Today, I had to call a locksmith because I got locked out of my apartment. It cost a total of $350 to break in and repair the lock. Not even 3 hours later, I dropped my only key in the sewer. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
Today, I dropped my keys in the sewer. The spare ones are inside my locked car. FML
Today, I paid a locksmith $100 after I locked myself out of my apartment. All he did was hit it, and it flung open. It wasn't locked, it'd just got stuck. FML
Today, I was in and out of my room to cook dinner at 11:30pm and accidentally locked the door. I couldn't jimmy it by myself so called a locksmith who used two of those inflatable car door things and a screwdriver to pop it in 30 seconds flat. Cost me 180 bucks. FML
Today, not only did I shit myself on my way to work, I left my house keys in the bathroom after I cleaned up. It's $90 to replace them. FML
Today, I called a locksmith to unlock my car. He got it unlocked, but broke the handle so the door wouldn’t open. We had to break a window to get in. He still charged me his usual fee. FML
Today, I left work early, and discovered I was locked out of my house. I subsequently had to use a spoon I found on the ground to smash the bathroom window. I cut my leg on the glass when I climbed through. While inspecting the wound, I felt a lump in my pocket. It was my house key. FML
Today, I wanted nothing more than to go home and get into bed. While I was unlocking my front door, the flimsy key snapped off inside the lock. A locksmith was called out, who did nothing but sadistically guffaw at my misfortune and crack sarcastic jokes as he undid the lock. FML
Today, I accidentally locked myself out of my apartment while taking the trash out, without my phone. I had to wait outside for three hours until my flatmate came home from work to let me back in. FML
Today, the key broke inside my lock and I ended up needing bolt cutters. Cool. FML
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Top comments
Chazzster 32
OP, anyone can make a mistake once like losing your keys and getting locked out of your home. It takes a special person to do that twice in one day. Are you prone to things like this or was this just a really bad, one of a kind day?
tounces7 28
Apartment? Why not just get the apartment office to let you in? They keep spares to all the apartments.
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Comments (8)
RichardPencil 32
It's going to cost more to get the lock re-keyed and have several spares. With your clumsiness, the locksmith will be eating steak for a while!
Chazzster 32
OP, anyone can make a mistake once like losing your keys and getting locked out of your home. It takes a special person to do that twice in one day. Are you prone to things like this or was this just a really bad, one of a kind day?
tounces7 28
Apartment? Why not just get the apartment office to let you in? They keep spares to all the apartments.
Fergus52 16
Not sure what country OP is from, but here in Aus we don't usually have apartment offices or equivalent that can let us in if we forget our keys. Even when renting there's no requirement for the agent to have a spare set. I just always make sure I have a spare key safely tucked away for such an occasion.
tounces7 28
That's really weird. Because if the tenant leaves and doesn't drop off the keys, they're gonna have to break in.....
Fergus52 16
Yeah I see that. I think it's kinda just an honesty system. Because once your tenancy ends, if you don't return the key the landlord will just change the lock (its tax deductible and can be simple enough to do yourself) so then the ex-tenant is stuck with a now useless key. So there's not much point in not returning the key aside from some inconvenience to the landlord.
Win 9
Wow, sorry OP. It’s like one of those days where nothing seems to be going right. It happens to us all, but it’s never a good feeling. Hope it was figured out at a lower cost, or a different solution! :/
Brightside86 31
Feels like you could really use a nap.
Rusty Armstrong 13
you could have saved by breaking in and replacing the knob.
ytsejammer1977 4
Just replace the lock yourself. It’s literally two screws.