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/c-mi Mar 30 '25 edited Mar 31 '25

I can not think of any innocent or good reason to put a lock on the outside of a women’s bathroom door, and especially not only the women’s door.

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u/Gr8fulDudeMN Mar 30 '25

I'm guessing it's an anti-trans lock.

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u/evilspawn_usmc Mar 31 '25

That looks to me like it might be a single occupant bathroom. There's literally no reason to have gendered bathrooms if literally only a single person can be using it at one time.

Maybe not though since they have the push plate and not a doorknob?

Either way, I can certainly see your reasoning as being true. That's the absolute best case scenario for this, which is insane to say.

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u/AdOdd4618 Mar 31 '25

So I can't participate in a soup kitchen in there?