gym lockers

June 2026

when you have a room full of homogenous lockers, the only thing that you really need is for the locker to be empty. if you randomly choose a locker that is used, you go to a different locker, which you continue to choose until you realise it is regularly used. this means that we should reach a state of equilibrium where everyone uses the same locker because you mentally blacklist the other ones.

this is actually pretty similar to queues in supermarkets, but feels a bit more fun because you don't see the decisions of other people you just see the outcomes.