Have you ever locked yourself out of your home or car?

long...apologizing in advance.
Was working after hubbys death,trying to spend time with the dog so he wouldnt be sad...had my neighbors car,mine was being repaired..outside,good foot of snow on the ground,maybe more(upstate NY),threw his tennis ball a few times,went inside,gave him his treats and hang up the coat and keys...when I threw the ball,must have thrown the keys with it and no sound B/C of the snow,called them in a.m.,no spare keys,had to go to the dealer with the vin and have a key made,found them when the snow left in
Fast forward to present day,keep keys on hook on the door with a bright red lanyard,dressed leaving for lunch,no keys,turned the house upside down searching,SO asks if I locked them in the car,yep,there they were,now,Ive seen the spare in my junk drawer which is jammed shut with crap,so I take a hammer and knock off the drawer front...no key,about this time,I remember the roadside assist on my policy.
Call them,within half an hour he had the car unlocked!My 2012 sentra didnt come with a clicker....
lesson learned,spares with neighbor and a friend
 

House, no. Car, yes with some help from the real Hoot. We had just moved to Na'alehu, HI, population not much. I took Hoot (the 7 # poodle) with me to the only gas station to fill up the car. I forgot to take the keys out of the ignition, and as I was pumping gas I heard the door locks go "clunk". Hoot was jumping around in the car and had locked the doors. My wife was at home, 5 miles away, with no other car, and was also dealing with the side effects of chemo, so she couldn't help. Tried calling the only local tow truck - no answer. Finally, since my car was blocking the pumps, one of the employees offered to take me home to get the spare keys. God bless him.

What's weird is that my wife blamed me instead of Hoot. I didn't lock the damn doors he did! Go figure.
 
My friend Bill had the same thing happen with his lab,Noah!
He was at my house,my son is an auto body tech,he went to the shop and grabbed the lockout set.
I thought Noah was going to be in deep poop but all was well
 

The only time I locked myself out of the house was many years ago. My daughter was in grade school and I was walking her to school. I locked the front door never realizing I didn't have my keys on me. When I got home and couldn't find my key a neighbor came out and handed me a step stool. I climbed in my front window which fortunately wasn't locked and got in my house. It's been close to 30yrs ago and it never happened again.
 
After having locked myself out of my car once, and also having locked myself in my backyard once, I now have a keysafe attached to the wall in both the back and front yards. They have weatherproof covers over them and need a five digit code to be entered to open them. I've put house keys, and car keys in each of them.
 
Thats a great idea...peace of mind,I have keyless entry on the house,just punch in the number,which í great b/c my memorys getting awful
 
my grandson locked Dad(my son) out ò the car,in the time it took him to walk around to the passenger side,once again,work to the rescue
 
Many years ago I locked my car door with my keys still in the ignition. I was in Key West at the police station getting my fingerprints for my realtor's license application. Went back into the station and told desk officer my problem. He said to another officer, "Go get JerryO out of lockup."

As JerryO walked out he asked me what kind of car I had and then got a coat hanger from the rack. Then he, two police officers and I walked toward my car. JerryO was walking a few steps ahead and bending the coat hanger. By the time the policemen and I got to the car, the door was open and JerryO was grinning and dangling my keys from his finger.

We all laughed and I asked policeman if I could tip JerryO for doing an outstanding job. He said his Chief might not like that since that's why JerryO was in back in jail again.
 
grannyjo said:
After having locked myself out of my car once, and also having locked myself in my backyard once, I now have a keysafe attached to the wall in both the back and front yards. They have weatherproof covers over them and need a five digit code to be entered to open them. I've put house keys, and car keys in each of them.
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I went online and found the keysafes. What a great idea! I'm buying at least one, maybe two of them for different uses.

Thanks.
 
All the time with my old front door, because the door wouldn't latch well in the unlocked position. Kept a key to the basement hidden outside, and one to the back door in the basement. Now I have a door that uses a skeleton key. :) Probably most burglars don't know what a skeleton is. J/K

Frankly the only break in I ever had was at a cabin in the woods that had a metal door. I wish I hadn't locked it. The folks broke out the whole door jamb trying to open it. All they needed to do was break out a window.:rolleyes: Must have been amateurs. I don't lock it anymore. I'd rather they just walk in and find out there's nothing there worth taking, than tear up the door again.
 
I locked myself out of my car with the motor running. Luckily where I was stopped was next to a garage and they knew how to open the door with a gimmick they slide down the window.

I climbed in the window once when I didn't have the key at my home. Nearly killed myself in the process. Not easy lowering yourself down head first. L.O.L.
 
My daughter was two. I put her in the passenger side and locked the door. Walked around to get in the driver’s side and having a sense of humour, she pushed my lock just like I’d done. No way could I convince her to pull it up. Finally I remembered the emergency key chained to something under the car. Everything was rusty but the key worked. Phew.
 
Giantsfan1954 said:
long...apologizing in advance.
Was working after hubbys death,trying to spend time with the dog so he wouldnt be sad...had my neighbors car,mine was being repaired..outside,good foot of snow on the ground,maybe more(upstate NY),threw his tennis ball a few times,went inside,gave him his treats and hang up the coat and keys...when I threw the ball,must have thrown the keys with it and no sound B/C of the snow,called them in a.m.,no spare keys,had to go to the dealer with the vin and have a key made,found them when the snow left in
Fast forward to present day,keep keys on hook on the door with a bright red lanyard,dressed leaving for lunch,no keys,turned the house upside down searching,SO asks if I locked them in the car,yep,there they were,now,Ive seen the spare in my junk drawer which is jammed shut with crap,so I take a hammer and knock off the drawer front...no key,about this time,I remember the roadside assist on my policy.
Call them,within half an hour he had the car unlocked!My 2012 sentra didnt come with a clicker....
lesson learned,spares with neighbor and a friend
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Snow....so beautiful, so magically silent! And then you drop something in it (powder leaves no trace), or you try to find the newspaper that was tossed in your driveway at 3 a.m. and has been covered by another foot of snow by the time you bring the snowblower out, and you just pray you find it before the snowblower does! Sorry, got off topic. Your post brought back a lot of memories :)
 
Oh yes, I have done this several times including locking myself out on an elevated deck during the winter. There was no way to climb down. I shivered in the cold until my wife came home from her night class. I was able to peek through the window and watch a little TV.
Now I hid keys whenever there is any chance that could happen again.

I once put my car keys down inside of an 8 day clock that I was winding. I didn't find them until the clock ran down.

Most of my neighbors have given me a key to their house since getting locked out is pretty common. We had a very fine retired police officer who performed this little task until he passed and I inherited it. An older couple across the street lock themselves out about once a month, or more.
 
I was going to put a digital electronic lock on this home we built just before retirement, but decided against it. I haven’t locked myself out of a vehicle or a home yet, but I noticed my mind becoming a little more fuzzy, so maybe down the road it will happen.

I had to laugh when I read the OP’s topic. Years ago when I started flying, my Captain and I had just got into the plane and was ready to start the engines when he asked me if I had the keys. I laughed at the question because I knew that he thought he could catch me looking for the keys. He later told me that his little joke did work on a few new pilots.
 
Jules said:
My daughter was two. I put her in the passenger side and locked the door. Walked around to get in the driver’s side and having a sense of humour, she pushed my lock just like I’d done. No way could I convince her to pull it up. Finally I remembered the emergency key chained to something under the car. Everything was rusty but the key worked. Phew.
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Good for you!
My wife and I did this once and it took me quite awhile to remember that I had hidden a spare key in a magnetic box under her car. Since we were on a trip, this saved us from a lot of grief.
 
House, many times. When I lived in a "house" (as opposed to a condo) I had one of those fake rocks in the garden with a key hidden inside. Now, I don't have a private garden, but I do have several keys hidden in various places, plus my next door neighbor has a spare key for my apartment. And I have one for hers.

The car, never.
 
Absolutely yes, and also locked myself out of my home and car and also locked myself
in the garage (longer story, aren't they all! ) LOL
 

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