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Horrible management always seems to get it in their heads that they can make people work crazy hours without having to pay for it. In this case, IT did their research and worked out a plan to get the astronomical amount of overtime they earned. Here's another incompetent manager who banned overtime and had it backfire.

There exists a crappy balance between legality, convenience and profitability that we run into every day. Whether it's a company making their infrastructure deliberately confusing, someone making claims that are technically not unprovable, or slight miserable inconveniences, some stuff just feels like it shouldn't be allowed. For some intriguing adventures, here are things people later found out were illegal.

Man, nothing's quite as grim as the moment that anyone realizes they're working under an incompetent manager who is inevitably going to put the company in hot water, if they continue onward in their mindless ways. Well, this boss certainly sounds like they never should've been put in the position of power that they were to begin with. Fortunately, the employee working under them had the mindful presence to not obey (dumb) orders, and managed to keep the company in compliance when it was all said and done. 

Court reporters hear all kinds of absolutely crazy stuff. It's a wonder that they're able to keep a straight face while doing their job. People have a tendency to say some extremely strange and rude stuff when they're in court. 

Everyone's sense of morality is different. Sometimes people steal stupid stuff for the thrill, or get caught up in extremely specific counterfeiting operations. None of these things are things any of us should be doing, but they still happen. And sometimes people only later learn that something is illegal after the fact.

It's little recaps from rightfully disgruntled tenants like these that end up giving the landlords of the world a bad rap. It could be gnarly cases of landlords going on power trips, thinking that they can get away with just about anything; or just genuinely immoral people being put in a position of power. We're not sure. Probably a bit of both. Hopefully none of these frustrating stories from tenants ring a bell. 

It's entitled human beings like this that give the rest of the world's hard working landlords a bad rap. This landlord was pulling all kinds of criminal stunts. Not only that, but he refused to pay for the building's electricity during the icy heart of winter. That's just wrong, man. Fortunately, there was a moral enforcer around who was ready to do the research necessary to take this landlord down. By the end of it, the dude ended up owing thousands, and it sounds like that was completely justified. 

Shady and greedy landlords are the absolute worst. There's no denying it. What we have here though is a totally different kind of terrible landlord. This particular landlord put their tenant in harm's way with an inconsiderate demolition project, and a whole lot of other bad stuff. If you're looking for some more juicy landlord revenge drama after reading this tale, check out the time a landlord tried to keep a security deposit, and then a petty revenge ensued.

Man, it sounds like these rude developers were insistent on being as unreasonable as possible. They clearly underestimated the lengths that folks would be willing to go to, to stop their efforts. The rest is history. Talk about a sweet symphony of pro revenge. If this story of revenge got you going, check out this story where a landlord wouldn't pay for electricity during winter, so the tenant took a nuclear revenge.

Just because it's easy to recognize something as completely morally wrong doesn't necessarily mean it's against the rules. It seems kid of backwards, but sometimes there's stuff that's too small, specific, or unfortunately profitable for people to make a rule against it. For some spicy tales, here are things people later discovered were illegal.

Guy should've just kept his cool and not yeeted past that other driver, over a double yellow line. But alas, sometimes the road ragers of this world need to learn their lessons the hard way. Honestly, this particular scenario is hilarious. The fact that the dude in the Challenger yelled some profanity out his window right before the cop pulled him over, was really the icing on the cake. 

Check out another juicy tale of revenge with this manager who fired a third of their team, expected the rest of the squad to work harder, and had it all backfire.

This landlord thought they'd just go and keep another unprepared tenant's security deposit. Apparently, mean landlord's tactic was to just hire a lawyer, and then proceed to bump up tenant's claim to a higher court. Unfortunately, this strategy proved successful for them for far too long. Fortunately, we've got this petty revenge success story from a tenant who beat them at their own game. 

Check out some more juicy landlord drama with this landlord who was jealous of a tenant's income, raised the rent, and proceeded to get rightfully defeated.

Man, nothing is worse than realizing you've ended up sharing a roof with a completely terrible roommate. In this case, we've got a horribly smug roommate who simply refused to pay their rent. Well, they clearly didn't anticipate the fallout that'd eventually ensue back in court. Hopefully they learned their lesson, and won't go and try to pull this ridiculous stunt again. 

Check out some more juicy roommate drama with this guy who outwitted his roommate by using the Pavlovian method.

Tammy was out there playing with fire. Fortunately, this employee was able to catch Tammy and some other shady cheaters, and ultimately serve them the justice that they deserved. Tammy just had to learn the hard way that the truth can set you free, or more accurately, it can turn you loose. 

And that's why it pays off in the long run to document everything. This is a genuine professional revenge. You love to see it. If you enjoyed this tale of pro revenge, check out another glorious tale of revenge involving some incompetent managers who made the grave mistake of firing their all star employee.

Man, any time we see a landlord try to pull a fast one on a tenant, and then the tenant proceeds to teach them a lesson, it warms our hearts. In this case, it really just seems like the landlord didn't expect the tenant to do their research. From there, soon as the truth came to light, you can pick up the clear scent of resignation from the landlord trying to continue onward with their antics. Check out another time a shady landlord was defeated by a moral enforcer.