Transportation: Today, I dropped my car keys down the elevator shaft at my dorm....

By Lea - 16/03/2010 13:31 - United States

Today, I dropped my car keys down the elevator shaft at my dorm. I had parked my car at a parking meter, and now had no way to get change out of my car. It took six hours for someone to get my keys, and I now have a $75 parking ticket. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/11/2008 08:10 - France

Today, I dropped my keys in the sewer. The spare ones are inside my locked car. FML

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By GOLLUM! - 18/05/2017 00:00

Today, after being without my car keys for two days, I finally got a locksmith to unlock my car on the off chance I'd left my keys in there. $170 later, the car was open, but I didn't find my keys. Frustrated, I threw the paperwork in the garbage... where I spotted my keys. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/11/2009 07:25 - Canada

Today, I locked my keys in the car while the car was running because I got out to get the parking ticket attached to my windshield. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/10/2009 15:53 - United States

Today, I locked my keys in my car. My spare keys are 45 minutes away in my dorm room. My dorm room keys are attached to my car keys locked in my car. Security said they would let me in as long as I had my school ID. It's on my keychain. FML

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By Marcus - 20/01/2019 18:00

Today, my keys disappeared out of my car door during the 50 foot walk to the trash can. When I finally went to security after trying to find them, they said someone drove off with my car right as I walked in the door. FML

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By seththing - 22/05/2016 03:49

Today, I locked my keys in my car. I had a spare key in my wallet, that I also left in the car. FML

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By Moe - 25/09/2009 05:20 - United States

Today, I discovered that I had lost my phone. I drove to the campus to try and find it, and parked in a gated lot where you pay when you leave. All the buildings were closed, so I had to go home. That's when I realized that I didn't have my wallet to get my car out. And no phone to call a ride. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/02/2011 09:44 - New Zealand

Today, I walked ten miles to pick up my car from the towing station. Turns out there was enough change for the parking meter in the glovebox after all. FML

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By Ugh - 02/02/2017 16:00 - United States - Washington

Today, I locked myself out of my apartment. I've just realized that I could have spent $30 on an Uber or Lyft to my parents' place to grab the other set of keys instead of calling a locksmith and paying $280 for him to drill a hole through my doorknob, rendering all my keys useless. FML

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By joanikens - 14/11/2016 07:20

Today, I was so broke, I couldn't come up with enough change to pay the parking meter at my job. FML

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Ecnassianer 0

Tuesday 16 March 2010 19:41

How the hell did you drop your keys down an elevator shaft?

idkweird 0

Tuesday 16 March 2010 19:43

Then you get a report from the person who retrieved your keys and take it to court to fight the ticket. Easy!

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Punkartmama 0

Tuesday 16 March 2010 23:34

So, your car is the only place in the whole city to get change? C'mon, use your head!

ROFLUMAD 0

Wednesday 17 March 2010 0:04

How the hell did you drop your keys down an elevator shaft?

idkweird 0

Wednesday 17 March 2010 0:56

Man, when I was away for college, I hardly had money for food. I also didn't have a job. I literally ate peas, eggs, and beef jerky. Every once in a while, a friend would take me out for dinner. If I had gotten a parking ticket, I would have been screwed! Even now, making as much as I do, that would be a nasty inconvenience. Though you could probably scrounge up some coins from friends, I don't know that you could scrounge up enough for 6 hours. Also, some meters have time limits, so it wouldn't have mattered how many coins she got, she still would have gotten a ticket. At least some of the meters I've encountered have had that. I have no idea if the one she was at was one of those. Again, if she actually had paperwork from the maintenance person stating when she called (which would show the time she dropped the keys) and when they showed up to retrieve said keys, I think she would be ok. If she just walks in and tells the story, I doubt they would believe her. The biggest thing would be that she was unable to move to her car due to her keys being down an elevator shaft. For most things, I wouldn't fight, but this one is a legitimate excuse that I think the court would recognize.

brucesgirl 0

Wednesday 17 March 2010 1:47

make extra copies of keys that's what I have I never forget

scattman 0

Wednesday 17 March 2010 1:53

whoa 70 dollers such a big deal

Hiimhaileypotter 52

Friday 27 September 2013 3:29

For some people (myself included, being a college student), $75 isn't something to just throw away unnecessarily. So a situation like this could definitely be a setback in someone's life. If you've got money just laying around, please mail it to me, I'll put it to good use!

amazingjane 0

Wednesday 17 March 2010 1:59

I almost did the same thing! Weird!

boatkicker 4

Wednesday 17 March 2010 2:44

Both my parents have, at different times, gotten out of parking tickets. It's not impossible, or even that difficult if you actually had no way to do anything about it. And $75 is a big deal for most college students, in my experience. I know it is for me. Not having that much money is why I don't have a license to begin with. The test is too expensive. Not that I'd be able to get a car anyways.... I'm rambling. Point being, not every college student has $75 sitting around.