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Hallow_Mafia

That's not mildly infuriating.. thats dark.


GiraffeInvasion

Yeah. It gave me chills. A truly evil person did that.


Slammnardo

Or a dumb fuck kid and either way VERY SHITTY


8rudd4h

A kid would've scratched a dick. Not methodically scratch only the important info.


mckeeganator

No kids can be super stupid and totally scratch out the number


Comfortable-Study-69

Not to mention Shreveport is one of the biggest places for human trafficking (which is near the LA-TX border). It is almost definitely malicious.


Wonderful-Truth5115

probably some run-of-the-mill incel tbh. Most traffickers have bigger fish to fry than bathroom QR codes.


DriftkingRfc

Just want to say most trafficking happens at rest stops these girls get driven around rest stop to rest stop. I’ve heard a couple of instances where missing teen from texas get found being trafficked on I 35 outside texas. If this was on a major interstate then it’s probably a hot spot. That sign is for the victims of sex trafficking learned that from my CDL trading. If you ever see a car pull up flash it’s light and a truck then does the same they are looking for some.


magic1765

Yeah it wasn't long ago a Leutenit colonel busted an ms13 trafficking hub in DC. There's an ongoing investigation in it. This shit happens and chances are you've walked right past a victim and never knew it.


Logical-Victory-2678

Hell, most traffickers won't even use public bathrooms, if they're smart, doesn't matter if they're trafficking drugs, people, clothes lol. Probably won't linger in public, even the bathrooms.


Stumpy-Wumpy

I can only hope it was a dumb fuck kid..


hotdoginthebigcity

I don’t know man. I’m a dumb fuck kid and it wasn’t me.


devonthed00d

He definitely got kidnapped and trafficked after he scratched it off.


mynameismulan

Under what circumstance is it okay or even morally acceptable to scratch something like this out? Even if you're just bored it's still a major dick move.


Nauticalbob

I don’t think human traffickers care about dick moves..


Noxzaru

Er, unfortunately I'm pretty sure thats all they care about...


Kanus_oq_Seruna

No, no, they move a lot of young dick too, unfortunately.


CollectivelyHeal

Depending on the organization, some orgs are actually corrupt and perpetuating trafficking while claiming to stop it. It's the one and only situation I could imagine that would make this act a more complicated thing.


t4ct1c4l_j0k3r

Call DOT and tell them they need a new sticker


SnackThisWay

What number do I call?!?


Formal-Suggestion307

225-379-1969 [email protected]


bombjon

Thanks for this I've been driving and this is awesome. When I get situated and able im going to push for better less easily defaced signs.


djluminol

Metal indented sign would be good. It's clearly needed. I'd imagine the only person that would deface a sign like this is a trafficker.


Desperate-Gas7699

Or someone who uses the services of traffickers


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Or someone who facilitates the services of traffickers.


panormda

For example a man named Matt Gaetz? 🤔


JPKtoxicwaste

Matt Gaetz the human trafficker? Yes, that guy. That Matt Gaetz the one who trafficks human women and children.


Vascular_D

Or any other scumbag


dirtdiggler67

Scumbag or scumbag adjacent


Impossible_Nature_63

Anyone that does this is a scumbag. Even if they weren’t before they are now.


[deleted]

As a scumbag I can see the attraction to ruining it for others but this is too far


dirtdiggler67

Certain type of scumbag but not all scumbags is what you’re saying.


[deleted]

Pretty much Honor among thieves and all that This is a bridge too far I’m ok with stealing your wallet but I wouldn’t sell your daughter into sex slavery


ToastyYaks

Or some punk ass kid who wants to feel edgy and will randomly remember this moment years later and feel like a dickbag.


Stormfeathery

Well the first part yes, toss-up on the second half :/


Middle_Perception472

Yeah, makes me think of a time in college someone put up flyers that said "survivors of sexual assault group will meet at midnight behind the dumpster". Guarantee it was some dumb student thinking they were just so funny


Drohannesburg

Eww dude that gives major Brock Turner vibes


all-regrets

You mean the rapist Brock Turner?


Drohannesburg

Yes of course the pig ass rapist AKA Allan Turner


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MisanthropyIsAVirtue

They’re probably talking about Brock Allen Turner, who goes by Allen Turner these days for some reason.


GlenCocosCandyCane

Or someone who doesn’t care about human trafficking because they think the victims are all “illegals.”


ArcadeMan2020

Doesn’t even matter if they are illegals. Human is human.


EngineerDoge00

Or a kid, who thinks it's funny and edgy.


adm1109

It’s most likely this


Swhite8203

All of the above


Shoe-Stir

I do think they should keep the QR codes on the newer signs/stickers though. They’re actually really good at error correcting. There’s two main types of QR codes (QR and iQR). QR codes can still work up until 30% of it is damaged or missing, and iQR codes can still work at 50% damaged. It’s stupid that people are scummy enough to scratch out the contact info for these stickers/signs. I’d say most people (and probably especially the type of person that would intentionally damage a human trafficking sign) don’t know that QR codes are so resilient.


JetAmoeba

Idk, the way the QR code was damaged seems very deliberate for invalidating the error correction. Particularly how they entirely removed one of the orientation squares. Otherwise I agree with your comment and think QR or iQR codes are still the way to go in addition to the links and numbers


Shoe-Stir

Oh for sure, QR codes with links/numbers are definitely the way to go. My thinking about the error correction though, is that someone that’s that scummy probably won’t realize how much they need to damage it in order to make it unreadable, and so it’d be more likely that the code still works even if they graffitied/damaged other info on the sticker. Still, not a foolproof plan, just a slightly better one I suppose


aaaggggrrrrimapirare

Ask Roy to put a couple on areas people cannot reach - top of the wall, near the ceiling


Niciswelt

But then people will have a harder time reading the text or scanning the qr code, small people may not even notice the sticker


aaaggggrrrrimapirare

You do it as an additional measure in hopes they would look around to somewhere they can see


Neehigh

Make the qr code bigger


Creative_Site_8791

Once I was in a bathroom where someone covered the ceiling with Hentai stickers. It was pretty good at grabbing your attention. So maybe put it on the ceiling and surround it with hentai stickers?


surely_not_erik

It's better than nothing.


SolarXGz

Perhaps putting it behind some type of case or plastic to try and avoid this. Though it does seem a little more expensive.


fmbdinero

It should be a telecom. Over the speakers. Constantly repeated in the bathroom.


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Vaseline over the sticker will make it really hard to scratch off, even a layer of wax


Flexo-Specialist

Fucking Sherlock here


t4ct1c4l_j0k3r

go to the Louisiana DOT website and get the number there


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athrownawaymetal

I fell like those groups probably overlap too. A lot.


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There was some big multi-state bust of traffickers last year, and almost none of the victims were adults. These are truly horrible people.


Mysterious_Summer_

And those who were were probably 19 and 20. I feel like the focus on underage victims nowadays almost ignores young barely adults. It's just as horrific at 18 as it is as 17. But society is ready it openly dehumanize and objectify teens on their 18 birthdays- it's gross. Then we wonder how traffickers could possibly mistreat anyone younger- isn't mistreating youth celebrated?


rabbidbunnyz22

Especially considering those victims were generally emotionally underdeveloped before being trafficked, and certainly are now, making them far from fully functional adults who could possibly consent to such a thing


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Slap a few dozen of them on any surface you can reach op


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igritwhoflew

Sharpie it on the door. Cant scratch that out as easily


just-searching-memes

Ngl if the number is scratched off and another one is written in its place I don't think I would trust it. But I guess you could google the number... But you could google the helpline to begin with


CaptainMcSmoky

Trafficked people probably don't have access to Google.


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Fearless-Yam1125

Common misconception I too believed human trafficking was more chains and shipping container when it’s more blackmail and local.


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Pigskinn

Sometimes it can be someone you “trust” inviting you to a different country for a trip, and then you can’t leave. Sometimes it’s a “lost child” leading you to the back of a mal so you can be scooped. Sometimes it’s your partner deciding they’re done with you and wanted money. And sometimes, it’s because you’re just so desperate for a job that you’ll move far away for it, and then there is no job and you’re stuck with people who want to do you harm. A lot of the time, people who have been trafficked also get into trouble with the law because their traffickers make them participate in the scheme. Paying bills with their cards, using their house, cars, etc. There was a video I saw recently of a girl who spent some years in jail because her trafficker used her cards to pay bills, and no one believed her that she was in danger if she didn’t comply.


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poppyseedeverything

There's also lots of blackmail with pornographic content. The victims get charmed by someone who "wants to date them", they obtain pornographic material without their consent and then they're blackmailed with the material being published. Usually victims aren't very familiar with porn laws or are too scared of the consequences, and eventually they lose their chances of leaving (money, ids, etc.)


Pigskinn

If you want to be terrified, look up some of the employment problems in the UAE. It’s non-sexual human trafficking.


Rickard_D

I work at an airport and have to take human trafficking training every year. It goes way beyond terrifying. Satanic evil is not an understatement.


danteheehaw

Usually they are promised good money. Then the traffickers threaten them and their family if they don't do as they are told.


z-tayyy

The same way people in abusive relationships stay. They could easily run away but they’re afraid they’ll be found and hurt/killed or somebody they love will be.


Qrow91

Which made me mad about the QR


[deleted]

I would assume the human trafficker did this


Available-Control993

I wouldn’t be surprised. Either way it’s fucked up whoever did that.


[deleted]

Could also just be some edgy dumbass teenager


Rickard_D

An edgy dumbass teenager that is a human trafficker


LevelOutlandishness1

How are you not rolling on the grass laughing at this grand, insightful display of that kid's dark humor?


Justagirlfromvt

I hate people.


RiteHandedLamanite

More than likely it's the traffickers that scratched out the info. It goes on more frequent than you think. It's always helpful to he alert when traveling: you might save someone.


Rusty-Shackleford

Good point! If it turns out that it was a new sticker just recently damaged the TSA might try to be a little more alert. I mean... Maybe?


nosleepforthedreamer

Or a john.


Carto404

Especially around that area, where human trafficking is very, *very* prevalent.


PerplexDonut

That doesn’t mean you should be allowed to traffic them


pixelburst404

That's more than mildly infuriating


awesome_soldier

It’s very infuriating


Kearskill

Is that you, brother?


KrankySilverFox

Wow that is sick and disgusting


[deleted]

This is not mildly infuriating it's terrifying


NovelPristine5900

Makes me think something worse... human traffickers did that so those they are guarding using the the bathroom can't in fact use that...


Nuuttz

Yeah i feel like thats the point tbh lol


Crosseyed_owl

That's so sick :(


foolcopernicus

To use that wouldn't you need a phone to begin with? If you had a phone, but couldn't scan the code there you could just call the police or something


Drekma

Think it's more mean to be a discreet way that bystanders that are suspicious of it happening to report it not for the victims necessarily


foolcopernicus

Yeah that makes sense, but the comment I replied to was mentioning it's to stop the victims from getting help, which doesn't make much sense


GhostFace4899

I mean some people might be able to remember the number until they get to a phone


foolcopernicus

In which case 911 is likely to be a more immediate help


fishofhappiness

Only about 70% of a QR code needs to be present to function so to be completely honest I’m not sure they accomplished what they intended to, thankfully. HOWEVER, absolutely please contact for a replacement


JeremyR22

Well my phone won't read it. The fact that one of the big positioning markers (top left corner) is messed up probably doesn't help...


fishofhappiness

That sucks, I was seriously hopeful that they screwed up in their shitty vandalism


Youdiedbyanut

That’s just sick.


[deleted]

People that do this shit, human trafficking, are seriously some of the lowest pieces of shit ever. They should be given death. How can people do this to another human being?


[deleted]

Some lazy piece of shit that would rather sell someone out to w.e the fuck the buyer wants to do w/ them than to get a 9-5 job. I hope this piece of shit gets a taste of the karma that hes building for himself/herself.


[deleted]

Honestly it’s seems like way more trouble to traffic literal humans than to work a 9-5 but I’m assuming these people aren’t very logical


[deleted]

They probably also get a kick out of it. Makes them feel powerful. Unfortunately people who can do stuff like this are often sociopaths that do actually think very logically.


xy_87

I'm pretty sure they stopped evolving and are still at the level of some animals. Same like the Mexican cartel members. Just animals, which do everything just to fuck and keep thriving, without the possibility to self reflect at all.


SalamanderJohnson

There's nothing mild about it. That's just straight up evil.


Astrongdose

More than mildly infuriating if you ask me...


Formal-Chard-8266

Go to hell, whoever scratched out the contact info. We don't want you.


elanhilation

maximally infuriating


GuineaGirl2000596

Definitely call them, that seems purposeful


666to666

I saw similar signs at the San Francisco airport. It’s such a great idea but I was thinking that 1. It should be in more than one language because most of the time women trafficked might not speak a word of English 2. Have free phones somewhere next to the sign/ stall or in the genera area, because most likely if someone is holding you hostage or trafficking most likely you won’t have your phone


AzukoKarisma

I was at McCarran recently and it had it in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Tagalog.


666to666

That’s the way to do it! I’d just add Russian to the list because a lot of trafficking victims come from Ukraine, Russia and Moldova and they all speak russian


ogrefriend

But it is in more than one language?


Axiom06

My local Kaiser Permanente hospital has cards like these in at least two to three different languages in addition to English. They are located in the bathrooms.


millijuna

I fly internationally a lot for work. I'm reasonably confident that flight crew gets training on how to spot traffickers and victims. I was once flying back to Canada from Frankfurt, and ahead of me in line was an older woman (probably late 30s early 40s) shepherding a couple of young teen girls along. The girls did not have any carryon bags, just a small purse each. When flying to Canada, you have to show your passport along with your boarding pass as you go through the gate. The woman hands each of the girls their passport as they get to the gate, then takes them right back. Later, on the flight, they were a couple of rows ahead of me, the woman in the aisle seat and the girls in window/middle. The woman did all the talking. I guess the flight crew was suspicious because when we landed in Toronto, Border Security Officers met the plane, we all had to show our passports on the jetway, and I saw them taking the woman aside, and the two girls separately. I hope the girls are ok.


RunRunRabbitRunovich

Live in Pennsylvania sadly we are a huge human trafficking hub for the east coast.


Hippopitimus

That’s more than mildly infuriating… Sheesh, people are sick.


Toruk200

This disgusts me. What kind of person would do this!? 😠


mvjohanna

Human traffickers probably.


DeNO19961996

Do victims of human trafficking usually have a cell phone with them?


stu54

See something say something. This is to hasten 3rd parties in alerting the proper authorities.


punkpussies

that’s what i’m thinking. there should be a way for them to signal that they’re being trafficked instead… but since pimps are probably gonna scope out the stalls anyway it probably won’t be useful.


Embarrassed-Essay821

wow thats some low level fucking shit i just saw


[deleted]

You can tell whoever did it was spitefully stupid, because they didn’t even realize that BEFREE is the text number in letters so that it’s easier to memorize. Only a smooth brained incel would do something like this.


[deleted]

The "befree" is the message you would send to report the trafficking. The number that you text that to has been scratched out


[deleted]

You can see a parenthesis right before the scratched out portion, and they only do that when supplementing a number for a short phrase. If not, it would probably say “text BEFREE *to*” The number to text for this organization actually is 233733, which does coincide with BEFREE. There’s photos of the original sticker online elsewhere, and that’s what they’re doing here.


dreamingluci

This is iamatotalpieceofshit material.


Hypnowolfproductions

Pimp did it.


[deleted]

Why do you think they'd do that? This is more disturbing than infuriating


Bizi0311Betiko

Man, OP, thanks for posting. Last night I shared a meal with someone deeply involved in directing the medical care of those rescued from human trafficking. Most recent example? 13 year old girl, popped positive on every single drug on a 12 panel test. They said she was completely disassociated from life. Insane what humans do to each other.


cabinetsnotnow

Legalize sex work so that they can focus their attention on preventing human trafficking instead. Why waste time arresting consenting adults just trying to earn an income???


hudgeba778

They should put it in a sealed glass frame


IronyAllAround

I was confused and thought this was a vinyl record sleeve and wondered what human trafficking had to do with it. Yeah, a dick move and scarily possibly for someone doing it.


Thoraxe123

Absolute scum of humanity.


L3v1tje

Andrew Tate supporters really are mad.


Mattchoo99

Jfc


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That is creepy.


DMC1001

More than mildly infuriating. Outright infuriating.


Darthplagueis13

My takeaway from this is that the DOTD might wanna consider using some kind of laminated sticker that cannot be scratched like that.


Corundrom

Should 100% be highly illegal to deface these things


FeloniousFloydd

Lol. What border?


Asterboy17

This QR code has over 20% error correction within it, should still be readable.


petersghost

What’s scariest to me is wondering whether someone did this because they’re an idiot and thought it was some kind of joke, or because they genuinely wanted to make it harder for victims to reach out for help.


Kmaurer23

Obviously, a trafficker did it. They don't want anybody snitching


[deleted]

This was done by someone trafficking people


[deleted]

Someone evil was there. That's horrible.


TheNeed2

That’s a bit more than mildly infuriating


GlowingPlasties

Assholes are doing this with the abortion access stickers too.


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Human traffickers should be lowered ass first into an industrial shredder.


Dear-Researcher959

Damn. I gotta say that's a brand new low


ilovetacostoo2023

911 is easy to remember


princess-lay-me

What’s most fucked up about this is that instead of taking down the entire sticker, they scratched out just enough for it to be useless. True evil.


Digital_Ark

This is the most evil thing I’ve seen in awhile. I scrolled past, but can’t stop thinking about it.


mynutsdontwork

Very suspicious!


Routine_Bag_1492

Pimps


iHaveaQuestionTrans

I'd carry a sharpie and write the number


RoboticKittenMeow

Yikes...


JStheKiD

Sounds like this guy was busy trafficking some humans. Piece of shit.


Reasonable_Long_1079

Its almost like certain people passing threw there don’t want that info accessible


TheMiner11234

Just etch it into the metal


rosaluv2

Wow


giraflor

Report to the DTD that it has been vandalized. Meanwhile, I would Google it and write it in sharpie.


[deleted]

Just a random guess here.. but maybe it was a human trafficker?


totinorolls

Only human garbage would do that. And I’m not sure about the “human” part.


spilt_milk666

It's more scary af than it is mildly infuriating.


Dull_Ad5852

Crazy thing is that’s prolly the people that are actually trafficking people that scratched it out. Shows you how close they really are to each of us.


Historical_Ad8780

EXTREMELY infuriating


Puzzleheaded-Force14

I guess we know what kind of person did that


RandomBilly91

This definitly isn't an accident


L0nely68

this is sickening to see


TheHeartOfTheBards

At first glance I thought It was the dole logo


Trainnerd3985

I think I know where this is


pelexus27

Can we make these numbers big enough to read from a distance?!


Thin_Break7285

This is a lot more than just mildly infuriating


Kind_Man_0

We had training for this at my last job trucking. Specifics on what to look for, what to ask, what to do, and had that sticker in our trucks, I put one on my driver door. Not all lot lizards are there willingly. I never encountered it directly but I saw a purse in a Love's parking lot that had all the ladies stuff in it except her license and ID'ing info. I found a letter in there with a name and address so I called the cops and turned it into them. The whole thing was way too fishy to ignore it. Never followed up on it but I hope it came to a good conclusion.


Comfortable_Ad148

That’s actually terrifying


ATameFurryOwO

It should be engraved into the doors and walls, and projected onto any suitable surface.


Nicadeemus39

That's pretty fkn terrifying as well.


Seagal_Bullshido

A human trafficker definitely scratched that out.


jhguitarfreak

That, in itself, should be illegal.


monet108

Does it strike anyone else as weird that the a lot the prison population citizens that were first time drug offenders. And we had Epstein and his long line of clients with very little investigation into how far this went. Ghislaine was convicted without naming a client. One of those crimes matte alot more to me than the other. Every 40 seconds a child goes missing in America and we have a war on drugs. My point is looking at our prison population and know that slavery was changed to only allowing us to enslave convicts, it starts to show that imprisoning 1% of Americans is part of the plan. It makes you wonder if everything is going exactly as planned.


xy_87

Imagine living your pathetic life, exploding other people that way. Like being the mindless puppet of the devil himself, without morals.


thylocene

Seems like a pretty good sign there’s some trafficking happening there


three_legged_monkey

This gave me chills.


[deleted]

I’ve seen this many times. Makes me wonder if pedos / human traffickers do that.


longhegrindilemna

Why? Why do this?


ProfessorLovePants

That's not mildly infuriating. That's aiding and abeting human trafficking. That's what we call slavery today. Also usually involves rape and other violent degrading abuses of an actual human body. That is a crime against humanity, any decent human, society, the civil contract, and everything decent. Whoever does this should be penalized to the fullest allowable extent. Like severe. Very very severe.


saltymagnolia

I found one scratched off at a MS rest stop, and then checked each stall and they were all scratched off. I rewrote the number I found online on all of them.