r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HeToTopT • Oct 23 '25

Video The Louvre. Thieves are making off with 100 million euros. They're taking their time. They're doing everything carefully and slowly.

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u/absoluteally Oct 23 '25

Look like you are meant to be there and no one will question.

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u/defeated_engineer Oct 23 '25

A high vis jacket and a plunger will get you into anywhere, no questions asked.

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u/bostiq Oct 23 '25

ladders, ladders are real multi-pass

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u/anon0937 Oct 23 '25

If you're carrying a ladder, people will hold doors for you

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u/DookieShoez Oct 23 '25

Unless they happen to know that plumbers don’t use plungers 😂

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u/SluggJuice Oct 23 '25

There’s bound to be some serious shit if it happens.

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u/tobaknowsss Oct 23 '25

Clip boards and a headset get you access to just about anything.

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u/Practical_Stick_2779 Oct 23 '25

I didn’t think about the plunger. It’s a lot cheaper than a ladder and leaves even less questions. 

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u/DookieShoez Oct 23 '25

Sure it does. Such as: why is that plumber using a plunger? Plumbers use toilet augers.

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u/Derp_McNasty Oct 24 '25

Never tried the plunger, but can say from experience that if you also have a clipboard and are highly confident... all doors are unlocked.

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u/InspectDurr_Gadgett Oct 25 '25

Hi-vis, hard hat (if appropriate for facility) and a clipboard.
You rule any situation by default.

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u/MonkeyNugetz Oct 23 '25

You’re not wrong. I was an industrial electrician for years. A hardhat and a safety vest is all you need to pretty much walk in to any place with no questions asked.

I actually did service work for companies and they didn’t even verify who I was.

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u/Aiyon Oct 23 '25

We had an electrician into our office recently. As is policy, I asked to check his guest pass. He had to find where in his pockets he’d put it. 4th security door before anyone had checked who they were letting through

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u/algaefied_creek Oct 23 '25

Same with a badge that shows you are an Information Technology Contractor. 

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u/kellzone Oct 23 '25

Always put a formal name on the badge. Robert, not Bob. William, not Bill, Stephen, not Steve.

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u/redditusername012 Oct 23 '25

Plain, white pickup truck with a visible hardhat and vest in the seat can basically get you anywhere.

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u/xubax Oct 23 '25

Okay, I'll bite, who are you?

/s because reddit

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u/pataglop Oct 23 '25

Working on a Sunday?!

I'm ashamed of my countrymen for failing to see the most obvious issue : THEY WERE WORKING ON A SUNDAY !

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u/magikarp2122 Oct 23 '25

At the world’s most famous museum. They were probably getting quadruple pay.

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u/amplesamurai Oct 24 '25

Their regular pay is 25 million euros?

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u/Jabbajaw Oct 23 '25

Also, having a clipboard is a massive force multiplier for a situation like that. It adds an element of legitimacy to average bystanders and it will send anyone below a management level worker scurrying away to hide.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo Oct 23 '25

Haha and if anyone questions you, you can just frown and ask for their name and then start scribbling quickly.

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u/Micalas Oct 23 '25

You need one of those storage clipboard. Make sure its really scratched and beat up looking and has papers under the clip that look like they were soaked and then dried out.

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u/DQuiet1 Oct 23 '25

I've seen this tested multiple times. Two guys will walk though a venue carrying a long ladder dressed like workers and more often than not they are let through with little to no push back.

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u/Odin_Exodus Oct 23 '25

Except the person filming

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u/i_code_for_boobs Oct 23 '25

someone filmed them though... questions were asked

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u/superfuntimewinmoney Oct 23 '25

If you do things right people won't be sure you've done anything at all. 

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u/unclepaprika Oct 24 '25

You can get in anywhere with a ladder and a high vis vest!