by archie_summers » 13 Mar 2010 17:28
I just accidently picked a lock also. Well, maybe accidently is the wrong term. I was trying to pick this lock, but didn't realize that it wasn't locking what I thought it was. I just got my first lockpick set, and wanted to try it out. So I saw what appeared to be an electrical panel in my lab, and resolved to pick its lock and look at what was inside. I struggled for 45 minutes, raking and not really knowing what I was doing. Then, when I wasn't really paying attention, it suddenly clicked and turned. I was excited! Then I tried to open the door, but nothing would swing open. It suddenly dawned on me that this wasn't a breaker box or anything like it.
I had turned a switch.
And I had no idea what it did. I panicked, tried to look up the code at the top of the box and figure out what I'd done. I couldn't find out what it was, though. I pictured security guards racing in through the door to investigate the cause of this switch being triggered, and finding me with a very incriminating lockpick set. I was horrified. I frantically set to work picking the lock AGAIN so I could return it to its original position. Somehow, under pressure, and with my previous attempt's experience guiding me, I was able to do it much faster. Ahh, the adventures my lockpick set and I will have...
