Pick One

I run or ride my bike to work every day. There's a gym right next to my office that I use to clean up. There are two locker rooms and a unisex/handicapped bathroom with shower. I always use the unisex shower but sometimes have to use one of the other two (Men's or Women's). A couple weeks ago, the unisex was occupied. Running late, I decided to use one of the two regular locker rooms. Since I had a shirt and tie in my bag with men's slacks and dress shoes, I used the men's locker room. I tried my hardest to avoid eye contact and just keep to myself. But there's this guy that is always at the gym, just sitting around, wasting time. He made eye contact with me inside the locker room. Not thinking much of it but with my heart rate slightly elevated, I quickly showered (individual stalls with curtains), and put on my clothes in a toilet stall instead of out in the open for everyone to see.  The next day, the unisex bathroom was again occupied. Again, I was running late and couldn't wait for the occupant to finish. But this day, I had female slacks and a definitely female blouse in my bag to change into. So, hoping nobody would notice, I headed to the women's locker room and did pretty much the same thing as the day before. As I was headed to the bathroom stall to put on clothes (with a towel covering my front), the manager of the gym walked past and greeted me. I finished changing and left the locker room. Headed to the exit, the manager stopped me in the middle of the basketball court (thankfully nobody else was in the gym). She had received complaints that I had been seen entering the men's locker room on the first day and the other locker room on the second day. One person's face immediately came to mind: lazy guy. My heart was racing, and I dared not say anything, I dared not betray myself with my very male-timbre/pitched voice. But she wasn't confrontational and asked me to just pick one of the locker rooms and stick with it. Fine with me! I pick women's! 'Cause that's where I belong anyway!