Ok...... I own my own business as a locksmith, so this whole thread has made me laugh! But if you wanna talk about FUNNY!!!>>>>> Let me tell you what I did back in the spring. Picture my van, it has the word "LOCKSMITH" in 20 inch letters that extend the entire length of the van. I was doing a job in the control room at the local newstalk radio station and had already finished the job and put most everything away when the afternoon guy sits down to go "on air" and he looks at me and says his computers are down. Well, his computers are EVERYTHING.... that's where he gets all of his news and information to talk about, plus they run his commercial breaks. I scrambled to find someone to help. We decided to swap out a power strip that had gone bad under the counter and we needed a screwdriver to remove a panel. Well, I RAN out to the truck and got a screwdriver..... and locked my keys in the truck. Now, I usually carry a spare but it was in the truck, too!
After all had settled down, I started trying to get in my truck. All of my tools were locked inside, so I had to improvise by making a homemade tool from some materials that we found at the radio station. Well, here I am sweating, half mad, frustrated, trying to break into my own truck when some very important people start showing up for their scheduled interviews..... Yep, it was the City Mayor, the County Mayor, and the Police Chief....... all customers of mine....... all of them found it much funnier than I did. Then to top it all off, The station's news director was "covering" the story..... taking LOTS of pictures for their website and asking me questions like: "How does it feel knowing that you can't get into your own truck?"
Well, long story short, I called a very good friend of mine who was also a locksmith and asked him if he was close. He said that he was and I told him to come unlock my truck and NOT SAY A WORD! He came, he unlocked, he didn't say a word....... but he SMILED a REALLY BIG smile the whole time he was there......... I can't say that I blame him, I smiled alot when I had to unlock his truck a few weeks earlier.
Moral of the story? IT HAPPENS TO US ALL at some time or another!
My friend who unlocked my truck for me? Well, I am sad to say that in October of last year, someone took his life while he was working on a customer's car. They killed him for a few dollars and a cellphone. He was a 22 year Marine veteran, leaving behind a wife and seven sons. He was a good man.
Moral of the story? Enjoy life, cherish the memories, don't take anything for granted, and BE CAREFUL out there!
