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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/nokomitsu on 2025-12-01 20:49:45+00:00.
TIFU by accidentally parking in the loading dock at my job. i’m new to the job and to driving and was told yesterday by a supervisor who parks in the same spot that it’d be fine to park there. yeah turns out it wasn’t, i really should’ve known better but i didn’t recognize the area as a loading dock and took her word for it that it’d be fine.
anyway, i’m in the middle of working when a different supervisor tracks me down and asks me if the car down there is mine then tells me i need to move it.
sure, no biggie.
i’m heading to the back exit where I parked and there’s a group of delivery men, all angry and talking about the idiot who parked in the loading dock. they see me and immediately give me the third degree, confirming my name, informing me that i’ll be issued a ticket and asking why i seem to think i’m special and get to park wherever i want.
i don’t get angry or snap back at any of them, but they can tell i’m a bit upset with myself and the main man calms down a bit after i explain to him why i thought it was okay and he apologizes for being so cross, i tell him i understand, he says he’ll call the station (not sure why) and i just nod, say sorry for the billionth time and go to move my car.
thought i’d be okay, but as soon as my car door is shut i burst into tears and circle the parking lot twice to waste time and get the tears out before i have to return to work. i park, go back inside, trying my hardest to avoid them and am once again hit with the sudden urge to start sobbing so i duck into a bathroom for round two. i’m not a loud crier, but i hiccup really bad when i do cry which amplifies the noise for a moment, which i’m sure they all heard considering the placement of the bathroom.
to make matters worse, i still had to finish my shift and it felt like everyone knew about my monumental fuck up. supervisors were repeatedly asking me if i was okay, including the one who advised me to move my car, and he's such a stoic man that i could tell right away he was a bit uncomfortable trying to acknowledge my feelings, which was very kind of everyone, but also very embarrassing for me.
i’m devastated, i haven’t even had my license for a year yet and i’m already messing up this bad. i have no idea how to tell my sister about the ticket (i share the car with her) and i guess i just hope she doesn’t find out before i work up the balls to tell her.
TL;DR: I accidentally parked in the loading dock at my job, was issued a ticket and cried over it at work.