why does this even need explaining?

Taking something without asking is stealing. Period. How hard of a concept is that to grasp? That includes menus at restuarants. Yes, someone actually posted on food_porn that they "collect" (steal) menus from restaurants. And I am not talking the paper take-out kind intended to go home in your purse. What kills me is that the poster then deleted the comments from people saying "Hey, that's stealing!"

The sense of entitlement present in the original poster boggles my mind.

and one more thing...

Those things that restuarants list their offerings on?

They are called menus.

Note the capitalization.

They are not the progeny of God, nor any other entity befitting the classification of a proper noun. They should not be referred to as Menus.

I mean, really.

"My cat makes Poop. Her Poop is very stinky. We don't like it when her Poop smells too strong. My cat's Poop is so special it is a proper noun in my vocabularly."

I think I need to borrow cjsmith's crankyshorts.