Possible ban?

[KitingGenbu]

You must be a joy at house parties.

Lol pretty good analogy to be honest. "All the food on the table was there, so I thought I could have it." "It was there cause it was meant for everyone, not just you. It is a party after all."

[Celef]

You have to admit this is some dam good bait.

And a funny one :3

[Nihility]

This seems too stupid to be for real but what a mindset lol

"the guy let me into his house, that makes it his fault i stole his money and furniture"

[Cakekizyy]

What about peanut butter? PB Cookies are easy...PB AND SUGAR and maybe an egg...idk look up easy cookie recipe and google will spit out like 3-4 ingredient ones!

I never make cookies, always eat the doughh.

[Cakekizyy]

I see hooks, not bait.

[Aryalandi]

I see hooks, not bait.

Which goes to show that bad parenting makes for easy catching, now see if they just saw hooks with no bait they would have known better.

[Reinha]

Ugh, this is hard. While yeah he shouldn't have just up and left after spending those credits like that, I still place more stares at the FC for not having the correct settings in place. Look I'm not agreeing with OP but you can't expect everyone around you to uphold the same standards. It never works that way, ALWAYS do things to project yourself and your works.. NEVER just guess people will respect your stuff cause you are you. Not everyone is here to be your friend, there are horrible people in the world and it doesn't matter what drives them. They will do their dirt on you or on someone else. What you have to do is NEVER just blinding trust people will do the right thing. Again not siding with anyone here, but you can't get mad at the lion eating your deer when you didn't keep the lion in the cage away from said deer.

The thing is, it's not even a matter of trust. The fc setting are not some trust-test or intention-test that lets you see who wants to take things out the bank. They are there to tell others "go ahead and help yourselves even during the times I'm not there to hand it to you". They are a formal permission to take gil, items or company credits for any use without asking a second permission. It is not uncommon to have one tab set open to everyone full of cheap minions, Krakka Roots or cheap food to be freely used by newcomers as kind of a welcome gift.

What I don't understand is if people want newcomers to contribute a certain amount of credits before using them, why give them a silent message that they can use them straight away? If people don't want items taken from the bank for personal use, why give a silent message that it's allowed? It's a form of miscommunication. Those permissions, while restricting people, also convey a message. Fc leaders expect people to read their minds and double-check about the bank and credits and publicly crucify anyone who fails to do so, when the leader had every tool available to inform people properly and yet chose to misuse those tools. They are not "victims" of thievery when someone takes a couple of items. They are not "robbed" when a minuscule amount of credits is used for personal use. They tell people that items/currency can be taken from the bank and then withdraw that permission in a whim, blaming the person who believed them.

Why on earth would you tell people that they can take things at their own accord if you want them to ask permission each time? Just... tick the damn box so they know they are not allowed to take things by themselves and have to ask permission. If you invite people for a party and they happen to eat from the table you set up for guests, you can't blame them for robbery when they don't ask permission for every crisp and popcorn. If they empty the crisp and popcorn bowls into their bag, stuff their pockets full of beer cans and pile all the pizza on their arms before scooting out the door, that's a bit of a different story. But that's not what the OP did.

A situation where a long standing member of the fc clears the bank clean of everything before they hop servers is very different and I don't condone it. The whole bank is emptied in a malicious way, which is different from taking only what you need/like from the bank for personal use or spending a small amount of credits on something nice (whilst leaving enough for buffs+airships and other people's personal use). SE could prevent fc bank clearing by allowing the fc leaders to set quantity limits on top of the existing limits (daily limit of item stacks per tab, daily gil limit and daily credit limit). This would also further allow communication about what is deemed acceptable in that specific fc, because believe it or not free companies have different ideas about the correct etiquette of taking things from the bank.

[aesteval]

It is not uncommon to have one tab set open to everyone full of cheap minions, Krakka Roots or cheap food to be freely used by newcomers as kind of a welcome gift.

Welcome gifts are great to newcomers and all, but I don't think welcome gifts are meant to be grabbed on the way out the door permanently. I think that's the main issue people are having with this - the grab and dash vs what is considered common courtesy.

[Maero]

That is not the point at all..
Would it kill people to take the time and ask if it's cool to take ___ item. Sure if permissions were set this prob would not happen, still not the real point.
The OP took the item that day knowing they were leaving the FC, it's not even about how much the item was worth.

[Cabalabob]

I used to have my crystals in my FC chest open to everyone so they could craft but then one person decided to take all of them and leave the FC. We had over 5k of all types of crystals in there. So after that I had to lock the chest and now if anyone wants to use the crystals they have to ask first and hope someone isn't too busy to come get them out for them. This is a case of one asshole ruining it for everyone else. That person wasn't banned and you probably won't be either but you are scum and it's such a shame there are no ramifications for your actions because it's just going to make people like you think it's ok to do it.