Eh, task ChatGPT with it.

I would posit that it could be based on something else entirely, a civic or moral obligation a person feels to abide by the spirit of the law to help protect fellow people, even if they would not be punished or could some how gain something - in this case, a finite resource - time, for violating the law.

Had a dude take power equipment into the meat freezer, sheared off a sprinkler head in the process.

The freezer remained operational, so everything was coated in frozen sludge. Total loss of merchandise, and I think the power equipment was a loss too.

I’m not sure how he kept his job, but that wasn’t my call.