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Prime quote from the other side, "Someone is Stealing My Money":

"I pay you to work 8 hours and you're on Hacker News for 6 of them. Close that browser and get back to work."

I've never understood how wasting time on the job can possibly be termed 'theft'. It's irresponsible and a failure to fulfill expectations, but it's not theft.

(btw, I also don't see employers as stealing life from employees)

Theft of labor resources, if you're salary non-exempt and reading HN is not in your job description :-)

I understand the definition of it. What I don't understand is the use of the word 'theft'. "Misappropriation of resources which exceeds our standard of what is reasonable," perhaps, but not theft.

Accepting payment for services which you purport to have rendered but in reality have not.

I would use 'fraud' instead of 'theft', though in reality it's close enough.

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