At my gym the policy is that items left overnight will be put into the lost and found.
At the end of each week, all items in the lost and found will be donated to a charity.
Today I saw a brand new pair of shoes, my size, the exact type I train in.
If no one takes them from the lost and found by the end of the week am I cool to take them myself (it is not monitored)?
It seems to me that the fellow that lost his shoes, will lose them either way - they either go to a charity, or they go to me.
The charity itself has no right to the shoes so I am stealing from them.
I don't think the gym itself can't just take people's shoes and give them away after a week, so I don't think I am stealing from them.