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 It's the worst feeling when a company tries to screw you over with a fraudulent fee and just expects you to pay it to make the problem (they created) go away. That's why it's so satisfying to see people push back against unfairness in any way they can, like this guy who got hounded for trivial debt and sent them a dime or this guy who battled a store owner who wouldn't change his phone number.

We live in an unfair world, but one of the great levelers is the belief that at some point in time, everyone is going to have a bad day. It's a lot harder to believe that when people and things get singled out so unfairlythat reality becomes absurd. It seems like sometimes people and things get singled outto the point that it seems comically impossible for them to catch a break.

It's extremely rare and extremely stupid, but sometimes money finds its way into people's hands for what seems like no reason. One chance encounter or ill-advised risk can land a very lucky few of us with randomly gotten gains. That said, once people have money, they tend to spend that money on the stupidest things.

Sometimes certain people and things get the ire of everyone around them, or just the universe in general. It could be a Burger King sign that tells everyone a certain employee sucks. It could be a burst pipe that only covers one person's car. It might not even have an inkling of merit, sometimes people and things just get humorously singled out unfairly.

With all the misfortune life likes to throw at people, there are moments when life has a way of singling certain people and things out in a way that's so unfair, it just becomes funny. To think that the universe has an agenda against one particular person or thing may be severe, but sometimes it sure seems like it.

Interacting with a dysfunctional institution is an interesting thing. To see something so big not work correctly is a sight to behold. Whether it's working at a place that inspires a "screw this i'm out" moment, or somewhere that's so bad up front that you get a real red flag interview, or just being a customer at a place so unprofessional it's shocking, we can pretty safely assume that it's better to spend your time in businesses that actually function.

Not all jobs are made the same. Looking for a job can be a dramatic adventure fraught with personal doubt and harsh self evaluation. It's a moment that inspires many painfully relatable job interview memes. Honestly it's weird that we have to name our own value as people and jockey with employers who would like nothing more than to get as much work out of us as possible for the least amount of compensation possible. Some jobs are definitely better than others, and it's apparent during the interview process. A lot of them are worth a "screw this, I'm out." 

There are moments in our lives when, despite everyone's best efforts to keep us around, the benefits clearly don't outweigh the risks, and we have that freeing moment when we realize we can just leave. It can be a bad job or sketchy situation. Sometimes it just take a "screw this, I'm out" moment for us to notice that it's probably a better idea to set out for greener pastures.

When this guy looked into the legality of this company's policy, he stuck to his principles and got everyone money they were owed. For some other satisfying work revenge stories, here's a boss's "take prank callers seriously" policy backfiring as well as a boss that got locked out of his own home.

Ah, yes, a fine example of a sketchy leasing agent getting bested by a truly, professional revenge. This tenant was well equipped to educate the leasing agent on the finer details of how the lease worked. Makes you wonder how many more unsuspecting tenants that leasing agent might've fooled. Well, not this one.

Check out more juicy apartment drama with this story about a dude who was threatened by his landlord, and proceeded to go full Karen. 

This driver apparently had a 5.0 rating with over 15,000 rides, and Lyft refused to help the guy out after his innocent mistake. Now is an actually reasonable time to ask for the supervisor. All Karen memes aside, this is just some grade A BS. 

Whether it was the pain of a broken foot, the unionization or the fact that it was their last month on the job, this employee found the courage to stand up to their unfair boss. Feels good to see someone get some justice out of an unsympathetic manager. Retail can be a surreal world, like the funny and weird story of this guy who never got told to do anything and still stayed on for months.

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.

Some of these are petty indulgences, some of them are downright unfair and screwed up. Either way, it's somewhat cathartic to read. This Askreddit thread asked people what they were still mad about and many people had unresolved gripes from their childhood, others had more recent injustices. For more grievances, here's some infuriated people who are still salty AF.

Life is full of people saying one thing and doing another thing. It's probably one of the most frustrating things about other people. This frustration was felt hard in this Askreddit post asking about the world's many double standards. So drink in the hypocrisy and try not to freak out about all this got-damn BS we all have to deal with every day.