Accidentally Locked In

In the middle of the night I could hear a rodent -- either in my apartment or in the walls. I had purposefully shut my door in suspicion of such a small intruder. I jumped out of bed and was going to go scare it away when I realized my door wouldn't open. My door closes with a tight fit on its own but I have an over-the-door shoe holder held up by hooks over the door and the tight space in combination with the hooks and the fact that I had entirely shut my door left it not only closed but EXTREMELY closed.

I couldn't get out of my room. The door opens in, so I had to pull rather than push. My doorknob is also small and of the shiny brass variety, so both slippery and hard to grasp. I am also quite weak; I have the strength of a small child (since I am in reality a small child). I pulled and pulled and pulled but to no avail. And I considered that even if I called my landlord, both of the doors to my apartment were secured with those little chain hook things (can't think of what they're called) but you have to release them from inside and require a fair amount of force to break. These are the kinds of problems in the middle of the night that you don't have if you have roommates.

I made a makeshift stool in my room and tried budging the hooks. I removed the shoe hanger and kept moving the hooks. After another five minutes of slightly less frantic but still frantic pulling on the doorknob (using a shirt to try and get a better grip) I was able to get out of my room.

I survived unscathed with an increased heartbeat and was unable to go back to sleep for a very long time. But hey, at least I'm not still stuck in my room.