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Have you ever contemplated revenge?

Have you ever been screwed (in a not nice way:)) over by someone so badly you contemplated revenge? I contemplate, but never act *sigh*. Don't you just wish you could get away with it though?

I just got screwed out of $1400 over a place I rented during the summer. I broke the lease (for which there was a $500 fine, it sucks, but I was ok with paying it), but I made sure and gave them a month's notice, and cleaned like crazy. Because we washed the carpets, and I don't have a carpet cleaning company, they charged me to 'redo' the carpets (like they didn't just pocket the money), and because of our Landlord and Tenant laws, they screwed me out of another month's rent for breaking the lease (which wasn't in the contract, but apparently I was supposed to know this anyway). They also charged me to remove a couch that had been there when I moved in (I agreed to let them keep it there because I had no furniture, but the manager then had said they would remove it once I moved because they'd already charged the last renters a removal fee). Then, even though the new manager had my forwarding address and work number, she sent the notices for payment to the apartment I had given up. Apparently, this is all they are legally required to do. So, a collection agency got the recovery job, and it went on my credit (though a nice chat with the collection agent brought the total price down by $250, and a letter to get this erased from my credit). All together a bad experience, which is why I now own, instead of renting.

Grrrrrr....

Well, it spurred me to finally apply to law school....

Okay...sometimes I do act out my revenge in a legal manner...I took a boss to court once for overtime and got $4000 back...that was very satisfying...

Sometimes I wish I could cause a select few people to have migrains and nose bleeds, but not often. Useually I'm too mellow or dim-witted to get angry enough with somebody who has wronged me.

Sometimes for a short period of time I contemplate things like revenge, but never for long if at all. I just can not manage to hold grudges, no matter how hard I try.

Once you sign a rental lease here in alberta you are responsible for the term of the lease.

However you can get out of the lease, which is what I might be trying to do. Some things that can break your lease would be: the landlord not repairing stuff, improper heating etc etc.


You should have tried to sub let the place. Thats what I am going to try and do, if that doesnt work I will break the lease as the knucklehead landlord has been pretty lacking with his upkeep of the place....

Its the pits when you get bitten by someone abusing the law in this way. Yes caveat emptor applies, but there are times when it would be nice to just be able to trust some people to be gentlemanly and reasonable.

Studying law may, in the long run, be the best way of obtaining revenge, but here even that does not work too well (20 year delays to get the case before a judge).

The best revenge though is word of mouth. Spread the news that the company/agent/person is not to be trusted with his own grandmother. Allow some implications to slip out at public gatherings, nothing slanderous, just express some doubts. It works in the end.

Once you sign a rental lease here in alberta you are responsible for the term of the lease.

However you can get out of the lease, which is what I might be trying to do. Some things that can break your lease would be: the landlord not repairing stuff, improper heating etc etc.


You should have tried to sub let the place. Thats what I am going to try and do, if that doesnt work I will break the lease as the knucklehead landlord has been pretty lacking with his upkeep of the place....
If I had know this craziness would ensue, I would've made a bigger deal about the druge dealers and prostitutes living beside me...or have tried to sublet as you said...I figured I'd pay the $500 plus the bogus carpet washing fee and be done with it. Last time I play nice.

...oh wait! After seeing the pole I remembered that I did actually meticulously make a plan to kill somebody without impicating myself. The proposed victim wasn't really sombody who wronged me, just somebody who was really anoying me and rubbing me up the wrong way.
I didn't carry out the plan though...

I try but then my damn brain get onto the act. Just when I've got a nice little fantasy set up its there going "so theres a screwdriver in his neck, how does that make you feel better?"

If you haven't spent time maliciously creating a Heath-Robinson style Doom-filled future for some random jerk-off, you truly havent lived the life of a psychopath Bwa ha ha ha!

Its the pits when you get bitten by someone abusing the law in this way. Yes caveat emptor applies, but there are times when it would be nice to just be able to trust some people to be gentlemanly and reasonable.

Studying law may, in the long run, be the best way of obtaining revenge, but here even that does not work too well (20 year delays to get the case before a judge).

The best revenge though is word of mouth. Spread the news that the company/agent/person is not to be trusted with his own grandmother. Allow some implications to slip out at public gatherings, nothing slanderous, just express some doubts. It works in the end.
I thought of a webpage, so when you looked up the place by name (MIDWEST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT) you would get the story (I searched Canadian Tire once and got a similar rant page...loved it!). Two problems: not sure of libel laws, and I hate bathing in bile. As much as it galls me, I'd rather pay and look out in the future than let it eat away at me. It's a tough call...I don't like backing down, but I also don't like fighting losing battles.

For me, law is an option in the future, for future issues, not past ones. I'd like to help my family, friends and anyone else I can to avoid these sorts of pitfalls. Not big money stuff, unfortunately:)

...oh wait! After seeing the pole I remembered that I did actually meticulously make a plan to kill somebody without impicating myself. The proposed victim wasn't really sombody who wronged me, just somebody who was really anoying me and rubbing me up the wrong way.
I didn't carry out the plan though...
So you say....*backs away nervously*

Other: I don't fantasize, I take action.

In your case, I'd be on the phone with my lawyer making an appointment to fill out the required paperwork.

So you say....*backs away nervously*

Nah, he's still alive and leading a more wretched and futile life than ever. Death would have been a kindness

I try but then my damn brain get onto the act. Just when I've got a nice little fantasy set up its there going "so theres a screwdriver in his neck, how does that make you feel better?"
That's kind of my problem too...will the revenge really improve things? (Time and money spent pursuing something like this vs just paying it and shutting up)

Nah, he's still alive and leading a more wretched and futile life than ever. Death would have been a kindness
Sometimes time enacts its own revenge....

I like to think that this company will go bankrupt at some point because of all the bad karma it is creating...

Sometimes time enacts its own revenge....

I like to think that this company will go bankrupt at some point because of all the bad karma it is creating...

Word of mouth, Word of mouth. The biggest cause of bankruptcy that exists.

Well orchestrated revenge can be a beautiful thing. 21st Century Revenge is a nice place to start. That's where I'd start looking for revenge ideas. This means that I wouldn't think of revenge unless it was over something quite serious. I'm not so petty as to pump sewage into someones house over them saying the Lions will never win the super bowl or something.

nah

i live securely in the knowlege that anyone who would screw an inoffensive person like me will get their due without my ever worrying about it again.

it hasnt failed yet.

nah

i live securely in the knowlege that anyone who would screw an inoffensive person like me will get their due without my ever worrying about it again.

it hasnt failed yet.
My favourite screw-over karmic revenge was when I got fired from a crappy night-shift janitorial job because I'd worked a day shift janitorial job with a different supervisor (who had just dumped my night shift supervisor). I made $6.50 an hour the summer after I graduated from University. The next week I got a teaching position up North that paid me $60,000 a year. I doubt it really affected my old boss...but it sure as hell made me feel better!

My ex cheated on me twice and had an abortion(the child was mine, not the guy she cheated withs) even though I wanted to keep the child, and then blamed me for it for no reasons except being a bitch.
This, plus about one and a half year of constant pouring shit in my face.
Of course, I put up with it so I have to blame myself partly.

But after I finally broke up, I just took all her stuff, all things he had given me and all small things she left in my flat out in the woods and made a nice little fire.
Funny thing is, previously when we 'almost' broke up, she tolm me to do just that but I refused.
When it was finally over though, I acted on it and there's not a damn thing she can do about it since I really was acting on her orders... Her friend called me a few weeks ago and asked where she could pick the junk up, but I told her I had burned it all... Havn't heard from them since... oh that was a joyous night! :D

Revenge is meaningless.

Revenge is meaningless.
well then u have obviously never felt the joy of screwing someone over just as the had you :P. i usually just plot revienge and never carry it out but on occation i do lol..this post never happened...

Revenge is meaningless.
I think you mean sweet.

Ok, I don't really believe that, but....
Sometimes I wish I did.

About 13 years ago a kid in my highschool falsely accused me of a serious crime.. Pulling a gun on him..... The cops questioned me and all that hoopla but obviously nothing came of it other than a realization that people will do anything to you if they do not like you..... I am not sure how much longer afterwards but I went to his place of work and sliced his tires... I do wish I never did the slcing of tires now... because I learned what it means to forgive without vindictivness... at least I feel I have ;-)

I've contemplated revenge against this one Neo-Nazi I unpleasantly crossed paths with . . . never carried it out, but helped me relieve TONS of anger.

Maybe it is liberal me. But generally, I try and make ammends.

However there are certain individuals I don't care less about so if something goes wrong I forget about it

The worst thing is that somethimes I plot and then throw it all away. Like the time my friend threw a lump of cow shit at me. I plotted pointlessly for a week. Then one day he cracked a joke and I headbutted him. On my side, I was verr' drunk. But still...

I still hold a grudge against my first grade teacher. She's one of the very few people I haven't gotten revenge on- it's easy, fun, and keeps my revenge skills sharp. How could you NOT exact revenge?

I meticulously plan painful, painful deaths (or in one case, an afterlife) for the very few people I hate. But it's not pointless - the thorough fantasies stop me doing anything in real life that might get me sent to jail.

On the other hand, I can deal with people just being jerks. At the most I'll argue with them. I'm slightly less forgiving of people being jerks to other people (lord, the number of times I've wanted to throttle people for abusing minimum-wage workers :mad: ), but that's in no way comparible to the maimy-death fanatasies people I actually *despise* get subjected to.

I am currently plotting revenge.