People have been stealing in our canteen because free school meal allowance dropped

So you don't actually know who is stealing? You're simply assuming that it is because of changes to prices and vouchers?

I have never met anyone who was so poor or desperate that they had to steal. Every thief I have ever met was simply a dishonest person. This is the problem with modern criminology - crime is never the criminal's fault. It's always someone else's fault - "society" or "the government" or "corporations".

Sadly none of that is a solid excuse, it's still stealing from others.

You just can't expect a service providing and likely insured facility to not engage in loss prevention.

Yes I’m obviously aware it’s theft but to ignore the socio-economic situation of the world is ignorant at best to assume that people steal only out of dishonesty. People are desperate. You’ve obviously never been in a situation like this.

Stealing food is in my opinion not that bad. There is only so long you can survive off biscuits and water.
I’ve had to do my homework by candlelight and take cold showers and live in a very very deprived area, when I see people stealing pads and baby formula I turn away. You never know what someone is going through and compassion didn’t kill the cat.

It may not be just out of dishonesty, but you can't ignore the fundamental crime of taking from others.


I can understand why someone desperate would steal, but it doesn't make it 'not stealing'

It may not be just out of dishonesty, but you can't ignore the fundamental crime of taking from others.


I can understand why someone desperate would steal, but it doesn't make it 'not stealing'

I never said it is not stealing but hopefully if my proposed changes get considered instead of the lining of the shareholder’s pockets, even if someone did steal out of selfishness and not necessity, the changes will mean that nobody will ever ever have to feel the way I felt when I had nothing ever again.

All power to you if you're trying to force a change but money for facilities, labour and consumables still has to be found. It's easy to hate on the shareholders but without their shared financing such ventures might simply never get off the ground let alone survive, if you start to curb their profits too hard they'll reinvest elsewhere.

Yes I’m obviously aware it’s theft but to ignore the socio-economic situation of the world is ignorant at best to assume that people steal only out of dishonesty. People are desperate. You’ve obviously never been in a situation like this.

Stealing food is in my opinion not that bad. There is only so long you can survive off biscuits and water.
I’ve had to do my homework by candlelight and take cold showers and live in a very very deprived area, when I see people stealing pads and baby formula I turn away. You never know what someone is going through and compassion didn’t kill the cat.

Yeah, ok you had me going for a minute there.

You have commonly seen people stealing "pads and baby formula"? You do homework by candlelight?

Pull the other one. It's got bells on it.

The government gives schools a set amount per student, something like £2.40, I'm not aware this has been slashed so are the school creaming off the rest? Has no one complained to the school about it? I don't think they can just drop how much students get. If you get no interest from the Head go to the Governors.

Literally none of this happened.

Literally none of this happened.

I never said it is not stealing but hopefully if my proposed changes get considered instead of the lining of the shareholder’s pockets, even if someone did steal out of selfishness and not necessity, the changes will mean that nobody will ever ever have to feel the way I felt when I had nothing ever again.