[ WP ] You suddenly find your doors and windows wo n't open . You log in to Reddit and find the most upvoted thread with over a million comments and just two hours old `` Help , my door is stuck , any tips to get it open ? ''

10:20 +cathy > Honey, did you locked the door this morning? I ca n't open it. Also, I think you have my keys. 
 
 10:21 +cathy > Oh well, I'll use the window, I just need to walk the dog. 
 
 10:31 +darf > Nop, I did n't. 
 
 10:32 +cathy > WHT??? I tried opening every windows and doors in the house, they did n't open... None of them!!! 
 
 10:33 +cathy > I'm scared. 
 
 10:42 +darf > have you tried removing the stub on the broken window? 
 
 10:43 +cathy > No... 
 
 10:45 +cathy > It worked! I'm glad we did n't repaired that window after all. I'm going outside. I do n't know I will make the dog go over the fence, but I have to walk. 
 
 10:46 == cathy has changed nick to walkingCat 
 
 10:46 +darf > good walk! 
 
 `` He this is strange'' Jack said. 
 `` The door is closed... Who the hell closed the openspace door?'' 
 
 I had a chill... this was way to similar to what my wife just said to me on IRC. 
 
 `` The other door is locked too.'' Jack said. 
 
 What the hell was happening? I jumped on my feet, and tried the first doors other than the two Jack just tried: the door of the reunion room. Closed. The doors of the boss office: closed. But then again, he his not in there. 
 
 `` He, his the door on the corridor open on your say'' asked Jack to the people on the other side of the wall of desk separating the open space into two sections. 
 
 `` What do you mean, is it open? Why would n't it?'' 
 
 I move near Jack to support him... The others are gathering behind too, trying the doors which refuse to open for some reason. 
 
 `` The doors on our side are locked. All of them.'' 
 
 Jennifer stood up and want to the try the only doors on their side. 
 
 `` It's locked too... Shit!'' 
 
 `` All right, I'll send a message to EHS.'' 
 
 `` They better hurry, I have a meeting in 5 minutes'' said someone behind me. 
 
 Everyone went back to their desk to wait for the help. I did n't talk about how my wife had the exact same problem. The last thing we needed here was a panic in a closed open-space. I tried going back to work, but I could n't. I needed to change my mind. Cathy was still out walking the dog and presumably clearing her mind. I open reddit. 
 
 There it was: a featured thread. Two hours old. `` Locked up door's threads. Do n't open any other threads about locked up doors, please!''. I was worried before, but after reading this I was dead scared. What the hell was going on? And more importantly, how long will this go on? I do n't want to be trapped at work, with twenty or so people in a room devoid of anything edible except some sugar and single-serve coffee container. This will be hell soon. 
 
 An hour passed. Nobody arrived to help us. Martin and Silvia, who had a meeting earlier, were cursing EHS agents for not showing up. I know why they did n't show up. They were locked too, I could bet. I checked IRC: my wife had come back. 
 
 11:49 == walkingCat has change nick to cathy 
 
 11:49 +cathy > Shit, this is freaking me out. 
 
 11:50 +cathy > I'm not the only one who was locked inside. I have seen other people trying to talk to me behind their windows. 
 
 11:50 +cathy > And the master of the golden retriever was locked out. I invited him here until thing get better, he was out since 8 this morning. 
 
 11:58 +darf > We are locked inside the open-space. I find out a thread on reddit talking about this. apparently, this is worldwide. I was not brave enough to read the thread though. 
 
 11:59 +darf > I'll eventually have to read the damn thing. Maybe someone found a solution. 
 
 11:59 +darf > And anyway, it's lunch time. We'll need to find a way out soon or everybody will go crazy here: p 
 
 I joked, but I was half persuaded it would eventually come to this. 
 
 12:00 +cathy >... That's not funny. Have you tried calling for help? 
 
 12:02 +darf > Well yes, we are kinda waiting for it. But it's been more than an hour now, and we did n't ear from them yet. Still, I do n't wan na destroy company's property just yet. I can skip a meal and wait until the evening if it comes to this. As long as I do n't drink to much which wo n't happen since we do n't have water fountain in here. 
 
 12:03 +cathy > Love, I'm scarred.: ( 
 
 12:10 +darf > It'll be alright, Love. 
 
 The moment I typed enter, I ear a loop noise: Jack had lost his patience and was slamming his chair into the door. He repeated the operation twice. The doors did n't have a single scratch. 
 
 12:12 +darf > Well it seems people here are not as patient as me... Though the doors does n't care much. 
 
 12:15 +cathy > What about the walls? 
 
 I look up and look at the paper thin walls... Well, at worst, they will not care anymore than the doors. 
 
 `` He Jack!'' I said. `` Why do n't you try the wall?'' 
 
 `` Why do you think it will work any better?'' 
 
 `` They are look more fragile than the doors. In fact, they look even more fragile than the windows.'' 
 
 `` Oh well'' he said. 
 
 He launched his chair and then, there is a crack. The chair did n't put down the wall, but their was a big impact were the chair had hit. 
 
 `` Oh Yeah! Now we're getting somewhere!'' he said. 
 
 12:27 +darf > Love, you're a genius! 
 
 12:28 +cathy >: ) So, you're free now? 
 
 12:29 +darf > Not yet, no... the wall is n't down yet and we need to get out of the building after that. But do n't worry, there is always a door left open. At worst, we'll figure out a way to cut the outer wall as well. What worries me most is how the hell I'm going to drive home. I sure wish I was riding a bike. 
 
 I went on reddit while Jack was finishing the wall. Sure enough, someone else had figured out that the doors were now indestructible, but not the walls. Their were then much speculation about what had caused this and why the walls were not affected. There were talks about aliens, some conspiracy theory, other crazy stuffs. The only theory I found I could n't reject out right was that our universe was a simulation and that the last update introduced some crazy bug. Some people were looking for a form to fill a bug report to... god or whatever. Then there were people wondering how to protect themselves and their properties without functioning doors. This part was disturbing on more than one level. The problem was real, but some of the solutions were... not good. I scrolled down, and quickly arrived to older post when people were still freaking the hell out. I closed the thread. The wall was open anyway. It was time to go eat some food. 
 
 13:23 +darf > I'm going to lunch. I think I'll take the rest of the day off. Bye Love! 
 
 13:25 +cathy > Bye!: * ) Be careful on your way home! 
 
 13:26 +darf > I'll call my father. I'm sure he'll be able to give me a ride. 
 
 13:27 == connection lost.
