Probably true, but the wine wasn’t stolen from a Jordan Belfort type (who apparently really did drop that sort of money on wine that he was incapable of appreciating, as well as hookers and blow, which he apparently was). It was stolen from a Michelin three-star restaurant.
If someone steals the life savings of a middle class 68 year old couple I have never and will never know, what does it matter to me? After all, apparently anything that doesn’t hurt me (or at least doesn’t hurt too many people or the wrong people - how many is “too many” and who the “wrong” people are to be defined at later date) is no big deal.
Yeah, but those people are likely to lose their house, medical coverage, and a bunch of other things that are really serious. All things that aren’t going to happen if someone’s bottle of overpriced grape-juice gets nicked. Worst outcome there is they have to drink a different bottle of expensive wine.
It’s bizarre that some people here think that stealing is perfectly Ok if it’s from rich people. (And not stealing to then give to the needy. Stealing from the rich to make other people rich.)
I don’t think anyone said it was “perfectly okay.”
Oh excuse me. It’s “pretty much okay” then.
Thanks. Accuracy is important.
It would take a forklift and a shipping container to steal a million bucks of the wine I drink! But it’d be easy to pack, since it already comes in boxes.
heh the wine i used to drink was 2.50 a bottle and ca,e with screw caps
I feel like it’s a jump to say that just because someone stole something they’re likely to hurt someone. And there seems to be some debate about it being a Very Bad Thing.
I said it’s not up to you or me. Maybe you can get a majority to approve laws that say that it’s okay to steal from rich people. Lacking that, it’s still not up to you or me.
It means “it doesn’t matter what it actually is, it’s just a plot device.” That’s how I was using it.
So far we have at least @Miller, @RTFirefly, and @BlankSlate who see no problem with stealing, as long as the victim is rich and/or the object is theoretically over-valued. Good to know.
I’m wondering whether the desk clerk was in on it - at least to the extent that he was told to leave the desk unattended for some lengths of time.
Well, that doesn’t actually make sense in the context of what you were saying, but sure.
I don’t mind, maybe it didn’t make sense as a word, but the point is it doesn’t make the tiniest bit of difference to the point.
I agree, sounds delish. Although I would want the bacon to be a separate item, not part of the ice cream.
I’m also wondering why the clerk’s card had access to the wine cellar - and how the clerk got the salad and dessert without the card.(or why the clerk had to get the food) I’ve worked places with fobs/cards and I couldn’t get far from my desk without it and it’s a little hard to believe that the clerk had to go get the food from the restaurant but the door to the kitchen wasn’t locked.
Based on the thief stealing the wrong card at first, it doesn’t sound like it was the employee’s badge or a general kitchen card that was needed, but a dedicated card for the wine cellar.
I’m working on a dramatization now: Ocean’s 14 Course Dinner
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If it was a dedicated card for the wine cellar, I think it makes even less sense for the clerk to have it.
Wine, wine, wine
Pass that bottle to me
- Stick McGhee