Last night my elderly neighbor accidentally locked herself out of her house. It seemed the options were to call an emergency locksmith for $95 or to attempt to climb a ladder to the second story where an open window could be crawled through. My wife called me to ask for help brainstorming and I immediately thought of a lockpicking set I had bought years ago to ostensibly start a new hobby, but which never really amounted to anything.
I managed to find my picks quickly enough to give it a whirl and the locksmith was put on standby. In the end, it only took a minute or two to get the cylinder to turn, despite being completely out of practice, thus renewing my lack of faith in conventional locks. But it was a good feeling to help out, and I’m glad I was able to save her a hundred bucks.
