The
following is not meant in any way to imply that either Amazon or the company
that supplies the below-mentioned tools condones illegal activity. Seriously.
No fooling.
In
December, I was leaving for work one day when my key broke off in the lock of
my front door. Just a bit of the ragged metal of the broken-off part was
visible. That evening, my parents came by because they needed to get something.
With no real choice, I shoved what was left of my key into the lock and managed
to unlock it. But now the broken-off part was completely jammed inside the
lock, with no part of it visible. To say I felt harassed is an understatement.
photo by Ydam
But Instead of paying for a locksmith, I
looked up what to do on the internet. I was shocked I could order the group of
tools you see above from Amazon. And, if you could use these tools in a
legitimate way, you could also . . . but more on that in a minute.
First
I squirted some WD-40 oil into the lock and promptly had the oil squirt back
into my face—obviously, the broken-off key filled the lock, so where was the
oil to go? Then, after several minutes working away with a couple of those tools,
I wrested the broken-off part of the key from the lock.
That is pretty funny. :) Great excerpt!
ReplyDeleteMy girlfriend and I were in this same predicament last year. We came home from work and broke off our key in the lock. After a hard day at work, this is not what I wanted to come home to. She found these tools online and at first I was skeptical that they would work. To my surprise, I was able to get my key out with little effort. They really work.
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