Alright, so I'm visiting my sister and brother-in-law for a couple of weeks. They went to bed a few hours ago and I'm sitting watching the Olympics / browsing the internet in the living room. So anyways, I realize that I REALLY need to go to the washroom. Now there are two washrooms in the apartment. One in the hallway nearby, and one in the master bedroom that I've never used. So I get on over to the washroom, and the door's locked and I'm sure it was me who pulled it shut last. SHIT. Options:
1) Just go try to use the master bedroom washroom.
2) Wake them up and ask for whatever I need to unlock the washroom door.
3) Unlock it myself.
Now the master bedroom door is closed, and it's really late, so there's no way I'm going to walk in there now. I'll just unlock the washroom myself. On the inside of the door, the lock is one of those that you turn 90 degrees clockwise to a vertical position to lock the door, and then turn it back to open. On the outside, it's just a circular hole a few millimeters in width. Not one of those that you can just slide the back end of a spoon and turn to open.
So a quick Google search tells me that it's still simple to open. Okay, I have to go to the washroom SOON. I just need to insert a screwdriver into that little hole to open it. But I have no idea what the hell the inside looks like. So I go find my luggage and rummage through it looking for my keychain because my keychain has a little LED on it. I find it and shine it into the hole. It's about 1.5" deep and at the very end of the round barrel is a vertical slit. So I need to insert a screwdriver into that slit and then just turn it.
Thing is, I have no idea where anything is in their apartment. I go through all the desks and cabinets in the kitchen and finally find some tools. Gotta hurry! I see these small screwdrivers that just seem perfect. BUT, they're not long enough. The smallest ones don't go all the way and the big ones won't fit in the hole. I really can't last much longer X_X. I decide to cut up a strong piece of paper/plastic and try that. So I find some thick paper, cut it up and push it in. I can tell it fits into the little vertical slit, but it's too weak and won't turn the lock. NOOOO. Okay, so I keep looking.
I find one of those plastic packages that used to have a thermometer in it. You know those really hard to open plastic packages that you spend like 10 minutes opening and end up cutting your finger? Yeah, one of those. I cut it up, push it in. Too weak. I estimate I have like no more than 10 mins left. I find a pen nearby, take out the ink cartridge. I cut up the hard plastic from the package again and insert it into the back end of the pen cartridge and try again. Still no luck. HOLY SHIT. I am SO close to losing it. As a last resort, I take the pen cartridge and put about a half inch of the back under a chair and push down hard to flatten it. This better work. I push it into the hole and it fits well into the slit. I start to turn it and it starts to bend. This might not work either. I turn the pen harder, and it clicks! WOOOOOT! Doorknob turns, and voila: WASHROOM. FINALLY. Sweet sweet relief.
I seriously wouldn't have lasted another 5 minutes. No kidding. Even now my bladder and surrounding insides kinda ache. Anyone have any similar stories?
Cliffs:
- I am staying at relatives house.
- Need to go to washroom but door is locked. Really late, cannot wake up relatives.
- Spend quite some time unlocking the washroom door, finally open it with a pen.
- Unbelievably close to losing it lol.
1) Just go try to use the master bedroom washroom.
2) Wake them up and ask for whatever I need to unlock the washroom door.
3) Unlock it myself.
Now the master bedroom door is closed, and it's really late, so there's no way I'm going to walk in there now. I'll just unlock the washroom myself. On the inside of the door, the lock is one of those that you turn 90 degrees clockwise to a vertical position to lock the door, and then turn it back to open. On the outside, it's just a circular hole a few millimeters in width. Not one of those that you can just slide the back end of a spoon and turn to open.
So a quick Google search tells me that it's still simple to open. Okay, I have to go to the washroom SOON. I just need to insert a screwdriver into that little hole to open it. But I have no idea what the hell the inside looks like. So I go find my luggage and rummage through it looking for my keychain because my keychain has a little LED on it. I find it and shine it into the hole. It's about 1.5" deep and at the very end of the round barrel is a vertical slit. So I need to insert a screwdriver into that slit and then just turn it.
Thing is, I have no idea where anything is in their apartment. I go through all the desks and cabinets in the kitchen and finally find some tools. Gotta hurry! I see these small screwdrivers that just seem perfect. BUT, they're not long enough. The smallest ones don't go all the way and the big ones won't fit in the hole. I really can't last much longer X_X. I decide to cut up a strong piece of paper/plastic and try that. So I find some thick paper, cut it up and push it in. I can tell it fits into the little vertical slit, but it's too weak and won't turn the lock. NOOOO. Okay, so I keep looking.
I find one of those plastic packages that used to have a thermometer in it. You know those really hard to open plastic packages that you spend like 10 minutes opening and end up cutting your finger? Yeah, one of those. I cut it up, push it in. Too weak. I estimate I have like no more than 10 mins left. I find a pen nearby, take out the ink cartridge. I cut up the hard plastic from the package again and insert it into the back end of the pen cartridge and try again. Still no luck. HOLY SHIT. I am SO close to losing it. As a last resort, I take the pen cartridge and put about a half inch of the back under a chair and push down hard to flatten it. This better work. I push it into the hole and it fits well into the slit. I start to turn it and it starts to bend. This might not work either. I turn the pen harder, and it clicks! WOOOOOT! Doorknob turns, and voila: WASHROOM. FINALLY. Sweet sweet relief.
I seriously wouldn't have lasted another 5 minutes. No kidding. Even now my bladder and surrounding insides kinda ache. Anyone have any similar stories?
Cliffs:
- I am staying at relatives house.
- Need to go to washroom but door is locked. Really late, cannot wake up relatives.
- Spend quite some time unlocking the washroom door, finally open it with a pen.
- Unbelievably close to losing it lol.
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