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Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 19, 2026

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bedroom key

Why does your custom home have a bedroom lock?

Keyfob for my mother's car

Does she not need it? Why carry it?

Why does your custom home have a bedroom lock?

(1) The new custom house is (still) not yet complete. This key is for my bedroom in my (mother's) current house. My mother directed me to add locks to that house's bedroom doors several years ago, in preparation for a several-weeks-long visit by her annoying mother.

(2) The new custom house's bedrooms have locks (and solid doors) for privacy.

Does she not need it? Why carry it?

Her car has two keyfobs—one for her and one for me. I actually don't remember why I decided to carry the spare keyfob around all the time, but I can think of two justifications: (1) If both of us are away from home, and the house is burglarized, then the keyfob will not be stolen. (2) If both of us are away from home, and she locks herself out of her car and calls me to come and unlock it, then I can drive directly to her rather than needing to stop at the house and pick up the keyfob.