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submitted 9 months ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

When I was working minimum wage at a gas station many eons ago, we would have '2 for $x' specials where x is less than 2 times the individual price of whatever item.

People would often not want to buy 2, but I would ring up 2 in the till for the special price and charge them for the single. Then when the next person did the same, I would charge them for the other single.

So over the day, I would sell 10 energy drinks at say $4, but ring them up as 5 '2 for $6' specials. This would put the till up by $10, and then I would use that $10 to have a free meal.

Anyone else do anything like that?

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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Don't know whether you're kidding or not, but the defining trait of a conspiracy is that more than one person must be in on it. Lemmy being told about it doesn't count.

[-] Instigate@aussie.zone -1 points 9 months ago

I don’t think that’s entirely true. Sure, conspiracies usually involve more than one person, but aren’t there crimes along the lines of “conspiracy to commit x” whereby a person acting alone can be charged for planning to commit a specific crime? I’m thinking if a person is found with tonnes of fertiliser, the blueprints to a building, a makeshift detonator and a manifesto they could be charged with conspiracy to commit mass murder, even though no one else was involved in the planning.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

aren’t there crimes along the lines of “conspiracy to commit x” whereby a person acting alone can be charged for planning to commit a specific crime?

Nope. By definition wouldn't be a conspiracy.

[-] Instigate@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You're welcome 🙂 Have a nice day!

this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
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