Assuming Everyone Knows About It Doesn’t ‘Lock’ In The Knowledge

I’m on a job trip to the other end of the country, and I’ve been given this old, worn van for the ride. I do the job, get back to the company park, and start offloading my bags and stuff.

Midway through, the van doors lock themselves, with the key still in the ignition! I call the fleet manager.

Fleet Manager: “Locked yourself out, eh?”

Me: “Yes, and I don’t know how it happened! The keys were in the ignition, and…”

Fleet Manager: “Yeah, but this one does that. You always need to take out the keys in case it acts up.”

Me: “What? The rules are to always leave the keys in the ignition at the site. Why didn’t you tell me?”

Fleet Manager: “Because I didn’t need to, everyone knows about it!”

I’m almost bummed the van didn’t actually lock me out at the site on the other end of the country. Having to organise my return, and the van’s, would have taught the fleet manager a lesson about communication…