Locked Keys
First time I've locked my keys in the car today. Ah! I felt hopeless as I stood there staring into my car with the keys sitting right there on my seat! I wasn't sure what to do, so I called my dad. Yes, little girl has to call her daddy for help! He was still in Radford at work, and that's about half an hour away, and he said he had to finish up something. I tried calling Kevin, but he was busy with his project. I had no idea who else to call, so I just sat on my car and waited. Watched cars go by, a lot more bikers than usual. It was a really nice day, thank goodness. Finally my dad came and took me home for dinner. He decided he'd get a wire hanger to try and unlock my car. After we ate we headed on back. About 20 minutes later with no luck, we decided to call someone. Who do you call when your keys are locked in your car? I figured since I was off campus, I couldn't call the campus police. So we called numerous Lock and Key services. One couldn't come for another hour, so I checked other places. One had a number that was disconnected, and another was really sketchy. When I called they just answered "hello" and not some company name like places usually do. I asked him if he unlocked cars with the keys locked in, he asked me how I could pay. ...just like that he went to payment. So I said we had a credit card, and he asked if we could get cash. What?! Not something like, "we are only able to accept cash at this time" or something but, can you get cash? I told him we weren't near an ATM. So he asked a couple of car questions, then decided he could come help me. I asked him how much it would be and he said, $105. WHAT?! No way. My dad said the usual is $50...I still think that is ridiculous. Why does it cost that much, for someone to drive less than a mile and to do something that takes like a minute...Anyway, I called the first people back and they didn't answer, so we decided to call the police. They don't unlock cars, but he told me to call the Campus Exxon. They said they could do it for $50. We waited about 40 minutes for them to show up and my car FINALLY got unlocked. Needless to say, we're getting a second key made on Friday. Ah!
And I will probably make sure I know where my keys are at all times.
~Taylor~