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To ask if you've ever seen someone get what they deserve?

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Fishface77 · 19/09/2016 13:51

I was at a wedding in Saturday and there was an ex-couple there.
The ex-H d was emotionally, verbally and financially abusive to his ex-w (witnessed).
She finally left him, gained a stone, had hair and make up done, looked fab and has a hot new man.
Ex-h eyes nearly fell out of his head. He tried to chat to her and she laughed, asked if she knew him and strolled of.
The look on his face was priceless and he just slunk away.
Have you ever seen anyone get what they deserve?

OP posts:
ayeokthen · 20/09/2016 18:47

spiderlight absolute genius!

2kids2dogsnosense · 20/09/2016 18:52

spderlight
thanked her without so much as a flicker of recognition

YES!!!!!!!!

IceIceIce · 20/09/2016 18:53

Oh I've thought of more now. This thread is so good.

There was a boy at my brothers school who constantly cried bully at everyone. He wasn't bullied. He would stand in his garden or window giving other kids crap and then didn't like it when they did it back to him the next day at school. Very rarely anyone did anything more than he did to them (petty name calling) but on occasion he and my brother would end up squabbling (nothing vicious more rolling around in the bloody dirt. No marks left on either child).

The boys dad took it upon himself to begin harassing me and my mum because of my brother and his son not getting along.

He would often wait for my mum and scream abuse at her and threaten her. She never did anything back.

One day after about a month of this my dad's shifts changed. And this bloke was outside doing his usual revving his car to let me mum know he was there. Then banged on the door as usual to give my mum more abuse.

Except my dad answered. All 6ft 4 of him.

My dad is the gentlest man on earth and wouldn't raise a hand to the guy. But obviously the guy didn't know that and took one look at my dad and absolutely shit himself and started crying. My dad laughed at him and told him and closed the door and he never said another word to my mum.

Roseformeplease · 20/09/2016 19:02

Former colleague made fun of another young colleague (female) by going on and on about how rubbish women are at driving. He got worse when she backed a mini bus into a bollard, doing no damage but still.....

Two weeks later, driving much too fast, he rolled the same mini bus. Thankfully, he was alone and unhurt but we did laugh. We made a lot of "roll" jokes for ages, "Anyone want a biscuit. What about a fig roll" or "What is your role in the team, Fred".

He actually took it very well.

tofutti · 20/09/2016 19:03

Paris7 you've told that one before and it's still good Smile

Puzzledandpissedoff · 20/09/2016 19:06

My vile exMIL, a foul narcissist with a deep vein of spite, lives in the type of village where everyone helps out - church contacts, WI, endless so-called friends who she slagged off endlessly - you name it, she had the lot

Except that one by one they all grew utterly sick of her viciousness and deserted her, so now she's old and sick with absolutely nobody except her slavish son, my exH, who'll bother with her in any way (oh, and she slags him off too)

Choices have consequences ...

firtlebunny · 20/09/2016 19:08

if you ever let slip any identifying info I'm going to be emailing these screenshots to your local authorities including social services and the police. Disgraceful.

Seemingly this was on one of the Neubaustrecken in Germany where speed limits do not apply. So you would be wasting your breath.

piggypoo · 20/09/2016 19:08

Seeing my abusive ex, 15 years later, he'd completely transformed from a thin, good looking tanned man to a fat, bald miserable looking harassed husband, (he ran off with my best friend and married her) I really loved that one, especially as at the time of the meeting, I'd just come back from a foreign holiday and looked my absolute best. The look on their faces was priceless!

pinkunicornsarefluffy · 20/09/2016 19:08

Years ago, when I was about 13 I stole an eyeliner from a cheap store (value was 99p). I knew it was wrong but was led astray by older girls. Whilst waiting for the bus I dropped a nail varnish I had paid for (value 99p).

I saw that as karma and never stole anything ever again!

Pinklady1982 · 20/09/2016 19:13

I had extremely bad ezcema at school, and was bullied so much for it everyday, my life was hell and I used to pretend to be ill all the time so that my mum wouldn't send me in. One of the main culprits was a girl who was supposedly my bf, and it hurt me so much when I found out what she had been saying. Anyway, she was pregnant before we even left school, and it turned out that her son got ezcema really bad bless him. She called me up apologising and asking me for my help with how to soothe him. I of course have her advice, and I wouldn't say she got what she deserved, as I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, and definitely not a baby! but just making a point that everyone should be nice to eachother, as you never know if one day you might be the one who suffers.

AlexRose5 · 20/09/2016 19:19

Spiderlight love it lol X

AlexRose5 · 20/09/2016 19:23

Well said pink lady x

HeyMicky · 20/09/2016 19:34

Evil witch of a boss bullied me awfully. And was horrendous to everyone else.

But publishing is a small world, and people she had terrorised had moved on to other companies. So when she was made redundant no one would hire her because word had got around.

She is supremely unhappy in her new minimum wage job - she sees it as far below her abilities and dignity. I occasionally look at her twitter feed for a good gloat.

gemma19846 · 20/09/2016 19:34

I once found a hair in a sandwich made at a local cafe, i polietly told the owner and asked if she would be able to make me a fresh one. Instead of apologising she shouted and bawled at me in front of all the customers then shouted "everyone! SHE thinks this hair in her sandwich belongs to me! What do you all think? Looks like one of hers doesnt it" (even though it was red like her hair 😕) anyway she completely embarrased me so i left the shop. A few days later i rang up and ordered a HUGE dinner order for collection making sure there was brown or red sauce on every bacon/egg/sausage muffin i ordered, gave her a different name and told her i would collect at dinner. Needless to say i didnt and felt so much better knowing the cows takings were down that week. Not so much karma but still made me feel better

TwatbadgingCuntfuckery · 20/09/2016 19:35

Today. Outside of school double yellows up and down the road. Since start of term parents blatantly ignore them and park where ever.

Walking down the road I counted 23 on the spot fines for illegal parking and 2 very busy traffic wardens.

Felt sorry for them as they got abuse from parents though :(

ample · 20/09/2016 19:49

I'm just pleased to find the knobheads who drive up my backside then overtake erratically, are in fact, in the car right in front of me (or even adjacenct) at the very next set of traffic lights.
Happy moments are made of this 😇

Karlakitten1 · 20/09/2016 19:50

Years ago, a supervisor at my job, kept having me retrained and then moved me to another department as money went missing from my till almost weekly. They thought I wasn't counting the money correctly, rather than me stealing. I felt a right twonk having to be trained in counting out money, in front of everyone, or be supervised in a shift to check I was doing it correctly. I had just left school so just went with it, but wondered what the hell I was doing wrong, as every time they checked me it was fine! Till continued to be down, so on my last chance...turns out the supervisor had been pocketing notes, lotto tickets, bagging up food shopping in the cash office and just walking out with it! I saw her on the bus a while later and she did look sheepish!

ample · 20/09/2016 19:50

Adjacent even

enolagayits0815 · 20/09/2016 19:58

I worked for a major book and stationery retailer a few years ago. One of the store managers was exceptionally rude to me, unfortunately for him I worked in head office in managerial store support and the internal audit department asked me which stores I recommended for an internal audit investigation Grin

WanderingNotLost · 20/09/2016 20:02

Angelina Jolie?! Grin

To ask if you've  ever seen someone get what they deserve?
TheFormidableMrsC · 20/09/2016 20:10

Yes! Excellent one recently. A good friend's husband left her some years ago for OW. Friend had two very young children at the time and it almost destroyed her. It took her a good five years to recover. OW was utterly vile, superior and smug. He married her. Friend was devastated. Fast forward 14 years and the ex-h has now left OW for a much younger woman. OW has been heard uttering that she "never thought he'd do it to her". Friend was secretly delighted by it all, she has long moved on, has a lovely man with whom she has a beautiful child but has said nothing for the sake of her older children who are extremely angry at their father for his continued behaviour. They now rarely see him. Friend just waiting for the "much younger" latest OW to wake up and see the sad, late middle aged sap she's ended up with, particularly as he will be significantly poorer after a second, hugely expensive divorce. Marvellous!

TheFormidableMrsC · 20/09/2016 20:12

WanderingNotLost Grin Grin Grin

I really do hope that JA is having a massive gloat tonight!

Goingtobeawesome · 20/09/2016 20:17

While I agree that toga is being a silly idiot I took her 18 month old to be the car.

StrandedStarfish · 20/09/2016 20:18

I changed careers at 35, and struggled with the university part of my career change. On my first day in my first job I was given a task to do by a line manager with no assistance or guidance and that an experienced staff member would have struggled with. An hour later the line manager asked loudly and publicly 'do you actually have a qualification in this job'. I was humiliated in front of staff and clients. She was awful to me for a year. I left that place as soon as I could, and took a job in a place where I have flourished.

Fast forward 10 years, and I was nominated for a national industry award, unfortunately so was she. I seriously considered not attending the glittering ceremony in that there London because of all the nasty tricks she had pulled but it was a once in a lifetime experience.

I won the award. It is Mahoosive! She was livid. After my 2nd bottle of prosecco I leaned over to her and said "Oh dear. I get to go home with one of these. You don't.

Strokethefurrywall · 20/09/2016 20:30

Round of applause and happy satisifed sigh for StrandedStarfish - I like your style!

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