Is it "stealing" when you just find a guitar at your pool on a chair at 1am and no one is there?

Question

is it?

Answer 1

Somehow I doubt Yahoo Answers is the best place to calibrate your moral compass.

Answer 2

I was wondering where I left it...

Answer 3

i think its not. if it's in your property ( in YOUR pool ) you may get it but if someone claims it from you, give it to them

Answer 4

Not unless you keep it... hand it in to the police and if no-one collects it over a period of time ... its yours!

Answer 5

yes. as long as you take something that's NOT YOURS!! That's stealing!

Answer 6

it was probably adam sandler singing to drew bary more  '

' 50 first dates''

Answer 7

yes; if the guitar is not yours, I consider that stealing.

Answer 8

not really finders keepers losers weepers

Answer 9

sorta...........i would at least tell your apartment manager or subdivision association president (who ever is in charge of your pool).  That you found it and if after 30 day's,  you would like to know if you can keep it, if not claimed.

Answer 10

Yes it is stealing.  It isn't yours.

Answer 11

yes that is theft - you should have handed in to reception or if this was your actual pool you know it must belong to someone you know therefore put it away safely and start asking around

Answer 12

No.  It is an abandoned item.  If unclaimed in reasonable time, it becomes the possession of the householder.  The person who left it there (if uninvited) might be liable for prosecution for trespass.

Answer 13

yes

Answer 14

In a word - yes!!  You would know that belongs to someone, you should have handed it into reception!  Because you saw it and no-one was next to it, does not give you permission to take it!

Answer 15

Only if you take it.

Answer 16

Yes.

Someone owns the guitar and it is not you.

If you had left it, would you want someone to walk off with it?

Answer 17

No its not stealing if you find it there. Did you have a party if you did  then no but maybe someone stole a guitar got caught and had to find some where to put it and you got lucky :)

Answer 18

Personally I would keep it until the person asked for it.

Answer 19

Yes. The proper thing to do would be to turn it into security the next morning. You wouldn't want something of yours taken if you possibly had to leave for an emergency, etc. It is stealing & you're a theif if you take something that's not yours and don't make an effort to find the rightful owner.

Answer 20

It's just as easy to take the guitar as it is to leave a note saying where the owner can claim it, or bringing it to a lost and found.

If you don't put the minimal effort into returning the guitar to its rightful owner, then I don't know if it's stealing, but it's definately dishonest.