r/Infuriating • u/Winter-Yogurt-4209 Community Regular • 9d ago
Stuck in the bathroom because the handicap door broke
The University of Southern Maine Portland now only has TWO wheelchair accessible bathrooms on campus. FML. I had to cross the street from the dining hall to find a building with an accessible bathroom because the dining hall does not have one.
I will now be late to an exam. I called campus police because nobody uses this bathroom. It has been 10 minutes.
Edit: 15 minutes and counting
Edit: rescued after 20 minutes. Still missed my midterm.
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u/Nice-Cat3727 9d ago
Call the fire inspector. And you better make a goddamn racket in the office about missing your midterm because the only ada bathroom was so far away and then it trapped you inside
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u/Winter-Yogurt-4209 Community Regular 9d ago
I went up to the presidents office and had a meeting for over an hour with the facility managers, vice president, and my accessibility coordinator because the entire campus is a death trap
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u/Nice-Cat3727 9d ago
Call the fire inspector NOW. Do not give them warning. The fire inspector will march down and tear them apart if they're even remotely decent
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u/Epstiendidntkillself 9d ago
Call the state fire inspector. That shit will be fixed and upgraded by tomorrow.
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u/northwoods_faty 9d ago
The university i go to, spent $5million on a renovation and making it "more accessible" now there is no way for someone in a wheelchair to go directly from The Student Union, to the library. They have to go all the way around the block to get the ramps, and in the winter it's almost impossible.
Plus there are 4 buildings they cant get past the first floor because the elevators to the walkways are no longer accessible. They put stairs in to get to one and the other the doors to it are too narrow.
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u/LetsRockTalk 8d ago
Name names. What’s the school?
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u/SquindleQueen 8d ago
Pretty sure it’s RIT. They added a new building a few years ago called the SHED, and it is exactly as described. Can’t actually go between buildings* without using elevators if you’re a wheelchair user, cuz there’s only stairs and elevators connecting the landings. Also those stairs are like, 5 steps or less, not needed.
*while staying indoors
My best friend of several years is a wheelchair user and also an alum, and goddamn was that campus hard to get around in the winter.
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u/Winter-Yogurt-4209 Community Regular 8d ago
Campus police is who I was told to call by my advisor if this ever happened
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u/MagicOrpheus310 8d ago
Just... Let me fucking do it! Technology doesn't need to be here...
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u/Similar-Jello-5434 8d ago
My guy.. the technology in this case is there so people in wheelchairs can open the door. It’s a wheelchair accessible bathroom that OP specifically sought so I assume they are unable to open the door without the button working functionally.
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u/iced-coffee22 8d ago
You have your phone to take pictures so call the university and tell them to get let out.
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u/PanhandlersPets 8d ago
The bigger issue is that this is a big safety hazard. If there was an emergency shelter couldn't exit the room or building safely. That's a big deal. It should be made a big deal before it literally becomes a death trap.
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u/Winter-Yogurt-4209 Community Regular 8d ago
I can’t exit most of my classes by myself either lol. Can’t get anywhere
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u/its-just_me- 8d ago
Read the post, but also try to understand that being able to take photos does not guarantee the ability to make a phone call is there.
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u/Maximum_Boros Community Regular 9d ago
It doesn't help with your immediate problem but I would make absolutely sure your professor understands what happened here and that they absolutely can and must not penalize you in any way for being late due to this.
This is a failure of the university's accommodations