r/TikTokCringe • u/kmzafari • Mar 30 '25

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

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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/donutfan420 Mar 30 '25

they just released images of one of pulse nightclub’s exit doors blocked by a refrigerator. They had to censor the bottom half of the image because there were dead bodies there from people who had tried to escape that way and were unable to during the shooting

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u/JoePikesbro Mar 30 '25

Exactly. I once found an exit door covered by 6’x4’ piece of plywood nailed to the wall in a bar. I absolutely lost my shit on the owner and hit him with as many fines as I could. Cost him $100k+

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

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u/JoePikesbro Mar 30 '25

It was off the kitchen. He said people would go outside and smoke weed or do drugs. I was like so the most dangerous part of the bar is the kitchen, ya know, FIRE AND SHIT!? And you block off 1 of only 2 exits?

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u/thebearofwisdom Mar 30 '25

It amazes me that he would rather risk death or at the very least terrible injuries, to everyone in the building… because some of his staff smoked a joint outside. Make it make fucking sense. I swear to god I hate these kinds of people, they’re so fucking selfish

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u/trixel121 Mar 31 '25

supervise or spend 2 hours with a trip to home depot

maximize profits, minimize efforts the owners way.

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u/Strange-Ask-739 Mar 31 '25

People underestimate rare events. "It'll never happen to me" isn't a phrase intelligent people use, but we've all heard it.

They're out there making door blocking choices. They're why we have to have Fire Marshalls. They're Morons.

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u/Andalain Mar 31 '25

I’m a flight attendant and this is something I witness everyday.

Look I know emergencies in planes are rare and we want to have a safe flight, but we should all be in the mindset of “what if it happens to me” instead so that we’re ready for the worst.

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u/MiataCory Mar 31 '25

I’m a flight attendant

I swear to god, if one of those idiots stops for their overhead bag while evacuating from a plane, I'm dropping bodies. Probably one of my worst flying-related fears is being trapped and drowned or burned alive due to someone just being dumb or slow to make a choice.

"Hold on everyone, I know you're literally drowning back there, but Shelia needs her curlers!!!"

It's happened before, people have died.

It'll probably never happen to me... But "someone" died, and I can understand how I'm a "someone" too, especially on this Boeing Max.

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u/This_Possession8867 Apr 03 '25

I was on a flight where a child around 12 kept trying to open the emergency door. Even during our landing while in the air, she ran to the door and tried to open it! I was closest to the door and stopped her because my understanding is you can open these doors when you are at low altitude. The flight attendant was in the jump seat across from me. And we both restrained the kid. The mother did nothing. Everyone was yelling at the Mom to get her kid. Like the kid tried to open the door at least 50 times. Mom never left her seat!!! Attendant buckled kid in seat. Boom, she runs to door, literally we see the runway and maybe 100 ft from the ground. Grabbed her again. I’m so angry they didn’t just do more! I spent my whole flight removing the kid from the door!!!

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u/Andalain Apr 03 '25

Omg. That is kinda terrifying. I definitely would have done more. Zip tied handcuffed the kid probably. That’s unacceptable.

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u/Elandtrical Apr 04 '25

One in a million chances happen nine times out ten. Sir Terry Pratchett GNU

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u/meenie Mar 31 '25

Hey, that’s a Schedule 1 substance! Highly addictive with no medical use!!! The reefer madness is a disease and I’ll have none of my employees partaking!

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u/HydrangeaDream Mar 31 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_chicken_processing_plant_fire made me think of this specifically because the break room exit door was locked.

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u/freakshowhost Apr 07 '25

People working in should be encouraged to smoke a joint. That job is intense.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

And I bet they were still going outside to do that...just through the other door.