Going home the long way

Japan
June 1, 2019 11:25pm CST
I’m on a train heading where I’m intending to go. Unfortunately, this was not the case before I changed trains. I am supposed to go one stop an then transfer. Instead, I started reading and by the time I realized the station name is not one I usually hear on my way home, I was halfway across Tokyo. Fortunately I know the train system and it wasn’t hard to get back on track, though I wasted money transferring. It was pure absent-mindedness because I go the same place every Sunday. What absent-minded thing have you done recently?
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7 responses
@rakski (156478)
• Philippines
2 Jun 19
It happened to me before just because I was so tired and sleepy
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@rakski (156478)
• Philippines
2 Jun 19
@Janet357 during my travel I slept and went beyond my point
@Janet357 (75638)
2 Jun 19
you.could.not eat it.could you?
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2 Jun 19
I sometimes purposely stop a few stops ahead so I could walk back home on the winding road. It's good exercise, and I get to breathe fresh air too..
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@MGjhaud (23228)
• Philippines
2 Jun 19
Happens to me when i’m having a busy mind.
• Japan
3 Jun 19
I was reading interesting material.
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
5 Jun 19
I have left items at various schools where I substitute teach. Frustrating.
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• Japan
6 Jun 19
I've had construction workers leave stuff at my house, such as tools.
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@Janet357 (75638)
2 Jun 19
Cooking, i put a lot of salt so when it was cooked, it was barely edible.
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• Philippines
2 Jun 19
@petatonicsca and i have a relative that accidentally put salt instead of sugar in his coffee
• Japan
2 Jun 19
My roommate in college put in salt instead of sugar for donuts once.
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@Janet357 (75638)
2 Jun 19
@petatonicsca a new recipe.for.donuts indeed!
@Aansh13 (11433)
• New Delhi, India
2 Jun 19
Something similar, I was over the call, I got on the wrong metro which took me on the other side of my actual location. It took me almost 2 hours, which was suppose to be completed in 30 minutes
• Japan
2 Jun 19
I do that about once every six months!
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@Aansh13 (11433)
• New Delhi, India
2 Jun 19
@petatonicsca I did that like last week Plus I am fond of doing these kind of things......
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Jun 19
i spent a fortune on a cab because i was avoiding riding the bus. somehow, i've forgotten that we have a light rail transit. partly it's also because i seldom go that way now and didn't realize how outrageous traffic has become.
• Japan
3 Jun 19
I don't generally have to take cabs because I live in an area that has buses, trains and the stations are not too far from anywhere. Maybe a 15-20 minute walk will get you to a train station or bus stop.
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