Is this thread a parody of some sort ?
No.
Absolutely no player will care about such minor details.
I guess I'm "Absolutely no player"
Theres literally bazillion reasons why the key could be nowhere found.
Of which 99.99% of them make 0 sense at all and massively devalue exploration and limits environmental storytelling in favour of "Just lockpick everything and don't ask questions as to why everyone carries around lockpicks instead of keys"