Being robbed while you are a patron at a hotel is always a concern. Normally you worry that the housekeeping staff will pilfer some of your belongings. Don’t laugh – it has been known to happen.

The following story takes theft at a hotel to a whole new level. As reported in thetandd.com.

A man in South Carolina has been charged with the theft of 30 appliances worth more than $4,000 from a local hotel. How do you steal 30 appliances before getting caught?

The thief is one Gerardo Amezola. He was charged with grand larceny after 18 mini refrigerators and 12 microwaves were reported stolen.

Hotel employees called police after witnessing the 56-year-old Amezola and three others enter a storage area and remove the appliances. This was kind of an inside job as Amezola had been fired from the hotel four days earlier.

When arrested by police, Amezola admitted that he had met two individuals who provided him with beer and liquor. When it came up in conversation that one of the men needed a refrigerator, Amezola said he knew where to get one. Sure why not just steal one from his former employer.

He said he was paid nothing, except for the alcohol.

Was it the drugs and alcohol that caused him to have such a lapse in judgment? Wasn’t getting fired from his job enough? Does he really need to ruin his life over a few thousand bucks worth of appliances?

I hope he is mandated to take an advanced theft educational course to teach him not to steal again.