Towncrier
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Several weeks ago, we became a 3 car family. We purchased my MIL's 1994 Saturn as a car that my teenage son can use to drive himself and his sister to high school. James has a set of keys for "his" car and the spare set hangs on a key rack inside our front door. Since we only have two sets of keys for our 3 cars, I routinely leave "my" keys hanging on this same key rack. That way if James needs the van, he doesn't have to beg keys from his mom. Sue, on the other hand, keeps "her" keys for the van and for my Saturn in her purse. Not very convenient for James or myself, but they are her keys and if it makes her happy to have all of them on one gigantic keyring, that's fine with me.
I knew that I had an 8AM appointment at the Saturn dealership today for 105,000 mile lube/oil/filter service. So I was able to sleep in a bit longer than DW Sue. I just missed her as she left for work. I came downstairs and said "good morning" to my kids (who were getting ready for 8AM marching band practice). I glanced over at the key rack by the door and noticed that the keys to my Saturn were missing. I said "Who took my keys???" DD Sarah said "I did. And I flushed them down the toilet. Duh." Well, I knew that the kids weren't going to be any help, so I ran back upstairs and rifled through my desk desparately searching for my keyring that not only has my Saturn key but also a key fob that gets punched each time I get an oil change (so that my 5th one is free). I tried calling Sue on her cell phone, but no answer. I came back downstairs and looked at the key rack again. And noticed something odd. The keys to our newly acquired 1994 Saturn were still there. So I asked DS James is mom had borrowed the keys to "his" car. He answered "no".
Sue had taken my car keys!!!
And they must have worked on our older Saturn. Not only in the door locks but also in the ignition. So now Sue has both sets of keys for my Saturn. Fortunately, I had the ignition lock replaced on my car a few months ago and, while tearing my desk apart looking for my keys, I found one of the old, worn out keys for my car. And it worked. I tried Sue's cell one more time and this time she answered. I asked her (rather heatedly) why she had taken my keys. She was clueless to the fact that she had taken the wrong set of keys (since they worked). She told me that she would meet me at the Saturn dealership so that we could swap keys.
So instead of being early for my 8AM appointment, I was a couple of minutes late. Sue was just standing there at the service desk when I got there. She said "I thought your keys were on the keyring with the laser pointer". I explained that my house keys are on a keyring with a laser pointer. And that my van keys are on a keyring with a miniature flashlight. But that she did most definitely have MY keys for my Saturn. She apologized and hastily made her exit. The guys at the service desk were trying unsuccessfully not to laugh at my situation.
All's well once again. I guess I'm going to have to tie a lime green ribbon to my keys so that Sue knows which ones are "mine". Or make a copy of the key for the 1994 Saturn so that Sue has a key of her own. Then again, if my Saturn key works on the 1994, perhaps she should just use the key that she already has in her purse. I'm so confused.
I knew that I had an 8AM appointment at the Saturn dealership today for 105,000 mile lube/oil/filter service. So I was able to sleep in a bit longer than DW Sue. I just missed her as she left for work. I came downstairs and said "good morning" to my kids (who were getting ready for 8AM marching band practice). I glanced over at the key rack by the door and noticed that the keys to my Saturn were missing. I said "Who took my keys???" DD Sarah said "I did. And I flushed them down the toilet. Duh." Well, I knew that the kids weren't going to be any help, so I ran back upstairs and rifled through my desk desparately searching for my keyring that not only has my Saturn key but also a key fob that gets punched each time I get an oil change (so that my 5th one is free). I tried calling Sue on her cell phone, but no answer. I came back downstairs and looked at the key rack again. And noticed something odd. The keys to our newly acquired 1994 Saturn were still there. So I asked DS James is mom had borrowed the keys to "his" car. He answered "no".
Sue had taken my car keys!!!
And they must have worked on our older Saturn. Not only in the door locks but also in the ignition. So now Sue has both sets of keys for my Saturn. Fortunately, I had the ignition lock replaced on my car a few months ago and, while tearing my desk apart looking for my keys, I found one of the old, worn out keys for my car. And it worked. I tried Sue's cell one more time and this time she answered. I asked her (rather heatedly) why she had taken my keys. She was clueless to the fact that she had taken the wrong set of keys (since they worked). She told me that she would meet me at the Saturn dealership so that we could swap keys.
So instead of being early for my 8AM appointment, I was a couple of minutes late. Sue was just standing there at the service desk when I got there. She said "I thought your keys were on the keyring with the laser pointer". I explained that my house keys are on a keyring with a laser pointer. And that my van keys are on a keyring with a miniature flashlight. But that she did most definitely have MY keys for my Saturn. She apologized and hastily made her exit. The guys at the service desk were trying unsuccessfully not to laugh at my situation.
All's well once again. I guess I'm going to have to tie a lime green ribbon to my keys so that Sue knows which ones are "mine". Or make a copy of the key for the 1994 Saturn so that Sue has a key of her own. Then again, if my Saturn key works on the 1994, perhaps she should just use the key that she already has in her purse. I'm so confused.
Sounds like you need 3 sets of keys for each vehicle. I keep "my" keys in my purse too. If I had seperate key rings for van, truck, home and office I'd surely lose them. The only ones I leave hang up are my RV and snowmobile keys. DH on the other hand always hangs his keys up. Last year supposedly I lost his set of keys to my van........funny how he found those in his windbreaker jacket 3 months later. 
He now has a spare set of keys in his billfold in a special thing just for keys.
