Locksmith Stories
A person called last Sunday and had woken up inside a bar and was locked inside. He had apparently fell asleep inside and they did not notice him when they locked up in the early AM hours. The bar had bars on the windows and double sided deadbolt locks. He was unable to leave. He ended up calling the Police Department.
A person called from a hospital and requested that I come to the hospital and open the drug cart. I explained that two doctors would have to each sign off on the request and the person stated they did not want anyone to know they were getting into the cart. A solid pass on that call.
Had a person today call and ask if I needed to know who they were for me to open a safe. I asked why they would care if I knew who they were and they said that they didn’t want the owner knowing they were getting into the safe. Probably not gonna happen.
Got a call recently to make a new smart key for a car. The programming slot was in the center console. I always let the client know I will be getting in the console so they have a chance to hide anything they don’t want me to see. After no reaction I opened the console to find a large gun. I pointed it out to the client and he just said “I thought I lost that” and put it in the trunk. I have actually found two guns in center consoles. Seems one would remember where they put a gun.
I recently made a key to a car and couldn’t get the car to start even though the indicator light was showing the key was programmed correctly. After about 30 minutes the owner came out and let me know they put a kill switch under the hood of the car.
I got a call for a residential lockout. I showed up and the fire alarm in the house was sounding. I asked the client what was going on and he said he had food on the stove and had been waiting for another locksmith for over an hour before he called me. I opened the door and smoke poured out of the house as he turned the stove off.
I had a call recently from a guy who asked if I could rekey a house. I asked if he was going to be there and he said it was his ex-wifes house and he couldn’t be there because he had a restraining order and couldn’t be within 100 yards of the house or he would be arrested. I asked if his ex-wife would be home and he said it was his house so it didn’t matter. I told him I would pass on the call. He became very upset when I told him no.
I was rekeying a house and the ex-boyfriend showed up. He became angry and then the boyfriends mom showed up. Then the police showed up. Then more police showed up. I was trapped between a bunch of police cars for about 40 minutes while the mother, the ex-boyfriend and another unknown person got arrested. Total chaos.
I was called to a house to open a bedroom door. The owner explained that the room was being sublet to another person who was out of the country for about a month. The owner explained that they suspected that there was a plumbing leak. I could hear water running and since it was an emergency, I opened the door. As I opened the door, a wave of steam came out of the room. The room had mold and water on everything in the room. It was like a scene out of Jurassic Park. Not good.
I had a lady call me to ask me to open a safe. Her husband had Alzheimers and kept bugging her about the safe saying something important was inside. She wanted me to open the safe even though it was in the garage and empty. She just wanted to show him so he would stop fixating on the safe. After getting all the proper information I opened the safe to find it full of gold coins and silver. She said she knew he collected gold in the 80s but thought he had sold it all years ago. I helped her reach a close relative to remove it all to a safer place. I’m sure it was a pleasant surprise!
Had a lady call on a Sunday saying she needed new keys to all three of their cars. I got there and she explained that she and her husband had a big house party and hid all the keys so nobody would drive after drinking. She was drunk when she hid them and forgot where she hid the keys to ALL the cars!
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