Sticky Fingers?
 

Most hotel guests admit to sticky fingers when it comes o pens or shampoo, but the truly audacious make off with paintings, TVs and even the doors.
http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/Trav...4/TRSTEAL.html


AND: Light-fingered travellers have taken to the air.

The rate at which international airline passengers have been stealing silverware, blankets, magazines, and even airsickness bags has soared. And while the airlines generally turn a blind eye to the loss of minor items, you can bet it has added a few dollars to your airline ticket.
http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/Trav...124/TRAIR.html

From the Saturday New York Times:
....George W. Bush

I was just visiting with a friend who is a pilot for Air Malta. He was saying they have a problem with seatbelts and lifejackets being lifted from their planes, particularly on their flights to/from Scandinavia. I can't imagine what fashion statement one might make with a bright yellow lifevest, but I have seen the seatbelts used as belts.

It is a shame people have lost their class, while in "First Class"... What the heck are you going to do with an air sickness bag? Or silverware for that matter? I believe they deposit these items in the trash can away..

Believe it or not people collect them. There was a piece on this week's Savvy Traveller about people who collect airsickness bags and have Internet sites dedicated to their collections.

Intersting... You wouldn't happen to have the link? All kidding aside, I may understand that, but what about blankets, silverware, and high ticket items?

I understand they are stolen by sailors so they don't have to buy life vests for their boats.

(Not all sailors, of course...I don't want anyone from the Pacific Northwest to get angry at me http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif )

No offense taken http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

I myself am a form sailor.. I was on submarines. Unfortunately, those little yellow lifevests really wouldn't do much http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Kitty Hawk wrote:
As a sailor, I'd say this sounds way more like something a power boater would do. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

They are wonderful in automobiles, especially limousines! Of course, I obtain mine from other sources. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

They have saved the day or evening for many of my clients, as well as a hundred dollar clean up fee. And have saved me thousands of dollars over the years in what would have been lost revenue due to down time. The vehicles are usually out of service the entire next day for a thorough cleaning and airing out. I wish I would have thought of them sooner.

I am very concerned about people purloining the safety vest.

If the vest is not there, what would I do in the event of a water landing?

Have there been any reports of individuals who make off only with the vest's whistle? This, too, would be troubling: after the water landing, when I would be floating on the high seas with the aid of my vest, the lack of a whistle might render me unable to summon help.

Wideman

Maybe the silverware is used as an emergency backup when you buy a take-out and suddenly realized that you have no silverware, and those back-ups will come in handy!!

That is exactly why I carry my Swiss Army knife, with fork, knife, and spoon components http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

...$400-a-night New York suites....
The writer has not been to NY in at least 10 years...

Yikes! Sorry, letiole http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif. I was looking for a neutral word, but I forgot the enmity between real sailors and those stinkpot people. "Boat people" seemed a bit, er, politically loaded.

[This message has been edited by Kitty Hawk (edited 01-24-2001).]