Keys: An Empirical Study

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The probabilty of successfully unlocking the door on the first time is very low.

In actuality, the incorrect key fits into the cylinder but doesn't turn. However, the correct key, at times, does not turn on the first attempt leading the user (i.e., me) to believe that it is, in fact, the incorrect of the two keys.

However, this wasn't as easy to illustrate, so I went with non-entry, which doesn't actually happen with similar keys. The bathroom key, for example, is a completely different key and wouldn't fit into the cylinder at all. However, there is no circumstance under which I'd mistake the bathroom key for the classroom key.

I will add in these notes that I believe I saw a similar image years ago about orienting a thumb drive correctly. I will defend this comic by saying first, these involves the selection of one out of two separate keys, as opposed to lining up a USB or picking up the correct end of a paper clip. Second, this actually happens to me on a daily basis. I'm living this comic, making this autobiographical.

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