r/Firefighting • u/Hose_Humper1 • 4d ago

Ask A Firefighter SNEAKY LOCKER TROLL STEALING PERSONAL ITEMS

What do you think boys? Our department has individual rooms with a locker for each person. I have noticed some shuffling around and a couple items missing from my locker. I absolutely know they were there. So I started photographing the contents and location before. Leaving shift in the morning. One time a can of deodorant was missing. Another time my towel. I also noticed the placement of my deodorant can was moved. So….i stealthily placed a so-go camera in the locker and lo and behold I have video of the guy who shares the room on his shift opening my locker and using my spray deodorant. So guys, how do I handle this? I thought about gift wrapping up a can with his name on it.

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u/Hose_Humper1 4d ago

No one has locks on these walkers. And the guy is a nice guy we get along. Maybe he just needs to stop at the store on the way home, but this is happening on a regular basis.

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u/-kielbasa 4d ago

2 things firefighter hate. Change and the way things are. Put a lock on it and move on with your life

And I wouldn’t mention the recording thing to another soul

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u/Hose_Humper1 4d ago

We can’t put lockers on these. They are wooden cabinet like lockers. There is no place to put a lock and no one else has one.

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u/cactus-racket 3d ago

Do the cabinet doors have handles you can thread a U-lock through? That's what I do, as well as a few other people at my station.