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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/endnuenhestekost on 2026-02-14 09:20:03+00:00.
Came out of the store after like 15 minutes and walked back to where I was sure I parked, but my car just wasn’t there, completely gone. Instant panic set in. I started walking around the lot hitting the lock button on my key fob over and over trying to hear the beep or see the lights flash, but nothing happened. At that point I was fully convinced it had been stolen and my brain immediately jumped to worst case scenarios like calling insurance, filing a report, and basically accepting that my whole day was about to be ruined. I spent a solid 10 minutes speed-walking through every row scanning for it, probably looking stressed and suspicious to everyone around me. Then I finally heard a faint beep coming from two rows over. Turns out I parked in a completely different spot and just forgot, and the bunch of similar-looking cars threw me off. So my car was never stolen, I just panicked and wandered around the parking lot for no reason while people watched me lose my mind. I swear those 10 minutes aged me like five years.
TL;DR: Thought my car got stolen, turns out I just forgot where I parked like an idiot.