The best locksmiths are the ones who were really criminals gone straight. I was going to meet some friends and locked my keys in my car, and called a random locksmith from the phone book. He comes, breaks into my car, retrieves the keys. A female friend came in and had some huge dude yelling at her because he almost hit her at an intersection when her car stalled.
My locksmith says something like, "Ain't nobody hitting no woman while I'm around" and pulls a handgun from his car. What the fuck have I done? Thankfully the crowd of people heading to the aid of the poor girl dissuaded the pissed off guy before the crazed armed locksmith had to bust a cap. I paid him, and all was well.