r/PettyRevenge - Karen Neighbor WON'T STOP Destroying My Land! Regrets It FOREVER.
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- r/pettyrevenge OP tells a tale about the time a nightmare Karen neighbor moved next door. The Karen neighbor is so entitled that she demand Op chop her own trees down! When OP refuses the entitled Karen decides to take action and destroy OP's land. OP then gets petty and teaches her a lesson she won't soon forget. Subscribe for future stories.
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Don’t F with trees man. Buddy of mine’s parents ignored my warnings, cut down 10 eucalyptus trees on their land, ended up paying 400,000 dollars in fines/payments etc
Yeah pretty sure it's treble damages for that
Not only that but nothing will grow where a eucalyptus tree once stood.
Are you in Aussie ? In nz you can’t touch our natives like pohutakawas or kauris, you can get fined, lose vehicles etc it’s got to have full council permission and you can only cut 10% each time
I was setting here wondering how you can be fined for cutting down your own trees then I remembered oh yea, NOT American = NOT Free! NOT REALLY your land etc! Here in America if the trees belong to you, you can do whatever you like to them!
@@oldogre5999 This was in California my friend
The peaches incident was not just revenge for a $.50 soda. It was revenge for Uncle’s lifetime of stinginess.
You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! Pick a penny lose a dime!
No, it was trespassing and theft. It's weird that everyone thinks that it's not ok to charge family 50 cents for a soda that you're already trying to sell, but it IS ok to trespass when your relative is on vacation and steal from them.
hmm guess you think it is also ok to treat your family like scum and charge them for a drink...oh look he got treated like scum and had his peaches ganked...karma at a greatly accelerated rate
@@thalinororcbreaker2840 so your saying if your brother or sister was like that you wouldn't do something like this to teach them a lesson?
@@jclowe735 No. I would not commit a crime to teach my sibling a lesson for charging money for their product.
The first story reminded me of neighbours we had years and years ago. An older couple. They had a huge garden and we had apple trees and a large pumpkin patch. She brought over a basket of fresh picked veggies and asked if I wanted them as "we have far too much for the two of us". Stuff like lettuce and other things that are eaten fresh rather than put up for the winter. I said sure and thanked her. The next day she was back at my door asking for money "per pound" of the veggies she brought over the day before. I must have stood there long enough for her to clue in that I didn't realize she wanted money and she said she'd "come back later". I eventually took her the $5 she was asking for. Flash forward to September when the apples and pumpkins are ready. She showed up with boxes asking if she could get some. I said sure. As soon as I saw her with 3 full boxes of apples and 5 pumpkins, I went out there with the weigh scale and said "That would be xx per pound. I'm giving you a dollar off per pound because you picked them yourself." She walked off with NO apples or pumpkins, astonished that I was "so unneighbourly". If she made a living selling her produce, I would have had no issue with paying. If she told me right off the bat that it was xxx per pound, I would have had no problem with paying. But she came across as "Here is some vegetables for you because we're neighbours." Fair game when it comes to the apples and pumpkins, right? The next year? She kept us in lettuce, cucumbers, green onions all summer long - for free - and when the apples and pumpkins were ready? I took her around 60 lbs of apples along with several pumpkins. So she did figure it out and we had a great relationship until we moved.
Glad that she was willing to learn.
Story 3: I am telling you now if I was her husband looking down on her from heaven I would be yelling everyone "Look that's my wife doing me proud!"😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Ls
Most people don't go to Heaven they go to hell
Story 2: Why was the Honda mechanic fired? Because false advertising laws are a thing and the dealership fired him to avoid the law coming down on them.
Yep, however they wouldnt have this issue if they paid an HOURLY wage without commission on what is sold. If they removed the commission and gave such a wage there wouldnt be such scamming going on.
@@Ryanthusar most mechanics are paid hourly on what is called "flag time" an not commission. That mean if the book say the job should take 4 hours and the mechanic takes 6 hours to complete, customer is only pays 4 hours labor and mechanic is paid for 4 hours. However if they can sell you other jobs, it makes sure that they have work to get paid. As a former mechanic, I always shot straight with my customers because they knew they could trust me and gave me repeat business. I detest scammer mechanics. They give the whole industry a bad reputation.
@@doughibbard8462 I had a mechanic that was like you. I went to him for years. When I moved, I still went to him. When I moved a little further I went to him. I lost count of how many people I recommended to him. Yeah, you might make more money ONE time, but once people figure out you are scamming them they will NOT go back. And, I read that people are more likely to comment on bad service than good service. So yeah.
I'm someone who mechanics try to rip off every time I bring a car in. My husband brings it in now.
it's like the old saying; "you can fleece a sheep a hundred times, but only skin it once."
Price of the land $5,000
Money from selling firewood $40,000
Fine money for cut down trees $230,000
The fun of pissing off Karen, Priceless
I was ripped off by a mechanic multiple times because I didn't know any better. I finally found out what he was doing when my brother-in-law looked at my car. I had no more money and I was afraid I was "going to kill my children," so I asked him if he would take a look. It was a very minor repair that he did in five minutes. Never went back to that mechanic and haven't trusted one since.
I had a shade tree mechanic who did beautiful work on my car. All I had to do was pay for the parts, which he insisted that I be with him to buy so that I knew he wasn't ripping me off, and buy him a case of his favorite beer. That car always purred like a kitten.
Just remember who is ripping who off when you go to the store !!!!!!🤬
There are good ones out there. I go with the small guy a friend recommended. He never does more than is needed unless I say so.
I can somewhat relate to the mechanic story. Several years ago there was a recall of a faulty part in my car. The replacement of the part could only be made by a local dealer in our city or a car dealer in the neighboring city. I schedule an appointment with the dealer in our city and go in to have the replacement installed. I was told it would take about 20 minutes. An hour later I went to the desk to see what the holdup was. They bring me to my car and have several sheets of paper evidencing problems with my car, and they can fix these things for $1200. So in their presence I phone our regular mechanic and tell him about the recalled part replacement and started reading him the pages of problems and action required to get each particular item repaired or replaced. He told me that there was nothing wrong with anything concerning my car and he asked to speak to the guy making the $1200 repairs and proceeded to rip him a new one. I went home after getting my phone back from the guy.
at least they gave op her own air filter. Jiffy lube showed me someone else's air filter. They said they must have the wrong person when I said, "That's not my filter, it's the wrong shape and I changed mine three weeks ago."
@@Avrysatos i always write date @ milage on filter when change it.
I took my car in to have the AC regassed and the mechanic told me that I needed a new air filter to help the AC work better. That would have been fair enough if both the cabin and engine air filters hadn’t been changed 2 or 3 weeks prior and he didn’t show me a dirty engine air filter that wasn’t from my car, I have a K & N air filter on my car and it has a sticker that says it’s washable, reusable and looks quite distinctive. I presume he thought I would have no idea of the difference between cabin and engine air filters and used whatever he had lying around to try conning me. Thankfully I had photo proof that it wasn’t my air filter and know that it’s the cabin air filter, not the engine air filter, that keeps dust, pollen etc from circulating through the heating/cooling system.
What? I mean... I don't know what I mean, just that was wrong on so many levels my brain aches.
I have a couple mechanic stories.
1. Took my Camry in to have the oil changed and they claimed that I had leaks in my power steering pump and some other stuff which made my car too dangerous to drive, and they couldn't let me leave without doing repairs. Well it's illegal for them to do that. I called a friend who was a police officer and he came in to "explain" the law to them. I got my oil change and left. (There wasn't anything wrong with my car)
2. I needed to get a recall part repaired on my car. Well the service agent was more concerned with looking down my shirt and stroking my arm than actually getting everything ready for the repair. I was getting extremely angry, as was my boyfriend with this guy. I was 20 and I'm petite and this guy was in his 50's, towering over me and LITERALLY stroking my arm and telling me "don't worry your pretty little head, I'll take care of you ". 🤢. I stormed into the service area demanding a manager. The manager 'wasn't available ' so I went into the sales area, where there was a bunch of people and made a scene about their employee sexually harassing me (it was actually assault but whatever) and that I want to speak to a manager now!! The manager came out and I told him what happened, and that I want that man removed from floor until he learns some manners, and off my account/file permanently. I hate that man!!
3. I went to buy a car, cash only when I was 17. The dealership showed me a 1993 mercury grand marquis ( this was in 2004) saying that he got a deal from the manager where he got it to $6,000. I asked him if he was sure. He kept saying it was a great deal. I then told him, well both NADA and Kelly blue book say this car is worth $600. The look on his face!! He did not expect me to know about either of those! Lol not to mention another car had tapping in the engine, badly. I pulled the dipstick and the oil smelled very clearly burnt. I told the sales guy, but he was adamant that it just needed an oil change. No, that engine got damaged; an oil change won't help it now. 🙄
Apparently it's shocking when a younger petite women knows anything about cars. I'm definitely not an expert, but I do know a little bit and I get weird reactions sometimes when I speak up about something.
Story 3: Trespassing, Illegal tree chopping, AND attempted assault of someone on a dirt bike? AND despite the punishments she continued to be a nightmare neighbor until the new neighbors came in? How is this woman this persistent?
This"Karen" is a real pos neighbor.She deserved everything she got. People like that never learn because they are incapable of being decent neighbors.
Moreover she threw the rock AT A CHILD, meaning attempted assault of a minor and attempted Child Abuse.
In her mind, there is one actual person (herself) and people-shaped objects which need to be forced into correct behaviour.
@@Inufan2005 A rock to the face can be seen as attempted murder even in some cases.
_"... she continued to be a nightmare neighbor until the new neighbors came in ..."_
Actually, she continued to be a nightmare neighbor even with new owners.
I have a cousin who is a mechanic, for a while he worked at a dealership. People would bring in their cars and the supervisor would have the mechanics park the car and wait, doing nothing to the car. He's call the costumer and tell them their car was done. He took offense at this and now he has his own business and he actually does the work.
That's dangerous as hell, I hope that dealership closed and the guy went to jail for that
Sears Automotive was notorious for pulling scams like that. My former neighbor was a mechanic there and told all the neighbors, friends and family not to take their vehicles there except for tires or batteries.
Firestone is the same. I went to them twice and they ripped me off each time.
Story 3: It cannot be healthy to be that angry all the time for so long. Just chill lady, what the hell. I'm with OP. It would bring me smiles too knowing she is still angry. I hope she either learns to chill or her health fails her from being angry all the time.
Nah. People like her *need* anger because, as crazy as this sounds, anger is addictive. To her being this angry isn't a bad thing. She needs it in order to feel powerful, even if it's not netting her any rewards. It makes her feel good to be "the victim" in her mind.
I’m not a huge fan of Yoko Ono but she said something in an interview once that made a lot of sense (she probably heard it from John), she said that when you get mad your blood pressure goes up and all kinds of hormones and toxins are released into your body and brain which does all kinds of damage. So when you get mad at me you’re doing more harm to yourself than me
It's Karen's anger that keep her alive. Being angry is the very definition and profound nature of her existence.
Story 3: I'm surprised the Karen isn't bankrupt yet after messing with OP's trees.
you have to have a lot of money to be that whiny. if you don't you learn real quick not to be that whiny
The last story... I would have told her her I was leaving with enough for travel time and 10 mins, and if she wasn't there I was leaving without them.
My line would have been, "The train leaves at XYZ. No ifs, ands or buts. Be HERE on time if you are riding with me. And, I will be leaving the event at ABC. Again, be ready when I am or you get yourself home, alone, ON YOUR OWN."
be there at 5. she wasn't. I would've left her ass. don't care. can't be bothered to be on time then I can't be bothered to wait on you.
edit: unless there's a valid excuse of course. if there is it's fine. if not. well, you know already.
Nah, no need to parent your friends. “I’ll drive from my place at 5:30 and should make it in time.” If she asks/demands an explanation later “I drove from my place at 5:30 and made it on time just like I said. I’m the kind of friend that keeps their word and shows up on time.”
I'm grateful my step son is a mechanic, with his own garage. I don't have to worry about being scammed by some unscrupulous garage trying to sell me stuff I don't need. I don't even pay for labor, just parts, and not marked up prices on those parts either. There are so many shady garages out there it's hard to find an honest one.
Yeah even among the same franchise or chain it's hard to find consistency.
when you do, stick with them and recommend them to EVERYONE who needs a repair. In this particular field, honesty is by far the best policy
Story 2, I totally get how she was treated. I am a 60yr old female, 5ft even, so yeah I am “ the little old lady” I had been having issues with my breaks, pedal to the floor kinda issues. I KNEW I needed a new master cylinder and I also knew that there are 2 ways to bleed the master cylinder. 1 is bench bleeding( filling it with brake fluid and bleeding out the air) and 2. Putting it on the vehicle, fill it, and then bleed it. The second way takes 2 people. One to pump the breaks and hold pressure while the other opens a valve to let air out. So I took it to the dealer and told them, I need a new master cylinder. This guy gave me a “you poor female” look and said, let us look at it, we will let you know. So I left, they gave me a loaner vehicle, and was to come back the next day. When I went back in, the young man asked me why I thought I needed a master cylinder. I told him my pedal goes almost straight to the floor. He looked at me, with a straight face and said, “ You need new calipers on the back. Whoever put those on, put them on backwards, and instead of it giving resistance when I hit the brakes it now pulls the pedal to the floor. I looked at him, blinked a few times then I told him, “DoI look like an idiot? Those calipers CAN NOT be put in backwards, they only fit in there one way. I do not need calipers, I told you I needed a master cylinder, however, do not start with ANYTHING on my car, I will just take it somewhere else, before you try to tell me I am low on blinker fluid” his face got really red, and I walked off, waiting for my keys.
Ugh….Scammy Mechanics are the WORST which is also why I only go to my local dealership as an apocalyptically worst case scenario
Last story: One ex-GF of mine existed in a bubble where what she wanted was the reality for all those unfortunate enough to be around her. You know, getting to a dinner appointment 5-10 minutes late but we *must* sit in the car out front because the next 3 songs on the radio are so good; needing to meet a bunch of folks at a restaurant at a specific time and not being ready to leave her house until 5-10 minutes after that time had passed; or insisting on "just browsing" in a store and getting very annoyed with the staff (and me) when she's not done browsing at 12:15am and the store was clearly marked as closing at midnight (as if that wasn't already late enough)... Yeah, there are folks out there for whom time matters only if/when/how THEY want it to.
My brother. One time at a restaurant, we ordered and ate before he showed up. He didn't understand why we didn't wait.
Oh, I HATE those people because I'm the opposite.
What store stays open until midnight?
In my world, 5 minutes early is on time. I can't stand it when people are consistently direspectful of other folks' time.
@@tinydancer7426 plenty of stores, depending on where you are.
A couple of hours drive from me, there's a city with a 24/7 outlet for a store that's kinda like the local version of Walmart (from what I understand Walmart to be, at least). Only outlet in my state, possibly even the country, that's open 24/7. Pretty certain they only close for Christmas Day and maybe a couple of other public holidays
That last story... I have a friend who's totally like that. She would always be late! I guess she thought it was "cute" or "quirky" to be late... No, it's not! It's inconsiderate as hell! Especially when going to a time-sensitive thing such as a movie or other event.
Story 3: The neighbor was charged with theft of the trees. In what jurisdiction does the thief get to keep the items stolen? She had to pay the fine and did not get to keep the wood, unless I missed something. OP did say that her family sold the firewood in addition to the neighbor being fined. I do not believe that DOE would let the thief keep any part of the wood or the profit from the sale of the wood.
Karens really do make me question humanity
Hello there!
Question? I lost FAITH in humanity. THROWING A ROCK AT A CHILD?! WTF?!
It's usually the people who take human lives, ruin people's lives through financial villainy, and control people for a bottom line that make me question humanity. Karens just sort of make me shake my head and sigh
That third story was so satisfying and heartwarming
When family and/or friends come over, and especially their kids, you offer refreshment. Period.
They may decline, but you don’t charge them money when you are the host.
Unfortunately, this petty revenge, although sweet, didn’t teach Uncle this lesson in manners. Perhaps charging him money after he comes to family dinner?
That's my thought. As a bonus, charging him money doesn't break the law. One side note: it was implied that the soda the uncle charged for was from cases of soda purchased for commercial purposes rather than personal. That makes his decision to charge for the soda more understandable, although it doesn't explain why he didn't offer anything else for free. eg: those are for the store, so you can have one for $.50 or I can grab you a glass of water.
When you're raising a child you don't teach them that it's ok to steal from someone because they didn't give you preferential treatment. PERIOD.
@@bdemaree Sure you do, EXCLAMATION POINT
About the story about the mechanic, I was a mechanic for 20+ years so I know my stuff. I lived in Nevada for a while and needed to get my car emissions tested so I took it to the shop. When the guy came out he told me that I failed. Problem was I knew what he did. He disconnected the battery which resets the computer so of course the car runs rough and will fail. I promptly called enforcement and reported them. Within two weeks they were closed
My late father was a diesel mechanic. After working all day, he was not in the mood to look at any of his crummy kid's cars (I was oldest of 3). He'd always say, "It's the driver" to get us out of his hair.
@@northstarsmith6798 my dad’s go to was it’s the loose nut behind the wheel
#3 was all about playing the long game when it came to petty revenge!
But all the stories had me laughing my ass off!😆😆😆😆
from a lifelong lesson standpoint, the charging for soda taught OP a lot more about life and how much it sucks compared to his father telling him, "if you don't like it; steal from him." making up excuses like, "he can just grow more in 12 months" and "that's what you do to family" are detrimental to surviving in society and building any kind of meaningful relationships.
With the first story. Yeah its petty. I would've said "So they're just okay? Yeah I can see how they're okay being that these are *you're* peaches."
I think maybe he figured they were his, and he said that, trying to see if he could get OP to break.
@@BCFBreakfastClubFan NAH!
I hope the uncle never found out. It'd break my heart to find out my brother was raising his kids to be thieving pieces of shit.
All beautiful examples of the pettiest of petty!
Edit- the only exception to my statement is because of the last story. OP knew that her friend was perpetually late but chose to rely on her for a ride to an event. OPs late arrival to the event in question was her own fault for knowing her friend was always late and a known liar, but expecting and trusting that this would be the time and event that she would be on time and honest. Everyone was the a-holes in this situation.
Was always mechanically inclined but by the automotive standards had left me in the dirt. Forget if this happened during our just friends stage,dating or early marriage but my late wife and I were out and about running some errands and part of those errands was to get an oil change on my car. Of course mechanic comes in all breathless telling me he cannot let me leave the shop with my car in that condition and proceeds to list 3k worth of needed repairs. Tell him I'd like him to close up my car and I'll get a couple of other options on the needed repairs. Mechanic then tells me he can't legally give me my keys with my car in it's present condition. At that moment my wife steps in and asks to see the list of horribles and after a bit of patronizing she got the dude you really don't want to F with me tone to her voice and I just stood back with a may God have mercy on your soul because she won't look and wished I had some popcorn.
You see my wife was the youngest of 7 siblings 3 of those 7 were mechanics so considering she brought her own tools and car ramps into the relationship and had no issues with popping a hood and getting grease under her nails she made quick work of his list of very expensive repairs and when she finished I stepped up and told him he would be giving me my car and keys back NOW or maybe he'd like to discuss grand theft auto with local law enforcement instead. I did have one of her brothers give the car the once over and certified the car was in perfect working order so with the copy of the estimated repairs my vehicle needed, her brother's inspection and mine and here's testimony to events and the threat of vehicle confiscation until we agreed to repairs an auto repair chain of of several shops in our region that advertised in the Sunday color section ended up going out of business. Can't speak for their other locations but the one that pulled that crap on me has been a kitchen cabinet showroom for the last 28 or so years.
I had a mechanic try to scam me on an older Chevette once. It just needed brakes. Me and my friend were able to do the work, but it would take the entire weekend, and if it wasn't too expensive we were going to have someone do it to save time. I just wanted a quote. I watched them as they pulled it in, they poured 10W-40 motor oil on my rear differential and told me the axle seal was leaking and the car would need a new rear end. My friend didn't see it. Needless to say, I took the car back immediately and we did the brakes ourselves.
1st story: two wrongs don't make a right, regardless of cause. In some countries, ops' dad would lose his left hand.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but one wasn't even wrong. The sodas were specifically there to be sold. They weren't snacks bought for the kids. the uncle didn't actually do anything wrong. The first story is just a karen teaching his kid to act entitled towards his family (expecting things for free) and then teaching him to steal.
@@innersight6070 That's what I meant and to be clearer, I'm on the Uncle's side even if he was cheap. Here in Kuwait, and likely other ME countries, the father and son would face either a hefty fine, easily 500KD or more, jail time, or both, for stealing those peaches. But in olden times, the dad would have certainly lost his left hand the first time, his right if done again, and finally his head if he still managed to steal. Crimes, all crimes, must be dealt with quickly and appropriately or crimes will only get worse. Only the weak and corrupt will say otherwise.
@@titanrahlgaming Don't know if peaches are worth the guy's hands and head, but I guess if those were on the line he wouldn't steal to begin with.
@@innersight6070 look at it this way; if those peaches were the uncle's main source of income and the rest of what he did was supplemental but couldn't amount to half to what his peaches earned him, how would he make a living if others copied his nephews' dad? In some countries, peaches and other fruit are expensive. Moreso when bought by the pound/kilo. And then the same treatment extends to his other products? No, intolerance for any crime should not be mitigated to the point where it's easy to pay off.
@@titanrahlgaming We're going way too far into the what-if territory in order to justify harsher punishments though. The reality is the dad did it just to rob the uncle of his happiness. I'll say it is sadistic, but it's not quite up there with putting him in financial jeopardy. as far as crimes go plucking fruit from one tree is very petty.
Last story: ny gal pal had a grandma who would pick up her younger sister after school sometimes. They always told grandma to pick her up at 2p. She didn't get out of school till 3p. Grandma was always an hour late. This ensured that she would pick her up on time.
For Story 2: ALWAYS demand the old parts that got changed.
I had it more than once, that they did not chage the part or only one component of the part and bill for full.
Oh or that it way the drivers fault that the motor stop working while driving and you could not start it back up.
They told me to better press the clutch next time while driving..... i drive a half/full automatic car.... there is no clutch.
why would they want to divert a stream? having a stream on your property would be awesome.
Dad on his kid having to pay 50 cent: thats not how you treat family.
Also dad: lets steal from my brother
Strictly speaking the OP that posted about the trees illegally cut down took no loss at all. Yes, she accepted an offer well below what she asked, but that is not the same thing as an actual loss.
Oh, the mechanic stories I could tell you....
The best was when I was in high school. One of the librarians had an issue with her car. She'd taken it to the mechanic several times and, even after paying them far too much money, the issue never seemed to be fixed or something else went wrong. I told her to take her two small kids and some other young kids. Give them permission to be brats while there. Turn them loose in the waiting room and wait for the car to be done. She was skeptical but did it. Car was "fixed" for no cost and never had another problem. She switched mechanics.
I have a fun story about dealership shenanigans as well. I work during the day and my AC was having problems. I have a Jeep dealership like 5 minutes from me so I scheduled an appointment and asked my old man to drop it off for me.
There were a few things wrong with it (auto start/stop not working, AC, etc) so I put in for all of it to get checked because it was still under warranty. They quoted 4 days to take a look at/fix issues. I was out of town for work that week as well, so I got updates from my old man that they literally hadn't heard jack from them until late Friday, when I was on my way home. I got home to my car being in its usual spot and asked if everything was fixed. Apparently not. They had to order new parts for the AC issue so it would take a while.
Fast forward a month. Yes, a whole freaking month to get a part. Not their fault with shortages and whatever, but still annoying. Took the car in, again they said it was going to be 4 days. Gave us a loaner for 4 days. My old man was initially told that there were 7 cars ahead of ours. The next day, they called with an "update" and said they hadn't even started and now the total number of cars ahead of us was 10. Then it was literally radio silence for a week. The loaner was dropped off and we didn't have a car (my old man uses my car because his tags are expired and he needs to get a little work done to get them current). After that week of radio silence, they text an update that they were working on it and it would be ready by Thurs. My mom was done playing their games and called the GM of the dealership and said it was BS that we were told 4 days and it had already been over a week and a half. She asked how the hell 3 additional cars were suddenly in front of us after they told us there were 7 initially and then it went up to 10.
So they admitted that they service and check vehicles that just get delivered off the truck before they do warranty work. By the end of the first week, my parents were both pissed and rented a car just to have one to use for things like grocery shopping/outings. So once again, it was delayed. And then delayed again. We finally got my car back 17 days after we took it in. After being lied to and yelled at. They apparently "couldn't find" the loaner car that was left at their own f--king dealership for "days" so they assumed we still had it. Then when they found it, they blamed US saying it wasn't "easy to find" even though my old man said he left it right where they gave it to him.
Never going to that place again. Ever. I left a 1 star review on Google and the owner responded with "contact the GM and we'll make this right." Yea the f--k right. He was one of the people who was causing problems, like hell he would try to make anything right. After browsing the Google reviews, I find out that while the car selling service there may be amazing, the repair/shop service absolutely blows. There are TONS of 1 star reviews about them all being assholes.
A mechanic at the dealership where we got our Murano said the condenser for the AC was shot and to come back when we had the money to replace it. We got it second hand and paid in full, so no warranty. We went home, my husband charged up the coolant, and two years later, it still works perfectly, even though the condenser is "shot".
That mechanic needs to be charged with fraud.
Took my Jeep in for new tires a few months ago. They tried to tell me it needed brakes. I didn't trust them since I had had it to my regular mechanic not that long before for an oil change. (That was all I could afford at the time. I had just lost my husband to cancer.)
I didn't let them do the brakes. Instead, I took it to my regular mechanic for some long overdue maintenance and asked them to check the brakes. There was nothing wrong with them.
I have gotten a lot of firewood out of the woods next to me. But, there's a difference. I not only have the owners permission, I'm also only taking dead trees.
Story 1: after you gave your uncle the peach I would have told him " don't forget to leave $0.50 on the table"
i would honestly probably do that and actually make him haha
I know absolutely nothing about cars and my girlfriend knows just enough to get by. She still takes me with her every time she needs work done on her car just because the mechanics are less likely to lie to her when there's a man present.
Regarding the last story, I had a boyfriend who used to do that to me all the time. When we were going somewhere he'd tell me he would pick me up at a certain time and I would be ready and waiting and waiting and waiting. Sometimes a half hour to 45 minutes of waiting. It used to drive me nuts.
My mother wasn't exactly like that, but she had no idea of time management. At the time we needed to be there, she'd be ready to leave to go there, so we'd be late. She was a very nice person, but not good at that one thing.
The OP if the final story is a level of petty to which we all should aspire.
I hope the boys upgraded to motor bikes, three wheelers, and especially snowmobiles. Can't let her have any peace in the winter either.
Haha omg story 3 wears the petty crown, but story 4 gets the chef's kiss! Those texts were *so* PERFECT! SO PERFECT! 😂 Always a different story when it suddenly affects *them!* Beautiful!
I love the comment the Uncle made about his peaches are better than the peaches he was eating, HIS PEACHES.
I know Joe green was being stingy over a can of soda,but does that justify trespassing and stealing his property? How many stories have there been about Karen's stealing fruit and veg from other people's gardens and using the same excuse OP did at the end?
Yeah, I thought the same thing, I rarely come into the comment section. However I really wanted to see if anybody was talking about story #1 in the context of the father being the Karen.
The Uncle may have been stingy, but those sodas were the Uncle's property & his inventory that he was selling. The father felt entitled to a free soda (On Behalf Of His Son) from the Uncle & felt so entitled that he trespassed & stole from the Uncle.
The father is the Karen in that story. It's amazing to me how there's so many people in the comments section who are totally on the father's side. It's also amazing to me how when you tell the story from the perspective of the Karen (As The Hero), people all of a sudden take the Karen side.
It makes me sad to see anybody defending the father's actions & defending the father teaching the kid this lesson, raising another Karen into the world.
It shows me that a lot of people who tend to be on the Karen hate train are simply Karen's themselves if given the right scenario.
My husband has an uncle who used to be a plumber (he has since retired). He was so cheap that he even charged his Mother, full price, to do work for her! His own Mother! Wow!
Was Mom a Karen who wanted all work done for free? Wouldn't get proper permits etc? I'd charge her regular price .
@@ivechang6720 I see your point. It's not the same a mom that demands the job to be free, vs a mom that is willing to pay and the son says "No mom, keep it"
But this uncle sounds cheap, since we're not getting his mom's point of view.
My aunts are the stingy type. They want everything fixed but would shame me if I said I'd charge them. "BUT WE'RE YOUR AUNTS! YOU OWE US!"
For context, my aunts took me in as a teen
@@5Demona5 Yeah. There is a type of community credit that we tend to have. The problem is that it gets abused and is heavily disproportionate against women. You know the way women's labors are expected but not recognized? With women getting paid for their labor fewer will give it away in community service but so many in those communities still denigrate the contributions of women. I don't get it. I don't want to get it. Best wishes for you.
haha I was looking to buy a business with a friend. The guy selling the business was showing off his soft ware and said "this soft ware can be programmed for discounts to specific people" and he pulled up his mom and proudly showed us her 10% discount. My friend and I were so disgusted we decided to buy a different business. We didnt want to do business with a guy so fkin cheap that he only gives his mom a 10% discount. For my mom, it's 100% on the house. ffs.
I was drafted in 1972, just days after I finished rebuilding the engine in my 1966 GTO. I wet to a local shop to have the front end alignment checked, before driving across the United States. They told me that the ball joints were shot. The SOB had loosened the lug nuts so the rims would move. I turned down the outrageous quote and got in to leave. I was barely out of the building before a wheel came loose. Then they had the nerve to tel me that I had driven to the shop with both wheels lose.
I approve totally! Charging a family member 50cents (which was a lot at that time) was beyond cheap. They didn’t ruin the trees and Im betting if they wanted some peaches from the Uncle’s tree, he would have charged them for the peaches. Sometimes is very sweet and tastes like wonderful peaches!!!!!!
The trees (and peaches) belonged to the uncle. The family relationship was immaterial. Taking those peaches was theft. So, dad was butt hurt cuz a stingy relative made made his kid pay for a soda, so he thinks it is ok to steal from a family member. Great job teaching your son that theft is acceptable. Just because it is a theft of a relative's property does not make it ok.
Ugh, the tree story makes me think of my neighbor. When I looked at the property, she was so nice but claimed there were drug dealers and all sorts of criminal activity back here. Ended up buying it and building my home because it was quiet and the other neighbors were nice and kept to their own business so whatever. She turned into a raging you-know-what and had a dog that kept killing my pet geese. Animal control finally got their butt in gear to tell her the ag department had said it’s fine to kill the dog if it showed up again since I had it on recording (I would never but I wanted to put some fear in them for my poor babies that got brutally killed by her negligence). She now blames me that she had to give away her dog when all she had to do was keep it on a leash, a run, or put up a fence. Some people. :/ Eventually, I’ll sell and I’ll be looking for the most obnoxious people to buy the house and for the pasture I bought at the same time, I’ll sell it to a developer.
Wait, you're saying she could have put up a fence. Does this mean you kept your geese unfenced, and then were surprised they were preyed upon? Not saying this excuses your neighbour in any way, I'm just confused by the fence statement, since to me putting up a fence around geese and similar animals just sounds like common sense.
I've dealt with a few different mechanics in my time and with 1 exception they've all been idiots, scam artists, or some combination of both. I was getting an issue with my suspension checked and the mechanic tried to tell me that I needed new brakes and rotors since they were worn down to almost nothing. I laughed to his face, asked for my keys back and took my business elsewhere. I had replaced my pads the day before and the rotors were less than 2 years old with less than 15k miles when they're good for at least 40.
This is why I'm glad my dad's a mechanic can't scam him
Story 2: I put a lot of trust in my dad when it comes to what mechanic I can trust since I'm a "dumb-bunny" when it comes to car mechanics. I just don't understand it and never will. That's why when my dad found something wrong with my engine after I took it to a mechanic for an oil change, he told me never to go back to that business because someone was careless. I don't know what it was other then it was a "loose cap."
Learn how to do some stuff on your own. It is pretty easy.
My daily Petty Revenge just got better!
My dad was an abusive drunk and life was pretty hard but I will be so grateful for the things he taught me about cars! He always wanted me to be able to do simple things myself and have an understanding of the mechanics "so you don't need some man doing it" by my dad's words. Then I married a mechanic lolol
If I were the dad in the first story, I would have charged Uncle Joe $2.50 for a peach. That would be some real petty revenge, selling him his own fruit.
same
If you were the dad and you tried to sell the peaches, you'd be guilty of criminal trespassing, theft, and selling stolen goods.
@@thalinororcbreaker2840 Only if proven…
@@thalinororcbreaker2840 Screw the law, there is no proof.
@@lpfan4491 By that logic, it’s okay for me to murder you so long as I’m not caught. Only if proven, right?
For the peaches story, for the dad to do that, there is likely a king history of the uncle doing things to piss him off and the soda story was just the last straw
It's still theft of property and a lousy lesson to teach ones kid.
Story 2 is why I now inspect my air filters (both cabin and engine) and even initial and date a small piece with permanent marker. This way if they do bring out a filter to show me in the waiting room, I can check to see if it is actually mine. Since I started doing this, and noticing that my filters have been pretty clean, and they have stopped bringing out a filter and telling me to replace it.
I’ve had this happen to me also!!! Also to my hubby!!! BUT I know cars!!! So the laugh was on them!!! In one case I took my car out of the shop and parked it on the street in front them .. then proceeded to repair it!!!! The owner came out trying to make me move but I was on the public street!!!
This deserves the highest of fives!!! I would have loved to have seen the owner’s face and I bet it still brings a warm glow to your heart when you remember it.
approve, especially because he shared them with the rest of the family. I think Mr. Cheap-o had done other things OP did not know about for his father to have done this. Bravo! He was not harmed.
I was in the automotive department of a retail place you all know when they had a woman come in with a flat tire. They told this lady that her tire couldn't be fixed and had to be replaced and that because of this, she MUST replace the other 3 tires because, if she didn't. they wouldn't match and would be different sizes. The other 3 tires were relatively new and had most of the tread remaining. I said out loud to the guy next to me, loud enough for the two to hear, can you believe the crap he's trying to pull on her? Sad thing was, she still bought 4 brand new tires since they wouldn't match. They also charged her a disposal fee for all 4 tires. Sad thing was, they probably sold the used tires to someone else later on.
Knowing she's smiling at every nasty text she gets makes me smile 🤣
That last story was so simple yet satisfying to hear. One of my favorites cause it showed them exactly what they're like and why OP didn't like what they were doing by making them late.
Story 2: I swear, out of all the scammers, mechanics seem to have one of the biggest slices of the pie chart. So many scummy mechanics.
Good thing OP was smart enough to figure out how BS the air filter thing was and managed to embarrass the scummy mechanic
It's not just mechanics. It goes for anyone who has knowledge of something that other people don't. There's a level of trust required for society to work when you're incapable of doing everything yourself. AC repairs, PC building, contracting jobs, anything where you can say "this thing is wrong" and the other person doesn't know enough about the subject to dispute it is ripe for scamming.
I believe lawyers and politicians hold the largest pieces.
@@thalinororcbreaker2840 You are correct sir
Well this is just a edited reboot on another one of these fake stories. The only difference between this story and the other story is the fact that the woman was in the military and she done all the work on her vehicle herself before going to the shop to get the oil changed and the ending where bro guy mechanic gets fire and arrested at the same time.
@@JoeXTheXJuggalo1 Eh. I know a good number of these are either exaggerated or just plain fake. But they're still fun to read nonetheless.
10 acres for $5k. This must have been in the early 90s or before. You'd be lucky to find an acre with usable space for less than 100k these days.
The stingy uncle finally got his just desserts. And still had the audacity to think his were better. 🤣🤣
Story 1: robbing the peach tree didnt teach uncle anything as he didnt know his pettiness caused his loss of peaches.Throw a dinner invite him then charge him for his coffee. If he wants to know why, tell him.
I approve of this pity revenge in the first story. The uncle can actually spend his own money and buy peaches at the store.
You mean as opposed to paying for the land the peaches were grown on, or paying for the water he almost certainly had to use to water the tree, or the time he most likely put into caring for the tree. Maybe he should take a cue from the way his brother raises his children and just go steal some peaches from the store.
Story #2 is exactly why I do all my own auto work anymore. My Durango needed new brakes in the rear, and since I was working 60hr weeks, I barely had time to do it myself. Mind you, I looked up the parts and it all came up to $150 in parts at the time. I took it to a shop that was supposed to be reputable and they tried to quote me $540, for a job I can do in 2 hours easy.
Lateness is my pet peeve. My brother is always late. We had to be somewhere at 5pm on Monday, what time did we leave the house? 5:15pm...
Next time just tell him it happens at least one hour earlier.
I don't invite habitually late friends or family to events where time is a factor. When they ask why they were not invited I tell them truthfully. They think they are retaliating by then not inviting me to their events (of any type) - but the joke is on them because part of my goal was that they stop inviting me to their events. As you may already well know, people who are late for events they have been invited to usually don't start their own events on time either. Nothing worse than sitting around still waiting for the hosts to pick up and serve the food and drinks at 6:30 pm for a party that was supposed to start at 4:30 pm (and yes, this had actually happened many times - so much in fact that my family and I would make sure to eat before going to certain parties).
Story 5: Ehh. I don't think the response to the friend was quite equitable. Making you late for a birthday party was a crap thing to do, yeah. But the retaliation was a bit more than just an "inconvenience". If you'd offered to take her out for dinner and then made her wait an hour before you came, or something similar, that would've been appropriate. Involving money just escalated it.
Nah, it was the perfect analogy. It wasn’t just the lateness. It was the lying and costing OP being there for the surprise. It was an object lesson as well as petty revenge.
Why did op wait? If it had been me I would've left by 5:30.
1) Story: All are the A-holes. Sure, a petty revenge is warrented because of the 50ct, but stealing fruit worth at least 2$ each en mass that took a year of taking care of the tree (maybe even has cost money in form of fertilizer) is not petty, and thinking that both are the same is just sad.
Meh, not your family not your revenge
I’ve got a story about mechanics. My husband owned his own mechanic shop and was very well know for his honesty. His mechanics were reliable..Our daughter worked for her dad as his bookkeeper, and the guys decided she needed to learn some basics about fixing cars. Checking oil, air filter, brakes and even changing her own flats. NOW my daughter decided she wanted to get a newer car so she went to a used car dealership and found a car she liked. She told the mechanic she wanted to take it to her mechanic to have them check it out. The salesman said yes but he would have to go with her. So the car comes the shop and up on the lift goes the, there were 3 mechanics plus her daddy looking this car over. These guys checked this car from bumper to bumper. The whole time this salesman was waiting in the showroom, he could see what they were doing, they said he was so nervous every time they found something wrong. Needless to say the car was condemned the salesman got a tongue lashing from ALL of the mechanics. Saying things like how dare you say this car is in good working order.
NOTE the salesman didn’t know this shop was owned by her dad nor did he know that one of the mechanics was her BIG BROTHER.
THAT SALESMAN WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET OUT OF THE SHOP.
Story 2 - had an oil change place actually tell me you have to change your carburetor every 8,000 miles. I did actually need a new air filter. Bought it at Kmart on the way back to Uni for $5 (this was early 90s) and proceeded to let everyone in the Student Union know what had happened as well as everyone who so much as said the words oil change in my presence. Heh. They were out of business within a year. Do not F with folx.
I live in SW Oregon and we have TREE Law 🌳 with Treble damages lol it can ruin you financially very quickly. :)
That last story, the revenge feels a bit overkill. I hate being late, but there are very few instances where being late leads to the same sort of humiliation and difficulty that comes from not having enough $ to pay your bill at a restaurant. Also, OP stated that they knew this person was always late. If they knew it would be a problem, why agree to drive the friend in the first place? A better "revenge" is just to be firm about when you're leaving. Its 5:30pm, where are you? You haven't even left yet? Best find your own ride then; I'm heading out.
On that first story, I don't think that being a bad host justifies theft. The Uncle didn't learn anything from it, and I'm pretty sure revealing who took the peaches wouldn't have made the uncle change his ways. If anything, it would have just made him demand compensation and be even less pleasant to deal with.
Nah dude, the uncle deserved it. Skinflint only gave a drink to the OP when it was sold to him by the Skinflint of an uncle. That is super skeevy on ten different levels and suggests that he'd sell out his own family if it made him money.
The peach revenge was perfect. That's how families do things when they're not dysfunctional.
Um... how is raising your child to think that theft is a proper response to not getting preferential treatment NOT dysfunctional?
It's deffinately petty to charge your nephew 50 cents for a can of pop but stealing his peaches was even more wrong. It doesn't make it right to do that.
And the car one with that girl was a gem
And the story with the land was also a gem.
Great episode
If I had a friend that was slow as a turtle like that I would always try and go to the places that I knew that she would not be able to make in time and brag about how great everything was and that you missed out on this and that you know we saw a celebrity kind of things. Just to see them pissed off.
I deliberately had my daughter (who has never picked up a wrench) learn about cars so a mechanic wouldn't do the same to her. SHE would have had the service records/bills for parts with her to show the mechanic in front of those in the waiting room. How I love my little girl!!
when family comes over there is just one rule that we always have unless it gets established that you can just get something and that is to ask
just encase to make sure that it was being held for some reason
usually drinks are open for taking
I laughed so hard when the lady complained about the people riding horses because it made her dogs bark. Lady, everything makes dogs bark! That's what you sign up for when you get a dog, lol
Oh yea my nephew is allowed to anything but to ask first if he is allowed. I live on my own so some of the snacks I get I save to take to work so I have something mid morning to much on before I can go to lunch. I work a physical demanding job and sometimes a drink does not put in what I burn off in the early morning breaking down pallets and putting hospital supplies away. Had a few times I got dizzy due to blood sugar getting a bit to low so now I just keep a snack at my desk that I can eat while down in the dock. But he is always good in asking if he can have something and 99% of the time I let him have some.
Story 3: not a new story. Heard it a bunch of times already. Lol. But it definitely qualifies as pro revenge, especially when taking tree law into account.
I always start my conversation with mechanics by saying (truthfully) "I normally do my own mechanic work, but I just done have the time for this particular project". And then I proceed to tell them all the work I've done. And I watch their face to see if they are a 'kindred spirit' or if they get annoyed that they can't get away with anything with me.
The best is when I needed a new tailshaft installed and I mentioned that over the last two years I've been fixing up my beater work van and I had replaced the rear differential, front differential, front axles, carrier bearings, wheel bearings, brake calipers, rotors, brake lines, starter, fuel pump and fuel lines, A/C delete, upgraded rear springs and shocks, upgraded front shocks, and a list of little things. I really enjoy working on my own vehicle. The mechanic looked me in the eye and goes "so what you're telling me is nobody is going to fool you by claiming you need work that you don't need? Oh and...do you want a job?" It was great 😁
He's a great mechanic and he always tries to do me right but also when he gets really busy he asks me to do my own maintenance so he can take care of his other customers. "When I get too many jobs, you're the only person I can ask to do it yourself that won't take it as being rude." We get along great.
If I was going to make my family pay for something, I would at least make sure they know WHY I am making them pay. For the most part though, I never charge my family, nor friends.
I stopped taking my car to the Kia dealership I bought my car from. I would take it in for a simple oil change and tire rotation and it never failed one of the workers would come to me with a list of things that needed to be done that ranged from $1500.00 to $2000.00. The man would sit there with this expectant look on his face that I would panic and tell him to have it all done. It never worked for him. Finally the last time I took it in and yet another dude came with yet another list, I told him I brought my car in for a couple specific things and that was ALL I wanted done. I don't know how they think the average person would have a spare 2K just laying around. Oh, and those things I was told was in dire need of being replaced are still working perfectly. I now take my car to a very reliable mechanic that's actually honest. I really think the people that work in the service department at Kia got a commission off of every customer they cheated.
The neighbor story: I have an ex who had one primary nugget of wisdom that I've carried with me ever since I've known him.
He says, "Money comes and goes. It's in your hand one minute and out of your hand the next. And at the end of the day it's not truly what sustains you."
Taking the 250K hit for a lifetime of knowing you managed to win a battle against an entitled person would have been worth it to me as well. Especially after watching the dude raise his heckles against her after she THREW ROCKS AT CHILDREN. Oh yeah. My petty ass would have grinned like the Grinch stealing Christmas.
Edit to add: or more like correct. 230K is an expensive price to pay for firewood... That they didn't even get to keep because OP said she got to sell it which means they had to hang back over the stolen wood, lmao, on top of paying that fine.
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That is not the first story featured on this channel where cutting down a tree leads to a huge fine.
Looks like if someone wants YOU to take down YOUR tree(s) and you don't want to, be sure to not only tell them "no" but also educate them on why they don't want to even try doing it themselves.
I disapprove of story 1. Those sodas are how uncle makes scratch - it's impolite to charge family, but they aren't actually entitled to it. I'd say it's worse than petty to steal hundreds of dollars worth of food from uncle in turn just because of 50 cents.
I'm sure there was more backstory to the peach situation but man is that a terrible life lesson and an awful thing to do.
From what I know, the uncle is stingy, but it reminds me of a lot of stories where the rest of the family feels entitled to a single family members stuff.
Fudge, maybe there is more to the Uncle's side of the story 💀
THANK YOU!! Was starting to think i was the only sane person here. What a piece of shit dad teaching his kid that theft is a proper response to not getting preferential treatment.
Yeah, I thought the same thing, I rarely come into the comment section. However I really wanted to see if anybody was talking about story #1 in the context of the father being the Karen.
The Uncle may have been stingy, but those sodas were the Uncle's property & his inventory that he was selling. The father felt entitled to a free soda (On Behalf Of His Son) from the Uncle & felt so entitled that he trespassed & stole from the Uncle.
The father is the Karen in that story. It's amazing to me how there's some people in the comments section who are totally on the father's side. It's also amazing to me how when you tell the story from the perspective of the Karen, people all of a sudden take the Karen side.
It makes me sad to see anybody defending the father's actions & defending the father teaching the kid this lesson, raising another Karen into the world.
It shows me that a lot of people who tend to be on the Karen hate train are simply Karen's themselves if given the right scenario.
Last story. I have 2 different friends that are very similar to that story.
One girl and one guy. The girls issue to being late is that she is never happy with clothes, what handbag to use, make-up, all that shit. We all know this. So what we started doing was that we left without her and she could take the bus after us. Worked very well.
She has many other very good qualities so we actually did think it was quirky and nice. That is actually what I would have suggested to op in that story. If you are late, I am leaving. Get there yourself. Not my problem you are bad a planing time.
While the male friend, that is a competely different story. Changes plans, can't decide what to do, always trying to find an excuse to with very short notice to change plans. Either he is joining or not joining. We never know until it is less than 1hour before anything happens. It does not matter if it is a trip, a cruise, going out for a beer, anything.
I am very pissed at him, since I feel he is deliberatly doing this.
I came from a family that just said no charge.
Married into a family that charged.
Blew my mind.
Tree law is no joke.
Making a thirsty 10 year old nephew pay for a soft drink is the only pettiness in the first story.
Sure, it won't ruin him, but OP can't say it wouldn't cost him anything. It did cost Joe Green time and energy to raise the peach trees, and the disappointment that he couldn't have the fruits and sell it for extra money. Good thing that OP's grandma didn't tell Joe Green where she got the peach (maybe OP's dad didn't tell her?).
btw .. how is it tax free extra money when he sold stuffs?
The air filter scam is common enough and I've seen mechanics pull that, use a hose to blow off some of the dirt, and put it back into place. The oil change guy gets a bonus when he finds something wrong, so they always check the filter every change (though not needed except every 25K miles). Worse, on my car, it's easy to dump debris from the outside of the filter into the clean side... sucking all those bits of dirt and straw thru the turbo and into the engine, if you aren't careful. When I saw they oil change guy had done this, I had a red/white sign made saying "do not open this filter" and bonded plastic caps over the filter access screws. On the next oil change they still removed the filter, possibly dumping more debris into the engine.
I used to have a friend who also was constantly late; a disrespectful habit. I learned to tell her what time I was leaving my house and if she didn’t arrive by the agreed on time time I’d leave without her. She eventually started arriving on time. But her lateness & other similar rude behaviors became too much to continue our friendship.
I had the exact opposite problem with a mechanic several years ago. Took my mountain bike in to a major west coast based outdoor retailer for a tune up , they were super busy so when I dropped it off they could only do an acceptance inspection. The female tech told me I needed my derailleur replaced and I authorized it. The guy who actually did the work decided he could save me some money or else was just lazy , adjusted it and calls me to tell me it was ready tells me that it didn’t need to be replaced , me not knowing better took his word and three weeks later the derailleur failed catastrophically destroying the chain and the front gear set costing me much more than just the derailleur and associated labor.
Not everyone who tries to save you money is doing you a favor
Not just expensive firewood... you don't ever burn Cedar indoors for heat if you like keeping your insurance.