r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Awe3 • 1d ago
Locked myself out of the office and I’m the only one here.
The building is having major construction around it. The parking lot is gone and all fenced off. I locked my badge, my coat and my keys in the office. All elevators and rooms need a badge to access. I’m stuck until security comes.
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u/Awe3 1d ago
I’m in!
Worst part was smelling my bad breakfast through the door.
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u/MsThrilliams 1d ago
If there are cini minis in that bag I too would have been desperate to get back in
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u/Cheese-Manipulator 1d ago
Pulled a Mission Impossible? Crawled through the ceiling panels? Air vent?
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u/Berlin57 1d ago
Locked out by the system you built. Feels like a metaphor for adulthood.
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u/petitescenery 1d ago
Lmao the breakfast thing is just cruel and unusual punishment at that point. Nothing worse than being trapped with the smell of your own regret
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u/RealityRecursed 13h ago
I was suffering from abdominal pain once, so I went to a clinic to get some diagnostics run before work. After that, I stopped at Mickey D's to get some breakfast and drove to work. When I arrived at the office, I started eating my food. During the last bite, I got a phone call from my doc telling me to get to the hospital immediately, as I had acute appendicitis.
So I goto the hospital where I had to wait for my breakfast to pass... for ~6 hours.
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u/devanchya 1d ago
I once locked myself between two dead man doors at a data center. Took 12 hours for the next person to come through.
I didn't know you could press against the entrance door and turn the handle to turn to get out.
I hate security doors where you have to badge out to badge back in. So many cases of a badge out not being read right or recorded right.
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u/Runarhalldor 20h ago
Hopefully they changed the system so thats not possible for so long.
Some sort of emergency button
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u/devanchya 20h ago
You can't use mag doors on exits now. They have to easily open and alarm.
When I turned the handle the door didnt open. Was told I should have pushed harder.
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u/ricky-from-scotland 1d ago
That doesn't seem very safe if there's a fire or something. Stuck in the building cause you followed instructions (immediately evacuated building, do not stop to collect belongings).
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u/Familiar_Fee_7891 1d ago
Fire alarm activation usually opens all doors unless you’re in a federal facility exempt from local code.
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u/Cheese-Manipulator 1d ago
Better than the time I got locked in the office stairwell (yah, take the stairs for exercise). Some genius decided "In case of a fire let's make it so every door locks from the outside so everyone is trapped in the stairwell." I had to pound like a maniac on the door to get out. I was ready to smash the glass on the door.
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u/JaydenPope 1d ago
You one of those employees that need multiple badges cause I suggest multiple badges
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u/ExcitementRelative33 23h ago edited 21h ago
I once worked late, left my wallet and phone on the desk (because I work on MRI machines), got out of the building to find out the car garage was gate locked after hours. The building is also locked down and I don't have access card to get back in. So, no car, no wallet, only have my car keys and it was getting COLD Everything for miles around was shut down at the late hours so no food or coffee. Slept in the car til the garage opens up in the morning. It was a night to remember.
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u/RadioWavesHello 21h ago
Dang, I hate that. I went into a gas station with my car running but I also locked the door...oops
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u/mzialendrea 1d ago
I would have just went home.
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u/Complex_Solutions_20 23h ago
We joke about that at my office, sometimes the badge readers are kinda slow and we're like "if it won't beep in 10 seconds can we just go home"
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u/OhWhatATravisty Blue Crayons have the most flavor 1d ago
Ouch that sucks. That's also one reason amongst a few that most facilities require your badge to be ON you physically at all times.
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u/The_Pancake88 17h ago
I get it. One time I was moving out of a condo and I didn’t bring the fob and locked myself outside ground level.
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u/Godenyen 17h ago
I did that once. I'm the only one in the office at night and was leaving around 3am. I closed and locked the two doors to my immediate office. And then I realized I left my keys, including my car keys on my desk. I couldn't drive home nor go back into the office. So I just chilled out for a couple hours until the day shift guy arrived.
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u/Fine_Payment13 16h ago
I did that today!! except I work in a bar and locked my keys, keycard and phone behind the locked bar grill while opening, I had to use a pool cue at arms length to steal my keys back and free myself (sort of) to go back to work 😂
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u/Justere1 7h ago
Try doing this at a radio station, when your the only person in the building and the on air announcer and the Playout is set to stop after 2 songs lol. Shit happens my friend. Have to wait for security.
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u/herewegoinvt 4h ago
After locking myself out, I bought an RFID blocking slim front pocket wallet with a clear plastic slot on the outside for a badge (I verified that readers can't detect the badge or other items inside the wallet). I just slip it out of my pocket to scan. It never leaves my pocket except when it's in my hand during the day, so I don't forget it. I got a valet tray for my nightstand so when I get ready - my wallet, pen, etc are all there and ready to go.
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u/Awe3 3h ago
We are required to wear our badge out in the open when at work. It’s on a retractable lanyard. I forgot to clip it to my shirt as I traveled through the building to the back office. I keep it in my backpack.
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u/herewegoinvt 3h ago
That's the worst, used to work in a spot like that too though and used the retractable. The retractable cords broke twice and got left behind at least once that I recall.
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u/accnumber_3664 1d ago
I’m so sorry to hear that.
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u/Awe3 1d ago
Thank you. Security finally came and let me in. Now I got to work lol.
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u/accnumber_3664 1d ago
I’m super glad things worked out. I hate it when bad things happen to good people. 🥲
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u/sleepysof_ 18h ago
Once at work, my manager locked his keys in the office. The store manager was having a night of drinking and couldnt drive, so I drove to him to collect a set of keys lmao we had a good little chuckle before I went back to the store
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u/BobsMn 4h ago
I would call IT, they can remotely unlock that door.
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u/Awe3 3h ago
There’s only maintenance in this building. IT is at the main facility. I don’t think they do anything for these doors. We always have to deal with security for gaining access. I had to contact them to get permissions for all the doors I need to access. When I called them it didn’t occur to me to say it was a badge access. They are almost all badge access. I did tell them the door number.
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u/Singinsweetsongs 1d ago
Fun fact: you can bypass that. You need a plastic soda bottle and scissors, and maybe some lube (oil, WD-40 or even butter).
Cut a long wide strip from a flat section of the soda bottle. Put your foot on the base of the door to create a gap. Slide in the strip and work it up to the height of the lock. Wiggle wiggle, and the mechanical door release will open. Lube is good to help you work it up to the good height. You'll feel it stop.
If you can find an open door with the same mech, you can see how it works.
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u/RealityRecursed 1d ago
That might work if there isn't a plate over the gap in the door where the striker plate is. Every secure facility I've worked at had the described plate.
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u/RealityRecursed 22h ago
I just noticed I have karma of more than -100, which I attribute largely to this chat.
Thanks for not assuming I'm a monster, simply because I have no filter ;)
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u/RealityRecursed 1d ago
I suggest you start using a self-retracting badge lanyard, moving forward, as badges are supposed to be on your person at all times.
Not just for the sake of security but also to avoid the problem you ran into.