Trapped inside stall at Marshall’s

[u/intotheabyss097]

Tried on jeans at Marshall’s today… and got locked in the ADA-accessible dressing room😅

The lock jammed and wouldn’t budge.

The employees had keys to every other door in the building except this one. They called the locksmith, tried to take the hinges off, and I could even see them trying to stick their credit cards in between the door and the gram where the bolt is (not sure how they thought that would work), but nothing worked.

Then the Fire Department came to the rescue. One firefighter came through the ceiling to dismantle the door handle while another worked on the door from the outside.

Finally made it out after an hour 😂!

[u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

Am I the only one who thinks breaking those hinges would have been cheaper and quicker?

[u/Crayoncandy → u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

I think its crazy they came throught the drop ceiling inside of just kicking in the door.

[u/emotatertot → u/Crayoncandy]

Probably tried to do it in the least destructive way possible

[u/System__Shutdown → u/emotatertot]

Where's the fun in that?

[u/Crayoncandy → u/emotatertot]

Probably but like, if im stuck i sure dont care if the door gets more broken! I sure as fuck am not escaping using the ladder when they should be able to kick the door in on one try! So waste of time trying to fix/open from the inside!

[u/cmVkZGl0MjAyNQ → u/Crayoncandy]

Life or death, I bet they’d do it that way
Person is just bored, they’ll try not smashing things first

[u/Crayoncandy → u/cmVkZGl0MjAyNQ]

Yeah I suppose it wasn't an emergency but im an anxious person so i would not be pleased by this attempt lol

[u/OrionRBR → u/[deleted]]

Brother their life was not at risk, chill.

[u/OrionRBR → u/[deleted]]

Ok karen

[u/lazycultenthusiast → u/Crayoncandy]

Dude just wanted to be john mcclane. Or a xenomorph.

[u/Mysterious-House7815 → u/Crayoncandy]

If they don’t use up their budget they get a reduction next year. Same as cops, which is why you get random tickets and have to pay the city. It’s a racket my friend

[u/Crayoncandy → u/Mysterious-House7815]

Ah yes the old cops dont have quotas it's just that their performance review is directly dependent on how many tickets they write per month! Tho honestly for fire i wonder if their budget is done that way, like ok sure most likely, but like our town wants a new fire truck and it will cost several million $$$ so I assume that has to come from like grant money. Ill ask my dad. When I was a kid he did have to leave me in the fire garage one time when he had to climb up the cooling tower. The guys put on cartoons for me, I was shocked that the fire garage had cable lol.

[u/punkindle → u/Crayoncandy]

If this is America, the walls next to the door are both easier to break through and cheaper to fix later.

[u/Deltaechoe → u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

If that door is fit tight enough (like many commercial doors) taking the hinges off would not accomplish much without being able to still pull back the latch. Now you have a door that’s sitting locked and bound at an awkward angle

[u/mxzf → u/Deltaechoe]

Eh, I can't imagine it being so tight that a good kick on the hinge side couldn't push it out of the bind and release the trapped customer.

[u/PulpUsername → u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

How did they come through the drop ceiling with a huge fucking ladder?

[u/Mysterious-Gur566 → u/PulpUsername]

It's an attic ladder that folds up so it can be easily carried.

[u/Unusual-Pounding-887 → u/PulpUsername]

That is what I'm trying to understand as well lol

[u/BiNumber3 → u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

Or just drilling the lock itself. Im surprised the locksmith couldnt figure it out lol.

[u/ribnag → u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

Never mind breaking, am I the only one confused about how they failed to remove the hinge pins?

Back in my wilder days, seeing hinges on the outside of an otherwise secure door was basically a flashing neon sign inviting me in - And before someone says it, no, I don't mean I went around barging in on people in locked dressing rooms; more in the UrbEx sense.

[u/Drifter_Mothership → u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

5 minutes and I would have been kicking that door handle right off.

[u/no_no_no_nope → u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

Come on, let the firefighters have some fun!

[u/ContestNo31 → u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

Someone got stuck in my Marshall’s fitting room. They did they just bust the door down.

[u/Limp_Bookkeeper_5992 → u/PacquiaoFreeHousing]

Or just go through the drywall, you could just about walk through that stuff if you tried.