PHX PDX FWA - Steaming Suits in Shower

Well, the last couple weeks has been a blur of the usual travel, work, travel, work in Portland, OR, Phoenix, AZ, and now from Chicago to Fort Wayne, Indiana to end up tonight in lovely Wabash, Indiana at the Holiday Inn Express across from the WalMart, Burger King and McDonalds. Translation: "No there isn't a Starbucks here", but there is a cute drive up booth advertising "Gourmet Coffee" in the grocery store parking lot next door. Rod, Dave and I did find a great Mexican restaurant Mi Puebla I highly recommend! Very authentic quality food.
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I'm sure most of you seasoned travelers have turned on the shower, put a suit or article of clothing to steam a little to get the wrinkles out. I did the same tonight, mostly closed the door to the bathroom to hold in the steam. Somehow, the door to the bathroom shut itself when I opened the door to the hallway to put the DND sign on door. I checked email, then went to retrieve my suit and poof - the door to the bathroom was LOCKED. Who on earth puts a lock on the inside door of a bathroom in a hotel room? Amazingly, here in Wabash, IN, they do and the new gal at the front desk had NO idea how to unlock, no key, etc. After 20 minutes have now gone by, there is water dripping quite heavily on the top of the door - you get the picture? This is so not good.

The owner comes after another 10 minutes (a very nice Indian man, he lives somewhere in the hotel ....) Basically, he uses a long screw driver, and pops the lock - a credit card might have done, but it didn't work for me. I have mopped the bathroom and now hung my suit which is WET to dry,and hoping my powder make up dries by morning - 6 hours away :) Maybe I'll take the effort next time to put up the silly ironing board with the ugly silver cover on it next time!