A man got locked inside an HSBC bank branch after he entered the still closed establishment, surmising from its unlocked door that it was already open.

Jay Whitmarsh, 47, said that when he entered the bank and saw it was empty, he merely thought that the staff had stepped out, and would return in a few minutes. Then suddenly heheard the door slam shut, and the latch lock. He tried opening the door, but had no luck getting free.

“I tried all the buttons and tried releasing the lock, but it wouldn’t budge,” Whitmarsh told the UPI. “I didn’t have my mobile on me to call anyone but they have these red phones on the wall for telephone banking so I rang through and got hold of a fella.”

The person on the other line, according to Whitmarsh, primarily thought that he had been trapped in the lobby, until Whitmarsh responded “No, no I’m actually in the branch.”

Upon successfully contacting outside help, Whitman waited inside the establishment, until an apologetic employee arrived an hour and a half later, opened the door and freed Whitmarsh and his Labrador, Sumi.

The Metro reported that while locked inside, Whitmarsh had received a parking ticket, and a crowd had gathered outside the Swinton, Greater Manchester bank.

“I did take it in good heart and the HSBC have offered me a full apology and compensation, but the repercussions could have been horrendous if things had turned out differently,” he said. “What would I have done if there was a fire?”

Whitmarsh’s experience was reportedly the third incident of a similar nature, with the same bank but at a different branch.

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