Article: Why do diners feel the need to steal items from a restaurant? - Beyond Tiki

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Fri, Oct 22, 2010 10:10 PM I read an article in the New York Times some years ago about what people will steal from restaurants... From $3 water glasses to $1,200 silver ice buckets, from vintage photographs hanging on the walls to scented candles burning in the bathrooms -- if it isn't nailed down, diners have walked off with it. Over the course of a year, restaurants around the country lose as much as 3 percent of their earnings to theft by customers who seem to be getting more brazen by the minute. Demitasse spoons, Peugeot pepper mills, imported wineglasses, Frette linens, framed artwork, serving platters, Champagne buckets. The list of stolen goods boggles the imagination. From the February 27, 2002 New York Times article They Steal Napkins, Don't They? (And That's Just a Start) When I was looking up that article I came across another Times article from July 12, 1992 addressing the same subject... Souvenir Scavengers Give New Meaning to Restaurant 'Takeout'

I read an article in the New York Times some years ago about what people will steal from restaurants...

From $3 water glasses to $1,200 silver ice buckets, from vintage photographs hanging on the walls to scented candles burning in the bathrooms -- if it isn't nailed down, diners have walked off with it. Over the course of a year, restaurants around the country lose as much as 3 percent of their earnings to theft by customers who seem to be getting more brazen by the minute. Demitasse spoons, Peugeot pepper mills, imported wineglasses, Frette linens, framed artwork, serving platters, Champagne buckets. The list of stolen goods boggles the imagination.

From the February 27, 2002 New York Times article They Steal Napkins, Don't They? (And That's Just a Start)

When I was looking up that article I came across another Times article from July 12, 1992 addressing the same subject...

Souvenir Scavengers Give New Meaning to Restaurant 'Takeout'

Post #561158 by woofmutt on Fri, Oct 22, 2010 10:10 PM