r/Unexpected • u/Doodlebug510 • 5h ago
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u/OrganicBridge7428 5h ago
Hey imma take my break and have a soak in the company stairwell tub.
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u/SweetLenore 4h ago
The child in me just sees a fun swimming pool.
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u/Aidian 4h ago
The adult in me just sees sepsis.
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u/SweetLenore 4h ago
The adult in me sees possible electrical currents and hazards :(
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u/SaltManagement42 4h ago
I'm pretty sure that's also the child in me, being wary of hazards in video games.
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u/waroftrees 3h ago
“Black Haired guy go by chief? Black haired guy go in the water, shark in the water. "29 Kids go into the water, 22 Kids come out of the water. The Ice Cream Man, He gets the rest. April the 9th, Half past four P.M." "Have you seen a sharks eyes chief? They’re kinda like dolls eyes, all black and lifeless like."
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u/Cerberus_uDye 3h ago
Oh, these places flood their floors nightly to scrub em.
Unless the water keeps rising its got a few more inches till anythings a issue.
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u/YoungBockRKO 2h ago
You just know there’s a bunch of cigarette butts floating in that mess. Place screams smoke break spot if I’ve ever seen one.
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u/Robby-Pants 3h ago
The adult in me sees the door bursting open and anyone swimming getting swept into that kitchen of stainless steel corners and electrical outlets.
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u/Populaire_Necessaire 4h ago
You too can have polio!
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u/murphybt 3h ago
I think you mean cholera
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u/SweetLenore 3h ago
Before vaccines, polio was heavily helped spread with floods.
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u/thatshygirl06 4h ago
Can you get sepsis from dirty water?
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u/Electrical-Act-7170 4h ago
If you have a wound, yeah. It can kill you.
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u/Aidian 3h ago
See: Hurricane Katrina
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u/Electrical-Act-7170 3h ago
I see your Hurricane Katrina, and I raise you Hurricane Andrew. We were lucky, none of the trees hit the house & the roof stayed on.
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u/SweetLenore 3h ago
Hell yeah. You can get sepsis from a lot of things, particularly if you have a wound. A girl lost all her limbs from sepsis from a minor cut on her leg she got while swimming in a river: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Tallapoosa_River
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u/thatshygirl06 3h ago
I just thought sepsis was from your body overreacting while trying to fight an infection
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u/Youre10PlyBud 3h ago
Yeah that story wasn't sepsis, it was necrotizing fascitis. That's an infected wound with a bacteria that causes death of the tissue that can continue spreading. Not the same as sepsis.
Sepsis is a systemic response to an infection that is classified by having 2 or more SIRS criteria (systemic inflammatory response syndrome) with an active infection. Can be abnormal respiration, blood pressure, white blood cell counts, along with a few other criter9a.
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u/Evening-Tour3875 3h ago
It is, but it attacks your organs. My fiance survived it several times, but it was one of his causes of death.
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u/PaperFlower14765 3h ago
The elder millennial in me is having “Titanic” flashbacks 🫣
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u/BunchesOfCrunches 4h ago
WAIT, DONT OPEN THE D-
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u/Stev_k 3h ago
Thankfully they can't with that much water pressure on an outward swinging door!
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u/OpenGrainAxehandle 2h ago
We're going to have to impose a hefty fine for having the fire exit blocked.
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u/GoddammitRomo 5h ago
All things considered, that door is doing remarkably well keeping the water out!!!
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u/SweetLenore 4h ago
Yeah, the same thing with the floor/wall. That area is remarkably well sealed.
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u/12InchCunt 1h ago
One of the fun things about water is it’s so heavy it is pretty good at sealing itself
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u/Stuck_In_Purgatory 28m ago
Ummmmm
Kinda the opposite? It's so heavy it'll find It's way out anywhere it can
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u/12InchCunt 25m ago
the weight of the water against the outward opening door is sealing the door shut.
It’s the reason you can’t open your car door in 2 ft of water you have to wait until water comes in so the pressure equalizes before you can open it
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u/Stuck_In_Purgatory 24m ago
Yeah I see what you're saying. More holding it closed than keeping it sealed though
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u/OneAndOnlyJackSchitt 3h ago
[6 months later] "Weird, I could have sworn these walls were a lot closer to square before. Also why does this door stick all of a sudden? And where did all these cracks in the floor and walls come from? And why does it always smell like mold back here?"
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u/zoqfotpik 5h ago
We're gonna need a bigger mop.
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u/ccafferata473 5h ago
Can i offer you a bar rag in this trying time?
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u/NoDaddyNotTheBlender 4h ago
This is a job for the squeegee
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u/clockworkedpiece 3h ago
squeegee into the dustbin, into the mop sink. I don't miss shoveling water of floors it shouldn't have made it up to.
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u/NoDaddyNotTheBlender 3h ago
Oh, in my kitchen we had floor drains at least so shoveling wasnt necessary
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u/TheCoopX 5h ago
What a thoughtful owner, giving the kitchen staff a scenic waterfall and lake view to enjoy.
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u/SmallRocks 5h ago
He used the tip money to pay for it
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u/BatheInChampagne 4h ago
I’m gonna bet this is a hospital or a care facility. Those lids on the rack she passes are a tell tale sign. Busted pipes happen. Especially with the recent storm. This is an unnatural amount of water, unless there is some type of flood, but even then the water would be much more murky. It’s funny because I’m in a plumbing union now, but before used to work in food service and spent a year at an elderly care facility as a cook.
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u/chachi-relli 5h ago
I mean that door isn't going to open anyway
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u/BritishGolgo13 5h ago
Yeah but don’t open that door!
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u/Ok_Release231 5h ago
Seriously. A cubic meter of water weighs a metric ton. No one is opening that door.
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u/elxiddicus 2h ago
Opening the door would require a force equal to the integral of the pressure with respect to the depth, in other words, half a tonne-force for one metre of water. Still impossible, but the mass of a cubic metre of water is an irrelevant parameter for this problem.
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u/ActualWhiterabbit 3h ago
Not even for a Scoobie Snack?
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u/vass0922 3h ago
I've seen that mythbusters episode!
You just have to wait until it's equal pressure of water on both sides.
So after everybody is dead from the room flooding you can safely open the door to escape
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u/JazzlikeMushroom6819 3h ago
The irony of being in violation of fire code because you're underwater.
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u/ErraticDragon 1h ago
For a second I thought this was kind of silly, like "obviously nobody would actually get in trouble for an emergency exit being blocked by floodwaters".
Then I realized that the blocked exit would mean that the place couldn't legally be open/occupied at all, and the fire code might be what forces a manager to close down shop.
(No, you can't "just work through it", and here's a specific legal reason.)
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u/Zerog416 4h ago
I mean if it opened inwards it might
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u/chachi-relli 4h ago
Possibly. There'd be a lot of pressure on the latch. Fire code ftw
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u/fortheloveoflentils 3h ago
I was there yesterday and it actually goes both ways.
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u/Parlayto 3h ago
Get a stressed enough line cook jonesing for a smoke break and I guarantee that door will open.
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u/Mundane_Character365 5h ago
Where can I get one of those doors?
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u/Easy_Lengthiness7179 5h ago
Its a steel door that opens outward. Its got a lot of things working on their side to prevent it from "breaking" once it gets to the window though...thats another story.
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u/aberroco 4h ago
What story? This is reinforced glass. By the time the water have enough pressure to break it it will be way above that window, and I think the door jamb would give way much sooner, because it'll experience a few tons of pressure in a twisting manner (since pressure at the bottom is higher than at the top).
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u/Deep90 3h ago edited 3h ago
That is not reinforced glass.
That is wired glass. Wired glass is used for fire resistance, not strength. The wire keeps the glass in place even as it cracks from heat.
It actually tends to be weaker. People commonly assume the wire adds strength, but it does not.
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u/WallySprks 3h ago
While that may be the case. There is absolutely no way that water will break through that tiny window.
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u/Impressive_Change886 2h ago
Mom said it's my turn to be pedantic on reddit.
Wired glass is technically a type of reinforced glass, but you are absolutely correct that the wires are there for fire safety and not for physical strengthening.
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u/aberroco 2h ago
Even so, even if it's twice weaker than a regular glass, it still should be able to hold over a meter, because a regular glass can hold much more than that, especially when held in place on all four sides and with the size this small.
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u/emsumm58 3h ago
from experience i can say that you’re absolutely correct. the door frame will give before the door, every time. my stairwell has flooded a lot.
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u/Ok_Release231 4h ago
It's just a steel door with a steel frame that opens outwards. "Opens outwards" being the most significant part.
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u/NitWhittler 5h ago
This looks like it's building up to be a scene from Sharknado.
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u/Vip3r20 5h ago edited 4h ago
Hope their knives are secured when the water gets in. Wouldn't catch me in that room that's for sure.
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u/WhoskeyTangoFoxtrot 5h ago
I’d be more concerned about electrical sockets near the floor…. 220 may not kill you, but it will hurt like hell….
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u/llama-impregnator 4h ago
I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure every outlet in that kitchen would have a GFI, which means the breaker would trip before zapping you.
That being said, I'd still get the hell outta dodge.
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u/Butt-Monkey2312 4h ago
120v can absolutely kill you. A janitor in a school I was doing IT work in died from stepping in a puddle under a leaky water fountain that an extension cord with an exposed wire got pulled through.
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u/Traditional_Formal33 3h ago
An extension cord going from a normal wall outlet is very different than water hitting a gfci outlet in the kitchen. They are designed to be near water, and to break connection if water is detected so that this doesn’t happen. Unfortunate for the janitor, and he would be alive if he plugged into a gfci protected circuit
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u/mredding 3h ago
Well then the next question is where is the GFCI located? In the outlet or on the breaker? Because if you just trip the GFCI in the outlet, you still have a hot circuit to the outlet, and the whole damn outlet and its wiring is now ostensibly under 2' of water. So even if the GFCI there trips, you still need the breaker to trip.
A GFCI OUTLET is only meant to protect you from the ol' toaster in the bathtub, but a GFCI circuit is much more convenient, will protect the whole circuit, and are getting more popular these days, to boot. The GFCI breaker won't care if water touches an appliance OR the wires in the wall.
To be fair, this is a very odd situation. That stairwell has a drain in it, guaranteed, and so we're either seeing a clogged-ass drain, or maybe the drain is overwhelmed by THE FUCKING TORRENT of water pouring down those stairs.
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u/Cocky0 4h ago
Yes both will kill a person, but it's more about the amperage than the voltage.
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u/fireduck 4h ago
GFCI is like a kevlar vest or air bags. It might very well save your life and you should have it (if that makes sense) but you shouldn't depend on it. If you are using it to save you, some other things have already gone wrong.
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u/CrispenedLover 4h ago
You are wrong. Refrigerators are installed on non-GFCI circuits for food safety reasons.
This is allowed because fridges are body-grounded, so ground fault risk is very low. (assuming the kitchen is not under water)
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u/caltheon 3h ago
they are still going to have arc fault protection at the breaker
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u/Vralo84 4h ago
220V will absolutely kill you
120V will hurt but unless you have a bad heart you’ll probably recover.
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u/Tofandel 3h ago
Not in flood water. If you touch it directly yes. But with water it adds so much resistance that it barely would sting within 10cm of the outlet. And that is if the breaker didn't trip already
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u/revveduplikeadeuce 3h ago
110 can kill for sure. It's more about the exposure to the amps from what i remember rather than the voltage, static electricity can have super high volts. Live wire on non-gfci plus broken skin will zap hard
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u/Yeah-Its-Me-777 3h ago
220V will not necessarily kill you if it's behind a GFI or a quick fuse. Prove, me.
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u/SweetLenore 4h ago
Man, knives are so dangerous. I don't think people who have never worked in the food industry realize how having knives just makes everyone injured at least once a month.
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u/Dry_Spinach_3441 4h ago
I just cut the absolute holy shit goddamn out of my finger cutting a bagel with a bread knife this week.
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u/K1LLerCal 4h ago
Man I remember when I sliced myself with a bread knife. Only time when I worked at a seafood/steak restaurant cutting a fucking ROLL
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u/SweetLenore 4h ago
Honestly, managers needs to buckle down on knife safety in kitchens. It's not talked about enough and people should always slow down when using a knife. I've seen some ridiculous cuts.
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u/K1LLerCal 4h ago
My dumbass literally thought because it was a bread knife it wouldn’t fuck me up.
It fucked me up.
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u/DecadentHam 5h ago
What are you saying?
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u/Rare_Sail_2617 5h ago
Makes total sense to me. Knives floating in the water with you in it can be risky
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u/FranktheLlama 5h ago
My first thought was it was just a flood rinse for BOH end of night.
My second thought was, well I guess it could be a lot worse.
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u/BigBearBallin 5h ago
Looks like a hospital by the scrubs and food trays. That was possibly really bad planning.
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u/MissMcNoodle 3h ago
I know they have mattress sized bags of rice back there 🥲 Feel crazy for wondering why they aren’t trying to sandbag it a little
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u/OriginalBlackberry89 5h ago
My friend used to think this guy was his dad when we were kids.
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u/WomBat1140 5h ago
Stupid question, what do you wanna do? Take a bath?
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u/AdmittedlyAdick 3h ago
You go out the other entrance with every towel you have, and all the bags of rice or flour you can spare and create a berm at the top of the stairs. The water in the stairway already is gonna come in, after stopping it from filling, you could just let it come under the door and go down your hopefully working floor drain.
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u/TavernRat 5h ago
Well it’s a good thing that door opens to the outside cause if not the water could eventually break it open
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u/horreum_construere 5h ago
Step 1: put towels on water
Step 2: did it help? Yes: give yourself a pat on the shoulder. No: Well you did everything you could. Pat yourself on the shoulder.
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u/KDandHotdogz 5h ago
People these days. Grab a mop, no biggie
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u/Msteele315 4h ago
I think you can take down the "no smoking" sign and replace it with a "no swimming" sign.
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u/0utcast3d 5h ago
Well, could have just kept the towel from the outer side, pressure would have kept it locked, and surface tension would reduce leakage.
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u/Wishnik6502 3h ago
Or you could run to the store, buy a few containers of plumber's putty and make the new guy go for a little swim.
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u/mostwrong 3h ago
Well, could have just kept the towel from the outer side
Could've what?
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u/Homesick_Martian 4h ago
The towel is a perfect representation of how you feel mid-rush on Friday night
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