Have you ever stolen powr?

[Dr_Zinj]

If you were to bring your laptop to your son's school for a meeting with his counselor, principal or teacher, if you were polite, you'd ask to plug your charger in, even though you're conducting business as a customer of the school. The situation is different at an airport where everyone passing through is considered a customer, and any available outlet in any waiting area is assumed to be for customer use; those costs are budgeted for by the airport.

I think it was Robert Heinlein in one of his books that said rudeness should be a shooting offense.

My question is whether there are electrical outlets at every parking spot at that school. If there are, or there is a cluster of spaces all with outlets, then there is an implication that they are there for visitor use.

As for opening the car and picking up the mail on the floor, the officer already had proof the vehicle was an active crime scene, was being filled with stolen property; and didn't require a warrant to search it.

Now as far as taxes and the fellow who makes his own biodiesel goes, were the feds checking race cars for the fuel, or checking all the racer's tow vehicles? If I remember correctly, it should not have made any difference as automotive fuel doesn't get dyed, and the home fuel isn't dyed either. It's the stuff that goes into your home heating systems and dedicated off road AG equipment that gets the dye added.

 

[dave1949]

I think he is the "penny pincher" type. Who else would avail themselves of <$1 worth of power? Probably figures he's getting a better deal than the rest of the school tax payers. :laughing: There are folks who live for such "victories."

 

[Gunny]

I think the whole situation was over blown, especially the felony warrant, but he was guilty of stealing, no different that if he'd siphoned gas out of your vehicle. I've never charged my cell phone anywhere other than my house, truck or garage and while I have plugged my laptop in while at a few schools, I asked first and was given permission

 

[Bob77064]

At one the Cracker Barrel restaurants near here, they had outlets in the parking lot and the sign said for our customers with electric vehicles to use.

 

[mjarrels]

Got to keep those for profit jails full.

mark

 

[adventure bob]

A. DeKalb County Georgia.
B. Why did they wait 11 days to arrest him? "I quickly realized it was from the events that had happened 11 days back." He was prbly an ashat to the cop when he found the cop going through his car and viola...your under arrest.
C. Under the auspices of the, oh what's that little thing called, oh yeah THE LAW: A criminal act in which property belonging to another is taken without that person's consent is called theft.

 

[RoMad]

To answer the OP's original question, yes I have stolen power before. We were at a soccer tournament with our motor home and I plugged into the outlet at the county park to keep from running my generator and bothering others. Unlike the guy with the electrric car, I knew i was stealing the power.

 

[Green Power]

The guy should have asked for permission first but arresting him seems a little bit like overkill. At school i plug my phone in without asking, but after seeing this i will change that. On the other hand my parents pay 6000 plus a year for school. So a couple pennies wouldn't be a big deal correct???

 

[groundcover]

Could be worse, a friend of mine went to his shop one day to find a window broken with a cord running out it to a skidder !

 

[bubbacuse77]

I was just making this point about six months ago when someone asked about plugging in their car. No was the answer as it should be, but I made the point that they will need to also tell people to quit plugging in their cell phones or even their engine block heaters. One guy I use to work with would plug his truck in all night. The block heater probably draws more power than the electric car but I don't know.