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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/StarenMedia on 2024-10-17 20:33:01+00:00.

So it’s 2:30pm and I’m (18) getting ready to go to work for my second day. I don’t have a car or have anyone to bring me so I Uber there. I had to be there by 3pm and decided I could wait an extra five minutes before ordering my Uber and so I do.

Well turns out this would be the start of it all. I ordered my Uber and barely anyone was driving today or everyone was like 15+ minutes away so I start stressing thinking imma be late to work but finally a driver is found and they’re 11 minutes away. Still kinda too close for comfort but better than 16. I then watch my phone anxiously waiting for the driver and watching the time trying to do the math in my head to see if I’ll make it on time. The place is like 10 minutes away.

Keep this in mind for the next part: I don’t have a house key yet, my brother gets home from school at like 3:15, and I’m home alone.

Fast forward a few minutes the driver gets here and is waiting for me to come out in front. I exit through the back door as instructed by my parents and then lock the door behind me. Our backdoor leads into like this screened off porch btw. So I enter the screened off porch and get ready to exit through the screen door but get this. IT’S FUCKING LOCKED. And so is the backdoor. So I’m literally a sitting duck in the back porch and I can’t do anything. I ALSO HAVE TO GO TO WORK IN 8 MINUTES.

I then realized how fucked and comical my situation is and start yelling and getting angry. I then cancel the Uber as he’s been waiting there for like 3 minutes. I call in on my work to say I can’t come in today (on my second day). I didn’t have enough money for another Uber because I was down to my last few dollars and had to pay the cancellation fee for the Uber I already ordered.

So getting all that out of the way and cursing at myself I just sit patiently waiting for my brother to get home. I didn’t even know where I would begin to explain this situation to my manager and just laughed at myself because of how insane this shit was.

TL;DR: Locked myself in a screened porch, couldn’t get to work, and had to call out on my second day.