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What’s the best example of justice being done that you’ve ever seen? (But not brought about yourself).

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LittleMouseOnTheFairy · 05/01/2022 18:53

A customer made a couple of nasty, uncalled for comments to me today at work (retail) and it’s upset me a bit :( Particularly when this person used their job role as a justification, implying that they know what they’re talking about and I don’t (very unprofessional).
I obviously would never do anything to exact revenge, but I keep thinking it’d be nice to witness a bird shitting on her head/a lorry drenching her in dirty road water as she walks along the pavement, etc.

So I’m wondering, have you ever seen something and thought “Good! Serves you right!” ??

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Adododadahdahdah · 05/01/2022 18:56

I spent years working on a customer service desk in a big store. I never saw anyone get their just desserts.

Some of the general public are awful. I hope tomorrow is a better day for you Flowers

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LittleMouseOnTheFairy · 05/01/2022 18:59

@Adododadahdahdah Thankyou. It really knocked the wind out my sails. More than likely she won’t get what she deserves like you say, although someone must be quite bitter and miserable to act like that in the first place. That’s what I tell myself anyway.

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Paq · 05/01/2022 19:06

A grumpy beach car park attendant shouted at a little boy and made him cry.

About 10 minutes later a dog peed on his leg. I admit I laughed heartily.

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LittleMouseOnTheFairy · 05/01/2022 19:07

@Paq 👌🏻

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umpahlumpahstickitupyourjumpah · 05/01/2022 20:31

I was queueing for a flight to Geneva and a man I shall call Mr Entitled shoved his way past me, past several parents struggling with young kids, to the front and rather smugly pronounced 'I'm a frequent flyer and have priority boarding' while presenting his boarding pass.

(I have no issue at all with people having frequent flyer status or priority boarding, but I do have an issue with shoving, and he was not polite).

Sadly there were two flights to Geneva leaving within ten minutes of each other. He had to run like fuck to his actual gate. I don't know if he got on his flight, but as the desk attendant broke the news that he was at the wrong gate and wrong side of the airport I let out a gleeful squeak of joy and muttered 'there is a God!'.

BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 05/01/2022 20:35

My ex care home boss who was horrible and useless failed her CQC inspection and was slated by them in their report. That'll have nicely wiped the smile off her smug little chops 🙂

CatrinVennastin · 05/01/2022 20:44

I used to have a really annoying neighbour who policed everyone else’s behaviour particularly around car parking but used to walk down the path between the houses (we were in a cul de sac) and let his dog shit everywhere.

Rather than bag up the shit his solution was to use a stick to flick the turds under the hedge.

I was putting DD1 to bed and was closing the curtains and I saw him go to flick a turd and it boomeranged back and stuck to his leg. He had shorts on.

Took me about half an hour to stop laughing enough tell DH what had happened.

thefirstmrsrochester · 05/01/2022 21:02

The nastiest and most unprofessional line manager at my old work had a right go at a colleague for sickness record (cancer treatment so illegal into the bargain) then went to the works Xmas party and fell down some stairs drunk and everyone saw. Ten years on I still think of that moment and smile.

BlameItOnTheBlackStar · 05/01/2022 21:06

DH's 'friend' ditched him when he got together with me (jealousy as he was single really) but it really hurt him.

About a year later I drove past his street; he was shovelling after heavy snow. A snowplough went flying past him, and knocked him off his feet by belting about a ton of snow at his unpleasant sneering face.

OH how I laughed.

chitchatchatter · 05/01/2022 21:14

I gently pulled up alongside two horse riders at traffic lights on a dual carriageway waiting for the lights to change. A couple of boy racers roared up behind the horses, beeping their car horn repeatedly, turning up the already loud music and laughing as the horses spooked and the riders struggled to control them. They were so busy being pleased with themselves that they didn’t immediately notice the police car that pulled up behind me. The slow, heavy tread of the policeman as he walked towards them just screamed ‘I’m going to throw the book at you’ and I really hope he did.

There is such a thing as karma.

Jeelypieces20storeys · 05/01/2022 21:18

My bitchy, underqualified boss bullied me out of my job then left for a high-flying senior role at another organisation 6 months later. Was sacked within 6 weeks for bullying. Lost her house and her husband left her. It's called karma and it's pronounced ha ha ha.

EnglishGirlApproximately · 05/01/2022 21:21

Waiting for a bus on holiday in Marseilles and the rudest man shoved aggressively past two elderly ladies who were queuing in front of him to try and get on. He then proceeded to get trapped in the closing door, fell down and twisted his ankle. His poor daughters looked mortified. The ladies and rest of the queue tried unsuccessfully not to laugh Grin

Santaisstilleatingmincepies · 05/01/2022 21:30

When I left dh he refused to let me take any of the dc's baby photos. He hid them in his car.
Car in for a service was burnt our due to electrical fault..
Oh and he wasn't insured!

latetothefisting · 05/01/2022 21:33

almost instant karma - it was chucking it down as I walked to work, and my umbrella blew inside out, soaking me. Man on a bike driving past laughed so hard he didn't see where he was going, clipped the kerb and fell off into a puddle Grin

ruthieness · 05/01/2022 21:48

We regularly use a car park which we have a pass card for.

The entrance barrier machine has a glitch so If the car park is full and you try to use your pass then it does not let you in but registers you have used your card and so still wont let you into the car park - even if people have left and it is no longer full
Then you have to call security and wait for them to find you on the system and reset your pass - there is a clear sign warning of this.

So we drove up to the barrier and did NOT try to use our pass as the car park was full and so we were waiting for a car to come out. The driver in the car behind us repeatedly tooting their car horn and eventually we got out and tried to explain to him why we were waiting
but he was very rude - started swearing and didn't listen.

Just then a car was coming out so we got back in our car and went into the car park
as we were walking away I noticed another car coming out and I watched with delight to see that angry driver still could not get into the car park as he had tried to use his pass when the car park showed as full and now was having to wait for security!

it was instant Karma!!

BouncyMonk · 05/01/2022 21:57

We were driving on a busy road during rush hour- the main route into town. Traffic was moving slowly and we were directly behind a bus.

The bus slowed and indicated to stop to pick people up. We couldn’t see clearly ahead, so decided not to overtake and slowed down. The guy in a car behind us, obviously in a rush, started beeping his horn, gesticulating and shouting to himself. He then saw a gap in the oncoming traffic and sped past us to overtake the bus.

When we got moving again we saw that the stupid twat had managed to overtake but had then somehow lost control and crashed his nice car into a dry stone wall that bordered the road.

A couple of hours later when I came back in the other direction, he was stood on the side of the road talking on his mobile, looking very fed up whilst a recovery vehicle extracted his car from the wall. I imagine he was quite late for wherever he was meant to be!

AdoraBell · 05/01/2022 22:15

A manager at a department store I worked in years, very critical, and quite nasty, of pregnant colleagues - telling them they were pregnant not ill and “morning” sickness is only in the morning so doesn’t affect their working hours etc. Quite sneering.

Then she was pregnant. Sick as a dog from day one, looked like death warmed up when she returned to work, after being off sick for 4 weeks.

I wouldn’t wish a tough pregnancy to anyone, but she deserved everything she got. She had a healthy baby at the end, but really got her comeuppance.

roundtable · 05/01/2022 22:22

Car on the motorway racing in and out of drivers in all of the lanes, cutting people up constantly. Mentioned to DH that drivers like that never seem to get caught...5 mins later car has been pulled up on the hard shoulder by a police car. The only time I've seen a dangerous driver be pulled over before.

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 05/01/2022 22:22

I worked in a very busy agency with some incredibly rude clients. I had to look after one particularly rude client for the whole day and was cringing as she was awful to everyone she came into contact with.

After yet another shouting rant at a member of my team she stomped off and sat down a bit too forcefully on a chair with wheels... which zoomed across the office, flipped backwards and dumped her unceremoniously on the floor. There were a lot of stifled guffaws Grin

Serenschintte · 05/01/2022 22:26

My parents came to visit me. I live in an alpine country. The people here are polite but many believe things should be done a certain way. And are not shy to tell you.
Anyway we went to a local mountain and decided to walk down to the next train stop. My Dad didn’t have hiking shoes on.
A lady stopped us and pointed out my Dad was wearing the wrong shoes and could fall. Of course meaning she was wearing the correct ones.
Then she fell over, right in front of us. (She was fine)
My Mum said ‘well that’s natural justice’ abs we continued on our walk.
It was quite funny

Aposterhasnoname · 05/01/2022 22:32

In a long queue for a water taxi. Two young lads tried to push in, so a chap in front put his arm across and held onto a railing to block their path. The lads were pushing really hard to get past, so the bloke let go suddenly and both lads propelled headfirst straight into the water. Twas hilarious.

Rhannion · 05/01/2022 22:36

Ex partner left me and broke up a the marriage by going off with the wife of a friend. Saw him one sunny afternoon with his new partner, lots of bees buzzing around, she was screaming and running around as she hated bees. One of the bees promptly stung him on sole of the foot and another one stung her on the hand. How I laughed.
I love bees, wonderful wee creatures who , in the words of Kate Bush “ turn the roses into gold”

WhatDidISayAlan · 05/01/2022 22:37

On my cycle commute home from work a lad in the passenger seat of a souped up convertible leaned out and slapped my arse so hard I nearly fell off my bike. Don’t think he’d have done it if he’d realised that the car right behind him was an unmarked police Audi who promptly pulled him over, yanked him out of the car and tore strips off him.

Maverickess · 05/01/2022 22:39

It was actually me Blush

Going out for a horse ride with my sister who I thought sometimes wasn't a safety conscious as she might be.
I asked if she'd tightened her girth as we set off, to which she rolled her eyes and muttered, then tightened her girth. Moments later my twat horse decided to spook, guess who hadn't tightened their girth and ended up with a face full of mud?!
She still delights in telling that story. 🤦

AuntieJoyce · 05/01/2022 22:48

The school minibus used to pick up and drop off children from the farms around my village primary school.

One particular boy lived on a farm where the minibus would pull onto a little bridge, let him off, then reverse back onto the road and drive back the way it came.

He always always slammed the minibus door. The driver always always told him to stop slamming the door. He always always continued.

One afternoon the minibus pulled onto the little bridge and as the boy got out the driver said “don’t slam the....”

Boy slammed door, it promptly rebounded open again and knocked him flying into the dyke below up to his neck in water.