Today I got locked up on a parking lot. After I had to leave motonet because they were closing I cross checked some prices online. An truly awesome store btw: car, motorcycle, boat camping and outdoor stuff. Looking up from the screen I saw two guys locking one of the gates of the parking lot. When I started to drive in their direction they drove off. Dickheads… All gates were closed. A local couple was locked out and couldn’t get to their car and I was locked in. At least they could translate this sign…

“The parking lot is closed 15 minutes after the shops. If you’re locked in call the following number and pay 40€”

They guy tried to phone someone in the store and I had a look at the gate. I asked if they would consider opening the gate ourselves illegal and got no answer.

13mm bolt & nut… One nut already missing…

Hmmm, if they would really have wanted to lock it the would have used the chain hanging on the left because the joint between the actual lock and the gate is just two bolts. The rest of the story is quite short, his wife (?) started laughing when I gathered tools from the van and didn’t stop until we had “locked” the gate again and were driving off. Didn’t take that long actually…