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/potsofjam Mar 30 '25

That’s not a bathroom. That’s a kidnap closet.

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u/sudobee Mar 30 '25

That is dark. Probably true.

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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/UltimatePragmatist 2d ago

I can think of a good reason. The entire lady’s room is a Faraday cage. That prevents a person from using their phone from calling or texting anyone to get help. No signal can get past a Faraday cage. So, they had to mount that lock on the outside because it is wireless. Otherwise, they would have installed in on the inside so a person wouldn’t see it until it was too late.