Friday, March 20, 2026

Casino Door

 We have doors downstairs that open with coins. 

No, I don't mean a jukebox situation. I mean the locks can be picked with 25¢. They lock from the inside, but the slot on the outside end of the doorknob has a slot shape, where a coin can be inserted and turned to unlock it. It was used frequently by angry moms and desperate lactose-intolerant people who just couldn't hold it anymore. I was a little annoyed by the easy opening, but that's how the doors were. 

I know what you're thinking: "But it sounds like a slot machine!" And maybe in a way it is. But I don't want to pay to pee. 

I don't think anybody wants that. 

And they might really not want doors that encourage gambling. 

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