Case of Idiokey

So yesterday in the afternoon I was busy taking care of business around the apartment, you know, dishes, laundry, baking banana bread, just showered with wet hair, when I discovered it was time to take the kitchen garbage out.

For those who are unaware, many high-rise buildings have garbage chutes on each floor that you can shove your garbage in and it falls all the way down to some unknown garbage heap. Since this is remarkably convenient, I have taken to cracking the door (which locks automatically when shut all the way) and darting out there in whatever condition I am in.
The condition I was in is as follows:
-leggings
-frilly/comfortable dress
-wet pony tail
-barefoot
-bread in the oven
-nothing in hand but big bag of garbage

So, after leaving my fate to a millimeter of space between my door's lock and it's home in the door frame, I gently rested the door on the lock and watched in utter horror as it slid right on closed. I stood there staring at it, jaw-dropped, barefoot, garbage in hand.

"OH NO!!!!"

John is at school with the other key. I have no way of contacting him, it could be hours before he comes home.

I don't have shoes on.














Then I remembered a glimmer of hope.
The night before this fateful day, I had babysat for a family in the building. I rushed to the elevator and prayed and prayed the 15 floors down that the mother would be home.

Knocked on the door.

Waited.

She answered!


She was soooo awesome. She let me borrow some flip-flops and informed me that the condo office would allow one free unlock per year.










So I went to the office and asked if this were possible. They said "if no one that has occupied your apartment this year has used it then yes."

Luckily no one had and I got back into the apartment. Close call. They charge $50 for next unlock and $100 for next after that. I guess I am just glad I wasn't forced to sit awkwardly in the hallway waiting for John for several hours.  And that my banana bread didn't get burned.

Thank you Kourtne and thank you free unlock service.