200mil est. damages. shoulda just gave the guy a living wage

Apr 9, 2026 6:10 PM

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Imagine if we worked together to earn a living wage.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Did the guy down with the ship or is he in custody?

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

He is in custody

3 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Look, the people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. Do not... fuck with us.

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

they should make less-flammable warehouses

3 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 3

It stored paper products. Difficult to make less-flammable paper.

3 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

Not dofficult, just more expensive

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

This guy is my new hero

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

How much do they make each year from not paying people a living wage. ? I bet it's more than 200 mil.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Warehouse Luigi

3 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 4

Wareluigi?

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Be a shame if more of this would happen.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

https://abc7.com/post/employee-arrested-arson-kimberly-clark-distribition-center-destroyed-massive-fire-ontario/18851549/

3 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

i like how abc just flat out lies

3 months ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 3

*"All you had to do was pay us enough to fucking live."

3 months ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 1

He’s just got Trump Derangement Syndrome..

-News probably

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

seems to me that a factory making paper products should have a fire suppression system. clearly endangering factory and employees to scrape more money to the shareholders. wonder what they'll say about their investment now?

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Accord to another comment, they were apparently deactivated by the FD after their arrival, at the request of the company in question to prevent damage to products, after which the hero lit secondary fires.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

First a CEO, now an expensive piece of infrastructure filled with product. But they'll double down on just paying the barest minimum and add the question "Are you likely to go rogue over low wages and burn the place down?"

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Whattaya gonna do, FINE me? With what, the wages he wasn't paying me enough of in the first place, which is why we're here right now? Hold on, I t'ink I might have, Yeap, JACK in this pocket, and SHIT in the udda' pocket. I ain't own a HOUSE, I ain't own a CAR, all I got for youse is dese here two birds.

3 months ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

Not to put too fine a point on it, but if he can't afford to live, and his only option for shelter is prison *anyway...*

Yeah.

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Fucking rockstar, if no one got hurt.

3 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

absolute flurry of pizza party appreciation meetings in the surrounding warehouses today.

3 months ago | Likes 375 Dislikes 2

They would go cheap and bust out the marshmallows and sticks, calling it a "Outdoor Team-Building Exercise" I mean, they already have a fire and all.....

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Last time they ordered pizza, it was 2 medium pizzas for like 15 dudes..... I feel appreciated/s

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"So we're all gonna have to have you start wearing these tracking collars... yes they do have a small amount of explosives in it, put it on or you're fired."

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

does the Pentagon Pizza Index work outside of DC??

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Cheese, pepperoni, and sausage? Never anything good. Not even a veggie or supreme. You know Karen, some of us aren't just basic bitches.

3 months ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 2

my boss always wanted to order one cheese, one roni, one CBR, and one mushroom, jalapeno, banana peppers - his own favorite mix, which sent the rest of us gagging.

3 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Sounds like a dick, though I'm down for the mushroom/jalapeno part. Banana peppers, not so much. And i kinda like anchovies sometimes. It got me an extra pizza once, they made it with Alfredo sauce, and no one in the store wanted it, so they gave me the mistake.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I won't yuck your yum :) /backs away quietly

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

We keep this up (treating them like they do in France), and we could actually fix this shit?

3 months ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Technically we are breaking this shit. It is all designed to funnel rights and money to elite landowners / business men using politicians and priests to placate the unwashed masses. We have been slowly breaking it for generations and have seen some definite gains since the internet discovered porn and became an everyday tool.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

Yes

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How do they treat them in France?

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Historically, with sharpened gravity.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

This is the art of the proletariat, and it is beautiful.

3 months ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 4

3 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

We all know they had insurance, and yes it negatively impacts many other employees at the bottom rungs of the ladder. However, do this enough and insurance simply collapses. Do this enough and the kumquats in government have to begin addressing the grievances of the working class. It's economic terrorism, yes, but it's this or seizing the means of production. Both are gonna be painful, but this method is faster. Also, business can't business without product, so there is ongoing loss.

3 months ago | Likes 36 Dislikes 3

"it's this or seizing the means of production"

This is actually part of seizing the means to production. This right here is like, step 1: fight the fuck back and destabilize the current system. (Really it's like step 2, we should REALLY be organizing to do this instead of waiting on individuals to snap)

Economic terrorism is just what the owning class wants to call revolutionary working class action. Give it its proper name and don't use their labels.

3 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Jfc, is everyone on Imgur a psychopath? How many fellow employees are now without work and pay now because of this sociopath? Do you think this will even cause a company this big to flinch? It won’t. But a lot of people that live paycheck to paycheck will now have to soon live without a paycheck because of this very selfish act.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 5

Miss me with this shortsighted take. You are in desperate need of educating yourself on the history of working class action and politics.

They were already not being paid enough to live. All you're doing is trying to justify them needing to slave their lives away to make profits for the owning class.

Fix your perspective and find some solidarity with the oppressed instead of carrying water for their oppressors.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Calling it terrorism is complying in advance.

3 months ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 2

this is literrally terrorism by definition

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 4

It's LITERALLY not.

He isn't coercing them to do anything for him. Had no threats and conditions those threats needed to meet. At most vandalism. Terrorism is about the intention/goal, in this case it was about the deed. There were no demands, but only 'retaliation' by vandalism. Aka arson.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

You know what, fair callout. I went looking into the roots of the word and it turns out Terrorism as a term came about during the French Revolution to describe the acts the GOVERNMENT was executing against its people. I retract my use of the word, "economic violence" seems more accurate. I apologize for using the label.

3 months ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 1

3 months ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

Put a new coat of paint on it, it’s fine. -Landlords

3 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 2

I’ll be cheering in the streets the day the landlord gets clapped.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I hope the other CEOs understand that we all have a limit to our tolerance

3 months ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 2

3 months ago | Likes 99 Dislikes 3

it's a good start. make it far more expensive to rob employees than to pay a fair wage

3 months ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 2

rock on!!!

3 months ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 2

"Eat shit, upper management, investors and stock holders."

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Did this place not have fire suppression sprinklers?

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Apparently the arsonist waited until after the FD had been instructed to deactivate the sprinkler system (as a measure to prevent damage to stock which was all toilet paper lol), then re-lit multiple fires.

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

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3 months ago (deleted Apr 14, 2026 11:36 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

do you think you would get fire if the building you worked at burned down?

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Probably enough fire going around to at least let me light a dart without a BIC.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'd bet my eye that at least the half of them (if not more) were aware of 3rd party "subcontractors" working for shit pay and getting face-fucked by management alongside their more comfortable wages/salaries, but did absolutely nothing. What the fuck kind of point are you making that he didn't work directly for Kimberly-Clark, as if that makes a huge difference when he works in their facility?

3 months ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 5

Well at least the companies won't use this as an excuse to raise pricing on all paper products

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

You ah... got any sources to back up any of that?

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Would've been cheaper than $200,000,000.

3 months ago | Likes 126 Dislikes 6

200 mil will be seen as a loss. Insurance will cover it and the loss will be taken as a tax write off.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I doubt they'll lose any money. But they'll probably lower pay and cut jobs

3 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Insurance will pay it.

3 months ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 3

They'll overstate their losses for a profit. The shortage means they can raise prices on the remaining inventory for a higher profit margin. Since it's arson they'll weasel their way out of paying any layoff compensation packages to the workers. The influx of unemployed works means other companies who are hiring can now get away with offering even lower wages. This guy screwed over everyone but his employer.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Insurance *might* pay it. Unless you buy the really nice insurance, it may not include coverage for deliberate destruction (arson) and thus not be covered. Always gotta check that policy :)

3 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Their insurance premiums will still go up by more than it would have cost to pay their employees adequately.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

But will it pay the next time?

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If you don’t think this will increase their premiums by a significant percentage, you are highly mistaken.

3 months ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 1

Oh no. Anyways.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

And others premiums too

3 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

So now they will charge more for their product to customer to not lose money

3 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

I would say that they’d still have to compete with the market but the market no longer competes… too many monopolies, everyone is racing for the highest price

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If you've never totaled a vehicle, you are never made fully whole. Even companies get goomba stomped a little

3 months ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Don’t worry. The consumers will be passed along the cost…..

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

A couple of months after paying off a Toyota Camry, single owner, no serious incidents, wife got clipped, totaled the car. We got 8 grand for a car that's gonna cost $35000 to replace...

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yarp it's butt

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm going to wait for more details before celebrating or condemning.

3 months ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 4

Celebrate it. They could have just paid the man a living wage. They chose this.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Guy recorded himself lighting things on fire, then posted it on social media

3 months ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

So like, no fire suppression system?

3 months ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 2

Did a double tap. One arson to trigger the sprinklers, firefighters turn them off. the "real" arson that doesn't get sprinkled.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You can see it spraying in the video the arsonist made of himself lighting shit on fire, it just ... it's not nearly the amount of water you'd need. Dude was lighting toilet paper on fire which was still mostly in plastic so the fire was mostly protected from what was basically mist by the time it got to the floor. Utterly insufficient fire suppression design and should make warehouse owners/workers super concerned about THEIR warehouse fire suppression effectiveness.

3 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

No, just systemic class suppression.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

"Officials said the building has a fire suppression system, which was operating but was compromised when a portion of the roof collapsed."
https://abc7.com/post/employee-arrested-arson-kimberly-clark-distribition-center-destroyed-massive-fire-ontario/18851549/

3 months ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 0

"a motive for the alleged arson has not been determined"....... Did they even watch the video he posted? Or are they intentionally downplaying the reason?

3 months ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 0

Never forget that most media is owned by the right and exists, in its current structure, solely to manipulate the population for the benefit of the owning class.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They're intentionally downplaying it. They are fucking terrified of the common man rising up.

3 months ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

they MUST downplay it. remember with Luigi when talking heads had to pretend like the motives for the killing were unclear? the silence is deafening

3 months ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

That would be nearly as expensive as paying a living wage. The stuff in the warehouse is insured, and who cares about the workers?

3 months ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 3

Most large companies carry life insurance on their full time employees.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

To pay out to their families, or to profit from their deaths?

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

To cover the cost of replacing the employee.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The fire department shut off the suppression system when they were putting out the fire in the first warehouse as to save dmg to the other warehouses and products.

So he went into those warehouses when they shut the suppression system down and lit them up.

3 months ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Good for him.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

so this means I should hoard toilet paper again -idiots

3 months ago | Likes 205 Dislikes 7

It was Scott's brand, so only marginally better than the stuff you use in public restrooms

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I already saw someone yesterday with a cart loaded with toilet paper, stacked taller than him. Not saying it's related, but he may have been patient zero at my local grocery store.

3 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Unless you buy a heated one, bidets are fairly cheap.

3 months ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

$50 and somehow it can still laser target my butthole.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

You've used up your COVID hoard already?

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Get a bidet sprayer. They cost $20 and install with no tools.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Uhhh now we'll actually have to.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 4

There was NEVER any need to. If the entire supply chain depends on 1 warehouse somewhere, you're all fucked.

3 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Funny similar coincidence with the oil reserves. We cut off foreign supplement and -- bam. The coupon we relied upon to get by expires. I'm interested to know how many months of TP one warehouse holds now.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Honestly probably not much. The point of warehouses is not to max out your on-hand inventory, but to keep that inventory flowing. Also having just one location like that overserving an area is not the best move logistically.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I think this means that we found another Luigi, this time in the blue collar sector.

3 months ago | Likes 78 Dislikes 5

I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't see anyone. The building spontaneously caught fire. I don't care what videos you have. Those were obviously fake news videos made aliens (taking a page out of the maga book).

3 months ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

The videos were AI slop. Obviously.

3 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

A hero doesn’t risk the lives of other workers or neighbors or fire fighters. This asshole was a sociopathic dirt bag. Probably was paid minimally because of minimal effort, but blamed others for his own shortcomings.

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 10

workers were already evacuated due to his previous actions. firefighters themselves said it was fine and that the paved lots around the facility made it easy to contain. any other complaints you've made up on the spot from first principles?

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not that you actually care, but:
“Worker Uncertainty: Displaced employees have expressed fear and uncertainty regarding their survival and future employment, with some colleagues noting that everyone is now effectively without a job at that location.”
What about these people’s ability to make a livable wage now?

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

you've made an order of magnitude jump in your goalposts from immediate danger to economic harm. if thats where you want to jump to, then my response is

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

who called this guy a hero? he isnt. what this represents is the anger and desperation of millions of workers. we have fucking had enough

3 months ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 2

The estimated average pay for a warehouse worker at Kimberly-Clark in the US is approximately $26.45 per hour. That is reasonable pay for unskilled labor.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 5

there is no such thing as unskilled labor, and this guy was a third party contractor, which means kimberly clark is offloading its work to a cheap alternative instead of hiring people

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Unfortunately this needs to be done to every factory in order for change to occur

3 months ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 10

Honestly, one in a hundred would result in some change. One in ten would turn the power equation on its head.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This is a good start, though.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Accelerationist talk.

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 16

Class conscious and revolutionary talk*

FIFY.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

What's that

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Some communists want things to get worse on theory that it will “accelerate” the revolution

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I don't want things to get worse but I do agree with that RFK quote about inevitable violent protest, when the people you elect to represent you completely ignore their constituents and people will start dying as a result then what other courses of action are left?

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

JFK JESUS FUCK WHAT A TYPO

3 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

You know all that is ensured so the company wont pay shit. The only person he is hurting are his fellow employees bc now none of them have work

3 months ago | Likes 81 Dislikes 45

Oh come now! You can't expect the working class to actually accomplish something. Results are for Democrats not us enlightened Millenials!

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 13

Ideally insurance companies will now check a bit more how flammable the inventory is and/or how employees are being compensated.

3 months ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

His fellow employees that probably were going to be replaced by ai/automation in the coming months anyways....

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Cpmpanies like these are usually self-insured by a sister corporation. That or they are in fire a long legal battle cuz you can bet insurance will deny the claim and say they could have just paid a living wage.

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Depends, I know my facility if someone causes an incident outside the scope of their said health and safety protocol they can deny the claim. Had that happen at my company recently. Employee got a suspension, but company is over 100k in fines and damages. So like even if someone started a fire, they could be like, well your warehouse didn't have adequate sprinklers or safety protocols, this is your fault, you're paying.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Nah. Keep burning their warehouses and insurers wont insurer them.

3 months ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 2

Sounds like they have time on their hands to set more fires

3 months ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

But Imgur wants to be mad and 14 not sane and rational about this. Literally cheering for arson. This place is beyond fucked.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 10

Naa, its the internet. Im suprised I haven't been told to eat a di...

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

Im sure actually impact is that it will now be easier management to fire weird/disagreeable employees on theory that they may do they same

3 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Can you bootlicking shits stop harshing the vibe?
Grow the fuck up and stop spreading your ignorance on the net. We have enough!

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

The 200 mil comes out of someone’s pocket.

3 months ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 2

The people who have insurance through that company.

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

And insurers charge for that coverage! Insurers certainly don’t provide coverage for free!

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

They literally said the people paying for insurance through them will be the ones paying for this

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yours and mine when prices go up.

3 months ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 4

Exactly

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Insurance isn't going to air drop a new warehouse or reroute incoming shipments, the owners are still going to take a major hit.

3 months ago | Likes 97 Dislikes 4

Unless they have business interruption insurance

3 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Maybe, maybe not. It was a third party partner. Might be happy to get a check and leave the business.

3 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You can buy insurance for those kind of expenses too. They wont take a direct hit. Instead they will get hit with increased insurance premiums over the next decade. That's what insurance is for, amortizing risk over a long period of time. The fire proves the risk is greater than the insurance company thought, so the payments will go up to compensate.

3 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

What company was that so I can avoid their tp for my bunghole?

3 months ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Kimberly Clark

3 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Ah thanks, they own: Kimberly-Clark brand name products include Kleenex facial tissue, Kotex feminine hygiene products, Cottonelle, Scott and Andrex toilet paper, Wypall utility wipes, KimWipes scientific cleaning wipes and Huggies disposable diapers and baby wipes.

3 months ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

And many many more...

3 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0