You know what Friday means around here. A CALL FROM HICK'S HAREM! Now they can't even wait until evening. They've got to get their Hick fix earlier and earlier.
I was in town at 3:39 when I got a text from Hick:
"I'm taking HOS [Hick's Oldest Son] home and then running by the apartments, a lady lost her key."
OF COURSE SHE DID! It's FRIDAY! Keys only get lost on Fridays. And only women lose them. Not the four men who live in the senior apartments. And let's not forget Hick put in a KEY BOX for all the residents, so they know what to do if they don't have their key. You know I had to get the details when Hick came home at 5:00.
"Which one was this?"
"The youngest one. The one who's kinda goofy. She helps all the rest of them, because she's younger and can do more."
"She's not the one with the shoe keeping her door from closing? Or the bra sunbather? Or the one who got the drinker lady locked up? Or the one who needed two air conditioners? I'm sure I've heard this name before."
"No. But she did get into it with the drinker lady before. The drinker lady was mad at her. It's not the one who called the police."
"I thought you had a key box so everybody could get in, and you wouldn't have to drive to town."
"I do have a key box. But she BROKE her key. So I didn't want her taking the spare out of the box."
"She could have used it to unlock her door, and put it back."
"Actually, she called me earlier, and I forgot about it. She got in with her key, but she was trying to lock the door back, and it broke off. So she cain't leave to go nowhere because she cain't lock her door."
"So what did you do?"
"I had a spare key made for her. I don't want her having a master key. I went by to give it to her, but she wasn't there. So I left it on her table."
"Wait! I thought you said you had to go because she couldn't leave. But apparently, she COULD!"
"Well, she did, but she left her door unlocked."
Hick's reasoning is starting to sound like the way his Harem thinks. Who knows where that gal went. Maybe the Harem convened, to plan new ways to draw Hick back to town on Fridays. I guess three days is a long time to go Hickless.
I have heard of broken keys but never ever seen one, keys are strong metal and shouldn't break unless they have rusted through aftre lying forgotten in garden for decades.
ReplyDeleteI guess your keys are different. We can get copies made at a hardware store. The metal is not all that strong. Not as strong as the car keys that some from the dealer. I'm sure those apartment keys have been copied many times over the years.
DeleteHow do you get the key out if it is broken off in the lock? I will ponder that while the women ponder ways in which to engage your man.
ReplyDeleteI didn't ask. A magnet? Needle-nose pliers? Hick said he got another key made, so I know he didn't replace the whole doorknob. I can't imagine what calamity will trigger the next call. I guess I'll find out on Friday!
DeleteYou don't think she wrestled with that key to break it on purpose? Now I am wondering how to get the broken key out, too.
ReplyDeleteThat is quite possible! I'll have to get the rest of the story.
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