Locker Room Etiquette: to lock or not to lock (Page 2)

I came back from working out one time and saw someone had put a lock on my locker.  I went out into the gym and yelled, "Hey, who the hail put a lock on my locker?!"  Some guy sheepishly say, "Ooops, was that yours?  My bad." 

~Mike

I guess I'm lucky. The chain of gyms I belong to has locks built into all their lockers.  You simply insert your membership card on the inside of the locker and when you close it you can take the key with you from the outside and it automatically locks. 

Before I joined this gym I always locked my stuff.  That said I also workout and live in downtown Chicago and anything not locked down like Fort Knox will disappear in less than a minute.

Do you want your stuff at the end of the day? Then best to lock it.  I almost never feel this way about discussions on BT, but I am having a hard time seeing how locking a LOCKER is a matter of opinion, but whatev... 

But I do definitely agree that I wish you'd put something in the lock to indicate the locker is in use (perhaps this is where the etiquette comes in).  I don't care if it's a pencil.  At the LA Fitness I joined for a few months, I would have to sometimes look through 5 lockers before finding an empty one.

I lock mine. I have my swimp3 player in my bag all the time, if i do not use it then I want it locked up TIGHT ! Plus I have my car keys and cell phone.

I wrote my initials on my lock in black permanent ink so I can easily find my locker..........

usually I carry extra locks and when I open a locker only to find someone's stuff in it I put a lock on it and leave.... except this one time in Alabama I didn't make it all the way to the door when some guy came out into the gym and yelled  "hey who the hail put a lock on my locker?"  I sheepishly said  "opps was that yours"  "My bad"

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it amazes me how many people don't use locks.  i've gone through rows of lockers with no locks, all filled with personal belongings.  a lock is 2 freaking dollars and takes 2 seconds to put on and take off. use one.  if for no other reason than to let people know the locker is being used.

And slow dishonest people down!

scoobysdad - 2009-01-08 3:46 PM

JohnnyKay - 2009-01-08 2:34 PM I'm in the minority I guess.  I never use a lock at my Y.

Which Y? And what locker do you usually use?

Actually lots of people know both.  I suppose the fact that I am only usually at the Y from its opening at 5:30am until  about 7:00am and see pretty much the same people all the time (who also use the same lockers daily--some with locks and some without)makes me more comfortable.  That and the fact that all they would be stealing are my clothes for work and toiletries.  If you're that excited by that potential score... 

Which is why I never lock my truck either.  I figure if someone wants to get into my truck they will just break a window...then I'd have to replace the window and the the CDs that they stole.

~Mike

I used to be a no-lock girl at the Y.  I'm there in the mornings so I figured what kind of mom or grandma would steal my stuff??  Well, one day I had an insulated lunch box with my son's sippy cup and sandwich in my locker, and when I went to get my stuff, the lunch box was gone.  The perp was nice enough to leave the cup and the sandwich though!!!

And a warning for all you who lock stuff in your trunk.  We had a rash of car break-ins at my Y last year.  The bad guys were waiting for people to go inside and would then rob their car, even going to the length of breaking windows and then popping the trunk.  Someone stole my husband's birthday present (an ice cream maker still in the box) out of my trunk.  These people have no qualms about this kind of stuff.

Needless to say, I always take my purse into the Y and lock my locker.

Lock. Always x2

Even if it's just your car keys.  If your wallet is in the glove box of your car and someone figures out which keys go to which car you are now out both the wallet (with whateve credit/debit cards are in there) and your car.

I never worried about it until I went into the Y and the police were there taking a report about someone's stolen car.  Ever since then I've locked.