Guy Gets Sweet Padlock Revenge on Gym Thief

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    Text - r/pettyrevenge - Posted by u/itdoesntmattermybro 5 days ago A poor thieving technique in the gym locker room backfires. One morning at the gym I put my beats headphones over one of the coat hooks above the central bench, then covered them with my jacket. I got changed, put my bag in a locker, and went to work out, forgetting to put both my jacket and headphones away. I'm bad for that kind of thing.
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    Text - I work out very early in the morning, about 6am, so there aren't many folks around when I wrap up. When I get back to the locker room and open my locker I realise my jacket and headphones aren't in there. I spin around and they're not on the hook, either. Heart starts beating very fast. The first thing I do is look up and down the bench and almost right away I see my jacket balled up on the floor, further down, underneath the bench. On top is a holdall bag that hasn't been put away. I
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    Text - can see the horseshoe shape of headphones in the side pocket The showers are going, but no ones around. It didn't have a zip so I just had a look. After all, my jacket was under this dudes bag. Low and behold, there are my white beats headphones, and I know they're mine from a scuff on the band from where I dropped them on a train platform a few weeks before hand. It was as if something whispered in my ear. You've got a spare padlock in your bag.
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    Text - The guy, whoever he was, could've come out of the shower or in from the gym at any moment. But I moved swiftly. I picked up the heavy hold-all. Stuffed it in a random locker, took out my spare padlock, and locked it up tight and spun the numbers. I put my headphones and jacket in my bag and left the gym. I can only hope the guy was taking a shower, and was now not only bereft of my headphones but also his clothing. Check mate.
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    Text - laymouni 115 points · 4 days ago Update needed! Will the locker still be locked next time you're there? Will someone figure this out? itdoesntmattermybro 177 points · 4 days ago I work out wed-Friday. This was in a Thursday because the padlock was still there on Friday, but gone by the Next again Wednesday.

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