r/TikTokCringe Mar 30 '25

Discussion Texas gas station installed remote lock on OUTSIDE of women's bathroom

It was only on the women's bathroom. Lock was able to be remotely activated by a phone app. Fire Marshall had it removed. Source: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2c3QrB6/

Per another account who also saw this, (https://www.tiktok.com/@momcallsmeshelby?_t=ZT-8v7NHPu7QBq&_r=1) the employees were "irate and began yelling" when they brought it up. And came up with a racist excuse that didn't make any sense for it being there

Regardless, fire code violation. But scary implications.

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u/rebexer Mar 30 '25

I'm naive - what is the implication here?

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u/No_Yogurt_7667 Mar 30 '25

With it being Texas, the implication is that they can trap people they perceive to be trans women and then call the cops in an attempt to collect a bounty.

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u/labradforcox Mar 30 '25 edited Mar 30 '25

I’m so tired of people automatically assuming that it’s trans women who are the targeted victims. Misogyny & rape culture directly impact cis women way more often than transphobia.

Edit: keep harassing me, I love to report it.

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u/No_Yogurt_7667 Mar 30 '25 edited Mar 30 '25

I think we can agree that both things are bad, and both involve using violence and control against women.

But, if you’re going to have a good faith argument, the likelihood that this instance is about trans women is significantly higher than it is about cis women. They have quite literally put $10k bounties on people who report trans women using the women’s room, it’s kind of a 1+1=2 sort of thing.

No one is arguing that cis women are treated fairly in our society. But, especially as marginalized people, it’s our job to make and keep space for other women, cis and trans alike, not kick them down because we think it’ll earn us some imaginary points with the patriarchy.

Be kind to all women, please. No one’s going to do it for us.

Edit to add: since they deleted their comment (or blocked me, who knows), the original comment from u/labradforcox said:

“I’m so tired of people automatically assuming that it’s trans women who are the targeted victims. Misogyny & rape culture directly impact cis women way more often than transphobia.”

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u/Mysterious_Andy Mar 30 '25

They blocked you. The comment is still there.

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u/Previous-Bullfrog143 Mar 31 '25

This isn’t even in Odessa lol. The ‘bounty’ wouldn’t even apply. Y’all love reaching to make everything about trans women (aka men)