Friggin' thieves at the pool...

Dorothy, I have never lock my locker there while I ws showering, so I should have been more careful. I am very sure I know who did it because they were they only other people in the locker room. But I have no real proof. It isn't really imortant but I wsa kind of surprised by it. Craig

I am like nkfrench, I put my money etc. in my swim bag and take it one deck where I can see it. I leave my street clothes in an unlocked locker. A few years ago in ID (while out there on business) I went in the locker room to get rid of some coffee and, while walking past the lockers I saw a guy putting my LL Bean Parka on. I did not say anything to him in the locker room because I wanted people to see what happened. When he came out of the locker room with my parka on I called him a thief to his face. He gave me some off the wall reason for wearing my parka and then took it off. I loved it because one of the ladies swimming that morning was a local police officer and she got out and call the station. He went to jail that fine snow filled morning before 7AM. He started to mouth off to this police officer until she told him he was going to jail, and he was welcome to go to jail beat up if he wished. The guy shut his mouth and went to jail a few minutes later when the on duty police officers arrived.

Originally posted by dorothyrde That is exactly what the swim kid teams do at our Y, including my daughter! We did have a clever thief a couple of winters ago come in to the Y with bolt cutters. He would go through and steal all the pants in the lockers, which got him wallets. I felt bad one night because a father and his little 1 year old daughter had their pants stolen and it was freezing out. They eventually found the guy, but not before he did it 3 times. He had come down from Chicago after hitting Y's along the way with stolen passes. My sunglasses are the ones I get free from ordering my contacts on-line! I have a whole stack of them at work on my desk. My husband came over to my desk one day complaining that his sunglasses were terrible. I opened my drawer and said, take your pick! You have a clever thief now. Two Saturdays ago, I had a watch & $4 taken from my locker. I think I know who the boys were who took the watch & the money.

Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com You have a clever thief now. Two Saturdays ago, I had a watch & $4 taken from my locker. I think I know who the boys were who took the watch & the money. So now what? Are you going to be Charles Bronson for an afternoon? ;) But seriously, do you have sufficient evidence to place blame and get them a slap on the wrist?

Originally posted by gebbadine i swim with a man in his 60's whose pants were stolen from his locker. his wallet was left behind, contents intact... it was amusing to see him wrapped in a towel in the lost and found lobby office, pleading for something, anything.. to wear home. he's now known, affectionately, as "Hot Pants" Now who in the hell would do something like that to a 60 year old man? :confused: Some people...I tell you what.

i swim with a man in his 60's whose pants were stolen from his locker. his wallet was left behind, contents intact... it was amusing to see him wrapped in a towel in the lost and found lobby office, pleading for something, anything.. to wear home. he's now known, affectionately, as "Hot Pants"

Years ago when I was a testosterone laden youth a teammate and I walked in on a kid going through another teammates locker and swim bag. We both looked at eachother in disbelief as he contiued while we watched him. Apparently he didn't notice the name written on the side of the bag he was stealing although he had ample time to think about it because we stuffed him into the locker and pad locked the door. The whole time he kept yelling that his brother was going to make us regret it (in other language of course). We went back to the workout and told our coach who didn't believe us until we showed him the very noisy locker. Thankfully that coach went on to much bigger and better things than redneck southern boys in North Carolina. I just talked with that teammate last month and we laughed just as hard about it now 25 years later. He assures me that the statute of limitations has run out.

Yesrerday, while I ws swimming, some kids took my pull buoy. they were using it to play a game. I asked for it back. their father actually accused meof taking soemthing from his kids. He said that the pool equipment is for everybody and got mad at me. I said that it was mine. He then asked me if I wanted it back? I was stunned! I said "It isn't like it is penny you find on the street. They cost money and have my name on them." They were playing a game sitting on kickboards. I don't understand why lifeguards let peole use kickboards as floatation devices?

A few years ago I had my kids at a track and field camp over the spring break. After camp one day I took them to the pool - I got a work out in while they played on the slides, wave pool, etc. Meanwhile some jerk stole my son's clothes from the locker room (he just had them hanging on the hook - he was about 11 at the time and didn't have money, ipod, etc). Well, they stole his beloved hockey jersey and shoved the rest of the stuff in the toilets and crapped on them. My son was heartbroken over his hockey jersey, and embarrassed to have to go back to track camp without his clothes - AND of course, being out of town, I had to buy new clothes and shoes for him. I often wonder how that kid explained to his mom how he got the hockey jersey. It was an expensive one, a team replica complete with number and nameplate, etc. I hope karma bit the kid in the butt enough to warrant stitches.

Originally posted by Darth Vader Once the One Armed Bandit stole a team members bike.. he would ride it around. He was insane and had one arm.. not the best swimmer you can imagine. Someone once stole my Pert plus with tingling action...THAT pissed me off.. If I ever find the *** he's loosing a hand... Hello Darth: Wouldn't lossing a hand be a little excessive. After all you said he was insane and he would have to be if he ripped off someones bike and was riding around being seen in front of them. And I am sure that he was not the best swimmer with his one arm having to go up against people with two arms. That's too bad about him stealing your Pert plus but if he looses a hand he will have to use his nose to reply to this thread and use the telephone.