Further Thoughts On Keys

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Having run a thread on how many keys we have to carry around, here are a few other thoughts on keys. Where do you keep them when not in use? While you are out with them they presumably reside in pockets, purses, bags, etc. While at home people leave them bedside, in a jar by the door, in their coat pockets, etc. I keep my front door key in the lock of the door itself. That way a/. I know where it is and can’t forget to take it out with me b/. In the event of a fire or other need to evacuate I can get the door unlocked immediately c/. No one can peep in through the keyhole (unlikely anyway) d/. No one can use a key to unlock my door from outside as my key engages the lock. I never understood the 18th and 21st birthday tradition of handing a giant key to someone as a present especially as the key fits no locks at all. The keys to the city awards for outstanding citizens are also useless if they don’t open bank locks or pub doors. My landlord, in another city, has the only spare key to my flat – I don’t know neighbours well enough to leave any with a spare as yet and there is nowhere safe just outside to stash a spare key for if I get locked out. Actually I have to lock my door to go out – it won’t just click shut and lock automatically, which is a great deterrent to accidentally leaving home without my keys. Arthur Chappell