Ever lock yourself out of your house?
 

Stepped out of the door after I locked it and let the door close behind me. That was the real "oh fuck" moment. Fortunately I've got an 85% charge on my phone, and a friend in SF with the key. Just gotta wait for her to get off work. Fucking people with day jobs!

Its like a bloody hobby for me.

The trick is to have a spare key in your local bar....

That's too bad to hear. But on the bright side, at least you aren't out in the snow!

I managed to lock myself out of the office last night when it automatically locked on a timer, luckily a coworker was still in another part of the building and came to my rescue. Otherwise my car keys would be locked in until the morning.

That video was both kinda awesome and kinda scary. Wish I had access to tools like that right now.

I have a spare key hidden / buried in my backyard in a zip lock bag. Needed it only once in 10 years but that made it all worth it.

That's something I'd do if this weren't a condo. Maybe I can rappel down from the upstairs balcony like Tom Cruise and cut a hole in the glass with a laser. Either that or wait 2 hours for our friend to get off work.

I've never locked myself out of the house before.

Locked myself out of my car once, but the sunroof was open so I was saved.

My wife licked me out today. After a big run I was so looking forward to relaxing for a bit but no..... had to find a way in that wasn't going to cost to much to replace!

Only once. Sadly at the time I was living on a second floor apartment so there was no way to crawl in the window. It was also about 8PM at night. This was pre-cell phone days so I had to knock on the neighbor'd door and use their phone to call maintenance and have them come let me in. The guy that let me in was cool. He said most of the lock out calls he gets are by drunks at 2am :)

No but a funny story. There's an actress who since a child has liked to run around nature naked. Well she has on several occasions locked herself out of various rented "chalets" and such while frolicking in the woods naked. Few know of her childhood an now adult "frolicking" so it's always been considered an "accident" but how many times do accidents like those happen?

what tools? Those are bobby pins.

You are locked out on your balcony?

I kinda thought they were bobby pins but I wasn't entirely sure.

I enjoy smashing things so no never.

Haha no. I'm in the hallway of our condo complex. Kinda wishing we had an HVAC budget for the common areas right about now. My cat is talking to me through the door. :)

did it a few times but always left the bathroom window unlocked so i could slither through if needed.

All men enjoy smashing shit, lighting stuff on fire, and blowing stuff up. But considering I only have an hour and 20 minutes left of waiting... I figured I'd save myself the expense of self-gratifying yet productive destruction.

sounds interesting. usually its the wife getting licked out. :winkwink:

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Never locked myself out of the house before but last week I had my first brain fart.

I was on my way to Daytona for the Grand Am practice for the upcoming Rolex 24.
I had my camera bag with about $12,000 worth of equipment in it with me and I almost never leave it unattended. I wanted to get a sub to put in my cooler for the track so I made an exception and left my camera bag in my locked car while I went into the grocery store to get a sub made. I always park in the same spot.

Got my sub and came out to find that my car was gone. I was already holding my breath worrying that someone would break my window and steal my bag and to find my car was gone just about put me over the edge. I was in shock. I saw one of the old guys collecting carts in the next aisle over so I started to walk over to him to ask if he saw anything unusual and out of the corner of my eye I say my car.

I go to that grocery store about 3 times a week at least and always park in the same row. This time I had parked one row farther over and didn't catch it. Came out and I was just like all those dummies that can't find their car except I thought I had lost it all. Sucks to get old :helpme

I have electronic locks so this stuff doesnt happen. I also dont have to give anyone a key, and can assign different codes to different people and keep track of which codes were used. And then delete their code and lock them out when I need to.

Plus, I actually have a key just in case something goes wrong and the electronic part doesnt work, although that has never happened.

@ Justin. Maybe you should drop a pin on Google Maps where you leave your car :)

Always a neglected common area

Not long ago my wife stepped out quickly to grab the cat, who had gotten out. She pulled her coat down around her because she had no pants on. Then you guessed it - she realized the door latch was locked.

2 years back I had to break into my folks place when I came to visit, mother locked from the inside (key still in the lock) and earlier that day she god a new set of meds for recovering after stroke.. so we're guessing the drugs were just enough strong to make her go into a seriously deep sleep or something.. tried cellphone, landline, knocking and banging on the door, and after none of it helped, I borrowed something like a crowbar from a senile old neighbor lady - made a hole in the door and unlocked from the inside.

huge stress but the funny part after that was when the grandma nextdoor said "you did such a neat job, who are you again?", she had helped a stranger break into neighbors appartment, no idea who I was :D

Twice my GF swore she had the keys but didn't when we lived in a flat - i had to do a spideman up the side of the building (three flights) to get in through an open window. i was shitting bricks the while time!

One of my old places in downtown Seattle had automatic locking doors... that sucked.
I've also left my keys in my old office with automatic locks.

My biggest problem right now is leaving my keys in my Jeep. I do it all the time and freak out every time I can't find my keys. It seems to always happen when I need to get somewhere on time... go figure.

Yes and I have never felt stupider.

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That's hilarious. The neighbors here are so damn paranoid about crime, I think they'd organize a flash-mob and beat me with the crow bar if I ever requested one.

I lock myself out on a regular basis. That comes with being the absent minded professor type, I suppose. I also used to be a professional locksmith, having been into locks and security since I was a little kid, so each time I get to find a new way to get in. Them I fix it up so THAT way won't work anymore. My lock picks are inside the house, so I can't use them when I'm locked out of the house.

It's annoying when I'm locked out of the car because all of my car opening tools are in the trunk.

to be fair that is 2 bobby pins, not 1.

So now after I've been inside for a couple hours... The entire Adam's Point area of Oakland is now without power. So I'm sitting in the dark surfing on my iPhone, watching my cat have her tiny mind blown by the candles on the coffee table. Fortunately I thought ahead a bit with a decent amount of tealights and a Scoche USB battery backup.

And plenty of beer. So I'm drunk, in the dark, posting from my iPhone by candle light. What a way to spend the evening.

What house? I live in a tent...

Did it last week. After taking the dog for a walk I left the gate open, so I put him inside, closed the door so there's a small gap and he can't get out and play "Catch me" along the street. And he shut the door on me!!!

Him getting back at me I suppose for not letting him out. Phoned Eva at work and she put down her mop and bucket and come to open the door.

I couldn't if I wanted too... I need to have the key, to lock the door from outside...

Of course, I could theoretically be out, and lose my keys... But that hasn't happened YET...

The house I grew up in was like that, basically just a deadlock, no handle with a lock thingy.

I once locked the door when it wasn't properly closed, came back 6 hours later to find it swinging open and shut in the wind. The door was one metre from the street so it would have been obvious to anyone walking past. :helpme Luckily no one took advantage of that.

Plenty of times, god bless fly screens and open windows.

No (,not yet).

No, not quite...

http://i.imgur.com/LWzzE.jpg

You have to push the handle up, then turn the key, let it go, and its locked. You cant do it accidentally though..

Inside or outside, you have to use the key :)

yep, forgot to take my keys with me, went out the garage, and the garage keypad was frozen cause of the cold winter here.

Yes, didn't everyone? Forgot keys in the trunk of my car, and closed the trunk, take that!

hah, happened to me once ... was a strange feeling when i woke up with smth cold in my hand - the cold thing in my hand was the knob on my door and i had just locked the door while SLEEPING; i must have taken a piss and then a wrong turn haha ... boy, it felt silly being naked in the staircase d'oh ... had to go upstairs to wake up mom and to get my key ... from that day on i am used to put the chain on the door before i head for the sheets :B

I don't have a house ...

It happened but not recently. Bummer.

No, but I got locked IN the house once, by my mom. After 20 minutes I started thinking about fires and earthquakes :)

Spare Key
 

I keep a house key in my billfold. I used to keep a spare car key, but the new keys won't fit.
If you're in a condo, got a neighbor you really trust? Might give one of them a key. Fortunately I live semi-rural and there are 2 people I would have no problem giving a key to. Or I could just bury one in the yard.
Word to the wise, never use the fake rock. Burglars know what they look like. Also the fake alarm company signs.
The house is alarmed, but also the shed is on the system. Most people in my area have garden tractors, that can cost up to $10,000, a thieves favorite. I don't have one, but sometimes they hit the shed before the house. I don't have a tractor, use a lawn service, but fuck thieves.

I do it all the time :( but thank god for a CC boom I'm right in that's kinda scary huh? I can get in faster with the CC than the key! LMAO

I dated a girl who thought that she was saving time by starting her car, then leaving the car and coming back in the house to finish getting ready. Yes, she locked herself out of her running car more than once and called me at work in a panic. As if I could do jack squat about it other than point out this is why you shouldnt ever do that.

Not since I was like 13 years old...