[ro_bit]

> After rounding up the employees, he would direct them to grab their jackets before herding them into the walk-in freezer. Once they were locked inside, he raided the store, then called police to alert them to the frigid workers.

Aren't freezers designed to be very easy to get out of from the inside? Is there something I'm missing about confining people in a freezer? Maybe it blocks cell reception or he's blocking the doors

[defrost]

As OrigamiPastrami notes there are real accidental deaths in specific freezers.

That said most freezers by law have an internal quick release that should work even if there's a padlock through the secure holes on the outside latch.

It's probable he has barricaded the door with something heavy and told the people inside that the first one out the door will be shot dead.

Quora suggested jamming the extraction fans to stop the freezer working and potentially triggering a service alarm should the quick release not work:

https://www.quora.com/What-if-I-accidentally-ended-up-locked...

[OrigamiPastrami]

https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1chqvq7/til_...

This was on the front page of reddit today.

[HenryBemis]

That is an interesting discussion. I'd go for a small door (opaque)/large window (transparent) that one can from the inside. A large triple glazed window ON the door (a smaller door ON a bigger door), a red/yellow light switch, a elevator-like ring/bell, a walkie-talkie permanently installed inside, a staff-count every 30mins. And then I am thinking that after 2-3 weeks all the people-dependent solutions would be abandoned...

[wil421]

No one is going to buy a fridge that expensive.

[fastball]

Yes, I would assume he blocked the door from the outside, otherwise no need to call the police.