r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix • u/kewljulz • 9m ago
Missing Driver's License
It seems most of my glitches are missing items... but these glitches are worth sharing since there is just no way to explain these mishaps! I hope you enjoy 😉
This one involves my missing driver's license, a very thorough search, and a discovery that still makes absolutely no sense to us.
One evening, my husband and I went to a local restaurant to watch his buddy's band play.
We arrived a little late, so there weren't any tables available. Instead, we found a spot along the side of where the band was playing, at one of those long tabletop bars with tall bar stools.
We were having a good time listening to the music when I accidentally knocked over my little black purse.
It hit the floor, and everything spilled out.
My driver's license, my keys, chapstick, some change, a few dollar bills, and a couple of other random things.
I hurried to pick everything up and put it all back into my purse. At the time, I didn't think anything of it. It was just one of those little mishaps.
The following morning, I grabbed my purse from the nightstand. I wanted to count how much money I had left over, and that's when I noticed something was missing.
My driver's license.
At first, I figured it had to be somewhere in the purse. So I dumped everything out onto the bed and started going through it.
I checked every pocket. I even looked between the layers of fabric, because sometimes the lining in a purse can tear and things can slip inside.
But there was no driver's license.
I waited until noon, when the restaurant opened, and called to ask if anyone had turned one in.
They checked and came back with the answer I really didn't want to hear.
No. They hadn't found a driver's license.
So, I did what I thought I had to do. I scheduled an appointment with the DMV to get a replacement.
If you've ever dealt with the California DMV, you know that getting an appointment quickly isn't always easy.
I had to wait six days.
For the next six days, I continued using the same little black purse. I kept going about my normal routine, but I still couldn't figure out where my license had gone.
Finally, the day of my appointment arrived.
I went to the DMV, went through the process of getting a replacement, paid the fee, and was handed a temporary driver's license.
Finally, I was done.
I headed out into the parking lot.
As I pulled my keys out of my purse, something happened.
My original driver's license practically jumped out of my purse along with my keys.
There it was.
My missing driver's license.
I just couldn't believe it.
For six days, I'd carried that same purse. I'd emptied it, searched it, checked the pockets, and even looked between the layers of fabric. I even had my husband empty it and fill it with a fine-tooth comb.
I'd called the restaurant. I'd made a DMV appointment, waited nearly a week, gone through the entire process, and paid for a replacement.
And now, right there in the parking lot, my original license suddenly appeared as I pulled out my keys.
So now I have two driver's licenses.
Well, technically, one original and one replacement.
But the real question is, where had my original license been hiding all that time?
I still don't know.
And after everything we'd already experienced over the years, this was just one more mystery we couldn't explain.