Stolen Goods

I was walking home from the gym a few days ago when I noticed my bag felt a little light, so I reached in to make sure my waterbottle was in there. Of course, it wasn't. This then led me to questioning whether my iPod was absent from my bag too, and as it turned out, it was gone also. I had just left the gym about ten minutes earlier, so I called them right away and asked them to check the locker room for me; I had left both the nano and my Nalgene right on the sink. (I placed them there to use the scale and, so distressed by the results, I forgot about reclaiming them. What a sob story!) The employee on the phone had a female staff member run into the bathroom to check it out. She retrieved the waterbottle, but the iPod was, of course, no where to be found. 

How nice of that thief to leave my plastic waterbottle for me! What a thoughtful human being. But really, if you are going to take my pod, you might as well just take the waterbottle too. Claiming the waterbottle alone wasn't going to appease me much, so why deny yourself this bonus item? But apparently we have a selective thief here. Well I was intent on finding this selective thief!

Although nearly all my hope of having the iPod returned to me was gone, I still felt inclined be proactive in seeking the return of my item. I decided on some signage; maybe a personal note from the victim would stir up a little bit of guilt on the thief's part. So I posted a couple notes in the locker room that read:

"If you found a small black iPod in the locker room yesterday, please return it to the desk! I have had a bad day and would really appreciate it" (How emotional!)

When I returned the next day, nothing had been returned and my signs had long been removed. 

That bastard! Just know that you may have tricked me once but I suggest you give that iPod as a gift to one of your children because if I see anything that vaguely resembles it at the gym,  I will come after you! Taking advantage of a woman saddened after getting on the scale. How dare you!