Human psychology can be fun. I was in the U.S. Army in 1998. I have witnessed first hand that hunger can affect morality. Several of the trainees that came in overweight but still with regulations were put on a diet. When, I look back on it now, the diet was horrible. Calorie in calorie out mentality that puts the body into starvation mode. Anyways, these privates were always up to something. We caught one at the PX stealing M&M's. Another in a different squad attempted to steal an entire log of Skoal. When they were on KP duty, they steal peanut butter and run into the restroom to eat it with their fingers. They would also get privates that were in shape to buy them Powerade out of the vending machine. It was crazy!
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Thanks for sharing your experience. I think it makes a lot of sense. People will do pretty much anything to eat/drink if they are hungry or thirsty!