I <3 the AA

[mejinks]

Checking the battery in the boot, I put my keys in there as I was wearing shorts. Cue a big wind, nearly chopped off fingers and the slow aching realisation that the car keys are in the boot with the car locked

Oh ****

Despite my best efforts with coathanger to hit the boot release button, I couldn't break into my car, so I thought I wouldn't have anything to lose by ringing the AA. The nice woman on the phone took my details and said the patrol would be around in about 50 minutes, which didn't worry me as I was at home, not on the side of the road.

While I was waiting I went to get a bottle of wine to have with dinner and an AA van appeared (this must have been a grand total of 1 minute after putting the phone down)

A really nice guy with loads of tatoos the proceeded to lift the bootlid of my car and pop the boot release in less time than it took to make a cup of coffee for him.

We then sat down and talked about BMWs and Mini coopers for half an hour and watched the first couple of minutes of the Wales v France game.

Dead impressed considering it would have cost £150 to call out a locksmith.

Guess I will be renewing next year too.