People Share Their Stories Of “Mini Revenge”

People say two wrongs don’t make a right. Well, neither does a wrong plus a right.  There are moments where we consider that second “wrong” necessary. This is especially true if we’re trying to teach someone a lesson. By expressing to others how their actions negatively impact us or those around us, or what the consequences of their behavior involves, we might just be able to convince them to do the right thing next time.

As an example, if our so-called friend exposes us on social media, we might call them out, or we might start loudly blaring the radio at night in response to our next-door neighbor letting their annoying dog yelp all night long.

The thing with getting revenge is that it’s less about trying to hurt others and more about trying to get others to realize that their initial action was uncalled for. Really, revenge is basically a type of reinforcement, inspired to us by Ivan Pavlov’s concept of classical conditioning. So, getting revenge is our way of getting others to learn something and, in response, do or refrain from doing something else.
However, what’s interesting is that many people claim that revenge isn’t something that they “do.” They might wait for their sweet friend Karma to work their magic.

Or, in minor cases, they might hope that the wrongdoer simply finds happiness and peace in their life so that they never feel the need to repeat what they’ve done.

Either way, there eventually may come a time where we get revenge in some form, sometimes without thinking beforehand. It’s almost like wanting to get revenge is a natural tendency when we’re mad or upset with someone.

Even if you consider yourself a benevolent angel not capable of vengeful thoughts or actions, the following stories of people sharing their revenge stories are definitely entertaining. While these are minor instances of revenge, they are nonetheless worthy of reading!
32. We Made Her Dogs Constantly Bark

“I have a neighbor that used to yell at my little brother for walking the family dog past her house because it made her dogs inside go crazy.

Not, mind you, stopping to let the dog do it’s business or walking on her property in ANY way but simply walking our 10 lb dog (who NEVER barked) past her house on the street itself.

Problem is, we live on a dead-end road, so you had to go past her house to take the dog for any kind of walk.

My brother, who has Asperger’s, would come home all upset from being screamed at. This ***** would come out and scream at someone she knew was disabled (she had lived on the block literally longer than my parents had, and we were in that house when he was born) and call him names at 6 am.

She even went as far as to call my house at 6 am to complain.
Needless to say, when you **** with my little brother, we get a little evil about it. Pick a fight with me, fine. I can take care of myself.

He, however, is a very sweet, sensitive soul who wouldn’t hurt a fly.

After weeks of thought, we all went out and bought dog whistles. Since our street is narrow and windy, you wouldn’t go much faster than 5-10 mph or so, which made rolling by with the windows down, laying on the whistle very easy.

My father would blow his on the way in and out, 9 am and 6 pm, give or take a few minutes.

I was usually a few minutes after him. My other brother worked 5pm ’til 2 am.
We had these ******* dogs barking around the clock for MONTHS. At least a dozen times a day we would set her dogs off.

Funny thing happened. She never complained/yelled at my brother again.” krahzee

31. I Place Their Cart Right Behind Their Car If They Don’t Put It Away

Although there are sometimes reasons why people don’t put their cart away after shopping (e.g., physical setbacks making it difficult to walk too much, being in a rush, etc.), this story is still so good.

“If I am leaving the grocery store or any store that uses carts and catch some lazy **** leaving the cart randomly in the way, I calmly walk over to the cart and place it directly behind their car before they back out.

Often get out and yell, and I just calmly tell them, ‘You forgot your cart.’ And every once in a while, they just slowly back into it then slam on their brakes wondering how the **** it got there.” foxgs
30. I Forced Him To Donate To Charity

“I can’t think of anything in general, but as a specific example, a few weeks ago my work (a gas station) was having a fundraiser for local children’s hospitals. I asked everyone who came through my line if they’d like to donate a dollar. Ended up raising a **** ton of money, which is nice, but I digress.

This guy got into line behind a few people, talking obnoxiously loudly on his phone. He got up to me and blatantly ignored my friendly greeting, choosing instead to yammer on and on about how ‘wasted he got last night’ to whatever poor son-of-a-b*tch was on the other line. I told him his total, and he literally threw a bunch of fives and ones at me, and mumbled, ‘I don’t know how much is there, just put the rest on Pump 6,’ before snatching his bag up and whirling around as I tried to wish him a good day.
I can’t ******* stand folks that talk on their phones while being assisted.

It really makes me mad. So, in a fit of insanity and revenge, I scanned in a $3 donation to the fundraiser, and then put the rest on his gas pump. I got the sweet sweet taste of vengeance, sick little kids got money, and the d*uchebag was none the wiser. It was a win-win-win.” KaterWaiter

 

29. I Turned Off My Headlights While They Were Trying To Pass Me 

“I was being heavily tailgated on the way back from school in May by a crappy Corolla or something. It got to the point where I could no longer see the headlights of their vehicle.

Fortunately, it was about 11 PM on a dark and straight road with absolutely no lights around. I had toyed with my brother earlier by turning off the lights for a split second on a straight-away, and the area fell into complete and utter darkness. So, naturally, I decided to use this to my advantage.
I gradually slowed down to about 7 under, and finally, the opportunity for the tailgater arrived. They sped up to pass, and as soon as they were slightly in front of me, I killed all the lights. I could see the road perfectly due to their lights.

The two ladies in the car were frantically looking for my vehicle while trapped in the other lane, afraid of re-entering into the side of my vehicle. When they started to move over, I honked frantically. They were trapped in that lane for about 7 seconds before I turned my lights back on. No harm came of it outside of some brick-sh*tting.” augism18
28. I Put Down The Wrong Answers When He Was Copying My Test

“In physics 11, there was a massive d*uche (at least to me and those around me) in my class, and he wasn’t too bright. As we started our final exam, he took the desk next to me and was obviously copying my answers.

I caught on quick at about question 5 out of 40. From then on, I always ticked the multiple-choice box one to the RIGHT of the real answer. So if the correct answer was B, I put C. If it was D, I put A, etc. I did this the entire time for every question.
5 minutes before the end of the exam, I took out my big white eraser and just clobbered all my answers then filled the right answers in. He panicked, also erased ALL his answers, and tried his best to play catch-up. When the tests came back, I made sure to stick around to see what he got.

31%.” coreysan

27. I Make Rude People Keep Repeating Themselves

This case of small revenge is actually genius. I mean, how many of us have blurted out something mean without thinking first? If we make someone repeat what they’ve said, maybe they’ll realize the second or third time around that what they said was cruel.
“When people are rude with me or act like it’s putting them out to help me, I pretend like I can’t hear them and get them to repeat themselves as many times as I can.” hardtoremember

Another User Comments:

“I have been doing this for ages. I will also sometimes just keep going with it until they figure out what I am doing.

So far the record sits with a girl who repeated herself 16 times. You also need to mix it up when asking them to repeat themselves. Eg: Pardon? Excuse me? What? What was that last part? etc..etc.. I have found if you just keep saying ‘What?’ They catch on a lot faster.” aussiekev
26. He Tried To Hit Me With His Car, So I Killed His Grass 

“There is a guy down the street from me who has nearly hit me with his car numerous times while I’ve been out for a run (several times speeding, running stop signs, and often backing up without looking).

Then he has the nerve to glare at me after the fact and occasionally lay on his horn.

He takes a lot of pride in his lawn (always has sprinklers on, out maintaining it), so I have trained my dog to p*ss on it during our early morning walks. My dog’s pee will kill any grass within a day (must be really concentrated). Now he has all these yellow spots of dead grass on his lawn, and I sleep satisfied.” Ellie_phant
25. I Crack Their Ice Cream Cone Before Serving Them

Pretty clever if you ask me.

“I work at an ice cream store in a very touristy town on a lake.

Tons of tourists. Some are very nice and some are complete d*uchebags. If someone is a d*uche to me I will gently crack their cone before handing it to them. It’s never visible but in about ten minutes they will have ice cream soaking through their napkin and dripping everywhere. It’s not much, but it’s enough to get me through the day.” pinkpanther8u

 

24. I Had Diarrhea All Over His Convertible

I’m having a hard time believing this story is legit!
“My dad used to have a big 69 Ford pickup. Old truck, couldn’t go over 55, which is the highest speed limit around here.

One day he’s in a 35 doing 45. A convertible is behind us tailgating. I am in the bed of the truck since my brother is in the front seat. Over 18? You can ride in the back. Nowhere else to sit, and I loved it.

Anyways, I’d been ******eatin*g so*me ba*d *** around that time. Mexican. Daily. I worked next door to a Mexican place. Not Taco Bell, authentic Mexican. Bring you the plate of food only after you’re sitting on a toilet already Mexican. I had serious diarrhea.
I noticed this ****** who wouldn’t let up and did my civic duty.

I stood up, dropped trou, and released a liquid stream from my butt that splattered all over his car. The hood, the windshield, him, the seats. He went off the road into a yard to avoid it, and I just sat back down and pulled my pants up.” cerem86

23. I Donated His Drug Money

“In high school, there was a hardcore drug dealer who sold everything and who had a locker near mine. He kept drug money in the front pocket of his backpack. Every couple of days, I would steal ten bucks from his bag. We were at a Catholic school, so I would always donate his drug money to the missions.

This happened frequently over the course of four years. I laugh at the fact that a house in some third world country was built almost entirely with the drug money of some suburban white kid…” ComfortablyNumb1993
22. I Make Sure They Can’t Pass, So They’ll Have A Long Detour

“There’s a traffic light on my way home where you need to be in the right lane to hop onto the highway, and people always try to get in the left lane and then cut back in at the last second. I go out of my way to make sure that the cutters don’t get into the right lane by pacing them, so they have to take a really huge detour to get back to the highway.” TheBalance

Another User Comments:

A different perspective on the story…

“This sucks when the person trying to get over isn’t from your area and didn’t realize early enough which lane was for the highway.

In which case, you’re making them miss their turn and making them hate your town until the end of time.” KohokuJack
21. I Made Him Get A Speeding Ticket

“When I was stationed in Italy, the cops on the base were always writing tickets. It’s like they had nothing better to do then write you a ticket for doing 18 mph in a 15 mph zone. Anyways, as I was driving from point A to point B, I pass a cop. No big deal; I’m in a government vehicle, so I’m definitely not speeding.

On the way back from point B, this giant jerk is on my a*s big time.

One thing you don’t do is get a ticket or wreck a government vehicle. We are now approaching where the cop was posted on the first half of the journey, and I begin to slow down. Slow down so much this clown behind is getting furious. I’m almost at the point to where the cop was, and the bumper sucker behind me punches his sweet pimped out 4-door Civic to fly by me.
As he does this, he does the usual stare and head shake, pretty much calling me a *** without actually calling me a ***. I nod. 14 1/2 seconds later, that same cop is pulling over the Civic d*ucher.

As I pass, I return the ****** stare/headshake combo back at him. Boom. Justice.” username

20. I Destroyed His Tires

Don’t mess with metal shop students!

“When I was in high school, I was beaten by a senior from the next town over. It really ****** hurt. This dude was a monster of a human, 6 feet 7 inches and massive muscles.

I wanted to get him back, but I wasn’t ready to go on a Rocky Balboa training montage. So, instead, I found out where he lived, and during my metal shop class, I made some little caltrops.
Caltrops are like little metal spike devils.

I went over to his house and placed the caltrops all over his driveway. I heard that he spent around $1,300 on new tires.” BaconTreasure

19. I Intentionally Park Next To Poor Parkers

“When people park poorly, I will intentionally park next to them (no matter my inconvenience) to be perfectly in MY spot which usually makes it difficult for them to get into theirs.

One time, there was a BMW SUV that was parked into a space haphazardly. Next to it, was a free spot so I parked perfectly in it. This left the owner with about an inch to open his door.

The next day, same problem, same solution. Since then, he parks in the lines, every time. Mission accomplished.” rebmig
18. She Wouldn’t Move Out Of The Way, So I Let Her Hair Dip Into My Soup

“So my college cafeteria can get a bit crowded during the 12 o’clock lunch hour, and the girls can become really b*tchy while waiting in line for their skinless, fatless chicken breast piece for their salad with no dressing. Anywho, one day this girl with long dark brown hair was blocking my way to get out of the food area.

I asked her politely, ‘Excuse me.’ All she did was look at me, roll her eyes, move an inch to her left and turn back around.

When I was squeezing past her, my tray may have bumped up against her back. Better yet, her hair ended up trailing through my bowl of broccoli cheddar soup. She never noticed.
It didn’t matter that I didn’t want to eat my soup because I was laughing so hard I couldn’t.” buttnado

17. I Beat Him At The Game To “Show Him How It’s Done”

The ending is priceless!

“I used to work at an indoor amusement park, and I was a games operator. So, people would come play those stupid games and try to win stuffed animals worth 1/10 what they were paying.

Anyways, one time this d*uchebag (probably early 20s, dressed in baggy garb and trying to impress his league of d*uchebag friends) is playing the ‘knock the bottles over’ game and, of course, is doing a sh*tty job.

He is basically putting all his weight behind throwing the beanbag and is missing by a foot, sometimes managing to make the top bottle sway. He starts calling me a carny and whatnot and says loudly that the bottles are all glued down and stuff.
So, I jumped over the counter, took a bean bag from him and threw it at the bottles, knocking each one of them over and right off the table. I was 15 at the time and was just a little blonde girl. His friends all started laughing hysterically, and the guy turned red.

Our job was pretty boring, and my friends and I often played the games and competed with each other, so, safe to say, we were pretty awesome at them.

Made the guy look like a ****** idiot. He did win the ‘thanks for trying!’ prize, which was a tiny stuffed bear, which I gave to him in pink.” Brianne123
16. I’d Make Their Sandwich As Slowly As Possible

“I used to work at Subway. When I was working alone and had a long line, I would make ~3 sandwiches at a time and then move to the cash to ring them up. It took a tiny bit longer per customer, but it was much more efficient for everyone because I didn’t have to wash my hands, put on new gloves, etc. every 30 seconds.

If customers ever complained about this, I would make them the slowest. sub. ever.

I would put on each tomato with precision. Each olive was carefully selected. It was perfectly cut in half. Wrapped as beautifully as a Christmas present.
That job made me pretty passive-aggressive. I didn’t last long.” helloprincess

15. My Friend Took Her Sweet Time Crossing The Street

“My friend runs cross country with me, and often cars have to wait for us while we’re in crosswalks. One time we were crossing a crosswalk and a car was forced to wait for our team to cross, and they honked. My friend stopped running and faced the car and held up 10 fingers and began counting down for the car.

The car honked again during the countdown and my friend put all 10 fingers back up and started over.” nanermaner

14. I’d Keep Them On Hold Until They Hung Up

“I worked customer service/tech support at a 24-hour call center. The people who called us have not been transferred by other departments or anything like that, and the volume is always pretty light, so basically if you called, you got to speak with someone right away. Some people (usually women from southern Cali or NY/NJ areas) called and were instantly b******** or passive-aggressive ****. I would place them on hold and log onto a different computer to answer calls until they hung up.” Reddit user
13. I Purposely Make Their Elevator Ride Take Longer

“Where I live, it’s not uncommon for people to try to enter the elevator before other people have had a chance to exit.

I don’t see the point. They aren’t going to be any quicker doing that because they still have to wait for me to exit. This is pretty annoying. If it happens, I’ll swipe my hand across a few buttons as I exit so that the elevator stops on multiple floors before their floor. It’s a great feeling as the elevator doors close, and I hear an exclamation of, ‘What the…'” the_vexer
12. I Sign Them Up For Spam E-mail

I’m not going to lie, I’ve been guilty of doing this.

“Using the emails of people that have wronged me to sign up to newsletters, mailing lists, p*rn sites etc.” Reddit user

Another User Comments:

“This gives me an idea.

Someone should make a website where you enter the email of the person you don’t like, and then it automatically adds them to hundreds of very inappropriate newsletters/p*rn sites, etc.

Who has the gumption and the know-how to make this work? I’ll buy.” yusomad20

11. I Made It To Where They Were Forced To Go Over The Speed Bumps

“I used to be a lot associate (the guy who brings the carts in) at Home Depot. The speed bumps out in front of our store are tiny and I drive my Firebird over them without slowing down, yet people always choose to drive through the loading zone to avoid them.

After almost getting hit one night I decided to put the big lumber carts in the loading area right next to the speed bumps so people had to go over them.” metallica1124
10. I Give Them Change The Same Way They Hand Me Money

“I’m a cashier, and I give change in the same way the money was given to me. I especially hate when people just toss it on the counter or count out a bunch of change and just expect me to pick it up. I either pick the change up one by one then ‘accidentally’ drop all of the coins everywhere, or I step to the side, so the coins are seemingly not in my view and wait until they pick them up and put them in my hand.

Another favorite is when someone places their ************* to ring out so far away from me that I have to lean over the counter to grab them, I then place their bag just as far away and walk away. *****’ retail.” Nellia
9. I Kept Calling Them Until They Stopped Calling Me

An interesting way to get scammers and telemarketers to stop calling!

“Once, a dept collecting company was chasing me up for £18 from 1&1 Internet that I didn’t owe them. Calling me up demanding payments, and refusing to pass me onto their supervisor. I got hold of their landline number (free to call) and called them up endlessly for hours.

It got to the point they stopped answering the calls (despite it being a large call center). Needless to say, they stopped calling me in the end.” JoeyJoeC

8. I Make Sure Kids Get The Ice Cream They Want Against Their Parents’ Wishes

This person is actually an angel in disguise.
“I work at an ice cream store in a really touristy spot, and parents will always ask their kids which kind of ice cream they want. Nine times of out ten it’s the blue bubblegum. Five times out of ten parents will say no. This always strikes me as so awful to ask a kid what they want and then tell them they can’t have it.

So, I always pretend not to hear the parent’s choice and give the kid more time to plead for the blue bubblegum ice cream! Works like a charm.” whaddupbutterfly

7. I Make A Creepy Facial Expression As They Try To Pass Me

“When people tailgate me on the highway, I don’t do anything immediately. I just wait for them to pass me, and when they do pass me, they always look over to see the ‘d*uchebag’ that was driving so slow.
And that d*uchebag is me, staring straight forward with my eyes as wide as they can go, no blinking, laughing maniacally with my mouth as wide open as it can go.

If they don’t pass me quickly enough, and I have a period of time in which we’re driving next to each other, I also like to slowly turn my head towards them while doing the above.

Usually, people stop being angry and either 1) laugh or 2) get incredibly creeped out and speed up.” therxbandit

6. If They Rushed Me, I’d Take Longer

“I used to run a computer business. I always told my customers to feel free to call about the status, but that I would call THEM when it was ready or if they needed to know anything.
Most customers just said, ‘Cool, yeh, whatever,’ and I didn’t hear from them until I called them.

Some didn’t though.

So, anyone who called more than 3 times for the status, I took their computer off the bench and on the back shelf. I’d work on it last that day. Same thing for the next day. They either quit calling and let me work or paid me for my work and never came back. Either way, I won.” gifforc

5. I Swerved Around An Invisible Pothole To Scare My Tailgater 

“Some d*uche was tailgating me. Going about 65 mph in a 60 zone in the slow lane, and he still didn’t want to get his nose out of my butt. So, I swerved around a pothole that wasn’t actually there.

Guy totally freaked out, swerved and hit his brakes. He realized he got duped almost right away, and I could see the look on his face in my rearview mirror. Priceless. He decided that the fast lane was a better place to go 10 mph faster than the other people on the road and that I was a crappy person to tailgate.” Advocates_Bad_Stuff
4. I Refused To Dump Their Trash Cans For Them

It’s amazing how lazy some people are.

“Worked in receiving at a grocery store. People somehow got the mistaken idea that they could leave their garbage cans by the door, and I would transport them the 10 feet to the dumpster for them.

They were wrong. I transported the garbage bags without cans right back to their department floor for their managers to find in the morning. I was actually amazed at the number of times I had to do this before people got the hint.” redditisforphaggots

3. I Slammed On My Brakes Every Time He Looked At His Phone While Driving

The crazy part is, he continued to keep looking at his phone.
“Guy behind me was texting and driving poorly as a result. So, every time I saw him look at his phone via the rearview mirror, I’d hit the brakes lightly, just so he would see the lights.

Each time, he would throw his phone down in a panic and slow down HARD and FAST. Yet, he kept checking his phone. So, I continued this for about 3 to 4 miles, yet he just kept checking his phone, constantly panicking.” Reddit user

2. I Let The Door Slam In Her Face

“I was walking into a store on the weekend with my wife. This is one of those stores with the double doors, like one doorway to the outside and then another doorway to inside. I love these. I held the first door open for my wife as she entered, and also noticed there was a couple following fairly closely behind, so, as I always do, I continue to hold the door for them behind me as I entered the building.

Unfortunately, this person didn’t know basic manners and didn’t say a peep. No ‘thank you’. No nod. Nothing. She just kept talking to her husband. I continue on and walk through the second door, except that I let this one slam in her face.
My wife says to me,’You just let that door slam in that woman’s face,’ and I replied, ‘Yes, you’re right. What would the world be like if no one had basic manners?’ loud enough for her to hear.” Reddit user

1. She Hates Me, So I Interact With Her More To Make Her Mad

“There’s a woman at my job who hates me; she was the only person in my department, and then they brought me in without asking her first.

Everything she says to me is as cold, flat, and brief as possible. She excludes me from important emails whenever possible and glares at me during meetings.
I am the nicest man in the world to her. I happily greet her every morning as I get my coffee. I make sure to wave and ask her how her day is going when I walk by her office. I always do it just cheerfully enough to be annoying, but never cheerfully enough to sound like I’m faking it.

I’ve kept this up for weeks. You can almost hear her teeth grind.” Irishish

There’s something about revenge that’s so thrilling.

Maybe it’s the fact that we feel like we aren’t the ones getting completely played in the end as our enemy finally gets a taste of their own medicine. Or, maybe it’s the adrenal rush we get when we do something we shouldn’t be doing when in the middle of getting revenge.
While “getting even” with someone usually isn’t right, I think most of us could agree that there are always exceptions. In some of the previous stories, that might just be the case. Would you agree?

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