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TIFU by leaving my new torch unattended

Like most things here, this actually happened yesterday, one of the things I got for Christmas was this keychain torch (flashlight for the americans) it was small, but really bright and was a jack of all trades, had the UV light (which I was going to use to look for uranium glass in antique shops) a blinking red light, and even a mode that imitates police lightbars for some reason, oh and it's rechargeable and it had a built in box opener, all of this in a tiny torch.

I messed around with it for a bit, and showed it to my brother, who was interested and said he might get one of his own, even though he has a decent torch already but a full size one.

I was going to run some errands so I left the torch on my desk, I did think about taking it with me for a test, but I didn't and I don't really know why, I think part of it was because I was to be meeting a family member who has photosensitivity and I didn't want to be carrying anything that could start strobing (it's got one hell of a strobe mode, even made me feel strange when I accidentally started it off) so I left it on my desk to put on my manly chatelaine later (basically a huge keyring on a leather strap that clips to your belt loop)

When I came back I noticed my torch was gone, I scanned the area and still didn't see it.

I asked my brother "I know you have been using my torch, I'll get you the same model, but may I have my one back please?"

"It's on my keychain and mine now, tough luck"

The only thing I have now is a USB-C charging cable it came with.

I'm bitter about it but I'm cutting my losses, it's just a £10 torch, I'm going to buy myself the same one or a different/better model if I can find one.

To be fair he will get a lot more use out of it then I probably ever would have.

TL;DR: I got a really cool flashlight for Christmas, I left flashlight unattended for an hour or two, came back to find my brother had claimed it as his own

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