Naked People in Gym Locker Rooms

Naked people wandering about unnecessarily in locker rooms. They walk around, have conversations and do their hair, all before putting their clothes on. I have only been witness to the goings on in a women's locker room, but I hear it is even worse in a men's.

Strangely, these naked people are always the worst looking, out of shape people at the whole gym. Usually on the older side, with their various body parts losing the war with gravity. Have some modesty!

Let me show you what I'm talking about... here is a prime example of some one you might see galavanting around a gym locker room:

My take on a locker room has always been that it is a place to change clothes, have a quick shower, and lock up your stuff while you work out. Most of them are pretty basic. Not places I feel compelled to spend additional time in. True, some locker rooms are equipped with a hot tub, steam room or sauna. The locker room at my current gym is not. It has individual showers, and even draped changing cubbies along with the usual sectioned off groups of lockers. With this in mind, there is ample opportunity to maintain a reasonable level of privacy at any point when a person is naked.

Many questions need answered. What are they doing and thinking? Aren't they cold? Did they not bring a change of clothes and are washing and air drying the ones they came in? Are they aware other people are in the room? The list goes on. Perhaps they have the wrong perception of what a locker room is for. They may think it is like a spa. A European nude spa. Maybe they are all European.

Besides the fact that I really don't want to see poor specimens of the human physique bare it all, it is just really awkward. I have from time to time been engaged in conversation by miscellaneous naked people. I feel like I should point out to them that they are in fact naked, but can't figure out a way to be subtle about it. Should I casually hand them a towel? No, because I don't want to get within arm's length. I could tell them about the latest fashion trends or my favorite clothing stores, but that may not get the point across.

I haven't yet found a solution. I thought about hanging signs describing nudity limitations. The problem there is the extremist naked people would probably protest and take them down. I could carry a giant mirror around and make them look at themselves if they try to approach me. But that would get heavy. I'm open to suggestions. Until my private gym with Olympic size pool is complete, I suppose this is a hardship I will have to endure.