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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A few years ago, we were cat-sitting for some friends. They gave me keys to the exterior door leading into their garage. Once inside, I was able to access the unlocked door that went from the garage into the house. Easy peasy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Well, one day, I took my kids with me to feed the cats, and one of them decided to lock the spring-loaded latch as we exited the house into the garage. As I was about to leave through the garage door, I started to hear the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">click-click-click</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the gas stove ignitor.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since there was no one else in the house, that was definitely weird.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Holy crap!” I thought. “The cats must be turning on the gas stove! They’re going to blow up the house! I got to get in there to turn it off . . . but I don’t have keys to unlock this door!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thankfully, I had my wallet with me. I pulled out a rewards card and shimmied open the spring-latched door — just like MacGyver would.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When the door popped open, the cats were staring at me. I rushed to the stove. The gas wasn’t turned on. I called my friend to ask about the clicking noise.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Oh, yeah,” he said. “The ignitor does that sometimes. The gas isn’t on, but the ignitor will make that clicking noise. Don’t sweat it.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Non-crisis averted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re ever in an actual emergency where you need to open a door you don’t have keys for, it’s good to have the know-how illustrated above in your back pocket. While this method won’t work on every type of lock (like deadbolts or high-security locks), it can work on spring-latch locks, which are typically found on interior doors.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By doing nothing more than sliding a flexible plastic card (preferably one you don’t mind potentially damaging) between the door frame and the locking mechanism, you can often gain entry in under a minute without harming the door or the lock.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The next time you think a cat has figured out how to turn the knobs on a stove, you’ll be prepared.</span></p>
<p><em>Illustration by <a href="https://storytellersworkshop.com/">Ted Slampyak</a></em></p>
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How to Open a Locked Door With a Credit Card
