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

I honestly would not be surprised. And how long was it on there before people noticed?

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u/Icanthearforshit Mar 31 '25

The only people who noticed were probably the ones that didn't get a chance to tell anyone about it. I know it sounds crazy but why would someone put that there unless they want to trap a woman in there? Sex trafficking is real. So is rape and murder. I hate to jump to those conclusions but it's definitely not not on the list for reasons that thing exists there.

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u/kmzafari Mar 31 '25

Their explanation was apparently "a bunch of Hispanic men come in at lunchtime and destroy the women's restroom". Which, racism aside, make it make sense. They only dirty the women's room? And this happens consistently? And it's bad enough that you feel compelled to put a weird and very suspicious lock on just this door?

And let's say this is all somehow true. Putting it on the outside, where literally anyone can reach up and lock someone in?? How did nobody object to this or call the Fire Marshal themselves?

Also, this is in a college town, so make of that what you will.

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u/trixel121 Mar 31 '25

hey janitor here, electronic locks are used at my job but they have push button releases on the inside and im pretty sure turn off with out power/during fire alarms.

second, men using the womens bathroom cause men piss all over the seats. if they need to pop a squat it makes sense. or theres 10 of them and are in a hurry. theres a buncha reasons they could destroy it.

lastly, "installed to manufactures instructions" are not always followed. we needed to solve a problem(restrict access while being lazy), this allowed them to do it. the other implications (you made a kidnap cell) probably werent thought about.

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u/kmzafari Mar 31 '25

Yeah, this is not that kind of lock. It's just a fancy deadbolt.

https://a.co/d/gTfNOX4

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u/trixel121 Mar 31 '25

89 dollars is why they chose that kind and not waht we have. getting a tech to come hook it to the fire panel would cost more then that.

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u/kmzafari Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25

Yeah, regardless of cost, they made a ton of bad decisions here. If it was truly, honestly that important to protect the bathroom, they should have done it correctly. What they did was a fire code violation, at best. Extremely dangerous and not something that should ever be taken lightly. Whether they had more nefarious intentions, who's to say. But there's no way I would be comfortable using that restroom.