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r/TIFU by Flirting and Almost Dying

2025-11-01 Comedy
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Seven Tales of Workplace Blunders, Accidental Arson, and Life-Altering Allergies

Discover how misinterpreting allergic reactions, aggressive flirting shutdowns, and questionable laundry choices led to public humiliation and serious HR trouble. Learn crucial lessons about workplace boundaries and when a tingle means allergy, not spice.

Short Summary

  • A man discovered a 29-year-long allergy to common family salsa that he mistook for weak spice tolerance.
  • A direct confrontation with a young, infatuated co-worker generated intense, ongoing workplace hostility.
  • A desperate attempt to dry wet socks in the microwave resulted in facility evacuation and permanent nickname branding.

These unrelated anecdotes share one thing: significant, immediate repercussions for seemingly small errors in judgment, covering health scares, career jeopardy, and marital mishaps.

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Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hJo9o8qFqrblXu1Plkv8L Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rslash Discord: https://discord.com/invite/VD6eYD3 0:00 Intro 0:05 Allergies 2:12 Advances 5:38 Microwaved socks 6:56 Cow go moo 8:39 Flirt 10:16 Elevator 12:42 Tits McGee "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC By Attribution 3.0

Top Comments (10)

@munchie3909 2025-11-01

I wouldn’t consider the second story an eff up, she was pushing boundaries and needed that wake up call. Her being hostile isn’t your fault, it’s because she can’t take a no.

680 9 replies
@jackwatt8988 2025-11-01

The person who microwaved socks should be fired. That's disgusting.

566 13 replies
@Clyde-S-Wilcox 2025-11-01

Story 2: Speak to HR about this.

383 2 replies
@xKCAZxLEADER 2025-11-01

Second Story: OP should’ve reported her to HR for workplace harrassment and for creating a toxic work enviornment. OP constantly tried to politely give her the hint that he isn’t interested but she ignored him constantly. Now that he was more blunt in rejecting her advances, she is being aggressive and mean

241 2 replies
@attackfrogs 2025-11-01

elevator story: it's very important to be silly sometimes. if you don't make any room for whimsy in your life, you're gonna be miserable. you gotta get a lil goofy!

187 4 replies
@MadsFeierskov 2025-11-01

I really want to know how the Chuck E. Cheese employee broke the news to OP. "Yes sir, I'm just confirming the reservation for you and Mrs. McGee."

186 2 replies
@TALKINGtac0 2025-11-01

EMT here. Nobody in that gym knows a thing about CPR. You don't do CPR on someone having a heart attack, and you check for responsiveness first. Then you check for a pulse and breathing. Also, you don't lift someone's legs up during CPR. That story was hilarious all around

86 4 replies
@rezvincent 2025-11-01

The socks thing.. not only did he microwave socks, he did it at his jobs microwave. Not only did he microwave socks, but filthy ones.

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@SillyMeause 2025-11-01

5:28 voice crack

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@Fallenfromgrace1990 2025-11-01

As someone with food allergies, if you take benadryl and the reaction stops, it is an allergy.

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