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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/IllustriousLoan1493 on 2026-02-28 11:07:17+00:00.
Today I fucked up, but it took me a while to realize it.
For the past few weeks I kept noticing a weird smell in my apartment. Not overwhelming, just something slightly off. I convinced myself it was probably the trash or maybe something from the kitchen.
Every few days I'd take out the garbage, open a window, spray air freshener and forget about it. The smell always came back, but never strong enough to make me investigate seriously.
Last night it got noticeably worse.
I finally started searching everywhere — under the bed, inside cabinets, behind furniture. After way too long I traced the smell to the corner near my desk.
Behind the desk, wedged between the wall and a mess of cables, I found a plastic grocery bag I had completely forgotten about.
Inside was raw meat I bought weeks ago and never put in the fridge.
The bag had partially leaked and soaked into the carpet.
I've apparently been sitting two feet away from slowly rotting meat for weeks and just telling myself "it's probably nothing."
Now my apartment smells like death and I'm trying to figure out how to get the smell out of the carpet.
I feel sick just thinking about how long it was sitting there.
TL;DR: Ignored a weird smell in my apartment for weeks. Finally investigated and found a bag of raw meat rotting behind my desk.