Unlocking Catastrophe

Such chaos! It was a work day and the Semi-Retired Drama Queen woke up in a state of confusion. She was late for her meeting at Bangsar Shopping Complex (BSC) and her state of mind was similar to that of her bedroom – messy! She could not even remember what she normally packed for work.

Laptop… Gym bag? What else? Also, what do I normally pack into my gym bag?! Oh, never mind, I’d come back for my stuff after the meeting – on my way to the office!” she thought and left the house.

She attended the meeting, later had lunch with her friend The Queen at BSC, headed home to collect her things and… guess what? Her bedroom door was locked! All her things were in her bedroom. She had unconsciously locked the door that morning and she did not have the key! Double whammy?!

Then… she remembered that she used to unlock doors with cards ages ago. How was it done? Insert the card into the slit between the door and the frame... slide it down while twisting the door knob and jerking it back and forth hard to “jam” the card between the deadlatch and strike plate.

 She tried and failed because the gap between the door and the frame was too close and she was not strong enough to jab the door back and forth with one hand and sliding the card down the slit with the other! Next, she rang her new friend, Cheras Ah Beng to help her break into her room.

Cheras Ah Beng was in Glenmarie. He arrived 30 minutes later and came up with suggestions such as kicking the door open -- bad idea because the Semi-Retired Drama Queen didn't want to break the door in the process; unlocking the door with pin -- another bad idea because all the pins were behind that locked door; and breaking the lock -- let's leave this option as the last.

Still believing that her card method would work, she instructed him to twist the door knob and jerk it back and forth fast and hard while she slipped her Jusco loyalty card into the slit, slided the card down and... SUCCEEDED!