Pathetic

The details of Vivek Kundra's theft bust have finally been made public. He got caught stealing four shirts worth $134 from J.C. Penney. What a stupid thing to steal. I'm sympathetic, in principle, to the idea that someone might steal, say, bread for their starving family out of total desperation, in a situation without our social service programs. I am not sympathetic to some dude stealing a couple of shirts. There are respectable thrift stores with decent shirts anywhere. There are charities that give away clothes. And if you're stealing clothes as a prank, you are endangering someone's job. And at J.C. Penney, that person is probably a low-wage worker who really needs the job. Not cool.