For Every Weird Thing At Your Workplace, There’s A Story Like This, Part 3
I’ve been a server going on seventeen years. It’s the middle of a rush, and I have to pee — bad. I tell the server with me on the patio, and she says it’s cool. I run to the bathroom, pee, and wash my hands.
I go to leave, and the door won’t open. (It’s an employee bathroom, not a stall.) I wiggle the handle. It won’t move. I’m standing there thinking, “Am I stupid?!” I try again. The door won’t budge.
I get out my phone — no service. I reset my phone as I’m knocking on the door saying, “Hello? Hello? Can anyone hear me? I’m locked in the bathroom!” Of course, no one can. The employee bathroom is way away from anything. The only reason you’d be right there is to use the restroom.
I look at my phone — still no service.
At this point, a solid ten minutes have gone by. So, I’m in this tiny-a** bathroom with my phone in the air hoping to get one bar, all while shouting:
Me: “[MY NAME] IS STUCK IN THE BATHROOM!”
I finally get one bar, and I send a mass text to every manager and server at work:
Me: “I’M STUCK IN THE BATHOOM! SEND HELP!”
My text keeps showing the loading symbol.
Now it’s been fifteen or so minutes, and I cannot get the door to budge. I’m wondering why my fellow server hasn’t come to my rescue!
Another two or three minutes go by, and someone tries to open the door.
Me: “I’M LOCKED IN HERE!”
Voice On The Other Side: “[My Name]…?”
She can’t get the door open. She goes and gets a manager. The two of them start pushing on the door while I pull it. It WILL NOT BUDGE!
Me: “Go check my tables! Close my section! Help!”
Then, another manager came with a busser, and they all tried to push while I tried to pull, and…
FINALLY! The door opened!
I was gone for almost thirty minutes. The server on the patio with me said she thought I was taking a long s*** and never thought to check on me. She watched my tables, and my manager cashed some people out who’d been waiting a while, etc.
A couple around my age asked where I’d been (I had dropped off their drinks, they’d said they needed a few minutes, and that’s when I’d gone to pee), so I had to tell them the story. They thought it was hilarious.
Related:
For Every Weird Thing At Your Workplace, There’s A Story Like This, Part 2
For Every Weird Thing At Your Workplace, There’s A Story Like This