- [Narrator] Revenge rarely
solves your problems, but boy does it feel good
to get your own back. You wanna steal my lunch? Then enjoy the sick burn I'm about to leave on this sticky note. Except not all revenge is plotted equally. While I'm a huge fan of
passive aggressive messages, they don't compare to
getting someone arrested, costing them millions of dollars, or leveling their entire life
with a single revelation. With that said, put those sticky
notes and witty quips away because we're about to take a look at even more tales of revenge that wreaked nuclear
levels of destruction. (energetic music) Major breakdown. Car
mechanics don't have it easy. When they're not trying to work out how you poured wiper fluid
in your oil fill pour for the 48th time, I'm so sorry, Bob, they have to deal with
some deplorable customers like this Reddit user's father did. Back in the early 2000s, this mechanic ran his own
independent repair shop. One day a man came in with an
expensive looking convertible which needed its transmission fixed. It took a while to remove,
disassemble, fix, and reassemble, but our mechanic got the job done. However, when it came time to pay up, Mr. Convertible suddenly
couldn't afford it. He said he could pay half now and the other half in a week or so. Now, being a standup guy in a small town our mechanic agreed, but a few weeks go by and Mr. Convertible is nowhere to be seen. After two months, our mechanic called him and asked when he'd be
paying the rest of his bill. And here's the kicker. Mr. Convertible simply
said he wouldn't be paying. There was nothing wrong with the repairs, but now that he had the car, he just didn't see why
he should pay the rest. At first, our mechanic got mad, but then he decided to make an example out of Mr. Convertible. He called up a towing company,
told them the situation, and explained that under state law he had a mechanic's lien on the vehicle, which is the legal right to sell it for compensation
of unpaid debt. The rules of this vary from
state to state in America, but our mechanic was able
to get the tow company to pick up the convertible
and take it away. To his shop? Oh no, to the
local recycling center. The car was crushed, scrapped, and the remnants sold to the center, making our mechanic his money back before Mr. Convertible could do anything. Obviously, he was furious and
turned up to the repair shop with the state patrol the next day. However, after our mechanic explained the circumstances of the lien, the troopers declared it a civil
matter, not a criminal one. And when Mr. Convertible
tried to sue our mechanic, the judge dismissed the case. Moral of the story? Pay your mechanics unless
you'd prefer your car scrap metal shaped. Oh, brother. We all know that one person who has a habit of making
someone else's special day all about them. Your birthday party. Well,
they just got a promotion. Your big announcement. Well,
they just bought a new car. (sighs) Now, don't worry
though, you're not alone. One Reddit user, who we'll call Ben, had a younger brother called Todd who just had to be the center of attention no matter the occasion. So much so that at their
sister's baby shower Todd and his girlfriend
announced they were expecting. Like come on, man, hold your own event. But he wasn't done there. The day before Ben's wedding, a receipt for an expensive
ring fell out of Todd's pocket. It was clear he was planning
to propose to his girlfriend during Ben's special day. Ben kicked him from the groom's party, but Todd started crying
about how unfair it was and that he would never propose during someone else's wedding. So Ben allowed him to come
to the wedding as a guest, but warned him if he tried
anything, he'd regret it. Sure enough, during his new
wife's dad-daughter dance, Todd got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend
in sight of everyone, but Ben wasn't angry. In fact, he was excited because as Todd was
stealing the spotlight, a heavily pregnant guest walked over and began to make a scene. She was screaming at Todd
for lying to her, crying, and claiming she was
pregnant with his baby. She even called his phone
proving they'd been in contact. Distraught, Todd's girlfriend
flung the ring down and left in tears. Ben was also in tears from laughing. With the green light
from his soon-to-be wife, he'd hired a woman to pretend
to be Todd's sidepiece, asked her to be at the
wedding and to act out if she saw him make the move to propose. Ben had even given her his
number to make it convincing, and it was so convincing that Todd's girlfriend threw him out. Well, we can only hope that
after all that Todd figured out that he is not in fact
life's main character. A dish best served ice cold. Have you ever been cheated on? Ugh, nothing hurts
quite like it, trust me. But stories like those from
Reddit user Kermit Defrogg are a tonic for anyone who's
ever had their heart broken. Kermit was married to his
high school sweetheart, Sue, for 23 years. With two grown kids
together, a nice house, cars, and dream vacations, they were
living the American dream. But while Kermit was
recovering from knee surgery, Sue began acting differently. She'd started working late,
wasn't as affectionate, and changed the passwords
on all her devices. Initially, Kermit didn't suspect anything, but as he was scrolling
through social media he saw a picture of Sue
with a male coworker who she seemed close with, very close. What was weird though was that
despite having never met him, he'd blocked Kermit. Now he was suspicious. Using his family data
plan, he downloaded an app that displayed all text messages being sent and received
on all connected devices, one of them being Sue's phone, and that's when his heart sank. Sue was sending lovey-dovey
messages and a lot of, shall we say, incriminating
photos to this guy. For three days, Kermit
processed the information, but on the fourth day, he began plotting his exit
strategy and his revenge. Now recovered from his surgery, he began acting the same way Sue had been. Pulling long hours at work,
being cold and distant, changing passwords on his devices. It wasn't long before Sue noticed, recognizing all the telltale signs of a partner having an affair. Eventually she had the
audacity to confront him, accusing him of cheating. He laughed in her face
for a full two minutes because despite his actions, she couldn't prove anything,
and Kermit was bluffing. He'd been acting that way
purely to make her paranoid. All the while he was gathering evidence, making sure he was financially
independent from her, stealthily moving his
possessions out of their house, and shopping around for a new apartment all without Sue knowing. For five long months,
he acted aloof and cool, but Sue started to crack. In texts to her lover, Kermit could see she was getting cold feet claiming she still loved Kermit and that his affair must
be some sort of karma for her own actions. Oh, she had no idea. Eventually she ditched her lover, explaining to him in text messages she wanted to win Kermit back, but Kermit couldn't have cared less. His plan was almost complete. At the start of December,
he let both of his kids know what their mother had been up to and what he planned to do, but asked them not to say anything. While upset, they both supported their dad and so Kermit enacted
his piece de resistance. Early on Christmas
morning while Sue slept, he left a thick printed binder full of messages she'd
been sending to her lover over the past eight months on his pillow along with his lawyer's card and a note reading, "Merry Christmas." Savage, but that's not all. The binder was just one of 14 he'd sent out to all her friends, family, oh, and her place of work. With that, he ghosted her. Over the next two weeks,
Sue's life imploded. Her family and friends
turned their back on her. Kermit was granted an uncontested divorce. And while he left her the house, he got their cabin in the woods and had slowly drained
their joint accounts so that she couldn't
claim a dime from him. And to add a cherry on
top, both Sue and her lover were placed on administrative
leave and fired soon after for breaching their rules
about inter-work relationships. Wow. Well, if I'm ever cheated on again, I know who I'm calling to
help me plot my revenge. Park-cold. When it comes to tales of revenge, it's always the ones that
revolve around parking disputes that go the extra mile. Case in point, Reddit user BrightRick has a parking revenge story
that was served ice cold. Back in the early 2000s, Rick's family owned
two apartment complexes out in the Chicago suburbs. They lived in some of the
apartments, rented out the others, and owned a parking lot with
a space for about 16 cars. More than enough for
them and their tenants. But one day cars started
parking in the lot that didn't belong to
them or their tenants. Rick blocked one of the cars
in and called a tow company when suddenly the owner
came around and drove off over Rick's yard and bushes. Annoyed, Rick hired a local tow company and had them put up signs warning people that any car without a
parking permit would be towed and left it at that. But then one freezing New
Year's Eve, Rick arrived home to find every single space
in the lot filled with cars that didn't belong to
his family or tenants. There were so many cars that they were spilling out of
the lot and lining the roads blocking all the entrances
to Rick's building. Someone was having a party, but he checked and it was
none of his residents. He rang the tow company,
but they were too busy, so he decided to take
matters into his own hands. He quickly gathered up three
of his lawn sprinklers, attached them to his laundry room faucets, and ran hot water through them. Being below zero degrees out, the hot water stopped the
hoses from freezing up, but once the water hit the
cars and the sidewalks, thick layers of ice began to form. He moved each of the sprinklers
every half hour or so making sure the ice would get
in between the window seals, handles, even the locks. Once every car was completely coated in a solid layer of ice, Rick packed everything up and went to bed. At 4:00 AM Rick was woken up by a group of very cold looking people furiously pounding on his
door and ringing his doorbell. They couldn't get into
their cars for all the ice. Apparently, all these people
had been told to park here by their friend who owned a
building several blocks away. The very same guy who'd run over Rick's
yard earlier that year. Rick just smiled and
pointed out all the signs telling them to move
their cars or get towed knowing full well they
couldn't get into them. The cops showed up shortly after laughing at the entire situation before, with Rick's consent, ticketing every single
illegally parked car which were then all towed. What a way to bring in the New Year. A business transition. In-laws, some are good, some are bad, and some are downright rotten as Reddit user LivingBunch6371 discovered. Sometime ago, at just 18 years old, LivingBunch's sister-in-law
came out as a trans woman. Like the loving, caring
people they clearly were, her parents immediately threw her out. They denied her access to
the car they'd bought her and her money which was
in their joint account. So late at night, she
had to walk eight miles to reach LivingBunch's house. Stunned, LivingBunch's husband tried to talk to their
staunchly conservative parents, but they were resolute. Their now daughter was
not welcome in their home because of who she was. And all her possessions,
including cash she'd earned working at a part-time
job, were theirs now. This didn't sit well with LivingBunch who loved her sister-in-law
regardless of who she was. She and her husband wanted to
cut all ties with the in-laws, which suddenly gave her an idea. Her father-in-law was
a small business owner, and his biggest account just so happens to be with
LivingBunch's employer. She told her boss what happened,
and after mulling on it, he agreed that if she
could find another supplier offering a similar rate
to her father-in-law, he'd close their account. This is where it got tough. Her father-in-law offered a great rate that was practically impossible to beat, but LivingBunch looked down
every avenue she could, and eventually six months later she found a different company
offering a similar rate. During this time, her father-in-law had begun major renovations
on the family house. So to make sure this sudden loss of income would hit hardest, she
waited an extra month when his renovations were
well and truly underway before informing her boss. Another month later, and the father-in-law's
business was suddenly crushed. He had to scramble to find new clients and ended up having to sell the house to keep his business afloat. But because it was halfway renovated, it didn't sell for much. It got so bad both in-laws
resorted to begging for money from other family members, but after the barbaric
treatment of their own child, all of them resolutely said no. Eight years down the line and they're still clawing their
way out of the karmic mess they got themselves into. And to top it off, LivingBunch's
sister-in-law's thriving now. Pretty ironic that if the
in-laws hadn't kicked her out, they might still have a house. Greed the room. Nothing starts a family argument like the topic of inheritance. Seriously, if you wanna
cut Christmas short, just ask who's getting the lion's share of your relatives
possessions when they pass and watch the entire day go up in flames. It's such a huge topic of contention that Reddit user 327Nova
was able to use it for some absolutely God-tier
revenge several years ago. Nova had a greedy, manipulative,
money hungry cousin who leaned on their wealthy grandparents for every little thing. But Nova didn't care about the money, they just loved their grandparents and wanted to spend time with them. So when their grandma passed away, Nova moved in with their grandpa
to help take care of him. Nova's cousin didn't like this one bit, assuming they were trying to curry favor and steal the lion's
share of the inheritance. One day Nova came home to discover that one of their cousin's children had apparently found a loaded
gun and was playing with it. A gun Nova's grandpa
had entrusted to them. Nova knew their gun safety and swore they'd never leave
a gun just lying around, let alone one that was loaded. While their grandpa believed them, they asked Nova to move out
until things had calmed down. Suddenly, it all made sense. Nova's cousin had framed them
to get them out of the way all in hopes of getting closer
to their grandpa's wallet. Nova worked on fixing their
relationship with their grandpa, but a month later, he sadly passed away. Nova was devastated. After the funeral, the will was read out, and that's when Nova noticed
some very specific wording. It was complex, but it boiled down to if anyone tries to claim
more than they've been given, they get nothing. Suddenly Nova had the perfect
idea for a revenge trap. Later that day, they rang their cousin and casually mentioned all
of their grandma's jewelry would be donated to a charity auction. Unable to resist, the cousin immediately drove over to their grandparents' house and began filling shoe
boxes with all the jewelry they could get their hands on hoping no one would miss
it before it was donated. As they were doing so, Nova's
father and the family lawyer walked into the house
to do some final admin catching the cousin red-handed trying to make off with four shoe boxes stuffed full of jewelry. Nova knew the lawyer was
scheduled to visit that day and baited the trap so
the cousin would show up at the most incriminating moment. Thanks to his own greed, the cousin never received a
single penny of the inheritance. I don't know how much Nova was left, but that story is priceless. Disability blowout. There's a special circle of hell for people who use disabled parking bays when they themselves aren't disabled. What, you think the disabled community doesn't have it hard enough already? Well, back in the early 90s, the father of Reddit user Drumhedd was a disabled Florida resident who got their own back in style. They'd pulled up to their local store and were about to park in the handicap bay when a woman in a bright pink
red Porsche shot into it. He rolled down his window and told her he needed to park there pointing to his disability placard, but she snapped back,
"You don't look disabled," and walked into the store. First off, not all
disabilities are visible. And second, that
incredibly ignorant remark was about to cost her big time. Drumhedd's dad got out of his car and removed the caps from
all four of her tires before parking just far away enough to hear what was about to happen. After a while, the woman
returned from the store only to find all four of
her tires completely flat. She began screaming that her
Porsche had been vandalized and asked the store
clerks to call the police. But when the police arrived, they immediately handed her a $250 ticket for being parked in a
disabled bay without a placard and advised her she ring a tow company. Once they'd gone, Drumhedd's
dad wheeled around and shouted, "You don't look disabled,
but your car sure does," before driving off. Now, that is a next level burn. Fare's fair. Taxi drivers do not have an easy job. From drunken passengers to
unspeakable backseat antics, it's a pretty thankless career choice. However, Reddit user
The-Windygo's grandmother, who used to be a taxi driver,
didn't suffer no fools. Back in the 1970s, she was a cab driver
in Newcastle, England. One night, she picked up a
fair and dropped him off, but when she asked for her money, the guy tried to cheese it. Unfortunately for him, this woman wasn't going home empty handed. Seeing him trying to make a dash for it, she hit the gas and
rolled over the guy's foot before parking on top of it. Screaming and crying, the attempted fee dodger
still refused to pay her. It wasn't long before the police showed up and after explaining the situation the police, no sympathy for the
guy, reached into his pocket and gave her the money she was owed. They then asked her politely
to get off the guy's foot before sending her on her way. But did her night end
there? Not by a long shot. A few hours later, she's waiting in a taxi
rank for another fair when two men walk up to her window supporting a hobbling man,
the thief from before. It took him a moment to recognize her, but when he did, oh, did the insults flow. Graciously, she then
explains to his friends that he'd unsuccessfully
tried to mug her off before. She then offered to take them, but this fee thief would
have to take another cab. Appalled by their pal's
behavior, the two got in leaving the thief
slack-jawed on the sidewalk. She then enacted the
final part of her revenge by getting down and yelling to cabs down the rest of the rank that no one should take the
fee thief before driving off. Oh, I bet that was one walk
of shame he'll never forget. Don't mess with grandma. There are sleazes, there are scumbags, and there there are people
who prey on the elderly like this next pair of despicable idiots. According to this story posted on Reddit, someone used to know a sweet old lady from their local church. She was a retired nurse,
had never married, and had no children, but did have family in the
form of her niece and nephew. One day she suffered a major heart attack and was rushed to hospital. She wasn't expected to survive, but before she had
officially kicked the bucket her niece and nephew
decided to act like she had. They rocketed up to her apartment and began loading up her possessions, including all her fine
crystal and silverware. The only problem was that despite her fatal
prognosis, she survived, and when she returned home,
her furniture, utensils, even her dishes were all gone. Who would steal from
an old woman like that? They may as well have taken her
purse from the hospital bed. Well, her neighbors wasted
no time informing her they'd seen her greedy niece and nephew carting everything away. They denied it furiously and
she never pressed charges. A few years later, she
finally did pass on, but after her heart attack, she'd made a few adjustments to her will. Prior to the thievery incident, everything was set to be left to her beloved niece and nephew. Now they were each to receive just $1, and the rest of her estate
would be going to the church. How much was the estate? Oh, just a small, humble $9 million. Yeah, hope the dishes were
worth it you ungrateful dolts? Boy toys. The only thing that feels
worse than being cheated on is meeting the person you're
being cheated on with. Really gets the inadequacy complex going. However, Reddit user Pure_Pepper3666 had the opposite of this problem. Several years ago, Pepper's girlfriend told
him she was cheating on him, and to rub salt in the wound, she informed him that in
order to still be friends he would just need to
grow up and deal with it. Initially because he did
still want to be her friend, Pepper said, "Yes," but she
kept sending him pictures of her and her new boyfriend
being all lovey-dovey together like a complete sadist. Hurt and depressed, Pepper
tried to get on with his life in a grounded and healthy way. What, with therapy? Ha, no, Tinder. But while he was swiping left and right, he came across a very familiar face. Lo and behold, it was his
ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. The same one she'd been
cheating on him with and the one she was still dating. Realizing he could enact a little revenge, he swiped right and matched with him. The two began talking and
he revealed he was bisexual and also he had no idea who Pepper was. Their conversations
became evermore flirty, and after a few weeks
and a couple of dates he was falling deeply in love with Pepper while still in a relationship
with his girlfriend. Eventually, Pepper told him that if he was serious
about their relationship, then he needed to leave
his girlfriend for good. Next thing you know, Pepper was getting messages
from his ex, utterly distraught, saying she'd just been dumped and that she regretted ever leaving him. To land the final blow, Pepper sent her a selfie of
him and her now ex-boyfriend looking all lovey-dovey
together with the message, "Your boyfriend? You mean this guy?" After that, he went full scorched earth and dumped his new boyfriend as well. It was all an act. He hated cheaters and figured he could
get back at both of them by playing them against one another. And boy had it worked. Moral of this story? Cheaters
never change their spots. (upbeat music) Which of these stories gave
you the most schadenfreude? And do you have any nuclear
revenge stories of your own? Let me know down in the comments below, and thanks for watching. (upbeat music)
