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‘Have fun replacing every lock…’: After getting wrongfully fired, employee leaves workplace with all their keys, causing management to spend thousands on changing locks

‘Have fun replacing every lock…’: After getting wrongfully fired, employee leaves workplace with all their keys, causing management to spend thousands on changing locks

We all, at some point, have to do things at work that are not part of our job description and have nothing to do with our actual role. When one is asked to do something outside of their role, they tend to agree, mostly to stay on good terms with their manager, and in hopes that doing so will benefit them in the future. It is all part of a workplace strategy in order to get ahead. So what can one do when they are not only asked to do things above their pay grade but also blamed for mistakes made…
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Messy roommate gets what she deserves when she constantly leaves her fellow roomie's bathroom a mess, so the fellow roomie teaches her a well-deserved lesson with bleach

‘Very satisfying’: Woman is fed up when roommate leaves a recurring mess in her bathroom, so she cleans the space with bleach and indirectly ruins her roommate's clothes

The roommate was given three separate warnings... can't really blame the woman at this point.
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‘I saw red’: Reckless truck driver nearly collides with a family's car, pushing them off the highway, bystander follows driver home and reports him

‘I saw red’: Reckless truck driver nearly collides with a family's car, pushing them off the highway, bystander follows driver home and reports him

Unfortunately, we've all encountered an extremely reckless driver at least once. While there is a lot wrong with people like that, the worst of it is that they never seem to comprehend that when they refuse to pay attention to the road around them, they are endangering not only themselves, but everyone around them. If you don't care about your own safety, that is on you, but once you involve other people, you have a responsibility you simply cannot ignore. When I am on the road, it feels me wit…
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'I kept this up for the 4 hour flight': Passenger gets even after entitled seatmate takes up too much space on flight

'I kept this up for the 4 hour flight': Passenger gets even after entitled seatmate takes up too much space on flight

Who you end up sitting next to on a plane while traveling solo is truly a game of luck. Sometimes, you'll board the plane and the seat next to you will remain empty for 90% of the boarding process until some random annoying dude who was running late makes it onto the plane at the last minute. Other times, you're seated next to a screaming child who is on his very first flight. Here, we have a passenger who had to deal with an entitled seatmate. This guy quickly took over both armrests and encro…
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Entitled 18-year-old and Karen Mom keep kicking airplane passenger's seat during the whole flight, he gets even when it's time to deplane: 'Patience is a virtue'

Entitled 18-year-old and Karen Mom keep kicking airplane passenger's seat during the whole flight, he gets even when it's time to deplane: 'Patience is a virtue'

The worst kinds of people are the ones who do not follow basic flight etiquette. This entitled 18-year-old and her Karen mother were certainly old enough to know better. They were on the same nine-hour international flight as this Redditor and would not stop kicking his seat and accidentally hitting him in the head with their jackets the entire time. By the time the flight ended, the original poster (OP) knew he had a small window to get some much-needed petty revenge. Of course, the teenager a…
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Man leads a $23M class action lawsuit after his request for a refund is refused, despite the app having multiple bugs that prevented him from canceling his subscription

Man demands $45 refund for a dating app subscription after a bug prevents him from canceling, his refund is refused so he leads a class action lawsuit that drains company of $23M

"This is why I support laws saying that canceling a subscription must be as easy as signing up for one."
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Man enacts petty revenge on package-stealing neighbor by packing up junk and leaving it on his doorstep, giving the neighbor the comeuppance he deserves

’He took the bait’: Package-stealing neighbor gets owned when man ‘get[s] creative’ by filling fake packages up with junk to teach neighbor a lesson about theft

"The best way to deal with a thief is to get a little creative."
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Entitled landlord gets his comeuppance when small business removes all of their renovations after he doubles their rent, resulting in his real estate blacklisting

‘We had the place gutted’: Evil landlord doubles rent for commercial space, so tenants remove all of their renovations resulting in the landlord's eventual real estate blacklisting

"We now have a larger nicer studio for 70% the original rental cost, and last time I drove by, the original space was still empty."
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WFH employee maliciously complies to company's ‘no pets policy’ when he gets an official strike for his dog being on camera, so he sets his Zoom background as his cute dog

WFH employee gets official strike when their dog pops up in the background of a company Zoom call, company states it's because they have a ‘no pets policy’

"So they're paying your rent to act as a workplace?"
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Family of Karens hog the building elevator, neighbor makes sure they stop on every floor: 'They don't know it was me'

Family of Karens hog the building elevator, neighbor makes sure they stop on every floor: 'They don't know it was me'

It's time to discuss elevator decorum. If you have a neighbor who refuses to hold the elevator for others or who takes too much time hogging the space, thereby actively inconveniencing everyone else, you very well may relate to this individual's experience. This Redditor has an upstairs Karen of a neighbor who would consistently take up to half an hour hogging the elevator and getting her family and belongings in and out, making it impossible for anyone else to make use of it. Finally, the orig…
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Lab technician gives know-it-all scientist his comeuppance when he's told to stop double-checking his work in an ultimate fail moment

Arrogant scientist scolds lab technician for double-checking his work, so the lab technician smugly watches as he gets his comeuppance: ‘Biggest eye roll possible’

"You don't interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake."
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Employee denied payment as micromanager declares him unworthy after alleged 'mediocre performance'

Employee denied payment as micromanager declares him unworthy after alleged 'mediocre performance'

Keeping a friendly rapport with your supervisors and fellow employees is crucial if you want to progress in the company. Having said that, is this truly a place you want to be if a manager is continuously criticizing you? The story below is an account of a frustrated employee. The original poster (OP) worked on a video production shoot. At first, everything was well as he enjoyed working the set and made a good impression. But things turned sour when a few weeks passed and he was still unpaid.…
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'He tries to act like it's a happy coincidence': Grocery store employee gets revenge two years in the making

If the opportunity of a lifetime comes along, you may as well take it! This person certainly did: u/NALORpod had an incredible tale of petty revenge that took them years to actually act on. Still, it was worth the wait, not just for them, but for another person who was caught up in the drama. This story revolves around a boss who was cheating on his wife. He didn't even try to hide it very well! It left his employees in that awkward situation of knowing about the affair, but not knowing what to…
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'Neighbors suddenly became silent at night': Entitled neighbors refuse to quiet down their kids at 3:00am, tenant accidentally gets payback

'Neighbors suddenly became silent at night': Entitled neighbors refuse to quiet down their kids at 3:00am, tenant accidentally gets payback

Sometimes, the sweetest revenge is accidental. Sure, perhaps you've been fantasizing about the different ways in which you can get even with your unapologetically noisy next-door neighbor, but the conflict-avoidant part of you has kept you from acting upon those fantasies. All you can do in these situations is to hope for karma to rear its ugly head, and in this case, it didn't even have to. This tenant tried numerous times to keep both his adjacent and upstairs neighbors quiet. These were a gr…
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Entitled ‘small-town rockstar’ demands his band's guitarist drive him to shows, guitarist puts him in his place: ‘Get mommy to take you’

Entitled ‘small-town rockstar’ demands his band's guitarist drive him to shows, guitarist puts him in his place: ‘Get mommy to take you’

Don't you love it when people act like they are a much bigger deal than they actually are? As if the whole world revolves around them even though all they do is sing in a small-town band nobody knows? That's right, no one likes people like that, and someone has to tell them that, otherwise they would keep wandering around thinking they are entitled to everything and everyone. Luckily, there are good samaritans out there who are willing to put entitled people like these in their place, like the…
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'Inconsiderate roommate wouldn't stop eating my food': Tenant gets even with entitled roommate by feeding him expired milk and raw eggs

'Inconsiderate roommate wouldn't stop eating my food': Tenant gets even with entitled roommate by feeding him expired milk and raw eggs

Sometimes, telling your roommate to stop doing something inconsiderate is not enough. You have to show them the consequences of their actions. This tenant's roommate had a habit of eating whatever he wanted in the communal refrigerator, especially when it wasn't his own food. He always had an excuse. He either didn't have enough time to do his own grocery shopping or he promised to pay the tenant back next tine. Well, after numerous instances, it became clear that this was an empty promise. The…
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