A closer look
Hotel guests routinely steal completely unhinged, heavily secured items from their rooms, going far beyond the standard tiny bottles of shampoo to successfully walk out with mattresses, flat-screen televisions, and grand pianos. People will pack an extra suitcase just to smuggle out the fluffy bathrobes, aggressively unscrew the rainfall showerheads, and completely dismantle the decorative artwork bolted to the walls in a bizarre display of kleptomania. It highlights a fascinating psychological phenomenon where paying a nightly rate temporarily convinces otherwise law-abiding citizens that they are suddenly entitled to pillage the room like historical conquerors. The fact that a luxury resort has to actively superglue their coffee makers to the desk just to prevent wealthy tourists from stuffing them into their carry-on luggage says absolutely everything you need to know about the current state of human entitlement
