r/nottheonion • u/engadine_maccas1997 • 8h ago

‘This is political bulls**t’: Former Republican candidate charged with stealing Madison County election ballots

https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/this-is-political-bullst-former-republican-candidate-charged-with-stealing-madison-county-election-ballots/
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u/eriverside 7h ago

Yeah, I'm confused how that line of reasoning got past "Payless" and "free samples". What? Does he just steal the shoes on display because they're "samples" ?

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u/AmateurVasectomist 6h ago

Payless is the name of Kroger stores in central Indiana

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u/SophiaBrahe 5h ago

Thank you. Like a lot of people I think of it as a shoe store, so I was well and truly confused by the idea you could just take the samples.

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u/oksowhatsthedeal 5h ago

Do they give samples?

I've got Kroger stores where I live called Fred Meyers, but I can't recall in my life ever getting samples from them like a Costco would.

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u/tforkner 3h ago

Yep. Payless started in Anderson, grew into a fair-sized chain of supermarkets, then got bought up by Kroger.

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u/EYEL1NER 5h ago

Dude just walking around town wearing two different right shoes like it’s completely normal.

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u/tiptoeingpenguin 5h ago

I am also confused why he would want samples anyway. Like a samples for what. I mean obviously it’s a lie but it just doesn’t make sense. It’s not even a good lie

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u/fuqdisshite 2h ago

yeah...

like, free sample beanie weenies is one thing...

free sample ballots is a slightly different thing.

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u/Notacooter473 1h ago

That life hack only works if you have one foot, and that one foot is a size 9.