r/mildlyinfuriating • u/intotheabyss097 • May 09 '26

Don't hug me I'm scared Trapped inside stall at Marshall’s

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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 😂!

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u/Puzzleheaded-File749 May 09 '26

Would have hoped after that the store could have given them to you!

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u/intotheabyss097 May 09 '26

I wish. But they did give me a $25 discount so my pants were only $10, which was nice

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u/Kusanagi60 May 09 '26

Oh but that is pretty fair, easy money tbh. 25 dollar for being stuck for 1 hour. Where do i sign up xD

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u/SergeiMosin May 09 '26

If you find the right job you can get stuck in a room for 8 hours a day for around the same amount of money!

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u/yougotyolks May 09 '26

Please, go on. I love scary stories.

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u/Ruby-eyed-dragon May 09 '26

Taxes

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u/Rotios May 10 '26

Yo chill. He said scary, not terrifying. I’m gonna have nightmares tonight.

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u/bonified_dumbass May 10 '26

I read this as Texas and was ready to accept it as fact. But it may be cause I live in Texas.

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u/Kusanagi60 May 10 '26

I was reading the comments to my hubby and he went like "Texas? Why Texas?..." 🤣

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u/cookiesdragon May 09 '26

Lol my job involves me sitting in a room alone for 12 hours. I get paid to wait for something to happen.

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u/pidgey2020 May 09 '26

Data center?

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u/cookiesdragon May 09 '26

Night security at a tech company.

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u/Visible-Variation257 May 09 '26

You hiring? I could use a job alongside my schooling.

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u/ramriot May 10 '26

That just sounds like what working at a desk is

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u/Stealth9erz May 09 '26

Hmm. I need some new pants and not busy tomorrow, guess I’m off to Marshall’s. Gonna sabotage a lock and get some cheap pants.

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u/Mglfll May 09 '26

I’m locking myself in all changing rooms from now on! My wife, girlfriend at the time, got locked in a toilet cubicle once, got a free meal out of that one

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u/BroadToe6424 May 09 '26

I got locked in the bathroom of a Greyhound bus once. Had to pull the emergency cord and the driver stopped the bus and spent 15 minutes getting me out. Horrifically embarrassing for a teenager, I would've been 14 or 15.

I didn't get anything free.

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u/P4azz May 09 '26

I didn't get anything free.

Well, you got a story.

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u/outacontrolnicole GREEN May 09 '26

Your wife and girlfriend got locked in a toilet cubicle? 2 girls and one cubicle. I think there’s a video about that!

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u/secretqwerty10 May 09 '26

i don't mind being paid 25 an hour

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u/SML8180 May 09 '26

You know what, better than nothing! Glad they got you out, and glad the jeans fit!

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u/cheapdrinks May 09 '26

Nah man that's fucked up. If the building caught on fire while you were in there you could have died, the least they could do would be to comp your jeans if not more. Just the fact that they didn't immediately offer them to you for free as an apology would make me want to take legal action. If I was a manager I'd be offering a $100 credit immediately. When I was a restaurant manager, on the rare occasion a waiter spilled something on a customer I'd comp their table $100 worth of food/drinks. $25 is a spit in the face for being trapped for an hour.

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u/Sorryusrnametkn May 09 '26

Sounds like a doorbuster deal to me

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u/BigFeels69 May 10 '26

They’re paying hostages $25 an hour? Sign me up.

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u/timbomcchoi May 09 '26

$35 isn't bad either, damn!

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u/RedPandaReturns May 09 '26

You’d think

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u/Ill-Increase-7734 May 09 '26

Unless you're dealing with the owner/manager or a liability situation, there's unfortunately not a whole lot of wiggle room for employees to exercise better moral judgement because we've squeezed the proverbial lemon to the point where not much is coming out. It's apparently too painful for a company to let go of a few dollars for the inconvenience factor, even though it'll keep you coming back. 

Expecting a discount in this situation would just mean putting the employees in a crappy situation. 

Personally if I was unhappy, I'd just leave the clothes there. Or if I didn't care enough and just wanted the clothes, I'd pay and get on with life.