Car Keys
07-21-2013, 06:37 PM
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Car Keys
My SIL sent me this so I thought I'd share!
Several days ago as I left a meeting at a hotel; I desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat down.
I was looking for my keys. They were not in my pockets.
A quick search in the meeting room revealed nothing.
Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car.
Frantically, I headed for the parking lot.
My husband has scolded me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition.
My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them.
His theory is that the car will be stolen.
As I burst through the door, I came to a terrifying conclusion.
His theory was right. The parking lot was empty.
I immediately called the police. I gave them my location,
confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most difficult call of all, "Honey," I stammered; (I always call him "honey" in times like these.) "I left my keys in the car and it's been stolen."
There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice.
"Are you kidding' me", he barked, "I dropped you off"!!!
Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, "Well, come and get me."
He retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this cop I didn't steal your car."
Yep, it's the golden
years......
Several days ago as I left a meeting at a hotel; I desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat down.
I was looking for my keys. They were not in my pockets.
A quick search in the meeting room revealed nothing.
Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car.
Frantically, I headed for the parking lot.
My husband has scolded me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition.
My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them.
His theory is that the car will be stolen.
As I burst through the door, I came to a terrifying conclusion.
His theory was right. The parking lot was empty.
I immediately called the police. I gave them my location,
confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most difficult call of all, "Honey," I stammered; (I always call him "honey" in times like these.) "I left my keys in the car and it's been stolen."
There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice.
"Are you kidding' me", he barked, "I dropped you off"!!!
Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, "Well, come and get me."
He retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this cop I didn't steal your car."
Yep, it's the golden
years......
07-23-2013, 06:41 AM
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That's timeless. On the other hand, after letting off my riders at the door to a hotel for a all-day sewing seminar, I parked my car. in their parking lot. Now mind you this is in a tourist area of Orlando, FL so lots of folks around as well as criminals. I went inside, enjoyed the day with my friends. At the end of the day I went looking for my keys inside my purse only to find they weren't there. I went outside to look for my car and it was where I had left it............with the keys still in the ignition and the battery dead. Obviously my mind was elsewhere when I got out of the car. At the time I had a 1981 Subaru wagon 5-speed, this was sometime in the early 2000's so the car is older than dirt in some folks' opinion. The fact that it was a manual (5-speed) and not automatic kept the thief from stealing it........plus of course the age. I worked for the police dept. in that town and most thieves do not know how to drive a manual vehicle. It saved the day for me and my elderly riders..............:-D
07-23-2013, 07:32 AM
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Location: Jackson, TN
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Originally Posted by Snooze2978
That's timeless. On the other hand, after letting off my riders at the door to a hotel for a all-day sewing seminar, I parked my car. in their parking lot. Now mind you this is in a tourist area of Orlando, FL so lots of folks around as well as criminals. I went inside, enjoyed the day with my friends. At the end of the day I went looking for my keys inside my purse only to find they weren't there. I went outside to look for my car and it was where I had left it............with the keys still in the ignition and the battery dead. Obviously my mind was elsewhere when I got out of the car. At the time I had a 1981 Subaru wagon 5-speed, this was sometime in the early 2000's so the car is older than dirt in some folks' opinion. The fact that it was a manual (5-speed) and not automatic kept the thief from stealing it........plus of course the age. I worked for the police dept. in that town and most thieves do not know how to drive a manual vehicle. It saved the day for me and my elderly riders..............:-D
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