Nah the laptop and the dinner are exactly the same, they only differ in timing.

You can steal $2000 by lying about a stolen laptop or lying about working late. The latter method just takes a few months.

We're not discussing lying about working late, we're discussing actually working late.

	▲	kelnos 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The person way upthread said: > people started staying just late enough for the food delivery to arrive while scrolling on their phones and then walking out the door with their meal. That doesn't sound like actually working late? (I still agree with you, though, that this isn't the equivalent of stealing a laptop, even if you do it enough to take home $2,000 worth of dinner.)