I’m just gonna cut right to the chase. I locked myself out of the Jeep yesterday. I went into target and I didn’t find what I was looking for. When I came back out I tried to open the doors without my key. It was locked, so I reached into my pocket to grab my keys and to my surprise, they were gone.
Not to worry though, I can just unzip the rear window and climb in. Oh yeah, I just put the hardtop on a few weeks ago. Maybe the rear door is open? Nope, that’s locked too. It looks like I might be screwed here.
Suddenly a wave of panic washes over me, I’m locked out of my own car. I must’ve left my keys sitting in an isle somewhere inside target, I’ll go in and check. The keys, once again, were nowhere to be found. Someone must’ve pickpocketed me! I’m going to go back outside and catch that sum’ bitch before he can drive away!
I go back to the Jeep to find that my keys actually aren’t missing at all, far from it really. The keys are sitting right on top of the dash! I sit there, staring at the keys. They are so close, yet so far away! I call roadside assistance and explain my situation, and they say that they are an hour away.
One hour and twenty minutes. That is the amount of time it took for roadside assistance to finally arrive. Coincidentally, that’s also the same amount of time it took me to contemplate my life choices up to this moment. How could I be so stupid as to do something like this. I’ve done some stupid stuff, but this is a new kind of stupidity, at least for me.
I concluded that the reason my keys are locked in the car is because I pressed the lock buttons on the inside of the door. That way I wouldn’t have to run around and lock the doors from the outside. This shortcut is faster, but as I have just learned, you have to take your keys with you when you leave, or you will not be able to get back in.
When the assistance guy arrived he immediately complained about the fact that this is a TJ, because TJs are harder to unlock for some reason. He had to grab the keys and pull them through the door using a bendy metal rod, which destroyed my key ring but got the key out somehow. He then proceeded to unlock the door, get back into his truck, and leave.
Well, that’s the story! This is actually a lot longer than I initially intended it to be, but I guess got a little carried away. Everybody locks their keys in their car at some point, and I guess it was my time. This was definitely a learning experience that I will not forget.
Not to worry though, I can just unzip the rear window and climb in. Oh yeah, I just put the hardtop on a few weeks ago. Maybe the rear door is open? Nope, that’s locked too. It looks like I might be screwed here.
Suddenly a wave of panic washes over me, I’m locked out of my own car. I must’ve left my keys sitting in an isle somewhere inside target, I’ll go in and check. The keys, once again, were nowhere to be found. Someone must’ve pickpocketed me! I’m going to go back outside and catch that sum’ bitch before he can drive away!
I go back to the Jeep to find that my keys actually aren’t missing at all, far from it really. The keys are sitting right on top of the dash! I sit there, staring at the keys. They are so close, yet so far away! I call roadside assistance and explain my situation, and they say that they are an hour away.
One hour and twenty minutes. That is the amount of time it took for roadside assistance to finally arrive. Coincidentally, that’s also the same amount of time it took me to contemplate my life choices up to this moment. How could I be so stupid as to do something like this. I’ve done some stupid stuff, but this is a new kind of stupidity, at least for me.
I concluded that the reason my keys are locked in the car is because I pressed the lock buttons on the inside of the door. That way I wouldn’t have to run around and lock the doors from the outside. This shortcut is faster, but as I have just learned, you have to take your keys with you when you leave, or you will not be able to get back in.
When the assistance guy arrived he immediately complained about the fact that this is a TJ, because TJs are harder to unlock for some reason. He had to grab the keys and pull them through the door using a bendy metal rod, which destroyed my key ring but got the key out somehow. He then proceeded to unlock the door, get back into his truck, and leave.
Well, that’s the story! This is actually a lot longer than I initially intended it to be, but I guess got a little carried away. Everybody locks their keys in their car at some point, and I guess it was my time. This was definitely a learning experience that I will not forget.
