A local resident who accidentally discarded his vehicle’s key fob along with household garbage received an unexpected assist from Chaveirim after realizing the key was likely buried somewhere among 16 garbage bags.

Faced with the daunting task of searching through every bag by hand, one of the Chaveirim members (#243) came up with a creative solution.

Rather than opening and sifting through all 16 bags, the bags were brought one at a time near the vehicle and placed inside. The team then attempted to start the car with each bag present.

Since modern vehicles can detect a key fob that is nearby, the process quickly narrowed down the search. After testing the bags individually, they identified the bag containing the missing key fob, sparing the resident from having to dig through all of the garbage.

The clever idea turned what could have been a lengthy and unpleasant search into a quick recovery