Definition: In this task, you are given a Reddit post as a text. Your task is to generate a title for this text. The title should start with "TIFU by", followed by a situation that caused humor. The title should contain 7-12 words, ideally.
Input: Text: this happened a few months ago, i've just been too lazy to log in and actually write it out. 

i was paying a visit to my dad's auto shop to help him with some random task that needed 2 people. i'm a pretty lost-in-thought person in general, and on busy days i get focused on thinking about something and kind of tune the world out. this explains why i was on auto-pilot that day. 

now, my dad is a bit of a hoarder and has cars in his shop that have been sitting for years. naturally, there are lots of little animals that take up residence in the cars. he's had rats, possums, cats, hornets, and spiders. lots of spiders. in the cars, in the rafters, everywhere. cobwebs are a standard feature of the shop. i've been helping him out enough that i kind of don't even notice them anymore. naturally, i watch out for black widows and brown recluse spiders (live in california). but arachnophobic i ain't. 

so i arrive a little earlier than planned and he's off talking to somebody. i'm alone in front of the big garage door at the front of the shop. i'm standing in front of the partially open door, the bottom of which is at face level. i absently notice a little yellow spider, maybe 2mm across, hanging from the bottom of the door and starting to crawl up its web stand. 
automatically, i swipe my right index finger across the web strand so that the spider is now hanging off my right finger. i do this all the time with spiders. they'll get in your face while your working, so i usually try to keep them away from my head. i usually just let them go on the floor or kill them, depending on my mood. as it's hanging there, i glance to my left and notice something bright red lying among the brown, dusty car parts. ah, that's probably the funnel i'll need to do that oil change i've been putting off. i get an itch on the right side of my head and swing my right hand up to scratch it. that's when i realize my mistake. the little spider was still hanging off my finger, and the motion of my hand causes him to swing onto my ear. in the few seconds that it takes to register what's going on, the little guy has crawled inside my ear. 

well, this is an unpleasant feeling. i feel him crawling deeper in his little dark tunnel of protection and instantly try to dig him out with my finger. my finger isn't skinny enough to reach in there and it just makes him crawl further in. 

i wasn't really panicking or anything, because i've had bugs in my face-holes quite a few times over the years (i'm a cyclist). i rationalize that he doesn't have enough poison to do any real damage (he's tiny) and that he'll probably just crawl out once i stop trying to reach in there and get him. 

my dad shows up and i realize i still have to help him with his job. i don't say anything to him because it's not manly to worry about stuff like that. and i don't even know that it's really inside my ear. i could just be imagining it and the spider had dropped to the ground or something. 

nope. 

at pretty irregular intervals, i feel him moving around in there. it feels like the inside of my right ear is crawling. it usually moves for a few seconds, then stops. the movements are unpredictable and i kind of have mini panic attacks when they start. i'm not concerned about dying, but don't want it to die in there or bite me. the infection might make me go deaf in that ear, which would suck. 

somehow i finish up the job (it was a short one, maybe 30 minutes) and drive home. my little ear dweller has mostly calmed down so i start to think that maybe i've been imagining it this whole time. i get home and try to figure out what to do. my fingers hover over the google search bar for a few seconds (that's how i solve most of my health issues). what am i going to google, though? "how to get spider out of ear canal"? 

i decide to try to take a shower. maybe, somehow, that'll force the little guy to come out. sure enough, there's a flurry of activity in my right ear as i'm showering. but to my dismay, he's still deep inside. i don't want to put any water in there for fear of drowning him and having a little decaying spider body causing trouble in my ear canal.

i'm kind of freaking out in my own calm, manly way. analyzing the situation and trying to come up with worst-case scenarios. i guess it might bite me and i might lose my hearing. probably won't die. if i kill it somehow and it stays inside there will definitely be a  problem. digging in there with tweezers isn't an option because i might cause more damage. 

it's been almost 2 hours since t=0 (spider insertion) and im slowly coming to terms with the fact that he's still in there. i decide that the best course of action is to just wait for him to leave of his own accord. i figure he'll be hungry at some point and just crawl out. there's nothing i can do about it anyway. if things get really bad, i'll go to the er tomorrow. i try to go about my life as normally as possible. 

somewhere around t = 3 hours, i'm lying on my on my bed watching russian dashcam compilations on youtube. i'm lying on my side with my right ear pointed down, hoping that'll be a little extra motivation for the spider to vacate my ear. i feel the usual little crawling movement, similar to when a drop of water rolls out of your ear. 

this time, it's closer to the "exit". i freeze. 

slowly but surely, i feel the "crawling" get close to my outer ear. i'm dead still this whole time, not wanting to disturb the little guy in any way. as he tentatively makes his way out, i prepare to move. i feel him crawling out onto my earlobe and make my move. my hand shoots up to my right ear and crushes the little bastard against my earlobe. i withdraw my hand, and sure enough, there's a little yellow spider on it. 

i'm ridiculously relieved. a quick prayer of thanks to jesus christ my lord and savior, and it's back to the dashcam compilations. rip little friend. 

2/10 would only recommend for building character

both of my ears are tingling inside while writing this :(

TIFU by forgetting about the spider.