oh $H!T! how do u figure out a combination?

Question

ok, im really p!$$3d now. who keeps stealing my locks?
ive went through 4 of them in about 6 months.

ok heres my story....
when i started school, i hAd a combination for my locker. i didnt have it much over a month, when someone stole it. So then, i got another combination. and again, it was stolen after about a month or so. i was really mad by then, so i bought a key lock. it worked for a good few months, when ,my school announced that we had to throw away the locks and buy new ones from the school, just a few days ago. So, yesterday morning i bought another key lock from them (bc i didnt want to take my chances with another combination). And, what do u know? after about 4 months of Locker- sanity, i go to my locker after Last period, and my newest lock of 2 days just vanishes!
i am really pissed
how do i get vengeance on who did this
how are they figuring out both combinations and keys?
and most importatly, should i waste my $ on another one?
i dont want to have none!

please give me some VERY good advice. and, if u r picked best answer, and u answer my latest question b4 this, ill pick u best answer for that too :) (thus, giving u 20 pts., and u dont even have to give a good answer for the other one, just a 'lol', or 'wow')

-C

Answer 1

LOL! Scientifically speaking, you are suffering from LGA. The common Locker Gnome Abuse has been reported as early as the late 70's and has a tendency to strike unwary students. These mischievious Gnomes habitually break into lockers all over the country with no explanation or sightings. Cures are in experimental stage, but red pepper or some other substance applied locally on the lock seems to deter them. Note, that these Gnomes have been accused of car key and glasses relocating.
(On a more serious note, dude, it is somebody you know and trust!)

Answer 2

Well, it's pretty obvious you're just forgetting to lock your padlocks. You can't really figure out a combination by just twisting the padlock around. They'd have to get a stethoscope to listen for clicks when the locks gears shift when making contact with the correct number. And to open the keyed padlocks they would have to pick the lock which is no simple task unless you possess a bumpkey which are pretty much unknown in the U.S. right now. And to top it all off why would someone go through this much effort to simply steal a padlock? It's not like padlocks are expensive so all this work is simply not worth stealing them. Which brings me to my conclusion that you aren't locking the padlocks and your friends are taking them to mess with you.