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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I dropped my keys in the sewer. The spare ones are inside my locked car. FML
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
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
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
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
Today, I locked my keys in my car. I had a spare key in my wallet, that I also left in the car. FML
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
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
Today, I finally found a parking space directly outside my apartment after driving around for 20 minutes. I celebrated, parked, and walked upstairs. Ten minutes later, I realized I'd left my car running with the keys still inside. FML
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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Ecnassianer 0
How the hell did you drop your keys down an elevator shaft?
idkweird 0
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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rockstatic 0
You might be able to win if you contest it in court. See what the ticket says for procedures and then just dress nice, go in, and explain what happened to the judge. If you have the time s/he might let it slide, especially if the cop doesn't come in to argue it either.
idkweird 0
Even if the cop was there, if she can prove her story, it shouldn't be a problem. It's not like a speeding ticket where they can fight it. It's simply a parking ticket, and if she has a valid reason as to why she couldn't move her car, they should let it go.
nuklear7 0
if you go to the judge and explain your predicament, i'm sure he might wave the fee. and if you can provide papers from the maintanance who had to retrieve your keys, you can prove a fair case.
FYLDeep 26
YDI for not securing your keys. (Try a pocket next time.)
idkweird 0
Yeah, because no one ever gets their keys out before they get to a door they want to open. How absolutely stupid of them.
ColdGold 6
Wow. Sorry.
bustabeat826 0
boo ******* hoo $75 is not even a big deal and how the hell do you drop your keys down an elevator shaft?
idkweird 0
Some elevators have a gap between the car and the floor you're getting off on. Depending on how many keys were on the ring, it could get through a crack smaller than an inch. It's not as hard as you might think.
buttonface 0
It's $75. Get over it.
MasterYota 0
Why do you not have at least one spare key?
PunxsatownyPhil 0
You could probably fight that, and also it's $75.
BunnyDrastic 0
omG HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BunnyDrastic 0
Who the **** says pal now days