Abusing AIBU but desperate and a bit stupid.

[Keeva2017]

Need ideas from women smarter than me.

Car key is one of those that just needs to be in the car to start.

I know the stupid twatting thing is in there for that reason plus I couldn’t find it before I went in the house after a now regretted trip to the shop.

I have emptied it. Completely. Kids Car seats included. But it’s nowhere to be seen.

It defies logic and ashamed to say Iv had a bit of a cry. 2 hours out of my working day.

Ideas?

I bet it was under the drivers seat. I lost a house key there once and just couldn't get it out. Had to have the locks changed. Then after about a month of driving around it just slid out into the back seat footwell. Sigh.

@AryaStarkWolf Just reread thread - I had no idea you could get "keys" that you didn't need to put in the ignition!

My car isn't that old! (maybe a bit basic to have that option?)

Is it dropped under the car

I did this recently - it had fallen into the stupid hole beside the gear stick, which I have now blocked up with a black sock.

This happened to me. Turns out I had dropped it and it landed under the next door neighbours work van!

@Snowwaiting

Is it dropped under the car

No.

She found it at least half an hour before you posted.

Not helpful but I hate those keys. Always losing it. Plus we were thinking today if they ever fall into water we're screwed!!

We spent ages bemused by the fact the car was sometimes unlocked before we realised that our missing 2nd key was in the beach bag that sometimes was in the car & sometimes wasn’t.

I don’t understand this thread. Keys with no locks. Nakedness. A big thank you to everyone. Has anything happened and has it been resolved?

@MindGrapes yes they are terrible. We had an old style one and when it broke, a replacement cost more than the actual car was worth. It was the final straw and we scrapped the car

I have a credit card style ‘key’ for mine and I used to lose it all the time now it’s got lots of key rings and a tracker on it.
Last time I lost it it was down the back of my seat - it’s a coupe so they slide forward and push over so was in the material between seats. Time before that - the fridge!
Am hopeless!

So easy to do when distracted. I am dyslexic so lots of strategies to stop myself losing important stuff (as I’m hopeless) I say “the keys are in the front pocket of my bag” or wherever

Hope they turn up op

If it makes you feel better I spent a long time trying to find my phone in a restaurant bathroom once. I knew it was there somewhere as I could hear it ringing when my friend phoned it. A nice waitress eventually realised it was down the back of my Ugg boots. It had fallen out of my back trouser pocket and into my boot when I pulled my trousers down to go to the loo

@AryaStarkWolf

I like mine but I have a strict system of always leaving it in the same pocket of my bag.

My Mum always used to say that - normally when I was hunting around for my keys. 'I always keep them in the back pocket of my handbag, and then I know exactly where to find them.....' Bless her!