Do you steal pencils?

[FamoFunk]

*Hands up* I always stole the pens in Argos; they've changed it to pencils now, but I'm even more in to stealing them.

I always use to steal a pen and stuff in School, purely because I never brought my own in.

ETA: I take the piss when I go to IKEA with their pencils and tape measure. I'm surprised they still give them out for free.

 

[UrieHusky]

Back at highschool I used to find money and pencils laying around like nothing, I'd always go home ten dollars richer with 5 or 6 extra pens of pencils.
Did I ever intentionally steal them? no.
Am I very observant of my surroundings? yes. ^_^
Honestly though, if someone stole my pencils back then I'd be rather annoyed, not so much cause I felt robbed, but more because I would have given it to them if they had just asked =/

 

[kortin]

When I went to school, I would always take pencils and stuff if they were on the floor. I would intentionally steal pencils from my friends to annoy them as well.

I also had a backpack that ate my pencils. I would put them in, and never find them again, so I was always in the need of pencils and always too lazy to go buy some at the store.

 

[MisterDyslexo]

Not in real life. If somebody forgot it, sure, but I don't consider that stealing. Videogames, however, is a different story. I have hundreds of stolen penicls in Fallout 3 (total klepto).

 

[Risingblade]

What kind of sick bastard goes around stealing people's pencils? Steal a pen but never a pencil!

 

[Dango]

Nope. If it's on a desk I figure it belongs to someone else, and if it's on the floor I figure it's too dirty.

 

[Thetwistedendgame]

I have stolen over a million pencils from the IKEA.

 

[-KC-]

Nope I never ever stole a pencil. Though I stole a car once.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

yes.
and the urge to go through my friends bags
and pockets
and wallets
and houses.

i have a few kleptomania issues.
but i'll break into a psychiatrist's office and steal the files if i have to.

 

[Guardian of Nekops]

I tend to treat pens/pencils like money. I'll pick a penny up off the ground, or even a 20 dollar bill if I happen to find one... if it's on the ground and I didn't see someone drop it, it's fair game... same with pens/pencils. I won't pickpocket them from people, or take them off their desk when they aren't looking, but if someone leaves one at their desk (by which I mean school desk, between classes... your desk at work actually belongs to you when you aren't there and is different) I'll pick it up.

Then again, when I lend out pens/pencils I'm not too insistent about getting them back. They are communal property, and as long as everyone who needs to write something has at least one it doesn't seem to be worth stressing over either way. Then again, I feel similarly about most anything I can't find the owner of... I'll check a wallet, a phone, or a flash drive to see if I can find who it belongs to, and I'll use a set of car keys with the beeper on it to find the car and then return them, but if I see a marble, a die, or anything else that interests me lying about I'll definitely just take and keep it... not really stealing.

 

[Magicmad5511]

OH GOD. I've been rumbled. Jimmy dump the stash. Both mechanical and normal just get rid of them.

OT: OK serious now. No I try not to. I have accidently because I forgot to give it back, and I will take one if it's lieing on the floor buy I won't steal them from people.

 

[Dfskelleton]

If I see a pencil on the ground with no clear owner, yes, I will take it.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

I pick them up and keep them if they're just lying around or I keep them if I borrow them from school, I'm going to need one tomorrow too after all. I don't just outright steal them from other students though, that's just a bit of a dick move.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

No, I always make sure to have my own, and if I don't have my pencil I just use one of my pens instead.
Now, people steal pencils from me...

 

[Mau95]

I'll take 'em off the floor, but if it's on a desk I figure someone will come back for it.

This.

 

[Smiles]

never. I have been robbed and cheated enough in my life, so I don't take what doesn't belong to me.

 

[DeltaEdge]

I might find a pencil in my desk or on the floor. I'm certainly not going to report it to the lost and found desk. The person who left it most likely won't come back to the classroom searching for it saying "has anyone seem my pencil? I seem to have lost my pencil. Please report it to the lost and found if you find it" I don't really give a crap about taking one unless I know whose it is, if it were made of fucking pure gold, or if it is right on a person's desk and/or close enough to them that you know that it's theirs. Sometimes I might borrow a pencil from someone then forget to give it back until 5 periods later and by then, I'm just not that worried about it. If I have it the next day then I'll return it. If they ask for it, then I'll return it.

 

[somonels]

That's more horrible than pirating games!

 

[Powereaver]

mum does all the nicking of stationery that isnt being used... so if i started we would be flooded in rulers/pencils/pens/crayons and so on.. and my lil sis is an art student so we even have OBSCURE items in the house which if i needed to use i could.

 

[triggrhappy94]

I won't maliciously steal them, but I have never had to buy pencils for school, ever.