key 'turns' lock

[deralian]

I'm really surprised how few comments there are in this section. My favorite story is a call back after rekeying a house. The old lady insisted that her old key still worked the door and she could open it. When I arrived I immediately identified the issue. The problem was explaining to her what she was doing wrong.

She put her old key in the door nob and "turned it". 'See the old key opens the door. ' I tried several times to nicely explain to her that she was not unlocking the door. All she was doing was using the key as leverage to open the nob. I showed her that I'd I locked the door the key would not work. I was there for at least 10 minutes before it finally clicked in her brain what was going on.

[billdeserthills]

I've had that, now i like to lock the knob from the inside and close the door in the persons face. They seem to get it pretty fast-- just joking,
What I do is reach over and turn the lock button and say, "Try it now sweety"

[Squelchtone]

I'm really surprised how few comments there are in this section.

It's a new section I made a week before you signed up

Enjoy!
Squelchtone

[deralian]

Oh I twisted the lock on the inside a couple times. Each time she would unlock it when her key didn't work. She was very convinced her old key was opening the door. Yes locking her out would have made the point quickly

[billdeserthills]

Oh I twisted the lock on the inside a couple times. Each time she would unlock it when her key didn't work. She was very convinced her old key was opening the door. Yes locking her out would have made the point quickly

Sounds like the dementia is settling in nicely

[sentientsentinel]

My neighbor across the street I saw him banging his storm door against the house wall I thought he was just trying to fix it next day one of my other neighbors said the older gentleman thought he was locked out and he had been banging his storm door against the house wall for a couple hours instead of walking through the open door way just to his left. Fortunately one of my neighbors helped him in the house.A week later his family put him in an old folks home where he promptly died.

[billdeserthills]

My neighbor across the street I saw him banging his storm door against the house wall I thought he was just trying to fix it next day one of my other neighbors said the older gentleman thought he was locked out and he had been banging his storm door against the house wall for a couple hours instead of walking through the open door way just to his left. Fortunately one of my neighbors helped him in the house.A week later his family put him in an old folks home where he promptly died.

I guess it's nice when the old folks finally give up and let their heirs have all the lovely money.

Honestly in my job I see the younger folks trying to shove the old ones into nursing homes every once in awhile
Really makes me sick. I know one old broad right now, she is 84 and she's got demensia at best, plenty wrong with her
and yet everyone around can't wait to make off with her money and as soon as possible too.

I hate when I've been called out to rekey grandma's old house and I can hear the other relatives fighting for all her treasure