Good revenge stories about nasty strangers

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We need some good revenge stories to lift our spirits after reading about all the random acts of nastinesses on here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3953798-to-ask-if-a-stranger-has-ever-been-nasty-to-you?msgid=97985195
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A colleague of mine had a sister who left softball practice in the evening way back in pre-mobile era with a couple teammates and a group of teenage boys in a car pursued them aggressively scaring them quite badly-colleague's sister got very angry and at a traffic light she jumped out with her softball bat and smashed it onto the car's hood leaving a huge dent on it and said "Now go home and tell your mother how you got that dent!!!!" She was quite the character

The dog was so close it's like he wanted to boop neighbours nose. Boop boop

I'll start by saying, I'm a confident driver - advanced driver training etc - know my cars limit and my limits. Happy to confidently drive national speed limit on national speed limit roads in clear and dry conditions. My car was relatively distinct back then, quite rare and not usually associated with female drivers - this was a loooong time ago.

On my old commute I had an idiot who cropped up every now and again (we shared the same part of our routes) who used to brake test me if in front or tailgate me if behind me and on several occasions stop his vehicle on a narrow part of a country road and get out of his car all angry looking and make towards me - I never waited around long enough to see what craziness he was going to spout.

One morning I had a colleague in the car with me, hadn't seen angry man for around 6 months. Spotted him joining the motorway and held back hoping he hadn't see me.
Got off the motorway at my junction and low and behold there he was waiting on the slip road - he jumps out of his car and marches towards us - I drive round him and continue on our way filling my colleague in on this really random behaviour from a stranger who I have done nothing to and apart from these road rage incidences, never set eyes on him before.

Colleague is totally bemused and we continue with this guy tailgating me beeping and then he over takes me, it's a drizzly day but otherwise clear and the guy starts stopping and starting along the narrow country road at this point we're doing between 10 and 30mph due to his erratic behaviour in front.

When the guy comes to a full stop I drive around him and proceed to take a tight corner doing c40mph. I know my car can handle that corner at that speed with a little rain...

He clearly couldn't handle it because he ended up writing off his car by wrapping it around a tree on the other side of the road.

Never saw him again after that. Horrible, bizarre angry man.

Wow, that was long.

@dayswithaY

It's actually quite difficult to sack someone, you can't just take a phone call from a random person then say "Right that's it John, you cut someone up so get your things, you're sacked."

There is a whole process of written and verbal warnings first, plus an appeals process and it costs the company a lot of money. I suspect it's easier just to tell the complainer "Yes Mrs Jones we will definitely sack him". I mean, how does anyone know they actually go through with it? On the orders of some disgruntled member of the public - why would they?

I didn't go in guns blazing, you know. I made a polite call, asking that the chap be spoken to about his driving, because he was dangerous.

If I'd have a dashcam at the time, I'd have spoken to the police instead. It really was pure luck my car didn't get hit.

I was slowing down for an ambulance to go past me and the idiot behind decided not to do the same. My car was a write off. But the ambulance obviously stopped had everything on camera, and when he proceeded to try and yell at me for being in the wrong was forcibly told to get back into his car and given merry hell by the ambulance guys, also by the firemen when they came out to cut DD and I out of the car. Eejit

@Qwicky

Yep. I'm sure that goes for most of the MN 'reporters'.

No OP don't call 101 because someone knocked on your door at 10.30pm. OP comes back...well I have and they said i'd done the right thing in telling them so there..

Yes, i'm sure they meant it too

Someone I worked with wasn't happy when I got a promotion and went out of her way to do the opposite of what I asked, undermine me and make me feel like crap. I asked her why she hadn't done something and she said she didn't want to. I told her to do it and that like it or not I was her supervisor and it had to be done. She walked out of work after shouting she would never take orders from me, I would never amount to anything and called me a fat bitch.

Just want to point out that I have never "ordered" anyone to do anything and she just had a chip on her shoulder that she didn't get the job. I am a nice person and I think a fair manager! Her mum was also a manager in this company sos he thought she could get away with anything. When nothing was done about this incident I handed my notice in and went to a competitor who had actually expressed interest before the promotion.

Anyway, about 2 months later I heard her mum had been sacked and the new area manager had got rid of this woman too. I happened to be recruiting and asked someone to arrange interviews for the following week.

I was stuck in traffic on my way to work and the interviews were due to start so I called and asked someone to start them and id join ASAP. I walked in to the room as a candidate was telling the interviewers about her previous role and how well she did and how much she respected her colleagues.

You've probably guessed it was my old colleague. I said hello and sat down while she answered another question and glanced at the CV which said she had been doing the job that I had for over a year which wasn't true. When I queried this she said I didn't remember it right and we were both actually in that role together. Then said it didn't matter because this role she had applied for was a senior role which would mean she would be in a higher position than me and it wouldn't concern me. Her face went white when another interviewer informed her that I was the manager and she would be reporting directly to me.

She did not get the job.

This is tiny but my friend remembers years ago we where walking I have a long cane being registered blind and no sight on the left. I accidentally bumped some one said sorry, she replied are you blind, I showed her the white stick my friend said her face was a picture,

@hashtagbollocks

the whole team hopped out of the bus and sat on various bits of his car so that he couldn't move no they didn't. And how did you know what he was saying to you when he was in a car in front of you?

Oh yes they did. And he wasn't in the car in front. He was in the lane next to me as I was going straight on at the lights and he was turning right.

I do feel uncomfortable with the rush to go to people employers and glee at getting them in trouble or fired for disputes particularly on the internet Why? Most employers look at the social media of a person before they employ them, so if they saw those comments would likely not do so. And if people want their social media to be public with their name and details of their employer on it then they and only they are to blame if the employer gets wind of what kind of person they actually are.

I was on a flight home with my two children and the guy in front of my son was awful!

He looked like an overly preened extra from Towie, all designer clothes and spray tan.L and ever other word was a swearword.

He kept saying my son was kicking his chair (he wasn’t, I was sat in the middle seat and my 3 year old son was sitting cross legged at The time). Then he started tutting and shuffling round in his seat and kept looking back and swearing at my son under his breath. By now my son was asleep and his feet were still up on his seat. I am 100% sure he didn’t kick his seat once.

I was quite intimidated and didn’t say anything, as I didn’t want to be stuck on a flight with an angry man and my two small kids. But I was wishing this man a great misfortune for being such a knob.

Angry man then bought a beer and as he went to drink it, the plan hit turbulence and he dropped it down his front and into his lap. He jumped up swearing and looked just like he’d wet himself. It was brilliant! I sat behind him and laughed my head off.

Thinking about it still makes me smile!

@hashtagbollocks

the whole team hopped out of the bus and sat on various bits of his car so that he couldn't move no they didn't. And how did you know what he was saying to you when he was in a car in front of you?

But how do you "know" that they didnt?!!?

My dad was on the tube once, very tired from a months-long work period abroad, when a guy got on the carriage with a guitar and amp and started 'serenading' the unwilling passengers loudly. At the next stop, just before the door shut, my dad quickly leaned out the door and plonked the guy's amp on the platform so he had to get off. Rest of the passengers applauded him for getting rid of unwanted busker!

Yes, s one of these are awful. I like the karma ones. But stamping on peoples feet in stilettos or getting someone sacked based on hearsay (why couldn't the friend have complained to the company herself?) are awful.

No one calls a staff member into the office and says ‘My mate Jane says you fitted her mate Sue’s kitchen and you called her a fat bitch - you’re fired’. There’s a discussion, an investigation. It could be the last straw after several similar incidents.

Some people here should realise that two wrongs don't make a right
Some people are absolutely equal or even worse to the ones they "took a revenge on". Bloody hell

I used to have a morris minor as a daily driver. It was an 'experience' but it was cheap motoring. Unfortunately every idiot on the road was drawn to it.

One night driving home I had some lad in a black BMW so far up my arse I couldn't see his lights. Eventually the road went to two lanes for traffic lights, which were red.
He pulled alongside, revving his engine and was laughing at my car. Imagine the hilarity when the lights changed and he stalled it. I couldn't resist giving him a little wave as I drove off. He was scarlet.
Road went to two lanes again further down but he stayed right back.

Oh yes they did
And he wasn't in the car in front. He was in the lane next to me as I was going straight on at the lights and he was turning right

I believe you as something similar happened to my cousin.
He was a police biker but rode his own bike into work. Early one morning coming down the slip road the car behind cut him up trying to get past and managed to knock him off. Fortunately it was low speed and he wasn't hurt. Behind that car though was a van, an unmarked Police van full of my cousins colleagues off on an early morning raid. Apparently once the bloke realised he'd knocked off a copper and was now looking at half a dozen other coppers in full raid gear he was extremely apologetic.

Sadly he died not long after that in a bike accident (none work related), but he was a lovely bloke.

More instant karma than revenge, but I was watching my local football team and an opposing defender completely took out our striker in a filthy foul which left him injured and could easily have broken his leg. The defender got up, smirked at the striker on the ground, looked at the crowd behind the goal, licked his finger and drew a 1 in the air while laughing.

The ball had gone out for a corner kick. When play resumed, the ball sailed into the penalty area, and the defender promptly headed it and scored an own goal.

It was beautiful.

Some people here should realise that two wrongs don't make a right Some people are absolutely equal or even worse to the ones they "took a revenge on". Bloody hell

And some people should think more carefully before they act. They might find that the person they took on is ‘even worse’.

Answered a call at work (within a hospital, and pre Covid), and had barely gotten out "Good morning, department name" when the caller went off. Immediately starts shouting about how he has been trying to get through for the last 30 minutes, he is a doctor and therefore a very busy man, and how I have forced him to waste his valuable time as he has tried to call 47 times in the last 30 minutes and the line has been constantly engaged.

Straight away I'm confused (and pissed off at his tone obviously), but put on my best 'customer service' voice, and apologise that he hasn't been able to get through. I ask if he left a message on the answering machine, even though I know he couldn't have as there is no notification on my phone, and that seems to piss him off even more. He insists he was continually getting an engaged tone, even though that's not possible, as the call automatically diverts to the answering service if the line is busy, which I try to explain... "Do you think I would have wasted my time calling you 47 times in the last 30 minutes if I could have left a message?! I'm not an idiot!" is his reponse to that.

It's worth noting that he was calling internally, but I can see from caller ID that the call had been routed via switchboard, as it shows the switchboard extension followed by the callers. Also worth mentioning that our phone had actually been fairly quiet that morning, so there's no way he wouldn't have gotten through, and my department is not a 'life or death' type of service.

I ask him to confirm the number he had been calling, and he says 1234. That is not our number, not even close. I advise him that actually our extension is 9876, he doesn't believe me!

Not quite verbatim, but the conversation went like this:

"I call your department all the time, and it has always been 1234. If you are going to change your number you have a duty to inform people. I've had to contact the switchboard to get through to you, since you didn't even bother to let me know that your number has changed. You have completely wasted my time."

"I'm sorry but our telephone number has not changed, it has been 9876 for at least the last 7 years that I have worked here -" at this point he cuts me off and sounds apoplectic...

"Are you calling me a liar? I want to speak to your manager."

"He is not currently in the office, but I can certainly -"

"Then give me his name and number, this is an absolutely ridiculous waste of my time! I have called 47 times in the last 30 minutes..."

He then proceeds to rant again for a few more minutes, while I am just staring at my phone imagining how satisfying it would be to hang up, when I suddenly register something which immediately makes me smile. I let his rant come to a close, and then ask in my cheeriest customer service tone, "I'm sorry, did you say the number you had been trying to call was 1234?"

"Yes that's what I said, multiple times already!"

"Ah okay, I see where the problem is..."

"Oh so now that I've asked for your manager you're suddenly admitting there's a problem?"

"Yes, the problem is that 1234 is not our phone number...it's yours"

There's a moment of silence, I'm fairly certain I heard the sound of dawning realisation, and then some splutters of uhh, what, I...

"Your number is displayed on my phone, you are calling from extension 1234" I continue cheerfully, and at this point the cheer isn't even fake.

After another few seconds of silence I just can't stop myself from putting the boot in, and my tone veers somewhat into condescension... "You have called your own number 47 times in the last 30 minutes "

He says nothing, so I let the silence linger for a good 15 seconds before I carry on with "So now that I've cleared up your confusion, how can I help you today?" He lets me know what he needs, sounding almost contrite, but without an actual word of apology, so after I've dealt with his request I ask if he would like a note of my manager's name and number now. Funnily enough he declines, and I go about the rest of my morning with a smile on my face.

okletsdothis That one is fabulous! The best one yet!

Ahhahahahahahahahahah! What an absolute bellend.

An old friend of mine who was bullied relentlessly all the way through secondary school got her revenge when they were adults.

My friend was in HR and was asked to take part in interviewing candidates who had applied for a certain position in the company. She found herself face to face with her former bully, and she was to interview her. Needless to say, bully was not offered the job.

Also a mansplaining one.

I chucked in 50p for a game of pool at a local pub, they were playing winner stays on. The guy I stepped up to play was a member of the pub’s pool league team. I put my money in the table and he started to explain to me how to set up. I told him I knew very well how to set up, thank you very much. I then set up and he said, “Ooh, well done.”

I thrashed him.

Around 2 years ago a station I needed to use often had replacement bus services for a huge amount of trains. It was terrible because no one would queue. You could be there for an hour waiting and then groups of loud, rude people would turn up as the bus was leaving and push and shove their way to the front. The huge numbers of extra staff on duty just stood back and watched this happen.

One evening (I was hot, tired, hungry, thirsty, carrying bags etc.) I was queuing for the bus and a group of women who kept shouting about being on a night out shoved in front of me. Then, another bus pulls in a few meters up and it's not clear which of the two is going to the destination we are all queuing for, people are confused. So the group of women shove, push and ram me out of the way a second time to get in the front for this second bus. Then someone announces it's the first bus and they shove past me yet again.

..then it gets announced, no, it IS actually the second bus and, you guessed it, they start shoving back in front of me again. So, despite being a non confrontational, quiet person I legit lost it...

"Oh right, pushing in front of me AGAIN, how many times do you need to shove me, FFS, Jesus Christ! Why not just push me down in the road..."

All the time I was waving my arms up and down so my bags were bouncing pathetically at my sides. Kind of like the woman in Father Ted, if you've seen that episode.

Anyway, the group of women all went quiet, aghast, really. Everyone filed onto the bus, the women silently let me go first and sat in silence until we got to our destination.