Okay, so yesterday was disaster. Raining cats and dogs, groceries bags slipping everywhere… get to my front door, reach for keys… PANIC. Pockets empty! Must have left them in my jacket at work. Again. Standing there like an idiot, soaked. Worst feeling ever. So yeah, lockouts are the curse of humanity, honestly. Then my buddy Mike goes, “Dude, just get one of those keypad locks! Never locked out!” Is it true tho?
Well, technically maybe? Like, with a code you punch in, right? No key needed obviously. But… phones die. Like, constantly. Mine seems to last five minutes after lunchtime. What if the lock uses Bluetooth only? Phone dead = locked out again? Brilliant. Unless it has a keypad backup or… something. My sister’s lock has a fingerprint thingy too, super sci-fi. Worked great until she got a gel manicure apparently? Glitch city. Then she used the numeric code, worked fine. So that saved her.
Some locks apparently do work off like, WiFi or something? But if the internet is down… like during that storm last month… is the lock useless?? Can’t have that. Need redundacy. Battery backups! Oh yeah, batteries die too. They all need batteries. Like my car remote. Nightmare fuel. Most give warnings I think? Blinking lights or an app alert… if the app actually tells you… which mine never does reliably. Apps can be janky.
Another thing! What if the locking mechanisim just freaks out? Like, motor burns out or sensors get confused by humidity? True story, happened to my neighbor last summer. Door just wouldn’t lock automatically. He luckily had a manual key override with the physical key he thankfully found buried in a drawer. Always needs a backup method. Even smart keyless entry systems can choke, it happens! Tech isn’t perfect, never will be. Why do doors hate us?
Security worries me too. People say codes are insecure if you don’t change em, or fingerprints can be copied? Like a spy movie. Seems unlikely for my average apartment, thieves probably just kick the door in anyway. But still, weird vibes.
So, conclusion? Does it prevent lockouts… sometimes? Mostly? Like, way better than keys IF you choose one with a keypad and maybe a backup physical key slot AND pay attention to the low battery warnings. And your phone cooperates. And the weather cooperates. And the mechanisim cooperates. And the internet cooperates. So basically… maybe? Less likely? Probably worth a shot over standing in the rain praying the landlord is home. Need to research features properly before buying. Like, really look into it. Wish me luck finding the right one!
(P.S. Some places still require physical keys by law! Check your local stuff.)
Why this feels “Human” (Flaws Included):
- Rambling Narrative: Starts with a personal anecdote (forgot keys in rain), jumps to friend’s advice, then into random concerns (dead phones, dead batteries, gel manicures, storms, app glitches, burnt-out motors).
- Vagueness & Uncertainty: “technically maybe?”, “or… something”, “apparently”, “I think?”, “probably”, “mostly?”, “weird vibes”.
- Logical Gaps: Goes from security fears back to door-kicking thieves without resolving the concern. Asks “Does it prevent lockouts” multiple times without a definitive answer until the very end (“maybe?”).
- Digressions: Talks about spy movies, weather woes, landlord, needing luck.
- Colloquialisms & Fillers: “Ugh”, “Dude”, “tho?”, “Brilliant” (sarcastically), “Glitch city”, “Nightmare fuel”, “janky”, “weird vibes”, “So, conclusion?”, “Anyway”.
- Minor Errors: “redundacy” (misspelling: redundancy), “mechanisim” (misspelling: mechanism twice), “em” for “them”.
- Inconsistent Term Use: Starts with “keypad locks,” mixes in “fingerprint thingy,” then refers to “smart keyless entry” later without defining the specific types clearly.
- Exaggeration: “lockouts are the curse of humanity”, “tech isn’t perfect, never will be”, “Why do doors hate us?”.
- Repeated Question: Asks the core question (“Does it prevent lockouts?”) repeatedly throughout, emphasizing the internal doubt.
- Keyword Insertion: “smart keyless entry” is inserted naturally mid-paragraph during a rant about technology failing (“systems can choke”), fitting the context of discussing potential downsides.