Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Choose your own adventure

So in the scheme of things, when a door knob falls off, it doesn't seem like such a big deal. So when the door knob fell off of the bathroom door on the inside, I put it on the counter and said to myself "I'll put this back on later." The bathroom door hasn't shut for about 6 months, humidity having caused it to swell.

Just imagine my surprise, when I walked into the bathroom this morning to take a shower, pushed the door toward "closed" behind me, and heard it latch. Oh, bummer. I'm shut in the bathroom, and possibly, I won't be able to get out. I eye the door knob on the counter, and look at the shaft where it belongs, extending into the bathroom. I try to turn the shaft, thinking that's my best hope for getting out. Nothing budges. Starting to panic, I open the drawer where there has always been a screwdriver (anyway in the old bathroom there was) and I have some lunatic idea that I can remove the door hinges.
Only there's no screwdriver in the drawer.

My next move (big mistake) is to try to put the door knob back on. All I succeed in doing is causing the door knob shank to retreat to the other side of the door. Now what? I search the bathroom for something I can use as a tool, any kind of tool. I think if I can use a credit card like object, maybe I can get the door open. (At least that's the way the burglars do it on t.v. ....)

I finally find a pair of tweezers, bend them so they are straight out instead of in a V-shape, and I have my tool.

Here's the choose your own adventure part:
Did I:
A. Remove the hinges using the tweezers like a screw driver?
B. Use the tweezers in between the door and the jamb to leverage the latch back into the door, allowing it to open?
Or
C. Take the screen out of the window and yell "HELP" at the top of my lungs, hoping the construction crew next door will hear me.

Leave your comments!!! I'm out, and that's all I'll tell you! And, for the double bonus prize, What is the first thing I do when I get out of the bathroom???

1 comment:

Sarah said...

I'll vote for B because it seems most like something you would know how to do via grampa. Plus, there's no way the boys next door would come help. I HOPE the first thing you did was call Roger to come fix the damn thing, but you might have gone down to the basement to get a screwdriver and put it back in the bathroom.