How avoidable is this to you?

[27offsuit]

I'm going to present a scenario to you and I'm just curious how easy you would find it to avoid, had you been put in the same situation.

Back story: It's this guy, the most irritating co-worker in history of co-work.


Here is the scenario:

You go to a gym after work.
At night, gym is fairly empty, save for 5-6 regulars.
Gym is in a questionable area. For people from Boston, it's on the edge of Chinatown, in the old Combat Zone, across the street from a homeless hangout/shelter/whatever.

You walk in and head to locker room.
While entering locker room some guy, we'll say for the sake of argument a black guy in disheveled street clothes, is exiting the same locker room.
You pass each other. You go in and he exits.
A minute later, while sitting at locker in empty locker room and changing into gym clothes, said guy walks back in and sits down two spots over from you and begins 'changing'.
You have never seen this person before. You go to the gym every night.
Again the entire locker room is empty and he sits basically right next to you.


At this point what do you do?

For me, a fairly street-smart person with a good bit of common sense, it's time to bust the [censored] out of there.
I have red flags hitting me in the face left and right here.


For this guy, however, the answer is not so cut and dry.

He:

Continues changing.
Leaves wallet, keys, etc. in locker.
Is surprised when he returns and locker is ransacked.
No wallet, no keys, no nuthin.

Turns out, guy signed in for a free trial workout, left all false info, and was basically in and out of there inside of 30 minutes.
Charges began almost immediately to debit card, credit cards, and bank account.

Also, Einstein felt the need to PUT ADDRESSES on every one of his keys, including some keys to CLIENTS HOMES he felt the need to carry around with his personal keys.

Hilarity does not ensue.



He asked me yesterday if I think he should sue the gym.




So I'm just curious: Do you avoid this or am I just another cracker-ass racist?



PS - his yogurt glopping has recently been replaced by a heaping bowl of Cheerios and open-mouthed crunching for a good 10 minutes every morning.


Bonus pic: Pooptoad jumping the shark.