Two women thought they had come up with an ingenious solution to storing their coats on a night out, only for the plan to backfire.
Maisy Armstrong, 19, and pal Harriet Baillie, 20, thought they had found the perfect hiding spot for their coats at Bar Twenty One in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Their viral video shows Maisy smirking at the camera as she covers her faux fur coat with a loose wall panel inside an out-of-order toilet.
However two hours Harriet films another clip as they return to uncover the coats which cost £30 each - only to realise the panel has been moved and they'd been 'stolen'.
Trainee yachtswoman Maisy posted the video to TikTok where it's been viewed more than two million times with users laughing at their blunder and questioning the bizarre idea.
The 19-year-old admits she thought she was 'being smart' by using the gap in the wall as there's no cloakroom and she assumed nobody would enter the out-of-order toilet.
Maisy said: "It definitely didn't go to plan. There wasn't a cloakroom so we were carrying our coats around and we couldn't be bothered anymore. I had a big fur jacket.
"When we went to the toilet one said it was out of order but we noticed that the wall was loose and saw a gap so we thought it was a really smart idea. Because it was out of order we thought nobody would go in there but they obviously did. We put the wall back up and thought nobody would see the coats.
Thankfully, the pair found their coats at someone else's booth hanging on the back of a chair shortly after, so they rushed to pick them up before letting the helpful staff know and leaving the venue.
But Maisy has admitted she'll be carrying her coats or paying to keep them in a cloakroom in future.
She said: "When we were about to leave we went back and started filming to show us finding them but then we saw the wall was moved and the coats were gone.
"Someone must have gone in and thought 'I want those coats' and taken them. We got the reaction on camera because we thought it was going to be a good outcome. We panicked a bit and asked the bartender if any coats had been handed in and he was really helpful.
"I really like my fur jacket so I'll be keeping hold of it in future and paying the money if there's a cloakroom."
Maisy's TikTok has been liked almost 300,000 times but users didn't have much sympathy for the worrying situation.
The video's caption said: "When you think you're absolute geniuses for putting your coats behind the toilet wall until you come back at the end of the night and they're gone."
One baffled user said: "How the hell! Unless they saw you put them there and went back after you left."
Another questioned: "Why would it be a good idea to put your coat there?"
A third added: "Yeah, the wall probably fell off and they saw it. It doesn't look secure at all."
A spokesperson for Bar Twenty One said: "We are so happy our staff could help locate Maisy's coat. We also think it was a great idea and actually very inventive. Would she like a job?
"However, we don't encourage our customers to do this. We’ve taken this very lightly with a smile. Thanks so much to Maisy for supporting our little gem of a bar."
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