Huh? So far as I recall, you’re the first person in the thread to mention skin color, and might well be the only person who even cares how much melanin the woman in question has. I certainly don’t care about her pigmentation.
Speaking as the OP, I didn’t know she’s black.
I understand how a person might panic when there’s no objective danger. But that panic, regardless of its source, is still an over-reaction to the actual situation. And it certainly doesn’t excuse the media reporting on this incident as if the danger was genuine.
Yep. But the picture looks like there is a dead bolt on the door. But she was able to get out by reaching around and turning the handle. So the handle probably failed from the inside. Shit happens. The only thing she did wrong is waiting to long.
As others said, it was a great idea to try to get attention by sliding paper towels under the door. I certainly would not have waited 8 hours before getting out. A Friday night? Gonna be locked in all weekend? Um no. Time for total MacGyver mode.
And it may not have been as easy as some suggest. It was a good thing that she found that pipe (or whatever it was).
Well, magiver did mention how those folks like to destroy property. 
Claustrophobia isn’t an over reaction. That would be a deliberate act.
And the news folks may have made it sound dramatic but I’d be damned if I’d wait for more than a few minutes of banging on the door on a Friday night before I started tearing shit up. There is no excuse for putting a lock on the outside of a door without an interior hand mechanism to open it. None. She had every right to do what she did. They’re lucky she didn’t sue over it.
Maybe she’s waiting for the right offer. If she went to shit, you must submit!
Was busting out an overreaction, hell no, I’d have done it hours earlier.
Were her statements to the press a little over-dramatic, sure, but who cares.
Am I the only one that :rolleyes: at the Shawshank comparison. She opened up the wall enough to reach her hand through…that’s hardly what I would consider “tunneling out.”
Yep, he very definitely got whooshed. I thought of including a [/sarcasm] tag, but decided it would deflate the sarcasm too much.
That’s my thoughts exactly. I wouldn’t panic, I’d just be highly pissed off, and do what’s necessary to free myself. I certainly would not be prepared to sit in a toilet for over 2 days.
How many of us would wait eight hours?
Note to self: never ever leave cell phone behind. Ever.
Frankly I’m impressed with what she did. I would have gone straight through the wall without even thinking about the lock mechanism.
Me too.
I would have expected more from you.
I’m picturing the Kool-Aid pitcher.
I was thinking some kind of rudimentary tunneling machine built out of plumbing fixtures and cleaning supplies.
Personally, I would have tried to find a more clever way out. Take apart the handle, pop the hinges, go through the vents. But I guess since it was a black woman trapped, I shoot expect that.
There you go MrDurden. Just so you have something to be all self righteous about. Your welcome.
Well making explosives is frowned upon these days. Go figure. I probably would have looked up to see if there was a false ceiling but generally bathrooms are assembled with one way screws so you can’t take stuff apart. Not sure why anyone would steal a stall door unless it was to smash through a wall.
I hate to admit this but I actually locked myself into a bathroom while installing a door handle. I swung the door shut to see if it latched properly and as the door was closing I saw the screwdriver I needed on the other side. Fortunately it was the kind of mechanism that you could slip a piece of metal in and retract.
Boy Scout preparedness mental note, carry screwdriver or black woman into restroom when working late.
oh yeah! 