Master key - one key for everything

@beamer88 (4259)
Philippines
November 23, 2011 8:26am CST
Would it be practical to have a master key for your house. One that can open all the locks of not only your door, but your cabinets or anything that has a lock on it? And even your car? This would do away with all those keys dangling on your key chain and would also prevent those frustrating times when you're looking for a misplaced key. Just a thought.
3 responses
@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
That would be practical, yeah. But, I think that would be dangerous if you lost that key. It's like handing over your whole house to thieves. I live in a studio unit, and I discovered that my door can be opened by any key that resembles it. I have not changed my door knob or added additional locks on the outside, so I feel terrible everytime I leave the house. On worse days, I imagine going home to an empty house.
@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
I mean any key that looks like my key. My bad.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
That's my biggest apprehension, actually. It's just that lately, I've been misplacing keys. Probably old age :) But you do need to have your locks changed if any key resembling yours could open it.
@redredrose (1105)
• United States
21 Nov 12
That is a very good idea , but bad if you lost it. Tho it would be nice for my hubby because he has so many keys on his key chain. If we had a master key for everything i wouldn't have to have as many keys made or keep track of as many or go looking for as many when i lose them. The only thing wrong with this is when you lose the key you can't get into anything so be careful and don't lose it and have some copies made of it.
• United States
28 Nov 11
As convenient as that might sound, I would prefer not to have a master key for everything. Reason being is the key gets stolen, the thief has access to everything not only the front door of your house. I personally don't like to have to many keys, but I wouldn't sacrifice the safety and my possessions for convenience.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
1 Dec 11
That's really the downside of it. I guess when we think about our safety, we must put aside some of those little conveniences in life :)