50 Examples of Petty Revenge That Will Make You Think Twice Before Being Bad to Other People

Petty revenge has a way of turning everyday annoyances into unforgettable stories. A bad parking job, a stolen lunch, or a rude neighbor can spark a response that is equal parts frustrating and funny.

These examples collect the kind of small payback people never forget, from workplace pranks to neighborhood grudges and family-level pettiness. Some are harmless, some are a little wild, and all of them show how quickly a minor slight can snowball.

By the end, you may be laughing, cringing, and wondering who really won. Read on.

#1 Go, Grandma!

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#2 A Devious Plan.

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Petty revenge has been around forever, and people still love a story where someone gets a little payback.

#3 Discreet. Really Discreet.

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And sometimes the old warning is the one people remember most.

#4 Locked My Cat in the Bathroom While I Made a Meal Because He Was Being Annoying. Revenge Was Had.

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So how should we deal with the overwhelming impulse to seek vengeance? Try to fight it, and eventually, it will become weaker and fade away.

Hall pointed out that the reason revenge boosts anger rather than reducing it is due to reflections. "When people don't get revenge, they tend to trivialize the event by telling themselves that because they didn't act on their vengeful feelings, it wasn't a big deal. Then it's easier to forget it and move on. But when people do get revenge, they can no longer trivialize the situation. Instead, they dwell on it and feel worse."

So how should we deal with the overwhelming impulse to seek vengeance? Try to fight it, and eventually, it will become weaker and fade away.

Hall pointed out that the reason revenge boosts anger rather than reducing it is due to reflections. "When people don't get revenge, they tend to trivialize the event by telling themselves that because they didn't act on their vengeful feelings, it wasn't a big deal. Then it's easier to forget it and move on. But when people do get revenge, they can no longer trivialize the situation. Instead, they dwell on it and feel worse."

#5 That Will Hurt.

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#6 Lad at Work Just Eats Everyone’s Treats. Tomorrow Will Be a Surprise for Him.

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#7 Half on Disabled Parking and Half on the Pathway to a Mall. Someone Got Really Pissed and Emptied a Jar of Jam on It.

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#8 The Revenge of the Shop Clerks.

Arnold Angelini

#9 You Park in 2 Spots, I Zip Tie a Cart to Your Car.

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#10 She Has Time.

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#11 I Skied Back to the Pole Again... to Take This Photo for All Those Men Who Commented 'Make Me a Sandwich' on My TEDx Talk.

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#12 And Let That Be a Lesson to You.

DaveApnea

#13 My Neighbor Got His Reindeer Decorations Stolen, So They Put Out Grinch Ones Instead.

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#14 Well Deserved.

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#15 Evil.

AlishaRai

#16 Highest Level of Petty.

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#17 Go, Joe.

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#18 My Coworker Is a Flat Earther, and It's His Last Day.

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It also echoes the dilemma of returning a lost wallet to a former bully.

#19 Making Fish Tacos for the Guy at Work Who Keeps Eating My Lunch.

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#20 The Best Revenge.

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#21 When Your Drawing Teacher Assigns 3 Finals, So You Secretly Write 'You Got Me F****d Up' in Sign Language on Your Final Piece.

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#22 Sonic.

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#23 My Daughter Said She Was Too Old for Notes in Her Lunch - My Reply and Win.

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#24 Stay Away.

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#25 I've Carried Chalk in My Car for 10 Months Just So I Could Do This Once. Yesterday Was the Day.

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#26 No More Playing Around This Semester.

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#27 Slashed Someone’s Tires Today Because He Parked Like a Jackass. Was It Justified? I Think So.

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#28 My Neighbors Like to Throw Their Cigarette Butts Over the Wall and onto the Sidewalk. I'm Tired of Seeing Dogs Eat Them and Kids Play with Them, So I Picked Them Up for Them.

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#29 Sweet Revenge.

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#30 Good Thinking.

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#31 Pothole Birthday.

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#32 I’ve Asked My Neighbor to Please, Please Not Let His Dogs Bark All Night. Today I Received Several Packages in the Mail. Early Tomorrow Morning, I’ll Have My Revenge.

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#33 Jason Is... Special.

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#34 The Punishment for Petty Theft in My Town Is Making Laps Around the Courthouse with a Sandwich Board Sign That States: 'I Am a Thief.'

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#35 As Revenge for My Brother Wrapping My Christmas Present in Duct Tape Last Year, This Year I've Wrapped My Brother's Present in Concrete! Revenge Best Served Stone-Cold.

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#36 Wouldn’t Help with the Housework; Weeks of Begging for Help (Because He Lives Here Too) and Picking Up After Him, I Had Put His Game in with My Snake Since I Knew He Was Afraid of Her.

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#37 Joined a Gym and Was Teased by My Fit Friends Who Work Out There. Got My Revenge.

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#38 The Funniest Thing I’ve Seen in a Long Time: My View from Work.

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#39 My Neighbor Went on Vacation for a Week, and I Decorated His House with Some Inspiring Lyrics from His Least Favorite Band.

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#40 Call It Artistic Freedom.

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#41 Someone Stole the Pumpkins Off of My Porch Last Night. Round Two, Punks.

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#42 This Guy Had Printed Checks of Him and His New Wife So He Could Write Alimony Checks to His Ex.

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#43 My Boyfriend Asked Me What I Wanted to Eat, and I Said I Don't Know, and This Is What He Brings Me.

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#44 I Mixed Carolina Reaper Powder into Half a Tub of Ice Cream as Revenge for the Food Thief at My Community Freezer.

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#45 My Roommate Fed a Few of Us Dog Food, Saying It Was Jerky. He Went Away This Weekend. 1 km of Clinging Revenge.

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#46 When Your Ex Writes You an Apology Letter, So You Grade It to Send It Back.

NickLutz12

#47 Every Time I Get a Spam Fax at Work, I Put the Spammer's Number on a Free Monkey Flyer and Post It Somewhere Around Town.

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#48 Sneaky.

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#49 Pettiness Level 100,000,000. My Husband Was Angry This Morning, So He Decided He Was Only Making His Half of the Bed.

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#50 Our Neighbors Very Precisely Cleaned Only Their Part of the Wall.

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Some grudges are tiny, but they still leave a mark.

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