You made me laugh. :-) I love my Georgia neighbors but I have a funny story. We drove just over the GA/TN line to buy lottery tickets prior to TN having the lottery. I decided to pump gas while my husband was in the store getting the tickets. While I was pumping gas my Jack Russell stepped on the truck’s door locks and locked us out. Naturally, the keys were in the ignition since I was supposed to be with the truck. I didn’t bring my keys since he was driving. Nothing I did would entice him to step on it again to unlock the door.
I went inside the store and told my husband we had a slight problem and what it was. Three guys jumped up and ran to their trucks. Each one came up with a slimjim and proceeded to see which one could break into the truck first. By the time my husband finished buying his tickets they had the doors unlocked. I tried to pay them but none would take a dime. I now hide a key on the truck. :-) I just love Southern good-ole-boys!
Years ago I had a friend who in his past had gotten really good at unlawful entry of cars for the express reason of stealing their stereos.
One day, well after getting his life together he came upon someone trying to get into their own car with a coat hanger. Just as he began a cop arrived with a slim Jim. The each took a door and the race began. As I recall, he lost to the officer by just a couple seconds.
I carry a spare key in my wallet....can’t tell you how many times it has saved a call to AAA.
A male nurse I knew at a nursing home I worked at in Knoxville could open just about any car in a matter of seconds. I worked in maintenance and usually we had to try to open locked out cars. When he was working we called him. LOL. His family owned a junk yard & he knew just where to catch the rod at.