25 Impressive Petty Revenge Stories From People Who Were Never Caught

At times in our lives, we all experience moments when we contemplate petty revenge against those who have wronged us. Most of the time, we resist these urges and choose to be the bigger person. Yet, if the offence is great enough, many of us could imagine devising a clever revenge plot that would become legend. Rarely do people admit to such deeds, as the resulting consequences often seem like poetic justice, where karma sides with the rightful party.

#1

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Company terminated my contract and were utter jerks about it. The HR head openly laughed etc. I simply didn’t mention the major bug in the code that I had spotted earlier. I was still on contact with the guys that work there and a few months later they released new message processing .. that instantly crashed the moment the client used it. I don’t know what they eventually did but I know my replacement was stumped for over a week about how it has broken when none of that code has changed!

#2

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Wrote their phone number on the wall of a public bathroom in a popular “pick up” spot.

Placed an add for a free washer and dryer in a local news paper for sale section. A friend of mine accidentally did this. His phone never stopped ringing for three days.

#3

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I was a newly promoted assistant manager when the team’s manager was fired for falsifying the team’s timesheets. Upper management decided to clean house by demoting all the assistant managers and bringing in new leadership. I was crushed because I had only been in the assistant manager role for two weeks (hadn’t even completed training).

The VP behind the firings and demotions decided to throw a holiday party on company time. She used the corporate card to buy beer and wine to make it a festive occasion.

I reported her to the company’s anonymous tip line for drinking during company hours. The company had a zero tolerance policy for alcohol at work. I made the case that she endangered us all by encouraging drinking while on the clock and not providing non alcoholic beverage options.

A few weeks later she was escorted out of the building by HR. I later filed a claim with the state labor board over my unfair demotion and received $60,000 in a settlement.

#4

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In middle school I wrote the name of someone that was bullying me on one of the shared textbooks in the class. The teacher (a nun) saw it, thought it was him that wrote it, and he got detention for a week if I recall. He kept saying “Do you really think I’d be dumb enough to write my own name on a textbook?” The teacher kept saying “People write their names on things all the time.” And I’m on the other side of the room laughing discreetly, knowing who really did it. Just thinking about this 40 years later is giving me the giggles.

#5

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When I was young there was a 12-13 year old boy up the street who was a terror, and his parents pretty much encouraged his behavior. One afternoon we were all playing and my 10 year old sister said something he didn’t like so he punched her in the face hard enough to bloody her nose and lip. My parents confronted his and they said “Oh well, boys will be boys.”

A couple of months later my cousin and I snuck out early on a weekday morning (it was summer) with a 100 foot length of really strong paracord. We tied one end to the back of dad’s car and the other to the top of their decorative wrought iron mailbox and left the rest coiled up under some leaves.

We didn’t see it happen but when we walked by the next afternoon it was clear it worked – the mailbox was gone and it had obviously been ripped out pretty violently. Boys will be boys.

#6

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Tl;dr – Harmonica cable-tied underneath my ex’s car

Over 20 years ago I left my toxic spouse, tried to do it the right way, didn’t gossip to mutual friends, didn’t speak poorly of them or anything.

They proceeded to ruin my reputation with the majority of our mutual friends by saying I was toxic, stole from them when I left and even refused to pay for vet bills so they had to put our cat down. (they didn’t even tell me the cat was sick, I’d have done anything for that beautiful fuzzball)

So my revenge wasn’t much, but satisfying.

I cable-tied a harmonica to the top of a cross-beam under their car where it would still get air flow. It was behind and below the engine so that unless they needed to remove the engine to replace the clutch or similar, they’d never find it.

Until you hit about 40kmh/25mph it does nothing, but over that it starts to hum, louder the faster you go. Makes quite a concerning sound at highway speeds.

Heard later it drove her batty, cost her hundreds at the mechanic and eventually had to sell the car because they couldn’t find it.

#7

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Not my story, but an old maintenance guy from my old apartment complex.

He heard that many cars were being broken into and he had just bought a new jeep. Within a week, the jeep was broken into, so he replaced his windows, filed a police report and called it good. The next week, however, he walked outside and saw that his windows were broken out again. He got everything repaired and did the same thing with the police report and all. He ended up buying a new radio that probably had the latest and greatest tape player, but he knew that break-ins were still occuring in his neighborhood. This is when he thought to tape razor blades underneath the stereo in the rear so when someone grabbed it, it would slice their fingers.

Within a week, he walks outside and realizes his window is broken out again. But, he remembered that he taped the razor blades to the stereo. So he walks up to his jeep and describes it as a crime scene. He said there was blood EVERYWHERE along with a blood trail on the sidewalk from the person that broke in, but his stereo was still there. No one ever touched his jeep again. He said he still felt really bad for it, but he got to keep his radio.

#8

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A devout Christian woman was spouting off a whole lot of nonsense. Added her to a prayer list that came with a notification.

“We are praying that you get your anger and resentment under control and can walk right with the Lord.”

They also sent Bible verses tailored to her predicament. She asked for help blocking the number. I told her it was a different number each time, sorry about that.

Unblockable.

Her behavior actually inproved.

#9

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At ticketing at an airport with really long lines. I finally made it to the front and a lady jumps the line in front of me. I politely ask her to get in line like everyone else. She indicates she only wants to ask a quick question. Of course that’s a lie as she proceeds to check her bags. Unfortunate for her she leaves her carryon at the counter. I wait a short while then report to security an unattended bag. Said bag is removed for inspection. So much for her bag making the flight.

#10

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Found out my (now ex) wife was having an affair. She’s the kind of person who panics when they have to anything technological. So naturally I logged her out of every single one of her streaming apps/services on her smart TV and deleted any memory of the accounts, as well as each app individually. I bet she still hasn’t signed in to some of them.

#11

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Depends on what they’ve done and what kind of person they are.

There was this one guy that used to drink a lot. He did some stuff that I didn’t approve of and indirectly screwed me over.

I would call the police maybe once a month, and say that I think ”the driver in a car with license plate XYZ is drunk” so he would be on their radar if they saw his car. He got caught drunk driving maybe 6 months after he had done me bad.
Revenge is best served cold. I’ve got no regrets and I think I potentially saved some lives in the process.

#12

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Sent a countdown to someone’s home address, work address and football club.
Started at 50 and posted them every 2 days.
Back when stamps were 40 p.
Well worth it.
He spazzed out at work when it got to number 8.
I stopped at number 5.
If he ever upsets me again hes going to get number 4.

#13

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In army basic training my bunk mate was a jerk. I took the spare key to his locker without him knowing and would unlock it sometimes when we left for training.

If instructors found a locker unsecured they would toss it: throw everything in it all over the place. I still remember my bunk mate looking shocked after getting his locker tossed. He was so certain he locked his locker. He started questioning reality a little bit.

#14

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This seems minor in comparison to some, but my (ex) stepsister kept stealing my clothes, using my makeup, and shoving garbage on my side of the room so I got in trouble. So one day before school, after she left (since middle school started earlier than high school) I dumped extra fine makeup glitter that she had into her underwear and sock drawer. I was a well behaved kid that stayed out of trouble, and I was busy with school and sports most of the time, so I didn’t get in trouble for it.

I did fess up to my dad a few years after his divorce though and we cried laughing about it.

#15

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BF of 12 yrs was cheating, i moved out. he wanted to get back together so I did but kept my place. He still was seeing the other woman. At 3am i went to his house and let the air out of three tires. Happened to drop a tampon out of my pocket without knowing. oops. I got a call from him the next morning that ‘the other woman flattened THREE of my tires!”

“Oh no! How terrible!”

Made sure to dump him three weeks later.

#16

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When my ex’s bill collectors called I gave them new gf’s cell number.

#17

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My son and I always trying to out prank each other. Last year he went on a two month holiday and asked if I could look after his lawn for him. He always had a really nice lawn. I fertalized the heck out of it and now he can’t understand why he now has to cut it twice a week.

#18

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As an elementary teacher, when I need to fart I will specifically crop dust the kids that annoy the hell out of me. I’ve never been caught as they usually end up blaming each other.

#19

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Back in the day, my neighbour had a rat / skunk infested old travel trailer in his back driveway. Creepy dude that refused to deal with it. So I put an ad in the local Craigslist “free trailer”. It was gone within 5 hours.

#20

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There was a local tattoo shop that didn’t like it if you parked in front of their store even though it was a downtown area with normal meters. They wanted to park their own hot rod cars there. So they would deflate the tires of anyone that was there for any great length of time and then point and laugh when the person came back. This happened to me twice. I ended looking up who the owner was, and signing them up for as many products as possible to the store that would challenge one’s masculinity. Free brochures for viagra, hair club for men, adult toys, you name it. I even sent a guy there to do a free tupee fitting. Whenever something weird came across my feeds, I would sign him up for it. From what I understand, he was furious because the rest of the staff would give him hell every time something showed up. I also started carrying a mini compressor in my trunk.

#21

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I had a chemistry instructor who was terrible. I was a 4.0 student, and I had to jump through so much for her. For example, she asked a question on a quiz and because I’m a nerd and love chemistry, I actually read the paragraph in the book that answered that question. It literally, exactly was the answer to that question. I answered it correctly but was marked wrong. I got up and tried to show her the book answer and she refused to look at it and told me I was wrong. 5 minutes later, her favorite student (who matched her ethnicity) did the same thing, and ONLY THEN did she give me credit for my answer. This woman would interchange “atom” and “molecule”, despite them not being synonyms. A million other things made that quarter a living hell for me.

I took two years of chemistry at that school and was a good enough student that I got a job in the lab. For over 3 years. I even got promoted (with a pay increase and full benefits) to running the entire lab when the lab director was out on medical leave for a year.

Because I became friends with and became part of that chemistry department, they refused to hire that awful instructor ever again. She has no idea it was me who talked smack about her to everyone in the chemistry department, and that’s why she couldn’t get any contracts there after that.

#22

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Was sitting on plane. Guy behind me was on business trip with lady who’d never flown before. He was talking loud and being a real jerk to her. His briefcase was under my seat. I pressed the latch and realized it was unlocked. I put a tampon right on top. Would have loved to see his face when he got to his meeting and opened it.

#23

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There’s a woman at my company that everyone hates but she keeps a very wealthy client happy (we all know how she achieves that) so she gets away with being a total jerk and somehow also gets special treatment including her own company truck. One day the office sent me out to do a job with her truck and I noticed she kept the protective plastic film on the touch screen. She had this truck for years and I know how picky she is so I peeled the plastic halfway off and then put it back so it had plenty of air bubbles and the film was all stretched and warped lol a very minor thing to do but I know that she was livid when she got her truck back.

#24

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Another one, other woman (also married) was a lay pastor in her church. I forwarded some very spicy emails to the pastor in charge proving her affair with my (now ex).

#25

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Had a huge disagreement with my bank a few years ago. They were totally wrong, refused to admit it or refund the costs that I incurred. So I went to the grocery store and bought a huge piece of fish, then went to said bank, and put the fish into my safety deposit box. Went into the bank a couple of times in the next week or two. You could smell something “fishy” but it was not overpowering. However, about a week later I got a phone call from the bank asking me to come in. when I entered the bank it stunk to high heavens in there. The manager (who had goofed me during the prior disagreement) was there having a few other people open their safety deposit boxes. My turn to open mine (the stench was awful). I open it up and sure enough there is a piece rotted fish in it. the manager screamed at me “You put a piece of fish in your safety deposit box ? ” I said “Hey pal, do you know the price of Salmon these days” Told him to “Get outta my way” and walked out ! I felt a little bad that I inconvenienced other safety deposit box holders, but it was SO worth it. Take that CIBC.