Conniving Lawyer Tries To Lock A Clever IT Developer Out Of His Own System But It Backfired Instantly
"Money is like oxygen. It only becomes vitally important when you don't have enough of it to live on..."
Some people see a contract and think it means trust, but this story shows how fast that can go wrong.
A Redditor who works in IT took on a project for a lawyer with a bad reputation, even after hearing plenty of warnings. The arrangement started with an official contract, but the lawyer soon got demanding and tried to use the deal to squeeze more work out of OP.
OP saw the setup coming, built a backup plan, and waited for the right moment to use it.
Here's the original post of the Redditor
axelrafnOP described what he does in his line of work
axelrafnOP heard all of their warnings and was aware of them before he went into business with the lawyer
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OP understood what the lawyer wanted, and they drafted an official contract
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The lawyer started to become demanding and was slowly taking advantage of OP's labor
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The lawyer continued to turn down many of OP's pitches and hard work
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He tried to turn the contract against OP and used it to his advantage to speed up the project
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That's when OP decided to stop playing nice.
After seeing the lawyer's personality up close, OP decided to create the foolproof plan
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OP presented what was already done and ran it on his server
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The lawyer didn't want OP to notice that he was satisfied with the work
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He made an excuse to have it transferred to his server, but OP required a down payment. Soon enough, the lawyer emailed him proof of payment, and he uploaded the project onto his server.
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The lawyer wasn't aware that OP already knew what he was up to and that the payment was suspiciously fake
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The trap was already set.
Here's where the revenge comes in: if someone decided to remove OP from the system, it would mess up the database
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This is exactly what the lawyer tried to do, and when he attempted to lock OP out, everything was deleted
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OP then reported the lawyer's crime involving the fake payment to the authorities
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OP also received better payment when he sold the system to one of the lawyer's competitors
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In the edit, OP described the differences in the rules between the States and Europe, where he was actually from.
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The comments had plenty to say about the lawyer's bad timing.
This is similar to the AITA where brothers demanded risky business funding after being told “no”.
People who already have a complete plan on how to screw someone who isn’t even making that much money in the first place
GarethD85
This lawyer got too complacent despite the bad reputation he’s receiving
JohnjSmithsJnr
Gambling his license right there
Astronaut_Chicken
It’s a good thing OP isn’t naive enough to completely ignore the warnings
Montanapat89
And then they try to gain iron-clad loyalty by claiming that they’re family
lesethx
Here’s a little advice for those whom companies categorize as young and naive
Snoo_28055
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Snoo_28055
It makes them blind to the reality of the world
zyzzogeton
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zyzzogeton
It creates this vision of them having a god-like complex
Cow_Launcher
Their assumptions are frustrating, and they flip out when they are proven wrong
froop
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froop
Unfortunately, broken systems can never be fixed unless issues like these continue to prevail
hikingboots_allineed
Don’t be like the lawyer; be like OP. OP essentially became the point man for stopping the lawyer from committing the same crime.
People like this lawyer contribute to a broken system that takes advantage of more individuals and encourages bad people to do more bad things. It elevates the pedestal on which money sits even higher and creates more greed.
How did you feel when OP got his revenge? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
Nobody likes a scammer who gets outplayed.
Want the same betrayal energy? See how a friend spent your rent money and vanished.
