{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "what IS the deal with cops and donuts, anyway?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/186806062258/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>what IS the deal with cops and donuts, anyway?</p></div>\n<p>Donut shops were traditionally some of the most likely businesses to be open very early/late or even 24hr/day. A place that could offer food and coffee and a bathroom and human contact no matter when you were on shift was a useful resource; in the other direction a cash business open late is vulnerable to holdups and a reputation that cops might drop by at any time helps. It\u2019s symbiosis.</p>"}