Locked in/out stories

[Trek420]

This one happened right here on TE with the Bike Friday that Duck on Wheels bought from a TE'er. Check the last post on this thread:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=21246

[Jolt]

This is a crazy one. A couple of summers ago I was home on a weekday while my roommates were both at work, and I heard some commotion from a few houses down that sounded like a husband possibly about to get violent toward his wife (they were having a nasty argument). I decided to go out and investigate to see if I needed to call the police. So, I grabbed my cell phone, my pepper spray, but not my keys--and locked the door behind me. OOPS. They resolved their argument without it getting physical, and I went to go back inside and realized I had locked myself out. I called my roommate (who is also the owner of the building) but she was not available to come let me in. The windows were wide open so I figured the thing to do was to find a ladder, climb up to the second floor and try to push up the screen (or push it in if necessary) to get in. Of course, this being a weekday, most of the neighbors weren't around to borrow one from. I went to the neighbors across the street since they were home, but they didn't have a ladder either. They insisted on calling the fire department to bring theirs and let me back in (when they called they said I "might have left the stove on" or something like that)! So, that's how I got back into the apartment that day. How embarrassing (but really funny later)!

[ilima]

I once (20+ years ago) had the FD help me get back in my locked house. IIRC, one of them went on the roof and climbed in my parents bedroom window, which was open.

I actually just locked myself out today. Dropped my car at Sears and caught a ride home with friend. Got up to my door and went Oops. Landlord, who lives just up the slope, was home so it wasn't a big deal.

[sfa]

My husband is notorious for losing track of time and being late for things, so for our wedding he was a bit paranoid about making sure he was at the church on time. The night before the wedding he went to bed (he was staying in a local hotel) and set the alarm so that he'd have plenty of time to get ready for our 2:00 wedding, but he had probably been partying a bit too much because when he woke up and looked at the clock that said 2:25 he panicked--he jumped out of bed, ran out of the room, and then woke up and sobered up fully when he heard the door click locked behind him and he realized he was standing in the hall of the hotel at 2:25 in the *morning* completely naked.

He had lots of friends and relatives staying in nearby rooms and he could have knocked on any of their doors for help but he didn't want to do that--he knew he'd never hear the end of it. And he knew he couldn't take the elevator down to the front desk since it opened right into the middle of the lobby with no place to hide, so he took the steps down to the lobby. The steps let out around the corner from the desk, so he stuck his head around the corner and asked for a key to his room. Unfortunately, the guy at the desk recognized him: "hey, aren't you the guy getting married tomorrow?" But he got the key, got back to his room safely (and undetected by relatives) and made it to our wedding on time the next afternoon.

He told me the story on the way to our hotel the following night and made me swear not to tell anyone for a full year. So now I tell people about it as often as possible!

Sarah

[Grits]

My son was taking care of a neighbor's dog while they were on vacation and locked the key inside their house. I was not able to contact them on their cell phones and could not find a neighbor who had a spare key for them. I was about to call a locksmith because we can't leave the doggie locked inside (!) when I decided to google "how to open a locked door with a credit card."

I looked at the directions, went to their house with an assortment of cards (library card, frequent shopper cards, etc.) and popped that lock in about 2 seconds! It was actually kind of scary how easy it was to break into someone's house.

[Pan Dulce]

My husband is notorious for losing track of time and being late for things, so for our wedding he was a bit paranoid about making sure he was at the church on time. The night before the wedding he went to bed (he was staying in a local hotel) and set the alarm so that he'd have plenty of time to get ready for our 2:00 wedding, but he had probably been partying a bit too much because when he woke up and looked at the clock that said 2:25 he panicked--he jumped out of bed, ran out of the room, and then woke up and sobered up fully when he heard the door click locked behind him and he realized he was standing in the hall of the hotel at 2:25 in the *morning* completely naked.

He had lots of friends and relatives staying in nearby rooms and he could have knocked on any of their doors for help but he didn't want to do that--he knew he'd never hear the end of it. And he knew he couldn't take the elevator down to the front desk since it opened right into the middle of the lobby with no place to hide, so he took the steps down to the lobby. The steps let out around the corner from the desk, so he stuck his head around the corner and asked for a key to his room. Unfortunately, the guy at the desk recognized him: "hey, aren't you the guy getting married tomorrow?" But he got the key, got back to his room safely (and undetected by relatives) and made it to our wedding on time the next afternoon.

He told me the story on the way to our hotel the following night and made me swear not to tell anyone for a full year. So now I tell people about it as often as possible!

Sarah

That is the best story. Ever.

[solobiker]

DH takes our dog for a "ride" whenever his car needs gas. Well, one time he took her and she got all excited when she saw him on the outside of the car that she put her front paws up near the windows (so she was standing up on her back legs). She started to move back and forth in this manner along the window and proceeded to lock him out of the car Luckily it was a short walk back home to get my set of keys.

[gavin_m]

Wife's Uncle was house-sitting when at 1:00AM he locked himself out letting the dogs go pee. He was in only his underwear, briefs.

He had to scale their back fence since he didn't have a key and go door to door asking to use the phone to call a locksmith. Several people denied him.

[Tuckervill]

DH takes our dog for a "ride" whenever his car needs gas. Well, one time he took her and she got all excited when she saw him on the outside of the car that she put her front paws up near the windows (so she was standing up on her back legs). She started to move back and forth in this manner along the window and proceeded to lock him out of the car Luckily it was a short walk back home to get my set of keys.

I hopped out of my Ford Explorer at a gas station once, with my 7 yo to go in and use the rest room. Left it running, because my 20 lb. Jack Russell was in the car and it was a little hot. Came back out, and realized I'd locked her in the car!

She was quite the wiggly little dog, so I spent quite a bit of time trying to get her to dance her little feet up on the door handle, hoping she would step on the unlock button. She got bored when no meaty treats appeared through the window and finally just laid down and went to sleep.

Husband just happened to be driving back into town from his weekly business trip. Had to wait an hour and a half, though! oy. Luckily, the a/c was on in the truck and the dog was cool.

Karen