Employee Seeks Legal Advice After Calling 911 for Help When a Faulty Door at the Restaurant Trapped Him Inside for the Night

Being trapped somewhere and forced to spend the entire night is not pleasant, even if it is in a five-star hotel room with a jacuzzi tub and sauna. The very notion that you can’t get out when you want is enough to make you cringe.

Now imagine being trapped for the night at your job, a restaurant at Walmart. Imagine being stranded, asking your superiors for help, and having them just blow you off.

What’s more, they even make threats about losing your job if you call the fire department. It seems like a nightmare, but this is exactly what happened to Zealousideal-Ebb-481, a fast-food restaurant employee who shared their tale on Reddit.

“I called my manager and was told I’d be stuck here at least all night long, if not longer if they can’t get the door open in the morning,” OP says. The gate door got jammed as they were trying to leave after their shift ended.

“There is no emergency exit in the restaurant; there is one inside Walmart, but I can’t leave the restaurant. There are no windows either,” OP continues.

“My boss made it very clear that I am *not* to call the fire department, as they will ruin the door, and they will be here first thing in the morning…”

A fast-food restaurant employee wrote a heartbreaking post about being stuck on the job for the entire night, if not longer.

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The door at the restaurant where OP works jams, and they can't get out.

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OP calls the manager but receives a really insensitive answer - they should wait until morning.

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OP asks the Redditors if they have any legal rights to call 911.

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The Walmart manager said he couldn't do anything about it and that OP should call his manager.

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OP was threatened by their manager that they would be fired if they called 911. They would ruin the door. So, now OP asks the Redditors for advice.

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The firefighters showed up, and they weren't too pleased with the manager's behavior.

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The firefighters free OP.

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OP is free and in their car.

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OP hopes they won't get into trouble with management for this.

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The Redditors were furious at the manager.

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Everyone advised OP to call 911.

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The Walmart manager should have helped...

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No emergency exit?

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Code violation.

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Yeah, a good boss would be in his car by now, rushing to set his employee free.

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Good advice.

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OP couldn't spend the night there, no matter what.

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They are stuck.

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And need to get out.

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And that's what those guys are for.

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Yeah, that restaurant owner sure has the wrong priorities...

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All in due time...

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Redditors continued to urge OP to call the firefighters.

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The bottom line is - no one has the right to forbid that...

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The ordeal this poor employee went through is simply appalling. We are not just talking about the fact that they were stranded in a restaurant.

It was just a door jam - a machine without feelings malfunctioning. It can be fixed.

What’s worrying is that people let our OP down. The Walmart manager and the restaurant manager played with them like a ping-pong ball, each one telling OP to call the other.

You would expect more from people. You would expect them to have feelings.

That can’t be fixed.