When carrying lockpicks pays off.
From childhood opening locks has always interested me, From using bump keys to open those little locks they put on letterboxes to making my own picks and tension wrenches back in the 80's. These days I carry 4 picks and 3 tension wrenches in a little pouch where ever I go.
So I'm on holiday driving around Australia through the little towns, we stop at a café for breakfast and I need to use the bathroom. It's one of those situations where you get a key attached by chain to a large wooden spoon and the bathroom is a short walk away. I get there and open the door to see a little bit of a horror show then wonder if they've ever heard of cleaners. There's a door next to the bathroom with "staff" written on it so I try the key but of course that doesn't work. Looking back to the café I see that while I'm not exactly out of site but no one is looking over my way so I pull out a rake and tension wrench. Holding the key with the dangling spoon still so it looks like I'm trying to use it to open the lock I put in the wrench, apply a little pressure to it, then rake the pins once, then the lock turns on the second go.
Another bathroom was behind the door that was a hell of a lot cleaner, almost spotless, so I used that one.