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Isn't that stealing ? (I DON'T THINK SO)

I can't believe this question even needs to be asked. Taking office supplies home is a nice way of saying, "You're stealing from the company." Office supplies cost money, so by taking office supplies home you are costing your company money.

I use to do undercover work for large corporations, and they would send me to different states to help them with theft. I was in California one time for about a month, I was given a job in this one department, when after that month was over, I had found 3 execs, a security person, and a dock worker involved in theft.
They stole computers and components, office supplies, and various other stuff. They were setting up shop elsewhere for a business.
By the time the complete investigation was done by the police there, they estimated around 30 or so thousand dollars worth of stuff had been taken.
Crime does not pay.. and you do not know who you could be working with.

skyjockey, you cannot use that term 'ALL', you can generalize if you wish, because more than you think are honest hard working people.
If a person is taught from an early age what is right and wrong, and they are responsible, they will not do it.
I have never taken or used anything without full permission from my boss or employer. Most of them were happy to allow me to have a pen paper or other stuff so I could do work stuff at home, like for reports.. as long as it was for the company.
I would never think of taking anything that did not belong to me, and that I could show a sales slip for.

Apparently, SKYJOCKEY was not taught what was right from wrong.He just about admitted that he steal's from his employer..I wonder,skyjockey do you cheat & lie also ?

Look at it this way: how many of us take our work home at night, or bring in our own office supplies, often to be shared? Don’t most companies have accounts with office suppliers that get them significant discounts? When it’s not company secrets or thousands in technology, but pens and copies and local phone calls, I think it can actually be a good thing, establishing a sense of family throughout the company.

I think it depends on what supply the person takes. If it's something as simple as a pen or a stapler, I don't see what's wrong with that. Now if it was something big like a copier, or a printer, then there would be a problem.

absolutely not never take office supplies, just borrow them for long lengths of time. lol
or bring paper home to recycle.

I guess it's probably OK to steal a TV or two from Wal-Mart. They make so much money, they're not going to notice one or two TVs.

Dave
South Boston

I responding to this blog on a laptop I swiped from the office. I'm also drinking coffee from a mug I stole from the office cafeteria. My desk chair is compliments of guess where?