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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer
I've only been locked out of my place once. Hated that helpless feeling.  |
Like I say, I always keep my keys attached to my belt --- AND a spare in my fanny pack.
But I've still managed to lock myself out. Very first day in my (then) new townhouse, I stepped onto the balcony. I only slid the sliding glass door half way open, and propped up the lock-bar, rather than fully lifting it and attaching it in the "open" position. Then my cat tried to follow me out to the balcony, so I quickly slid the door closed again.
Allowing the lock-bar to drop back into place, and locking me out on the balcony. WHERE MY EVER PRESENT KEYS did me absolutely no good. Sigh. Fortunately, I had just started to carry a cell phone. I phoned a friend who lived less than a mile away. She drove over and I dropped the keys to her, from the balcony. Good thing, too, cuz I was in shirt sleeves, and it was January! A sorta-warm, "Indian-summer" kind of January day, but I wouldn't have cared to be out more than the 30-60 minutes I had to!
So, even cautions about keys won't stop stupidity. Sigh...