Originally Posted by Geordie405

I am not sure whether people have a different view of what constitutes theft but perhaps more on what constitutes dishonesty.

Anyway, my take on this is that it would be perfectly acceptable to drink a whole bottle of water in the lounge, but it is not acceptable to take the bottle (full or empty) from the lounge. I also don't think it's acceptable to decant the water from the bottle into your own bottle and then leave the lounge.

I really don't care how much people eat or drink in the lounge. I am not the gluttony police or the "Who ate all the pies?" monitor! However, the food and drink provided in the lounge is generally for consumption in the lounge. I am fairly tolerant of people taking a packet of crisps or a can of coke with them for the flight but anything more than that would probably be too much in my view.