I'm sure there's a little devil that follows me around. Now it's affecting other people. I finished work early and was pleased to be setting off home. I got to the front door of the office building and someone was hanging around there. After I pressed the button to open the door (it's a self service office automated building only has reception inside office hours) and the door remained firmly locked, it became clear why the other person was there. I pressed the button, the emergency door release, shoved the door. Nothing. So me and this guy went round to the closed reception to find the emergency number as we were locked in (along with the entire building). He called and arranged for the emergency staff to come out and do something - which could be hours.
We went back round to the door and by now there's a crowd of people and their pet dogs (office dogs are a thing!) all trying the door and nothing working. One guy had just ordered takeout and had to call the driver to tell him to leave it outside. We were in for a long night of it. Then this bloke arrived with headphones on, started down the stairs, everyone said the door is locked shut but he couldn't hear because of the headphones. Clearly he was superman because he got to the door, pushed it, and it opened without protest and after that the door was just unlocked instead of locked.
Like my laptop, my network cables, like my brain, one minute not working and next minute working fine. Craziness! After that getting home was relatively straightforward π The good news is I saw the funny side and didn't freak out or go into a panic. I must be getting better.
And I was very relieved the other guy got his takeaway π