God is punishing me. He send me a plague of 16 year old boys.
The 16 year old girls create great dramas full of emotional upheaval and love-hate-love relationships. The 16 year old boys break things. Expensive things, like the glass on the candy case, or the safe.
Yes, the safe. Last night one of my clerks stuck a plastic fork into the lock and broke off the tines. Since my mind does not comprehend 16 year old boy, I do not understand his motivation, although I suspect it was a combination of scientific inquiry and the general male tendency to enjoy inserting things into other things.
I fear that, like the plumber, the locksmith will need to go on retainer.
UPDATE: It only took the locksmith half an hour to remove the two plastic fork tines from the safe lock. Then he cracked her open, gave all the moving parts a quick lube, and made sure it was working smoothly before riding off into the sunset...
I haven't seen the bill yet.
Posted by Susie at May 24, 2004 10:42 AMHmm... He was probably just bored.
Hate to admit it, but it sounds like something I would do.
Posted by: Taron W at May 24, 2004 01:43 PMTry using a dental pick. If it doesn't work on the safe, use it on the 16 year old.
Posted by: GEBIV at May 24, 2004 06:19 PMYou might be able to find a pair of needle-nosed pliers at a hardware store with noses needley enough to fit into the lock. Just tryin' to think up mucho cheapero ways of doing it...
Posted by: Tuning Spork at May 24, 2004 09:12 PMThere's an issue with this whole insertion thing?
what's up with that!?!?!
Posted by: Wind Rider at May 25, 2004 01:02 PMIf we weren't supposed to jab a fork in the lock, it shouldn't fit. That is just basic engineering.
Posted by: Phelps at May 25, 2004 05:38 PM