I'm a firefighter\emt. I've gotten to pick Sooo many door locks over the years and it's saved a lot of people a lot of money and headache for it.

Anytime someone has "fallen and can't get up" in their locked house, but says they aren't injured, I'll pick my way in, instead of us having to break a door or window just because they need help off the floor.

Double edged sword. I was into lock picking as a teen. When my family found ourselves in the same situation, I leapt into action and got the side door open in no time.

My mother freaked out at how easy it was to get into our house without a key, and went on an anxiety fueled journey of kitting the house out with extra security. It wasn’t a bad idea to up our security, but I felt horrible for stressing her out by trying to do a good deed.

... And that's how I got your mother to subscribe to the lockpicking lawyer.