If the franchise is facing charges, I don't think she was just stupid.
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Woman trapped in Subway fridge uses ketchup to write help messages
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If the franchise is facing charges, I don't think she was just stupid.
The Real Abed
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I thought freezers where you can't open them from the inside were done away with decades ago when that trope died off in TV and movies.
The ones at my place of work are impossible to lock from the outside because inside they all have push handles that open the door even if someone shoves a stick through the padlock hole specifically to prevent anyone getting stuck inside.
If you're running a shop that still has a shitty door on the freezer that can't be opened from the inside then you deserve to be sued. Why would they design it that way in the first place? When they were designing giant doors for walk-in refrigerators/freezers, why did no one ever stop and think "Maybe we should design this to open from the inside too." It always struck me as completely stupid that they would design them this way and I always assumed it was just for laughs on a sitcom or movie. Like having the elevator just happen to break down when a 9 month pregnant woman is in it.
Door should have been replaced 20 years ago.
The ones at my place of work are impossible to lock from the outside because inside they all have push handles that open the door even if someone shoves a stick through the padlock hole specifically to prevent anyone getting stuck inside.
If you're running a shop that still has a shitty door on the freezer that can't be opened from the inside then you deserve to be sued. Why would they design it that way in the first place? When they were designing giant doors for walk-in refrigerators/freezers, why did no one ever stop and think "Maybe we should design this to open from the inside too." It always struck me as completely stupid that they would design them this way and I always assumed it was just for laughs on a sitcom or movie. Like having the elevator just happen to break down when a 9 month pregnant woman is in it.
Door should have been replaced 20 years ago.
Damn, that's some seriously advanced logic.
hydrophilic attack
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Damn, you got blue-balled. Literally.
Monocle
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I was just going to say something about that. SMH.
I take it you missed the news story about the woman who managed a Cryotherapy retail place near Las Vegas that froze to death two weeks back?
Here's the link:
http://www.news3lv.com/mostpopular/...ss-Ake-death-OSHA/V3Znn1ziHEC0wRDgzmlbQw.cspx
People make mistakes.
Wow, I did.
Very common, but it's typical OSHA protocol to REQUIRE people to go with a fridge buddy in order to prevent these accidents from happening.
They do. The button/handle must have broken.
Shotgun Kiss
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Whether or not she was stupid, a walk-in fridge should be able to be opened from the inside. If this story is true, she should definitely be able to successfully sue.
Stereogatari
Banned
TIL I'm never walking into a walk in freezer.
Classic.
In the super cold ones in supermarket warehouses (-18c) you're not allowed to spend more than about 50 minutes in one before coming out for a 10 minute break. I guess store rooms aren't as cold (-5c or so) but 4 hours doesn't sound fun.
Is that really any different from the jokes people try to make in threads like these?
Must be an american thing.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
When I worked at Target there was special jackets and gloves you put on before going in the freezer. Even then youd come out cold.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
I once passed out in a McDonalds freezer. I had done an all-nighter and thought I could make it through a 6-hour shift. Wrong. I went to get some more meat from the freezer, the coldness relaxed me, and I passed out while standing up. I was sleeping for 10-15 mins before someone else came in and woke me up. The sweat on my face had frozen over and everything.
It says fridge, not freezer. A fridge is probably something like +3 to +6 celsius if it's anything like a home fridge.
Yeah, this fact alone makes this whole story weird. We had cold storage and a freezer and both had large buttons you could push in and open the door from the inside.
sixteen-bit
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She should sue. If there is no way to open from the inside, that's a real liability.
thecouncil
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What does 'won't be eating fresh anytime soon' even mean?
I get that's a Subway tagline, but it doesn't make any sense for the story and resolution.
I get that's a Subway tagline, but it doesn't make any sense for the story and resolution.
Yes only Americans make politically incorrect jokes.
John Kowalski
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what the eff, there's no ketchup at my subway
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
If it was a dairy cooler the temp wasnt below freezing otherwise things would freeze. It should be right above freezing but below 40. Still not fun for 4 hours. If it was the freezer cooler where its -30 all the time she would have died from exposure with just a shirt and slacks.
PSYGN
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My mom works as a lunchlady now and while she didn't get stuck in the fridge overnight, she couldn't exit it when someone accidentally closed it behind her. She had to pound hard on the door over the next few minutes before someone traced the sounds. Her manager then tried it herself thinking she could exit but she couldn't find a way out after 5 minutes of looking around and pushing. There's probably an emergency release somewhere but if two people couldn't figure it out then it probably needs to go back to the drawing board.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
I'm glad someone found an appropriate use for the most worthless of condiments. Before you guys ask of course I'm talking about Ketchup!
Lucky Forward
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AuthenticM
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I would hope a professionnal journalist would be held to much higher standards than random fools on a video game forum.
gutter_trash
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Subway is a shitty restaurant that leaves a sole employee all alone putting the risk such as this.
a cheap exploitive restaurant chain
a cheap exploitive restaurant chain
I'm a little confused about the "ketchup or mayonaise" quote myself. I didn't think it would be that difficult to see the difference between the two. Especially considering her job you'd think she knows her condiments.
Glad she made it out ok though. Scary stuff.
MrRudiMentary
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Gotta at least try to keep Jack Nicholson in there.
DiipuSurotu
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That sounds like something out of a point'n'click adventure game, including the part about not dying.
Christopher
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I worked in subway in my teenage days you always left with two people so odd that there wasn't someone accountable for their team members exiting the store.
Sidewinder
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