# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 339
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6771 "2023-03-07T22:53:25Z")
W e have several locked bins on wheels located in the various offices… a shredding truck comes one a month and the contents of the bins get dumped in the shredder inside the truck. Two employees of the hotel supervise the operation and sign off on it with the service company. Only three employees have emergency keys to get into the bins…. You in case you accidentally put 40 something passports in the bin. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6772 "2023-03-07T23:13:35Z")
> **[Suspected thieves using a Tesla as a getaway vehicle were caught after they...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/suspected-thieves-using-a-tesla-as-a-getaway-vehicle-were-caught-after-they-stopped-to-charge-it-15-minutes-away/ar-AA18ksCc?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=45657c8e4336442ea010bf6504f5dbae&ei=38)** > > Gwinnett County Police told Insider that the suspects were arrested around 10-miles away while attempting to charge the Tesla. What nimrods. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6773 "2023-03-08T12:25:38Z")
Yeah, even if you are the getaway driver in an gasoline vehicle, you don’t stop _after_ the heist to top off the tank . . . ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6774 "2023-03-08T12:58:48Z")
From the article. > The police shared details of the theft [on social media](https://twitter.com/GwinnettPd/status/1632380611166961664) on Sunday alongside images of the car packed full of boxes of gaming systems and **electric toothbrushes.** In a statement to Insider, a police spokesperson said the thieves were fleeing a Sam’s Club store. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6775 "2023-03-09T00:15:07Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Right, if a hotel employee had to stand in front of a shredder, feeding documents into it, surely they’d have noticed a series of passports? That’s why the shredding service makes more sense. also, unless you have an industrial shredder, your avg. office-shredder would get pretty much jammed by a passport, now that they have those thick (RFDI) covers ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6776 "2023-03-09T00:19:45Z")
That’s also true. Maybe an average hundred-dollar shredder can power through one passport but I think it’s going to overheat long before it gets through forty of them. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6777 "2023-03-09T00:59:49Z")
“He had several bail conditions including not being allowed at Walmart.” So, naturally, that’s where he went to hang out with his stolen puppy. > **[Brewer PD reunite missing puppy with family](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/brewer-pd-reunite-missing-puppy-with-family/ar-AA18kKBb)** > > The power of social media has once again been proven after someone recognized a puppy shared in posts for about a week. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6778 "2023-03-09T01:18:13Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > “He had several bail conditions including not being allowed at Walmart.” Damn, when that’s one of your terms of release you know there have been some bad decisions along the path. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6779 "2023-03-09T02:39:38Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > “He had several bail conditions including not being allowed at Walmart.” So, naturally, that’s where he went to hang out with his stoIen puppy. > > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/brewer-pd-reunite-missing-puppy-with-family/ar-AA18kKBb) What horrible reporting that is! They don’t say why the guy was in a position to be out on bail in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6780 "2023-03-09T13:24:21Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > unless you have an industrial shredder, your avg. office-shredder would get pretty much jammed by a passport, now that they have those thick (RFDI) covers > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Maybe an average hundred-dollar shredder can power through one passport but I think it’s going to overheat long before it gets through forty of them. One of the lingering effects of the old sitcom, “Newhart” was a thriving industry for New England boutique hotels. An unanticipated consequence of this boom was a significant need for document shredding, leading some of these hotels to get one of these: [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/5501/14246029693_3e69c13438_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/5501/14246029693_3e69c13438_b.jpg) [Operated by Larry, his brother, Darryl, and his other brother, Darryl] ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6781 "2023-03-09T14:55:30Z")
The hotel that shredded the tourists’ passports has explained what happened. TLDR: they put them in a box in a back room and forgot about them. Then when they were cleaning, someone thought the box contained old documents to be shredded, so they gave them to their third-party shredding provider. So they weren’t shredded on-site by a hotel employee. Not that that excuses anyone. > **[New Hampshire hotel managers 'deeply sorry' after UK students' passports were...](https://www.wmur.com/article/lincoln-new-hampshire-hotel-uk-passports-update-39/43259286)** > > Managers of a New Hampshire hotel that destroyed most of the passports belonging to a group of students from the United Kingdom last month have released a statement apologizing for the mishap and explaining what happened. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6782 "2023-03-09T14:57:56Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > The hotel that shredded the tourists’ passports has explained what happened. TLDR: they put them in a box in a back room and forgot about them. - Good document handling. /s ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6783 "2023-03-09T14:58:02Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > TLDR: they put them in a box in a back room and forgot about them. To me this was the unforgivable part. You had a bunch of passports, very important documents entrusted to you, and **this** is how you handled them?! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6784 "2023-03-09T15:00:13Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Then when they were cleaning, someone thought the box contained old documents to be shredded, so they gave them to their third-party shredding provider. Also this. No one bothered to check what was in the box? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6785 "2023-03-09T15:03:27Z")
Professional document shredders are not supposed to read the documents they are shredding, for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6786 "2023-03-09T15:09:25Z")
No, not the shredding service employees. I was referring to the hotel employee who saw a box, _assumed_ it contained old documents and put it out for shredding without even looking. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6787 "2023-03-09T15:11:49Z")
Alternative response from hotel management (NSFW - language): 9 seconds [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MYQCb3qrBpo/hqdefault.jpg "Flounder You F ked Up You Trust Us") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYQCb3qrBpo) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6788 "2023-03-09T15:12:08Z")
If that employee was a hotel custodian, they are not supposed to be rifling through documents that are to be shredded either. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6789 "2023-03-09T15:13:16Z")
The article says it was a manager. Though not sure why a hotel custodian would be deciding what should be shredded. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6790 "2023-03-09T15:18:25Z")
_Actually_, according to the article the documents were not given to professional shredders at all. They were not shredded-they were destroyed by a garbage pick up company. "On Feb. 19, a member of the Kancamagus Lodge’s management team was cleaning the back office and put a number of items to be disposed of into a dumpster. Among the items was a box of the students’ passports, which managers said was inadvertently placed there. “Our scheduled, contracted garbage disposal company emptied the dumpster and promptly destroyed all contents,” managers said." BTW, “A member of the management team” does not necessarily mean an actual manager. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=338) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=340)