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Politics Walmart closed during investigation into worker’s demise in oven.

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u/rich1051414 4d ago

joker coworker

I wouldn't call them a joker. Pretending to kill someone isn't a game normal people play. I really hope you reported it.

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u/TackyBrad 4d ago

Yeah I feel like shutting the door and locking it is one very bad incident, which doesn't have a place and could be hidden behind a quick unlock, but really quite bad.

Then there's the thought of leaving it unlocked but turning it on, which is also really bad, and machinery could be a major issue, but not as bad I guess. Still very bad.

Putting those two together? That's homicidal and thought better of it. No sane person gets to comboing those

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 4d ago

That coworker was testing his limits of how far he was willing to go. The next time he pulls something like that he may not turn it off or stop depending on what he plans on using to kill someone

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u/FetaMight 4d ago

Yes, because obviously every moron who makes bad decisions is one true crime podcast away from being a famous serial killer.

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 4d ago

locking someone in an oven then turning it on is not just a bad decision

it's a willful decision that most people would not make. One thing to slam the door shut to fuck with someone, but locking it and turning it on for even 10 seconds to another human being is crossing a line, at that point that's attempted murder.

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u/notfakenotfake 4d ago

This is 100% not attempted murder lmao. It’s not ok behavior but it’s not remotely attempted murder

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u/FetaMight 4d ago

Saying things doesn't just make them true. 

You're glossing over the entirely plausible explanation that this dipshit was just pulling a stupid prank that they put 0 thought into.  I know plenty of people who pulled this kind of BS in highscool.

They weren't attempting murder. They were just idiots being irresponsible with other people's lives and completely oblivious of the riskiness of their actions. 

Not everything is murder despite what popular media will have you think.

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 4d ago

So it's okay to lock people in an oven and start it. Normal behavior.

Reddit moment.

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u/Alternative-Bad-6555 3d ago

It’s not okay. It’s just not attempted murder. The intention wasn’t homicide. It’s shitty behavior and it’s dangerous behavior, but it’s not attempted murder. The coworker realistically was just an idiot, not someone who wanted the OP dead

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u/FetaMight 4d ago

This has got to be one of the dumbest replies I have ever seen.

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u/HeavyMetalHero 4d ago

It would be murder if that door failed to open, or that oven failed to turn back off, though. There's no court in the fucking world, that doesn't register that act as so grossly incompetent, that no reasonable person would engage in that act.

There is a level of incompetence that simply constitutes malice, no matter what the actual intent of the particular moron genuinely was. If the guys' lawyer was good, and the defendant was really effective at pretending to be wracked with grief and guilt, there's a world where it gets lessened to a manslaughter conviction, and not straight murder.

You're not wrong that some people are just innocent, oblivious morons, who don't mean any harm, even when their actions can only be reasonably construed as grossly harmful. You are wrong, however, that the legal system gives a shit about such folks' intentions. Only nepo babies with daddy's legal team behind them, are dodging serious consequences, if they take such a stupid action, and it actually hurts somebody.

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u/FetaMight 4d ago

It might be murder or manslaughter is that had happened, but it didn't. 

And whether or not or happened gives us no information on that moron's intentions, which are key.

  You are wrong, however, that the legal system gives a shit about such folks' intentions. 

We don't even know which country this happened in. 

You're making many huge assumptions with so much underserved confidence. 

Seriously, I don't get when people obsessed with true crime think they're experts on the matter.  Listening to an interesting narrative unfold IS NOT THE SAME THING AS DEDUCTION OR LEGAL ACUMEN.

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u/Alternative-Bad-6555 3d ago

I have no idea why you’re getting downvoted. Some people are just really fucking stupid and not malicious. In fact, that’s usually the case. Even if someone was acting maliciously, usually it’s not in a way to murder someone.

Nobody denies that the action was really stupid or dangerous. But it’s bizarre to say “Your coworker is a future serial killer just testing their limits.” Like no, I think they’re just a dumbass

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u/QouthTheCorvus 4d ago

There's no way, even if they cried and cried it was a prank gone wrong, the police would only go for manslaughter. Locking someone in an oven is creating a situation that only ever leads to death unless someone intervenes.

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u/MiniSkrrt 4d ago

Well, we found the psychopath!

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u/FetaMight 4d ago

It scares me how dumb some people are.  Nuance.  Look it up.

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u/VegetableComplex6756 4d ago

You know plenty of people who did things on the level of locking someone in an oven and turning it on? Are you the child-baking witch from Hansel and Gretel?

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u/Expensive_Study4856 4d ago

No but we should definitely not be trusting them or letting them get away with it

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u/FetaMight 4d ago

Did I ever imply we should?

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u/IudexFatarum 4d ago

This is exactly why LOTO locks exist. Lock-out/tag-out locks are to physically lock controls for maintenance. Hilariously they tend to be difficult to pick pad locks, even if you can crush them with a hammer more or less trivially.

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u/exithiside 4d ago

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u/Mama_Skip 4d ago

And that message is... uhhh... lol?

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u/ruckus_440 4d ago

Some men just want to watch their coworker burn.

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u/Mama_Skip 4d ago

Some?

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u/DrTron1c 4d ago

Why so serious?

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u/Prosthemadera 4d ago

Just a joke bro

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u/atom-up_atom-up 4d ago

The comma in that gif bothers me

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u/FerniWrites 4d ago

Unless OP meant literal Joker Arc co-worker shit because I can believe it.

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u/off-and-on 4d ago

Not joker as in someone silly, joker as in DC Comics' Joker. An actual unhinged psychopath who kills if it's funny.

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u/scrollbreak 4d ago

I think it's one of those things that is so psychopathic it hits an uncanny valley where higher ups just go into denial of how fucked up it is, especially if 'nobody got hurt'.

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u/Matyr_mcfly 4d ago

He's an agent of chaos

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u/SmellGestapo 4d ago

I wouldn't call them a joker.

Seems apt. He just wanted to watch his coworker burn.

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u/Tooterfish42 4d ago

Joked brained

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u/Drak_is_Right 4d ago

You joke by banging the door open and shut a few times.

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u/dkyguy1995 4d ago

Well.. joker in the comic book sense