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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/P3pp3rSauc3 on 2026-06-05 10:45:57+00:00.

I'm not in a very good financial situation right now, I have been unemployed for three months, relying on my grandma's help just to keep from being homeless. I've been applying for jobs left and right, I have a felony from 2019 that hinders what kind of jobs I can get. Class 2 aggravated battery on a peace officer. Long story, not proud of it, but it happens. I finally got hired at the local Taco Bell, my orientation is Saturday.

Anyway I pass a dumpster behind a grocery store and saw some sealed packages, freshly "expired" and I'm not a stranger to using expiration dates as a suggestion. I'm pretty good at telling when food is good or bad. I return to the dumpster after dark and hop in, fill my backpack with the food still sealed, no big deal. It's not the first, or the last time I'll probably take advantage of such a situation. However I'm not as young as I used to be, I'm 31 now, haven't dumpster dived since I was early 20's. I'm getting out of the dumpster now, toss the backpack, then I follow. I somehow fuck up the dismount and land weirdly, feeling a little pain and discomfort in my left foot. No big deal, I walk the short distance home. However as the night progresses, the pain and discomfort get worse. I can barely walk now, I wasn't able to sleep at all during the night. Been icing it, it helps some. But as of typing this I can barely make it to the bathroom.

TL;DR fucked up getting out of a dumpster and now I'm doing the cripple shuffle. Hopefully I'm good to go by my orientation Saturday. 😬😬😬