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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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Imissmoominmama · 10/09/2022 10:00

PenCreed · 09/09/2022 23:02

I worked with someone over a decade ago who was a total cow. She’s subsequently had several books published, one of which was our book club choice earlier this year. I made sure I borrowed it rather than buying it.

Now this is beautifully petty. Congratulations! Hope the book was rubbish 😂.

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LadyCampanulaTottington · 10/09/2022 10:07

PenCreed · 09/09/2022 23:02

I worked with someone over a decade ago who was a total cow. She’s subsequently had several books published, one of which was our book club choice earlier this year. I made sure I borrowed it rather than buying it.

This wins the thread for most petty whilst not being harmful to anyone!! Well done 😁

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Imisscoffee2021 · 10/09/2022 10:12

Lived with my ex and a guy who used to drink and eat our stuff from the fridge all the time, usually late at night when we were asleep, always "oh sorry I was so tired I didn't even realise what I was drinking". He drank directly out of the bottle every time too, so whenever he had a big bottle of coke in the fridge, I obviously couldn't drink any as it was half his saliva probably, so I'd pour half of it down the sink every time, in reparation for the countless times he'd drank my stuff :)

neverstophopping · 10/09/2022 13:32

Someone at work was just horrible. One of those people who never admits they are wrong and any thing that anyone has done she has done better.

She was moving at the time and was showing her house on RIghtmove so I knew where she lived. I signed her up as 'insterested' on the local JW website, for a visit at home 7am the next Sunday

FrozenGhost · 10/09/2022 23:07

My DH has an annoying habit of placing washed cups in the drying rack right way up, so instead of drying, they sit there with 1-2cm of soapy dishwater in them. When I set the table, I put one of these cups at his place with the dishwasher still in it.

He is annoyed by having to get up and empty it. Yet he still keeps doing it. 🤔

iamjustwinginglife · 11/09/2022 01:01

I sometimes go through the comments in the Daily Fail and when the commenter is slagging off teachers but makes a grammatical error I reply to them to correct it e.g "There always off work-there just lazy" my reply "They're"

Johnnysgirl · 11/09/2022 19:05

iamjustwinginglife · 11/09/2022 01:01

I sometimes go through the comments in the Daily Fail and when the commenter is slagging off teachers but makes a grammatical error I reply to them to correct it e.g "There always off work-there just lazy" my reply "They're"

😁

TinaTeaspoons · 11/09/2022 19:09
  1. Booked my balding boss in for a perm at the hairdressers
  2. Got ex's toothbrush and rubbed it inside the toilet
  3. Signed someone who was bullying me at work up for lots of sage catalogues
  4. Put a tissue inside the washing machine knowing ex would turn it on with a full load of clothes in.
  5. Put fish food in old bosses wine at an after work drink event
RiftGibbon · 12/09/2022 15:29

Tina you've reminded me of a prank we did at work years ago. Our boss was fine, and we liked him, but he had a terrible habit of chewing the cord on his desk telephone. We told him it was horrible, childish, etc. but he would take no notice.
One day, he had a long lunch appointment with an overseas colleague. We painted his telephone cord with stop 'n' grow.
That afternoon he asked his PA to order him a new phone as "there's something wrong with this, I think it's the wiring."
He got a cordless one next time!

BloomingXmas · 18/02/2023 20:58

@Ladyof2022

ye did ye?

WedonttalkaboutMaureen · 18/02/2023 23:46

Wide0awake · 04/09/2022 13:48

When my ex (a chef) moved out to go and live with the other woman I packed all of his bags for him. Everything was packed neatly and tidily, clothes all clean and ironed etc. and his best pans were absolutely spotless, I took great pleasure in scrubbing every single bit of non-stick coating off them before I boxed them up.

Brilliant Grin

doublechocolatedigestives · 19/02/2023 00:19

I was waiting in the airport car park for my brother to get off his flight and eating McDonalds

A couple pulled up next to me and the woman got out of the passenger side and hit my door. She just looked at me, didn't apologise and sauntered off into the McDonalds.
I got the call from my bro to go to pick up so I got out of my car and emptied my left over chips, dregs of the burger (tomato and onion) and milkshake and dumped it on the car and drove off with a smile on my face

WedonttalkaboutMaureen · 19/02/2023 00:48

@potniatheron omg - did you never stop to think what this could do to someone who is T1 diabetic? Shock that's so dangerous!

foulksmills · 19/02/2023 00:48

Resurrected a five month old thread to doubt the veracity of someone's story 🫢

MrsMorton · 19/02/2023 01:05

foulksmills · 19/02/2023 00:48

Resurrected a five month old thread to doubt the veracity of someone's story 🫢

Bahahahaaa. Love this. Have been trying to work it out but you win.

frankie001 · 19/02/2023 02:42

Worked in a pub and bloke ordered a Guinness. Asked if I can make a shamrock on top, when I said I could he asked me to write stud on the top. I wrote twat instead!

frankie001 · 19/02/2023 02:48

Forgot to add, he’d been an obnoxious prick all night!

Mamaneedsadrink · 19/02/2023 03:01

My flatmate was being a right cow just before I moved out, the kettle was mine so I took it the night before so she couldn't have her morning cup of tea 🤣

Emptycrackedcup · 19/02/2023 03:04

RicherThanYew · 03/09/2022 09:43

My former colleague was a rude, nasty and entitled individual who would ask people to make them tea by literally emailing us with the word "tea", or better yet, clicking their fingers and saying "tea". When I was making a round, I'd always add a shit tonne of milk to the dry teabag and extra sugar.
The biggest petty thing I ever did was when my sister died, she was 35. Her biological father destroyed the flowers that were put there, even the ones left by her 3 children, he owned the grave so h3 could do this and he said he would never give permission for anyone to leave anything there. It has been years and the plot has nothing on it, no cross or headstone, it's blank. I bought the plot next to her and paid for a headstone aswell, he went fucking batshit, but her kids have somewhere beautiful to lay flowers now.

🥹💖

Nightynightnight · 19/02/2023 10:48

JudgeJ · 06/09/2022 11:39

Many years ago I was doing a mental maths test with a class and I realised very quickly that the little sod, (now a guest of HM!) on the front row was reading the answers, upside down on my sheet so after No 3 I started to write down all the wrong answers! He was surprised to only get 3/20 right. This was the same lad who stole an answer book from my desk but denied it vehemently but as his 'homework' had answers like 'accept an estimate between 3.5 cm and 3.7 cm' he was bang to rights.

This is the worst one by far. Instead of using kindness and compassion to change a child's life, his teacher tricked him and shamed him. If this is true you are an absolute disgrace to your profession.

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