# If you’ve ever been locked out on a sit, how did you handle it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Sitter Questions, Advice & Chat\ **Tags:** featured\ **Created:** [16 October 2025 07:44 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/if-you-ve-ever-been-locked-out-on-a-sit-how-did-you-handle-it/70110 "2025-10-16T07:44:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DieFledermaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DieFledermaus](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/DieFledermaus)\ **Post date:** [21 October 2025 13:32 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/if-you-ve-ever-been-locked-out-on-a-sit-how-did-you-handle-it/70110/21 "2025-10-21T13:32:25Z")
Does it matter? 😉 I think there should be a special name for that lurch in the stomach when you realise you’re on one side of a locked door - and the keys are on the other. Yalepunch? Chubblurch? ---
**Author:** ![Therese](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/therese/32/3204_2.png) [@Therese](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Therese)\ **Post date:** [22 October 2025 06:38 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/if-you-ve-ever-been-locked-out-on-a-sit-how-did-you-handle-it/70110/22 "2025-10-22T06:38:48Z")
Yes … you’re right. As it was a while ago, maybe he handed me two £50 notes. I remember so significantly that the cost was £100, and at that time, it was a substantial amount, but I was so grateful for the efficiency and generosity of spirit, so I was happy to pay. ---
**Author:** ![Jenny](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/jenny/32/43703_2.png) [@Jenny](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Jenny)\ **Post date:** [22 October 2025 07:07 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/if-you-ve-ever-been-locked-out-on-a-sit-how-did-you-handle-it/70110/23 "2025-10-22T07:07:01Z")
It’s a really lovely story @Therese - thank you for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![BlueCottage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@BlueCottage](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/BlueCottage)\ **Post date:** [23 October 2025 06:36 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/if-you-ve-ever-been-locked-out-on-a-sit-how-did-you-handle-it/70110/24 "2025-10-23T06:36:25Z")
As part of our standard owner query, we ask where the hidden key is. Used it once. ---
**Author:** ![fyfie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/fyfie/32/1184_2.png) [@fyfie](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/fyfie)\ **Post date:** [23 October 2025 09:53 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/if-you-ve-ever-been-locked-out-on-a-sit-how-did-you-handle-it/70110/25 "2025-10-23T09:53:30Z")
Being locked out was of course my own fault I went out to deal with the rubbish for collection, took the key with me as the door closed automatically and as the cats were not allowed out I couldn’t wedge the door open. I can’t remember the exact details, but couldn’t get the bin out of the crate so I laid the key on top of the wooden crate so I could use both hands. I then noticed a clip on the top of the crate and in a ureka moment opened the lid of the crate causing the key to fall down the back of the crate duh ! It was winter, it was dark and freezing cold and the crate was a solid piece. Luckily I took my phone out with me in case I needed the torch. Hercules became my middle name and I managed eventually to move the crate enough to give enough space to use a stick to pull the key towards me. A very phew moment. The HO couldn’t believe I had been able to pull the crate forward. I couldn’t get the crate to go all the way back, so my senior moment had to be revealed as the Ho couldn’t help but notice the crate had been moved 🐱🌸🐱 ---
**Author:** ![pietkuip](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/pietkuip/32/22235_2.png) [@pietkuip](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/pietkuip)\ **Post date:** [27 October 2025 10:46 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/if-you-ve-ever-been-locked-out-on-a-sit-how-did-you-handle-it/70110/26 "2025-10-27T10:46:45Z")
I locked myself out once (I had the wrong keys in my pocket). I realized this almost immediately, but it was already late in the evening for a last walk with the dog. Primary emergency contact was the neighbour, I got in touch with her but she was away on vacation. Next emergency contact was family that lived 80 km away, so I contacted the pet owners. They suggested contacting the next-nextdoor neighbours and climbing over the roofs. That turned out to be very easy, because I had left my upstairs bedroom door unlocked. So no acrobatics, and it got resolved within an hour. [Previous page](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/if-you-ve-ever-been-locked-out-on-a-sit-how-did-you-handle-it/70110.md?page=1)