These Hilarious People Might Have Mastered The Art Of Petty Revenge

Food For The Office Thief

Every office has that one man who steals items from people’s lunch bags, and this prank is the ideal way to (not so) quietly remind him to keep his filthy little hands to himself. Let’s just hope that Gary is a big fan of mustard.

Food For The Office Thief

Chop Off The Bristles

Simply chop off the bristles from your sibling’s toothbrush if they are causing you too much trouble. You can’t say it isn’t strange, but you can’t say it isn’t effective. However, be aware that it will completely perplex them and might lead them to believe you are a psychopath.

Chop Off The Bristles

Stop The Barking

We’ve all had that one neighbor who simply leaves their dog barking in their backyard at four a.m. It’s great that your dog doesn’t bother you, but some of us are trying to sleep, okay? Don’t forget to be considerate to your neighbors, not all of them can appreciate your dog.

Stop The Barking

Don’t Piss Off Your Barista

This has a “hey you kids, get off my lawn” vibe to it, but honestly, everybody over the age of 20 has had the impulse to do something similar when they see a gaggle of obnoxious teenagers approaching. It’s so basic, but it’s so effective.

Don’t Piss Off Your Barista

“IDK”

Moms sometimes get tired of their children’s spoiled attitudes and having to make all of their meals for them with no gratitude in return. So when she asked her children what they wanted for dinner, they said, “I don’t know,” this mother decided to retaliate. You can’t say she didn’t give them all they wanted!

“IDK”

Stop Snoring, Dave

When you’re trying to sleep, there’s practically nothing more annoying than someone snoring loudly next to you. It’s almost as if they’re shoving it in your face that they’re sleeping soundly while you’re awake. As a result, this lady chose the most inventive way to exact revenge on her husband, and we can’t say we blame her.

Stop Snoring, Dave

Try Harder Next Time

This guy wrote his ex-girlfriend a letter after they broke up. Isn’t that heartfelt? Sure, until she went on to proofread the letter and assign him a D-. This is unquestionably cruel, but it’s also wonderfully petty. These two were clearly not meant to be together!

Try Harder Next Time

Note From Mom

Every child reaches a point in their lives, generally around middle school, when they no longer want their mother to put tiny notes in their lunches every day. As you may guess, this is a difficult day for a mother. This mother, in particular, was not pleased with the news and instead wrote her child a passive-aggressive note.

Note From Mom

Petty Grandma

This has to be the most badass grandmother we’ve ever seen. Imagine listening to your children bicker about how much of your estate they will receive after you pass away. It’s bleak. We can’t say we blame her for making this decision!

Petty Grandma

Cat With The Last Laugh

Cats, no matter what, have a strong desire to be the focus of attention at all times. This man was just trying to cook supper in peace when his cat kept getting in the way, so he did the only thing he could think of: he locked the cat in the bathroom. In the end, though, it was the cat that had the final laugh.

Cat With The Last Laugh

Extreme Pettiness

This woman wrote on Reddit that her husband awoke on the wrong side of the bed (literally), so he just made his half of the bed. We’re not sure if that actually taught his wife a lesson, but we’re willing to bet it made her laugh hard.

Extreme Pettiness

Parking Where You Aren’t Supposed To

Because a group of irritated (and thoroughly amused) store employees banded together to lock this automobile in with shopping carts, this gentleman had to learn the hard way not to park in locations where you’re not supposed to. Congratulations.

Parking Where You Aren’t Supposed To

Zip-Tied To The Car Handle

This person got exactly what they asked for when they tried to park in two locations at the same time: a shopping cart zip-tied to their door handle. Because no one is ever equipped to remove a zip tie from anything, this person most certainly drove the shopping cart all the way home. Please accept my apologies.

Zip-Tied To The Car Handle

The Christmas Thief

When this person’s Christmas decorations were taken from their front lawn, they did the only reasonable thing they could think of: they hung new “decorations” directly from the surveillance camera, complete with the thief’s face! Christmas greetings!

The Christmas Thief

Cat Food Taco

What’s the deal with the workplace lunch thief? Imagine packing your favorite lunch and then going to the fridge at noon to discover Gary, the workplace thief, has stolen your lunch yet again. Gary didn’t seem to learn from his mustard disaster, so it’s time to take more serious steps. It’s fish tacos with cat food this time. Yummy.

Cat Food Taco

Saran-Wrapped Car For The Cheater

When she discovered her husband was cheating on her, she devised the ideal petty solution: she saran-wrapped his car to a pole. While most people in a comparable scenario would have slashed the tires or smashed something, this woman realized that saran wrap would be enough to annoy her without the fear of legal repercussions. It’s brilliant.

Saran-Wrapped Car For The Cheater

Lunch For The Bully

After working hard for the entire month, this person tweeted that he would buy his admin team lunch one day. When he inquired what they wanted to eat, one of the women who had been bullying him on a regular basis replied, “literally anything but Olive Garden.” The expression of disappointment on her face after he ordered what she asked him not to purchase for them had to be the best form of retaliation!

Lunch For The Bully

Terrible Service

Don’t get us wrong: obnoxious customers are the worst. On the other hand, bad restaurant service may be extremely aggravating, especially if you’ve been waiting patiently for a long time and the restaurant staff continues to ignore you. We hope whoever wrote this note in ketchup did it for a very good cause!

Terrible Service

Petty Fast-Food

Any fast-food aficionado is familiar with the stereotype of McDonald’s ice cream dispensers being continuously broken. As a result, these Sonic employees seized the chance to cast some shade at their competition. We believe they deserved raises for their work, but unfortunately, corporate thought otherwise!

Petty Fast-Food

Another Terrible Parker

This guy tweeted that they had been keeping chalk in their car for about a year in case they had the chance to do precisely that. After all, when you come across a driver who insists on parking in this manner, the only thing you can do is accommodate them by drawing them a personalized parking space!

Another Terrible Parker

Slashed

You have to admit, this is quite ingenious. We only hope the driver was as amused as we were (and relieved after finding that the tires were not literally slashed). In case you have no clue who the person in the picture is, his name is “Slash,” and he is the lead guitarist for the famous rock band Guns N’ Roses.

Slashed

Happy Birthday!

Villagers in England were fed up with the city’s failure to address an unpleasant pothole in the center of the road for two years, so they did what anyone else would do: they celebrated the pothole’s two-year anniversary with a little party. Let’s hope it worked!

Happy Birthday!

Petty Christmas Gift

As a form of retaliation for his brother wrapping his gift fully in duct tape last Christmas, this man decided to exact his vengeance in the pettiest manner possible: he wrapped his gift in concrete. We’re not sure how he did it, but his brother’s response must have been priceless!

Petty Christmas Gift

Smash Another Pumpkin Instead

When those pesky kids keep showing up on your door and stealing your pumpkins, you have no choice but to act. Glue a hundred small tacks to each one to scare them away – after all, why bring the pumpkins inside when you could accomplish something ten times more difficult?

Smash Another Pumpkin Instead

Taking Ryan Reynolds To Prom

While we’re sure this girl was upset following the split, she certainly has a sense of humor! We’re convinced she’ll find someone better somewhere else. Now, all we need to know is whether Mr. Ryan Reynolds personally noticed this tweet!

Taking Ryan Reynolds To Prom

Cling-Wrapped Room

When this guy “jokingly” gave his roommates dog food and told them it was jerky, they knew they had to do something petty to get him back when he went away for the weekend. Is this their retaliation? Of course, cover everything in his bedroom in cling wrap! What else could you possibly do to get back at him?

Cling Wrapped Room

Screenshots For Gift

When this woman discovered her partner was cheating on her via private chat chats just before his birthday, she copied out the conversations to make it appear as though she had given him a present. Oh, the schadenfreude!

Screenshots For Gift

Petty Neighbors

Why else would they scrupulously clean only their particular part of the wall? These people must have done something nasty to their neighbors. It’s quite stunning how they were able to just clean their side of the wall and resist cleaning the rest of the wall.

Petty Neighbors

(Not) A Love Note

Long-term couples who are still in love but need to find inventive, petty methods to inform their significant other that they are angry with them can only display this level of pettiness. What better way to express yourself than with a passive-aggressive sandwich note?

(Not) A Love Note

StoleYourDomain.com

When a group of people at the next table began a loud discussion, this gentleman was most likely trying to enjoy his cup of coffee in a coffee shop. They were completely unconcerned about the people around them. They appeared to be deciding on a domain name for a new business. When they finally did, this irritated man proceeded to buy it, stealing it right in front of their eyes.

StoleYourDomain.com

Thirsty

When this happens, it’s especially unfortunate because you were looking forward to finishing that cake or finishing that large bottle of orange juice. However, because this person’s drink was thrown away, she decided it would be best if the rest of the office suffered as well. She then proceeded to toss everyone else’s drinks into the trash to express her displeasure with losing her drink.

Thirsty

Bristles be gone

There’s no denying that siblings are both the best and the worst people in the world. Consider the case of this young lady and her sister, with whom she fought as any other sibling would. Her sister, on the other hand, took out her rage on her toothbrush, chopping it off and leaving it for her to find. The young lady was taken aback when she discovered the bristles had vanished.

Bristles Be Gone

This kid is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S

We often expect children to be open and honest about their emotions. They throw tantrums when they’re angry. He posted a photo of the bananas to Twitter, explaining that his son had left the half-opened bananas for him to find after they had a disagreement. It’s a surefire way to get a parent’s attention while also getting the last laugh.

This Kid Is Bananas, B A N A N A S

Check the folder(s)

This appears to be a shared computer or drive, where he created a slew of numbered folders with file names that make up entire letter phrases. His sister, whom he accuses of stealing $20 from him, receives the letter. He hid her project in one of the 16 folders, each with its own set of subfolders, as a retaliation.

Check The Folder(s)

Like a tattoo, I’ll always have you

For using one of the most effective revenge strategies ever devised, this young lady deserves a standing ovation. She revealed on Twitter that her boyfriend had been unfaithful to her. In retaliation, she pretended she didn’t know and convinced him to get matching tattoos, which we believe were her name for his and his name for hers. She even asked that he get his tattoo done first so that she could take advantage of the situation and leave.

Like A Tattoo, I’ll Always Have You

Hit me back asap!

This self-proclaimed petty lady took to Twitter to say that if her boyfriend doesn’t respond within 47 minutes, she sets a timer for 47 minutes, which is how long she’ll wait before responding. We’ll just have to accept that we won’t always get their undivided attention and that they’re busy people. This lady will be staring at her clock until she receives her response.

Hit Me Back Asap!

Queue up responsibly

To deal with those who have wronged them, some people use passive-aggressive tactics, while others use aggressive tactics. This man was most likely just a hungry young man trying to get his chicken when a girl rudely cut his line. When he called her out, she even had the courage to reprimand him. As a form of retaliation, he went outside the store and waited for her to finish her purchase. As she walked out, he smacked the bucket of chicken out of her hands.

Queue Up Responsibly

Wrapped with love

Crazy ex-girlfriends have a bad reputation for breaking car windows, slashing tires, and causing other property damage. But there was one crazy ex-girlfriend who rose above it all and made a calculated and intelligent passive-aggressive move. This man posted a photo of a plastic-wrapped car, writing that his “educated crazy ex” didn’t break anything on her boyfriend’s car, instead making it “super annoying” to get inside.

Wrapped With Love

Tea to go

This man was so fed up with his wife for refusing to throw away her tea bags and instead dumping them in the sink that he decided to intervene. As a form of passive-aggressive retaliation, he stuffed the used tea bags into her wallet. That’s the last place you’d look for tea bags, and it’s also a dangerous place to keep them. We hope she’s learned her lesson and thrown those soiled tea bags out with the trash.

Tea To Go

Stop spitting, you guys!

Leftovers and other shady food items abound in shared refrigerators in dorms and offices. Take, for example, this item, which resembles a salad dressing bottle. It comes with a note that reads, “Do not use! I spit in this (since someone keeps using it). Thanks!” One might think it’s some nasty retaliation for stealing the contents, but the person who stole it had the audacity to respond, “I spit in it too, since you’re a jerk!” We can now call this a war of words and a war of spit, both of which are obnoxious and unsanitary.

Stop Spitting, You Guys!

Sliced up servings of anger

Ex-boyfriends, like this man who enjoys pizza, can be just as crazy and passive-aggressive as ex-girlfriends. “That’s right Jen, you missed out on a lot of pizza,” he wrote. He even wished the babies well, implying that she’s a busy mother who can’t enjoy some good food because she’s too preoccupied. This is a classic case of an enraged, passive-aggressive ex-boyfriend who has lost his cool and is venting his frustrations on pizza.

Sliced Up Servings Of Anger

Twitter Queen

This clever young lady devised a brilliant scheme. She thought it would be a great idea to tweet in character—his character—because her ex-boyfriend was too generous and left his Twitter logged in on her phone. “Slowly, the slightly out of place tweets will drive him insane,” she tweeted, because he won’t be able to figure out where it’s all coming from. That’s a brilliant idea if we’ve ever seen one, and it even earned her the nickname “Satan” from other Tumblr users.

Twitter Queen

Netflix and keep chill

Keep in mind that you should never share your passwords with anyone, including your significant other, while we’re on the subject of passwords. This guy went out of his way to “nicely” request that his ex-girlfriend not use his Netflix account. Unfortunately, she declined. As a result, he changed his password, as any reasonable person would. But it wasn’t until the second season of Pretty Little Liars that she desired to be in the thick of things.

Netflix And Keep Chill

Hearing Aids

A girl in her high school math class used to make fun of her because she wore hearing aids. She had said nothing to her and had given her no reason to do it; she was simply evil. She used her phone to record herself mocking her hearing loss and showed it to her parents. They returned to the dealership with the new car they had just purchased for her.

Hearing Aids

She never stole anything again

Even though she wrote her name all over the can, this person’s friend’s Sprite kept getting stolen. She finally got a habanero, cut it open, rubbed it all over the top of the can, and put it in the fridge after the fifth time. They discovered who the thief was when they heard the office drama queen shriek in her cubicle and dash to the water cooler that afternoon. She didn’t steal anything else after that.

She Never Stole Anything Again

An Ex-Teacher

This person’s mother and her friend had a huge fight, and her mother’s friend sent her a letter scolding her and basically saying “We’re no longer friends,” to which her mother, an ex-teacher, took out a red pen, corrected all the spelling and grammatical mistakes, and mailed it back to her.

An Ex Teacher

Free tools

Some people kept stealing small parts from this person’s father’s old truck, which was parked in the back of their property (cap, rotor, points, etc). They connected it to a power supply for an electric fence. They returned one evening after hearing a lot of yelling and swearing, and the guy left them some free tools.

Free Tools

Birdseed

This individual discovered their flatmate lying to mutual friends about them. She had made plans to leave the following month. Meanwhile, her friend left town for a week, leaving her car parked in its usual spot in the parking lot. So, she tossed birdseed on it every morning and evening so that the birds wouldn’t leave her car alone when she returned home.

Birdseed

Caffeinated or Decaffeinated?

When this person worked at Starbucks, they had one racist and sexist customer who was constantly interfering with their work. He only wanted the men to make his drinks, and he ignored (or said something creepy) the women. He also didn’t want their one black guy to make his drink. Even though he requested caffeine, they always gave him decaffeinated. It was petty and childish, but it did help a little.

Caffeinated Or Decaffeinated?

Pumpkin Prank

The neighborhood idiot would run over my friend’s pumpkinfall display at the end of his driveway. Every year, it happened. My companion made the decision to put an end to it. He took money out of his savings account so he could buy the biggest pumpkin he could find, as well as many large bags of Quikcrete. That pumpkin was stuffed to the brim, and it created a lovely spectacle. When the guy hit the pumpkin, he destroyed the axle of his automobile, unable to drive away. His car was also towed away.

Pumpkin Prank

Horrible Boss

I used to have a boss who I despised 7-8 years ago. She was the most phony and arrogant person I’d ever encountered. She decided one day that she didn’t enjoy microwave popcorn’s fragrance… So she used her magical office wand to outlaw it.

Let’s fast forward about a month. I was surfing Amazon when I came across one of those USB sticks that releases a scent when plugged in…buttered popcorn. I bought it, hooked it into the back of her computer, and for six months, her office smelled like PopSecret. Almost every day, she expressed her dissatisfaction. It’s the sweetest retaliation I’ve ever had.

Horrible Boss

Thou Shalt Not Steal

It wasn’t for me, but for my wife. She accepted a dodgy work at a local factory when we were younger and going through a rough patch. She had her lunch taken at least 5 or 6 times in the first two weeks she was there. Even open alcoholic beverages. I was furious because I would frequently grill for her or prepare her lunch, and she would go hungry. I bought a large a*s Gatorade and a box of those red-colored women’s laxatives one night. We couldn’t tell the two were combined, but we were able to identify the thief.

Thou Shalt Not Steal

Spicy Sprite

Even though she scribbled her name all over the can, my friend’s Sprite kept getting stolen. She finally got a habanero, sliced it open, rubbed it all over the top of the can, and put it in the fridge after the fifth time. We discovered who the burglar was when we heard the office drama queen shout in her cubicle and dash to the water cooler later that afternoon. She didn’t steal anything else after that.

Spicy Sprite

Static Revenge

I was confined in my room, bored witless, after being grounded again again by my Angry Dad for breathing while his ballgame was on. I needed something to do, so I turned on and off the light switches (pre-mobile era folks, we had to make our own fun…). This caused a loud buzzing static interference on the TV in the lounge, which I found later. Set the stage for the next five years of petty vengeance…

Angry Dad never figured out why we had such a poor TV signal during game time; he never related it to the fact that I was sent to my room and forced to flick the light switch every few minutes, reveling as he raged futilely at the static dancing over the TV.

Static Revenge

No Change, No Problem

For a while, I worked at a pizza parlor. All of the menus and the website made it clear that delivery cost no more than $20, and this guy had been a customer long enough to know that. But when I told him this while explaining why I didn’t have enough change, he became irritated and said that it wasn’t his responsibility and that drivers should always have enough cash on them.

So I did what any reasonable person would do in that situation: I told him not to worry about it and that I would pay for the order. He believed he’d won a free calzone for those few seconds, until I took it out and began eating it as I walked back to my car.

No Change, No Problem

Check Your Grammar

My mother and a friend had a huge dispute, and my mother’s friend sent her a letter condemning her and basically saying “We’re no longer friends,” and my mother, as an ex-teacher, pulled out a red pen, rectified all the spelling and grammatical errors, and mailed it back to her.

Check Your Grammar

Reverse Robbery

Some people started taking little components from my father’s old truck, which was parked in the back of our property (cap, rotor, points, etc). We connected it to a power supply for an electric fence. We returned one evening after hearing a lot of yelling and swearing, and the guy left us some free tools.

Reverse Robbery

Don’t Be A Jerk

A vehicle waiting to make a turn honked at a woman with a stroller as she crossed a major downtown crossing (she had the right of way).

I slowed down, but the driver in front of me came to a complete stop in front of the automobile, then knelt to re-tie his shoelaces.

Don’t Be A Jerk

No Name

When one of my baristas asked a guy his name at a Starbucks, he immediately flipped out, demeaning her, calling her stupid, and refusing to offer a name. Anyway, I take over the handoff drinks and simply set his drink on the handoff without saying anything. (I’ll add that it was a busy store with a long line.)

I just keep putting drinks out for maybe 10/15 minutes until some jackass comes up to me and takes up his now-lukewarm drink and asks, “Is this mine?” “I don’t know, it doesn’t have a name on it,” I simply said.

No Name

Sandcastles

We were kids on vacation with our family at the beach. My little sister would always build a lovely sandcastle, just to have it destroyed the next day, causing her to grieve. We wanted to figure out who was doing it, so we stayed behind one day to observe. We laughed smugly as a gang of jerk older boys came along and kicked her tower down. So the next night, we sanded and decorated a large beach rock. The jerk youngsters showed up with their arrogant grins and kicked a solid rock with all their force, just like clockwork. The yowl and the expressions on their faces were the best kind of retaliation ever.

Sandcastles

Old Smell

Because she claims she can’t take the stench of old ketchup that’s been sitting out for a couple hours, my coworker sometimes tosses her lunch in the garbage can at my desk instead of her own. I’ve begged her to stop several times, but she simply waits until I get up to go to the restroom and then does it.

Every time she does it, I wait until she goes to the restroom before removing the small plastic bottle containing the ketchup and stowing it in the back of her bottom desk drawer. She hasn’t detected the odor yet. I’m going to keep doing it for as long as it takes her to notice…

Old Smell

Speed Racer No More

Down the block, a young man was continually rushing around the neighborhood. Every day, he comes home from work around the same time and rips it down the street to his driveway. I contacted the city and requested that a cop come out and conduct a radar check.

He was charged with hazardous driving and has since ceased speeding around here.

Speed Racer No More

The Birds Don’t Lie

I caught my roommate lying to some mutual acquaintances about me. I made preparations to leave the next month. Meanwhile, she left town for a week, leaving her car parked in its normal place in the parking lot. I put birdseed on it every morning and evening so the birds wouldn’t leave her car alone when she got home.

The Birds Don’t Lie

That’s Our Food

We had separate refrigerators for each shift at my former employment. Our food was being taken or tampered with on a regular basis. My buddy and I decided to make a delicious cherry cheesecake out of cooking grease one day. Because we knew the thief wouldn’t be brave enough to take the first taste, we topped it off with a graham cracker crust and cut a couple of slices out of it. We never discovered who the thief was, but we never had to worry about our food being tampered with again.

That’s Our Food