Stealing From the Till: Difference between revisions

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''Life is good.''|'''[[King Missile]]''', "Take Stuff From Work"}}

* Wayne steals part of the Dairy Barn's earnings in Graham McNamee's ''Acceleration''.

* [[The Bible]] notes this of Judas in John 12:6 when he is among those to complain when Mary Magdalene anoints Jesus:

* Discussed and averted in ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', Lord Vetinari (while [[In Vino Veritas|a little tipsy]]) says that,

** However, Drumknott later feels the need to set the record straight:

* In ''[[Big Trouble]]'', Arthur Herk has been embezzling from his employer, Penultimate, Inc. Penultimate, being a major government contractor which has far more professional experience in [[Stealing From the Till]], does not tolerate having its own accounts embezzled, and its [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]] are willing to hire hitmen to punish embezzling employees.

* The [[Framing Device|framing story]] in the difficult to find ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Borders of Infinity]]'' mash-up by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] involves an alleged peculation plot by Miles Vorkosigan for several million Imperial Marks. Two of the three component stories explain the rather large cost overruns his missions incurred that form the basis of the accusation. (The third story is about why Miles would never steal from the Imperium.)

* The [[King Missile]] song "Take Stuff from Work". (See page quote)

* Mentioned in the chorus of the Los ampesinos! song "Death to Los Campesinos!":

* A classic music version is [[Johnny Cash]]'s song "One Piece At A Time", about a Cadillac assembly-line worker who, over the course of two decades, steals all the parts necessary to build an entire car. (It takes a little tinkering to get all the mismatched parts to fit together, and the vehicle's title weighs sixty pounds when it's finally registered.)

* Sting's song ''Fill Her Up'' is about a gas station attendant who considers stealing his boss's cash box so he can take his girlfriend to Vegas to get married. He decides not to do it because it would only "Fill her up with sadness and shame" to know she married a thief.'

* Mentioned by [[Kanye West]] in the opening lines of "Spaceship":

Yeah I stole, never got caught }}

== Newspaper Comics ==

* Everyone in ''[[Dilbert]]'' has stolen something from the company, from office supplies to computers to prototypes of superweapons and time machines. [[Brilliant but Lazy|Wally]] once brought a large rechargeable battery to work in order to steal the company's electricity to power his home.

** The [[Dilbert]] book ''Build a Better Life By Stealing Office Supplies.''