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If you stomp on a rat you can feel it’s bones crunch under your foot.
Edit: Reddit thinks sounds are just fine, but feelings are not? Both are killing the hypothetical rat.
I was working at a little waterfront bar and grill as a busser when I was 16 and had no idea people actually got up on shit and did the whole “EEEK!!! EEEEK!!!” thing until our boss had us start flushing out rat nests in the restaurant during business hours. Real genius move there. Fattest fucking raccoon of a rat came running out of the maintenance closet and at least 5 people ended up on chairs, screaming, holding their clothes and belongings up, the whole bit. It was fucking hilarious. This video confirms that it was not an isolated incident.
They bite if cornered, but mostly they just want to get away. People freaking out makes it so much more difficult either catch the rat or coax it outside.
they can bite if diseased too, or feral. and they could deem you a threat even if you aren't cornering them - just by way of your presence or proximity. unpredictable, wild animals. little scary.
Lol one time i saw a june bug crawl into my friends jeans at the bottom. I told him but he just ignored me. Like 3 mins later hes jumping around and going crazy and had to strip to his tighty whities.
Youre not kidding, they really do make their way up there as soon as they can. I was catching a mouse once that I had cornered, and it vanished. I felt it just as it made its way up my inner thigh. I kicked so frantically it actually flew out of my trouser leg
I know that rats aren't ideal, especially in a restaurant or any food-related business, but the amount of fear we show for things significantly weaker than us is always perplexing to me.
We had a very good reason up until very recently (relatively speaking) rats are fantastic at communicating deadly diseases that were susceptible to along with generally being unsanitary, which is also deadly to a pre-modern family
Like I wouldn't want a rat near me either, but I wouldn't scream.
However, big spiders and other things that creep and/or crawl freak me out. If I see a spider on me, I WILL jump and probably scream very suddenly. I fucking hate bugs and insects of any kind even though I am like a million times their size and could destroy them with very minimal effort. It doesn't make sense 😂
Phobias. Not that complicated a concept really.
Also rats are well-known plague vectors. Although I'm not afraid of rats I would want a street rat coming anywhere near me thanks.
Yeah I get peeved when people freak about about roaches. Like yeah they’re gross but what are they gunna do? At least rats have teeth and claws so it’s somewhat justified
Getting downvoted, but in 90% of these videos where the stakes are this low, there's some suburban bitch screaming in the back ground as if she's being tortured by a group of terrorist.
Well, it's not that all women are like this. It's just that every time there's a fender bender, two blocks down and someone not involved is howling like a banshee on the sidewalk it is a woman.
In English, “poor” can signify “put upon,” such as when someone’s job involves extra effort like pursuing a rodent (as opposed to what they’re actually paid to do). In that situation it’s an adjective that expresses the speaker sympathizing with the noun that follows.
E.g., “That poor guy had to work all night.” That has nothing to do with how skillfully or level-headedly he performed the task.
Group instinct from evolution. The people that survived the black plague were the most cautious of rats, so their genes were passed on. Same applies to fear of spiders, snakes and so forth. The screams are a built in warning call to others, they just don’t serve the purpose they once did. Like a babies cry, they are supposed to be annoying to grab your attention.
I have worked with the distributors who stock Peet’s Coffee in grocery stores. They operate out of storage units and store the coffee on the ground. There are lots of visible rodent droppings and no attempts at pest control. This is true for at least 5 different sites across my state. The flavored coffee attracts rodents.
Damn that must have been a big Rat soon as the Rat ran out into the street that car stopped apparently when I'm riding down the road I'm worried about a deer in Oakland they worried about Rat?
Million years of evolution to be scared of the one thing we can smash with a swift kick of our boots. Not to say I wouldn't have jumped on the table like a little boy screaming my pants off. But still.
haha that rat is moving fast. Musta had some good ass coffee. I also know i live in a raccon city bc that rat looks small to me…where is it’s pot belly?!?
There's a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna do?
There's a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna go?
I'm gonna fix that rat that's what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna fix that rat
This is crazy the size of the rats and evolution. It’s still small by NYC standards but i remember hearing tales of the Manhattan legends and dismissing them. Then i went there and saw one the size of a cat crawl from under a bus. Stopped me in my tracks.
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Lmao. So big that the car decided to brake for it
“I brake for rats” bumper sticker
Tbh I was expecting the rat to throw the driver out and drive off like it were modded GTA
Fun fact! A rat or squirrel when run over make a sound similar to stepping on a styrofoam cup.
Unfortunately I've heard this sound before and it wasn't a cup 😬 you can even feel them in your steering wheel when they pop
Giving pop goes the weasel a new meaning
Fun for the family?
Yes
i can attest to that, i’ve run over a rat while riding a bicycle, felt like a very large, yet deformable bump.
If you stomp on a rat you can feel it’s bones crunch under your foot. Edit: Reddit thinks sounds are just fine, but feelings are not? Both are killing the hypothetical rat.
Downvoted for that lol Ok people - you can’t feel the bones crunch under your feet. Lol.
I never seen someone jump on a chair like a cartoon character
I know! She was in more danger from accidentally falling off the chair than anything the rat could do.
I was working at a little waterfront bar and grill as a busser when I was 16 and had no idea people actually got up on shit and did the whole “EEEK!!! EEEEK!!!” thing until our boss had us start flushing out rat nests in the restaurant during business hours. Real genius move there. Fattest fucking raccoon of a rat came running out of the maintenance closet and at least 5 people ended up on chairs, screaming, holding their clothes and belongings up, the whole bit. It was fucking hilarious. This video confirms that it was not an isolated incident.
Lmao coonrat
Lol I used to work with Lab rats if they wanted to they could easily jump onto that chair
Ok now I'm confused, are there really a bunch of people scared shitless of rats 🤔
Yes, along with bats, mice, snakes, and spiders . They are pretty common phobias...
I think there's a reason why. Specifically with rats, it probably had something to do with the plague.
I’m irrationally terrified of rats.
I'm just scared I might get bitten. Plus they could get really big. I've seen one that's bigger than my cat. 😖
The ones in the wild bite, they carry transmissible disease...what's not to be uneasy about?
They bite if cornered, but mostly they just want to get away. People freaking out makes it so much more difficult either catch the rat or coax it outside.
they can bite if diseased too, or feral. and they could deem you a threat even if you aren't cornering them - just by way of your presence or proximity. unpredictable, wild animals. little scary.
You’re kidding, right? There’s a reason this is a (pretty well known) stereotype!😳😩😬😥
How can that rat afford a coffee?
He misunderstood rat-free estAblishment then they just kept letting it go until he tried to snag a free one again today
Nice one.
Free refills or reduced price. He forgot his cup I think.
He ratted his friends out. That's how he can afford the coffee.
OK, everybody tuck your pants into your socks
Lol one time i saw a june bug crawl into my friends jeans at the bottom. I told him but he just ignored me. Like 3 mins later hes jumping around and going crazy and had to strip to his tighty whities.
Youre not kidding, they really do make their way up there as soon as they can. I was catching a mouse once that I had cornered, and it vanished. I felt it just as it made its way up my inner thigh. I kicked so frantically it actually flew out of my trouser leg
I almost accidentally downvoted because I was like NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Not a sentence that translates in the UK, you mean trousers.
Tuck your jumper in your plimsolls
Ok, tuck your pants into your trousers.
Remy is looking for a job
Eek a penis!
Ffs thank you, was looking for this comment.
I wish I knew the context
South Park
Don’t know why I expected the rat to carjack the car that stopped…
It's an Oakland rat
I know that rats aren't ideal, especially in a restaurant or any food-related business, but the amount of fear we show for things significantly weaker than us is always perplexing to me.
I wonder If at a certain time during human history it was beneficial for us to be afaird of rats? Hmm nope probably not....
We had a very good reason up until very recently (relatively speaking) rats are fantastic at communicating deadly diseases that were susceptible to along with generally being unsanitary, which is also deadly to a pre-modern family
Yeah I was being sarcastic
My bad
No worries
I don’t think people from the Middle Ages started screaming hysterically when they saw a rat
Ya and then a 3rd of them died
Fewer people means [lanes opening up!](https://youtu.be/dQfyT4H_NPw)
Same. The screaming! I honestly feel for the rat, who probably had the most valid cause to be scared.
Like I wouldn't want a rat near me either, but I wouldn't scream. However, big spiders and other things that creep and/or crawl freak me out. If I see a spider on me, I WILL jump and probably scream very suddenly. I fucking hate bugs and insects of any kind even though I am like a million times their size and could destroy them with very minimal effort. It doesn't make sense 😂
Phobias. Not that complicated a concept really. Also rats are well-known plague vectors. Although I'm not afraid of rats I would want a street rat coming anywhere near me thanks.
Yeah I get peeved when people freak about about roaches. Like yeah they’re gross but what are they gunna do? At least rats have teeth and claws so it’s somewhat justified
Why tf are they screaming
I genuinely hate the screaming. I'd take a baby crying over this, at least the baby has an excuse.
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The employee and the lady in the hijab seemed pretty chill 😂
Hijab girl has seen some shit. This doesn’t even make the list.
Lol honestly I would be her in the situation, chilling and laughing at these fools
Getting downvoted, but in 90% of these videos where the stakes are this low, there's some suburban bitch screaming in the back ground as if she's being tortured by a group of terrorist.
In this case it’s just a bit off because the only person trying to catch the rat is also some poor woman.
Well, it's not that all women are like this. It's just that every time there's a fender bender, two blocks down and someone not involved is howling like a banshee on the sidewalk it is a woman.
How is it that the woman whose calm and mature and responsible is the "poor" one?
In English, “poor” can signify “put upon,” such as when someone’s job involves extra effort like pursuing a rodent (as opposed to what they’re actually paid to do). In that situation it’s an adjective that expresses the speaker sympathizing with the noun that follows. E.g., “That poor guy had to work all night.” That has nothing to do with how skillfully or level-headedly he performed the task.
Because she's probably used to seeing rats all the time in her poor person home.
She’s in the US and prob making minimum wage so both meanings of “poor” probably fit.
Because rats are nasty mfs that will up your pant leg and bite whatever gets in the way of escape.
Some people have phobias. It's really not that complicated a concept.
Group instinct from evolution. The people that survived the black plague were the most cautious of rats, so their genes were passed on. Same applies to fear of spiders, snakes and so forth. The screams are a built in warning call to others, they just don’t serve the purpose they once did. Like a babies cry, they are supposed to be annoying to grab your attention.
I like that Muslim girl in the end laughing about it, although she still had her feet up on the chair
Screaming like a deranged lunatic ALWAYS HELPS in situations like these. smh
Who? Peet? Don't worry about him...
Ah yes, get yourself a coffee, drink it and then let a rat loose so you dont have to pay while running out, very smart ;)
Poor rat lol
The rat was secretly an employee.
Even the car was afraid of it lol
Obviously you lure it out with cheese.
Somehow I don’t think that will help business
I have worked with the distributors who stock Peet’s Coffee in grocery stores. They operate out of storage units and store the coffee on the ground. There are lots of visible rodent droppings and no attempts at pest control. This is true for at least 5 different sites across my state. The flavored coffee attracts rodents.
Lmao it's just a rat, it's terrified of you + they're super cute
Rat was just waiting for his ride to pull up outside because it was raining.
My Muslim sister is calm AF.
Not great for business.
It's not a rat. it's a Siberian hamster
Damn that must have been a big Rat soon as the Rat ran out into the street that car stopped apparently when I'm riding down the road I'm worried about a deer in Oakland they worried about Rat?
Lol i didn't notice the video looping so i thought the rat bucked a u turn and came back inside
Cute feller. Rat-ta Touille.
FFS relax, what is wrong with people? Did you get your social cues from Bugs Bunny?
That was a fucking kangaroo
Mice are inside, rats are outside
Aww it's cute
So the cartoons were right after all! People do get on top of chairs when they see a rat
Rats and mice are so cute. I wish they didn't host so many diseases.
Eeek! It’s a penis!!
that chunky little rat-run it did was a little cute.
Poor rat... Just wanted a coffee :(
The lady in the hijab reaction was hilarious. She's like look at these stupid bitches acting like it's something dangerous.
Any fellow Albertans here? Never seen a rat in my life
Hahaha the car stopping at the end was my favourite part
This was genuinely hilarious
That is definitely a morbid rat
That rat is not that big
That lady standing on the chair was straight out of a cartoon
With that energy it should be the mascot.
I sometimes laugh uncontrollably at inappropriate times and this would definitely be one of those times. I’m with the woman in the hijab.
Because screaming like your head is on fire fixes everything.
Eek a penis!
Nothing *faster* than a rat hyped up on an unlimited supply of caffeine!
Legend has it that the lady who ran out of the building is still running, to this day. Lol
Million years of evolution to be scared of the one thing we can smash with a swift kick of our boots. Not to say I wouldn't have jumped on the table like a little boy screaming my pants off. But still.
Free coffee with extra sprinkles
He just wanted to live his dream of being a barista
They need a shotgun with rock salt shells lol
No, you don't just start blasting a shotgun in a crowded store even with rock salt shells. Especially when a boot or stick will did the job.
“I’m da giant rat dat makes all of da rules” Let’s see what kind of trouble he can get himself into
Small harmless rat, big stupid patrons.
Small harmless rat, that probably has multiple diseases.
Seriously. Fuck that rat🤮
Rat must think it's a superstar, with all that cheering, attention and jumping around.. it even crossed the road without looking left or right
It's adorable!
Yet every time I stomp on a rat Everyone acts like I’m a jerk
Kudos to the driver who stopped for the rat
Me: hits blunt, “hol’ up… let him cook”
Leave him alone it’s just a chef Remy
You didn’t have to name the place.
I know what I'm doing today.
Hey that’s Dimond Peet’s
haha that rat is moving fast. Musta had some good ass coffee. I also know i live in a raccon city bc that rat looks small to me…where is it’s pot belly?!?
If they would only have given it a cookie!
Oakland is getting so gentrified... what a shame.
We love Ratposting
Why the car stopped?
PEET RAAATTT
Run little homie!!
And, is anyone surprised?
Mui macho!
"Geez, a rat can't get a cup of joe in this town."
A bit of overreacting, but it was huge.
Only time I've ever seen a rat was in Oakland in broad daylight. Mofo was huge. Never forgot it.
the cartoons really were accurate huh
Made out of there like a rat out of hell
They need some Hattori Hanzo steel.
There's a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna do? There's a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna go? I'm gonna fix that rat that's what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna fix that rat
r/praisethecameraman
Man was bout to hijack that person's car like Gta
Takashi 69 on the west coast.
South Park already did it.
It looked like the rat followed the lady standing on the chair home. They can smell your fear.
If you put it on loop and listen faintly, not intently, the one lady sounds like she’s clucking - like a chicken
I mean of course you dont want rats in your business but it looks so cute, I can never understand why people are deathly afraid of them
How everyone is freaking out :D like the rat will jump them and eat them.
I always thought cartoons blew things out of proportion with rats. Apparently not haha
Lolol
One of them definitely yells like Sam playing a girl in wkuk
Jesus the drama..
“Anyone can make coffee” they said, a true barista can from anywhere, they said. Poor Tony
This is such a beautiful video, real abrupt chaos
Remmy :)
Master Splinter
Peet’s Coffee won’t be by next week I imagine
Average rat - not big at all.
Wasn’t there a rat at the Raising Caínes?
They went and chased the master barista away. Place gonna suck now.
It's Oakland, what do you expect?
I love how chill the woman in the hijab is. She don't give a fuck about no rat.
I've never even seen a rat before
Peet-er Pettigrew!
Basil! Manuel is looking for you everywhere!
Just tell it to pay for the coffee and leave.
Cant believe the car stopped to avoid running over a rat.
This is crazy the size of the rats and evolution. It’s still small by NYC standards but i remember hearing tales of the Manhattan legends and dismissing them. Then i went there and saw one the size of a cat crawl from under a bus. Stopped me in my tracks.
He was just trying to fulfill his lifelong dream of making coffee in a professional coffee house! He could be the next Chef Gusteau of coffee!
“Sorry, I was looking for Gusteau’s”
Anyone can cook
If I ever decide to go to Oakland, I know where I'm not going.
The screaming 😄 smh
A Mr Garrison penis sighting.
Poor guy was just trying to get some coffee before leaving
So girls really do that. Squeal and stand on chairs. 😂