Good service obviously goes a long way, but if you want to go the evil route, what would you do?

Obviously, you could walk around slashing people's tires. But a more passive way to ensure repeat customers would be to scatter sharp, tire-puncturing objects on the ground.

This isn't terribly surprising, of course. All kinds of random debris can fall off of cars and trucks and wind up on the road. But TikToker @louieiv shared a video showing what he believes is an unusual amount of sharp stuff on the road.

Here's a nail. By itself, it's nothing. There are probably discarded nails lying pretty much anywhere you might look. So far, I'm not convinced. But there's more.

I'm not sure what quantity of nails and screws on a roadway would constitute "normal," let alone how many there'd have to be in order to escalate things to "abnormal." But @louieiv is on the case, and he has more.

Understandably, most of us aren't going to think much of a random nail or screw sitting around on the road. But if you're traveling the same route every day, as @louieiv does, you start to notice patterns.

The TikToker says he's been finding these sharp objects with regularity, and they're always distributed behind one store. Assuming he's a credible narrator, this really is starting to sound like it goes deeper than expected.

We don't want to say the @louieiv's account is accurate or inaccurate, nor do we want to impugn the folks at Tires Plus Total Car Care. But it's an interesting story, even as a dispassionate observer.

As @louieiv points out, it does, indeed, make one wonder.

Not too many commenters cast doubt on the story, instead opting to feast on the juicy drama. Is this a conspiracy by Big Tire to try to puncture our tires so we have to buy more stuff, or simply the result of random sharp stuff winding up on the road?

You can see @louieiv's video, which has racked up around three million views so far, here. Does he make a compelling case or are you skeptical? Let us know what you think is going on in the comments section!