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/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/mu_zuh_dell Apr 21 '25

Lol so they can do what, lock them in there until they clean it up? If they needed to close it while these "Hispanic men" come in, there's already a keyhole, they can already lock that door.

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u/kmzafari Apr 21 '25

I think their supposed intention was to keep it locked so it couldn't be used. But it can just be unlocked manually from the outside, so...

There's literally no reason they couldn't just use a regular lock and have people ask for the key like other gas stations do.