I went to karaoke alone because I was sad. Booked a room for one hour. Hour 2: Staff called the room. Staff: Sir, your time is up. Me: Can I extend? Staff: All rooms are booked. Me: Okay, I'll leave. I tried to open the door. LOCKED. Me: Hello? The door is locked! Staff: silence Me: HELLO?! Hour 3: Still locked in. I called the front desk from the room phone. Different staff: Sorry, who is this? Me: I'm locked in Room 7! Staff: Room 7 is empty according to our system. Me: I'M IN IT RIGHT NOW! Staff: That's impossible. I'll send someone. Nobody came. Hour 4: I started YELLING. Banging on the door. The room next to me banged BACK. Muffled voice: SHUT UP! WE'RE TRYING TO SING! Me: I'M TRAPPED! Voice: WE ALL ARE! IT'S KARAOKE! Me: WHAT?! Hour 5: I called the police. Police: You're locked in a karaoke room? Me: YES! Police: Have you tried the door? Me: OF COURSE I TRIED THE DOOR! Police: We'll send someone. Hour 6: Police arrived. Officer: through the door, Sir, can you hear me? Me: YES! GET ME OUT! Officer: The staff says the door isn't locked. Me: IT'S LOCKED! Officer: Can you try pulling instead of pushing? Me: tries pulling The door OPENED. Me: You're kidding me. Officer: Have a good night, sir. Week later: I got a BILL. For 6 hours of karaoke: ¥24,000. Me: I WAS TRAPPED! Manager: You extended your stay. Me: BY ACCIDENT! Manager: The system shows you called for service multiple times. That counts as engagement. Me: I WAS CALLING FOR HELP! Manager: Karaoke is supposed to be fun, sir. Month later: They sent me to COLLECTIONS. Debt collector: You owe ¥24,000 for karaoke services rendered. Me: I DIDN'T RENDER ANYTHING! Collector: You were in the room. That's enough. Month 3: I hired a LAWYER. Lawyer: This is the dumbest case I've ever taken. Me: Can we win? Lawyer: Probably not. You WERE in the room for 6 hours. Me: I WAS TRAPPED! Lawyer: You also sang 47 songs according to the system logs. Me: I was BORED and TRAPPED! Lawyer: The judge won't care. Month 5: We went to COURT. Judge: Let me understand. You're suing because... you sang too much karaoke? Me: I was locked in! Karaoke manager: The door was never locked. He simply didn't know how to open it. Judge: trying not to laugh Me: The police confirmed... Judge: That you didn't know how to open a door. Yes. I lost the case. Ordered to pay ¥24,000 plus ¥50,000 in legal fees. Present day: I'm banned from that karaoke chain. But last week I got a voucher in the mail. "Free 1-hour session! We've added PUSH/PULL signs to all doors!" They're MOCKING me. I used the voucher. Got locked in again. I'm currently in Hour 3. I've learned nothing.