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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/rese-_- on 2026-05-25 05:39:41+00:00.

So this happened yesterday and I still feel like an idiot . I got off work around 7, and stopped at the grocery store on the way home. I was tired, had earbuds in, completely distracted. I bought my stuff, walked out into the parking lot, found my car, got in, and noticed there was a water bottle in the cupholder that wasn’t mine. My first thought was literally “when did i get that?” Then I noticed a jacket in the backseat. Still somehow didn’t fully register what was happening because I drive an older silver Honda Civic and there are a million identical ones around here. The inside looked close enough that my brain just accepted it. The stupidest part is my key actually turned in the ignition. I sat there for a second trying to remember if one of my friends left the jacket there or something, then looked at the dashboard and realized the mileage was completely off. That finally made me realize I was sitting in someone else’s car. I shut it off and got out right as this guy came speed walking across the parking lot carrying grocery bags and staring at me like he just caught me stealing it. I immediately started blurting out “I swear this is not what it looks like” which probably made it look way worse. Turns out his car was parked one row over from mine. Same model, same color, and apparently old Hondas have barely any key variety because my key unlocked the door and started the car. We actually tested it again because neither of us believed it. The guy started laughing after a minute and said he saw me from inside the store sitting in his car touching buttons. Some woman nearby had already called security too, so I got to explain that I accidentally stole a car while holding frozen pizzas. Security looked at me like I was making the worst excuse ever made, especially after I admitted I was trying to connect my phone to the bluetooth because I thought it was my car. I found my actual car afterward and just sat there for a minute wondering how i made it this far in life.

TLDR: accidentally got into someone else’s identical Honda at the grocery store, my key somehow worked, and I almost stole a guy’s car while trying to connect my phone to the bluetooth.