Embarrassing, Awkward and Toilet: Oh, hello there, don't mind me

Oh, hello there, don't mind me

By downinthedumps - 13/01/2015 02:47 - United States - Detroit

Today, I went to take a piss in a public bathroom. Somehow, I managed to completely jam the lock. After minutes of trying to get myself out, I gave up and crawled under the stall, at which point someone walked in and was very surprised to see me on the floor. FML

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You deserved it 3 349

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HELP!

By David - 18/03/2025 09:00 - United States

Today, I was in a public restroom at a concert when I realized I was locked in. The door was jammed, and there was no way out. I knocked, I tried to force it, I even climbed through the air vent to escape, only to end up covered in dust and toilet paper. Meanwhile, people outside could hear me yelling “HELP!” for a solid 20 minutes. FML

I agree, your life sucks 395

You deserved it 90

By imeanreallytho - 11/09/2015 16:20 - United States

Today, I was in the bathroom at work. The lock on the stall door broke, and I couldn't open it. I was all alone and I started having a mini panic attack. After several minutes of frantically trying to fix the lock and hyperventilating, I realized I could just crawl under the door. FML

I agree, your life sucks 21 977

You deserved it 8 902

Help!

By Anonymous - 25/11/2012 06:56 - United States

Today, I was in a public toilet, enduring an extremely awkward silence between myself and the person in the next stall. In my rush to get out of there, I managed to get my ass stuck in the toilet seat, and ended up being pulled out by the maintenance men. FML

I agree, your life sucks 22 422

You deserved it 8 104

By Anonymous - 01/05/2009 04:11 - United States

Today, I had to pee really bad so I tried to unlock my door as fast as I could. I put my key in and turned it too hard, the key snapped inside. I ended up peeing on myself. FML

I agree, your life sucks 55 910

You deserved it 13 671

By Anonymous - 07/04/2009 15:51 - Japan

Today, I was in a store using the only bathroom there. After I was done, I realized I couldn't open the door. Panicked it locked me in, I banged on the door, and screamed for help. The security and a whole group of people gathered, only to find that I was pulling the door instead of pushing it. FML

I agree, your life sucks 17 453

You deserved it 91 624

Weirdo

By ReineXre - 15/06/2016 00:00

Today, I went to the bathroom in a mall. As I was in the stall, a woman tried to open it. I yelled out that's it was occupied but she kept shaking it to open it. It came up to the point where she had to crawl under the door to see that I was there. FML

I agree, your life sucks 15 521

You deserved it 735

Help!

By stinkyhair - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, thanks to some asshole with a padlock, I got trapped in porta potty for over an hour. FML

I agree, your life sucks 36 266

You deserved it 2 912

Public spectacle

By Veronica - 22/10/2025 15:00

Today, I got locked in a restroom because the doorknob jammed. I had to text my coworker to come and rescue me. He brought half the office with him because, “It was too funny not to see.” FML

I agree, your life sucks 374

You deserved it 83

By not a shitty situation so fuck you - 24/06/2016 22:52 - United States - San Francisco

Today, in a public toilet, I got to experience a guy high out of his mind kicking in my locked stall door and puking all over me. FML

I agree, your life sucks 13 867

You deserved it 777

Not a people person

By Just me - 13/10/2024 22:00 - United States - Tucson

Today, I walked into a public toilet and I opened a stall door, only to discover someone who had forgotten to lock the door sitting on the can. Instead of saying "Sorry," I panicked and said, "Nice shoes!" I then had to wait until they left because I was too embarrassed to face them. FML

I agree, your life sucks 338

You deserved it 178

Mightyrif 23

Tuesday 13 January 2015 10:24

If you had clown makeup on I guarantee some people would have had heart attacks.

may14th 26

Tuesday 13 January 2015 10:25

I hope you went home and took and nice shower. Bathroom floors are nasty.

Comments

Vacant 7

Wednesday 14 January 2015 3:39

This made me laugh because I'm from Michigan and the same thing happened to me at my sister's graduation. As I was climbing from underneath the stall door I could hear the lady in the next stall clearly go "Oh my!". I guess Michiganders are just good at locking themselves into bathrooms.

mrs_premadonna 11

Wednesday 14 January 2015 4:06

Ha, poor guy who saw.

doubleofuck 20

Wednesday 14 January 2015 6:02

Maybe you should report the faulty locks to the places management so no more unfortunate people get caught trying to crawl under stall doors

Colon_Man 17

Wednesday 14 January 2015 17:53

Women usually don't say "take a piss".

Le_ponderer 14

Thursday 15 January 2015 0:15

Unless there was a gawd-awful smell, I'd have waited till someone came in & asked them to please get someone who worked there to come get me out. Just a thought for the next time you find yourself on an extended stay in a public restroom :-)

smarti1809 12

Friday 6 March 2015 2:40

That happened to me at a Chik-Fil-A a few months ago. The minute i came out of the bathroom, the manager told me she was just about to go in the bathroom and fix it. SMH.