???stumped my self again???

Every walk-in cooler I've seen has metal wrapped completely around the unit. I would be extremely surprised if you could get cell signal inside of one.
 
I'm fairly certain it is a code violation in all 50 states to have a walk-in freezer that cannot be opened from the inside. Restaurants are inspected at least several times a year to ascertain they are in compliance. McDonalds uses all modern equipment. If a franchise has too many issues they will tear the building down to the foundation and build a new one. I call BS on that urban legend.
 
All restaurant freezers that I have been in have safety measures built into them to prevent this kind of thing from happening, including an emergency button that is wired to 911 in case you are locked in during a hold up.
 
I would cut my was out or take the thing apart .. stopping the refrig unit is a great Idea , cell phone . what ever it took . failure is not an option
 
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McDonald's restaurants are all "cookie cutter" in design. They are all built to have emergency releases from the inside of the freezer (as are all commercial freezer doors).

Anything "herd" otherwise is wrong.
 
I useta work in a lab that was built in the 50's and the walk in freezer had a large push lever that would unlock the door even if the locks were on and if the lights were off ( a stardard joke to screw with new people) all you had to do was feel your way to the door latch and press it and you were out. I think all freezers are required to have some sort of release on the inside so you couldnt be locked inside.
 
PayetteRucker said:
I got locked in a bathroom once, kind of a crappy deal, with two 2.5 inch thick oak doors.
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no you didn't.

I was in there a good four hours.
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no you weren't.

At first I tried taking a nap in the tub til someone came, but when you're locked in a small bathroom it's kinda hard to relax.
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especially with a two-hundred pound pack on.

After turning the fan on for some circulation, I took apart the vacuum and used the roller to pound off the hinges on the door, which in turn allowed me to shift the door far enough to the side to reach the bolt and flip it.
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no, you most certainly did not.

Instead of starting a fire by any means possible, since most freezers tend to coat everything with frozen condensation and it'd be damn near impossible to start anyway, I'd do anything and everything necessary to get the freezer door off, escape through a vent, anything.
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I propose an experiment...
 
I am pretty familiar with walk in cooler/freezers. It'd be pretty easy to break one if you wanted to.

That kid maybe thought someone would come and it was too late.
 
I'll grant that I've never been in a McDonald's freezer, but every walk-in I've been in had doors that could be opened from the inside even if the outside was locked, and they also had either a switch and/or a circuit box that could be turned off (yeah, it'd still be cold, but it wouldn't be windy).
 
din said:
no you didn't.



no you weren't.



especially with a two-hundred pound pack on.



no, you most certainly did not.



I propose an experiment...
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Oh come on...if MacGyver could do (wasn't that an episode?) it I'm sure PR could!
 
wherever you heard this story is just that...a story. modern day freezers are made with safetys. if it's true and he died, then it's suicide or homocide. not accidental death.
 
PayetteRucker said:
I got locked in a bathroom once, kind of a crappy deal, with two 2.5 inch thick oak doors. I was in there a good four hours. At first I tried taking a nap in the tub til someone came, but when you're locked in a small bathroom it's kinda hard to relax. After turning the fan on for some circulation, I took apart the vacuum and used the roller to pound off the hinges on the door, which in turn allowed me to shift the door far enough to the side to reach the bolt and flip it. Instead of starting a fire by any means possible, since most freezers tend to coat everything with frozen condensation and it'd be damn near impossible to start anyway, I'd do anything and everything necessary to get the freezer door off, escape through a vent, anything.
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Wow, that reminds me of the time I stepped in a bear trap up in the high country. Had to chew my own leg off to get free, and then hobble more than a hundred miles to get to civilization, but I did it alright.
 
if you couldn't break the fans, stack boxes infront of the fans, so that the cold air isn't blowing directly on you. Would that work?
 
I used to work a stockroom with a very cold walk-in freezer and I used to think about this as well.

I would try to break the cooling system, as another poster has suggested. At the very least, you need top stop the fans which are responsible for pushing the cold air around. Shouldn't be too hard by just jamming something in there.
 
Samael said:
Wow, that reminds me of the time I stepped in a bear trap up in the high country. Had to chew my own leg off to get free, and then hobble more than a hundred miles to get to civilization, but I did it alright.
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I guess you could say, you stumped yourself as well. :D
 
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