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'It felt pretty sweet to put those downstairs neighbors through the wringer': Guy sabotages neighbor's condo sale, derails process by stalling approval

'It felt pretty sweet to put those downstairs neighbors through the wringer': Guy sabotages neighbor's condo sale, derails process by stalling approval

Everyone dreams of the day their annoying neighbor moves out, but not that many people get the opportunity to make that moving process a living nightmare. This resident of a two-condo home had a ton of friction with the downstairs neighbors, who tended to shirk their collective responsibilities. This naturally led to a ton of resentment from the resident upstairs, who recently learned they were planning to sell their condominium. The resident knew his neighbors would likely make life more diffi…
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Woman gets $1.25/gallon off fuel by mooching off of discount from husband's ex-wife: 'It took about two years for her to realize'

Woman gets $1.25/gallon off fuel by mooching off of discount from husband's ex-wife: 'It took about two years for her to realize'

Using an ex's discount for two entire years without their knowledge is perhaps the best kind of revenge. Firstly, it's quiet. Secondly, no one is getting hurt. Finally, not only are you getting the emotional fulfillment and satisfaction of achieving payback, but you're also spending less money in the process. If that's not a two-for-one situation, I don't know what is. Here , we have a lady who frequently drives her step-kids to and from her husband's ex-wife's town to take them to school. The…
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'His neighbor [...] started hosting loud parties into the night': Engineer rigs apparatus to sabotage neighbor's incessant pool parties

'His neighbor [...] started hosting loud parties into the night': Engineer rigs apparatus to sabotage neighbor's incessant pool parties

Never mess with an engineer! Having an engineer for a neighbor can be very useful in the right circumstances, but if you manage to frustrate them, things can backfire in unexpected ways. Here, we have a retired father who confessed to his kid about all the acts of petty revenge he has enacted on his difficult, noisy neighbors next door after they started hosting loud pool parties on weeknights regularly. Some of this pettiness ranges from launching debris over the property line to planting tree…
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Manager Fires Employee During Boss's Vacation and Costs Company $200K, CEO Returns and Rehires Employee with Raise and Promotion: 'I personally thanked [the manager] on my first week back'

Finally, a bad manager getting the karma he deserves. This manager made such a wrong call that he nearly cost the company 200 thousand dollars. Ouch. At the company, a particular manager is a real stickler for the rules and has always had it out for one particular employee. After firing him under trivial circumstances, what the manager didn't know was that this employee was responsible for a very expensive piece of software for which he was the only one at the company with a license to. Well, w…
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'Kick dirt, or pay me... $5,000': Condo owner sticks it to the HOA, unleashing website-warfare after homeowners get cheated out of $5,000

In a battle of wits, the smartest player comes out on top. Unfortunately, when you're dealing with an HOA, the rules are skewed to their advantage and simple smarts are not usually enough to defeat them.
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Entire Department Attends Employee's Wedding Except One, Bride Claims She Couldn’t Make It, Coworker Reveals at Meeting That She Wasn't Invited: 'I could see the brides face visibly change'

When you are planning a wedding, finalizing the guest list can seem like an impossible task. As much as you'd like to invite everyone you can, financially, your bank account might not allow that. And then there are all of the plus ones, too. You can't deny every guest a plus one, even if you don't really know their date. It's customary, even though no one wants to spend their big day with people whom they don't know or want to be there. But what this entitled bride did was next level.
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'Here's where it gets petty': Early riser gets revenge on a reckless driver by spam-calling the number on his SUV's 'For Sale' sign at the crack of dawn

Some people just need a wake-up call
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'I'll make your room a sauna': College student messes with thermostat, engages in petty back-and-forth with upstairs roommates

'I'll make your room a sauna': College student messes with thermostat, engages in petty back-and-forth with upstairs roommates

There is nothing like a feud between roommates over apartment temperature. No matter what stage of life you're in, you may very well find yourself living with someone who has a very different conception of appropriate inside temperature than you do. For instance, I am someone who needs a strong A/C on at night, and this proves to be an issue whenever I have to stay with my parents. This is primarily because my mother is petrified of breaking the A/C, so she copes by never using it even if there…
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Students stand up to landlord for refusing to repair heating, withholding rent and later winning lawsuits against them: 'The judge finds for us for double damages'

For some reason, there's a log of predatory landlords going on in and around universities. Something about the melting pot of higher-density areas, where tens of thousands of desperate students are vying for limited accommodation. The entire system further holds student tenants hostage based on the fact that they need references from previous landlords to get accommodation for the upcoming year. The problem is that, as a young student, you're very limited in your options for previous references…
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‘The tow truck is on the way’: Driver refuses to move his truck after it constantly blocks office entrance, employees report him as payback, leading to a costly dispute

‘The tow truck is on the way’: Driver refuses to move his truck after it constantly blocks office entrance, employees report him as payback, leading to a costly dispute

Much like the neighbors in your own home, it is important to have a good relationship with the neighbors in your place of work. Usually, those neighbors are other companies that reside in the same office building as your company, but some people have to deal with rather unexpected kinds of neighbors that are hard to come by. Imagine having a chemical plant as your work neighbor. Think about all the things you would have to deal with when sharing a neighborhood with a plant that deals with chemi…
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Guy gets payback on entitled Karen driver by making her late after incessant honking:  'All I could think to do was just laugh and clap'

Guy gets payback on entitled Karen driver by making her late after incessant honking: 'All I could think to do was just laugh and clap'

There's nothing like a nice, peaceful drive on the road being upended by another annoying, entitled driver who thinks that their busy schedule is more significant than everyone else's. It's these unique individuals that can make one of the more solitary and restful activities for some folks unbearable. Personally speaking, I am not one of the individuals who thinks driving is a peaceful activity, nor am I one of the individuals who enjoys engaging in aggressive behavior on the road. My conflict…
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'[They] were just abhorrent': Raucous family of Karens makes server cry at restaurant, kind customers come to her defense

'[They] were just abhorrent': Raucous family of Karens makes server cry at restaurant, kind customers come to her defense

There is nothing worse than watching an unruly customer take their unnecessary frustrations out on an innocent server, as if it's part of their job to deal with abhorrent individuals. In short, it shouldn't be, and nine times out of ten, if you're a bystander in this situation, you can do more than stay out of the fray. Here, we have a kind Midwestern family who went out to a nice dinner at a local steakhouse. Their meal was practically ruined as a result of the family of Karens nearby, who mad…
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 Employee flips the script on micromanager's 'constructive criticism', prompting a humbling retraction

Employee flips the script on micromanager's 'constructive criticism', prompting a humbling retraction

In the business world, the response is never a resounding no—rather, it's always ‘Sure, let me see how I can make that happen. When you think like this, you should be taken into consideration for future initiatives rather than being the person who needs to be fired. We recognize that corporate policies can be convoluted, but ultimately, don’t blame the players, blame the game. The story that follows is about a crafty employee. The original poster (OP) has a long history of employment with the s…
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'My daddy is the landlord, so he'll always take my side': Tenant gets back at entitled neighbor, cuts their Wi-Fi access

'My daddy is the landlord, so he'll always take my side': Tenant gets back at entitled neighbor, cuts their Wi-Fi access

Sometimes, the only way to get back at an annoying nuisance of a neighbor is to be petty. In this case , we have a neighboring family upstairs who refused to quiet their kids down after hours and who seemed to be absent parents most of the time. Despite various attempts at diplomacy on the part of the Redditor and his partner, the wife upstairs decided that the best way to shut down their noise complaints was to threaten to have her landlord father evict them from the building. The good news, a…
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'Careful what you ask for': Entitled home buyers demand seller clean out all the 'garbage' they left, seller complies, removing thousands of dollars in renovations

'Careful what you ask for': Entitled home buyers demand seller clean out all the 'garbage' they left, seller complies, removing thousands of dollars in renovations

Sometimes people need to just keep their mouth shut. This might sound harsh, but it is seriously tiring to hear and read of people constantly complaining about things that they actually should be grateful for. Complaining is not the only option, and if people were simply civil toward each other, they would honestly get a lot farther in life. What there wouldn't be if people were nicer, are stories like this one. OP (original poster) sold his parents' home to these fussy buyers who complained ab…
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Student tricks classmate who keeps stealing his answers, cheater flunks the next test: 'He never copied my tests again'

Student tricks classmate who keeps stealing his answers, cheater flunks the next test: 'He never copied my tests again'

In every high school, there are a handful of students who not only do the bare minimum when it comes to work, but they're also pretty lame when it comes to cheating. Look, no one is going to outright condone stealing someone's answers on a test, but if you're going to be the fool that does it, at least be less obvious about it. This Redditor figured out that his classmate had been stealing his answers for the past few exams and was starting to worry that his teacher would think that the wrong p…
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