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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/ilovecats13___ on 2025-12-29 12:12:18+00:00.
I (19F) got my first job two weeks ago, and I have to work exactly 4 days because my dad's boss needed someone to fill the spot and I was a perfect candidate since no one want to work during the holidays.
Now this is a very easy job, I wake up at 4am, I don't have a license, so I have to get there by taking two different buses and I clock in at 6am and clock out at 6pm. Now this is kind of exhausting, today is my second day and yesterday I was unable to sleep for whatever reason, so when I woke up this morning none of my braincells were working at all. I get to the company and my role is in the porter's lodge, I don't really have to do much other than go on a walk to make sure nothing's on fire and open the office building, don't even have to take in packages.
The first day I didn't have anyone coming in, it was bliss, I binge watched my shows, ate and even studied for my exams, I mean it's the holidays so none of the office workers had to come in right? RIGHT? no, this middle aged man opens the gate and takes his car inside, I'm like cool he has a key he works here, so he comes in to ask me if I have the keys to the office and I'm like hell yeah! We go, I turn the alarm off, everything is going smoothly and I'm like hey! My dad's going to be proud since he thinks I'm useless and he's the one that got me the job. The worker gets into the office, mistake number one, I activate the alarm, I close the door and close it with the key, you might wonder why, well I have no fucking idea of why I did that, as I'm walking back to my spot this alarm starts blaring and I freak out, I run back and the worker is looking at me like a deer looks at flashlights, I start panicking, I open the door, turn off the alarm and call my dad, he loses it on me, he was driving back home from his night shift, he yells on the phone, he tells me the police is coming and that I'm done for, I start crying, the worker had already left back to his cubicle, I'm panicking, and I see my dad's BIL run towards the office while he tells me to calm down, I calm down and I swear that I'm never having a job again and that I hate the adult life. If you're wondering why for fucks sake I would turn the alarm on when I was leaving while someone was still inside it's because in my mind the alarm was connected to the door so it would go off if there was some forceful opening of it, but no, turns out it tracks movement even inside the office where the cubicles are. Sighs
Sorry if this was long lmfao it was chaotic but everythings good and now I'm not allowed the keys to the office, so everytime they have to close I have to call my dad's BIL. He's pretty chill but I am so not working here again.
They gave me a uniform, which after this I'm giving back (while keeping the jacket bc I really like it) and never returning out of embarrassment.
TL;DR I accidentaly closed the office door on a worker, activated the alarm when he was still there and had to call my dad's BIL to solve the problem for me