Lost key

It was a bummer

Yesterday after the surfing, we were told Robin lost his car key. Oh, no.

Robin's key did not attach to any key chain. Besides, he did not have any spare key. Herve asked Robin if Robin and Sarah could leave their car in Santa Cruz and go home. The answer was negative. Robin and Sarah's belongings were in the truck. Their apartment keys were in the trunk. Their money and ID's were in the trunk. Their cell phones were in the trunk. Without their belongings, they were stuck. How to open the trunk? The answer was not normal. Robin could not open the trunk from the driver's seat. He needed to use his key to open the trunk.

OOPS, but the key was gone. How to deal with this? A random guy said he could help open the window and then used a hanger to unlock the handle. Sounded good. So we did a scavenger hunt and got a wadge and some wire. We managed to open the passenger window a bit (not too hard). The guy put a wire hanger inside the window. But the wire was too short. The action did not go successfully. Everyone was frustrated.

So the plan B was to get some longer wire. Herve went out and returned with a roll of wire. These three boys worked hard to get the door open. In the meantime, Sarah and I looked into the yellow book to get some lock smith's phone numbers. On the yellow book, they claimed they operated 24 hours and 7 days. It was not true. We contacted all lock smith's. None was reachable. I asked Sarah to go back to our car since she apparently was pretty pale due to the cold. She said yes. Sarah looked much better after some bites of LU Le Petite Ecolier. She looked calmer. She told me how bad this lost key event would be. She needed to get the key and her belonging. She had an important presentation tomorrow and there was no way to cancel or put the meeting off. She did not have her colleagues' phone numbers. She did not have her boss' number in mind. She always used speed dial. She did not remember her friends' phone numbers either. She used speed dial. Her parents were out. So her parents could not help in this bummer either. Her brother was around. But she used speed dial to call him (everyone got a lesson - you need to remember some important numbers by heart)

I tried my best to make her feel better. I tried to make her look positive. At least, she and Robin were fine. The worst case was that they needed to stay in a hotel nearby and got AAA's help tomorrow morning and got a half day off from work. (AAA said they could not help with this make model and year car. Quite disappointed) Robin and Sarah may need to spend some money to get the trunk open and remake a key. But, at least they were fine.

After 10 min, Totof called me and told me a good news - the car door was open. Sarah was relieved. Right now, boys were working on how to unscrew the backseat and reach the trunk. It was a matter of time. Sarah wanted to go back to the car. We went back. The Subaru doors were open (it was a coupe). Herve was gone for some special tools. Robin said they needed to have a hexagon driver to unscrew the attachment. Sarah said she was chilled. We went back to the car. I tried to turn on the engine but could not. I asked Totof to come over. It was a manual car and I did not know how to turn a manual car on. After the car was on, I proposed to have some hot drinks since Sarah's face was quite pale. We drove around and found a coffee shop. Since the coffee shop just grand opened, all drinks were free. We got two large hot chocolate. One for Robin couple so at least they could warm themselves with some hot chocolate.

Things went on better and better. Herve returned with a tool kit. After 10 min, Robin managed to dismantle all backseats and racks. The passage to the trunk was just ahead. Robin removed the last obstacle and the victory was his. He searched the mechanism inside the trunk to open the trunk (the safety mechanism in the trunk). After 2 min, the trunk was open in front of everyone. We were all yelling load to celebrate this moment. We took some pictures of Robin and the trunk. In memory of this special event. After this memorable moment, one lock smith called back and said he could arrive at 45 min.

Everyone was glad this lost key thing was with happy ending.