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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Inevitable_Shirt5044 on 2025-02-14 14:32:17+00:00.

I stayed out of state for a month, working for a guy for cash. When I was done and finally made the LONG drive home, I got back at 3am. I had been up for roughly 30 hours, and I immediately went to bed.

A couple of hours later I get a call from the guy that sent me for the work, he had already had my hours tracked and agreed to on my drive home, but he called early ready to give me money. I thought I was dreaming cuz like dude I just got back? But no, he was like “no I’m paying you.” I wasn’t going to argue, so I got dressed and went downstairs to invite him in quick.

Well he was in his vehicle so I was like “man, I gotta go out in the snow.” So I put on some light shoes and went outside and shut the door behind me, immediately realizing I didn’t twist the handle all the way when I opened my door (it won’t unlock the handle’s lock if you don’t fully twist it)

Well now he gets out and we meet halfway between my locked door and his vehicle and he hands me the type of amount of money that won’t let you go back to sleep if you tried, you know? But I’m locked out and too embarrassed to say anything about it. So I’m in the snow, trying to mess with my front door with my phone’s flashlight and my old hotel room key in the dark with what I’m hoping to use as a down payment for a house, just sitting in my pocket.

Well the police showed up after 15 minutes. It was easy to prove I lived there, and the one (definitely cooler) cop was laughing and said he never found someone breaking IN to a house with a large amount of money. They helped me get in through my sliding glass door, which reminded me to immediately deposit the cash when my bank opened, because holy shit it was easy for them to open that.

I don’t know which neighbor called the police on me, but they meant well and I know that, and appreciate them 😂

TLDR- I stayed out of state for a month, and got home when it was dark. Locked myself out while getting paid in the dark, and having the police called on me trying to get in my own place with my money