Epic Date Fail

[westwoody]

Tonight I finally get a chance to take a lady to dinner. Had a crush on her for a long time. Everything goes great. Driving home she wants to stop at Shopper's Drug Mart for a prescription. Come out and....cannot open my car.
Key fob is dead.
Key will not turn in the door locks.
WTF!!!!
Snowing like crazy. Cold wind. We're in a parking lot, no shelter. She is pissed.
Finally I open the trunk, climb in, pull the release to fold down the back seats, and wiggle through the opening, into the front seat, and open her door from the inside. Open driver door, slide out rear door and get in driver's seat. Not as easy as it sounds.
She gets in and says "Well that was odd" but I think what she wanted to say was "you are an idiot", and gives me a funny look.
She talked on her phone ll the way to her house. Got out and said thanks.

Moral: change battery in key fob before every date.

 

[vancity_cowboy]

if the results of an honest mistake made her behave like that - well, you are better off without her :wave:

 

[MissingOne]

Pretty good date filter if you ask me. If a lady couldn't see the humour in that episode, I'd lose interest in her.

 

[sybian]

Yeah ...You may want to change the batteries in everything before a date.
I had a similar thing happen to me. I had a young lady out for dinner and a movie, and I locked the keys in my truck, by accident.
I had my Leatherman in my pocket and thought I'd just pry open the the rear slider window.
I mean how hard could it be?..And what could happen?
Well it decided to explode in my face, while my mouth was open...I open my mouth when I pry on things like a dumb-ass.
One of the little tiny shards of safety glass arked through the air and into my mouth, rolled down my tongue, and as a reflex action, the back of my throat closed down on it, to prevent it from entering my lungs.
I hacked and coughed so hard I fell over the side of the box of the truck, and landed in a massive Cowboy heap with a slap on the pavement, holding my throat.
The leatherman I had in my hand fell point first into my best pair of cowboy boots and pricked the top of my foot.
So there I was, on a date, holding my throat from a self inflicted wound in the back of my throat, spitting up blood, with a knife sticking out of my foot, rolling around in pain from a fall onto frozen rock hard pavement.
All she could do to help me was too cover her mouth to stifle the laughter, and say "Holy Shit!...Are you ok?"
When I could finally speak I asked her...."What do you think of me so far?"
It wasn't one of my finer moments, and I really do miss that pair of boots.

Moral: Hide away a spare set of keys when your out on a date...And never put a sharp object in the hands of a backwoods cowboy, when he thinks he "Can Handle" the situation.

 

[hornygandalf]

She gets in and says "Well that was odd" but I think what she wanted to say was "you are an idiot", and gives me a funny look.
She talked on her phone ll the way to her house. Got out and said thanks.

Well, all I can say is that provided you with some really useful data about her. I don't think your date was an epic fail at all. To me it was successful in revealing some of the real character of the said lady, and you can now make an informed decision on that basis. I know what my decision would be...

 

[girth-brooks]

I agree with hornygandalf - you see a person's true character when there is a crisis (even if it was a minor one. Shit happens). I also couldn't help but notice that your date apparently did nothing to help you even if it was calling BCAA or a friend that may know how to get out of a similar problem with a car. I wouldn't expect her to climb through the back like you did, but it seems like there was zero effort on her end in regards to teamwork. Just my two cents.

 

[yasmine]

You are a winner. Don't fret. Better to be in no company than bad company.

 

[87112]

Hard to please people, the endurance phase is at max 2 years. I never told my ex that, but mentally I kept it to myself that.

 

[vancity_cowboy]

You do realize that shopper's drug Mart carries batteries for key fobs ... right?

frickin' priceless, badge!!!

ound: ound: ound:

 

[Lavinia]

I'm petite! I'd crawl through the thing and open it up for you while laughing. She sounds like an uptight bitch anyways.

But yes Badger, good one. ��

 

[paprides]

thanks to all for my morning spill-the-coffee-laugh-out-loud.

speaking of "date filters." The actor Chaz Palminteri (spelling is way off, i know) was quoted as saying something along the lines of "unlock and open the door for your date, then walk behind the car to the driver's side. if she slides over and unlocks the driver's door for you, she's good for a second date. "

interesting outlook.

 

[JimDandy]

thanks to all for my morning spill-the-coffee-laugh-out-loud.

speaking of "date filters." The actor Chaz Palminteri (spelling is way off, i know) was quoted as saying something along the lines of "unlock and open the door for your date, then walk behind the car to the driver's side. if she slides over and unlocks the driver's door for you, she's good for a second date. "

interesting outlook.

Don't all cars have remote unlocks now as part of the key fob? I can't unlock the passenger side door on my car without first unlocking the driver side door. Some day soon cars will recognize their owners and it won't even be necessary to have a key fob.

 

[Ms Erica Phoenix]

I'm petite! I'd crawl through the thing and open it up for you while laughing. She sounds like an uptight bitch anyways.

But yes Badger, good one. ��

I'd be weak with laughter & ready to film the whole thing for you as you wiggled through!

 

[Bridge]

There but for the grace of god go I!!! Wonderful story.

 

[EuroSZabina]

Tonight I finally get a chance to take a lady to dinner. Had a crush on her for a long time. Everything goes great. Driving home she wants to stop at Shopper's Drug Mart for a prescription. Come out and....cannot open my car.
Key fob is dead.
Key will not turn in the door locks.
WTF!!!!
Snowing like crazy. Cold wind. We're in a parking lot, no shelter. She is pissed.
Finally I open the trunk, climb in, pull the release to fold down the back seats, and wiggle through the opening, into the front seat, and open her door from the inside. Open driver door, slide out rear door and get in driver's seat. Not as easy as it sounds.
She gets in and says "Well that was odd" but I think what she wanted to say was "you are an idiot", and gives me a funny look.
She talked on her phone ll the way to her house. Got out and said thanks.

Moral: change battery in key fob before every date.

You don't have a key you can pull out of fob for that case. I have in in both of my cars for this reason.

 

[EuroSZabina]

I'd be weak with laughter & ready to film the whole thing for you as you wiggled through!

That's what came into my mind too. Lol

 

[westwoody]

You don't have a key you can pull out of fob for that case. I have in in both of my cars for this reason.

I tried the key but it would not turn in the lock.

 

[resercher]

I tried the key but it would not turn in the lock.

wd 40 ? did you wash the car and forget to get the water out of the lock mechanism . Also realise to that batterys can freeze they are a certian percentage water .



I used to work for a breaf time in an auto body shop I personally hate with a pashon electronic car door locks . and electronic car windows.

cars with these mechanisms are great if you want to kidnap someone. All you have to do is remove the fuse for the door in the control panal .Under the dashbord and nothing is going to work on the back doors in the vehicle .


give me an old fashon mechanical car door lock with windows with a hand crank over anything battery powerd . Though im guessing you would have to custom order that now days. Technology is great when it works but Murphy's law kicks in and the more stuff you have the more things that can go wrong .


However I agree with the majority of the posters if this women was unimpressed with you. For something clearley beyond your control you do not want her as a girlfrend sex partner or wife . Imagine how it would be if you somehow made a mistake in the bedroom. Like i dont know you used some lube or condoms that she was alergic to or something.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

WW, my Mom says sorry about that. She was just annoyed because her ass hole was on fire and she was anxious to get home and apply the haemorrhoid cream you were kind enough to stop for her to pick up.
She said to drop by later and she'll make it up to you. If her dentures are sitting on the bedroom window sill, that means she's ready for you and to come right in.:thumb:

 

[summerbreeze]

great recovery considering the incident

many women would have marveled at the resourcefulness of the recovery

the one's who pout about the inconvenience to their time don't deserve any future consideration, purely selfish type

thought what you did showed character