‘The first thing you learn in the trades is don’t be a [jerk]… Sometimes people don’t learn it fast enough’: Ex-Employee Gets Epic Petty Revenge on Nightmare Coworker

If you don't believe in karma, you've got another thing coming… You can't just jump jobs burning bridges every time because those people you left in your chaos will come back to haunt you. Blue collar workers in trade know that has a GD fact. Recently, a construction worker took to Reddit to share their own satisfying story where they got to serve their very own piping hot plate of karma to a toxic ex-coworker. 

So this guy worked at a construction company and was fine until they brought one of the owner's entitled nephew's onboard. This guy seemed to be a text book jerk. Short tempered, blame everyone else for everything, and was just an all around unpleasant guy. Not to mention is seems like he was always trying his darnedest to get other people in trouble with the company. This eventually got the Reddit poster fired. 

Fortunately, the Reddit went to their competitors and quickly got a better job there. About a year later his boss comes up to him and asks him about an application he was looking into. It would seem someone he used to work with was now applying there. He looked at the application and low and behold it was his a-hole ex-coworker. Turns out his epic jerkness ended up getting him fired by his own uncle.

Now, karma was at the tip of his fingers and all he had to do was press the button. He didn't hesitate to tell his now-boss exactly what he thought about this applicant and every reason why he should definitely not be hired.

Read the entire satisfying justice served below!

Top Karens of the Week (February 19, 2023)

Karens never fail to make a scene in increasingly bizarre situations! Keep scrolling below to hear about Bakery Karen, Raccoon Karen, and many more! For more compilations like this, here are the top mildly infuriating moments from last week!

'I approached HR. They looked at me like I had two heads': Employee ignored by HR, so they contact the labor board instead

This HR department just wouldn't listen to their employees. U/bolshe-viks-vaporub shared this story of malicious compliance against their own employer. As the OP writes, their company got traded to a DoD contracting company, leading to changes in company policy. For the OP, a hard worker who often worked way more than 40 hours per week, things just weren't adding up. They tried repeatedly to contact the company's HR department about the mistake, but were continually ignored. Finally, they decided to comply with the rules, which this company was definitely not counting on! 

Commenters noted how odd the discussion around sick days is, and how companies can be stingy with them in the US. Others applauded the OP for their courage to take this all the way to the top to ensure the company really had to comply. 

Next, these entitled women demanded some seats in a cafe with communal seating — so the OP decided to make the women wait their turn. 

'They’re carrying on about how selfish I’m being': Entitled women demand cafe seating, but they messed with the wrong person

These entitled women have apparently never heard of coffee shop etiquette! 

U/InbhirNis shared this great tale of petty revenge, which all started at a cafe they frequent near their work. The OP writes that there is communal seating, so they scooted to the end of the table, and were just minding their business before a few women showed up. 

These women wanted to sit at the communal table, which the OP agreed to. But then the pair started demanding even more seating, and the OP's plan for the pettiest of revenges began. They took their sweet time eating this meal — wish we could see the looks on those women's faces when they realized the OP meant business. 

Check out the whole story below. Then, click here for a wild tale of 3 roommates who can't quite get along because of their strict schedules.

‘You Say the Attendance System Is Law? Fine, I’ll Use It to My Advantage’ : Fed up Employee Plays Work System via Malicious Compliance, Following Bossy Manager’s Unfair Formal Rebuke

A boss with an imperious attitude… what else is new? If you've ever been reprimanded unfairly by upper management, join the club. To think we're all humans at the end of the day who have their own issues, go to the bathroom and cringe at the lack of toilet paper, drink one too many beers, cry over an ex… it's crazy how authority can make you forget all that, leading to unjust actions toward an employee. 

This employee in particular was a model worker — so he was a little more than surprised when his manager called him into her office for an earful. She was concerned about the extra 15 minutes that were missing from his shift a week earlier, accusing him of taking more time during one of his breaks. I'm already groaning, but I'll carry on nonetheless: He was adamant that he had not in fact, taken more time than usual (save for perhaps one minute, but who's counting?). 

She wasn't having any of that, so he took it upon himself to investigate the matter for himself. He found out that the punch system wasn't rounding the amount of time he worked while on break, but rather the time at which he punched. Instead of divulging the information to her, he decided to take action. Scroll down for a detailed description of his malicious compliance…

You can check out some more MC here, where veterinary students got back at the school system.

Ex-Girlfriend Keeps Showing Up at Apartment Every Night, Roommate Lets Her In Causing Major Fight

This one had people totally split in the comments as to who was in the right. On the one hand, the ex clearly has a borderline stalker problem and it was getting to the point that perhaps the best move was to call the police. Or perhaps the best move for the Redditor was to let the ex sulk outside the apartment and wait to get advice from their roommate. However, on the other hand, the Redditor's care for the ex's safety is certainly something to consider. But at the end of the day, it might not have been their place to do anything at all. 

 

After u/VastCelery6379 posted this thread to Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit, it became clear that this was one giant sticky situation and the right thing wasn't necessarily obvious. Our take on this scenario was that the Redditor was right to be concerned about the ex's safety and was right to call them an Uber. However, they should have notified them through the door that the Uber was coming or waited with them outside. They should not have let them into the apartment, considering that sort of gives the ex permission to do something like this again. Share what you think was the best way to handle this one. For more, check out this post about a woman's revenge on her cheating ex.