That is such a foreign experience to mine. No need to extract anything--I just reached in pants pocket where it lived, while driving, or taking a walk, or watching TV and dose accordingly--with hand on pump, no need to remove it from my pocket! Nothing can compare in terms of "quick and unobtrusive" the way I used the Audio Bolus feature. Sounds like you never really learned how to use it. There was never a need to lock the pump for starters. I'd happily buy another Ping but unfortunately they are no longer.