Isn't that the case with almost any trade?

Masons steal cement and substitute with sand.
Bricks and block walk off sites....

Sheet metal and iron workers probably make off with welding rods (easilly fence-able). What's a box of nails....some doorknobs, hinges....etc.

I'm sure the occasional plumber may make off with a few valves or even a blowtorch.

An electrician (or a friend of one, details are fuzzy) who was working on the refurbishing of Grand Central Terminal in New York tried pawning off one of the old light fixtures to an antique store. He said someone had let him take it. The dealer put it up for auction.

These fixtures were supposed to be re-furbished and cleaned and re-installed, not removed and replaced. Someone saw the auction, recognized the fixture for what it was and reported it to the police. The dealer ratted out the crook.

What's that country song about the guy who gets a job at a Cadillac plant and over the period of a few years manages to sneak an entire car out in his lunchbox? [Linked Image]

[This message has been edited by SvenNYC (edited 01-14-2004).]