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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/jenncherryxx on 2025-06-02 18:17:27+00:00.

So I go to this small local gym near my place. It’s basic but functional. Though they have separate bathrooms for men and women. but only one shared changing room. Usually, I just change in the women’s bathroom, no biggie.

But one day during peak hours, all the bathrooms were full. So I thought, Ill just change quickly in the dressing room since I only change out my top and in im wearing a sports bra.

Now here’s the thing, the changing room is right next to the gym’s TV, and everyone chilling between sets just naturally stares in that direction.

I finish changing, go to open the door and boom, The doorknob breaks. It just spins uselessly like a fidget spinner and now im locked in.

Panic sets in. I knock a few times. Nothing. Either no one hears me or everyone thinks I’m trying to get gains by punching doors. Then I notice the bottom vent on the plastic door is kinda loose. So I pry it open, stick my head out like some cursed vent goblin, and there are four people staring directly at me, and i asked “can you call the staff? the knob is broken”

They call for help. The staff lady shows up, looks at the door, looks at me, and goes: “You think you can fit through the vent?”

I blinked, took a deep breath, and braced myself as all my dignity quietly slipped out the vent before I did. I crawled out like a half-baked spy escaping a Dollar Store prison, and in my peripheral vision, I see people trying and failing not to laugh.

I packed my stuff and left, so the only gains I got that day was embarrassment.

I’m switching gyms.

TL;DR: Got locked inside my gym’s changing room, had to crawl out through the door vent while people watched. I’m too embarrassed to go back, so I’m switching gyms.