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Any CF Karma stories

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Bethany83 · 04/04/2024 10:44

Inspired by yesterday's thread of the bill splitting karma, which was very uplifting to read, can anyone share any stories where CF got their come uppence? These will be a wonderful read for all especially victims of CF!
I don't have any to offer I am afraid...

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DreamyCyanFinch · 08/04/2024 20:31

Another train one.This happened just a couple of weeks ago.
A man got onto my train with two early teen kids and 3 bikes.
This are of the train is for bikes, but people sitting really have priority.
Anyway the man is slightly agggressive, loud and tells quite a lot of commuters off for taking the space up for the bikes.He tells them they could sit anywhere else on the train.Some women leave the carriage.

5 Minutes later the conductor comes along asks for his tickets.Only he has one and not for his bike, tje children have no tickets and not fir the bikes.
She gives him quite a telling off.He has to pay.Then another man near me pipes up saying you didn't even have a ticket, you made those others leave the carriage.The bike man was quite aggressively trying to defend himself.However he couldn't really I had a little snigger.
I don't live in the Uk so not sure what people do with bikes there.

m00rfarm · 08/04/2024 20:36

Pelsall116 · 07/04/2024 22:52

Not strictly CF I suppose but a lie to be called out.
Some years ago a colleague and I joined a badminton club run by someone in the IT dept of the company we worked for at the time. It was held at a community centre and they hired 3 of the 4 courts for 90 mins once a week 7,30pm-9pm. It wasn't a league club or anything, they just played for fun. We were relative (although not complete) beginners. A few weeks later my colleague and I were told the club was folding. I had the impression that this wasn't true and they simply didn't want us. It so happened that there was a bar which overlooked the courts so about 7 weeks later I visited the centre at about 8.15 (so well after they had arrived, well before they were due to leave) and popped up to the bar where, lo and behold, I could see them all playing. What my colleague and I did was got a couple of other colleagues from our team and we hired the fourth court from 7-9 on the same evening the badminton club played - and then watched their faces as one by one they started to arrive. Oh, did we enjoy their evident embarrassment when it became clear to them that we had caught them bang to rights. Revenge, as they say, is a dish best served cold...

The trouble is, it is really frustrating to have your one a week sports game held back by because you were having to mix in with people of a significantly lower standard. And so often, the lower standard players insist on player with the better players. I guess they were too embarrassed to tell you that you were not good enough and tried to spare your feelings. I hope that you were able to continue renting the extra court and take some lessons to get your games up to scratch - that would be the real karma - getting good enough to beat them.

TheaBrandt · 08/04/2024 20:44

Sorry but as a quite competent badminton player ( lessons from 11-18 used to play for school) its really annoying when you have to basically play beach badminton with absolute beginners. You just can't have a proper game. Their only other option was to flat out tell you not to come as you were not up to standard.

Soubriquet · 08/04/2024 21:11

Latenightreader · 08/04/2024 20:03

This wasn’t a school beginning with N was it? It all sounds really familiar!

No G but it sounds like dickheads are among a lot of schools

OliveRL · 08/04/2024 21:14

Notellinganyone · 08/04/2024 09:05

Oxford colleges don’t arrange meetings with the parents of those they reject. That’s made up.

Feedback on admissions decisions | University of Oxford - familiarise yourself with the feedback. Not only do they give feedback to those meeting the conditions, they also explain themself for rejecting those who did not meet the conditions of offer.

Feedback on admissions decisions | University of Oxford

Feedback on admissions decisions should be requested from the college which considered the application, on or before 15 February in the year after the application was made.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/decisions/feedback

LasagneLasagne · 08/04/2024 21:15

Some years ago, I was working on a big project for a fairly well-known client. It was complex and involved significant input from the data team, the manager of whom lacked the knowledge needed. He therefore outsourced it to a contractor, who was a friend of his. His back was already up, as I had made some requests and suggestions in terms of analytics and he had rudely disregarded them, because he didn't want to take advice from a woman who he saw as 'less than' himself in terms of knowledge.
He forwarded the email details of the contractor to me (so I could ask questions and see that we had all that was required for the project) as well as part of the email conversation that they had already had. What he forgot to delete from that email chain was the part where he referred to me as 'this annoying bitch who knows fuck all about it' (said the man who had to outsource something that WAS HIS JOB to a consultant).
I took great pleasure in forwarding the email on to my boss, who immediately came out of her office and curtly told him that she needed a word. I would have loved to have been in that meeting.

I wasn't sorry to see him at the top of the list when redundancies were made a month or so later, because, apart from being an arrogant twat, he was terrible at his job.

Fimofriend · 08/04/2024 21:20

Sorry but if you are annoyed because some of the other badminton players are beginners you talk with them you don't pretend that the club has folded. No reason to be sneaky. It is so immature.

reesewithoutaspoon · 08/04/2024 21:23

One from my childhood
We didn't have much money and there was an obnoxious child a few doors up who loved to taunt us with "Look what I have and you don't " all the time.

One day the ice cream van came round and my mum couldn't afford to get us one. The horrible kid got one and started doing exaggerated licks saying I have an ice cream and you don't, in our faces. As he walked away he tripped and landed face-first into his ice cream and chipped his front tooth.
Instant Karma

spacehoppercommuter · 08/04/2024 21:28

TheaBrandt · 08/04/2024 20:44

Sorry but as a quite competent badminton player ( lessons from 11-18 used to play for school) its really annoying when you have to basically play beach badminton with absolute beginners. You just can't have a proper game. Their only other option was to flat out tell you not to come as you were not up to standard.

Sorry but as supposed grown adults they could also have used their grown up words and explained to the beginners a more appropriate time to come when others are at a similar level and therefore it would be more fun for everyone.

Far better than lying to people which is stupid, unkind and childish.

rossogingerale · 08/04/2024 21:48

At Costco getting petrol and as its one of the cheapest places at the mo for fuel, you are queuing for a good 10-15 mins.

Had this complete arsehole in a BMW Q5 right up behind me, looked like they were in my boot he was that close.

The front pump was out of action and they had put cones in front of the pump, (you couldn't see this until you drove up to the pump) so only one other pump in use.

I pulled up and got out and the arsehole flashed me to move up and beeped at me and without even having the chance to respond to him, he pulled out and went to turn in to the pump in front of me and ran over a cone which he had to then get out of his car to remove from under his car. Made my year that.

Cheesycrumpets93 · 08/04/2024 21:54

I was with a guy for 4 years. We remained friends as we weree in the same friendship group and split on good terms. I moved on and got a new partner about 8 months later.

2 years later he got a new partner - who upon finding out we used to be together told him to cut contact. The reason she gave was that I postponed our scheduled meet up and therefore I had something to hide. This was not true, I planned on meeting them but I'd broken my leg a few days before and was bed bound. He cut me off instantly, I took it on the chin but the way it was done was malicious - think logging into my Facebook, removing albums of trips together etc - despite us being separated for well over 2 years. Funnily enough, he'd also done this to a previous partner when we were first dating - how this wasn't a red flag I don't know.

Fast forward 6 months and I get a notification from Amazon. My phone number was still registered to receive updates on orders from his account - I usually just ignored them and thought one day he will realise why he's not getting any updates on his parcels.

There was a flurry of texts one day which gave me great satisfaction. I know he'd moved in with his new partner through a mutual friend as she helped them move. I received a notification “your order of extra strength bed bug spray” followed by “your order of humane Mouse traps has been dispatched”.

I proceeded to email the screenshots to him and said sorry about your issue but my number is still attached to your Amazon - please remove it and good luck with the bed bugs.

Notjustabrunette · 08/04/2024 22:10

Parked my car in a car park, come back to find that I couldn’t open my car doors as both cars either side had parked too close. Their tires were either touching or over the lines. I had to climb in via the boot, and then very carefully pull out of the tight spot. As I was getting my kids in the car, a ticket inspector came round and wrote them both tickets for not being within their space. In fact in think it was me scrambling about in the boot that alerted him to what was going on.

Shannith · 08/04/2024 22:11

NeverEnoughPants · 08/04/2024 07:39

My ex had a friend who was a total misogynist. One example was that he told his wife-to-be that he wasn't going to put up with her PMT and that if she continued with it then they would be over. He claims that PMT is made up because she never had it after that.

This is a very minor one compared to some, but I think it fits.

One day they were over and we decided to play trivial pursuit. I said 'let's make it girls against guys' (I wouldn't use the term girls now, before anyone has a go).

He laughed and said 'you don't want her on your side, she's hopeless'.

I'm sure you can see where this is going. We landed so lucky with the questions, you know how some have little clues as to the answer, so even if you don't know if, you can figure it out? We got loads of them. And a lot that I knew, just from general knowledge. (We had played it twice before, so it wasn't that I knew all the cards, we were still chucking through cards we hadn't played before). Now, I'm completely hopeless at sport. The very last 'pie' piece we needed was sport. We landed on an international football question. I was like 'I have no idea'. She said 'i think I know this. Is it Ajax?'. She was bang on the money.

We completely slaughtered them. My now ex was completely fine with it, knew there was no cheating etc (we'd played the game the same amount of times) but this twat couldn't have it to be that we won on merit. He was blustering about how I must have played it hundreds of times etc.

Surprisingly, they are still together.

You've just reminded me.

At university I had an on off boyfriend who was ver ver posh. I'm not. We had fun, and he was a good guy at heart but he could never quite fathom that I managed to get by in life with my appalling comprehensive education. And being from Essex. He never patronised me but was always mildly amused by me.

One summer we travelled back to London by train, joined by one of his ver ver posh friends - who was just a total caricature of the worst kind of public schoolboy. Braying, patronising, misogynistic. Imagine a mini Boris.

I'm not sure why we had a box of trivial pursuit but we did and we played it.

It was evenly matched much to his friend's confusion. I was the first one to get to the final question. They conferred for ages getting very excited and giggling, she'll never get this...

Partial quote from a poem.

Before they'd got half way I said, Kipling, If

I then recited it. Because let's face it it's hardly obscure.

His face. His poor little illusion shattered face. The most beautiful irony is that is the kind of poem he'd have been bought up on as a fine upstanding pupil of one of the most famous public schools in the country.

He could not, literally could not, comprehend how a state educated girl from an Essex not not only Jae heard of this poem of male hubris- but know it by heart.

He spent the next hour alternating between a state of disbelief and trying to get me to sleep with him.

Reader, I did not.

Bayleaftree63 · 08/04/2024 22:15

Fraaahnces · 05/04/2024 15:17

NC means No Contact.

Name change

Payforyourowndinner · 08/04/2024 22:18

What an absolutely fabulous thread OP!

Fluffybagel · 08/04/2024 22:18

Pudmyboy · 08/04/2024 20:30

Does this mean you bought your own shoes back or am I not understanding this properly? (Hoping you didn't have to buy them back!)

No I never paid for them 😂 she kept listing them back on the auction site (thinking she was going to make some money) so I put ridiculous bids on of £1000, never got the shoes back or the money!

LakeTiticaca · 08/04/2024 22:20

@rossogingerale this happened to me once. The guy behind me was honking and flashing his lights for me to move up. He screeched round me to pull up to the pump in front then realised it was closed. He was so embarrassed he decided to drive off the fuel station. I gave him a cheery wave on his way out 😁😁

IncessantNameChanger · 08/04/2024 22:30

Not really a CF just a nasty fucker.

Have done a fair few SEN tribunals and one of the LA tribunal reps was an absolute nasty, underhand sociopath. He was vile. Watched my sons entire class getting underdressed for PE for evidence against my sons dyspraxia. Opened his car into mine at the hearing. Did a data dump of over 1000 pages as late evidence on the day. Lied through out the process. Left my sons data in a public building. Sent me a email chain where he had asked all the teachers for dirt on me. Told me I was a terrible parent with zero asperations for my child when summing up. So much more. Did this to a lot of parents.

he was favoured by the LA as he was a nasty intimidating shit. But his reputation got ahead of him and he was refused bar school for his reputation. It was ten years ago. I still smile. He said he was a humanitarian on his linked in ( unless that human is not a disabled child or it’s parent of course).

m00rfarm · 08/04/2024 22:39

IncessantNameChanger · 08/04/2024 22:30

Not really a CF just a nasty fucker.

Have done a fair few SEN tribunals and one of the LA tribunal reps was an absolute nasty, underhand sociopath. He was vile. Watched my sons entire class getting underdressed for PE for evidence against my sons dyspraxia. Opened his car into mine at the hearing. Did a data dump of over 1000 pages as late evidence on the day. Lied through out the process. Left my sons data in a public building. Sent me a email chain where he had asked all the teachers for dirt on me. Told me I was a terrible parent with zero asperations for my child when summing up. So much more. Did this to a lot of parents.

he was favoured by the LA as he was a nasty intimidating shit. But his reputation got ahead of him and he was refused bar school for his reputation. It was ten years ago. I still smile. He said he was a humanitarian on his linked in ( unless that human is not a disabled child or it’s parent of course).

I don't understand this one - not sure if it typos or I don't know enough about this area.

Iaskedyouthrice · 08/04/2024 22:43

m00rfarm · 08/04/2024 22:39

I don't understand this one - not sure if it typos or I don't know enough about this area.

? Reads perfectly fine to me and I know nothing about this area. It made perfect sense.

m00rfarm · 08/04/2024 22:47

Iaskedyouthrice · 08/04/2024 22:43

? Reads perfectly fine to me and I know nothing about this area. It made perfect sense.

"he was favoured by the LA as he was a nasty intimidating shit. But his reputation got ahead of him and he was refused bar school for his reputation."\

"Watched my sons entire class getting underdressed for PE "

I assume second one is undressed and not underdressed. I don't know what the first one means.

It was many facts thrown out and I did not find it easy to follow. Did not realise that was a crime. Wish I was as clever as you. I did not understand what his karma was.

Iaskedyouthrice · 08/04/2024 22:53

Oh no I wasn't been snippy, I was just telling you it was easy to follow. I sometimes look and can't make head nor tail of a post.
I'm assuming he wanted to train to become a barrister which is why he applied for bar school.
Yes im also assuming the OP meant to write undressed. I didn't feel the need to point it out. Because that's rude. Perhaps the poster wishes she was as clever as you?

Iaskedyouthrice · 08/04/2024 22:56

His karma was he didn't get in to Bar school to become a barrister @m00rfarm

m00rfarm · 08/04/2024 22:59

Iaskedyouthrice · 08/04/2024 22:56

His karma was he didn't get in to Bar school to become a barrister @m00rfarm

I was using under and un - dressed as an example of knowing one was a typo but not understanding the other. I had no idea how being refused at bar school related to working as a local authority SEN rep. Did not know the SEN tribunal rep was any sort of legal role and could not see the link - hence wondering if it were a typo as in the under and un dressed. Now I know.

Pelsall116 · 08/04/2024 23:26

m00rfarm · 08/04/2024 20:36

The trouble is, it is really frustrating to have your one a week sports game held back by because you were having to mix in with people of a significantly lower standard. And so often, the lower standard players insist on player with the better players. I guess they were too embarrassed to tell you that you were not good enough and tried to spare your feelings. I hope that you were able to continue renting the extra court and take some lessons to get your games up to scratch - that would be the real karma - getting good enough to beat them.

We didn’t insist on playing with any particular players. Some of them were quite good whereas others to be honest weren’t that much if at all above our standard. I would have rather they had been honest - and at the time I enquired about joining up I did say we were relative beginners and was told it was fine. We didn’t hire that court again; we did it that night for a specific purpose, but we did play occasionally at lunch time. We were not interested in getting to a point of beating any of them to be honest, just player for fun