# Urgent help. I am stuck **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124 "2014-01-18T02:13:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/41 "2014-01-18T16:08:33Z")
This thread reminds me of this often referenced Reddit thread: [Stuck in bathroom after I pooped my pants. Help!](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dxbrt/) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/42 "2014-01-18T17:48:57Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > Aaaaah, I see. I was imagining an office floor strew with acorns as a cunning trap. I really am sorry about your ankle, and now I feel very bad for laughing. ☹ No prob. The fall/break actually turned out to be a good thing because it started things in motion for me to break (get it??) up with my then-boyfriend. Sometimes you need a good swift kick in the kiester to wake you up. [/digression] ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/43 "2014-01-18T18:04:42Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > Aaaaah, I see. I was imagining an office floor strew with acorns as a cunning trap. ☹ Just so you don’t feel alone, I was wondering the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/44 "2014-01-18T21:58:52Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > …but rather planting one foot against in the ground and kicking it with the bottom of the other foot. I’m sorry, I don’t understand this. Can you explain what you mean by “planting one foot against in (it?) the ground”? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/45 "2014-01-18T22:46:31Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Why do you shut the door of your bathroom to take a shower when you live alone? I shut mine for extra warmth. Also because I take really hot showers and if I don’t shut the door the steam escapes the bathroom and sets off the fire alarm hanging from the ceiling near the bathroom door. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/46 "2014-01-18T22:47:06Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Yeah, get an iPhone. > > Or any kind of smartphone with web access - they don’t need your ISP, they use the cell phone network if you’re not in an area with WiFi. Then you can listen to the radio, visit a website, call your mother or order a pizza. You can also ask The Dope for help or call 911 if you have to. > > If you’re going to be without electricity, get yourself a solar or handcrank charger, or a battery pack booster so you can charge your iPhone. > > Of course this only works as long as the internet holds out. But who really wants to live after that’s gone, anyway? Very informative post. I found it most helpful. I thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/47 "2014-01-19T00:02:43Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > I’m sorry, I don’t understand this. Can you explain what you mean by “planting one foot against in (it?) the ground”? Thanks. [Like this.](http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads//2011/10/Breaking-Doors.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/48 "2014-01-19T00:15:11Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [Like this.](http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads//2011/10/Breaking-Doors.jpg) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/49 "2014-01-19T01:16:53Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > :rolleyes: They were in the parking lot. As I lay there, I threw acorns at the windows of the office, to no avail. I apologize in advance for saying this, but I really, really wish I had video of this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/50 "2014-01-19T02:39:44Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > I leave mine ajar to let them in.🙂 I don’t care when I’m having a bath so much but I have a cat who like to look into the toilet while I am using it. I am a girl so not standing up :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/51 "2014-01-19T02:49:59Z")
Glad you got out okay. Don’t buy a new door, or even new door hardware. That is the responsibility of the property owner. Notify the property manager that you require a repair. ---
**Author:** ![Artemis\_Tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124/52 "2014-01-19T19:22:50Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Glad you got out okay. > > Don’t buy a new door, or even new door hardware. That is the responsibility of the property owner. Notify the property manager that you require a repair. Well, I am the owner of the apartment… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-help-i-am-stuck/679124.md?page=2)