[my.self]

so lately, ive just been curious as to why do people intentionally steal things? i wouldnt necessarily count something u found on the ground and have no clue to who it belongs stealing. is it for them to see the other person frustrated or angered? does stealing things make them feel good? is it fun to intentionally steal things or something?

for big items and high priced things, ok, i KIND OF get why someone would steal. but this one i just dont understand...ill try to say it in the most non-rant way possible cuz im not really angry about this anymore

so recently, in class, i get up to ask the teacher a question at her desk, when i come back, i realized my eraser is gone. i really liked this eraser, it worked really well. i ask around, no one says anything. a week or two later, this kid a year older than me goes "oh yea, by the way, i stole ur eraser". after he told me that, he brought back some feelings i felt a few weeks ago when i found out it was missing, i kinda wish he never told me. i just kind of played it off cool like umm ok yea whatever, it was an eraser. i dont even know this guy well, i rarely talk to this guy. and he never gave me back my eraser..

i just dont get why he would steal my eraser, it was an ordinary eraser, just why would someone do that?

i dont think i was angry/frustrated because my eraser was gone, i think i was angry/frustrated because someone actually intentionally stole it.

so i just wanted to hear what u guys had to say about why people steal things.

hopefully what i wrote doesnt sound like a rant, i hope not, it wasnt meant to be.

 

[saintalfonzo]

I don't understand why one person steals from another, but since I've been traveling for work I can see that it definitely happens (duh, but I'd never seen it in person to this extent). I lost at least 15 DVDs in S Sioux City at a hotel I was staying at for work. Needless to say, I don't allow housekeeping in my suites anymore.

 

[thechungster]

Because it's fun? Or it gives them some kind of hype when stealing things and seeing the people they stole it from mad?

 

[Suntory_Times]

My vote would generally be it makes them fell as if they have some level of power (at least in casses such as the OP put foward).

 

[fraseyboy]

Because they want it.

 

[-=Germania=-]

Yeah, I went to my Chemistry review and left with my most expensive item being "lifted" from me. Two weeks earlier for christmas I had gotten a new PDA that had a camera, wifi, etc. among many other things. It was just soo sad because I had just gotten it and spent all of my giftcards to get a 4GB memory card in january 2006 when that was pretty darn big.


People steal. Even people with moeny steal. because tehy want what you have now and they don't want to pay for it or really go to the trouble of getting it. Your stuff commes to them free...just not guilt free.

 

[Solid Snake]

I don't think there is one simple answer like many other things we try to figure out.

Some do it for survival, some for just adrenaline or just because they are a*&^holes

 

[saintalfonzo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by -=Germania=- /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah, I went to my Chemistry review and left with my most expensive item being "lifted" from me. Two weeks earlier for christmas I had gotten a new PDA that had a camera, wifi, etc. among many other things. It was just soo sad because I had just gotten it and spent all of my giftcards to get a 4GB memory card in january 2006 when that was pretty darn big. People steal. Even people with moeny steal. because tehy want what you have now and they don't want to pay for it or really go to the trouble of getting it. Your stuff commes to them free...just not guilt free.

I agree, I just wish guilt would affect them more. (awaiting for uncalled-for rebuttal elsewhere)

 

[QQQ]

nocturnal 2.0

 

[mark_h]

Personal gain, compulsion, addiction, take your pick - they do!

 

[dazzer1975]

generally speaking because people are A-holes.

Obviously it is more complex than that but that's the bottom line.

 

[apatN]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fraseyboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Because they want it.

That is the only explanation, really. Sad, but true.

 

[olblueyez]

Because our society allows it and enables it. Im for removing body parts when people are caught like you would see in Saudi.

 

[TopPop]

Quote:

Originally Posted by apatN /img/forum/go_quote.gif That is the only explanation, really. Sad, but true.

Not necessarily. I went on a klepto stint for a while in high school, stealing various things from various stores. Most of the time, though, I didn't necessarily need, or even want whatever I was stealing. I just got a rush out of it I guess.

Don't worry, though: my first year of college, I realized the error of my ways and returned to all of the places I stole from with check book in hand... haven't stole so much as a dime since then.

 

[Currawong]

People do things that are a reflection of their own feeling about themselves. The way people treat others expresses how they really feel about themselves. It's possible to see this in yourself with some degree of introspection.