# I pit jtur88

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 4, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jtur88/776309 "2017-01-04T14:39:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jtur88/776309/84 "2017-01-09T17:36:28Z")

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He once called the cops on a guy who refilled a dirty plate at a buffet.

> [@What's the dumbest crime you ever witnessed or were a victim of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-crime-you-ever-witnessed-or-were-a-victim-of/776715/2):
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> By “dumbest crime”, do you mean dumbest perpetrator of a crime, or dumbest example of something that legislators in their infinite wisdom have criminalized?
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> I was in a buffet once that had a sign saying “state law requires diners to take a clean plate each trip to the buffet”. I saw a guy refill his dirty plate, and I called the TIPS hotline to report it, but the police did not seem interested. I suspect that in actual fac,t he state law only requires the restaurant to post tht sign.

I thought you were required to use dirty plates at a dumpster.

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