Any CF Karma stories

[Bethany83]

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...

In this context NC means name changed

In my early 20s, got asked out by a chap that was part of a circle of friends. We had a couple of dates, both of which I paid my share for and thought we were getting on well. Third date, I'd paid for cinema tickets for a new film in the West End, which was a small chunk of my not great salary at the time. Date goes well and as we get to my home front door to say bye (different world then), he tells me we can't go out anymore as he has just got 'engaged' to another girl!!!!! One, I definitely would not go out with anyone playing this game if I'd known and two, it hurt, as I had always liked him. Anyway, move on three years or so, New Year's Eve, in a local pub and myself and friends had a good evening, not drunk but slightly merry. Leaving the pub, he is there with another woman and I said hello, being adult about it, going to leave it at that. But, he jumps in, with 'oh, I should remember you, but I can't remember your name or where from'. So, here's the karma.... I said 'I'm the girl you dumped as you'd just got engaged to another woman!'. The look on the other woman's face was priceless, he just had no idea what to do next and my friend's dragged me out the door quickly!

Really?

You think the disabled daughter of a man that is disablist and wanted boys is as unpleasant as the father?

I think she has earned the right to make the comments she has. And I say that as the mother of an autistic daughter.

This one is about me, I am afraid. Dc had a friend at school and was into rowing. Like seriously into rowing. 5 am start in the North of the country, constant rain, etc. As a result she could not study properly, was always tired for classes, secretly munching a baguette in the back of the class. Because she could not concentrate on her studies, she chose the lightest, silliest subjects just to stay in this minor day school. She also started being quite promiscuous. So naturally when talking to my dc, I invariably used to say 'Don't be like ..., she will never get into any university with her stupid choice of subjects and her stupid hobby and her promiscuity'. So, this became my refrain to the point that when I started this sentence, my dc would wince and say 'I know, I know.... and never get accepted by any uni'. Well, at the end of school this silly (according to me) girl with zero prospects (according to me) got a full scholarship to study anything she wanted at an Ivy League university, with even holiday trips back to the UK paid for! Major lesson for me.

I was at my best mate's birthday party & we were playing pictionary in 2 teams. Her competitive friend banned the little kids from joining her team.

She was obsessed with winning and was being a right dick about it. So I let the 4 kids join my team so they wouldn't be left out.

Guess which team won?!! It was the little kids who won the game for me and the look on her face when she realised was priceless.

A couple of year back, I was on my motorbike. Not far from home, there's a roundabout with a straight on and a left turn only lane. I was going straight on and a black Range Rover pulled up next to me and after I moved, he roared straight ahead, blaring the horn.

I had to swerve and brake, almost running into the triangular traffic island, which separates the exit lane from oncoming traffic. I really thought, "I'm dead..."

Mr. Idiot had managed not to notice the marked Police BMW X5 right behind him. I pulled over behind where they'd stopped him and one of the cops told me, "It's OK, we don't need a statement, everything's on camera."

I replied that I was just stopping for couple of minutes, until I stopped shaking.

That . . . .is exquisite . . . .

Fromage - I salute thee! 😁

I wish I'd witnessed that!

All of those sharp little pointy hooves* . . . all of those little "currants" . . . 😂

I bet they were peeing themselves in the insurance office when his claim went in.

*Sheep are heavier than you think

I used to work in admin for the army. Every evening when I was about to go home this particular Major would bring "urgent" work to be done. He would sit in the office armchair waiting for it to be done. Our office cleaner had shampooed the armchair one morning and it wasn't quite dry. He made himself comfy then started squirming and looking at his trousers. He was soaked through! Karma!

The birth of my first child was quite dramatic with me ending up having an emergency c-section. This was in the days of set visiting times, so I had no one to support me most of the time. I supposed I was a bit overwhelmed by everything and feeling very fragile when a cleaner came into the room. She spotted the baby in one of those transparent cot things between my bed and the window and said, ‘Is it your first? Thought so. No proper mother would put a baby in the sunshine (it wasn’t in the least bit sunny). You’ll give it jaundice. Is that what you want?’
I cried pretty much for the rest of the day, and when my husband came in that evening, told him what had happened. He was furious and wanted to complain, but ultimately, we let it go.
A couple of years later, I was back for the birth of my second. There was woman in the next room to me making a great deal of fuss about, amongst other things, her husband not being allowed to spend the night with her. She was screaming, making demands and taking up a lot of the nurse’s time.
I was surprised to see the very same cleaner come into my room, but this time she was in tears. She told me she had given the loud woman some ‘advice’ about not sleeping with her baby on her and was told to go and fuck herself!
I managed not to laugh.

Not one to gloat but my mum had a friend who boasted about her kids academic prowess. Tbf they were bright, straight A students so well deserved. However, their mother was a PITA about it & always made sure Iwe knew about every achievement.

Both girls went on a bender at university not surprising because of their mum & didn't get the expected top grades. I did better than them & their mum was lived, she kept saying I can't believe Sticky did better than my girl! 🙄

Me, a 20-year old student and my parents' friends, asking me to help their son cram for Oxford entry. Stupidly (I understand now) I gave up several week-ends for this in the spring, travelling from London to Norfolk. They paid for my ticket but not for my time as I thought they were my parents' friends and it is not on. I was tutoring for 10 hours a day, Saturday and Sunday. They provided such meagre food, that I felt starved. They lived a drive from the shops, so I could not even nip out for a bag of crisps. But the most horrid thing was the tutee - entitled, not very intelligent, lazy and truly classist. He looked down on me and one lunch, when I was starved and took a piece of bread and spread some ketchup on it, he smirked and said (to a free tutor who travelled from London) 'one simply doesn't go round people's houses and puts ketchup on bread, it is poor manners'. I looked up at his parents, they said nothing. I was horrified and said nothing. To keep things OK between them and my parents, I continued to give tuition for free for the next 3 week-ends. I can't tell you how little and humiliated I felt. Fast forward to Oxford entry exams. His parents rang me and said "He was rejected. We all went to Oxford afterwards, arranged for a meeting with the college, demanded we get seen and had a conversation, asking if he can continue applying to the same college. The answer came - there is nothing precluding from applying again and again, but we can tell you now not to waste time - he is not Oxford material. They said he did not leave his room for a few days and when I asked what did he have to say to 'not Oxford material', the mother said 'he said - I can't believe it, a girl got in and a black boy got in, but I did not get in'.

I’m so sorry everyone. This is so Completely off thread but I have to ask.

Is it true sheep make awful pets? A woman I worked with (trading standards) “saved” 2 lambs from slaughter (while she was checking the slaughter house was doing what they were meant to).

She said the sheep would run down the hill past her house to knock the postman over so he refused to deliver. She said she thought they’d be like dogs but she couldn’t do anything with them 😂

“By the way it’s called one-all, you big boohoo crybaby”.
Hilarious

That's not karma, that's just stupid.

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

@Toogles sounds like a very rude man who definitely shouldn't have been barging you but isn't it polite to let people out of the lift first before you get in?

Mine's not so much a cheeky fucker, but a bully getting his comeuppance. This was a teacher at my primary school: Mr Clark, his name was. He was an awful tyrant of both kids and, allegedly, female staff.

This guy had a most unpleasant habit of standing over us children in the dining hall and forcing us to eat every mouthful of the revolting school dinners they served up in those days. Think of that yelling voice at the end of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall:' 'HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING IF YOU DON'T EAT YOUR MEAT!' and you'll get the general gist.

Puddings with skins on make me physically sick. I recoil. One day he stood over me and forced me to eat the most revolting tapioca pudding with what seemed like a millimetre thick skin on the top. I'm gagging now, even thinking about it.

Having endured a few spoonfuls of this, I projectile vomited all down his trouser leg.

Poetic justice!

Similar to me not long after getting my first car. Idiot behind kept coming up too close, obviously so important he couldn't wait to get past me. The road had just been tarred and had loose stone chippings with a large sign indicating slow down, so I was not going too fast.

He roared past me and disappeared round a bend in the road, when I came round the same bend, he was at the side of the road with a totally shattered windscreen from the loose chippings.

How I laughed as I carefully drove past.

It’s really nice & extraordinarily rare to see someone own their own bad attitude and to acknowledge they were wrong- in this case obviously belittling and judging someone. Hats off to you for owning up to this & recognising it. Most people who do this would in this scenario ignore that the person has proved them wrong and make up some reason to fit in with their narrative ie “well she’s just got lucky or something” etc. I think it’s really great you recognise this and can learn from it 👏🏼

As for dcs friend- Iv often found those that dedicate & commit to something to that level be it a sport or something else are often successful in other areas because it is their mindset that drives them to succeed. Good for her! It just goes to show you shouldn’t give a shit what others think of you as they often have no idea.

But we were on the 4th floor not the ground floor so I didn't think he was getting out!!

A healthy hobby that teaches discipline and teamwork not to mention the benefit that early morning exercise has on cognitive ability – you didn’t want your DC to do the same?!

Add to that the judgmental remarks about promiscuity and “silly” subjects… I’m glad she proved you so wrong!

Well said. My feelings too. 💐

Superb thread, OP - and so much more uplifting than the tales of good people being screwed over by CFs with no consequences!

I'm racking my brain for an appropriate anecdote, and hope to come back with one but while I'm at it, can I just say I believe you will never regret taking appropriate revenge on a cf, preferably at the time of the offence. So take courage, MNers, and speak up! This has always stood me in good stead, and is so much better than spending the next decade seething with rage.

Wrong airport - classic! 😱