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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/CT1398 on 2025-11-02 18:28:35+00:00.

So I (27m) live alone with my two awesome cats, Bev and Bibble. I work long, 24 hour shifts for municipal fire department, so when I go to work, I’m gone for at least a full day, for this reason, I opted to have cats as pets since they’re independent and fairly self sufficient. Especially with automatic feeders and waterers to keep them taken care of.

Well, I have a relatively small house that the kitties have free range of for the most part. The only exception is my office that has my work desk, computer, etc in. I normally leave that closed when I’m not in there since they like to crawl around my computer and rub against the connections and wires. When I’m in there with them, it’s no big deal to keep them at bay but I don’t want them in there when I can’t monitor them.

So. Yesterday morning, I was getting ready to leave for work. Filled up the cats feeder and waterer and both were eating away, said my goodbyes and walked out to my car. I realized I left my good phone charger in my office. So, I ran back in quickly to grab it. It was still fairly dark on the house but I didnt turn any lights on since I know my space well enough to not need it.

Well unfortunately, my sweet Bibble who is 80% black with a white belly must have followed me into my office and I didn’t realize it.

When I got home this morning, I was only greeted by Bev. Poor Bibble was meowing from my office and to my horror I realized my error. Poor Bibble immediately went to eat and drink and I felt just absolutely terrible about the whole thing. She is so sweet and I feel like an absolute asshole. She didn’t even poop or pee in my office which was a shock to me. So she immediately went to the litter box after eating too. I feel like the worst cat dad in the world and I just hope Bibble finds it in her heart to forgive me one day.

TL;DR Accidentally locked my poor cat in my office while I was gone on a 24 hour shift.