most of us would steal a million from a big multinational if we knew we'd get away with it

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I would. I would also steal from some individuals, like Sunak, or other multimillionaires.

I wouldn’t be able to live with the guilt.

this i can agree with, if you know they can afford it and its something they want eg information etc then you can put a higher price tag on it

Speak for yourself. No, I wouldn't do it.

I'd never dream of taking a penny from someone else's bank account and my job gave me ample opportunity to do so. I consider my money to be money and everyone else's Monopoly money.

Not sure I understand the question. Profit is reported after expenses otherwise that would be just Revenue.

i guess then, its good business

gosh the fun police are out tonight. I assume OP made the thread in jest

for myself, I would be happy to steal from a corporation - depending on which one it was - no qualms taking such cash from someone like Elon, or one of the oil shaykhs (less money for them to spend on debauchery). but I would give it to charity.

I would. As long as I knew I'd get away with it I'd have no problem relieving Tesla, Amazon, Nestlé, Kraft, Shell etc of a million quid.🤷‍♀️

No I would not.

I would, in a heartbeat. And give most of it away to small charities/ worthy causes. If we're talking hypothetically (as we are),I would do it again, and again, and again, too. I would steal a million from the guy who owns Pornhub and give it to Women's Aid and charities helping trafficked women. I would steal a million from a property developer and give it to Shelter and homeless charities. I would steal a million from an oil company and give it to organisations fighting climate change. Etcetera.

A big multinational probably did steal the money it built up. You ever seen The Founder, about the beginnings of McDonald’s as a corporation? Amazon pays its workers peanuts and is a massive tax dodge. And on and on.

I would steal a million from the guy who owns Pornhub and give it to Women's Aid and charities helping trafficked women.

That is a brilliant idea.

I'm trying to think of the appropriate charities to give the money to if I relieved Jeff Bezos of a million? Trade unions I guess 🤔

I guess the real problem is "if you knew you'd never get caught"

No one can ever know that- unless you're a member of the Met Police / crime family type of person. Those people can get away with high level theft, and do.

The rest of us will get a knock on the door for dropping a mini wine bottle in your bag by mistake.

Normal people can't steal millions and get away with it.

This - someone would suffer due to the loss, quite possibly an individual employee as scapegoat rather than the company that designed the security system.

It's ignorant to think that would be a victimless crime. When a big corporation goes bust or even just downsizes, huge numbers of Everymen lose their livelihoods, pensions, etc.

wrong

Ha! Yes we'd have to create some kind of complex multi layered circle of trust wouldn't we. Although as anonymous randoms meeting on the internet this might be quite easy to do? The perfect crime if you will 🤣

I come into contact with significant sums of money through work but no, I wouldn't. Firstly, it's wrong but secondly this stuff always has a way of catching up with you...even if you think you 'got away with it'.

I only want money that has come to me through honest means.

It's a no from me

I do have a moral compass

its like making a cuppa tea, a couple of people that know the full plan and everyone else has different parts eg

1, gets milk
2 gets tea bags
3 gets sugar
4 gets the kettle
5 gets the cup
6 gets the spoon

then at set times they drop the items off at x location
then someone collects the items and takes them to x warehouse etc

It's a plan @OperationDinnerout. Jeff Bezos watch your back!! (And your bank cards)

Hahaha. No Catholic guilt.

I've known four women who did rob their business. Two women worked in showroom garages, two in building societies.

None of the cases went to court. One of the women her husband was also stealing from his place of work.

Of course I would

If no one was harmed by it and I couldn't be caught

Why shouldn't I also join a group of people who don't deserve their money 😂

It's just wrong. You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman's grieving widow. And then steal it again!