In the house I grew up in, I knew the dead bolt was locked when it looked like this. Well, mostly like this. Approximately like this.
Mostly it looked like it was a face with a mustache. So, in the grand tradition of Stephanie, I made up a quasi-mnemonic device that really serves no good purpose. In this case, during my daily manifestation of early on-set paranoia, I would ask myself if the door was locked. I would glance at it and think, oh good. Mustache.
The mustache became not just linked, but synonymous with security. Can we talk about the irony there?
I have since suffered multiple setbacks upon realizing that some dead bolts look like this
What am I supposed to think when I see that? Nose? Beak? Everyone knows that noses and beaks have nothing to do with dead bolts. It's absurd. Irrational.
Even worse are these
The deadbolt at our new apartment looks the same whether it's locked or unlocked. It's the worst!
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