Background : I go to this gym which I joined in the first week of January this year. Didn't go in February and March and again re-joined back in April. This gym does not have lockers so every one just dump their bags in this one corner in the room with strength training equipments (there is this other room where the cardio machines are put up). Also, there are in all just 2 instructors and both of them are always in the first room having the strength training equipments and the bags. On an average there are around 6-8 gym bags lying around at a time..so not such a huge number!! And also, I do not chitchat with anyone in the gym. Just do my work out and leave and ask the instructors for help when needed!!
So I have this polythene bag in which I keep the gym shoes. This polythene bag goes in my gym bag along with other stuff. In the gym, every time I need to remove this polythene bag from my gym bag to take the shoes out and then put the empty polythene bag back in my gym bag (outside footwear sit on a rack outside the gym..we come barefooted inside the gym and change into our gym shoes. This place where we change is a separate place near the reception area with sitting arrangement. Then we dump the gym bags in the other room as mentioned earlier and go about our workout). After I am done with the workout, I repeat this process in the reverse order.
Finally, here's the thing that happened. Yesterday, I clearly remember putting my empty polythene bag back in the gym bag before workout. After workout, I open my gym bag and the polythene bag is not inside. I still thought maybe I must have forgotten to put it or misplaced it or whatever and leave it at that. So today, I took a new polythene bag (totally different in look so no confusion there) to the gym, and after I am done with the workout, I open my gym bag. What do I find inside?? The new polythene bag is missing and yesterday’s polythene bag (the one which went missing yesterday) is inside my gym bag. WTF?? Which means someone took the trouble of going through my bag twice in two days. Why would anyone do that?? And with the intention that I notice this!! As I said earlier, I don’t speak to anyone, no buddies in the gym, so no question of a friendly prank or anything!!
I am sorry for such long and confusing post and apologize if this may sound like a trivial matter, but the whole thing felt very creepy. The person did not want to steal anything. As if someone was/is keeping a watch on me and had the guts to go through my gym bag right in front of others!! And the worst part is I am now thinking that because I am overweight I am being targeted or something silly!!
What do I do?? Should I speak to the authority or the instructors, or will they laugh it off?? This is really freaking me out. Please help..........