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Woman gets trapped in the Bay for an hour; live-tweets the whole thing

Woman gets trapped in the Bay for an hour; live-tweets the whole thing

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Last night, a Toronto writer named Emily Keeler was idly browsing sheet sets at Hudson’s Bay’s Yonge and Bloor location—by far the scariest one—when the fluorescent lights suddenly flickered out. The store, she quickly realized, had closed for the night, with her still inside it. As she wandered around trying doors and signaling to people in nearby buildings, Keeler kept her Twitter followers updated on the unfolding scenario.

Her increasingly panicky tweets earned dozens of responses, most of which were more concerned with pinning down the relevant pop-culture references (Today’s Special and Mannequin, obviously, but also late-season Dawson’s Creek and, apparently, the pilot for Doctor Who) than helping Keeler figure out how to escape—which (spoiler alert!) she did, in under an hour. Still, it was enough time for news outlets to pick up the story, and for one concerned Twitter follower to circulate a protest sign (see above). Here are some highlights from the fleeting ordeal.

Topics: Emily Keeler Hudson's Bay Random Stuff

11 thoughts on “Woman gets trapped in the Bay for an hour; live-tweets the whole thing”

  3. this is like the father ted when all the priests get stuck in a lingerie department. except funny.

  5. Too bad they let you out after only an hour, they should have made you wait longer. I guess you didn’t hear the numerous “store is closing” announcements or perhaps you didn’t think they applied to you cause you’re the center of the universe. Yup, all the staff should wait until you decide to mosey on out. They don’t have better things to do, families to get home to, neither do the managers or security staff who had to come and “rescue” you. You must be a self absorbed, twit desperate for attention.

  6. Hey, can you give me tonight’s lotto numbers? Because your psychic abilities are, like, too good. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING! *bows, as if to a golden god*

  7. cheap hipster trick from a faux-writer wanting publicity. are we really
    to believe that this girl (zine, glasses and all) got such an
    opportunity to tweet her way into a toronto life article?

    gross.

  8. Fake.

    The Bay on Queen is open until 9:30pm on Wednesdays. Her first tweet was at 7:54pm.

    Even assuming the store closed early for some reason at 7:30pm or 8:00pm it means that she either waited 24 minutes to start tweeting over and over OR she jumped the gun by 6 minutes.

    Pathetic publicity stunt.

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