Yesterday was a funny night for me. Can you imagine what will it feels like if you get locked in your own bedroom. Yes it happened to me - in real. At first it was "hum tum ek kamre mein bandh ho" kind of feeling that came to my mind but soon I realized it was only "hum". But the fact is at first you feel funny but here’s another blow -- what if the keys to the bedroom from outside don’t work!!
Well friends, yesterday night the tragedy struck me at around 9.15 p.m. When I was inside my bedroom, since window and bedroom door were open, due to blow of heavy air (we stay on 10th floor), the door swung bang and closed. This has happed many a times in past and we did not bothered much. I will share the related tragedies later. So this time as well I didn’t react too much and went to get fresh -- since I had returned from work. After getting fresh, I tried to open the bedroom door and realized that it was not willing to move.
Just think what would be the situation, if you were alone at home and your mobile is in the drawing room and no mode of communication is available inside the bedroom. Well in my case at least rest of the family members were in the drawing room. I called out and based on my past experiences we have a set of bedroom keys in drawing room. I asked my wife to open the door and she tried, but to our surprise, it did not work. I realized that the lock has got jammed. We invested some 15-20 minutes with failed attempts to open it. My brother was called upon and even he tried it -- nothing was working. While we thanked god that my 3 year kid was not stuck inside and it was me (well she had already experienced this when we are just 7 days new to this flat and she was just one and a half year old -- well this very same door was broken up then).
Inside the bedroom, the joke, fun was soon turning into frustration and anger. Godrej Locks has put me in trouble third time in the last one and half year and that too with my bedroom. Godrej Locks - no one can break in -- boss but it should at least open with its own keys . Nope it denied and because of the bang effect the latch got stuck in the door hole.
Fortunately, we had a contact number of a all rounder (not a key repairer) who we called up finally around 9.50 p.m. To my surprise, guess what!! he was in at our house in flat 10 minutes.
He first tried with all the master keys of world he had and failed. Finally we realized that all the efforts with keys are waste. So we drew the conclusion that we will once again have to go ahead with lock breaking ceremony. He returned in another 15 minutes with all his tools and started the desi solution - if nothing works break it. Finally I was freed at 10.40 p.m.
The moral of the story: At times the best lock can even lock you up. Keep a set of keys outside accessible to others. Keep a set of tool inside your bedroom in case if nobody is at home and you don’t have any communication – at least you can start break open - or you never know it can also help you defend in bad times!! And more importantly don’t forget to keep the contact number of plumber, key maker, electricians very close to you so that you can call in case of emergency -- experienced advise - three times already.
Now I have my bedroom without a lock and plan to replace the old fashioned "kaddi" which I know I can open it!
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