To think he isn't funny?

[CatWreathkeith]

I work for a company that sublets to various businesses on a fairly large site,

Today one of our directors, who is reasonably wealthy, pulled a gag on the lady that runs the onsite cafe that involved a 25k fake scratch card.

She isn't wealthy, and spent 20 mind or so phoning her family and friends offering to treat them before my pathetic boss laughed at her for falling for the joke.

Aibu is this a particularly cuntish thing to just before Christmas?

Poor woman cried she was so disappointed/embarrassed.

Bloody hell Hatespiders. :(

I hate pranksters as well. Time wasters.

Definitely report it tomorrow morning. Your boss may be away but his email/inbox still work, HR too, if you have them.

That is not banter, witty or funny, he has well overstepped any mark of common decency and your boss needs to know who is doing business for him.

That poor woman needs to be supported in making her own complaint, to her boss and his. Maybe you could have a quiet word, give her contact details etc.

But mostly I would want him to know that you are disgusted and doing something, make him anxious, uncertain, so he can't have a comfortable Christmas. Not sure how you could do that without slapping him though!

Definitely report him to director by email and then hr.

He needs a wake up call, and he should be made at the very least to go in person and apologise

The woman on the end of this 'joke' must have felt awful to have been made a fool of. The worse thing for her is having to tell those she telephoned that she was mistaken and has to take back the offers she made. How embarrassing for her!

What about a round robin letter from those who saw the incident and thought how insensitive he was, telling him what it cost the poor woman?

What about telling the local paper but keeping the woman's name anonymous?

Send an email to your boss saying what a knob you think he is for being so horrible and accidentally cc everyone else in?

I think it's only the type of joke you'd do with a very good friend whom you previously shared a history of outrageous jokes

And should only delivered on April 1st

What a nasty human being he and his son are.

I can totally understand the desire to pay him back. So little (if anything) gets through to this type of person and makes them realise their behaviour is horrible. I would bet any 'banter' given to them wouldn't be funny and it would be 'different' to what they did to this lady.

What a horrible thing to do :(

I would imagine that, once this woman's family hear the truth and witness her distress, they will be wanting payback. OP, certainly you should report what he did but don't do anything else just yet because I am certain that karma will be coming to him.

In way this is fraud. Counterfeits scratch cards are illegal and the person giving can be done for fraud. The person giving is liable.

The rotten bastard.

You need to play this completely straight. No revenge which could be seen as from her. If she is rebuilding her life the last things she needs will be to lose her job. Tell your boss. Quietly. Let him deal with it. If he doesn't and the fucker is still there in the NY you quietly speak to the lady and ask her what she wants to do. Taking her flowers would be lovely. Remember that While it may be nice to do newspaper articles and crowd funding, it is up to her to decide (secretly I hope she wants to do an HRMC letter!) but you need to play this straight if you want him dealt with properly.

What an awful thing to do. I hate those scratch cards.

My dumbass sister gave them out last year to my mums boyfriend and my auntie. Now they are not strapped for cash but not exactly rolling in it either and I huge lump sum like that would have helped a lot.

I wasn't there at the time she gave them out but I did call her a twat for doing it.

Has she still got the fake scratch card as evidence?

I am sure HR won't luke it.
He should be disciplined.

Hatespiders how awful. I bet the practical joker never forgave himself!

If those lottery tickets are illegal take to police christmas eve with full details. Bet he have a nice xmas then. (Evil cackle)

That is horrible I can't stand people like this. Temping to do something awful back but not if it risks getting the poor woman in trouble. Awful bastards.

That's such a cruel trick to play on someone, particularly someone who would need the money.

Tempting as it is to do some revenge practical jokes, I wouldn't. You could end up getting in trouble yourself for them, or even worse, this lady might get the blame as she's the one on the receiving end of the cruel prank so would have a reason to want to get back at nasty man.

I would tell your boss ASAP. If he's not in tomorrow to talk face to face, I would e-mail him with details about what happened, emphasizing the distress and humiliation this cruel prank has caused.

And if these cards are illegal and count as fraud, I would think about asking the lady if she still has them and if she'd like to report this to the police. That might make him rethink his ideas about acceptable banter.

I agree with others don't get involved in revenge. It has the potential to get out of hand and backfire massively. The OP could well appear to be just as bad as the 'joker'. It would also be unprofessional

Get your boss to deal with it.

Just imagine if someone had grave financial problems and was depressed, was conned like this into thinking relief had miraculously arrived, then told it was a joke and moreover the perpetrator and his son were laughing their dicks off at them. This situation could possibly have resulted in a suicide. That poor nurse who was conned into giving information to 'The Queen' was tipped over the edge into suicide.

The case at the telephone exchange resulted in a huge enquiry, and several people lost their jobs. My friend (the Area Manager) attended the man's funeral. It was dreadful.
And NOT funny at all...

Really nasty

I love sue's idea too and I'd donate!

That guy is such a cruel bastard. He really deserves his comeuppance.