Revenge story I thought I'd share

[Woodscare]

I think its justified, but why is their only 4 washers and dryers for 80 people? seems kinda stupid to me

 

[ethan22122]

nice one, i'd be pissed aswell.

 

[TheComedown]

I'm actually surprised by the number of you that approve of this, It's actually kinda funny. Thanks guys

Kudos to you, someone has to put assholes like that in their place, and i highly doubt he would do anything like that again anytime soon... unless he figures out it was you...

 

[twasdfzxcv]

Bleach I think is a bit excessive. Since he took your drier time just drench his clothes in water and dump them back in a empty washer, a punishment that fits the crime. Or maybe piss on them (but it'll leave your DNA evidence so do it at your own risk).

 

[knumpify]

Somewhere on the internet:

"GAH! I really needed a dryer today coz I wanted to wear my new jeans so of course I took someone elses. Then I come back and find them all black and shit. WHAT THE HELL? My mum's gonna be so pissed!"

OT: I approve wholeheartedly and think you are awesome

thanks, but you might want to note, bleach strips out colour, not makes stuff black. so if a pair of colour jeans gets bleach on them, they turn a nice ugly faded orange or white. Gets the point across.

EDIT* curious as to how a lot of you assume the culprit's male, I did mention the female undies in the dryer.

 

[zehydra]

In my opinion, revenge is something you want avoid. Revenge like this just breaks down society.

 

[Twad]

Just looking back, what do you guys think? too far? justified?
I have no remorse either way, just wondering how much of an asshole I seem like today.

I approve of your hillariously destructive tendencies.

 

[PureChaos]

good on you, they should know better than to take your stuff out to put their own stuff in and use your money to dry their clothes. they deserved it

 

[Stoic raptor]

Yeah, that wasnt nice of you. But he deserved it, so I cant really decide.

Well, it was very funny.

 

[Ralen-Sharr]

I would say that anyone that would remove another persons clothes from a running dryer and put their own in is the type that wouldn't respond to a "mature" confrontation and would likely just laugh in your face thinking it's funny (lol umad?)
This type of person is only going to respond to one of 2 things, their idiocy biting them in the ass or some form of ass kicking.

Put yourself in the shoes of an asshat who would do this and think "why would I do this?" and your answer will either be "I'm an inconsiderate asshole" or "it'll be funny because it'll make someone mad."

If they want to be mature (and react to a mature confrontation), they should have left a note apologizing saying it was an emergency (or whatever), or had the balls to stick around and explain why they pulled this kind of stunt.

The OP had the asshat's asshatery bite them in the ass, they asked for it.

 

[BlindMessiah94]

I approve, but as stated, that may have been slightly too far. I see it as basically the equivalent of someone punching you in the face, so you pull out a crowbar and whop them one across the nose. Justifiable, but a little too extreme too quickly. Personally, I probably would've just taken their clothes and dumped them in whatever dumpster happened to be handy, with a note on the dryer directing them to said dumpster.

Then if it happened again, I would have gone for the bleach.

You definitely did the right thing though.

If a person doesn't have the courage to stand up for themselves (and I mean so in a mature fashion, not in some backwards revenge scheme), then that's their own personal fault. Besides, you don't have to be a pushover when approaching the other person.

You can simply say, "I don't appreciate it when you do _____. Don't do it in the future please. How would you like it if that happened to you?"
Most of the time when you ask people a question it forces them into a different standpoint.

If they continue to be a jerk then by all means, don't just let them walk all over you.

But nothing excuses not taking the higher ground first. If people simply make knee jerk reactions to every situation because they are too afraid to simply confront the issue, then it will be an endless cycle that continues to escalate.

As a fellow person who has been taken advantage of, trust me, I know where you are coming from.

The vast majority of people who would pull something as described in the OP won't really care if you confront them. They'll make all the right noises, but as soon as they need a machine, they'll do it again. The only way to ensure they stop is to ensure there is a punishment that fits the act. The OP's response was a bit extreme, but not outside the bounds of reason.

Verbal confrontation does, in the vast majority of cases, nothing useful. Hell, there's a decent chance it would make you more of a target than anything else. The only way to make it stop is to respond.

I agree, most people are jerks.

But it still doesn't excuse the fact that you should at least try to solve the problem first instead of just perpetuating it. Sure, maybe 9/10 you'll fail, and the person was just a complete jackass, but sometimes people actually have a reason for why they did something like take your laundry out. Maybe they'll even apologize and feel bad. You never know, there are two sides to every story.

But simply not even attempting to try and solve the problem first because you are too angry or busy or can't be bothered makes you just as bad as the other guy. In the end it will cause more problems than it solves.

 

[Tanto-chan]

You're probably gonna start a chain of back and forth revenge if you keep it up but I'd be lying if I said I didn't think it was awesome.

I have to agree. That was pure evil genius. Though if it were me I would have thought 'hmm, u wanna say these are my clothes? okay.' and taken them AND the wet whites. That'll teach'em. Though if I HAD a bleach pen then I might hove done this too.

 

[SnipErlite]

bras

his clothes

Heh.

OT: Yeah they deserved it, perhaps a little far but that's only because I would've hesitated to do something like that.

+respect to you good sir.

 

[Tharwen]

I think that was too far, and you should have just done something like stamp the dark clothes all over the floor instead.

 

[TheTim]

Thats classic man. I applaud you

 

[Computer-Noob]

Justified, but this probably isnt the end of it.

 

[Pegghead]

I think that went a bit too far, I mean sure the guy was a bit of a dick but you've destroyed alot of clothes the guy paid good money for. I'm so sick of self-proclaimed assholes on this site.

 

[Hollock]

totally justified, don't worry. Also, awesome.

 

[Trivun]

You were a bit of a dick for that, and I have no sympathy. Last year, I lived in student halls of residence, where I had to share 6 washing machines and 6 dryers (which were also prone to breaking down often) with roughly 150 other tenants. We got used to finding our washing or drying clothes dumped on the shelf next to the machines, and we all did it to everyone. It was just pot luck. If you live in a place with communl washing machines then you should be prepared for things like this. I fully support whoever's washing it was and if I knew you'd done something like that, I'd want you to pay the person their money back for their clothes. Basically, you, sir, were being an asshole and I think anyone who agrees with your actions on this thread is the same.

There was no justification whatsoever, so don't you dare try and justify your actions on the internet like a coward.