Best passive aggressive/petty moments..

[LittleMissUnreasonable]

The other day I was trying to park in one of those private run car parks where there are no designated spaces. There was only one quite awkward space left and there was another car behind me who was practically sat on my tail trying to get this awkward spot. I decided to reverse out and find another car park but this tailgating car was not letting me go go as they were so hell-bent on getting this space and were trying to go around me. I just thought screw it and drove into the spot as I had nowhere to go. You could practically see the red mist coming from the driver's ears as they had to reverse and find another car park 😤

Another consistent one is that we have a manager who will without fail walk up to a small group of colleagues with a query and direct it to the men, completely ignoring the women. So now, even if I know the answer and the male colleague doesn't, I will just get on with my work and not intervene. It's funny to see the manager flapping around trying to work out the answer when he could have just asked...you know...a woman😱

I have a name that is often spelt wrong, (think ie instead of y) with age it doesnt bother me so much however I always make sure I check the spelling of other peoples names - its very weird that it doesnt bother me as lots of other things do!

Unintended revenge story.

From when I was pregnant to when my first child was about 5, I used to shop at two local children’s wear stores. One was fine and normal, the other had an over zealous manager who was frequently rude. For example, on one occasion I returned a pair of shoes that had been a gift and she quizzed me about them being worn, then came over triumphantly while I was looking for a replacement saying, “Look, these have been worn, I can’t exchange them” while holding up the brand new shoes. I pointed to the large tag that was still attached and the plastic thread linking the shoes and shook my head. She did retreat but it still irked.

Anyway, when my child was about 3, she was playing in the toy corner while I shopped and when I went back to her I discovered she had peed all over the floor, a sizeable puddle. I called the manager over and said, “Oh dear, my daughter’s had an accident, I’ll have to leave my shopping and get her cleaned up.” And left her to mop up afterwards. Man that felt good 😂

Maybe best not to quote my comment without adding anything interesting either, lest you clutter up the thread yourself! 😉

I greatly enjoyed a petty moment last week with my awful, sexist colleague. There’s a long history, but he is a nightmare - once he realised I wasn’t impressed by him, he’s made my life at work a living hell. I had to order everyone in new desk chairs last month. Very fancy, comfy, a huge upgrade on our last ones. I ordered 22 but only 21 arrived. Guess who I decided could wait a little longer for his? He was so smarmy and over-friendly when he realised what was going to happen - but it was too little, too late. The best part was that our organisation had decided to get rid of our old chairs the night before the delivery arrived - so he’s been stuck on a dining chair from the cafeteria for the week 😁

I had an Aldi one. A chap was in front of me in the Queue and his 2 mates came along with their own full baskets and joined him. Then they endlessly kept popping off for forgotten items and barging back infront of me.
When I pointed out to them that there was a queue ( of just me) they pretended they spoke no English, just laughed and turned their backs on me.

So I nicked three packets of biscuits and a mini panettone from their conveyer belt and dumped them at the side.

It didn't go through the till so they weren't charged, but I was very happy they would miss out treats with their brew later that day😈

Years ago I went to Ann Summers to get a sexy Halloween outfit. I went into the changing room and tried on the maximum amount of garments that was allowed- probably five outfits; nurse, maid, devil etc and the outfits were boxed up. I had taken them out of the boxes obviously and then put them back deciding I didn’t want to buy a polyester fabric, flammable, unflattering outfit. As I came out of the changing room a rude sales assistant said “YOU HAVE TAKEN THE OUTFITS OUT OF THE BOX WHICH DEVALUES THEM” “THIS IS NOT ALLOWED”
I pointed out politely that there was no signage stating this and I didn’t know. She was so angry but as a customer assistant knew she couldn’t do anything whatsoever! I ended up wearing a homemade Poison Ivy outfit

A couple of married friends thought it would be “fun” to buy my (then) two year old DT’s a toy electric guitar and drum kit. When their DD turned two, they received a (really cute) toy goat that when pressed, sang the “Lonely Goatherd” song from the Sound of Music - complete with yodeling. The DH member of the couple sent me an SMS saying “Well Played. You win!”

I was working as a bus driver. A guy got on ( young adult and over 15) asked for a child ticket and offered me £20 note. He said he had nothing smaller. I said I haven’t got enough change so told him to buy the ticket later at the end of the journey.
Rnd of the journey and he’s about to get off, I call him back and remind him to buy his ticket. Out comes his £20 note again.
I decide to charge him for his ‘child ‘ ticket at the cheapest possible price. In this case 70 pence.
I then give him £19.30 in one pound coins, 50 pence, 20 pence and ten pence pieces! Literally a ton of change. He stormed off the bus whilst I shouted , don’t you want your ticket then ?!

I asked my lecturer how I could improve my grade from a 2.1 to first. She told me not to be disappointed if I never get a first because the report would have to be perfect and it takes a lot of work. Guess what I got on my next report....a mid first and guess who awarded the mark! I just raised my eyebrows and smiled...my look said it all

I don’t understand this

My ex boss was awful. Mean spirited, rude and sexist. Never gave anyone a bonus or any praise. He was a legend in his own mind. When I had an excuse to go into his office when he was out being a Very Important Boss, I would twist his phone wire round and round so that when he answered the phone the wire was really short and he had to untangle it whilst having a phone conversation with his head practically on the desk. His face would be going red with frustration whilst he was talking. He thought it just got tangled up over time, and never figured out it was me (or I would’ve been fired).

Oh another one. I was at Alton towers or Thorpe park. In the queue for one of the rides.Some teenage girls were pushing in front of people and had obviously slipped the rather long queue to join some friends nearer the front.
I wasn’t having that. We were near the front at this stage and I told one of the staff members quite sternly that these girls had jumped the queue and got the people next to confirm it, other people had seen them pushing in too.
The smiles on their faces turned to frowns when they were told to go back to the queue!

It's quite a subtle post.

Her lecturer told her it was near impossible to achieve a 1st, presumably with the implication that she would be unable to come close. Then said lecturer gave her a strong 1st in her next assignment, thus eating their words.

If having enough change is a problem, why did you take your revenge by making sure you gave him as much change as possible? Unless I've misunderstood, you charged him less than he should have paid so that you could give more change away to him.

And why would he want his ticket as he was getting off the bus?

We always get told we must ring before we visit in laws to make sure they are in. We kindly have asked them to do the same. Gives me a bit of rage often finding them on doorstep or ringing us when we are out for the day sounding disappointed they are sat on our door step "making the effort to visit but we are never in" or ringing the bell while we eat tea. Fil thinks its hilarious to get our backs up.

Moved house a month ago and not told them yet...

Hmmm, yeah you were in the wrong here. You don’t need a sign to know that.

My passive aggressive moment is on a whatsapp group of friends where one friend spells my name incorrectly, most likely autocorrect but my name ends up being a rude word, for example smelly instead of ellie. Like, happy birthday smelly or are you free that weekend smelly. I've starting using her name a lot more in chats and now, say her name is cassie I 'autocorrect' it to ass. Oh thats so funny ass, your selfie looks great ass that sort of thing. I apologise with ooops sorry autocorrect! Childish I know. But satisfying.

I read it the same way...

And I teach literacy and reading comprehension 🤣

Especially in all the 20mph areas that are creeping in everywhere, often poorly signposted so that you don't know what mph you are allowed up to!

I just remembered another golden PA moment… A billion years ago, when I had just started driving, I lived in a city (Australia) notorious for dodgy police. One morning on the way into Uni I was pulled over for going through a red light, despite the fact that it turned orange as I was driving through it.(Obviously seeing a blonde teen in a shitty old hatchback as vulnerable…) They were halfway through writing the ticket when a car pulled up behind them and the people got and said that they had witnessed me going through an orange light, and that the police were ticketing me in error. They were happy to sign anything should I wish to make an official complaint. The police were pissed off because they would have had to explain themselves. They let me go “with a warning” (met with eye rolls from the blokes in the other car.) I hopped back in my car and started off again for class, and the police decided to tailgate me. I was driving under the speed limit and came to a light that just turned orange, so I braked heavily to avoid being ticketed again. You can guess what happened next…. They rear-ended me. I ended up with quite severe whiplash. Guess who had been driving behind them and witnessed this??? The same car full of blokes. They called more police (mobiles were new, and I certainly didn’t have one…) and made a full complaint about how they were intimidating me, etc…. The two cops tried denying everything, and one of the guys from the witness car handed over his card to the new cops. He was also a cop and higher up the food chain. I had a nice little payout that bought me a much more reliable car.

@Fraaahnces which city was this? I live in Australia at the moment and have never been pulled over by police. However, every single double demerits weekend, my husband gets pulled over at least once, usually twice. We both find it hilarious because he is tee-total now but when he was younger and drinking he was never pulled over (although he thinks there were probably times he should have been).

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I also wanted to say I loved your story. Especially the fact there was a more senior policeman in the car behind. Good on him!

@SenecaFallsRedux it's very interesting what you say about the'C' word (which I've never used) in USA. Just out of interest, which is the most offensive US swear word? Thank you.

Why on earth did they let you into the changing room with them, then? How are upu supposed to try them on without taking them out of the box? How weird!

@DifficultBloodyWoman - Brisbane. It was pre-Fitzgerald inquiry. Have to admit that these days I mostly get waved through RBT’s, etc… I’m almost taking that personally! 🤣 (You’re not wrong about the double-demerit points days!)

Some of these are hilarious!

We have received the stereotype of can't afford here before!
My favourite was dropping DH off in Edinburgh for work for the week at a very fancy hotel where he was stayed one week in 3 by the company.
I got shouted at by the concierge pretty rudely as my car wasn't the typical guest and I had pulled into the drop off area.....my husband explained he had a reservation (his company spent a lot at this particular fancy hotel). Concierge apologising profusely said I could leave my car in the drop off......so I left it there for 4 hours whilst I went for a swim at the pool then had a leisurely lunch whilst my banger of a car was in full view of the fancy hotel with the concierge unable to say anything due to his initial behaviour!

My grandparents had a cabin high up in the mountains in a tiny village.
Most people were only there during the summer, but there was a caretaker and his wife who lived there year-round and looked after things. Actually, I think it was the free rent they liked — I don’t recall them doing anything at all.

The wife was a real piece of work — catty & bitchy & nasty & THE MOST unpleasant woman.

I was very small, like 6 or 7, but my Nan & I happened to walk by one day and she was out in front. The minute they spoke, the cattiness started in: she said nasty things about other ladies up there, how run-down their cabins were, how she just KNEW so & so was dying her hair. Just not one nice thing to say about anyone or anything! And she was a mess — dirty, sloppy and a gigantic stomach sticking out and shoulders slumped over made it worse. And a pinched up sour face.

So my Nan nodded and “hmmmed, and then like she was commenting on the weather, asked the old gal, “You’ve gain weight, haven’t you?” Only it wasn’t really a question, it was a statement!

We left her there, mouth open, and my Nan smiled all the way back to the cabin.
It was magnificent.