Went to the grocery store this afternoon. When putting my groceries into the passenger side of the vehicle. my keys slipped out of my shirt pocket unnoticed. The driver's side door was locked, of course, and I locked the passenger door, and only then realized what must have happened.

The wife was off to a festival with her friends but luckily the festival was a bore, so they were off shopping only about 15 minutes from where I was. She drove me home and I got a spare key, but it was a car key only, no house key. The keys locked in my truck had a house key, so it didn't matter.

It didn't matter, no, until, after they had dropped me off in the parking lot and I unlocked my truck, I could not find my keys. I knew that they must have slipped down into one of the bags, but just in case, I called my wife. Oh hi there, hey, it's me again ha ha. Say, would you mind not going too far right now while I remove all these groceries from all these plastic bags to find my keys? Pretty funny,, huh, he he (oh son of a bitch )

Finally found the keys in the second to last bag. Greeaaaaaat, so freaking good, huh? What fun. Loaded all the groceries back up, drove home, managed- somehow- to dial Legal Beagle twice on my new phone. I don't get that at all. The first call he got was silence, no doubt, just road noise. The second call, after I got home, unloaded all the groceries, may or may not have contained a brief but most enthusiastic burst of colorful language, not suitable for proper company. Called him up, left another message. Oh hi, hey, it's me, ha ha. Uh, please disregard the other calls...

Just beautiful. All I wanted was some fried chicken. That's all. Just some fried. chicken.

That sucks! Hope you didn't have any cold food that went bad.

This is why I keep my truck keys on a carabiner. Clip it to the belt loop and never lock you keys in your truck again.

When I was policing, I kept a spare key on my whistle chain. I lost my keys on a foot chase one night…learned that lesson that night.

I do that often enough that I hid a spare key in my truck.

Not at all uncommon. Happens to everyone sooner or later.

In the old days, before all the liability concern, I carried a slim jim in my cruiser. Got pretty good with it.

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
This is why I keep my truck keys on a carabiner. Clip it to the belt loop and never lock you keys in your truck again.

This ^^^^^, plus spare car and house keys in my wallet.

I avoid putting anything in a shirt pocket that doesn't clip in place.

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Originally posted by mike56:In the old days, before all the liability concern, I carried a slim jim in my cruiser. Got pretty good with it.

Apparently some cops still do, because my wife had to call on 'em a few years back when she locked her keys in her car.

I can sympatize. Happens to all of use eventually.

When keyfobs began to be standard I decided I was only locking my car with it so locking myself out would be a thing of the past. Ha!

Had a passenger lock me out. They were just trying to "help"

I used to have an extended cab 2-door truck. It was winter (real winter, not Texas winter) so I went out early to throw my suitcase in the truck, get the engine and heater running, and clear off the windows. My clumsy ass must've bumped the door switch as I was exiting the vehicle after depositing my suitcase in the extended cab. Truck was nice and toasty when the tow truck finally showed up and popped the lock an hour or so later. I had driven across state lines and stayed in a hotel to attend this very early morning meeting to which I was extremely late.

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I keep a spare single key in my wallet.

Just a thin key that will only unlock the vehicle door. Will not start it does not have the chip making it cheaper and smaller in size.

Now that you're an iPhone user, you need some Apple AirTags.

A few months ago I was putting my groceries in the trunk. I still had my key fob in my hand as I put the groceries in the trunk. I didn't realize it then but as I was handling the bags the key fop slipped out of my hand and into a bag of groceries.

Right after I shut the trunk lid and tried to unlock the door.... well you know the rest of the whoopsiedoodle.

Still trying to live that one down. LOL.
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Reminds me of the Carrot Top bit where his keychain is a wire coat hanger.

Yeah, almost.

I wired a relay between the door locks and the ignition switch.

Now the doors won't lock when the key reminder chime is active.

Saved myself more than once.

I've done that over the years but most times had a spare key in a "hide a key" deal tucked away under the vehicle. These days, with keyless entry and start up it's near impossible to lock your key inside. It gives a very loud audible warning that the key is in the vehicle and you're not. I initially thought it was stupid, but more than once I've been saved by this feature.

I've had several incidents of lockouts and lost keys. I am now VERY methodical. I only lock the car with the fob, you know, the one IN MY HAND. When shopping, I open the driver's door before opening the trunk. That way I can always get to the trunk thru the back seat. I always hang my keyring on a tie hanger in my entry closet (since I no longer wear ties.) The last time I violated these procedures I spent two days looking for my keys. Found them in the laundry hamper where I had stripped of my soaking clothes due to a thunderstorm.

But it gets worse. I once went to the grocery store, got my prescriptions, got lotto tickets, got a case of beer, left and went towards home. I soon got a text WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU. That's when I remembered I'd gone to the store with my wife.

Now I carry a spare. Okay, just kidding.

I did this twice also calling my wife. The second time she made it clear to me not to let this happen again. Knowing that it would happen again, I got one of those magnetic key storage things and have an extra key if I ever do this again. Been years so far, so good.

After the third time of locking the keys in my work truck (the last time I left it running) I started carrying two sets of keys. One in my right pocket and one in my left pocket.

The right pocket has my truck, garage, house and PO Box keys. The left pocket has keys for my wife’s car, mom in law’s house and my backup truck key. I’ve locked keys in my truck since but now I just unlock it with the backup.

One of those days. Bummer luck.

My newest cars both have that key code on the door thing. Turns out I love it. I keep a spare set of keys hidden in the vehicle, and if ever I'm missing my keys, I can at least punch the code and keep going.

I think its kind of like the pull out step thing in my tailgate. I never thought I'd need it, would have never ordered it if it wasn't a part of the package...but now I can't live life without it. Spoiled. I love it.

Bummer about your luck today though. Burn some meat on the BBQ, crack a cold one, and forget about it.

That sucks, Para. Did you at least get some fried chicken?

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
This is why I keep my truck keys on a carabiner. Clip it to the belt loop and never lock you keys in your truck again.

This ^^^^^

I’m in this camp as well. Got tired of putting keys in my pocket. So uncomfortable.

Fuckn' Saturdays man.

I keep a spare key wrapped in black duct tape and taped inside the bumper behind the turn signal light housing.

I also have a small magnetic lock box that I've been meaning to find a spot under the other vehicle to stash away a spare key and some cash.