Beautiful Monday Morning !

Its been such a long time that I havent posted something here. Not that I havent been thinking or wondering. Just that been too lazy to jot down things here. So, thought would share something funny but learning experience that I went through this morning.

Monday, 20 Oct 2008, 7:50 AM: It was 0C today in Ohio, first time this winter that it touched 0. I looked at my car and instead of the usual fog, there was a thin layer of ice on the windshield. So, I started cleaning the car when I realized I should switch on the car so that the ice melts. I put in the key, started the car, came out, closed the door and started cleaning again. Because the trousers I am wearing today do not have pockets, I thought I would put the cellphone in the car, as it was difficult with the cellphone in one hand and trying to clean with the other hand. But, oh no! the car is locked !! I didn’t realize the car auto-locks itself when the key is in and all doors are closed. I tried my luck to see if any door, by mistake did not get closed properly. But no, not today. All the doors were properly closed and locked. Then after 2-3 minutes of panicking, I remembered something called a duplicate key of the car which was luckily in the house ( And for once, I even knew where it was kept). But guess what, the house is locked and the keys are in my bag which is in the car !! So then I called my apartment people to help me open my house. But they say, since it is out of office hours and I locked the car myself, its not an emergency - I will have to wait till the office opens at 10 am ( by the way, the car is ON all this while). Then I remembered that the duplicate keys of my house is with my friend who stays in the next colony (its not very far, but considerable distance for me to walk there and get the keys from them). So, I call them up (they usually leave by 9-9.30, and I called them up at 8). So, I make their morning barbaad but they are kind enough to immediately come to my house with my apt keys. With a sheepish look, I took the keys from my friend, opened the house, took the duplicate car keys and opened the car - phew ! That was 20 minutes of unnecessary trouble- not just to me, but to my friends as well. Needless to add, that also meant 20 minutes of delay in reaching office (which isn’t such a big deal :P)
I was saved a lot of trouble because of the cellphone. It would have been really difficult without it. So, once again, like various other times technology saved me. But, it was the technology which put me into trouble in the first place !!
Moral of the story: When technology puts you in trouble, only technology can take you out of it.
Moral of the story2: Once you switch ON the car, NEVER step out and close the door !! Or, come out with all the belongings.