# Looters breaking into a Subway restaurant, what's there to steal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 2, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900 "2020-06-02T05:42:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900/21 "2020-06-02T17:35:55Z")
I figure they wanted those teeny little bread knives… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900/22 "2020-06-02T17:53:18Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > It’s simply a crime of opportunity. These people are not stealing eyeglasses because they can’t afford prescriptions or cat food to feed their starving cats. It’s mindless “FREE! I’ve gotta fill my arms with something. Grab everything I can see, FREE SHIT!” Yeah, you can never ignore the “Let’s wreck stuff for the sake of wrecking stuff” Mentality. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900/23 "2020-06-02T18:36:03Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > I suppose those little bags of potato chips are worth grabbing. Except the SunChips. Even looters would leave them there. Too funny. I’d love to see a photo of a Subway with all the chips looted except for a small cluster of SunChips no one wanted. Those picture of grocery store shelves emptied by panic buyers except for some random thing were hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900/24 "2020-06-02T21:29:59Z")
Just like Mt. Everest, “because it’s there.” ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900/25 "2020-06-02T21:43:07Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > all beef patties Two I assume? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900/26 "2020-06-02T22:39:01Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > A lot of rioting and looting seems to be as much about the smashing and burning as the stealing. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![vonespy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vonespy/32/6204_2.png) [@vonespy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vonespy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900/27 "2020-06-03T22:48:55Z")
I look at the looting as taking souvenirs. The value of the object is in the actions taken to get it rather than the object itself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900.md?page=1)