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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/MycologistSecure4898 on 2025-05-22 18:01:18+00:00.

I live in one major city in my midwestern state and I have to travel to the state capitol 130 miles away for a training for work. I had to leave extra early to be on time. Somehow, in my haste, I forgot my wallet back at my apartment in the first city. I didn’t realize until I was about halfway to the capitol. I checked my mileage range and I realized I would have enough gas to get to the city but not back home. I’m also diabetic and I had no cash or card to buy lunch. Visions of myself passed out in a ditch by the side of the road flashed before my eyes.

My first thought was to use my Aldi grocery cert quarters to pay for gas. Maybe ask someone at the training for cash. But then I had the bright idea to google if gas stations take Venmo or Google pay (I am 30, but technology eludes me). Thank Goddess they did. I was able to gas and lunch 😮‍💨

TL;DR TIFU by forgetting my wallet and having to use the Venmo account I only have for office birthday card collections to pay for gas in a strange city far from home.