I win the triple crown of stupidity today

[drjonah]

So once again, it's snowing. I'm trying to get out of my driveway/parking lot and pull the triple crown of dumbness

1)Get stuck in snow, check

2)Lock keys in car, check

3)Lock keys in car WITH car running, check

AAA guy and myself had a good laugh about it

[dalesys]

4) Passenger door is unlocked.
5) Sunroof is open.

[Food Lady]

Are we related? This is sooo stuff I do.

[prjkt]

I was almost as bad
Running late for work, left shop keys in the car (was ok, not the manager on duty that day)
Then I left my car keys in the shop at the end of the day (luckily the MoD was still within earshot, or it would have been a LONG walk on in 30+C temps)

[mathnerd]

I'd be the one to do that too. There's a reason why the first thing I did when I arrived in my current town is hand my spare car key to a friend and ask her to keep it in a safe place. There will come a time when I will need it, and probably sooner rather than later.

[sms001]

spare car key to a friend and ask her to keep it in a safe place. There will come a time when I will need it,

I don't know. I've found that the sheer perversity of the universe means that if you are prepared for this, it rarely happens. It's the day you get complacent and take the key back that you lock them both in the car...

[Argus]

A couple jobs back, I put a spare key in my desk at work. One time when I locked my keys in the car at the grocery store, that enabled me to call the office in the evening and ask the one person who hadn't quite left yet to bring it to me on his way home (maybe a couple blocks out of his way). A later time they got locked in the car in front of my apartment, which happened to be about three miles from work. After-hours office access was controlled with a card that I had in my wallet, so a couple hikes later everything was fine.

[mathnerd]

I don't know. I've found that the sheer perversity of the universe means that if you are prepared for this, it rarely happens. It's the day you get complacent and take the key back that you lock them both in the car...

You do have a point. The only time I locked myself out of my car the entire time I lived in ND was in the couple months it took me to make a friend I trusted enough to give a key to. After I gave somebody a key, I lived there for years without it happening again. Come to think of it, that friend still has a key to my car, though I'm over 1000 miles away now.

[mhkohne]

I actually managed to give the key to my friend about 20 minutes before I went to the bank and locked the key in the car I had just bought. Fortunately, that bank was 10 minutes from the office where we worked, but it was still pretty bad.

I now only lock the car from the outside. Makes it much harder to lock the keys in the vehicle.

[TawnyMyst]

I love my new truck, I can't physically lock my keys in the truck. If the key fob is anywhere in the truck the doors will not lock.

[drunkenwildmage]

I always carry a second key with me.. Habit I had gotten from back when I when I used to delivery pizza.

With that being said, the one vehicle I only have access to 1 key, I manage to lock myself out, while it was running.

Couple years ago, I had to go to a remote site at my current job to do some field work. I had pulled the department truck up to my car so I could get my tool bag out of the trunk, got out and popped the truck on my car, grabbed my took bag, and realized that out of habit locked the door, and closed it with the truck was still running. This was in the parking lot at my office, so I called my officemate, and had him come out and unlock the truck with his key.

[drjonah]

Forgot to add how my keys ended up locked in. I thought I had my car in neutral to try pushing it back into my parking space. Turned out I had it in drive so my car automatically locks itself once the door closes.

Also forgot, besides the car running and the keys locked in the car, my cell phone was in there and my snow shovel. I'm grateful I was at home when this happened so I could just wait inside my apartment for the tow truck to show up. He finally showed up an hour and a half later and my car was still running, boy was it nice and toasty inside!

[Victory Sabre]

Close to 25 years ago my grandpa recommended that I carry a second set of keys in my wallet. It has saved me a few times over the years.

[bbbr]

I managed to lock myself out my crown vic wagon one cold rainy day at the end of a mtn bike ride shortly back in the mid 90's. I was lucky enough to flag down a copy and and he agreed to try and pop my lock with his slim Jim (after telling me "Don't know if I can do this, always had a hard opening my cruiser..."). After 5 minutes of effort he got my doors open and I was out of weather having learned a valuable lesson. The same day I had a spare key made and tucked it into a small magnetic box I hid deep in the engine compartment.

I would like to say it never happened again but then again, I have aaa on speed dial...

[BrenDAnn]

The one and only time I locked myself out of the car was at the gas pump. At work. I wasn't on duty at the time, but it was still embarrassing. I had to wait for my Dad to come from home with the spare key so I could be on my way. Ever since then, I make sure to leave the door open and/or pull the keys OUT of the ignition when I get gas.