If proof was ever needed

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Last night I was late getting home, so I called into the local takeaway and picked up some dinner.

Got home, got out of the car, picked up my dinner, briefcase, documents and jacket meaning my hands were pretty full.

Shut the door of the car, wife let me in and we had our dinner and a relaxing evening.

This morning, I am getting ready to go out, went to pick up my car keys and couldn’t find them. “Who has moved my keys?” I shouted.

I hunted high and low trying to think where I might have left them and then had a sudden but horrible thought.

Walked out to my car, and what do I find still in the ignition, my bloody keys :blush:

They had been in there all night complete with house keys and I had not given it a thought. Just dammed lucky my car was still there and no one had decided to have a field day in the house.

Proof indeed that I am a total Knob :blush:

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You left nothing for me to say! :w00t:

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It happens probably to more people than you can imagine :slight_smile:

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We once had a car we didn’t want anymore and left the key’s in the car hopeing someone would nick it but they didn’t. I suppose a Nissan Micra in rusty brown isn’t a car anyone would nick.

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Join the club I have done it, and even left the window half open. The feeling of relief and nausea:w00t:

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did you leave an info on the window “My owner doesn’t want me anymore - please take me home (keys inside)”…? I bet somebody wouldn’t have resisted :slight_smile:

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i did the same with my bike keys,but i dont have my house keys on the same bunch, or my padlock key, i keep my padlock key on my door keys :slight_smile:

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I think lots of people have done it, doesnt make you a knob mate :smiley:

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you plank take my advice this time get a key hook

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wow…lucky, house keys too? :slight_smile:

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I know, very lucky.

What is annoying is that in the past when I have sort of hoped someone would nick my car because it was a heap of poo and worth more stolen and so I left keys in the ignition, they never ever got stolen.

But a Jag less than a year old is a somewhat different kettle of fish, so on this occasion I am grateful for small mercies :slight_smile:

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I left my bike in a (very busy) bike bay in Central London a couple of weeks ago at about half 7 in the morning. Went back to it at about 5pm, only to see the ignition key hanging out of the seat lock :pinch:
I considered myself very lucky (although any aspiring thief wouldn’t have been able to start it as luckily I had the alarm fob on me !)

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Your not alone. I’ve left my front door key in the lock more than once, at least one time overnight.

I’ve also pulled car keys, with front door keys on the same bunch, out of car door locks and returned them to their owners a couple of times.

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It happens to the best of us. I’ve had to go back down to the bike to get the keys out of it once or twice. If you try to develop a routine (like a plane does post landing) when you arrive at your house that can help you. You see people doing this on the tube (me in cluded) where they pat their pockets to check they haven’t left anything behind. That has saved me on a few occasions.

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I had to run down from a pub there other day because of this exact reason. Wasn’t my bike though. :Whistling:

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i guess you dont have a bong to let you know the keys are in the ignition

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after all this, left the house 4 work this morning and left my house keys in side, so could,ntake of the padlock, had to wake up the mrs,oops:w00t:

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A while back I left the keys in my bike for over 2 weeks, thank the lord its locked up… :slight_smile:

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Reminds me of the LB christmas bash in 2008 when we had to break back into the house after Mark forgot his keys. I asked him when we were leaving if he had them and if I needed to take mine. We discovered how easy it was to break into the house and beefed up the security (not that there is anything to steal in our house as I dont wear jewellery etc but it is the inconvenience more than anything).

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thats lucky… done that once and found a note on my bike saying (to the owner of the orange hornet - i have your keys come to XX) :pinch:

Thank god for considerate neighbors eh??!