I was walking around the indoor track

at the gym today when I saw a kid opening the lockers. There are two entire walls of lockers and the kid, who looked like he was 8 or 9, was going through every one. When he found one with stuff in it he would pull out all the stuff, look at it or in it and put it all back in the locker. He would come to a lock and try to figure out how to unlock it, fail, and move on to the next locker. I wasn't really happy about him doing this because my stuff was in one of the lockers and I didn't want some weird kid rifling through my backpack. I thought about telling him to stop but I was curious how long he would do it or if he would open my locker. I don't know what I would have said to him if he had opened my locker but still, I was curious. Finally, he must have gotten bored because he left the track area and went up to the front desk. I thought he was gone until he came back with a GIANT PAIR OF SCISSORS! He went back to opening the lockers and it looked like he was cutting the stuff in them. I don't know if he was or not because he would see me coming and stop but it looked like he was cutting something with the locker door open. Then he went to a locked locker and tried to open the lock with the scissors. The more I watched him the more I realized this kid wasn't quite right. I kept staring at him and I think it finally freaked him out because he took his scissors and left the area. What is wrong with the world today? What kind of parent leaves their "not quite right" kid alone at a fitness center to open lockers? And who gives this same kid A GIANT PAIR OF SCISSORS!!??!! Of course, he had to leave just as I was getting ready to go the the front desk and tell them about it. I think I am going to go out and buy a scissor proof lock (preferably one that shocks kids that are "not quite right.")