a sort of a funny thing happened today..

[carole]

Hubby was just about to leave for work, when he visited the bathroom as you americans call it, we use the word toilet, and when he went to come out the lock was jammed and i mean jammed, he attempted to climb out of our window, but it is very high up and small, and hubby is a very tall lean man, but it was not possible, however on his instructions i got the tool box out of the car, handed it up to him and he took the hinges off the door.

I had to laugh when i rang his workmate to explain the situation and that he would be late for work.

The horrible thought was if he had gone to work and it had happened to me i would have been stuck in there all day from 8 a m to 6 pm, with no way out,not a pleasant thought, so it was a blessing in disguise that it happened to hubby.

The lock on the door was fine yesterday,so gosh only knows what happened, looks like we have to get a new one now.

Has this ever happened to you?

[Karen]

Gracious, no! At our house growing up, there were never locks on the bathroom door. People just respected that when the door was shut, it was in use!

[Jessika]

Actually.... yes, it has happened to me. In my case, I was showering in the basement bathroom and my family was all upstairs on the patio BBQing. The doorknob's lock jammed on me and I could not get out. Not to mention, I did not have a cellphone with me to call someone upstairs for help. I was in there for nearly an hour. I even resorted to screaming up through the vents in hopes that someone in the house would hear it echoing and come let me out.

I honestly can't remember how I eventually got out. Maybe I ended up getting the doorknob off, or it eventually unjammed, because I know no one came looking for me.

[Taz_Zoee]

When I was very young I got locked in the bathroom at the salon where my dad got his haircut. I was crying so hard!! My mom had to come and talk me through climbing up on the sink and how to unlock the lock. It was a tricky lock, especially for a young child. I was so scared.

I've locked myself out of my house before. I had to go to the neighbors and look up my roommates parent's phone number to call. Of course I was barefoot and braless at the time.
Bruce locked himself out of this house in just his robe and undies. He had to go through the garage and up into the attic and climb down through the attic crawl space in the closet. Why does it always happen when you are half naked?? LOL

[carole]

oh my your stories made me laugh, yes i could not stop laughing this morning, i know had it been me, my husband would have said what did you do to the lock,and thank goodness it was not me,we have separate toilets here in some houses, so it is a small room,not like a bathroom,oh i am so relieved it was not me stuck in there all day long, i would have had to scream help out the window and hoped someone would hear me lol.

[Scooter's Mom]

I never had that happen in that exact way... but like Taz_Zoee, I've been locked out of my house.
My ex-hubby and I were standing out front of the apartment talking to the neighbor, in between our front doors, and our kitty was trying to get our attention and turned the deadbolt lock just far enough to lock the door and lock us out! Dave broke the door in so we could get into the house and then repaired the door frame!

[DJFyrewolf36]

I'm the daft woman that constantly locks her keys in the car. I get to thinking about what it is I'm doing, forget the keys IN THE IGNITION, and proceed to exit the car while locking the door. I've called the hubby many times asking for the spare key...

Luckily this tends to happen within walking distance of our house!

[Freedom]

Has this ever happened to you?

YES! I was about 14, my brother was about 6. I swear, it was due to him pounding on the door anytime I was in there which broke it. Of course, the day it did break, he had not been pounding at all. Thank goodness it was a Sunday and mom AND DAD were home! It was the type of door knob with the little piece you turn to lock and unlock. That just kept spinning and spinning and doing nothing. So I had to holler and pound to get anyone to listen to me.

Finally Dad walked down the hallway and figured out what I was saying. Had me try a couple things, nope, not working. That house was a ranch, all one floor. Dad got his ladder, screwdriver and maybe one other thing (can't remember), then he climbed in the bathroom window, removed the entire door knob, and ta dah! We were out. I remember feeling funny being IN the bathroom with my Dad - I was a 14 year old girl, remember, ha haaa. Dad fixed it and put the SAME knob on! I was afraid of getting stuck in there again for a LONG time, when he was at work. Had to lock the door, I had a baby (pest) brother! LOL