Guy caught on camera stealing tip jar Mod warning opening post

18-07-2013 01:58PM

What makes me a little suspicious is that it's pretty high quality footage, do small coffee shops really invest so well in security equipment?

srsly78 · 18-07-2013 02:00PM

riffmongous wrote: »

What makes me a little suspicious is that it's pretty high quality footage, do small coffee shops really invest so well in security equipment?

Electronic equipment gets cheaper and better as time passes. Welcome to 2013!

SweepTheLeg · 18-07-2013 02:04PM

riffmongous wrote: »

What makes me a little suspicious is that it's pretty high quality footage, do small coffee shops really invest so well in security equipment?

This was my first thought. You don't always see small establishments like this with security cameras, let alone HD ones. I've seen Banks with lower quality footage than this.

srsly78 · 18-07-2013 02:05PM

SweepTheLeg wrote: »

This was my first thought. You don't always see small establishments like this with security cameras, let alone HD ones. I've seen Banks with lower quality footage than this.

Have you seen the ancient pcs and monitors they use in banks?

18-07-2013 02:07PM

If it's a viral campaign they should have cleaned their disgusting floor first..

NothingMan · 18-07-2013 02:19PM

petes wrote: »

So it was you!! €23.56 is what you got??

It wasn't a theft, it's negative tipping ffs! The service was terrible and my coffee was only hot, I like it really hot.

suicide_circus · 18-07-2013 02:46PM

pretty slick maneuver !

endacl · 18-07-2013 02:48PM

Looks like the guy who knocked the kid's scooter in Firhouse last year!!

Was he driving an Audi?

My name is URL · 18-07-2013 02:53PM

He has quite a distinguishable tattoo on his left forearm which someone might recognise.

LizT · 18-07-2013 03:06PM

My name is URL wrote: »

He has quite a distinguishable tattoo on his left forearm which someone might recognise.

You sound like you're on crime call :pac:

My name is URL · 18-07-2013 03:11PM

LizT wrote: »

You sound like you're on crime call :pac:

Am I not?

18-07-2013 03:13PM

srsly78 wrote: »

Electronic equipment gets cheaper and better as time passes. Welcome to 2013!

It's still not so cheap that every little coffee shop has or indeed needs one.

gaz wac · 18-07-2013 03:21PM

josip wrote: »

If it is fake then:
If he was brought in from the UK, he'd have no concerns about being recognised.
If he's domestic and things turned out nasty he'd just announce that it was a setup.
If he's a struggling actor, any kind of exposure is good for him.

Has the footage been handed over to the guards?
Has the owner registered a complaint with them or just posted a video on YouTube?
Where he doesn't ask for anyone's help identifying the guy, just says "Watch this..."

If it's not fake then I'm guilty of casting dispersions on the owner's character and I apologise in advance.

I never even though it might be fake, then you got me thinking.....he just opened his new shop on Pembroke street on Monday and then he released this and got interviews in paper !?!?! hhmmmmmmm:rolleyes:

LizT · 18-07-2013 04:26PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Am I not?

Maybe in the most wanted section

Gran Hermano · 18-07-2013 05:15PM

gaz wac wrote: »

I never even though it might be fake, then you got me thinking.....he just opened his new shop on Pembroke street on Monday and then he released this and got interviews in paper !?!?! hhmmmmmmm:rolleyes:

Owner is a long time Boards member and has helped out numerous people on the coffee forum over the years. Video footage is a different branch to the new one on Pembroke St. He put the new cameras in before christmas to prevent theft - I dont notice any 'branding' visible in the vid.

Lads in the tinfoil hats/conspiracy theory forum might agree with you!

josip · 18-07-2013 05:19PM

Independent wrote:

According to the owner, “I don’t know if it’s true or not, but a few other cafes have contacted me and said that it looks like someone who stole our tips. Maybe he makes a career visiting cafes and lifting tip jars.”

Independent wrote:

Burritos and Blues replied to the video on Twitter, writing that “our tips were robbed recently!”, and Coffee Angel replied that “someone from Clement & Pekoe also said he’s paid them a visit”.

Independent wrote:

Following on from the social media reaction, Karl, who initially “wasn’t going to bother” reporting it, has organised to drop the CCTV footage into Pearse Street Garda Station this evening. “They said to bring in the copy, they may know him”.

I hope for his sake it's not fake, otherwise he'll be wasting the guard's time.

minotour · 18-07-2013 05:19PM

In relation to what the Guards "could" do about it.

Facial recogntion wouldnt be great as there isnt a good quality frontal image available. Depending on the tech the guards have available they could build a composite and run that through some DB;s and then further refine using the forearm tatoo, if the guy has an existing record. if he doesnt then they dont really have much to go on.

Probably best for the owner to keep an eye out over the coming days, coffee runs tend to be part of a pattern, if this guy doesnt know he;s been spotted he may pass by at the same time each day.

mattjack · 18-07-2013 05:24PM

minotour wrote: »

In relation to what the Guards "could" do about it.

Facial recogntion wouldnt be great as there isnt a good quality frontal image available. Depending on the tech the guards have available they could build a composite and run that through some DB;s and then further refine using the forearm tatoo, if the guy has an existing record. if he doesnt then they dont really have much to go on.

Probably best for the owner to keep an eye out over the coming days, coffee runs tend to be part of a pattern, if this guy doesnt know he;s been spotted he may pass by at the same time each day.

For thirty quid or so ?

I myself believe its a Mod cause the Mod warning given in the first post.

I'm lookin' at you Whoopsybollocko.

Cody Pomeray · 18-07-2013 05:26PM

In the interests of balance, their coffee is way over hyped.

If you're at the South Anne Street cafe, just walk on by and go to fixx across the road like. Much better & there's seating.

NothingMan · 18-07-2013 05:26PM

mattjack wrote: »

I'm lookin' at you Whoopsybollocko.

I thought for a second that was gonna say Whoopsybollocks and thought "here come's the ban".. :pac:

Radiosonde · 18-07-2013 05:32PM

Corkbah wrote: »

An actor playing a thief would do it as it is paid work for an advert (if its fake of course) ... why would any actor play the role of a bad guy/girl in any film/tv series etc .... because they get paid !!

There is a slight difference between portraying Hitler in a movie, and "playing" a thief on viral security camera footage...seriously, this is not going to be faked.

FouxDaFaFa · 18-07-2013 05:34PM

riffmongous wrote: »

It's still not so cheap that every little coffee shop has or indeed needs one.

It kind of is.

I work in a very small retail shop and our video quality is surprisingly high. It's a great deterrent and the occasional time we have a serious crime (someone coming in and pickpocketing the tourists or something) we have footage and stills to hand over to the Guards.

Corkbah · 18-07-2013 07:45PM

Radiosonde wrote: »

There is a slight difference between portraying Hitler in a movie, and "playing" a thief on viral security camera footage...seriously, this is not going to be faked.

not going to matter to an actor ... how many fair city, corry and eastenders actors have been ridiculed on the street because of the current plot in their work.

work is work where most actors are concerned.....I'm not saying its a fake ...or real !

EyeSight · 18-07-2013 09:41PM

riffmongous wrote: »

It's still not so cheap that every little coffee shop has or indeed needs one.

it would cost less that 200 euro. The average smartphone has this quality!

This is not faked, don't be so cynical. Some people start conspiracy theories from nothing!

As for somebody recommending Fixx, they are correct except in this weather the place is boiling. They don't have air conditioning on

18-07-2013 09:57PM

EyeSight wrote: »

it would cost less that 200 euro. The average smartphone has this quality!

This is not faked, don't be so cynical. Some people start conspiracy theories from nothing!

I am going to have to say quote or GTFO here :P

I put in my own system over here and it cost me more than that, and that's without having to pay anyone to install it.

winston82 · 18-07-2013 10:07PM

A common thief would have known a camera was there, even a non-seasoned thief would have known the camera was there. He would have known his face was captured on it for easy recognition.

This is a set-up, plain and simple.

Case closed, next.

Delirium · 18-07-2013 10:12PM

winston82 wrote: »

A common thief would have known a camera was there, even a non-seasoned thief would have known the camera was there. He would have known his face was captured on it for easy recognition.

This is a set-up, plain and simple.

Case closed, next.

I think not, Horatio. There are plenty of thieves that have been caught because they have a moment of opportunity and forget about the cameras (assuming they notice them in the first place).

greenheart · 18-07-2013 10:13PM

If this is real he is scum. Most of the country is struggling to get by, doesn't matter how desperate he was that is a really low thing to do.
I'm losing sleep over my bills at the minute but I'd rather be left sitting in the dark than lose my morals like that.

My name is URL · 18-07-2013 10:14PM

He didn't need to take the actual jar... that's just lower than low.

dj jarvis · 18-07-2013 10:16PM

winston82 wrote: »

A common thief would have known a camera was there, even a non-seasoned thief would have known the camera was there. He would have known his face was captured on it for easy recognition.

This is a set-up, plain and simple.

Case closed, next.

is that right my dear winston

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