Random Stories Of Satisfying Revenge From People Who Aren't Afraid To Get Even (16 items)

• (#11) A Surprise Visit From The City Inspector

  From Redditor u/killjoy2408:

  My neighbors have nine cars total parked in the street. They always park two of those cars in front [of] my house and won’t move them the whole week. We have a regulation where [I] live that you can’t leave your car parked for more than 48 hours in the same spot.

  My neighbors have a pretty big driveway where they can fit four cars, but it’s always empty. They have told me they don’t like to leave their driveway with cars because it looks tacky.

  Over half the cars they have, they don’t even use... They just use them to [save] parking spots for themselves. In 2021, I noticed they where building a second unit [in] back of their main house. I [also] noticed that they completed the house in under a month. This raised some red flags because it [usually] takes anywhere from two to three months [to do this], with city inspections taking the majority of [that] time.

  I submitted a ticket with my city … and advised them that [there] might be some residential building without permits. I didn’t think of it much until a year later.

  I noticed my neighbors tearing down their second unit last week. Word got around our block that a city inspector was there making sure everything was being torn down. Based on what … materials and labor they put into their second unit, I cost them over $100,000.
• (#2) Solving The Case Of The Missing Gas

  From Redditor u/CrankLeaf:

  …This happened to a friend of mine years ago, and me as well, but he did the revenge.

  I lived in a small village by the sea. Most people had a small boat with an outboard motor. People were not poor, but far from rich. Someone began [taking] gas from the boats on multiple occasions. Lots of people got livid. They lost their gas, of course, but even worse was that several ran out of gas far from shore, [which is] potentially very dangerous.

  A friend of mine … got to talk to the chief of police and got the following advice: "Fill a can with gas, mix it with sugar, and put the can in your boat."

  My friend got a bit concerned and asked if this was [legally questionable] and could get him in trouble.

  "It is not [against the law] to mix sugar and gas. It is your gas. If someone [takes] it, [it's] no problem of yours. If [someone] files a complaint, you can rest assured that I will follow it up, regarding all the thefts."

  And so he did. A nice brand-new can filled to the brim with gas and lots of sugar. The can was gone the day after. Fast-forward a week. The local engine repair shop got a pretty new 120hp engine in for repair. As said, a small village, so after checking up on the engine, it was easy for the mechanic to put two and two together.

  The mechanic told the customer that the engine was beyond repair (a lie, I guess) and that the customer should contact the police because this was sabotage. The police got no complaint.

  Of course, the story went viral in the small community. The [culprit] was until then a well-respected person. The moving van showed up a few months later.
• (#1) Continually Calling The Wrong Number

  From Redditor u/Stunning-Island-7792:

  Something like 25 years ago, I had a landline in my bedroom.

  About three months after I got it, I started getting calls every day for the local golf course. I told them they had the wrong number and hung up.

  Some people would call back over and over, insisting that they were calling the number on the card. So, I hopped on my bike and headed to the golf course, took [one] of their cards, and discovered that they were indeed showing my number.

  I talked to the manager, who insisted it was their number. I asked him to call it, but he refused… probably because he knew he’d end up talking to my parents. No resolution.

  So, I went home, and for the [next] couple years, I accepted every single reservation that called me, no matter what time they wanted. Their reviews were… not great, and most were complaints about the reservation process.
• (#15) Casual Gaming Gone Wrong

  From Redditor u/soccer--girl:

  My boyfriend and I play Zelda: Breath of the Wild together. I am a "Take your time and enjoy the ride" kind of gal, while he is a "Let's look up how to beat this game right now" kind of guy. Because his way ruins all the fun, we came up with a rule:

  No looking up spoilers!

  We were looking for a particular challenge (The Eight Heroine side quest, for my fellow Zelda nerds) for a very long time. Suddenly, my boyfriend said:

  "I did something bad… I looked up where to go. I'm so sorry. I just couldn't take it anymore."

  I told him it was fine, but that he could not tell me what he had seen. He agreed.

  I then excused myself to the bathroom and looked up the location as well. I then spent the next HOUR AND A HALF wandering SOOOO close to the location without ever making it there. I could see him squirming around in his seat every time I got close.

  When I jumped off the cliff the statue was built into, gliding down to the base of the statue and continuing on without turning around to look at it, I thought he was going to [burst]. He was clenching his hair in both fists and biting his lower lip trying to contain himself.

  That's when I caved and told him what I had done. He thought it was hilarious and told me about how he wanted more than anything to yell, "TURN AROUND!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!" We had a good laugh about it. He hasn't looked up a spoiler since!
• (#8) Saying Goodbye To A Longtime Client

  From Redditor u/regan201937:

  I recently resigned from my job. I was just tired and burnt out, and my CEO kept pushing me hard, telling me to drive further, and that's just how it was. I was also moving house, and commuting to work would be another 30 minutes on top of 1.5 hours I'm already doing, so enough was enough. I got so tired that I resigned. I hadn't got another job lined up; that's fine, I was okay financially.

  As soon as I resigned, my CEO called me into the office 20 minutes later, and asked me to leave straightaway, escorted me off site… and wouldn't even let me say bye to people, touch my laptop, clear my desk - it was like I was being fired. It was so embarrassing. No one from work got in touch to see if I was okay, as he went 'round telling everyone he fired me and saying, "It went pear-shaped with her at the end, so I had to let her go."

  Fast-forward a few weeks…

  Well, I did find another job, with one of my ex-employer's clients that use their services to do their emergency training for them (first aid and fire training). And now I'm in charge of who we use as our contractors. My new boss said, "Well, we normally use your old company at a cost of $37,000 a year, but if you know another company that is better, then switch; I have no loyalty to them."

  Well, switch I have done. Muhahahaha.

  If my old boss hadn't treated me so badly, I definitely would have used their services, but treat me like that and say goodbye to a client.
• (#9) Just A Silly Job With Silly Perks

  From Redditor u/littleredbird1991:

  So I work in technical theater as an assistant stage manager. There are a couple of theaters in the area, but the tech community is rather small, so we all know each other. I work for a smaller theater, but I know a few people who work at the largest theater that hosts the traveling Broadway shows.

  These shows are really popular and hard to get tickets for if you aren’t a season ticket holder, and season tickets can run about [$]1,000 per seat for seven shows. Tickets are normally about $150 for an individual show but can go up significantly if they know the show is going to be popular. The husband of one of the directors that I work with is on the board of the theater and sometimes can score good seats at a discounted rate.

  This season, Aladdin is coming to town, a show my future mother-in-law has been dying to see. She asked me if I could possibly get her and a friend a seat so they could go see it. I called in a favor with my director, and she managed to get two prime seats. Since her husband is on the board, she gets a discount, so the tickets ended up only being $75 for the two seats. I reserved them in my name with the understanding that FMIL will pay for the tickets.

  Fast-forward a couple of weeks and FMIL invites me and my fiancé over for dinner. Dinner goes well, and I end up in a conversation with FMIL and FSIL about housework (idk why). FSIL is a teacher, and she is married to an accountant, so she said that [she] and her husband try to split the chores 50/50. FMIL thought that was fine and asked how fiancé and I would do it (we don’t currently live together). I said, “Probably the same, ya know, 50/50.” FSIL agreed, but FMIL gave me the stink eye.

  I asked if there was something wrong, and she said ,“Well, fiancé works full-time and you don’t, so I don’t see how that’s fair.” I told her that I do work full-time, just not at a 9 to 5 like fiancé. FMIL then laughed at me and said what I did wasn’t real work and that it was just a “silly side gig,” and that maybe if I got a real job, I would know what [it's] like to really work. Then she changed the subject.

  This p*ssed me off because I am very proud of the work I do. It may not be a 9 to 5, but I love my job. It is my dream job, and I do make enough to cover my expenses. It actually takes a certain amount of skill to properly stage-manage a full-scale production.

  So, enter pettiness. I called up the box office for the large theater and told them to cancel the tickets. They were in my name, so they gladly canceled them. I then texted FMIL and told her if she thinks my job isn’t real, then the side perks aren’t real, so the tickets were canceled. I then shut off my phone.

  The next day when I turn on my phone, I see several missed calls and about a dozen texts from FMIL. She is fuming because her friend is coming into town specifically to see this play. I called back and told her she might still be able to get seats if she called the box office. She ended up getting seats, but they cost her $150 each, and they weren’t as good.

  Hopefully she’s learned not to insult someone and still expect to benefit from them.

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