\u201cThis is a perfect example of see something, say something. Probably helped save girls and women!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An alarming video is making rounds on TikTok, showing an external lock fitted to the women\u2018s restroom in a Texas gas station. Only on the outside. And only for the women\u2019s restroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the nearly six-minute clip, which has been viewed six million times, a woman named Shelby detailed the unsettling \u201ccontraption\u201d she spotted at an Exxon in the city of College Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaybe I\u2019m crazy but if I am, I would love to know what this contraption is for,\u201d she wrote in her caption. She then demonstrated how the lock could automatically engage once the door closed, leaving a woman trapped inside unless someone from the outside releases it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou have no way of getting out,\u201d she said. Even more disturbing, she also filmed the outside of the men\u2019s room, which obviously did not have such a device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shelby recalled that filming her video apparently made the gas station employees \u201cirate,\u201d and kept giving her gestures to indicate they were watching her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rightfully, Shelby contacted the police. When they arrived, the workers insisted that the lock was there as protection, to inhibit a \u201clarge group of hispanic men\u201d from \u201cdestroying\u201d the facility, which supposedly happened in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you are probably thinking, and as both Shelby and the police agreed, the explanation was incredibly \u201csketchy\u201d and \u201cdidn\u2019t really make sense\u201d since the lock in no way prevented the facility from being destroyed, nor did it keep anyone from entering the restroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Considering that Texas is ranked as the second state in the country with the highest rate of human trafficking victims, and that there are many \u201cvulnerable young girls\u201d who live nearby at A&M University, Shelby was right to be alarmed and send out a video as a warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was far from the only one concerned. It wasn\u2019t long before other women began applauding Shelby for taking action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a perfect example of see something, say something. You went with your guy and probably helped save girls and women! Thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA remote controlled lock on the outside of a women\u2019s restroom is absolutely NOT NORMAL! Always always always trust your instincts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs someone who stops in public restrooms all over the country I truly appreciate this post! I will be checking every door I go into now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the police officer Shelby talked to told her that legally there was nothing the department could do (which set off a whole conversation as to whether or not police officers are normally secretly \u201cinvolved\u201d in this type of activity), she did end up contacting the local Fire Marshal, who did remove the lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a different video (around 55 seconds in) we hear the Marshal telling an employee, \u201cYou can call your boss, but no matter how he feels about it, it\u2019s coming down today in front of me, with my tools or yours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course this is something women should not have to deal with. But in lieu of eradicating every bad guy out there, raising awareness on things like this can at least keep us a little safer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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