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TIFU, I parked in a residential spot and got blocked

So i went to go pay one of my buddies in an apartment complex a visit. More specifically went to go drop off dog food at his place. Quick errand, 5 min side quest. There are a whole bunch of tenant spots around, yet no visitor parking, so I thought “quick 5 mins then ill leave. nobody will be the wiser” Boy was i wrong. I have now been sitting in my car for about an hour and half, blocked off waiting for the owner to return and move his truck. It’s completely blocking me off, I have no way out. Tried contacting the office, closed on weekends. Tried contacting after hours maintenance, no help from them. So Im just sitting here waiting lol. I understand I messed up hard, and the consequences are also fitting. I can’t help but laugh at the situation, if i were the owner of the spot id probably do the same thing lol. Also side note, I can’t get my buddy to help, he’s in a different building than the one i parked at. He also had some other thing to go to as well. Im definitely gonna ...

TIFU by accidentally snatching a child from their parent

I (18M) had a very embarrassing experience earlier today. I was at an ATM in a room with several machines, and as I was leaving, a man came in with his daughter. She wandered a bit, and he told her to come back. At the same time, another man walked past with his young son. I mistakenly assumed the first man was the father of both children. So when the little boy kept walking with his actual father, I thought he was straying, and I reacted without thinking and picked him up. Almost immediately, I realized my mistake and put him back down. I apologized, and the father seemed to take it lightly and even laughed a bit, but I have not been able to shake the feeling since. I keep thinking about the fact that I touched someone else’s child without permission, and it makes me feel awful. TL;DR: I accidentally snatched up a child from their parent thinking I was helping a child wondering off, I was mistaken. Nobody was harmed and the dad laughed it off but I still feel like an idiot.

TIFU at my job and got fired

tifu by learning my boss has zero sense of humor. I work at a small restaurant where weird conversations just happen during slow hours. Yesterday he pulled me aside, opened a supply closet, and dramatically showed me a big bag of salt like it was contraband for whatever reason. Then he laughed and asked, “have you ever done coke?” I thought he was serious and, trying to match the energy, I pulled out a tiny bag of fentanyl from my pocket and said, “yeah, have you ever done fentanyl?” His face went completely pale. Turns out he was not serious at all. He immediately called the cops, customers stared, and I got fired on the spot before I even understood how badly I misread the moment. Now I’m jobless, embarrassed, replaying it nonstop, wishing I had just laughed and walked away. TL;DR: misread my boss’s joke about coke, made an even worse joke back, cops got called and I got fired.

TIFU by stealing my dads weed

so i recently this week started and took some of my dads weed. this sounds like utter bullshit but I have some friends who eanna do weed, I said I wouldn't but would help them and decided to learn as much as I could so I have researched bowls, bongs, how to pack etc etc, but my family has a history of drugs and i never used the weed but I would pour it down the sink once grinded so he probably thinks I smoked it. he caught me this morning snd said lets have a chat so I will this afternoon, but I used to always lie and have boy who cried wolf myself so im almost certain he won't believe me and will tell my family im living with atm, but he would tell them I smoked it when I didnt, just very worried and need some help. tldr; took some weed to practise packing with etc, got caught snd no idea what to do.

TIFU by pretending I understood something and being asked to explain it

A coworker was explaining a process I didn’t fully understand. I nodded along, doing the usual “yeah yeah” to avoid looking clueless. At the end, they said, “Does that make sense?” I said, confidently, “Yeah, totally.” Big mistake. They immediately followed with, “Great, can you walk the team through it later?” I agreed. Hours later, I found myself standing in front of people trying to explain something I barely understood. I started strong, repeating phrases I remembered, but as soon as someone asked a follow-up question, everything fell apart. I ended up saying, “It’s kind of… a flow situation,” which means nothing. Afterward, the original coworker gently said, “Next time just say you’re unsure.” I will. Forever. TL;DR: Pretended to understand something and got assigned to explain it to others.

TIFU by assuming my friend was exaggerating about how spicy something was

A friend brought homemade chili to a small hangout and warned everyone, multiple times, that it was “pretty spicy.” Now, I like spicy food. Or at least I thought I did. So when everyone else took cautious little spoonfuls, I decided to prove something to absolutely no one and filled my bowl like it was a normal meal. First bite: fine. Second bite: okay, noticeable. Third bite: mistake. It hit me all at once. Not just heat, full body betrayal. My ears got hot, my eyes started watering, and my nose decided it was time to participate in the situation. I tried to play it cool, nodding like “yeah this is good,” while internally negotiating with whatever higher power handles poor decisions. Someone asked, “You okay?” and I said, “Yeah, it’s not that bad,” right before my voice cracked and I started sweating like I was in a sauna. I didn’t want to waste food or admit defeat, so I kept eating. I finished the bowl. I should not have finished the bowl. The next hour was me sitting ve...