Right!
Seventy-five dollars for less than 2 minutes of work, I say locksmiths are doing very well.
And how do I know this?
Because I locked the hub and I out of our house this afternoon.
“How did you manage to lock yourselves out?” Bob the locksmith asked me.
“Ah, by sheer stupidity,” I answered, smiling.
Actually, what it was was I was ridin’ pretty high on my Norco medication. The hub gave me narcotics (the kind that one can get addicted to) for the sharp and excruciating pain in my back, the result of my bathroom spill last week. None of the other pain killers helped much, and in fact, I wake up each morning wincing in agonizing pain, taking very slow movements as I get out of bed. I wonder, how do people with constant and chronic pain live this kind of live every day? And with that, even in my present state, I whisper a word of thanks because I know in time, my pain will end.
So we were in the car, ready to go to dinner, when I realized I forgot something. So I got the keys from the hub (car and house key in one keyholder), ran back inside, got my thingy, and hurriedly went back to the garage, locking the door behind me. I got inside the car and before I even realized it, the hub said, “Nakalimtan nimo ang yawi sa sud?!”
My Norco high went out the car window, and adrenaline kicked right in.
After apologizing profusely to the hub and kicking myself for my huge blunder, we looked around for a phone directory. Thankfully, there was one just lying around in the garage.
Forty minutes later, Bob arrived. And in less than 5 minutes, we managed to wrap up the whole transaction with a check made out to Affordable Lock and Key for $75.
“With that money, nakapalit na unta ta’g Cuisinart nga blender…”
“Lagi, lagi, sala lagi nako.”
“Naka-save ta sa atong cancellation sa gym membership pero didto ra sad nahapak sa locksmith.”
“Lagi, lagi…”
I will hear a few more of this in the coming days… but I guess I deserve it. But come to think of it, I didn’t ask him for the Norco. So it’s his fault, right?
Right?
