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H<\/span>ow many of you have locked your keys in your car? Ok, seriously, I’ve done it tons of times. In fact, I looked through my check register a while back and over 3 years I wrote 5 checks to locksmiths for services rendered.<\/p>\n

So, obviously, I thought I would “get ahead” of the game and be proactive! I went to the store and had multiple copies made of my car’s key. I purchased a good “hide-a-key” magnet to put it up under my wheel well here…<\/p>\n

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Done, and…done.<\/p>\n

So, the next time I lock my keys in my car, no worries!<\/p>\n

Flash forward. We’re at my daughter’s softball game. “Dad, can I get my bat out of the trunk?” “But of course, here are the keys.” Daughter comes back, bat in hand, no keys. Yes, they are locked in the trunk. Oh no!<\/p>\n

But wait! To the handy hidden magnet key we go! Ah yes, redemption at last. I am a modern male. I “plan ahead”. I am “industrious” and “thrifty”. I will enter my car without the aid of some surly hungover tow truck driver who acts as if he’s doing me a favor by getting paid $45 for 18 seconds of work.<\/p>\n

Have key box, get key, go to door to unlock…wait! What the hell is this?<\/p>\n

Since when did my key lock in the driver’s side door disappear? You have got to be kidding me.<\/p>\n

To the passenger side door!<\/p>\n

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DOH!<\/p>\n

Ok, let’s just get a hold of ourselves here. The trunk! I get in the trunk, retrieve the keys, and then use the key less remote entry! To the trunk!<\/p>\n

SON OF UH…<\/p>\n

So now my trunk lock is messed up too! It won’t even go in (that’s what she said) (thank you “The Office”).<\/p>\n

Well, another call to a locksmith and $35 dollars later, WA-laa! Unbelievable.<\/p>\n

Locksmith leaves. I put my cherished and now completely worthless extra key back in my hide-a-key magnetic box. I think, “Should I even bother putting this worthless thing back under my car?”<\/p>\n

Think I’ll just leave it like this…<\/p>\n

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Maybe the would-be thieves who ruined both of my locks on my car can realize that they could have saved themselves, and me, a whole lot of trouble. Thieves, please, always remember to check for the hide-a-key first.<\/p>\n

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