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Das Minibar-Dilemma

David Lat, bekannter US-Blogger, wandte sich Anfang des Jahres zum Zwecke der Beruhigung seines sensiblen Gewissens mit der folgenden Frage an einen Ethik-Kolumnisten der NYT:

When I checked into a hotel in California, I was starving, so I ate the $6 box of Oreos from the minibar. Later that day, I walked down the street to a convenience store, bought an identical box for $2.50 and replenished the minibar before the hotel had a chance to restock it. Was this proper? My view is "no harm, no foul." In fact, my box was fresher: the Oreos I ate were going to expire three months before the box I replaced them with.

Der Experte aber wollte sich dieser Laienmeinung nicht anschließen:

I disagree. You might with similar logic stop by the Staples Center and present vendors with a bottle of the same brand of beer you drank at the Lakers game last night. I don't think they would be inclined to refund your money.

The hotel is providing not just a product but also a service [...]. You enjoyed that service; you must pay the (ridiculously high) price.

So allerdings, liebe Leserinnen und Leser, mag zwar ein weltfremder Ethik-Kolumnist argumentieren, aber sicher nicht ein Jurist. Deshalb die Frage: Wie ist das geschilderte Verhalten nach deutschem materiellen Strafrecht zu beurteilen?

Full post as published by jurabilis - German bLAWg from Berlin. on August 03, 2010 (boomark / email).