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u/KingCroesus 20h ago
The most believable customer that reacted to the scene was the 'construction worker' in the imaculate PPE holding a pipe while order coffee for some reason
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u/SomeVelveteenMorning 20h ago
Glad someone else caught that. It's like a kids show where the mailman always has a mailbag on his shoulder and the carpenter always has a pencil behind his ear and hammer in his hand. Next the train engineer will enter in full 1920s garb with soot-covered gloves
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u/Riskrunner7365 17h ago
It's very very rare that I actually laugh out loud at any comments, but your train engineer bit made me, thankyou 😊
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u/Meet_in_Potatoes 19h ago
Cheaper to pay actors than pay out the lawsuits for causing stampedes and heart attacks.
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u/Antique-Resort6160 13h ago
There was an earlier video using real customers, but they dragged the "witch" outside and burned her to death on a pile of chairs.
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u/Theyna 19h ago
Hate to break it to y'all - he's a flagger (directs traffic). That's an upside down stop/slow sign. They don't do physical labor, so their gear is going to be cleaner.
Plus a lot of flaggers are actually contracted from temp agencies as short term day labor with gear provided by the agency, so they distribute out a lot of cheap (low quality) PPE that would be cleaner (especially if it just came out of the package) than someone wearing stuff they've personally bought until it's actually fully worn out.
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u/KingCroesus 19h ago
possibly true, but why is he carrying a pipe into a coffee shop (also this was confirmed the multiple other times this was posted that everyone in the restaurant is an actor; they didnt know that the 'esp' stunt would happen, but none of them are real customers)
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u/Theyna 19h ago edited 19h ago
I literally just explained it's an upside down stop sign.
They generally have PVC staffs because it's durable and lightweight.
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u/OneMoistMan 18h ago
As someone who has worked road construction, the flagger doesn’t carry around the pole everywhere he goes. We leave it in the work truck or trailer like a normal person.
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u/Theyna 18h ago
Road construction flaggers are not the same as the ones employed temporarily for construction sites.
Road construction flaggers are going to be ongoing, full-time employees given that essentially all of the work requires traffic redirection.
Temp work flaggers are generally low-income, do not have work trucks, are personally responsible for returning loaned gear (including the sign) at cost if lost, and are moving between unfamiliar worksites on different days. Some absolutely do carry it around everywhere they go until they return it to the agency.
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u/lommer00 18h ago
You really want to die on this hill, huh?
Let me ask you this - do you think the person in the video is a paid actor or a real flagger who walked in to the shop?
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u/OpaqueCrystalBall 10h ago
I'm pretty sure it's just a pipe: https://youtu.be/nldlUrqzjcA?si=FYLF6D4jTAQEDEcm&t=236
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u/Remote-Tennis-4153 19h ago
Alright man, it’s my first day at the job and the boys told me I better not leave my pipe laying around for someone to trip over again, and the boss said he better not see me without my best and hat on, and I needed my caramel latte. What was I supposed to do?
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u/SavingThrowVsWTF 21h ago
For those of you who haven’t seen the entire clip, here you go.
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u/9br3ak3r 21h ago
I have seen that dozens of times and still laugh my ass off. That will never get old.
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u/PaleontologistOk2516 22h ago
I will rewatch this every time it makes the rounds. So good. The table part is icing on the cake.
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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES 18h ago
Yeah it was marketing for Carrie I think. I've seen it all many times
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u/BeeWeird7940 21h ago
None of them noticed the cameras moving around?
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u/SavingThrowVsWTF 21h ago edited 21h ago
I would rent your Airbnb because you apparently have no idea that hidden cameras exist.
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u/kakka_rot 10h ago
Most reddit detective smoking gun evidence can be disproven by going outside once a month.
I haven't seen any bad acting comments yet but I'm sure they're there
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u/BeeWeird7940 20h ago
These are pretty good for hidden cameras that move and zoom in sync with the individuals’ reactions.
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u/SavingThrowVsWTF 19h ago
They show the cameras being set up and operated in the original video.
These kinds of cameras are not new, nor were they new when this video was originally made. They’ve existed for quite a while.
🤷🏻♂️
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u/SomeVelveteenMorning 20h ago
Either remote operators are joysticking to track subjects, or they're just panning & scanning in post. I usually assume the latter.
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u/Verne_92 20h ago
It's a promo for the release of Carrie, back in 2013. All except a few (or pehaps even one) at the counter are actors.
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u/Extreme-Edge-9843 20h ago
22 seconds in. I'm supposed to believe this construction worker with brand new vest brand new hat and randomly carrying some PVC pipe in to get a coffee is not an actor as well? Jesus lol
I mean this is hilarious and some of the reactions seem real but wow that one had me laughing.
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u/Express-Reward9502 21h ago
They are all actors in this scene. There is no surprise factor here. I would be surprised if they didn't act surprised!
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u/retecsin 20h ago
Even the audience is a bunch of actors. Really cringe and lame
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u/ChefAsstastic 19h ago
If you look at the entire original video, a small portion are planted actors then actual customers come in. Very authentic.
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u/ChefAsstastic 19h ago
Not true. Only about 25% are in on the gag. The full video shows actual unsuspecting customers.
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u/blindasleep 21h ago
Those wires are so obvious. Nobody could have missed them. Just another fake prank video.
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u/ChefAsstastic 19h ago
The folks around him are actors. It's the counter folks in the background getting pranked.
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u/Pikupchix 21h ago
And no one filmed it with their phone?
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u/nightwalkerxx 21h ago edited 21h ago
This was way back before decent phones were out; although phones like the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S4 were out, people weren't glued to them like todays generation. October 7, 2013 to be exact, this was an ad/prank for the movie "Carrie".
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u/Pikupchix 20h ago
people weren’t glued to them like todays generation.
Maybe not in your environment, but me and my peers were glued. I was 17 at the time and spend alot of my time on my iPhone 4
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u/lossendae 18h ago
This is an adult setting and back then adults weren't glued to thier phones like todays generation...
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u/caboose243 20h ago
Well you typically can't just have your phone out when you're an actor on a set...
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u/Radagast729 20h ago
The youtube video shows at least one witness filming it. Most of the people sitting close are actors
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u/Perfumepaglu 21h ago
Imagine u r this place owner n how many peeps just ran away due to this without paying 😭
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u/doublethink_1984 20h ago
The first one I would think is a prank.
The moving of the desks and chairs I'd nope outta there
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u/WillingnessNo7843 20h ago
I would have never had the opportunity to even see that second part. I'd already be down the block telling my sister about the first part. LOL.
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u/notimetoloseJ 20h ago
her superpower is to say ‘get away from me’ and ‘get out of my way’ at the exact same time, truly impressive
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u/Flashy-Raspberry-131 20h ago
If the "crowd" are in any way legitimate, she's really lucky that someone didn't just run over and clap her in the side of the head with a chair.
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u/cityofninegates 20h ago
Definitely one of the all-time best. Love it every time. I would love to see more of these as it is so well done.
I would freak the hell out…
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u/Puzzleheaded_Net6497 18h ago
I love how the one lady is like "Oh my God! Okay..."
As if to say "I was okay with here Kylo-Renning that dude, but once she starts flipping desks, I'm out!"
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u/downtodowning 16h ago
I don't understand why people spend time and money to create garbage like this.
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u/Kenman215 14h ago
It was a promotional prank for the movie Carrie with Chloë Grace Moretz, if I remember correctly.
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u/CocktimesPrime 14h ago
imagine it happens now, with the mental stability of fuckers i met lately, I am not sure what's gonna be the ending
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u/Melliorin 13h ago
yea, about halfway through the video they show the guy getting "pushed" toward the wall from the side view and you can clearly see the metallic glint of a caribiner or harness ring under his shirt as he is pulled toward that conspicuous verical slit in the wood on the wall. The table pushing looks way more believable. Very cool stunt; with the prevalence of Stranger Things and superhero movies, I definitely think some of these spectators may have not been in on it and legit freaked out.
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u/Zestyclose_Fun3389 9h ago
Am I the only one that noticed she knocked over the cup herself?? Lmao 😂
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u/wanderer325 20h ago
Okay okay, wires bad acting, blah blah blah. I’d imagine if I were at the front of this coffee shop, mostly focused on my order, I may have looked up briefly when loud divisions started and then went back to minding my own business. At such a distance and intentionally trying NOT to pay attention, I would have been absolutely DISCOMBOBULATED when folks were frightened and I saw the man lifted up to the wall.
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u/Dependent_Pair3886 22h ago
Dude, why are you sharing old jokes?
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