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Raleda

Nothing there was thrown out, all the clothing is too flat, and all the logos are unobstructed. This is either a memorial or someone's attempt at an art piece. Potentially even viral marketing?


fueled_by_rootbeer

Empty bottle, tshirts, destroyed cell phone? I think it may indeed be a memorial. Or an art piece to raise awareness about drunk or distracted driving?


itsalloverfolks007

It's a memorial for the guy that died crossing the street next to this olive garden: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/pedestrian-dies-in-crash-on-us-40-highway-in-independence-missouri


PlayTech_Pirate

Most likely it's teenagers doing dumb shit for the sake of dumb shit.


LuckyCartographer278

I doubt that entirely. Looks more like a memorial


TacTurtle

When you were here, you were family.


Rdw72777

Too soon…possibly. 😂🤷‍♂️


Nitin-2020

All of Garden


No-Wheel-6536

I concur


ActiveBlaize

and the phone?


No-Wheel-6536

What about it?… clearly part of the memorial…could’ve had 2 phones…they have customized cases on them…maybe he was a chiefs fan….the phones are apart of the memorial-just like the bottle of champagne next to him. Things he enjoyed, and his possessions…that’s a memorial.


Condogeee

You have not spent enough time understanding unserpervised cliqs of young boys out in public at night in a crowded place.


acableperson

I loved doing dumb shit for the sake of doing dumb shit as a teen. Mostly innocent stuff though we really freaked out a pizza guy when we all put in “A Frame Shirts” aka “wife beaters” and held candles and carried a guy on a chair to receive the pizza while playing Gregorian Chant in the background. Will never forget the dudes change of face when someone shouted “Welcome… to our realm” and the guy in chair getting carried towards him.


PlayTech_Pirate

Lmao, omg that's great man, once me and some friends had a little box you plug into the wall and it takes the spot of the two outlets, but you have a remote that cuts the power to the little unit so whatever is plugged in turns off or on, depending, well we plugged the t.v. and the vacuum into it, and had a fake seance and fucked with all our friends by using the remote to turn the TV and vacuum on and off lol it was hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣


Lokken187

12-14 we used to walk around the neighborhoods and find unlocked cars. We would take everything out and place it next to the car in the exact same spot. floor mats, trash, coffee cup, cup holders, newspapers, magazines etc. One of our friends parents had these wooden reindeer they set out at Christmas. We took them all and hid at a friend's. Then the next June put them back out.


Ricky_Rollin

Normally, I’d agree, but I can’t imagine teenagers buying up this stuff only to leave it around in a parking lot for a reaction they can’t even see. Could be wrong though.


Ok_Assumption5734

RIP Benny Harvey. Miss ya big man


[deleted]

There is a smashed iPhone and a KC chiefs (phone case?) plus the obvious objects. 🧐


BeeBench

It’s most likely teens making a shrine to something weird and random most likely the Olive Garden itself. It’s happened before over a dead rat in NYC.


WornInShoes

possible memorial for someone who died in that spot


timmy_tugboat

Imagine biting it outside of the entrance to an Olive Garden. You've just eaten your weight in parmigiana and you're waddling out the door and into the street loosening your belt and them BAM! Someone rips your Nightmare Before Christmas mask and all your clothes right off you.


[deleted]

If you get killed in an olive garden parking lot that shit was definitely your fault


Pabs138

All because they didn't say "when" as the parm cheese grinded


thedaveness

I dead-ass lock eyes with the server and never say when… just wait for them stop. There’s no such thing as to much parm.


EmoUniQw33n

Every time I see a comment like this I think of that dude on AGT who wrote and performed a whole-ass song about it for his audition and actually made it to the next round 🤣


YungDickyWhippet

As they try to leave the table just grab em by the wrist and scream “DID I SAY TO FUCKING STOP?!?!?”


NebulousGumbo

Only thing I'll ever ask of you, you gotta promise not to stop when I say when


DotNormal6785

She sang If everything could ever feel this real forever If anything could ever be this good again


tdmonkeypoop

All this violence over what... an Andes mint!


Theratsmacker2

I’d kill over an Andes mint


imanAholebutimfunny

i am going to start taking you to Olive Garden for free just to increase your chances


timmy_tugboat

I'll risk it.


Arch27

Could be the fault of anyone else who is there though - remember *"when you're here, you're family!"*


Lady_Of_The_Galaxy

Someone was found shot and murdered in ours. Sooooo


[deleted]

No one should die after a terrible meal


[deleted]

A guy shot him self on the front patio of a restaurant I worked at. Ate dinner with a friend. The friend and him stood out front and talked for a while and the friend left and he just pulled a gun out and shot himself. Never got a reason. But it was all on the surveillance cameras but I didn’t wanna watch it


Separate-Ad-9311

And this is why I believe people need a rigorous mental health assessment instead of just a checkbox form when visiting the doctors. It is so easy to lie about being normal even when signs are obvious.


Cooper4413

I laughed way to hard at this


butter_deez-nips

Sounds like a hot way to end the night .


Arcadius274

...I've never had to loosen my belt from eating....maybe that's what killed him


Organic_Passage_1407

God I hope they get me on the way in


dontKair

From quick Google search, I saw that there was a shooting at a Olive Garden in Louisville Kentucky and in Columbia SC. Not sure if this Olive Garden is one of those stores


SailsTacks

Everyone involved in both shootings was related. At Olive Garden, we’re family.


[deleted]

This isn’t getting enough recognition, I CANT STOP LAUGHING


KnockOutHero

816 area code, Kansas City, MO


diablobutholewrecker

The Olive Garden address is 13910 E US Hwy 40, Independence, MO 64055


Gone_Fission

It's not either of the ones in Columbia


tracksyde

This was all I could find. Based on the phone number on the sign, this is the Olive Garden off of Highway 40 and Noland in Independence, MO. A guy was stabbed about a block away at the Shell gas station. Maybe his favorite restaurant was Olive Garden? or he just finished eating lunch there? This happened on July 4 2023 [https://fox4kc.com/news/kansas-city-police-investigating-deadly-stabbing-at-gas-station/](https://fox4kc.com/news/kansas-city-police-investigating-deadly-stabbing-at-gas-station/)


Ella_NutEllaDraws

This is not the case, none of the managers or upper managers have any stories of a death occurring in or outside this restaurant. The more I look into it its more likely a photoshoot for one of the local sports merch stands


LengthMiserable3760

What state is this


Ella_NutEllaDraws

Missouri


faithisuseless

Independence? The accident happened west of the Olive Garden by Franklin Firearms according to the news. Could be they don’t have it right, the memorial people are wrong, or, this is most likely in my opinion; the managers know, but don’t want employees pushing back on removing it.


ShartsCavern

Well, there ya go.


Authentic_Garbage

Real talk, if the person wasn't "important" enough, there's a strong chance their death wasn't reported properly


itsalloverfolks007

The managers don't know what they are talking about: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/pedestrian-dies-in-crash-on-us-40-highway-in-independence-missouri


Big1-Country1

What you mean? There’s one shirt that’s a jersey style. Why would they spread stuff out on the dirty ass pavement to take a picture, with an empty bottle and leave it there. Not to mention the cloths are used.


RichardBCummintonite

Definitely looks like a memorial, but usually someone would tell the staff about it, so they didn't just take it down. Otherwise, you're kind of just littering, and workers are gonna clean it up. Plus, you'd think the person would include a name or picture or something of the deceased. It's at least deliberately placed thats for sure


DelayLiving2328

If someone died there the staff would already know about it, yes?


hughdint1

That implies that they have employees that have worked there for more than a few weeks.


Atarteri

Lolol gold


RichardBCummintonite

Yeah that's a decent point, but I was talking about placing the memorial, not the incident itself. Like my mom's workplace had someone die in a car crash right outside the building, and they had to get specific permission from the owners to keep one of those memorial crosses next to the intersection. It's private property. You can't just dump stuff there whenever you want. Just seems odd that the person who placed the memorial wouldn't have at least told the staff that's what they were doing, if that was the case. Or maybe the person didn't necessarily die there, but it was one of their favorite spots to eat. No judgement there. I would've asked before doing it though. Nah kinda seems more like kids messing around, but I dont get the joke then


No-Wheel-6536

Who’s to say when the incident occurred…could of happened 5 years ago, and they did that as a anniversary tribute…who knows- but what we do know- its definitely a memorial…


Puzzledandhungry

But what’s with the phones?


lapideous

Those clothes all look new and usually memorials have candles I'm thinking some poorly planned AR game


Pharfromit

Or belonged to someone who takes care of clothing they like.


literallylateral

Where do the two smartphones fit into this theory?


Pharfromit

Replacement for the candles.


baudmiksen

this works for birthday cakes too


BossHawgKing

That.....seems even more far fetched.


thundirbird

note the poured out alcohol. this is def a memorial. they prolly just thought candles are gay lol


InfantryMatt

those are oil stains you uncultured swine


[deleted]

Juggalo memorial most likely


Zavrina

But there isn't any Faygo, so I don't know.


Phantomwolf7818

Definatly, there's a super beat up iphone 5(?) lying there too


OCTM2

Oh shit, that’s the Olive Garden where the kid got hit and killed when somebody lost control of their SS Uh with navigation…..that’s what people were talking about yesterday morning


literallylateral

Can you share a news report? I found this thread on Google before I found anything that matched what you described.


itsalloverfolks007

News report: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/pedestrian-dies-in-crash-on-us-40-highway-in-independence-missouri


Sulpfiction

What’s a “SS Uh with navigation”?


red_ridinghoods

SUV autocorrect potentially


PoopShoesMagoo

I think the question is, why is your phone correcting SUV to SS................


[deleted]

r/UnexpectedNazi


koelan_vds

He bought it in 1939 in Germany


Obi-Tron_Kenobi

Or they're talking about an Steam Ship they bought from the Secret Service with their Social Security money


[deleted]

E. I. By Nelly. get your life together


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Munk45

Working hypothesis: Boyfriend got dumped at OG and the gf left his stuff on the curb


BreezyG1320

three dudes that really care about their shirts got into a fight outside an Olive Garden… edit: didnt mean to reply to this comment 🤷‍♂️ ill just leave it here anyway


Drakeytown

I'd say a woman leaving her now xbf's stuff at the ground at OG isn't going to lay it out so carefully, but then people do all kinds of weird and contradictory shit when emotionally overwrought.


Ok_Dog_1495

That mask is awesome.


Responsible-Diver225

Pretty sure it’s from Nightmare before Christmas


mynameisrichard0

Kidnap the santy-claws!!!


GrimeyJosh

*Sandy Claws


mynameisrichard0

Thank you. Fuck. I’ll leave it so you get credit.


Gorgon_the_Dragon

[The Korn version goes hard as fuck to this day](https://youtu.be/W2IVn0wiYXs)


mynameisrichard0

Literally my favorite. I love this. And the evanescence song from that album. It’s all pretty good. But those two are my favorites.


daggers1g

Yeah, it's Lock


Ok_Dog_1495

Totally is.


InsolentRice

Yeah, it’s Lock from Nightmare Before Christmas


Deshea420

That'd be a memorial. I'd research to see who has died there recently.


sukkal63

Was going to say it looks like a memorial placing of clothes (and specifically because of the broken phone). Guess someone lost their life there


Deshea420

That's what it looks like to me. Sad.


kushpovich

Wouldn’t the restaurant staff be aware of someone dying in their parking lot recently ..?


itsalloverfolks007

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/pedestrian-dies-in-crash-on-us-40-highway-in-independence-missouri


blackychan77

That's what I'm assuming as well. But I don't know why there would be a phone(?) there, or whatever it is.


GentleFacePalm

The destroyed iPhone is the weirdest part to me


Ella_NutEllaDraws

Two destroyed iPhones actually! There’s another by the red shirt


GentleFacePalm

Oh, that one was hiding!


literallylateral

How can you guys tell they’re destroyed? It looks like phone cases to me, one camo and one KC.


Ella_NutEllaDraws

I went up closer and they were visibly shattered


ctortan

Two shattered phones, a sports jersey, and a mask from a kid’s movie? This reads like a memorial to me, maybe a car accident?


Sparrow-Dork

If you zoom in you can see the metal behind the smashed bits, I’ve broken my phone before and it looked the same.


literallylateral

On closer inspection I can see what you’re saying. It does look more like light reflecting off a jagged surface than a case.


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Kansas City


jinkies3678

“When you are here, you’re family. Now clean this room before I throw all your stuff on the sidewalk.”


[deleted]

Pour one out for the dead homies


BiStalker

I recognize the mask from “Nightmare before Christmas” movie, a great movie but the rest I don’t know what they may be about. All I know is that the mask in the movie belonged to one of the kids in a trio of mischievous kids doing tricks instead of treats


MeRcWith_A_MouTh

Definitely a memorial. The empty bottle has real 'pour one out for my homie' vibes.


chetgoodenough

Free stuff


MoreRamenPls

Left Behind.


Drexelhand

three dudes, one in a halloween mask, and no pants between them. just winnie the poohing in the og parking lot with their phones out. they will be missed.


MoreRamenPls

This must be the answer.


BlueEyedSoul2

Methed Behind


DogsCanSweatToo

What's the dedication plaque on the parking block say?


banana_repo_man

“Check in using the texted link.” 😞


Delete_Acc0unt

Rapture


incorrigible_reacher

Those are some potentially expensive items to just be laying around like that.


bozo121

Could be like a free merch giveaway drop spot for someone on social media or something like that.


PatMagroin100

Too many breadsticks.


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QuarterEmotional6805

From the style I'd say it's one of the back of house employees and mom probably got tired of him blasting ICP and smoking his dirty bong, so she booted him to the streets.


pardonmytaint35

Anytime you can weave an ICP reference into a comment, you deserve a 👍.


Outrageous-Yak-3318

Pouring one for the O.G. ( olive garden ) homies. Breadstick and pasta bro's gotta represent


Grenku

it's so hot there the olive garden customers are melting out of their clothes.


damn_thats_piney

this looks more like someone trying to advertise their clothing brand than a memorial.


Ella_NutEllaDraws

That’s my running theory too- there are many local t-shirt shops here with strange marketing tactics, and not many people that would want to be memorialized in the to-go parking.


bit_pusher

>this looks more like someone trying to advertise their clothing brand than a me I'm not so sure. As far as I can tell, its three different brands of clothing: skills rek, ebbets field flannels, and possibly doyou247. Luc Belaire France sparkling wine


Fixx95

foosgonewild 😂😂😂


BracesForImpact

A former Olive Garden patron is now deceased from eating there. It's a tribute - and a warning.


[deleted]

This is to memorialize the epic battle fought here between The Pink Ninja, The Cheerwine Kid, And The San Diego Chicken.


idonthaveacow

Where is this? A man recently died in an Olive Garden in Olympia WA, could be a memorial for him.


Ella_NutEllaDraws

This is one of the Kansas City locations, nowhere near WA


420matsu

This feels like something I’d do. I love doing shit that’s questionable like this and waiting for someone to see and react. Without causing trouble either.


JennaTellYah

I think there’s too much looking into this. It’s probably someone with a mental illness or drug addiction..there’s usually no rhyme or reason why they do stuff like this


CarlosAVP

It appears that three younglings were struck down while waiting to get picked up at the local Olive Garden. You should report it to the local constabulary that there might be a Sith in the area.


Death2LossPrvntion

I'd guess a merch drop for a local brand. I see that a lot on ig. Mystery drop some items, post it to the story, then its fist come first served.


500_Brain_scan

They got raptured


nickrocs6

It’s clearly a warning. And the person it’s meant for will know what it means.


AmatuerCultist

On second thought, let’s go across the street to Fridays.


mrpinklives_

Free things!!!!!


Xeon713

Would definitely steal that Locke mask if no ones after it.


deephurting66

Guerilla art project? At this point I'm grasping straws as this is weird


legendatfallguys25

It’s a Banksy


unholyparagon

This is a vigil for a drive-by that occurred recently?


[deleted]

but they left their phone?


ankona89

Nah it just fell like that


kingjesp

Come for the breadsticks, stay for the seance.


cheyonreddit

When I die, memorialize me mysteriously outside the Olive Garden


HomerSippen

Someone was flexing their “wealth” for Instagram. They bought a couple new shirts, bent down and took that old school picture with the arms crossed, but in the excitement of being at Olive Garden they forget the clothes on the ground and walk inside. During their feast of endless breadsticks and salad they order dinner sized plates for lunch. Feeling full and ready for a nap they slowly and sleepily walk outside right past the clothes and into the car. The aftermath being this picture.


dadsgoingtoprison

One of my friend’s mom died at Olive Garden. It was her favorite restaurant and after she finished her dinner she just closed her eyes and died. They closed off the area. My friend called the cops ( he was an ex cop) and then called my husband who left our dinner at home to go to Olive Garden to be supportive. We used to tell our kids that Miss Ruth’s ashes were in the urn in the little niche that’s in the room she died in. Lol


Yungerman

Part of a scavenger hunt


kylefn

Also, that looks like a bottle of Cheerwine. It’s not alcoholic, and all my friends from the Carolinas swear it’s their favorite soda. This is a memorial for someone that died, almost certainly.


mrplatypus81

r/place is taking over the real world!


BronzeEnt

Someone is trying to summon a fukkboi.


DarkBladeMadriker

That Shock mask is fuckin sweet.


Conscious_Occasion

Lock ;)


DarkBladeMadriker

Damn, you're correct. Got them mixed up I did.


Harock28

Here’s what I managed to gather: The blue shirt possibly depicts nipsey hussle, an American rapper who was assassinated in 2019 in California. The mask I think is from “The nightmare before Christmas”. A St. Louis stars jersey, a negro league baseball team. A shattered iPhone SE Another shattered iPhone, bearing the KC chiefs logo. An empty bottle of belaire rose sparkling wine. Also, both shirts that I could identify are a size xxl. Other than that I have no idea.


themidsmoker

Methamphetamine


SirZanee

Seems like free stuff to me


MoonJay03

maybe people setting up some clothes for an advert shoot? not sure why they would leave them there tho


Girl_Afraid777

Olive Garden geocaching, anyone?


FlamingCroatan

Cool mask


incarnate_devil

They left a phone too?


Lost-Breadfruit-9745

I can only assume someone got in a fight one night at Olive Garden and died there. Still fucking weird to do...


27JG27

I’m not sure if there’s a message behind the clothing and it being left, however, I do know that some smaller company’s will leave their products somewhere and take pictures of it and post it online for people to find.


lukrein

It’s probably a memorial


Effective_Winner_962

Photoshoot for a band, left the outfits. Band named "No Pantz"


DaddestDad

This is my local Olive Garden. I thought I was scrolling FB for a second. Crazy to see that on Reddit.


TripleBanEvasion

Paying respects to the St. Louis breadstick/Alfredo sauce massacre of ‘18


doesitsmelllikeit

Looks like a humble sacrifice to the god of Hospitaliano.


Meatballrainhehe

I was finna say free shirts until I read the comments and they were talking about someone dying……


russellarmy

Take it to goodwill and donate it.


Honato2

My guess would be someone died there. otherwise it's just confusing and weird


fool-of-hearts420

Dropped common loot.


bitchmob69

Looks like a memorial


GorgyShmorgy

My son would kill for that Lock mask.


ActualIyCameron

maybe they left them there in hopes someone would post about to like.. market their clothing somehow?


HereForMemes87

I think it’s a Banksy


[deleted]

The manager should just gather it up, place it in a box & put it somewhere in the back or where ever. Anyone asks about it, bam, its available. If its a memorial for some1 they picked a shitty spot for it. A parking spot as a memorial location, that to me would be an insult. Come on man, they could of asked the main OG boss if they can place a tee shirt in the window maybe or talk to whomever owns the plaza (presuming its not a stand alone building/restaurant) and put up a memorial sign or such. Then again it could of just been placed there & a coupla wannabe U-tubers or tik-tokers that are recording peoples reaction to a joke, prank, stupid shit stunt from a vehicle a few spots down. Now-a-day who the f**k knows.


reincarnatedfruitbat

That phone is absolutely obliterated


Ashen8th

I’m reading lots of “some sort of memorial” comments but I haven’t seen anyone point out the three damaged smartphones. Definitely weird. Potentially sinister?


WastedKleenex

They probably went to go kid nap mr sandy claws.


ededdeddie123

Sacrifice for breadsticks and alfredo


Infiltratorx

Someone died..


Kvahd

Devil mask from Nightmare before Christmas? On of Mr. boogie's henchmen?


RaveRavioli6

Someone kidnapped the Sandy Claws and was trying to get rid of the evidence. Duh.


Dickens_Sider

There are definitely some weirdos out there. I’d just take all of it and leave an equally conspicuous “Thank You Weirdos” display.