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To ask what is the pettiest thing you’ve done?

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LadyCampanulaTottington · 03/09/2022 08:51

My petty crown that I wear with pride is when confronted (or rear fronted?) by a car driving up my arse, I slow down and if they don’t back off I continue to drive as slow as legally possible just to make a point.

Even if you haven’t acted on it, what’s the pettiest thing you’ve considered doing?

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Somethingneedstochange · 06/09/2022 05:22

You weren't the petty one your sisters dad was. What an asshole.

okytdvhuoo · 06/09/2022 05:32

Notaderrysgirl · 03/09/2022 09:12

A work colleague of mine (who I didn’t like very much) had a plastic barbie plate that she was oddly attached to. She would use it all the time. One day she dropped it and it broke and she was very upset. She then found the same plate on eBay and placed a bid for it. I decided to bid against her to drive the price up. This stupid plastic plate went up to £35 before i stopped and let her win the auction. She still talks about the “mystery bidder” who was also so desperate to buy the plate. Yes I am sad and incredibly petty.

😂😂😂

Blantw · 06/09/2022 05:32

Sad

Cervinia · 06/09/2022 06:29

Crayfishforyou · 03/09/2022 17:46

My boss used to refuse anyone to use (her) the office stapler. If you had to use it she would make you do it at her desk and she would frown at you if you dared to crack it too hard.

When I left I stole it.

I laughed out loud at this 😂😂😂😂

JudgeRindersMinder · 06/09/2022 09:06

Sparkle5 · 05/09/2022 19:33

Lovely not lively.

@Sparkle5 I bet he was the lively one after all that coffee🤣🤣

PutinIsAWarCriminal · 06/09/2022 09:07

Very enjoyable thread!
Now mine is to say "you can't beat a good old cross breed" when people tell me they've paid thousands because their dog is a designer poodle hybrid, Cockerdor, Jackshiht or Chispitz. I love a cross breed as much as the next person, I've got a posh pedigree as well as a Heinz 57, but I hate that people are paying a fortune for something with no temperament tests, hip scores, line checks.

JudgeRindersMinder · 06/09/2022 09:07

LadyHelenaJustina · 05/09/2022 22:20

My bank overcharged me for an overdraft when I was a student. For the next 20ish years I kept 1p in the account, and ordered a monthly statement. Honestly, I'm still amazed it took them that long to close the account down.

I’ve done this as well after an error on their part which caused me a whole load of hassle-the account’s still open 25 years later😂

IAteTheLastOne · 06/09/2022 09:32

My MIL always used to just walk straight in our back door, no knocking nothing. So now I make sure it’s locked and she has to wait. Gives me great satisfaction.

KimberleyClark · 06/09/2022 09:34

IAteTheLastOne · 06/09/2022 09:32

My MIL always used to just walk straight in our back door, no knocking nothing. So now I make sure it’s locked and she has to wait. Gives me great satisfaction.

That’s not petty, it’s perfectly reasonable!

stopitleaveitgetdown · 06/09/2022 09:36

@IAteTheLastOne good one.

I had a friend who's MIL lived right next door to them. One day my friend was in the bath and her baby was napping. Her MIL came into the house up the stairs and picked up baby and took him back next door with her without saying anything. My friend was livid and started locking the doors as well

AclowncalledAlice · 06/09/2022 09:40

Despite me repeatedly telling my sister I did not want a party for my 40th birthday, she went ahead and organised 1 behind my back. I didn't go.

FetchezLaVache · 06/09/2022 09:40

britneyisfree · 06/09/2022 01:18

She's the biological mother of your child. This could end up being a dangerous game or have I completely misunderstood....

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I wonder if she means her own mother, in the way that some people refer to useless fathers as the sperm donor...

santorinii · 06/09/2022 09:47

I don’t know if this is petty if not, because I didn’t go out of my way to do anything:

My manager is on a temporary contract.

My manager had a complaint put in against them. I was asked to give a statement which essentially contradicted the manager’s version of events. A much awaited permanent job listing for my manager’s job has gone live and they can’t apply as they’re undergoing a formal grievance investigation. I can’t help but think without my statement (and others) the whole thing would have been brushed under the carpet.

IAteTheLastOne · 06/09/2022 09:49

Slimfitblouse · 04/09/2022 13:41

How bloody spiteful. That's a child you are talking about.

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Yeah, and the child was an arsehole.

TimBoothseyes · 06/09/2022 09:56

The day after exH left me for OW I didn't hear from him for about 3 weeks. He had left a lot of clothes at our home (including his replica football strip which he probably loved more than me, DC and OW combined). When he eventually rocked up to get his stuff I feigned innocence and replied "oh I thought you didn't want it all so it's at the charity shop". I'm told that when he got there he discovered that the football kit had been sold and, as he had no proof the rest of it belonged to him, he had to buy it all back.

I consider that to be my finest act of petty behaviour.

x2boys · 06/09/2022 10:01

Ladyof2022 · 05/09/2022 22:21

When I was young and pretty an older and less attractive work colleague repeatedly made catty remarks to and about me.

Our firm had recently had a staff recruitment drive, using the faces of real members of staff on posters all over town. It gave me an idea!

To get my own back on her, I wrote a fake letter purporting to be from HR, inviting her to be the next "face" used on a poster campaign. She was so proud, she read the letter out in full to the entire office, and then (as directed in the letter) phoned the number of the HR manager. She then loudly and proudly spoke on the phone whilst everyone in the office listened.

Hahaha it was such a delicious moment to see her come crashing down to earth when HR told her they had not written her a letter and she had not been chosen!

That's just nasty .

hewouldwouldnthe · 06/09/2022 10:05

My ex husband like to drink a small bottle of whisky each night (250ml I think). I didn't like the drinking or him, so I would open the screw top, tip away a third of the bottle and fill it with water, then tightly screw on the top. I eventually clicked something wasn't right and went back to the shop and complained the bottles were sold with the lids tampered with. He didn't actually get they were watered down.

x2boys · 06/09/2022 10:08

bloomtoperish · 06/09/2022 05:06

My friends flatmate was really nasty to me once, so I put some wee in her mouthwash - ust enough so she would be swishing piss round her mouth every day, but wouldn't be detected

Why would you admit to this ,just why?

Hmm1234 · 06/09/2022 10:26

Sent emails to my moms partner when I was peed off at her

GinaTribbiani · 06/09/2022 10:47

My DH had really embarrassed me earlier in the day - we were out shopping and walked past someone who had clearly let rip and walked away! My DH loudly said "eurgh! That's rotten Gina, you could have waited until you got home". Normally I'd just playfully slap his arm, but this time, one of my colleagues was in the shop at the same time and heard and laughed at DH!

So, revenge! When we got home, DH called the power company to sort out an issue with the website not letting him submit the meter readings. I remembered DS had a practical joke kit upstairs, so I grabbed the whoopie cushion and quietly crept downstairs. I sneaked behind the couch and I could hear the convo as DH had the call centre worker on loud speaker whilst he was typing away on his laptop. The worker was just looking at whatever he was checking on his computer so I knew DH wasn't on hold, so obvs, I sat on that whoopie cushion on the wooden floor and then scurried away!!! DH jumped up with such a shocked look and I could hear the chap on the phone trying not to laugh 🤣🤣🤣

Ahh best petty revenge!

NottsExile · 06/09/2022 10:53

Just out of curiosity, was I mean or justified? Or both?

To ask what is the pettiest thing you’ve done?
Boysgrownbutstillathome · 06/09/2022 10:54

CraftyClara · 03/09/2022 11:24

Many years ago I had a male flat mate who would never do any of his washing up, assuming one of the two women in the house would do it. We resorted to disposable plates and cutlery instead. He used everything in the house and the entire kitchen was piled high with his dirty dishes.

His mother was coming to stay with us from India. He was out when she called, to say her flight had been changed - she was now arriving early in the morning rather than the evening. I knew he was planning to spend the day finally clearing up the kitchen, but as we’d had to put up with his shit for so long I told him she would be arriving on the Sunday instead of the Saturday.

Saturday morning came, doorbell rang at 0730, there she was with her suitcase. I offered her tea, we went into the kitchen. She saw the mess and said “This is my son’s mess, isn’t it?” She stormed upstairs into his bedroom (where he was asleep with his latest one night stand) and dragged him downstairs to do his washing up. She also made him clean the kitchen and wash the floor, and cooked us all a fantastic meal that evening. He never left his washing up again.

I love this!

ItsJustLittleOldMe · 06/09/2022 10:59

I once worked in a shop on the tills, I was the only till open and this woman who I since found out is massively racist wasn’t happy about me serving her. (I’m half Indian and very dark in the summer) anyway she accused me of stealing money as she claimed she gave me a £20 and I gave her change for a £10… now it obviously had to be checked so I was marched to the office with my till and sure enough it was perfect. She then said I had hidden it under the desk bit of till so again they checked and wasn’t there. I was absolutely gutted. It was after this I found out she is a racist from a few other workers. Anyway one day I was on the tills over xmas it was rammed and the other three on the tills with me were all black women. She queued for ages at my till (I guess she saw me as the lesser of the evils 🙄) and just as she got to me I closed the till and went to lunch. She was absolutely furious and ended up walking out without her shopping. Me and the other women laughed so hard when the security guard showed us the footage 🤣.

Johnnysgirl · 06/09/2022 11:07

dentydown · 04/09/2022 11:27

A woman who has had issues with me always bought everything I liked from the charity shop.

it all started when my son pointed out a croc style handbag, and I said to him “oh I love it! I’ll buy it in a few days when I have the money”. (I had the money but didn’t want to buy it).

she bought the croc hand bag. I noticed every time I pointed something out and said I would buy it when I had money, she would buy it.

I started pointing out digital photo frames, scarves, ornaments… she would buy it to spite me.

I then decided to point out a chocolate fountain to my son. She bought it. Her husband met her with the car because this thing was big-ish. He sounded cross and was asking her why she was buying things they didn’t use.

she still doesn’t like me.

Why was this woman always by your side? 🤔. How very odd.

Johnnysgirl · 06/09/2022 11:11

IAteTheLastOne · 06/09/2022 09:49

Yeah, and the child was an arsehole.

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So is the op of that sorry tale.