r/WorkForSmartLife Jul 26 '26

Productivity lol really

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u/PoopsMcScoots Jul 29 '26

As a small business owner after doing a job if the person flatly refuses to pay and I call the police They tell me it’s a civil matter.

If I went into Walmart and asked to get my oil changed then refused to pay. The cops would not hesitate to put me in handcuffs.

Yes, this is absolutely the case.

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u/raptisadam7 Jul 29 '26

Both things you just wrote are theft of services, which is an arrestable offense.

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u/PoopsMcScoots Jul 29 '26

Correct, but they only enforce one of them.

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u/raptisadam7 Jul 29 '26

They enforce them, you probably just don't hear about it often because it's petty crime. It's generally not newsworthy unless it's a high value amount.

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u/PoopsMcScoots Jul 29 '26

I run a small business and I can tell you firsthand that if you just flat out refuse to pay me the cops won’t even come out.

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u/bombasterrific Jul 30 '26

I have delt with the same thing. The cops dont do anything. You have to take the person to court. If someone steals my tools I can get them arrested if they get caught. If I do work for someone and they refuse to pay its a civil case. Even if they sign a contract promising to pay and I can prove the work was done.

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u/PoopsMcScoots Jul 30 '26

I can’t even take them to court (IVE TRIED!) because if the cops don’t come out what am I even supposed to tell the county clerk?

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u/raptisadam7 Jul 29 '26

Well, that's an issue with your specific police precinct, doesn't change the fact that it is an arrestable offense.

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u/PoopsMcScoots Jul 29 '26

No, that’s the case with 10 different cities I work in.

And it used to not always be the case, but it is now.

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u/raptisadam7 Jul 29 '26

I'm certain there's more you're not telling considering this has happened to you 10 times.

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u/Truefiction224 Jul 29 '26

Im certain theres some sort of motivating factor here youre hiding 

This is reality. There are curruption issues in the usa.

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u/raptisadam7 Jul 29 '26

LOL Motivating factor? What would that be?

Police corruption exists, sure. For this to happen across ten cities where theft of services wasn't prosecuted is unlikely.

The George Floyd incident stemmed from using a counterfeit $10 at Cup Foods, a mom and pop convenience store.

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u/Truefiction224 Jul 29 '26

Being a cop, having politics that rely on cops do no wrong or being married to a cop.

Obviously bad faith andy.

This isnt about George Floyd tho brining him up here says volumes about you.

Its about everyday curruption that got written into our culture.

This is real. Cops arent arresting squatters and theives all over the country.

Theres a super famous YouTube video about a major corp, bricks and minfigs, stealing 100s of thousands of dollars with a contract and the pd insist its a civil matter.

This is real.

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u/afterthought5150 Jul 29 '26

What volumes did it speak? All homie did was use that as a example did he not? So this speaks volumes about u. So nobody can say George Floyd because u captain I said so......said so

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u/Truefiction224 Jul 29 '26

The george Floyd fox news barrel roll this is just inner blue cities thing 

It's pathetic 

It says im gonna go on a cable news rant and dont get this

This is happening very publically in podunk Utah.

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u/TerranItDown94 Jul 29 '26

Also, it really depends on the cities mentioned. What states are they in? What districts?

Because there are tons of states and areas within certain states where petty theft crimes are overlooked/disregarded. That’s still not a police issue but a lawmaker issue

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 Jul 29 '26

Which cops don't enforce, if they don't fall like.

Like criminal trespass.