Would you take a bottle of champagne from a drinks gathering?

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Free drinks hosted by an organisation I am member of. This is a very very very wealthy organisation, worth in excess of £500 million.

There were 50 people and 100 bottles of champagne.

As I was leaving I saw a crate of champagne and so nabbed a bottle. AIBU?

Erm no, I wouldn’t. Not without asking anyway.

I wouldn't

I’d have taken two. And not given it the slightest thought.

I would have if I thought I could get away with it.

Of course not. It wasn’t yours to take. Stealing I think it’s called.

I wouldn't, but I'm sure a lot of people would.

By “nabbed” do you meal “stole”?

No, that's wrong. Drink what you like at the event but no carry outs.

This is the sort of stupid thing I used to do and one of the reasons why I stopped drinking!

*mean, not meal!

Even if the organisation is wealthy, you were stealing. If you’d been offered (but someone in authority) that would have been different

I would be tempted but probably wouldn’t.

No, that’s stealing. Would you just wander behind a bar and take a drink?

No

YABU.
You may have been invited to have a drink whilst you were attending but I doubt they would expect people to make off with unopened bottles.
I would consider it theft.

Is this a serious question?

No I wouldn’t steal a bottle of champagne!

Sort of thing I might have done as a student, but surely if you are part of this organisation you like the other people and respect the ethos of the organisation - so stealing a bottle of champagne is a really petty thing to do.

Theft, plain and simple. Why would you think its OK? They probably had the drinks on sale or return, did you think they would be going to waste?

No. Unless really pissed

In those circumstances yeah. I'd check for Cctv cameras first.

From a person's house, party in a hotel/pub, no way.

No I wouldn't.

My twat of a BIL decided to take a bottle of champagne from my wedding by sneaking out the back into the staff area. What he didn’t know was that my father was paying corkage. He knew exactly how many bottles had been provided, and as the wedding was in a marquee in their garden, it couldn’t have gone missing very easily. All the empties were being put back in the boxes for accounting purposes. When there was a bottle missing, the staff ended up being questioned as it looked like one of them had taken it. It was horribly embarrassing to realise later that it was a guest. If he had just asked for another glass/bottle, he could’ve had it, there was no need for him to take one on the sly.

Ah wait, no sorry, didn't see 'organisation I'm a member of'. So, no. I wouldn't in those circumstances.

I thought it was a corporate bash at a £500 million company you work for.

Ha! Yeh i totally would!

Definitely not! It wasn't in a goody bag waiting to be taken home, it was for the event.