[skyguy79]

Car Keys - Several days ago as I left a meeting at a hotel; I desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat down. I was looking for my keys. They were not in my pockets. A quick search in the meeting room revealed nothing.

Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot. My husband has scolded me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them. His theory is that the car will be stolen. As I burst through the door, I came to a terrifying conclusion. His theory was right. The parking lot was empty.

I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most difficult call of all, "Honey," I stammered; I always call him "honey" in times like these. "I left my keys in the car, and it has been stolen." There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice. "Dummy", he barked, "I dropped you off!"

Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, "Well, come and get me." he retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this policeman I have not stolen your car." - Yep it's the golden years.

[thistrucksforyou]

Originally Posted by skyguy79

Car Keys - Several days ago as I left a meeting at a hotel; I desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat down. I was looking for my keys. They were not in my pockets. A quick search in the meeting room revealed nothing.

Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot. My husband has scolded me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them. His theory is that the car will be stolen. As I burst through the door, I came to a terrifying conclusion. His theory was right. The parking lot was empty.

I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most difficult call of all, "Honey," I stammered; I always call him "honey" in times like these. "I left my keys in the car, and it has been stolen." There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice. "Dummy", he barked, "I dropped you off!"

Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, "Well, come and get me." he retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this policeman I have not stolen your car." - Yep it's the golden years.

Let me tell you a little story of my mother....My Dad usually sets in the car reading a newspaper while my mother does the shopping or paying bills...He watched my mother coming out of the store walking to another similar color car but not the right car with a man setting in the car but not my dad ...She was talking as she unloaded the cart and got into the car with the strange man....He patiently listened to her not saying a word ....Then as my mother fastend her seat belt and told the strange man where she wanted to go next he replied I would love to take you but my wife wouldn't have a ride home ...My mother was a little startled and in her fright started to laugh and got out of the car then my dad tooted the horn with a smile on his face...My mother proceeded to let dad know of her displeasure of watching her and not saying a thing....We still laugh about it to this day...Dad has dimentia now but he remembers that.....

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by thistrucksforyou

Let me tell you a little story of my mother....My Dad usually sets in the car reading a newspaper while my mother does the shopping or paying bills...He watched my mother coming out of the store walking to another similar color car but not the right car with a man setting in the car but not my dad ...She was talking as she unloaded the cart and got into the car with the strange man....He patiently listened to her not saying a word ....Then as my mother fastend her seat belt and told the strange man where she wanted to go next he replied I would love to take you but my wife wouldn't have a ride home ...My mother was a little startled and in her fright started to laugh and got out of the car then my dad tooted the horn with a smile on his face...My mother proceeded to let dad know of her displeasure of watching her and not saying a thing....We still laugh about it to this day...Dad has dimentia now but he remembers that.....

Sorry about your fathers condition. Also, there's probably a lot more stories like that than we know.

[BmoreGal]

That is sooooo funny..

[Taltarzac725]

That could probably happen in the Villages with the husband waiting patiently for the wife to do grocery shopping.

You often see husbands waiting for their wives at the local dog parks. The wive visits with the Doggie Doo Run Run or Mulberry Dog Park or Paradise Lake Dog Park social club while the husband reads his latest novel, watches some movie on his IPad, does cross word puzzles, etc. Sometimes the husband remains in the car. If it gets really hot he is often under some shady spot at the dog park.

I will bet that the husband probably likes going to the dog park more than the dog does!

[Dayzee]

Originally Posted by skyguy79

Car Keys - Several days ago as I left a meeting at a hotel; I desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat down. I was looking for my keys. They were not in my pockets. A quick search in the meeting room revealed nothing.

Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot. My husband has scolded me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them. His theory is that the car will be stolen. As I burst through the door, I came to a terrifying conclusion. His theory was right. The parking lot was empty.

I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most difficult call of all, "Honey," I stammered; I always call him "honey" in times like these. "I left my keys in the car, and it has been stolen." There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice. "Dummy", he barked, "I dropped you off!"

Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, "Well, come and get me." he retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this policeman I have not stolen your car." - Yep it's the golden years.

Skyguy, that's one you'll NEVER forget and laugh about for years.

Reminds me of the time our family visited Disney World several years ago. When we returned to the parking lot we couldn't find the car (it was a rental). It started to rain and we were all getting soaked, walking up and down the rows in search of our vehicle. I suggested to my husband that he use the horn alarm on the fob to locate the car - but to no avail. We were just about to call the police when he realized that he had been using the fob from our car 'back in Michigan'. We've never forgotten the row number again!!!

[rubicon]

These stories are just too funny

[swrinfla]

Now I know about those guys I see sitting in their golf cart, staring into space, or reading a book, or whatever.

Their wife has gone into Publix ("No, don't come with me; you'll just get lost, and I'll never find you"), with every intention of getting the week's (month's) shopping done, without his interference!

Maybe next time, I'll offer them some comfort. I'm sure they'd enjoy a Bloody Mary, don't you think?

SWR

[skyguy79]

A situation from long ago just came to mind while reading some of the other replies. My wife and I were sitting in our car when someone we knew came out of a restaurant with a friend. They were probably having a few brewskies... or more. They proceeded to their vehicle and both got in. Now before I tell what happened next I need to visualize this for you. There were two identical white PT Cruisers parked with a couple of cars between them. Ok, so you know what's coming next, but I'm gonna tell it to you anyway. The two of them jumped out of the vehicle they just got in and ran, and I do mean ran like cats on a hot tin roof straight over to the other white vehicle that was theirs. Seems like they were afraid they'd get caught and got out of that parking lot tout de suite!

[CaliforniaGirl]

True lost key story: I flew from Los Angeles to FL to visit my Mom for Christmas. While packing for the return trip to CA, I realized I did not have my keys (I had parked at Wally Park, a long-term parking facility at LAX.) I assumed I had left them at LAX - would have sworn I left them in the coffee shop bathroom - so when I landed I went to lost and found and asked if anyone had turned in a set of keys about 5 days prior. They escorted me to a room, showed me a box about 3' high and said "Good luck." The entire box was full of keys. Took me 2 hours to go through the box, with no luck. I took the shuttle to Wally Park and asked the desk agent if they had an arrangement with a local locksmith - they did, but it would be $125 and a 2-hr wait. A very nice Wally Park shuttle driver was just ending his shift and offered to shuttle me home to get a spare set of keys. He took me all the way to Long Beach and back, and refused to accept any $. When I got to my car, there was a note on the windshield (dated 5 days before) telling me to see the desk agent because I had left my keys in the Wally Park shuttle.
The whole key experience took longer than my cross-country flight. Signed up for AAA the next day.