On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:35:01 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> Would they actually bother for 21p?
>> 
>> They'd probably fine you if they noticed it.
>> 
>>> Now, if I wrote an automated program to print these stamps and posted
>>> it on the Internet... *then* they might have a case. :-P
>> 
>> That would certainly raise your visibility, yes.  But breaking the law
>> is breaking the law, and when one does it one has to be prepared for
>> the consequences.  Thinking "yes, it's illegal but they won't care/will
>> never catch me" - well, the prisons here (and there) are filled with
>> people who thought that way.
> 
> Theoretically, if I pick up one of the pens at work and take it home
> with me, that's theft.
> 
> Is my employer going to care?
> 
> I doubt it...
> 
> (And a pen costs significantly more than a stamp.)

I have worked for employers who did care about pens going home with 
employees.

It's a risk analysis, but as I said, the prisons are full of people who 
thought they could "get away with it" and were wrong.

Jim

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