I just got stuck inside my bedroom

[rachelmanija]

The thingie which makes the doorknob work jammed, so I was unable to open the door to get out. I was also unable to telephone for help, as I had left my phone in the living room. Frantic jiggling did nothing. My only options seemed to be to email for help or scream out the window.

But then I remembered that my emergency supplies, including a screwdriver, are in my bedroom. Granted I had assumed "emergency" to be something a little more far-reaching than "trapped in bedroom by jammed doorknob," but an emergency is an emergency. I unscrewed the plate, but that failed to free the knob. But I was able to manually push the lock thingie down, releasing myself. My landlord is fixing it now.

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[seajules]

That happened to me in our upstairs bathroom once. Luckily, there are two doors, so I used the one that leads to the hall, because when maintenance arrived (the next morning, since it wasn't an emergency), the guy had to remove the knob, the plate, and part of the door to make it open. He then did a patch job to put a new knob in. I need to call and remind maintenance they were going to replace the door.

I did point out that if there hadn't been a second door, they'd need to replace that one anyway, because Spouse would have bought a hatchet.