By Jer - 15/07/2013 23:36 - United States - Louisville

Today, I knocked over a display case at a mall, shattering hundreds of dollars in goods. Embarrassed, I tried to scurry out of the nearest door without being seen. I scuttled right into the janitor's closet, the door automatically locking behind me. I waited for an hour to be let out. FML
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Stylux_fml 16

Favourited for use of the word 'scuttled'

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Underbeard 6

Well now you can get a broom to sweep up the mess you made, OP.

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deathy94 14

At the mall. Do you know how to read?

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Stylux_fml 16

To be fair to him though, he could have been skim reading. Though one would expect you would read it fully before commenting...

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cottoncandymango 17

Welp, everything happens for a reason. You ended up in the janitor's closet to clean up the mess you made.

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NeatNit 32

Comment moderated for rule-breaking.

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Uramonkey 11

40 - Looks like you can't read either. She locked herself in the closet and I don't think she would want to sue herself.

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DigitalFusion 4

Yes but a door by law (most countries) cannot be capable of locking a person in with no means of escape, particularly in an emergency. This door was clearly not to code, and would indeed be grounds for a lawsuit. OP could have suffered a trauma from being sealed in a confined space. OP may now or may already have been claustrophobic. Either way, the mall put undue stress on them by creating a potentially dangerous and traumatic situation. Yes OP could sue, and the mall would likely settle before it reached court, and would properly fix that door.

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depocadoll 15

Unless you were legitimately trying to cause damage, it shouldn't have fallen over to easily, so I see it as their fault. If they are going to store hundreds of dollars worth of goods on something unstable (you could say), I don't see how you could get stuck with the responsibility of paying for it. People are clumsy, and businesses have insurance for accidents. (;

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Stylux_fml 16

Favourited for use of the word 'scuttled'

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CallMeWindSock 24

It totally changed how I envisioned this happening. First he's walking, then he turns into a crab and walks into a closet.

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Blink_me26 21

Your comment made me laugh so much I couldn't talk and I don't even know why

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goose12321 11

Need a new way to walk? Why not Zoidberg? Woooop wooop wooop wooooop wooop.

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thatonegirlnic 10

Justice is served

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Underbeard 6

Well now you can get a broom to sweep up the mess you made, OP.

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kelseydianee 11

That just sounds like a really crappy way to start a morning. I can only think what the janitor was thinking when he opened the door to find you in there. Best of luck!

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heytrollhey 12

You can't run away from your problems, but then again, after you ran away from your first problem, you ran straight into another problem.

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teentee401 36

Can't you read? He didn't run away from his problems, he scuttled.

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The_Nuke 31

So why couldn't you be a decent person and help the poor employee who had to clean it up? I guess people just aren't willing to take any kind of responsibility for their actions anymore.

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Pikawhore 21

A thousand times this. If you break "hundreds of dollars in goods," a decent person admits his or her guilt. You basically stole that much in profit from the store.

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B0nb0N09 12

You're supposed to pay for it where I'm from

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cmayer 20

I would've run away from embarrassment. Not saying it's right, and I'd be ashamed of myself, but at the moment my embarrassment would override everything else.

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olpally 32

Yeah, that's what you get for trying to avoid owning up to your mistakes. Idiot. Ydi.

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