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I got stuck in a staircase!
Apr. 25th, 2007 11:51 pmEver interested in discovering new things, I was in my University library doing research when I found a hitherto unnoticed stairwell on the south side of the building. There were no "Keep Out" signs and the door wasn't locked, so I ventured forth and down a flight to the previous floor, only to discover that there was no handle on the door. Puzzled, I went back up to where I started from, and saw that the door I came through didn't have a handle on this side, either. I traversed the entirety of that staircase, which mercifully only went about five floors, and found only one door with a handle, which was an emergency exit that would set off an alarm if opened. One of the other doors had a chipped section where a handle had once been attached, and I tried to use a pen to pry the door open, but it didn't work.
After about ten minutes of this, I finally spotted someone moving through the stacks in the basement (thank God the door had a window pane in it!) and knocked to get his attention. It turns out that what I had found was a maintenance staircase, and for some reason the third floor door leading to it that I had walked through hadn't been locked up properly. The basement door was a security door, so the library employee had to go to his boss and turn off the alarms before he could finally let me out!
After about ten minutes of this, I finally spotted someone moving through the stacks in the basement (thank God the door had a window pane in it!) and knocked to get his attention. It turns out that what I had found was a maintenance staircase, and for some reason the third floor door leading to it that I had walked through hadn't been locked up properly. The basement door was a security door, so the library employee had to go to his boss and turn off the alarms before he could finally let me out!
