BEST OF TDB | I’m an Idiot! Take 1 & Take 2…
We are away on vacation until July 12th. Until then, please enjoy these selected “Best Of” posts. These were originally published 2/12 and 2/13/2009. Figured as I was traveling I’d share some stories of my boneheadedness when I leave the house…
I’m an Idoit! Take 1…
It seems that while out at the World Ag Show, someone lost his car key! If that was all it wouldn’t be a big deal but my car key included the controls to my “integrated” car alarm. With no key to deactivate the alarm, I can not get the car out of the garage at DTW without towing it.
When I got home last night, I cabbed it to my house thinking that Better Half had the spare. Turns out it was just a valet key. I decided to try it anyway and took another cab back out to the airport this morning. Guess what….valet key doesn’t deactivate the alarm, so I can’t even get the car out of park let alone drive it. So I call a local VW dealer and they tell me I need to tow it to them so they can deactivate my alarm and then provide me with a new key. UGHHHHHH!!
So, here I sit back at DTW, my car stuck and I waiting for Better Half to pick me up after dropping Lil’ Baird at daycare so I can then go home and turn the whole place upside down to find that freakin’ spare key with alarm controls. If I can’t…then it’s the fee to tow the car to Livonia then having to pay service to deactivate the alarm. I’m easily looking at dropping over $300 (cab rides back and forth, extra parking, towing fee, potential overnight car rental and service fee) all because I couldn’t zip my car key into my briefcase!!!!
P.S. – I’ve labeled this “Take 1″ as I am sure as things move on, I will continue to make bone head mistakes…so consider this part of an ongoing series… 
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I’m an Idiot! Take 2…
LMAO…..
It was just pointed out to me by Kathleen (SHOUT OUT) that I spelled Idiot wrong in the title of the last post!
BRILLIANT!
Truly, truly an idiot.
Aside from that, my personal nightmare had a happy ending tonight. After destroying the house and going through my luggage again like a DEA agent, I found my spare key!! Better Half got me to the airport after work and I was able to bring the car home.
So the $$ tally – $120 for two cab rides, $32 for the extra parking and let’s call it $20 for gasoline back and forth from DTW twice.
UGH!
Tomorrow – my slide show from the World Ag Show. Then it’s back to savory bacon goodness!
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