The emergency commercial locksmith service team here at Chicago Locksmith regularly provides office key replacement and emergency office unlocking service to properties throughout the Chicago area. In this blog entry, our Chicago lock replacement team will detail the best steps to take to find solutions when you lose your office keys.
Stay Relaxed
People misplace keys – it happens often. Don’t freak out – it’s imperative to stay relaxed in order to calmly and systematically look for your keys. Getting worked up and anxious will only increase the difficulty of the issue. Take a deep breath, count to ten, and look for the keys.
Smart Searching
It’s common to find lost or misplaced objects – especially small items like keys – in strange areas you wouldn’t think you’ve left them in. Don’t frantically search in small areas that you’ve already looked over and over. Establish an event horizon about the last time you remember seeing your keys, and calmly move from room to room searching for them.
Decluttering
It’s likely the keys are in a cluttered area. If your office areas are filled with clutter, eliminate garage and junk, and move permanent items to their designated areas. Then start to look for the keys. This is a better approach than searching over and over again in extraneous areas. Just focus on searching in one area at a time, with special focus on cluttered areas.
Retracing Steps
Retrace all of your steps for that day, and as mentioned before, try to follow an event horizon over the last time of day you remember using your keys. Walk back through all of your movements throughout the day, and if relevant, ask any people that you were with throughout the day if they have seen the keys or remember seeing them. It might not be a bad idea to check the office security desk or lobby desk if your office has one.
Contacting a Commercial Locksmith
If you still can’t find your keys, contact a professional commercial locksmith to help rekey your locks – or, if you prefer, to replace your office locks. Chicago Locksmith is proud to provide commercial clients throughout the Chicago area with on-call, direct-to-location commercial key replacement, commercial lockout, and commercial rekeying services on a 24/7 basis – and always for a fair and reasonable budget friendly rate.
