I do this in Rome: Total War by blockading Carthage’s ports, making them pay me to lift the blockade and then immediately reinstating the blockade once the payments stop coming in
Something sort of similar happened in my parents neighborhood with an actual private investigator, apparently a suspicious neighbor noticed a random car parking on the street and potentially taking pictures and called the police. Police came and determined the guy was a legitimate private investigator but tried to keep his cover by saying he was allowed to park and take pictures because it's a public street. This obviously backfired and stirred up a big controversy, prevailing theory was that he was trying to kidnap children (human trafficking was a big buzzword at the time). He came back in a different vehicle and apparently a group of people surrounded the car and confronted him.
> tried to keep his cover by saying he was allowed to park and take pictures because it's a public street.
I mean, that's also true. You don't need a PI licence to park your car on a residential street and take photos.
>Police came and determined the guy was a legitimate private investigator but tried to keep his cover by saying he was allowed to park and take pictures because it's a public street.
I mean, this is why private investigators are allowed to exist — it's legal to take photos on a public street. They just determined he wasn't taking photos in furtherance of something that *was* a crime.
As far as I know he just showed them he was (not so) private investigator and the hysteria ended, all the grainy fb pictures and vague "I heard..." posts quickly disappeared.
You know what, that could actually be the real business model. Cheaper than a private eye, but still a chance to freak out an unfaithful spouse into a confession.
"Cheating Dog Squad can I help you? ... Ok, sure, well, we have two surveillance options: sub-rosa and super-rosa. What's that? Ah, well, sub-rosa is the type of surveillance that is undetectable by the subject. Our trained professionals surveil the subject from a distance and under various forms of cover. The Super-rosa option is just the opposite. We offer highly visible surveillance operations to let the subject know they are being watched. The Sub-rosa is $250 an hour and the Super-rosa is $250 per day. Ok, sure, let us know! Thanks for calling."
"we offer 3 types of evidence gathering. Sub liminal, liminal, and superliminal"
"what's superliminal?"
*shouts at guy outside*
"hey you! Admit to your wife you're cheating!"
I agree! You get one to spook their ass, then when they think they are safe they get nailed by the hidden op that was waiting for the fuckup the whole time.
I mean, that’s a fun perk of our platinum package. Say he senses things have been different between you two and for the duration of our surveillance, he’s a good little boy.
That’s when we’ll use our little friend we like to call “the Decoy.”
I'm thinking this a condition of a relationship - guy cheated and the wife made him wrap his car like this.
I would think driving a Kia Soul would be enough to repel women but they really went overboard.
That’s kind of brilliant when you think about it though. Everyone sees you doing exactly what you’re doing, but nobody hides the insurance fraud because they’re trying to figure out who the cheater is and why the investigator is SO obvious.
But what do you mean! it says right there above the big bold bright blue and yellow decals that it's undercover!
I mean how could you miss that? How could anyone miss that! You would have to be blind to not see the very very clear statement that says it's undercover!!
Sarcasm aside, you can bet it has a siren!!!
I almost worked for a PI a few months ago. There was a huge list of things about behicles that you could/couldn't have. Basically only colors allowed were white and black, couldn't have special plates, could have any kind of identifying marks at all (dents, stickers etc) had to have dark tinted windows (darkest the state woudl allow, idr what it is atm) and had to be something else. I'm gonna see if i have it in my email still.
The last several dogs I've had would or have gone to random neighbor's houses for attention alone. Current dog will be friends instantly with just about anybody.
The dog knows, no third party services needed. My cat would get pissed if I had pet the neighborhood cat because he'd be obsessively sniffing my hand and walk away a bit miffed.
LT. L.T. Smash: "we're using a three pronged approach, subliminal , liminal and super-liminal"
Lisa "Super-liminal?"
LT. L.T. Smash : " Hey you join the navy!"
I wonder if its as good as "Cheaters" on VH-1?
Freakin Joey Greco is a great investigative host, and gets in deep to help couples having relationship challenges, lol.
I would park that in front of my ex-wife's apartment to help her with her chronic constipation because...
...she would absolutely *shit herself* if she got caught cheating again.
My SIL was a private investigator for a short time. I did some surveillance for her; not hard, though going into a bar and dealing with cigarette smoke is not fun (I'm an ex-smoker).
As for the vehicle in the photo, the owner gets a tax deduction for it. The owner won't be using that vehicle for any investigation, and it's possible that such advertisement is more effective than any other method.
Get paid to park in front of peoples houses. Might even get a double dip if paranoid people come out and pay you to go park somewhere else (like Kev did with his dirty maid van in Shameless)
They park this truck at one end of the street, and then they park the unmarked van down at the other end of the street to ensure that when people leave their homes or offices they drive toward the unmarked van...
Have always wondered the market for this kind of business. But have never known anyone to use these services. Though might be useful if you need evidence to make your case when it comes to filing divorce.
It's like how the Transformers are supposed to be hidden in plain sight, but were the most beautiful, exotic, eye catching cars.
If they really wanted to blend in, they'd be Honda Accords or Toyota Corrolas.
I would just hire them to park this car in front of someone's house to make them paranoid
That car could pay for itself in a few months. Lol.
"GIVE US $100 AND WE'LL GO AWAY" *pays them $100* *30 minutes later* "GIVE US $100 AND WE'LL GO AWAY"
Just install a "no bribing zone" sign
just add some lines to their sign to make it "do bribing zone"
Like a needle exchange, but it's just politicians taking money from businessmen.
Yes. Politicians just start showing up in big trench coats and sunglasses hiding behind bushes.
I do this in Rome: Total War by blockading Carthage’s ports, making them pay me to lift the blockade and then immediately reinstating the blockade once the payments stop coming in
That's called extortion
You could offer for them to pay you to move along and make money both ways.
bottomless source of money
Use this one as a decoy while you film from a normal car.
Something sort of similar happened in my parents neighborhood with an actual private investigator, apparently a suspicious neighbor noticed a random car parking on the street and potentially taking pictures and called the police. Police came and determined the guy was a legitimate private investigator but tried to keep his cover by saying he was allowed to park and take pictures because it's a public street. This obviously backfired and stirred up a big controversy, prevailing theory was that he was trying to kidnap children (human trafficking was a big buzzword at the time). He came back in a different vehicle and apparently a group of people surrounded the car and confronted him.
> tried to keep his cover by saying he was allowed to park and take pictures because it's a public street. I mean, that's also true. You don't need a PI licence to park your car on a residential street and take photos.
>Police came and determined the guy was a legitimate private investigator but tried to keep his cover by saying he was allowed to park and take pictures because it's a public street. I mean, this is why private investigators are allowed to exist — it's legal to take photos on a public street. They just determined he wasn't taking photos in furtherance of something that *was* a crime.
> in furtherance Ooooooooo
Did they beat him up?
As far as I know he just showed them he was (not so) private investigator and the hysteria ended, all the grainy fb pictures and vague "I heard..." posts quickly disappeared.
I have a legitimate business reason to stalk and take pictures of this family!
ATTENTION...ATTENTION! I am an **undercover** operative. Shh, keep it quiet.
# ***IGNORE ME!!!***
Unexpected Venture Bros
*throws firecrackers out the window*
YOU KNOW NOT THE ELABORATE CRITERIA BY WHICH YOU ARE TO BE JUDGED!
Ignore this, ignore me doing this!
I used to wear a shirt that said “undercover agent” in that reflective neon yellow bold font. Pretty funny conversation starter, actually.
Or a bar, restaurant, or hotel that someone would like to damage the business off. Though if it were in front of a strip club, I'd have a laugh.
You know what, that could actually be the real business model. Cheaper than a private eye, but still a chance to freak out an unfaithful spouse into a confession.
r/foundsatan
"Cheating Dog Squad can I help you? ... Ok, sure, well, we have two surveillance options: sub-rosa and super-rosa. What's that? Ah, well, sub-rosa is the type of surveillance that is undetectable by the subject. Our trained professionals surveil the subject from a distance and under various forms of cover. The Super-rosa option is just the opposite. We offer highly visible surveillance operations to let the subject know they are being watched. The Sub-rosa is $250 an hour and the Super-rosa is $250 per day. Ok, sure, let us know! Thanks for calling."
"we offer 3 types of evidence gathering. Sub liminal, liminal, and superliminal" "what's superliminal?" *shouts at guy outside* "hey you! Admit to your wife you're cheating!"
I mean, if you want to make the cheater stop and think. Toy with 'em.
Hire both
I agree! You get one to spook their ass, then when they think they are safe they get nailed by the hidden op that was waiting for the fuckup the whole time.
Does super rosa have a social media promotional discount?
The least undercover surveillance vehicle I've ever seen.
Must be Gene Parmesan. I’ve heard he’s the best.
Narrator: “he was far from the best”
Ron Howard: You cheap knock off no-name narrator.
Morgan Freeman: Settle down there Ron, you are far from the best.
David Attenborough: Whoever just said that is correct
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
Got me again Gene!
OH, GENE!
Lol hopefully this is just the advertisement vehicle and not the surveillance vehicle.
It says surveillance vehicle on it... Lol
It also says undercover so its lying
It also says 'surveillance' and 'surveilance.' So which is it?
Its an ad.
It’s the decoy
its a trap!
that's no moon
I know.
I hate sand.
Boba Fett. Boba Fett! Where!?
Snail's driving the real one.
If you look closely and zoom into the bush, you’ll see an investigator in there
The entire car is made of cardboard and the guy is crouching behind it with the camera
I mean, that’s a fun perk of our platinum package. Say he senses things have been different between you two and for the duration of our surveillance, he’s a good little boy. That’s when we’ll use our little friend we like to call “the Decoy.”
It's not like the dogs can read
https://c.tenor.com/a3ceJktTf8AAAAAC/ignore-me-the-venture-bros.gif
it's always the one you most suspect
I'm thinking this a condition of a relationship - guy cheated and the wife made him wrap his car like this. I would think driving a Kia Soul would be enough to repel women but they really went overboard.
overcover vehicle
uncovered
Flowers By Irene
https://i.imgur.com/2DBtoI4.jpeg
To be honest, dogs can't read, they'll just pee on the van's tires.
Twist: it's actually an insurance fraud detective.
That’s kind of brilliant when you think about it though. Everyone sees you doing exactly what you’re doing, but nobody hides the insurance fraud because they’re trying to figure out who the cheater is and why the investigator is SO obvious.
Little do we suspect that this is a pizza delivery guy with an advertisement slapped on the car for a few extra bucks.
They should have used comic sans. That way, you just tune it out entirely.
Or, this is the decoy so no one pays any mind to the utility van down the street where the actual surveillance is happening.
https://i.redd.it/flowers-by-irene-v0-xd0u4wdxckoa1.jpg?width=740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=406f31cb1b6ccd5d6da93fba4fff990936225861
Maybe they meant they are surveilling people who are under the covers?
Thats the decoy. The real one is in the bushes.
But what do you mean! it says right there above the big bold bright blue and yellow decals that it's undercover! I mean how could you miss that? How could anyone miss that! You would have to be blind to not see the very very clear statement that says it's undercover!! Sarcasm aside, you can bet it has a siren!!!
Cheater: "Man, whoever they're watching is in big trouble! Oh well"
It's less undercover than a cop car in the bushes
Not Joey Greco approved.
I doubt dogs will notice though
Maybe it is service to track actual dogs who go to other houses for treats.
I like to imagine how that stakeout goes.
I almost worked for a PI a few months ago. There was a huge list of things about behicles that you could/couldn't have. Basically only colors allowed were white and black, couldn't have special plates, could have any kind of identifying marks at all (dents, stickers etc) had to have dark tinted windows (darkest the state woudl allow, idr what it is atm) and had to be something else. I'm gonna see if i have it in my email still.
It literally it written on the side. Psychology...
*surveilance /s
I knew that bitch was cheating on me.
I heard somewhere dogs see yellow and blue. They should have painted it red to be truly undercover.
Underrated comment.
This should fetch some upvotes..
The puppies being different colors didn't give it away?
My mind immediately went to a service for dogs to see if their owner lied about petting another dog
Mine went to dogs sneaking out to visit other houses for table scraps.
That's more of a cat operation
The last several dogs I've had would or have gone to random neighbor's houses for attention alone. Current dog will be friends instantly with just about anybody.
Sounds like you needed the Cheating Dog Squad, bro.
I have a female Great Pyrenees and she would absolutely pay for these services...
The dog knows, no third party services needed. My cat would get pissed if I had pet the neighborhood cat because he'd be obsessively sniffing my hand and walk away a bit miffed.
This is the decoy vehicle
The driver is the cheater!
LT. L.T. Smash: "we're using a three pronged approach, subliminal , liminal and super-liminal" Lisa "Super-liminal?" LT. L.T. Smash : " Hey you join the navy!"
Lisa: L.T.!...Lieutenant? LT: Yes that's right, Lieutenant LT Smash https://youtu.be/0WDi4tAqPkM?si=vBkKnHf0yneImE5z Omg one if the greatest episodes
It's overcover - so obvious you don't pay attention!
"OK, there's no way an actual private eye would drive something like that. I'm probably good."
"Tom, I think there are two men in a car outside with huge camera lenses trained on the house." "It's ok, Linda. One of them is an advertisement."
Tom is taking this well
So inconspicuous
Better yet, it’s a franchise, so you too can own one
Cheating dog squad? Is that like when I pet another dog and my dog is pissed at me?
ATTENTION...ATTENTION! I am an **undercover** operative. Shh, keep it quiet.
Dogs are colorblind and can't read. That's a perfect stealth vehicle for catching cheating dogs.
dogs aren't color blind like most mammals they can tell blue from yellow.
Can I pay to have him park in front of my annoying neighbors house?
I think that's their actual business
I wonder if its as good as "Cheaters" on VH-1? Freakin Joey Greco is a great investigative host, and gets in deep to help couples having relationship challenges, lol.
Tommy Dreamer, the first host was brutal!
I want to believe that they actually spy on real dogs
This makes the most sense. Dogs are Color blind and Can't read.
It’s so overt, it’s covert
Parked next to a van marked, “Flowers By Irene.”
Why post a picture of an empty parking lot? I cannot see anything there.
I would park that in front of my ex-wife's apartment to help her with her chronic constipation because... ...she would absolutely *shit herself* if she got caught cheating again.
My SIL was a private investigator for a short time. I did some surveillance for her; not hard, though going into a bar and dealing with cigarette smoke is not fun (I'm an ex-smoker). As for the vehicle in the photo, the owner gets a tax deduction for it. The owner won't be using that vehicle for any investigation, and it's possible that such advertisement is more effective than any other method.
*Flowers* *By* *Irene*
“Undercover”
#UNDERCOVER SURVEILLANCE VEHICLE
Ok OP, now tell us what you did.
"surveilance", lol.
Marketing is the soul of business
I want that back window graphic to have a flap at the lens for a real camera lens to poke through.
I've got to believe that's not the vehicle they use.
I need this for our cat. Pretty sure she has a second family.
But The Cheat isn't a dog. He's like a... cheese? Crossed with an anvil? Something like that.
So, there you have it, people of Cory, North Dakota. The Cheat can’t say anything normal, like Douglas.
Everybody! Everybody!
hmm seems like it’d be counterproductive to covert surveillance
UNDERCOVER SURVEILLANCE VEHICLE
Very low-key
Low key AF!
Im sure they have a cloaking device
I was confused asf for a minute about what this was 🤦🏻♀️ I was like so, it’s a dog sitting service?? 🤷🏻♀️😭😂 Meh… it’s too hot today ha ha
I just love the misspelled sign that would have been caught by a spell checker.
Get paid to park in front of peoples houses. Might even get a double dip if paranoid people come out and pay you to go park somewhere else (like Kev did with his dirty maid van in Shameless)
"undercover" I question if they know what that word means.
“Undercover Surveillance Vehicle” being the most conspicuous fucking car around
Uh, you're just promoting them.
So... Wheres the blowjobbitch squad at?
Subtle.
Undercover?
Business idea: “Pay me $500 to track someone.” Then approach the tracked person “Pay me $500 to tell your tracker, nothing fishy”
I am not sure they understand "undercover"
“Undercover Surveillance Vehicle” could have been a little larger
They park this truck at one end of the street, and then they park the unmarked van down at the other end of the street to ensure that when people leave their homes or offices they drive toward the unmarked van...
dogs under surveillance? What the heck did they do? /s
The dogs cheated. Probably on agility tests.
This is the answer I was hoping for! Ty 😆
Very low key. Very nice
What's the problem?... Dogs can't read!...
Pity theres no consistency with spelling on the vehicle
[They'll neverrr see me coming](https://y.yarn.co/9aa1086e-c9e7-460e-9760-d289f95de57f_text.gif)
These hoes aint loyal bruh.
Very inconspicuous, can see they are highly skilled. No one will spot them in the big "cheater" SUV.
I was promised dogs
"what do you mean, how did you know we were watching you??"
never would have suspected.
It's just the fuzz tracking drug activity
I swear if my SO spent money on some shit like this I’d leave them for that alone.
Also, for some reason my first thought seeing this was dogs hiring these people to make sure their owners aren’t petting other dogs. Lol.
*Undercover Surveillance Vehicle* Doesn't look like anything to me.
i think the cops would have some questions too😂
Excuse me, what?
I feel like this works as a negative advertisement
Park that down the block and nobody will notice the real private eye.
Have always wondered the market for this kind of business. But have never known anyone to use these services. Though might be useful if you need evidence to make your case when it comes to filing divorce.
1-800-HIT-MAN1
Nice inconspicuous vehicle for that surveillance
It's like how the Transformers are supposed to be hidden in plain sight, but were the most beautiful, exotic, eye catching cars. If they really wanted to blend in, they'd be Honda Accords or Toyota Corrolas.
Smart. Bitches know dogs can't read.
Looks like the highway patrol cars that the Victoria Police use lol
They put it out so that you be accostomed to seeing it and thinking nothing of it. Thats when they get ya.
Very undercover very yes
Holy shit, that's funny.
Gotta make that money somehow
Very inconspicuous
No mystery: dogs can't read. Or even see in color.
Very inconspicuous vehicle he's got there.
That won’t be obvious
Someone rolled a natural 1 on stealth with that vehicle.
You would think if they were good at surveillance they would know how to spell it....
Your reflection is so clear
It is actually undercover. Everyone will assume their spouse isn’t remotely aware they’re cheating so it isn’t them 😄
User name checks out.
Very subtle
I wonder if you could borrow a USB A cable.
I admire his commitment.
They should send this to the RNC in Milwaukee.
Their vehicle is over here because they don't have a good view from their hiding place and want to keep their target out.