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petty revenge, where no revenge

1:47

is too small. Our next

1:49

Reddit post is from LilPurse.

1:51

Here in Sweden, there's a

1:53

huge difference in house prices

1:55

between popular areas and major

1:57

cities compared to the countryside.

2:00

This meant that I was able to buy

2:02

a small fixer upper house at the age

2:04

of 23, on a very average income, four

2:06

years ago. There was only me and one

2:08

other bidder involved, and I eventually won the

2:11

bidding at a reasonable price. The house is

2:13

located a bit outside of town, with only

2:15

one other house next to it, as well

2:17

as an empty lot. Shortly after moving in,

2:19

an older guy came knocking on

2:21

my door. He told me that he was

2:24

the other bidder and the owner of the

2:26

empty property, and he wanted my house to

2:28

tear it down and make more space for

2:30

his friend's RVs. He finished by basically

2:32

saying, Enjoy your pile of junk! Since

2:35

then, he spent the most of his

2:37

summers in a lawn chair next to

2:39

his RV on the empty property, with

2:41

a clear view up my driveway, shooting

2:43

me dirty looks every time I walked

2:46

or drove by. Now, as I said,

2:48

this house is a project, and I've

2:50

made many improvements over the years time

2:52

and money has allowed. There's always something

2:54

that needs doing on the house, and

2:56

I'm also the designated mechanic for friends

2:59

and family. There's usually a car or

3:01

two getting repaired in my garage. This means

3:03

lots of noisy tools. I've made sure to

3:05

always start some kind of project when I

3:08

see him sit down in his chair. This

3:10

has gone on for a few summers now.

3:12

He gives me dirty looks, I make noise.

3:15

Only during reasonable hours, though. I don't

3:17

do anything that he can reasonably complain

3:19

about. Today, I continued remodeling my bedroom,

3:22

and it seems that my circular saw

3:24

finally broke him. He turned his RV

3:26

around and pointed his chair in the

3:29

opposite direction, where there's an actual

3:31

view, as compared to my driveway. I

3:33

see this as a total victory. Our

3:35

next Reddit post is from MysticDarkFire. My

3:37

neighbor is a complete butthole to me

3:40

and his own family, so I do

3:42

little annoying things to him. First, he

3:44

yells at his family. He screams and

3:46

throws stuff. He threatens his four-year-old daughter,

3:49

who yells back. He hasn't hit them,

3:51

as far as I know. He works

3:53

out outside on gym equipment that's not

3:56

meant to be outside, and it's rusting.

3:58

When I see him out... there,

4:00

he makes sexual gestures and motions

4:02

at me, and he smirks at

4:04

me. I avoid being visible

4:06

to him because of that. He has

4:08

his friends over to watch football, and

4:10

because the driveway is steep, his friends

4:13

park outside his house and block us

4:15

in our driveway. So I went out

4:17

there with birdseed and threw it all

4:19

over his friend's cars. I'm in Australia,

4:21

and lots of cockatoos and galas come,

4:23

and they poop where they eat. He

4:25

drinks and has his music playing until

4:27

3am. So while they have their hangover

4:29

morning and his wife and his kids

4:32

aren't home, at 6am I point my

4:34

speakers at his house and turn on

4:36

the high-pitched dog whistle app just enough

4:38

to hear it. I heard them yelling,

4:41

UGH WHAT'S THAT RINGING NOISE? Then

4:43

they started screaming and they left

4:45

in their shit covered cars. I

4:48

like this top comment, throw the

4:50

bird feed on his gym equipment.

4:53

Our next reddit post is from

4:55

Guilty But Honest. My dad, who's

4:57

57, started dating Becky, who's 25,

4:59

4 months ago. For reference, I'm

5:01

his 26 year old

5:03

daughter, and my mom and dad

5:05

divorced when I was 24, 2

5:07

years ago. This is my dad's

5:09

first relationship, to my knowledge, since

5:11

my mom and dad separated. My

5:13

dad has become the proverbial rich

5:15

man dating young bimbo upgrade douchebag,

5:17

and it's made my mom feel

5:19

like yesterday's trash. Him and Becky

5:21

have such an obvious transactional relationship

5:23

that it's been making me question

5:25

how he sees women. Like, what?

5:27

Was he checking out my friends

5:29

growing up? Is that something I

5:31

have to worry about now? F

5:34

you! I've tried expressing to him that

5:36

their relationship makes me uncomfortable for every

5:38

obvious effing reason, but he won't listen

5:41

and I'm tired of his blatant disrespect

5:43

and dismissal of my feelings. So if

5:45

he sees no issue with it, then

5:48

I guess neither do I. This weekend

5:50

was Becky's birthday, and my dad threw

5:52

a massive garden party for it with

5:55

her bimbo friends, plus his friends and

5:57

his business partners. And I'm sure- he

5:59

did it so that he could get

6:01

his creepy buddies set up with her

6:04

gold-digging friends. But you know

6:06

what, since that's the vibe, why don't I

6:08

join in on the fun? So what did

6:10

I do? I found myself an older man

6:13

and decided to bring him as my plus

6:15

one. How old is he? He's

6:18

62, so let's just call him old

6:20

Joe. It's only fitting that if my

6:22

dad's girlfriend is younger than me, then

6:24

my new boyfriend should be older than

6:26

my dad. So the party starts. I'm

6:28

on my best behavior with my dad

6:31

and all of his friends, acting like

6:33

I support it all when I leave

6:35

to get my new guy because he

6:37

just arrived. It was honestly like a

6:39

work of art coming back up to

6:41

my dad and all of his friends

6:43

sitting together at the main table, with

6:45

the birthday girl basically hanging all over

6:47

him to introduce them to my old-ass

6:49

boyfriend. I wish I took a photo

6:52

of their faces. I said, what's wrong,

6:54

dad? You don't look so good. Becky,

6:56

you should get his heart medication. This

6:58

party might be too taxing on him.

7:01

And then I sat on old Joe's

7:03

lap and I made sure to be

7:05

as shameless as his new girlfriend. And

7:08

yes, I felt disgusting doing it, but

7:10

it was worth it to watch my

7:12

dad basically throw Becky off him, which

7:14

ruined her special day. I cannot express

7:17

how satisfying it is to watch him

7:19

fume from across the table. But

7:21

what was he gonna say? And the

7:23

best part? One of my dad's business

7:25

partners actually knew old Joe. They

7:28

were golf buddies. And

7:31

before my dad could say anything to me,

7:33

I made my exit with old Joe because

7:35

he was taking me on a private boat

7:38

ride and we didn't want to miss our

7:40

port departure. My dad is now calling me

7:42

nonstop and I just keep sending him to

7:45

voicemail. Though,

7:47

I did text my dad to

7:49

ask him what erectile dysfunction medication he

7:51

takes so I could recommend the brand

7:53

to old Joe. At this point, I

7:55

don't care how this affects our relationship

7:57

because I'm disgusted with him and his

7:59

family. his choices. I am satisfied with

8:01

the payback, and I hope he likes

8:04

the taste of his own medicine." Also,

8:06

OP clarifies in an edit that

8:08

she never slept with Ol' Joe. She

8:10

ditched him after the party. She writes,

8:12

Ol' Joe was in on the whole

8:14

thing, but only because he thought that

8:16

it was kink-related and that he would

8:18

be getting action afterwards, which was never

8:20

the case. Yeah, I did things I'm

8:22

not proud of. I took advantage of

8:24

the guy, but he thought that he

8:26

was going to be taking advantage of

8:28

me, thinking that I was an easy

8:30

target because I had daddy issues. So

8:32

I don't feel bad about that for

8:34

him. I only slightly feel bad for

8:36

myself because I sat on his lap.

8:38

Down in the comments, we have this

8:40

story from Technical Lobster. My dad, who's

8:42

in his late 40s, used to say

8:44

that he would trade my stepmother, who's

8:47

in her 40s, for two 20-year-old girls.

8:49

She responded by saying, That's a great

8:51

idea. Throw a party and your daughters,

8:53

who are in their 20s, can invite

8:55

their friends and you invite yours. That

8:58

way, your daughters can choose a boyfriend too.

9:01

That shut him down really fast. Our next

9:03

Reddit post is from Different Average. So from

9:05

the age of 16 to 20,

9:07

I worked at a 24-hour fast food joint.

9:09

After having worked there for so long, I

9:11

was very good at what I did, to

9:13

the point that I could handle the entire

9:16

store by myself as long as I needed,

9:18

with little to no drops in customer satisfaction

9:20

or speed. When I was 19, my

9:22

grandfather got sick, which was really hard because

9:24

I loved him to bits. My boss and

9:26

I were close, so we worked at a

9:28

deal where he would schedule me a ton

9:31

and I would essentially be on call for

9:33

any time we needed someone to cover a

9:35

shift. I would also work a straight 24-hour

9:37

shift on Monday, which was our busiest day. As

9:39

a result, I would get around 10 to 15

9:41

hours of overtime per week,

9:44

sometimes more. This actually saved my

9:46

boss money because one guy working

9:48

for 17 bucks an hour at

9:50

time and a half was cheaper than paying three guys

9:52

15 bucks an hour to do

9:54

the same work, which allowed my boss to

9:56

make way bigger profits. This gave him more

9:59

leeway and reputation. with corporate, meaning he would

10:01

get bigger bonuses and he would give me

10:03

a raise around six months citing how well

10:05

I worked. Also, I would get a week

10:07

off to visit my grandfather and assist him

10:09

with anything he needed. The extra money for

10:11

my work allowed me to help pay for

10:14

his treatments. Our agreement went on for a

10:16

year before my boss was promoted to regional

10:18

manager, which was a big jump. He

10:20

got a raise because our store was making

10:23

like 15% more than the next highest performer

10:25

while being in a less-traveled area. The

10:27

new manager who took over was a

10:30

piece of garbage. My old manager told

10:32

the new manager about our deal and

10:34

he scoffed and said that it was

10:36

dumb because of how much overtime he'd

10:38

be paying me. My old boss just

10:40

shrugged because even if the store's performance

10:42

dropped, it would just make him look

10:44

even better. So my hours were

10:46

lowered to like 30 hours a week. But

10:49

my new boss would keep giving me

10:51

solo eight-hour shifts as well as full

10:53

24-hour shifts. So

10:55

I was still working the terrible hours

10:57

but getting paid less. He

10:59

also stopped letting me take a week off each

11:01

month so I could no longer go see my

11:04

grandfather. So I quit and the

11:06

new boss realized how screwed he was.

11:08

And I heard from my old boss

11:10

that the store's profits dropped 15% lower

11:13

than the next lowest store in the region rather than

11:15

district. And that this new

11:18

manager was shortly fired for somehow dropping 125%

11:20

in profits. And

11:23

the guy tried to blame me for quitting. Our

11:25

next Reddit post is from Lordfell. So

11:27

this happened on a Greyhound bus ride

11:30

from Seattle to Spokane. Halfway through, we

11:32

stopped for a scheduled meal stop. People

11:34

getting off left their jackets, books, etc.

11:37

wherever they sat. When I

11:39

re-boarded, I found a fat schlub sitting in

11:41

my seat. He had

11:43

removed my items and placed them somewhere

11:45

else. This was totally unnecessary as there

11:48

were plenty of other empty seats. He

11:51

would not budge. The revenge. He

11:53

was avidly reading a paperback book. We had

11:56

a rest stop further down the line. When

11:59

he got off the bus, I went to

12:01

his seat and ripped out the last 30

12:03

pages from the book and placed it back

12:05

down. The top post

12:07

is, Nice to meet you, Satan! Big

12:09

fan of your work. Our next Reddit

12:11

post is from Valdev. A couple of

12:13

months ago, our lovely older Pitbull was

12:15

fighting cancer, and we had the painful

12:17

decision made to have her put down.

12:19

She was low on energy at this

12:21

point. Moving was difficult, and getting her

12:23

to eat was near impossible. So, one

12:25

of the only things we wanted to

12:27

give her was one last day outside

12:29

in the backyard. So, the day before

12:31

she was to be put to sleep,

12:33

in the early morning, I set out

12:35

to set up a tent in our backyard,

12:38

and filled both the tent and our yard

12:40

with things that our dog absolutely loved. I

12:42

noticed as I was setting things up, that

12:44

the neighbor behind us was placing sticks and

12:47

leaves in their fire pits, which normally I

12:49

wouldn't care about at all. But my poor

12:51

dog was having trouble breathing at this point.

12:53

I figured that it wouldn't be an imposition

12:56

to let them know about my current situation,

12:58

and I asked them if they could postpone

13:00

the burning for just one day. The neighbor's

13:02

wife let me know that they were just

13:04

going to be burning a few things

13:07

to clear their yard, and that it

13:09

wouldn't last very long at all. And

13:11

she gave me some level of understanding

13:13

about the dog. With that, she lit

13:15

up the fire and the smoke billowed

13:17

into my backyard. A few hours go

13:19

by, and I notice they're still outside

13:22

adding more things to the fire. I

13:24

approach them and kindly ask them how

13:26

long they're going to do this for,

13:28

trying to be as patient and understanding

13:30

as possible. They say they're almost done.

13:32

A few hours later, there's a raging

13:34

fire outside, and I can visibly see

13:37

the husband outside pointing at my home,

13:39

yelling, and then adding actual campfire logs,

13:41

no longer leaves and sticks. At this

13:43

moment, I'm not angry, I'm just sad.

13:45

My poor dog isn't going to have

13:47

the last day that we wanted to

13:49

give her. We could take her somewhere

13:51

else, but the drive would stress her,

13:54

so we spent the rest of the

13:56

day inside. Later that night, around 9pm

13:58

as the sun is shining, setting,

14:00

I go out for a walk, and

14:02

I notice the damn fire is still

14:04

roaring. Mind you, as it was with

14:06

most of the time, there was no

14:08

one there watching the fire. At this

14:10

moment, I'm pissed off and start looking

14:12

into state laws, city laws, and everything

14:14

in between. From this, I find out

14:16

that my city has an ordinance that

14:18

clearly states that a fire pit can't

14:20

be within 50 feet of a structure.

14:22

If I wanted to, I could contact

14:24

the city and have it stop simply

14:26

because no matter where they placed their

14:28

fire pit in their backyard, it would

14:30

be within 50 feet of either their

14:32

home or my home. But that revenge

14:34

didn't seem strong enough. I was already

14:36

considering getting a fence installed, and I

14:38

already had multiple quotes. It was hard

14:40

to swallow a bill for $15,000 for

14:42

a new fence, but within 24 hours,

14:47

guess what I paid for? This fence

14:49

will be installed within the next couple

14:51

of weeks around the edge of my

14:54

property, and their fire pit is no

14:56

further than 10 feet away from my

14:58

fence. Can't take a single day away

15:00

from your fire pit for a dying

15:02

dog? Well, enjoy never using it ever

15:04

again. Our next Reddit post is from

15:06

Lansor. One evening, I was at my

15:08

local McDonald's waiting in line to satisfy

15:10

my cravings for some real junk food.

15:12

It was a rather busy night, so

15:14

the queues were longer than usual. I

15:16

was standing about a foot and a

15:18

half behind the person in front of

15:20

me. Far enough to not invade their

15:23

personal space, but close enough that I

15:25

was obviously in the queue. This happened

15:27

before COVID when social distancing was a

15:29

thing. Some smug guy decided that the

15:31

space in front of me had his

15:33

name on it. So he squeezed himself

15:35

into the gap, brushing up against both

15:37

myself and the person in front. From

15:39

his body language, I could almost hear

15:41

himself think, what a sucker! Personal space

15:43

is for losers who want to wait

15:45

longer for their meal. I have about

15:47

as much respect for queue jumpers as

15:49

those who fart in lifts or demand

15:51

free stuff because they're social influencers. So

15:54

I started hatching my plan for petty

15:56

revenge. Should I tap a- on the

15:58

shoulder and nicely ask him to move

16:00

to the back of the line? Should

16:02

I braid him loudly to make everyone

16:04

gawk at him? Should I put him

16:06

in a rear naked chokehold and go

16:08

all MMA on him? In the end,

16:10

I decided that the best revenge was

16:12

to do nothing. A few minutes later,

16:14

he finally reached the front of the

16:16

line and he began dictating his order

16:18

to the McDonald's crew member. The employee

16:20

said, I'm sorry sir, this is the

16:22

pickup line for those who have already

16:25

ordered. You can place your order in

16:27

that other queue over there. Then, down

16:29

in the comments, we have this story

16:31

from Cake is My Mentor. Years

16:33

ago, on a trip to Egypt,

16:35

Artour included one extremely obnoxious tourist.

16:37

He annoyed everyone in Artour group

16:39

by constantly making derogatory remarks about

16:41

the people and Egypt. He also

16:43

brought with him a satchel of

16:45

legal drugs that he proudly showed

16:47

off to us. Mostly over the

16:49

counter stuff, but also prescriptions. He

16:51

said he wanted to be able

16:53

to treat anything that might pop

16:55

up because I wouldn't trust a

16:57

third world doctor with a scrape

16:59

on my knee. That's when

17:01

Artour group started distancing ourselves from this

17:03

man and his wife, as we all

17:05

wondered why the hell this guy even

17:08

traveled in the first place. Well, we

17:10

all got our revenge on this butthole

17:12

one day. Our tour group was at

17:14

a very tiny airport going back to

17:16

Cairo late one night after having spent

17:18

the day seeing some ruins. There were

17:20

two small planes waiting to take one

17:22

group back to Cairo and another tour

17:24

group the opposite way. When everyone was

17:26

instructed to get in their proper line

17:28

to where they needed to go, the

17:30

obnoxious guy and his wife pushed ahead

17:32

to get at the front of the

17:34

line going to the wrong plane. The

17:36

rest of us just grinned and looked

17:38

at one another. We were all so

17:40

happy that we were getting revenge on

17:43

that blowhard butthole. Somehow, he never

17:45

noticed that his tour group wasn't in

17:47

his line. We found out next morning

17:49

that it took him two flights to

17:51

get back to Cairo over a six-hour

17:53

period. And he finally got to his

17:55

hotel room around 4am and Artour group

17:57

had to meet at 7am. to

18:00

go to the next site. The butthole came up

18:02

to us and told us what happened and asked us

18:04

why we didn't notice that he wasn't in our

18:06

group and to go look for him. We all lied

18:08

and said that we were so sure that he was

18:11

with us. You know, the tragically ironic part of

18:13

this story is if he hadn't pushed his way to

18:15

the front of the line, he probably would have

18:17

noticed he was in the wrong line, right? Because he

18:19

would have been in the back and he would be

18:21

able to see everyone in front of him and

18:23

he'd be like, wait, who are these people? But when

18:26

you're in the front of the line, you don't

18:28

see the people behind you and you don't realize you're

18:30

in the wrong line, you doofus! That

18:32

was r slash petty revenge. And if you

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