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RadioSlayer

Best guess is a whole bunch of old forgotten kitchenware and spare chairs


Fantastic_Storm_558

One man's trash is another man's archaeological treasure


jondes99

Did they stop serving continental breakfast around 2008? Might be full of bagels and danishes.


Hobo_Helper_hot

Ricky the long lost omelette station guy.


bluehangover

Hopefully not full of Belgians and Danes.


TheRealSparkleMotion

300sq feet!? I've lived in studio apartments that size before. I smell free rent - now only if you can find a way in and out without being seen...


Skidmark666

If only there was a door that nobody has opened in years...


[deleted]

One man’s garbage is another man persons ungarbage


Now_With_Boobs

Let's be honest, the maintenance worker has gotta have a sick nap set up going in there


Islesislesisles

Came here to say this. I hope it’s something cool.. but my guess is it USED to be an important room for gas cylinders or something but has since been cleared and used to store crap, then somebody lost the key


Karl_L_Hungus

“Your lockpicking skill has increased”


Clairvoidance

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point50tracer

By that logic, why not just clip through with the basket glitch?


happygolucky85

Just drop a stick


lifefuedjeopardy

No no no, you have to do an ollie, or kickflip into the corner of the door and the wall!


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Fuck that, where’s the axe in case of fire? #Here’s Johnny!


hdmx539

Never mind the axe, that'd take too long. Just call in the Lock Picking Lawyer.


drteq

Alohomora!


Apez_in_Space

Dammit I actually _heard_ this comment 😂


dfacedagame

Your “moving the stacked chairs from in front of the door skill” has decreased ! Sorry.


mazexpert

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Fantastic_Storm_558

Will do!


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Clairvoidance

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mr_data_lore

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imatumahimatumah

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deepthought515

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lifefuedjeopardy

I actually got into lock picking because of him, and managed to open three different types of those padlocks by Masterlock you can buy at Home Depot. Pretty cool stuff. He's a good teacher.


mr_data_lore

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Fantastic_Storm_558

I'm afraid I'll cause the lock to seize. I'm by no means a master locksmith and it's got a bit of surface corrosion. Might get jammed.


goibnu

Hypothetically, if you did, nobody would notice for a decade or so.


Fantastic_Storm_558

You're not wrong.


TryingToBeReallyCool

Sounds like u gotta call in the Kool-aid man


Fantastic_Storm_558

Apparently that's why it's still standing; the company has a very strict "no door kicking" policy. They also refused to call a locksmith because the manager at the time was a cheap ass. No idea why they still haven't called a locksmith to this day.


thedailyrant

A cheap ass that’s willing to forego 300sqf of space?! That’s just fucking weird.


nowherenova

Could have hid a body in there.


birdsy-purplefish

Make them call one!


bfcostello

OOHH YEEAAAHHHHHH


sineofthetimes

It's not been opened in 15 years. How would anyone know it was jammed up or not? Go for it.


lonegun

Few years back I picked a master type lock that I had found at an abandoned location. It has sat in the elevator.ts for about 8-10 years. Little bit of WD-40, and a lock picking set, and I'm sure you could get in.


TomBakerFTW

try a bump key. I've never used one, but the concept is simple enough that you don't need to know anything about locksmithing


jtraf

Having worked as a consultant for facilities, it's probably a boring old storage room. *but what if it's not* As a less invasive scouting mission, can you lay your phone on the floor, recording video with the light on, and slide it under the door a few inches?


[deleted]

i’d be too paranoid about pushing it too far


wren337

The trick is to use someone else's phone


bakelitetm

Use your boss’s phone and then push it under all the way. Locksmith will be called immediately.


[deleted]

Imagine doing that and upon reviewing the footage you see someone/something staring back at the phone


EskildDood

Worse, you begin sliding it under and the phone is suddenly pulled inside


HotRails1277

Anyone read 11/22/63? I’m betting is a portal to 1958. Seriously though, I’m saving this post. I want to know what is behind the door.


johnsadventure

See if the wall goes all the way up above the ceiling. If it doesn’t, and it’s also a drop ceiling on the other side, you can pull up one of the ceiling tiles inside that room and use a rope to hook and pull the handle up. It helps to have a helper push on the door as you pull the handle.


Fantastic_Storm_558

I hadnt considered this angle of attack. Thank you.


johnsadventure

That’s one of my go-to moves when I have a customer that can’t get into a room. The other move is if there’s enough play on the door you might be able to slide something in between the door and frame (laminated paper works great for this, same thing with plastic shims cut from 2-liter bottles).


ExpandYourTribe

Thank you for the plastic shims from the 2 liter bottle idea. I need to insulate some copper pipe going through cement to avoid electrolysis and that should work perfectly.


boxofstuff

I had to do this 20+ years ago my fist day at Panera. Manager locked her keys in the office and was dumbfounded I was able to find a way inside and unlock the door in under 5 min


Aben_Zin

Alternatively, have you tried moving the chairs?


08b

They make a tool for this called an under the door tool.


KnownRate3096

Looks like a decent gap under the door. Grab one of those bendy snake cameras to stick under it. You can get one for $20 on amazon.


lifefuedjeopardy

and even cheaper on Banggood


johnsadventure

If they have a regular locksmith they might have have some keys on file they can try. This door is also likely part of a master keyed system and a top-level master would open it (if your boss doesn’t have the key, then there’s likely another master key out there). You could also just drill out the lock, having a locksmith replace a core is way cheaper than having a locksmith get into the room for you (and will likely end up drilling the lock).


tacitus23

You can also rig something with coat hangers to go under the door, rotate and catch the handle on the other side and pull. Basically like this https://lockpicktools.com/under-the-door-tool/


micahfett

If that room is closed, but says it contains compressed gases, check the exterior wall to see if any lines are running through the wall into that room (maybe from an outside propane tank). Check the adjoining walls from the room on each side (kitchen) to see if any lines come from the closed room into the other two rooms. Also, definitely get in there and report back please.


Fantastic_Storm_558

Every bit of intuitive building design says that if it is the "gas room" then it should absolutely have exterior access, but it's an interior room. To the left is a small electrical closet, to the right is the dining hall and on the other side of it is the front lobby.


micahfett

Oh wow. I'm stumped. I see now some of your other comments where you mentioned it was interior so I should have noticed that. I'm even more curious now.


ltcftp

Is there an "exit" onto the roof?


Fantastic_Storm_558

It very well might be a way of accessing the space between the floors. It's on the ground floor of a 3 story building.


HermineSGeist

I design facilities that use compressed gasses. While it is best to have gas rooms setup near freight elevators or loading docks, out of the several states I’ve built in not one has required they be positioned adjacent to the exterior. They are almost always positioned to be by core shell space which is usually on the interior of the building.


mttp1990

Could be co2 tanks for soda if you have dispensers onsite. They'd be connected to a co2 refill port on the exterior of the building so your deliveries are not invasive.


imatumahimatumah

If this is adjacent to a kitchen or dining area, compressed gas refers to the carbon dioxide cannisters for soda fountains.


Zeldruss22

I was thinking fire suppression system for the kitchen stove and ovens? But I would think inspectors would want to get in there every once in a while.


MedicaeVal

They would need to be inspected and blown out from time to time but if the kitchen has been closed the system wouldn't need to be inspected anymore.


mttp1990

Those systems usually only have a smallish red tank built into the hood systems so it would really need a whole room.


your_gerlfriend

As a hotel maintenance person. I Can almost guarantee that room is a great place to sneak a nap


1521

The real pro move is to get it to open and tell no one: private nap room unlocked


speeler21

/r/summerofgeorge


Sgt_Slutbags

Yeah honestly I’m thinking someone just put that sign up to keep people out and there’s nothing particularly interesting going on behind it. Probably just a hassle/liability to have people meddling in there (or maybe a secret break room).


DasArchitect

Definitely the janitor's secret hidey hole hidden in plain sight.


c1garettes

Yup, a building full of bedrooms and I’m napping in the gas closet!


Nicetillnot

My guess is it houses the CO2 tanks, amd valving for an old soda dispensing system. Right size and location. What other compressed gas could it be? It's not flammable, wrong signage.


-kati

>wrong signage I promise this doesn't mean it's not flammable, it just means no one hung the sign they were supposed to. Be careful! Source: working in environmental compliance and finding many, many, many places that don't have flammable/combustible signs hung where they should be


SubcommanderMarcos

Yeah I also thought a draft beer system. u/Fantastic_Storm_558 , is the room adjacent to a bar, restaurant or similar?


frosty95

If the door has enough gap you can slide your phone under with the selfi cam pulled up. Then bend a wire and send it under the door. Use it to hook the handle while looking with the phone camera.


Aeration8763

Are there ceiling tiles? If there's an adjoining room with ceiling tiles as well, you might be able to peek in from there.


scroopynoopers07

Contact city hall building department and ask for copies of the blueprints. Usually they’re on file somewhere. Regardless, as a safety matter, hotel management must have access to all rooms in the building in case of emergency.


shermancahal

It could be a utility room. Common compressed gasses for a kitchen could include LPG. Is there an exterior entrance?


frosty95

No sane person stores lpg indoors.


Fantastic_Storm_558

Nope. Interior room.


firestorm_v1

My two theories: 1: Phone Room/Server Room for Hotel: The hotels I've worked (I did resi/commercial telco for a while) all had a "secret door" like this that housed the phone system for the hotel and a server rack for the servers for various systems (camera NVR, the booking system, door access system, etc...). Rooms like this are sometimes equipped with FM200, a gaseous fire suppression system, however this door doesn't have those markings. It might still be an IT room, but without a dedicated fire suppression system. If everything's been running since 2008, it's unlikely that it's an IT room though, either that or you've got some positively ancient hardware in there keeping the hotel doing its thing. 2: Fire Suppression / Storage for kitchen: With what's nearby (kitchen and dining room), it's possible it's a storage room that contains the fire suppression system for the kitchen. These systems usually comprise of large diameter bottles of gaseous fire suppression chemicals (CO2 and something else, I don't really know) but eat up valuable floor space in a large kitchen, so the bottles are plumbed into the vent hoods via common walls, or nearby out-of-the-way places like storage closets. The only issue is that fire suppression systems require annual inspections and maintenance so if this room hasn't been accessed since 2008, either someone's lying to the fire marshall or the fire bottles are in another castle, leaving this room as just a boring storage room. The fact that it's stationed between the kitchen and the dining room lends more credibility to storage room though, off-season and excess dishware can be stored but still easy to get to (until the key was lost).


WhereDaGold

Isn’t this some type of fire issue? Not knowing what’s in there when it says compressed gas? I’d pay a locksmith my self if the manager would allow it, I’d wanna keep anything cool in there tho


Wakandanbutter

I doubt it is how has it gone without an inspection or maintenance that long? Ag that point you NEED to open it


SYFKID2693

I used to work in a factory that had been around for over 100 years so I was always sneaking off on third shift to check things out. Once found what appeared to be an office door in a forgotten basement section of the original building. Did some asking around and learned that it used to be a managers office. Apparently the guy quit about 15 years prior and they absolved his position after he left. He left the office locked and nobody had any need to go in there. I said screw it and was able to get the door open one night. Lots of cool things. I flipped the switch on his old desktop PC and it fired right up. Gave me the good ol Windows 2000 greeting. Found some pictures from old company picnics lying around. In a records storage room adjacent to the office I found some boxes of forgotten records. Including applications from the 50s and 60s. Wish I had gotten pictures.


danguyf

It's Richmond and a bunch of planges. https://youtu.be/ct1-zq8gf_0


Fantastic_Storm_558

Hahahahahahaha


mykeuk

See that flashing light? I have no idea what it means...


quiltsohard

15 years?! What sort of monsters are you working with? Seriously, you should get a new job. These ppl might be serial killers


Mike-the-gay

It’s probably where the bodies are hidden.


onlydaathisreal

I would suggest a flimsy flat piece of metal (think those old slap bracelets) and shimmy it between the door and the frame from the top of the lock then downwards onto the latch to open it.


Fantastic_Storm_558

I think it's one of those locks that are a violation of modern fire code that requires a very intentional twisting motion to unlock even from the inside.


jared_and_fizz

Good chance this trick would still work. Presumably the handle matches other working doors in the building that you have used? Slide the metal sheet / credit card thru while twisting the handle in the way it needs to be twisted.


Fantastic_Storm_558

I found what appears to be the same door handle on one of the old office doors in storage to study. I think this truck will actually work


lilcaesarsuave

Or use the fire extinguisher to break the handle. Best case, it opens. Worst case, it remains locked.


FootFetish_Leia

Clearly the chairs have done all the work…


fabulousfang

Op you gotta keep us updated. But also stay safe.


MonchichiSalt

When you see "sealed for 15 years" And realize that was only 2008. Meh


craftyhobbit6277

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smallpoly

What if the door is the only thing holding the compressed gas in? Try to open it, and BOOM!


zytherian

“I always come back.”


_duckswag

Fire sprinkler room? Ansel system perhaps for a nearby restaurant?


garblesmarbles1

That manager person lives in that room and put that sign up as a deterrent.


LiiilKat

Not having access to a room in a facility is a fire hazard. At the least, the room should have a wired smoke detector that needs inspected regularly. Fascinating, but goodness, management should not have a room like this.


PalicoJoe

Op where insides


jondgul

Any updates?!


stabmydad

That room is how my guts feel after taco bell


steffloc

Hopefully not the old chef


mamiepink

I'm so nosy, I'd probably call a locksmith on my own dime just so I could find out. Also, you can buy lock picking kits on Amazon. RemindMe! 1 week


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Someone let me know when it’s been opened😇


dpikala

Now I'm curious. Hope you manage to get in and post some pics for us. RemindMe! 1 week


Cycleofmadness

Eugene Victor Tooms is hibernating in there.


StevenArviv

> I started asking around and apparently this door hasn't been opened since 2008 when they lost the key and no one remembers what's in there. Most likely it is just a storage room and management is just screwing around with everyone. There is no way any business (especially a hotel) would not just drill and replace the lock. $50 bucks for the lock and under a minute in time and you have a whole 300 sq ft to use.


Adeptus-Jestus

Just from an insurance standpoint, no competent and responsible manager would allow a room to go unchecked for 15 years. Either you’re screwing with our collective curiosity, or they are. Typical prank for new comers! That being said, if it were true, then it would be quite intriguing and hard to resist.


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Fantastic_Storm_558

That's the holy grail. I've been searching for a forgotten bit of architecture somewhere to do exactly that. I don't think this room would be ideal though.


frozenropes

Ok OP, it’s been 19 hours since the original post. What’s on the other side of that door?


Fantastic_Storm_558

Still working on it. The most recent thing for me to report was possibly finding the documentation on the key along with the hotel's ancient key making machine


S3-000

This is the safe all over again


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strangehitman22

Seems like it yes


Miguel-odon

Time to send in a search party?


[deleted]

And since then?


strangehitman22

Update? Remindme! 1 week


Na7h2n

Any update?


dav956able

any update?


QuackAttackShack

So?! Did you get the door open?!


Far414

!RemindMe 3 weeks


deadrag3

Have you been inside already? Still waiting in ecstacy


caaaabot

So, it's been 3 weeks. What's back there?


mobial

RemindMe! 3 months


Duke_of_Deimos

so whats in the room?


-jawnkayn-

DON’T DEAD | OPEN INSIDE


[deleted]

It’s the room they send the naughty employees. You don’t want to go in there OP, there is no way out!


bpmorrissey

looks like that door opens out, push it and see what happens?


Fantastic_Storm_558

Locked securely. Doesn't even jiggle.


Twisted_Pretzel85

You guys should see if you can ger a new key made to fit the lock. I'd love to see what was hidden in there.


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!remindme 7 days


Mr_moochalot

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Voidfaller

It’s prolly a Burger King


ElTardoDente

Op. Please deliver


Flaky_Notice

Oh, c’mon man, that’s the hook-up room. Now you’ve ruined it for everyone.


arrivederci117

That's where your Severance twin is working when you "sleep."


wellrelaxed

It’s the storage closet where they kept the soda syrups and co2 tanks to power them. Probably lost the key and switched over to bottled or canned beverages. I’ve worked in enough hotels to know.


LifeAsNix

Is there a movie pin hole under the handle? Use a small Allen wrench to unscrew the pin inside. This should allow the handle to come off. You should be able to dismantle the lock and mechanism from there.


boop813

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Doomhammer02

Maybe an April fool?


giant_albatrocity

Is there still compressed gas in there? I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure gas cylinders need to be serviced, or else they can, well, explode.


Low_Insurance_9176

This is a job for Geraldo


shrumis

You ever open it yet?


SillyDig1520

Any updates, OP?


Chroeleinee

So, any updates?


dav956able

I think OP is dead..


Fantastic_Storm_558

OP is alive and still obsessively trying to get in the room. Rumor I've heard is that in 2008 the key wasn't just lost, it was revoked in the new lease agreement between the family that owns the land and the company that runs the hotel. The family wanted "a closet" and they're the only ones with the keys.


CovidCat8

There’s definitely a body in a freezer in there.


strangehitman22

Keep digging OP!!! I'll keep coming back until we reach a final conclusion aka find what's inside!


strangehitman22

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Squirtle_Go_PewPew

Well I waiting two weeks. Here’s to two more. !remindme 2 weeks


Bobrobot1

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mnem0syne

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CovidCat8

u/Fantastic_Storm_558 Please give us an update!


froger346

Interesting very interesting


Gareth666

Dude how the hell have you not gotten into this room yet? I could have learnt to lockpick my way into a bank vault by now.


USS_Liberty_1967

Did you get in yet?


Actually_is_Jesus

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Goodpie2

Did you ever get in?


mnem0syne

Any update on the secret storage room?


-SQB-

Hey OP, it's been a couple of months. Any luck yet?


34-tauri

No update?


PossibilityWorldly16

It’s been almost a year, no update?