How not to be a theft victim at the gym

Published July 13, 2010 at 6:18 p.m.

A guy walks into a gym and pays 15 bucks for a one-time workout. Inside the gym bag he’s carrying is a bolt cutter.

He goes in the men’s locker room, waits until the room is empty and then cuts a lock. Luck of the draw. He finds a wallet. He takes the credit card from the wallet and closes the locker and places the lock back as best he can so it won’t look cut open at first glance.

The man walks out, stopping to get his 15 bucks back, claiming he has been called away.

It took less than 10 minutes.

The man knows he has only a short amount of time until the owner of the credit card discovers the theft and cancels the card. The bad guy goes directly across the street to an electronic store and purchases a 42- inch flat-screen TV.

Within30 minutes, the sale is done and the salesman is helping the man load the television in the car.

The victim is still on the treadmill.

The salesman stops in his tracks, slaps himself in the head.

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