Originally Posted by
Delta Hog
Well that's a peculiar (and innacurate) maxim.
Acquisition of items does not come only through gifting or buying. "Finders keepers" for a start.
"Finders keepers" belongs on the playground with 6 year olds. Adults are supposed to have the ability to discern what belongs to themselves and what is the property of others. If your ticket for air travel did not include a class of service which includes an amenity kit, you do not have the right to unilaterally "upgrade" yourself and take one.
I take back my previous comment about taking amenity kits left behind on a plane not being a crime. Since making it, I have learned that
1. Airlines do reuse unopened ones left behind
2. These kits sell in online auctions for $60 to $300, so my previous analogy to hotel toiletries was wrong. Helping yourself to one isn't taking shampoo, it's taking the bed or desk or TV.