LockPicks.comBuy a small set and start practicing. It's not very hard, especially those el cheapo wafer locks like the one you were dealing with.
Most automotive locks are also wafer-type. A few years ago I get a FedEx delivery, then notice that the truck is still out in the street. It turns out that the guy locked his truck keys in the back of the truck and can't leave. He asks if he can use my phone to call someone to come get him. I look at the back door and it's a high security American lock. Shit, can't help him with that. Buy the ignition is a cheapo wafer lock so I just pick it and turn it with a screwdriver and start up his truck. I tell him to drive it back to the depot and just stick anything in the key slot to turn it off. Ever since then I have been getting superb service with no mistakes from FedEx.
Just a few months ago I upgraded my cable to HD/Broadband and the cable guy came out to run new cables. After he crawls out from under my house, he discovers that he locked his keys in his van. He was upset because when this got back to his boss it would go in his personnel record and maybe even cost him his job. (He was probably a fuck up and on thin ice already.) So I got out my pick set and picked open the passenger door lock. He was so happy he ran free drops into other rooms and told me I could have anything in his truck. I grabbed a several WiFi PC cards and some PCI cards.
With a little practice you wouldn't believe how easy you can open your standard pin tumbler Westlock/Taylor/Kwikset household crap lock. And having the tools and skills may save you a bunch of time and money in the future.