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
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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 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 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
Today, I got locked out of my house. After trying unsuccessfully to jimmy the lock, I managed to climb in through the kitchen window. I soon found out I had an effect on the door after all; it won't open at all any more, even with the right key. FML
Today, I locked my keys in my car and called AAA. He got out to take a look at my car, and he locked himself out of his own car with his tools inside. It took us 40 minutes with a screwdriver and stick to unlock his car and 40 seconds to unlock mine after. Nine hours later, I found my extra key. FML
Today, I locked my keys in my car. After looking for the spare key for hours, we called our insurance company, who then sent a "locksmith" with a wedge and a bar to open my car. All he did was break the driver and passenger doorhandles. My stuff is still inside. 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 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 was locked out of my house. After hours of trying to break the door, I found out I accidentally left a window open. The door, however, still needs to be replaced. FML
Today, I locked myself out of my own shop. And I'm a locksmith. FML
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Yudith 28
Reminds me of the story of this engineer who charged $10,000 to repair an airplane motor, only to knock on one part with a hammer. It worked. The customer wanted a detailed invoice, not believing that a simple knock with a hammer was worth $10,000. The invoice read as such: Knocking on airplane motor no A12B34C56: $1 Knowing where to knock and with what: $9,999 Total: $10.000
GoogieWithers 25
You are paying for the locksmiths expertise not how long they took to do the job. If you wanted cheap then you should have used a hammer.
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Yudith 28
Reminds me of the story of this engineer who charged $10,000 to repair an airplane motor, only to knock on one part with a hammer. It worked. The customer wanted a detailed invoice, not believing that a simple knock with a hammer was worth $10,000. The invoice read as such: Knocking on airplane motor no A12B34C56: $1 Knowing where to knock and with what: $9,999 Total: $10.000
GoogieWithers 25
You are paying for the locksmiths expertise not how long they took to do the job. If you wanted cheap then you should have used a hammer.