So.... this morning I stopped at the BOA branch on Admiral Way. Put in my card to activate the door to get in only to find the ATM was out of order.... but wait.... there's more.... to leave the building you have to push the little button to unlatch the door - only it didn't work. Luckily I brought my cellphone because there is no emergency latch, emergency phone, emergency magic button. I called the phone number on the door and they asked me what the address of the bank is - which is not listed in that area. The security person on the phone said they would call the police to let me out and call someone from the branch to come over.
Thankfully some kind, but probably very confused man came to use the cash machine this morning and was able to open the door from the outside so I could get out! I thanked him profusely though he probably didn't really understand what I was saying since it was 6:20 A.M. (and I'd been locked in for nearly 20 minutes), though he did understand when I told him the atm machine wasn't working. (neither police or bank employee had arrived yet)
I stopped back in the bank during regular hours today to tell them about it. They hadn't heard someone had been locked in and the manager told me it had happened to him recently and they still hadn't sent anyone out to fix the door. So I am sharing this so you know - don't go in there unless it's regular business hours!!
Loads of fun for a closterphobic person!!
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