I disagree with you. We have all seen a similar scenario, and there's real-world applications as well. Everyone has seen something like this happen, when an epic gets placed in plain sight in the guild bank - available for anyone to take.

The thing is, anyone looking at it, knows that it wasn't supposed to be there. It was clearly a mistake and something that the guild needed.

All too often, the people that end up taking these items have never contributed anything to the guild bank - and more often then not - anything to the guild at all. They simply take without any thought to the consequences to the guild.

The generosity of 85% of the guild is often taken advantage of by those that log in to their alts that happen to be in your guild every month or so. Items that other guild members could really use disappear, to boost the rep or dps of a character that someone plays once every couple months when they're bored.

I have seen the type of player that sent this email in, and they are never concerned about the guild. They're only concern is themselves and the entitlement that they feel comes along with a guild tabard.