Sunday, March 12, 2017

Car Thief #SOL17 Day 12

I am participating in the Slice of Life Story Challenge (SOLSC; #SOL17) 
hosted by Two Writing Teachers
Each day for the month of March I will be posting a "Slice of Life". 
Please feel free to stop back and check out my other posts here.







The dash flashed "Theft Attempted" as I finally drove away.




Apparently, I tried to steal a car.

My car.

With my key.


When we left lunch today, my key fob would not unlock my car. Try as I might, nothing was happening. I had 3 kids standing in front of the pizza place trying to get in a locked car to go grocery shopping.

After trying it countless times, I decided...My door has a keyhole

My keyfob is connected to my key! The key I use to start the car every time I drive it! It would seem you could use that key to unlock the car door...

So, I inserted the key into the door...
I turned it...

And the alarms started blaring!
Incessant beeping
Passersby looking
Ears being covered

I locked, I unlocked, I locked again
I closed the door
Anything to try to make it stop!
And eventually it did.

And then we were still locked out.
And scared to try that again!
We waited,
I searched online and
I texted my husband seeking advice

His suggestion was unlock with the key,
Put it in the ignition & start the car
Maybe that would shut the blaring off

We were all scared.
My kids backed away,
Covering their ears.
I braced myself
Put the key in the door
Turned it
And...

NOTHING!
No alarms the second time around.

But, as we drove away, I saw the display:

THEFT ATTEMPTED

We drove home and switched cars before venturing out again. And I bought some batteries to try to change in the key fob. Hopefully that works.

Otherwise, I'm going to have to steal my car again. With my key.

6 comments:

  1. Haaaa! What a crazy day! Loved this slice!

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  2. Oh no! That is crazy! Maybe it was a sign to skip grocery shopping. :) Hopefully the batteries fixed this. Good luck.

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  3. My remote start gets all testy sometimes! Glad the police didn't show up!

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  4. Sometimes technology just goes haywire. Hope the new batteries solve the problem.

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  5. Stop, thief! Um, unless, you know, it's your own car and you have the key. Then, by all means, keep going about your business.

    Thanks for the funny slice. I'm laughing *with* you :)

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  6. I don't want to laugh ..... but too too funny.... I believe I've told you before when(if) your fob needs a boost point it toward your chin and push the button. This (your jaw bone)acts like an antenna and extends the signal.... hope the new batteries do the trick...

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