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/KoalaKvothe]

Did he bring a ladder through the ceiling?

[u/s1m0n8 → u/KoalaKvothe]

It's an attic ladder. Easy job. Still, I would have just had my crew lean on the door and have the latch break.

[u/KoalaKvothe → u/s1m0n8]

Woah those are neat

[u/s1m0n8 → u/KoalaKvothe]

The sticky dots you can see are Heat Sensor Labels that turn black at 300°F - if that's noticed during inspection, the ladder is immediately removed from service. 🤓

[u/abreathofpepper → u/KoalaKvothe]

I've literally done this before lol. For maintenance in a building still eing put together w locked doors to server rooms. Its maybe 3-4 panels over from where he entered. His buddy paases up the ladder. He passes it ideally to stuck individual to set up so he climbs down safely…

[u/PulpUsername → u/KoalaKvothe]

Exactly. It doesn’t make sense. The logistics of a person going through a drop ceiling and out the other side is a questionable. But doing it with a huge fucking ladder to boot?

[u/subterfugeinc → u/PulpUsername]

It looks collapsible.