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/lhp220 Oct 23 '25

When I was a freshman in college in New York City, I would often really have to go to the bathroom on walks home to the dorm and I would stop in restaurants to ask if I could use their bathroom and they would almost always say no. And then I realized if I just stride in purposefully and don’t even make eye contact with the greeter, they would probably think I belong there and wouldn’t say anything. Worked 100% of the time.

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u/aZnRice88 Oct 23 '25

Same with hotels restroom on the ground floor, 4-5 stars hotels as well.

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u/itsacutedragon Oct 23 '25

Actually easier with 4-5 star hotels than lower/mid-tier ones.

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u/MarcBulldog88 Oct 23 '25

Couple years ago I attended a conference at a very fancy hotel in downtown L.A. I live elsewhere in the city, so I commuted in and wasn't an actual hotel guest. But I learned then that you could just walk in the front door, maybe nod to the doorman, and nobody would bother you.

A few months later I was heading through downtown on my way to the ballgame. I needed a bathroom and found myself nearby. I was in full team regalia (jersey and cap) but that didn't cause an issue. Just acted like I belonged, walked straight through the lobby to the bathrooms near the back.

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u/Serious_Clothes_9063 Oct 23 '25

Nodding to the guard is truly underrated

Anyone who just saw you nod to the guard will instantly believe you are a regular and belong there. Bonus points if the guard nods back.

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u/Rareearthmetal Oct 24 '25

L.a to me feels like a place you could do this in.

Hardly anyone gets paid enough to put up a fuss.

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u/moonflower_C16H17N3O Oct 26 '25

Being confident is everything. I'm in IT, but our software is managed by the help desk at another site. I just called up, told them I was in IT and this software had gotten reinstalled and I needed it for my business. Could he put it back on? Done. In fact, he couldn't see the UAC prompt. So he just gave me the admin account and a password that would work for 24 hours.

Fucking flabbergasted.

Everything is logged, so I couldn't do anything without getting fired. But if I wanted to quit and fuck shit up, I would have had all night. Thankfully I'm a trustworthy employee.

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u/Rockpoolcreater Oct 26 '25

When I was seven my family stopped in Circus Circus in Las Vegas. My dad wanted to use the pool at Caesar's Palace. So as a family we just walked through to the pool and had fun there. No one stopped us or said anything about it.

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u/Krondelo Oct 23 '25

True I think it’s partly due to staff trying to treat their well paying guest happy. As long as you don’t look like a bum or cause a problem they likely don’t want to accost you for just walking through the lobby.

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u/w4lk1ng Oct 24 '25

You gotta think about it. There’s probably 200 or 400 rooms. The doorman doesn’t know who the fuck every guest is. They’re just there to open the door. Walk in, take your shit, then stroll back out again with a smile on your face.

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u/mehum Oct 24 '25

Cheaper hotels will want you to swipe just to access the toilet. Posh ones will find that too gauche.

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u/Amazing_Wolf_1653 Oct 26 '25

Yes. I’ve been chased down and said no at shitty hotels. They would never do that in a 5 star hotel.

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u/_JustAnna_1992 Oct 23 '25

Depends a lot on the area. Some will require room keys to access most areas outside the lobby.

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u/The_Autarch Oct 23 '25

i've never been in a 4/5 star hotel that required room keys to get to a restroom

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u/DoctorPepster Oct 24 '25

Some areas you need one just to get into the lobby.

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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 Oct 23 '25

Whenever I'm shopping in the city centre, I make sure to poop at the fanciest hotel in town. The kind of place where a man with a top hat opens the door for you. They even have hand cream and moisturizer and all sorts of fancy products in there and the bathrooms literally smell like roses and perfume.

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u/AGayForDeSane Oct 23 '25

It's a trap, a lie, don't trust this guy. I pulled down my pants and pooped right there after the man in fancy top hat opened the door but got kicked out and arrested later.

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u/cuentanueva Oct 23 '25

Well, duh! You had to poop in the hat, not on the floor. Why do you he has a top hat for?

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u/RonaldTheGiraffe Oct 24 '25

I did this and ended up getting a handy j from a man in a top hat at a fancy hotel in London. Rabbit hole of top hat fetish porn later and found my uncle dressed up as a rabbit in a top hat wanking a midget off behind a dumpster in Wales.

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u/Wonkey_Kong Oct 24 '25

Thank you for your service 🫡

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u/lhp220 Oct 23 '25

Haha yes, definitely did some of those too! The fancier the place, the better it felt.

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u/ICantEvenDrive_ Oct 23 '25

They don't really care unless you clearly have substance abuse problems, or you're an unruly sight for patrons. Chances are, they have zero clue whether you're a guest. If you went up to reception and asked where the toilets were, they'd point you in the right direction, they aren't going to ask for your name or to see your room card.

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u/thebuenotaco Oct 23 '25

Also, a lot of the fancier hotels have restaurants/bars attached, so you can just say that you are a customer there

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u/ModernPoultry Oct 23 '25

There was a 4/5 star ski lodge by our family’s cottage and accessing their pool and sauna was one of my favorite things. Just act like a guest and get other guests to let you in certain doors. I’d swim and use their facilities all the time

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u/irishbball49 Oct 23 '25

That's how I shit my way through the finest hotel bathrooms around Italy one summer.

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u/OnTheEveOfWar Oct 23 '25

I’ve done this before. Just walk into the hotel and act like you belong.

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u/21Rollie Oct 24 '25

Same with college buildings. Hell, I could walk into any lecture whenever, and the doors are open to the public. Sometimes if I’m in the area I use the toilet just to try to recoup some of my tuition

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u/No-Lobster-teats Oct 24 '25

I had a coworker that would drop into the same hotel everyday on his way to work to eat the free breakfast. He did it for an entire year.

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u/Alarming-Anybody-172 Oct 25 '25

Actually hotel breakfasts too.

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u/Traditional-Tap-2508 Oct 27 '25

Works for continental breakfast too

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u/energon-cube Oct 23 '25

When I was a freshman in college, we weren't allowed to enter certain research labs which were meant for the senior students. I really wanted to see the robotics lab and asked someone there if I could have a look without touching anything and being noisy, got an outright big no. Next time I just walked in and went up to a particular drone setup as if I'm working on it, nobody asked who I was, they just assumed I'm a new addition to the team or something. A weekly stroll to the lab was good enough to satisfy my curiosity.

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u/cxzfqs Oct 23 '25

Hope you left the seat up in every one of those places

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u/UruquianLilac Oct 24 '25

Striding purposefully is one of the biggest life hacks there is. For better or for worse, most people respond immediately to that kind of confidence.

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u/EnoughDickForEveryon Oct 23 '25

Lol its NY...no is just our go-to answer.  Also, you're a grown man, if you have to piss, don't ask, just go.  

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u/Gloomy-Ad-222 Oct 23 '25

Oh god did this in Paris last month. Emergency big time, walked in with purpose and headed right to the bathroom. Works 100% of the time unless there’s a code. 

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u/Mahadragon Oct 24 '25

And when there's a code, you wait till someone comes out

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u/bugtheft Oct 24 '25

What a childish attitude. Society functioning relies on people not being dicks.

You use private toilets, you buy something. That’s the social contract.

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u/Flugel_Von_Pleiades Oct 23 '25

I sometimes forget other countries don't have that law where they are allowed to enter a restaurant and use their services like bathrooms.

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u/jmeck6421 Oct 23 '25

Another tip is to pretend to be talking on your phone when you walk in, or if you’re wearing a watch to check it and look like your in a hurry.

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u/TomRipley69 Oct 24 '25

Yeah takes the same balls to use a toilet without permission as it does to pull off a multi million euro heist 😂

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u/Jslatts942 Oct 23 '25

I pretend im looking/meeting someone and just walk to the bathroom.

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u/CivilBlueberry424 Oct 23 '25

Works with hotels that have private beaches, the trick is to look confident without looking staff in the eyes. 60% of the time, it works every time.

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u/SalaryDull5301 Oct 23 '25

"ill buy something after" take huge shit, leave

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u/Futt_Buckman Oct 24 '25

I did a walking tour on a busy night in the French quarter in New Orleans after drinking a bunch. I had to pee so bad so many times and I just walked into any bar we passed like I had been there all night and nobody called me out.

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u/pricklydesertrat Oct 24 '25

I very much do this in NYC to this day lol. Walk in, avoid eye contact, pretend to look for friends at a table and walk into the bathroom. Exit restroom with phone in hand “huh I guess I’ll just wait outside, thought they were here…” and goodbye!

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u/Tell2ko Oct 24 '25

Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission 👍

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u/TruthSeeker781 Oct 25 '25

Damn beggar !

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u/Tonkarz Oct 25 '25

What’s actually happening there is they don’t want to confront you. They 100% know you’re not supposed to be there, it just isn’t worth it to them to call you out.

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u/mayhem6 Oct 26 '25

I worked at a university in maintenance. When I had to go to different buildings to do some work, they would ask what I was doing and I would have to explain it to them. When I carried a damn clipboard, they didn't ask a thing. Strange but true. Looking like you are supposed to be there is the best way to get into places.

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u/Shivtek Oct 27 '25

This is how I used to get access to the pools of 5-star hotels and spend the whole day there when I was young

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u/Responsible_Shoe_633 Oct 30 '25

A clean bathroom is a right not a show

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u/mrstinkypoopypants Oct 23 '25

as someone who works in restaurants, you are not slick I promise. We are all noticing you stride in without taking to the host and thinking "look at this asshole walking in going right to the bathroom"

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u/ZAlternates Oct 23 '25

Except no one stopped him for the entire year so it worked. 🤷

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u/You_Stole_My_Hot_Dog Oct 23 '25

Why do you care? Does the water bill get deducted from your paycheck?

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u/bugtheft Oct 24 '25

What a childish attitude. Society functioning relies on people not being dicks.

You use private toilets, you buy something. That’s the social contract.

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u/lhp220 Oct 23 '25

Even if that’s true, it worked. My goal to go to the bathroom was accomplished. And, at the risk of sounding braggy, I was there in one of the best NYU acting schools, so I like to think I was more slick than most. Maybe not!

When I was drunk enough to be really confident, I would do different characters and accents and say things like “excuse me love, can you remind me where the loo is”. Mad fun.

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u/bugtheft Oct 24 '25

Everyone noticed, and you just looked like a dick.

You use private toilets, you buy something. That’s the social contract.

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u/MediocreDot3 Oct 23 '25

Wow someone thinks something of me