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'I own the land': Landowner gets even with horse racetrack who refuses them same deal given to her grandfather, racetrack ends up paying hundreds of dollars in compensation

'I own the land': Landowner gets even with horse racetrack who refuses them same deal given to her grandfather, racetrack ends up paying hundreds of dollars in compensation

Sometimes honoring an original deal is more profitable than renegotiating a new one, and that is pretty accurate in this case. OP explained how her grandfather used to own a piece of land next to a horse racetrack; their land nearly entirely surrounded her grandfather's, except for the fact he had access to a public road. The racetrack itself was laid out in such a way that their exercise track was placed on her grandfather's land, while the main track with a stadium was placed to the south. Th…
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'I was playing the long game': Hardworking employee works her way up the ranks and gets sweaty retribution on entitled boomer co-worker

'I was playing the long game': Hardworking employee works her way up the ranks and gets sweaty retribution on entitled boomer co-worker

When it comes to revenge in the workplace, you must be very strategical. When you're trying to build a solid career, it's important not to burn any bridges on the way. You never know who you might be working with again in the future. That being said, when you get a chance for some petty anonymous revenge, it's hard to pass that up. The OP in this Reddit story got both strategical professional revenge AND extremely pretty revenge . It's very rare to get both. She had worked her way up at a brewe…
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‘She [took] 2 weeks prior’: Employee gladly costs freshly-vacayed manager $300-500k in unvested stock after they try canceling PTO for everyone else

‘She [took] 2 weeks prior’: Employee gladly costs freshly-vacayed manager $300-500k in unvested stock after they try canceling PTO for everyone else

When building a career, one good rule of thumb to work by is to never burn any bridges. No matter how entitled or petty your upper management is, always take the high road. We know that easier said than done, but you just never know who you are going to cross paths with again on your way up the corporate ladder. However, sometimes an opportunity comes by that is just too sweet of a revenge that you cannot pass it up—especially if you're able to do it anonymously. In OP's case, that is exactly t…
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'I was excited... to get some video game satisfaction': Fired employee gets back at money-grubbing CEO in the most epic gamer fashion

'I was excited... to get some video game satisfaction': Fired employee gets back at money-grubbing CEO in the most epic gamer fashion

Even if you had the nicest boss in the world, getting laid-off is never easy. It doesn't matter how much you pour your heart into your work or how many hours you put in, money-grubbing CEOs will always choose profits over people. Welcome to capitalism, buddy. You and your boss could become the best of friends, get drinks after work, share a funny duet during karaoke, but when it comes to cutbacks, employees are always the first to suffer. What can you do? Nothing, usually. Unless you and your C…
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'As a naturally petty person, I obviously did not let it slide': Woman goes into detective mode to expose annoying bully in her Facebook group, satisfaction achieved

'As a naturally petty person, I obviously did not let it slide': Woman goes into detective mode to expose annoying bully in her Facebook group, satisfaction achieved

Ooooh baby, if you're in need of a satisfying petty revenge story, then you have come to the right place! There is nothing like a little DIY karma to really get the blood pumping. The OP here took down a Facebook group troll and man, was it *chef's kiss*! The Facebook group that OP is talking about is not mentioned, but she says that there is a man in the group claiming to be a professional “religious educator,” however all he does in the group is spread hate. The woman, having actually gone to…
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‘My Legs Were Jelly’ : Dude Spites Entitled Gym Rat Following Rude, Water-Bottle-Kicking Behavior, Leading to Epic, Sore Petty Revenge

‘My Legs Were Jelly’ : Dude Spites Entitled Gym Rat Following Rude, Water-Bottle-Kicking Behavior, Leading to Epic, Sore Petty Revenge

The power of petty should not be underestimated, especially when it comes to a tired fellow gym rat. You might want to think twice before you prance around, kicking water bottles off of equipment that is obviously in use. One gym monger was in a rude mood that even sleeping on the right side of the bed wouldn't fix. It is universally accepted to wait your turn — this goes for lines in supermarkets, amusement parks, traffic lights, and… gyms. But this mean mood had obviously taken over this woma…
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