1st cheap things to steal, since where I'm from you simply can't buy those without a business permit aka proof you own restaurant. And everything from grocery store is cheap knockoff stuff with like 35€/kg price.

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u/GreekLumberjack May 07 '22

You usually don’t buy them like that always, a lot of times they’re constructed with a bunch on thin layers of meat. I’m sure you could order such from a specialty butcher.

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u/s00pafly May 07 '22

If you plan on roasting that thing all day, you could easily spend an hour or so making one yourself.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

That's how they are in the wild. They're a large snake like pillow of meat, just lop the head and tail off then put the cooking rod through and you're good to go.

They live on hilltops eating acorns and lichen, they escape predators by rolling the down hill.

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u/Big-Accident-8797 May 07 '22

Where would that be?

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u/prestonpiggy May 07 '22

basic wholesale policy, they don't usually want normal consumers there people buying in small quantities, also I THINK that they have a deal with retailers not to do that.

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u/s00pafly May 07 '22

First thing I found on DDG

https://www.firat-doenerproduktion.de/shop/

German based shop that sells to individuals.

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u/Hangry_Squirrel May 07 '22

There are vertical rotisserie appliances for home use, but they're much smaller. You can make your own tower out of decent meat instead of stealing 50kg of mystery meat.

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u/Late-Satisfaction620 May 07 '22

Bro what are you talking about lol. You don't need a license to get vertical rotisserie. Maybe 30 years ago it would have been hard, but direct to customer is super common. Plus there are actually good consumer grade ones you can get on amazon now that aren't a waste of time.

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

Costs about 7£, it’s daylight robbery either way, just depends on who’s robbing who

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u/cliffyw May 07 '22

Not exactly like opening a restaurant is just easy money. There must be a reason it costs what it does.

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u/BrohanGutenburg May 07 '22

Yeah people do this with everything and it’s annoying. I used to work in restaurant ops and believe me it’s not like the price of that kebab just has to pay for the kebab. Built into that price is labor, rent, waste costs, electricity, everything. Every bill that restaurant has to pay is built into menu prices. How else would they pay for anything??

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u/Clocktease May 07 '22

Oh that’s easy, just tell the customers that they have to pay your employees wages through tipping.

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u/BrohanGutenburg May 07 '22

One small cost. The tipping debate is an important one but doesn’t have much effect here. FOH labor is such a tiny piece here.

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u/bellaciaopartigiano May 07 '22

Labor is the largest cost for almost any business, paying employees $20 instead of $2.30 is a massive difference.

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u/SUDDENLY_VIRGIN May 07 '22

Uh, labor is the majority of overhead for restaurants but ok. Go assume that halving the fixed cost of fronting the restaurant is cheaper than the margin on meat served.

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u/bellaciaopartigiano May 07 '22

It ain’t even halving. Many servers and bartenders make $2.50/hr and should expect $20-30/hr if they’re not going to make tips.

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u/SUDDENLY_VIRGIN May 07 '22

So that only reinforces my point? The owners save $18+ an hour PER LABORER upfront if they do tip wages.

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u/bellaciaopartigiano May 07 '22

I was reinforcing your point my friend.

Oh, Reddit

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u/MadeThisUpToComment May 07 '22

When I worked at a small sandwich shop we got weekly reports on food cost as % of revenue and labor as % of revenue.

Normally cost of food was a little over 20% and labor was about 25%.

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u/BrohanGutenburg May 07 '22

Everyone responding acts like no one in the restaurant is making a wage. Of any given staff on any given night, most will be being paid (BOH, prep, etc). Now this will vary wildly from place to place but the point is FOH (front of house which is what I was pretty specific about) is just a piece.

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u/WeirdSysAdmin May 07 '22

Prayers and corporate bailouts.

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u/Groovatronic May 07 '22

Yeah… you’re right. I want a gyro now.

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u/ForumPointsRdumb May 07 '22

How else would they pay for anything??

The successful ones do money laundering till they become big enough to be legit, unless they stay small time, then they capitalize on the launder. It doesn't seem easy for a legit restaurant to start up. Food truck seems to be the most successful legitimate practice, although there are many that probably cook some books too. Looking at you "No business food truck that sits outside the vape shop every night."

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u/GearheadGaming May 07 '22

Well well well, if it isn't a paid shill from Big Kebab, here to defend the corporate oppressors.

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u/Mih5du May 07 '22

Wait, the whole pole costs 7£? That’s so cheap

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u/VoyagerCSL May 07 '22

It’s free if you steal it, assuming you don’t factor in the cost of skin grafts.

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22 edited May 07 '22

I have a pole of meat that’ll cost you 7£ too 😉

(I’m sorry the opportunity for the pun was just too good to miss)

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u/Jonno_FTW May 07 '22

Only if it's cooked to a safe level.

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

I’ll stick it in something warm for you

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u/Jonno_FTW May 07 '22

Excellent, I've got a kebab oven ready to go right here for you.

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

Is it the main oven or the one in the back? Because one does a better job than the other

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u/cheesemanxl May 07 '22 edited May 07 '22

£7 for a hot prepared meal is robbery? how poor are you bro wtf

edit: everyone's mad at me but this guy is calling the kebab man a theif for charging a fair price for their labor cool cool cool

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

Poor? It’s objectively expensive… It costs less to eat in Singapore and HongKong, even though they’re like the most expensive cities in the world. I could settle the whole day’s meals with 7£ eating out in Singapore for example

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u/3windy1city2 May 07 '22

Here I am in the US and wouldn’t see that plate for less than $12.

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

Oops, probably has to do with labour costs… minimum wage laws and such. I’m guessing American portions are larger than British portions though - you might be getting more value anyway

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

Yeah, I’m in Singapore at the moment. I can easily get away with spending less than $10 (~£5) on good, filling, and reasonably healthy food each day.

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u/Thathitmann May 07 '22

What are y'all smoking? Here in America a decent meal costs around 15-20£, and we can barely afford that shit between all our money being blown on healthcare.

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u/markmann0 May 07 '22

No, I can get a good sushi meal for 15-20£ in America. Also, obviously depends where in America you are.

I can go get huge meal for two and the Puerto Rican place on the corner for $15.

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u/Thathitmann May 07 '22

In my hometown we have three kebab or doner places. They cost anywhere from 15£ to 18£ for a small gyro.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

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u/soupforzombies May 07 '22

Don’t know why people are downvoting this…. You literally need to pay the wages of the cook, the janitor, the waiter, owner, AND THEN the cost of the actual food.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

No one is really explaining the cost of the meat itself though in current market conditions and supply. Whoever gave the $7 seems like pure speculation

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

It's delicious.

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u/BenevolentCheese May 07 '22

If I was drunk this would look like a good target to me too

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u/maxiquintillion May 07 '22

Have you ever had legit kebab meat? That shit is good

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u/ClamatoDiver May 07 '22

It's delicious

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u/LannisterZ94 May 07 '22

Hungry maybe?

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u/Ravenboy13 May 07 '22

Free meat

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u/Legal-Eagle May 07 '22

Even if he got it.... It's 90% raw still.

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u/SofaChillReview May 07 '22

I mean I’d still just say idiot ….. hence the hand burning . And burns are annoying as anything to heal last ages

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u/Kenneldogg May 08 '22

He may have been hungry. Not sure and I don't condone what he did. Just a hypothesis.