15 Times Petty Revenge Was So Perfect It Deserved a Trophy
When we feel wronged, sometimes we wish to dish out some payback, but morals, pride or the fear of consequences can hold us back. Well, the people in this article, did not choose the high road at all. Rather, they chose to embody pettiness and, in all honesty, it was extremely satisfying.
1. Wi-Fi sabotage
Sharing a holiday home with some friends and their 10-year-old son started to be a pain. Not helping around the house and crying if he didn’t get his way. His parents decided to just let him sit and watch YouTube on his iPad instead of disciplining him.
So I logged into the internet router and would use admin privileges to suspend his device from accessing the internet. As soon as he got up to ask his dad for help I would reactivate the device so it seemed as if nothing was wrong. I did this every day for two weeks.
2. Spam payback
I saw an ad for a work-from-home job. It didn’t sound scammy, in fact, it seemed pretty legit, so I asked for more information through their website’s “enter your email” form.
Big mistake. It turned out to be total garbage, and soon they were spamming me several times a day. For some reason, blocking the address didn’t work.
One day, out of frustration, I replied to one of the emails: Stop spamming me. To my surprise, the guy actually responded. Apparently, he monitors that inbox. He told me to unsubscribe, which, of course, did nothing.
After another week of relentless spam, I had an idea. I took the email address he had replied from and added it to his own mailing list… then signed it up for every spam source I could find.
A few days later, the spam from him stopped.
3. Pedestrian justice
Crossing at a busy downtown intersection, a very impatient driver waiting to make a turn honked at a lady pushing a stroller (she had the right of way).
I slowed down, but the guy next to me straight up stopped in front of the car, then bent down to re-tie his shoelaces.
4. “You should smile more.”
I (21F) work part-time at a retail clothing store while finishing college. One shift, my manager Craig (40s, smells like Axe and insecurity) told me, “You should smile more—it makes customers feel welcome.” I said, “You mean be friendlier?” He said, “No, literally just keep smiling, even when no one’s talking to you.”
Okay, Craig. You want smiles? You got them.
For the rest of my shift, and every one after, I smiled wide, all teeth, at everything: folding jeans, sweeping, telling a Karen we didn’t have her size. Customers asked if I was okay, if I was in a cult; one kid cried. Soon my coworkers joined in. By week’s end, we looked like a haunted mannequin display.
Craig finally said to “tone it down.” I beamed and said, “Oh, I thought you wanted us to smile more?” He never mentioned it again.