Sometimes we get bogged down with the idea of "completely destroying" the people who have wronged you with some impressively satisfying act of nuclear revenge, but like they say "living well is the best revenge." This guy's petty move at the end there is a nice touch too.
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Companies and institutions around us like to impose inconvenient rules for dumb reasons. Companies will make you wear uncomfortable hats. Colleges will make you comply with unfair printing fees. It's a minor, but meaningful success when you can get revenge within the rules and beat them at their own game.
People can be very particular, selfish creatures. Sometimes we think we'll be good with someone before realizing that our other quirks will get on their nerves so terribly that they never want to see us again. Some reasons are overly petty, some malicious, and some outright bizarre. Some people outright try to screw over their Ex. Lawyers, legal assistants and other people have collected some real weird reasons some folks had to get a divorce.
Nothing breaks the ice like telling a complete stranger that you've been watching them forever. It's not something you can't do, but there are probably more graceful ways of going about it. Being good with strangers is a skill that many of us don't have, like this awkward cafe customer.
First of all, let's not deny that this is actually incredible. Usually people ask if they're jerks over something like their disowning their sister for marrying their bully, but damn, 3 feet of sub? Eating over half of a sandwich the height of a man is a tremendous feat that many of us wish we were capable of. That said, eating that much of a sandwich intended to feed a whole party is definitely a selfish move. He was sort of measured about his approach, but that wasn't enough to cover the fact that a whole lot of sandwich went missing.
Here's Tumblr going in on the wondrous life of Gotz von Berlichingen. If only we could all be so lucky to live a life as fruitful as the drunken warrior poet with an iron hand. The people of Tumblr know their weird history and are jazzed about letting other people know, hence this awesome tumblr thread about messed up history facts.
It's known that everything about college is way too expensive, but charging a fee for a service that no one will fully use is pretty much stealing. It's like if a company offered coupons for free kicks in the crotch. Who's gonna redeem all of them? Anyway this guy decided he wouldn't make the college waste his money, so he wasted it in a way that he at least had control over. People often come up with solutions to problems foisted on them by large institutions, like this guy who was told he had to work on vacation.
Well, when you can't treat people like human beings, you end up leaving looking like carrot top. This hairstylist even went above and beyond having to deal with this lady's demands! For another satisfying customer service story, here's a cashier who lives out the retail dream by telling off a Karen and living.
In the heat of the moment, you might think it's a good idea to ride a shopping cart down a hill or see if you can catch a hammer thrown by your friend. Usually we realize after the fact, especially if these brilliant ideas go wrong, that maybe it wasn't so smart to do in the first place. In a similar vein, here are people sharing some of the dumbest injuries they've ever had.
This feels like a mean thing to do, but at the same time the seller did lay out his policy from the get-go. Man shoulda read the description. Not sure if this kind of practice should be standard, it's kind of time-consuming and awful, but them's the breaks. To see a baffling amount of entitlement, check out these choosing beggars who thought the world was their ATM.
This guy noticed his boss began to treat him differently when he discovered another customer was his boyfriend. Then, he took things into his own hands. For another story of someone getting back at their crappy boss, here's a satisfying revenge story of a guy ending his ridiculously cheap boss.
Quitting your job on the spot is one thing, but when you and all of your coworkers quit at the same time, that's usually a good indicator that an owner or manager somewhere totally screwed up. There's a whole lot of incompetence out there, and these people only tolerated it for a while before doing a mass exodus. For more stories about bad jobs, here are people who quit on the spot.
Sounds like a bad deal. Hopefully the guy's son leaves his sister alone. Anyway, this dude asked the internet what to do, and they swiftly passed their judgement. Maybe if he loses this round, they can have another kid and as revenge he can name it Hodor. People always have some family drama, like this guy who asked if he was a jerk for disowning his sister for marrying his bully.
We're always happy to see a rude customer get theirs. Anyone benefitting from this angry dude's misfortune is just icing on the cake. For another story about a customer getting humbled, check out the story of when a blatantly rude Chinese customer didn't know the cashier speaks mandarin Chinese.
The moral of this story has gotta be: It's important to listen to previous generations, because they might have valuable information to pass down. The cycle almost ruined his own life, so who knows what will happen in the hands of the next generation. For another delightful fart story, check out this farting deaf student who was shocked by a bombshell revelation.
It's at least good that he didn't stake his whole life on the relationship, but yeah, that's a bit of a flub. It's best to not think about what could have been. These commenters are right though, maybe she was actually the one who dodged a bullet. For a story that might actually be considered too sad, check out this guy who broke his dad's dog's heart all over again.
