Locker Room Etiquette - Part 1

This series is about Locker Room Etiquette. I find that in the early morning the locker room can be a zoo and a war zone all at once. I also find that many times people think that the locker room belongs to them and I'm just a guest. Well, the locker room is a shared space and if we all just practiced a little common sense we call all get along just fine.

My first rule in the locker room is: Keep your things in the locker! Many times I find, when I come back from my work out that someone has placed their gym bag on the bench (this is gross, if the bag has been on the ground it has picked up all sorts of nice stuff which is now on the bench, where people have to sit) directly in front of the locker that my stuff is in. So now I have to move their bag over in order to get into my locker. I feel bad, as I don't want to move their belongings, but in order to get to my locker will need to do so.

The other thing that is a pain, is when people come in from the workout and just remove all their clothes/shoes and leave them scattered about the floor and head to the showers. Again, right where people have to stand to get to their locker. No one wants to stand in a pile of your dirty clothes and smelly shoes. The solution to this problem is to pack a small grocery plastic bag and as you are taking off your clothes place them in the bag. Then before leaving, place the bag and shoes into the bottom of the locker and put your gym bag back in as well.

A good rule of thumb is to remember that this is a shared space and to leave it the way you would want it to be left for you.