A tale of petty revenge

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Was just chatting to Mum, and we were reminiscing about each others school days. And it reminded me of my little "win" at secondary school.

Now, I was a middle of the road child, not the hardest worker, never in trouble etc I could have not turned up one day and they probably wouldn't have even noticed. However, one day, I was standing in the entrance corridor with a friend chatting. And some girls start mucking around with the payphone (it's around 1997) because some students found out that of you repeatedly and quickly pressed the receiver button,it would spew out a 50p, or whatever change. So they were doing this, giggling and squawking. I ignored it, after all...fuck all to do with me, didn't even know the girls. Plus they were probably Y10/11 and I was Y8. Not gonna intervene there, was I?

Anyway, Deputy Head walks in on the scene and screams "SARAH AND SOPHIE WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING TO THAT TELEPHONE???" I look around to see the fun. The girls are caught in headlights and started gibbering. My friend and I start to walk away, when Deputy Head shouts "you two! Maude Smith (my friend) and....you....you what's your name??" (Remember, I'm the invisible child,so naturally she didn't know my name despite there only being c.350 kids at the school)

Me:" Binary... Why?"

Deputy Head: " Why didn't you stop these two from messing with the phone?"

Me:.....

Deputy Head:"right, I don't care, you'll be joining them both in a supervised lunch time detention tomorrow with ME!"

I was fuming, and stalked off, so cross about the unfairness of it all.
I got a message that all of the accused were to sit at particular lunch table with DepHead at strat of lunch, and they would stay with us whilst we ate our lunch. After that, we were free to go. Supposed to be some sort of humiliation thing,eating your lunch in front of everyone with DepHead, as you had clearly done something to "earn" that punishment.

Anyway, here comes my petty revenge. I realised that DepHead had to stay with me until I had finished my lunch. Lunch was an hour long.

I took the WHOLE FUCKING HOUR to eat my lunch that day. I slowly picked up my sandwich, took a small bite, placed it down carefully, chewed carefully, taking my time. And sipping my squash. And DepHead was just glaring at me.the others had eaten their lunch and left after about 10 minutes. I didn't speak a single word to her. And just as I finished my sandwich, probably around 20 minutes later, as I took a sip of squash, reached into my bag, and produced a packet of crisps. And repeat. And then I produced an apple to nibble on. And then a flapjack. She was fucking pissed by the end if it all, but for some reason didn't want to "lose face" I guess?

So anyway,then bell rings for lessons I thank her for the lovely lunch and get up and go and proceed to finish the rest of the flap jack at normal speed as I did.

I made her miss whatever it was she had planned that lunch time...and she hadn't had her lunch with is, not had she brought any work or anything.

Tosser. Putting me in supervised lunch time detention for no flipping reason!

I like that!

My moment was in secondary school, I was a painfully shy kid - absolutely awful in social situations, struggled to make eye contact etc. I was also a little..eccentric.. I carried a teddy around with me, not because it offered comfort, but because I'd given it a top hat, piercings and a lead.

Anyway, one maths lesson the teacher asked me a slightly complicated question, so I took a moment to work it out, and while I was thinking I looked at the bear instead of making eye contact with the teacher.

He took the opportunity to mock me for this, talking at the Teddy, saying things like, "oh, is Medusa expecting you to answer for her Teddy? Isn't that silly Teddy?"

It admitted me enough that it broke my shyness enough for me to look straight at him and say, "With respect sir, I'm not the one taking to a cuddly toy".

I just remember the class exploding with laughter, and the teacher swiftly moving on.

Had a very stupid and embarrassing accident at work. The pain!!! I said I needed to go to the hospital which was met with eye rolls and the word “dramatic” being bounced about the office. Rocked back up 5 hours later with 3 broken bones and a fracture in another, complete with cast. I told them it bloody hurt- got 2 months of work paid plus 2k in compensation. Damn right!!! Calling me dramatic!!

I would never have been clever enough to think of that op! It reminds me of the breaktime punishment which was to run around the games field. Now I did take ages and the whole breaktime to do that awful punishment, while the PE teacher watched to make sure we didn't cut corners (I actually did though as I figured he was too far away to see..), but it wasn't a choice, that was just how fast I could go!

I remember lTe seventies being forced to eat every last bit of cheese pie on my plate. I hated cheese pie.
My revenge came when I threw it back up all over her legs and feet as she stood to the side of me glaring.

My mother went nuclear. I had sandwiches after that and she didn't supervise the sandwich table.

@AlanThePig

I remember lTe seventies being forced to eat every last bit of cheese pie on my plate. I hated cheese pie. My revenge came when I threw it back up all over her legs and feet as she stood to the side of me glaring.

My mother went nuclear. I had sandwiches after that and she didn't supervise the sandwich table.

Grim...but satisfying!

@MassageBliss21

I would never have been clever enough to think of that op! It reminds me of the breaktime punishment which was to run around the games field. Now I did take ages and the whole breaktime to do that awful punishment, while the PE teacher watched to make sure we didn't cut corners (I actually did though as I figured he was too far away to see..), but it wasn't a choice, that was just how fast I could go!

See isn't it odd that teachers would give up their break for such odd punishments :/ I would have dawdled,or deliberately cut corners so I had to round again to make them stand out in the cold for as long as possible, even dragging it out as much as possible to make them late for their next lesson...