My co worker banned me from using kitchen appliances so I got petty revenge
Hey Charlotte, long time listener, first time writer but I have a funny little petty revenges story I thought I would share
About 12 years ago I left college and got an apprenticeship at a factory for upholstery working on furniture such as chairs, couches, mattresses, etc
It was my first job and I was learning quite quickly. But as an apprentice, the wage wasn’t exactly much but it was enough. My job was mainly getting materials for others as well as cleaning up after them, a few times I would get to help build some of the arms on the chairs
Most people there were very nice and took me under their wing to train me. But this one person M(54m) didn’t seem to like me that well. M saw me more as a burden than a colleague. He was the bosses best friend and seemed to think he was better than everyone else.
He would throw things on the floor and demand me to clean it up immediately even when I was doing some other work, try to get me and other newbie’s run and grab his food and take it to his car, try to tell us when we were allowed to eat/use the toilet and tried to make us do unsafe work like trying to get us to climb up the shelves that need the forklift to pick up materials and bring them down. He would often say horrible things to us as well like “why would they hire someone stupid and ugly that a donkey would look better next to you” oh boy was he a character.
At lunch time we had a vending machine, fridge and microwave for 30-40 people to use in the one hour break. Yeah it got busy at first but we all made it work out and everything was fine and one day M decided to get a microwave for our department to use only so about 10 people and we were all happy with that until one day I was walking over to use the microwave and M stood in the way and said “what do you think you’re doing?” I told him I was just warming my food up and he said “no, people like you aren’t allowed to use the microwave, you’ll just break it and make it smell”
I decided I had enough of this and argued with him that he wasn’t the boss and this wasn’t his job. But as he was the bosses friend that didn’t go down well for me and he somehow talked the boss into giving me a warning for slacking off and take a wage deduction for something I apparently broke that I know for a fact he broke. M then threatened me and said “I see you near the microwave again and I’ll make sure you regret it”
After that scenario I was furious with this guy and his disgusting behaviour and decided to get a little payback on M. One day I was working a bit late and everyone was just leaving for the day while I finished cleaning up, as I was just finishing up with no one around I went up to M’s microwave and already knowing that it was out of site of cameras, I unplugged it and took the fuse out and plugged it back in then went home.
The next day when lunchtime came around I spotted M looking at the microwave all baffled and frustrated. Someone asked him what was wrong and he said “this stupid machine isn’t working and now I can’t eat my food!” I decided to chime in and said “oh, maybe someone broke it. Have you tried unplugging it and plugging back in?”
He turned around very abruptly said “don’t you dare talk to me you little shit!” So I just walked away with a little smirk on my face. Eventually M decided he would take the microwave to a repair shop over the weekend and came back in the next week beyond furious after the shop owner told him it would work if you had the fuse in the plug. M then started demanding about who took the fuse and to give it back to him immediately. After a few weeks he calmed down but was still treating the newbie’s like crap.
About 4 months after this I decided to hand my notice in and as I was on my last day I went around everyone and thanking them for everything they had taught me and hope they all have a great time for the future.
As I was getting to M leaving him for last I approached him and he started with “I’m surprised anyone else would even want to hire someone as heavy and useless as you at a different place” and I said “well at least I won’t have to be best friends with the boss to hide my horrible attitude and flaws” and just as I was about to walk away I turn to him and said “oh, you know that fuse that went missing from your microwave? I think you might want this back now then” and dropped the fuse in front of him cut into 2 pieces. I walked out of there with my head high and laughing as I could hear M screaming in rage calling me a “little shit”
So yeah that was my first of a few petty revenges I have done. Shout out to M if you’re reading this just want to let you know that I’m a fully qualified joiner now with a very well paying job and a beautiful wife who doesn’t think I’m ugly or stupid and definitely prefers me over a donkey