Today, I closed the store on my own for the first time. As I was locking the front door, the key broke. Now half the key is stuck and the door is still unlocked. I have to stay until we open in the morning and I'm not getting paid for it. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after closing down the gas station I work at, I went to unlock the door to the building. Turned out the lock broke and I was locked inside until my boss could get there to let me out. FML
Today, I locked myself out of my own shop. And I'm a locksmith. FML
Today, I went to open my store but corporate had changed the locks without notice. The store's being sold. FML
Today, I was locked out of my house. After hours of trying to break the door, I found out I accidentally left a window open. The door, however, still needs to be replaced. FML
Today, I locked myself out of my apartment. I've just realized that I could have spent $30 on an Uber or Lyft to my parents' place to grab the other set of keys instead of calling a locksmith and paying $280 for him to drill a hole through my doorknob, rendering all my keys useless. FML
Today, it was my first day going to work with new hours where I'm in the office alone for an hour. I managed to lock myself out without my jacket, my phone, and my keys. It was raining. FML
Today, I was at my new store, fixing it up. I was about to leave, so I took my clothes off to let the dirty ones dry, as I had other clothes in my car. I walked to the back of my store and the back door locked. The car was locked. I was in my boxers with no phone and no way to go home for 3 hours. FML
Today, I've managed to lock myself in my own bedroom. It won't open no matter what I do. FML
Today, after numerous attempts, my car door still wouldn't unlock. After going ballistic on the lock, the key broke off inside. I then realized it wasn't my car. FML
Today, whilst heading out the door to go to work, my lanyard got caught on the doorknob inside, and I watched my keys swing back inside as the door closed behind me. It was locked. FML
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Top comments
Rickinnocal 2
Actually you ARE getting paid for it. That is the law. If your employer requires you to remain in the premises, he has to pay you to do so. He has no choice in the matter.
barfingcat21 18
I'm pretty sure you either should have been paid, or you didn't have to stay, I'm sure someone will get into the specifics, but something doesn't seem right.
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Comments (47)
tltk 4
Call a locksmith?
extrasnipes 22
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
I could be wrong but I think locksmiths sleep at night.
Welshite 40
And somewhere in the dark an insomniac locksmith weeps...
spt 12
There are plenty 24 hour emergency locksmiths. In Canada at least.
Dat_Class_Tho 26
Most locksmiths in the US have an emergency after-hours number to call that goes straight to their cell. They just charge extra for the inconvenience.
yerawizardlizzy 27
Or just call the boss?
barfingcat21 18
I'm pretty sure you either should have been paid, or you didn't have to stay, I'm sure someone will get into the specifics, but something doesn't seem right.
Kristoffer 35
You're correct. If op wasn't relived of their duties and allowed to go home, they must be paid for the time.
mariri9206 32
Or they could have called their manager to explain what happened and see what they recommend to do in the situation?
countrydad1116 2
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Get a running start and brake through the door.
Welshite 40
No engine braking though. Wouldn't want to wake the neighbors.
Scooter42 15
if you're going to brake why get the running start? If you meant break, I'm sure a heavy object in the store would work better.
Dedski 11
But...the door is unlocked.
xercister 19
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Well I was trying to come up with something clever but I can't.... So I'll stick to that sucks!
Arashikage 18
You could've just not say anything
Rickinnocal 2
Actually you ARE getting paid for it. That is the law. If your employer requires you to remain in the premises, he has to pay you to do so. He has no choice in the matter.
Jaylynned2 3
The owner legally has to pay you for hours stayed and they cannot make you stay there. You didn't cause anything negligent to happen so that's one of the issues being the owner involves. They either call a locksmith (there are some with after hours) or they can get out of bed and watch their own place.
species4872 20
he broke the key.
Nysha 17
That's not automatically negligent; as long as they weren't doing anything silly with it, keys just break sometimes.
interesting33 37
Bicyle lock? Probably not practical - could get cut and everything stolen.
Youre_A_Pussy 19
Id tell them to **** off
Nysha 17
What? No! What happens now is that your manager gets their lazy arse out of bed, calls an emergency locksmith, gets down to the shop and sends you home as soon they arrive. Managers aren't paid extra to look pretty; they're paid extra to deal with stressful and inconvenient shit like this.
tounces7 28
What if OP is a manager?
r83839 22
....then they call the emergency locksmith, get the lock fixed, and go home and sleep. :|
mariri9206 32
33, if OP is a manager, this wouldn't be the first time they're closing.
jnugzzz 6
Maybe it was their first closing shift as a manager. Some places where I've worked, when someone was promoted to manager, they didn't close alone for a while until they were a little more experienced.
Nysha 17
Yeah I hadn't considered that possibility, OP just sounded kinda junior. I'd expect a manager to be more confident dealing with something like this but you never can tell.
sophiehelen 32
even if he's a manager there'll still be someone higher up to contact
princesscorkey 16
That's not legal. Employers cannot mandate anything without paying you. They can, unfortunately, bully you into "volunteering" out of guilt. I hope that's not what happened to you OP!