An Empty Locker Isn’t Always an Available Locker

You can have a bank of lockers with plenty of empty compartments… and still have people struggling to find one.

Why? Because empty and available aren’t necessarily the same thing.

A locker might be assigned to someone who only visits the office occasionally. Reserved for a booking that never happened. Or still allocated to someone who collected their belongings but didn’t end their session.

Physically empty. Still unavailable to the next person.

That’s why the allocation rules deserve as much thought as the number of doors.

• Who needs a permanent locker?
• Who only needs one for the day?
• When does a reservation expire?
• How does a locker become available again?

Permanent lockers absolutely have their place, particularly where people need to leave belongings overnight.

A mix of permanent and shared lockers can make more sense than treating everyone the same.

And releasing a locker needs a clear process for anything left inside.

Before adding another bank, check how your existing lockers are being used—and when they become available again.

Sometimes the extra capacity you need is already there. It’s just still allocated to someone else.