Well..... couple decades ago, a 25+ year in service cabin crew was fired at TWA (USA) for taking a small unopened carton of milk from the rubbish bin as it was being carried off the aircraft..it became a well publicized incident which resulted in the news media picketing outside the home of then CEO Carl Icahn, who finally relented and re-instated the crew member involved......something about her union involvement level.....rules are rules, like them or not...