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Analyzing Why People Steal Shit From Restaurants

sugar-packets-100.jpgPeople, they just can't help themselves from stealing shit from restaurants. Eatocracy looks into the phenomenon of petty restaurant theft — sugar packets, creamer and the like. While for some it might stem from a sense of entitlement or holdover from the Great Depression, psychologists also speculate that psychological disorders such as kleptomania or hoarding might be at work here. Or, you know, maybe just people think a sugar packet here and there isn't a big deal. [Eatocracy]

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