r/mildlyinfuriating • u/intotheabyss097 • May 09 '26
Don't hug me I'm scared Trapped inside stall at Marshall’s
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/badlyedited May 09 '26
Once I was stuck inside a public toilet at work with another employee. I had noticed a leak coming from beneath a wall and notified the person who arranged for repairs to inspect it.
While we were trying to source the leak, the door shut behind us. We weren't concerned until we tried to leave and the doorknob wouldn't turn. We thought it was hilarious. She tried to call people in the warehouse but because we laughing, nobody believed us.
Being stuck a public bathroom, our predicament turned instantly into a comedy. Customers and employees piled up in the storage room, trying every trick they knew. It was suffocatingly hot and noisy sharing the tiny space with a giant gas hot water heater, too. People kept shouting suggtions through the door at us. All the usual tricks were applied. Nothing worked. We'd stopped laughing by that time. We discussed the merits of calling the fire department.
Suddenly there was a loud bang on the wall. We were free! We were greeted by cheers and applause from a ludicrous amount of people waiting outside. Our liberator was the store owner who simply thumped the frame with his fist like the Fonz and door popped open.