'Sorry, can’t meet up and help': Student gets petty revenge on partner for group project after she blew them off

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Dec 27, 2022 2:00 PM EST

Here is further proof that group projects are the worst! This thread, which was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit, just shows how pointless these "partner projects" are in the first place. If people want to actually believe that this is an exercise in teaching students about teamwork and collaboration, they are woefully misguided. What group projects teach us ultimately is that there are people who work and people who leech. 

 

Thankfully, in this tale of petty revenge, the leech here got what she deserved. Still, because both partners received the same collective grade, that revenge came at some cost for the person who did all the work. Getting individual grades would have been true justice, but I guess we'll have to settle for this slacker confronting the fact that she was exposed for doing less than nothing. Keep scrolling below for the original post and the best comments. For more, check out this compilation of school fails. 

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  • 01
    Hand - "Right before the presentation, I ended up not giving her the notecards I made to help her."
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  • 02
    Font - Leave me to do the project all by myself till 2am? Have fun panicking during the presentation! I've always been wary of group and partner projects/work. With work, it would be fine if I did the whole thing because it wouldn't be much, but on projects, I feel like I am more often than not exploited and taken advantage because I am a hard worker.
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  • 03
    Font - Last month, we were assigned a partner project in our sports medicine class. We had to conduct an interview, make a board, rehearse a presentation, and write a lengthy essay. We had 3 weeks to do this, and I made a plan to split it up into equal parts. I told my partner all about this and she was in agreement. I kept checking in with her throughout the duration before it was due, and I thought she was all good. I was done with my half and everything. Then to my surprise she messages me "s
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  • 04
    Font - This would've been okay. I tried to be understanding and just asked her where the materials she had used for the project were so I could continue. When I went to fetch them to work on it, it was completely empty. Our project board had NOTHING on it, and even the most simplest task ever wasn't done, which was to print images and credits. I would not accept a low grade, so I took it home and did everything by myself.
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  • 05
    Font - I messaged her a few times with questions while working on it, to which she had very slow or vague responses, or none at all. Later she stopped responding around 11pm. I stayed up till 2am working, and I was livid. All I could think about was that she was probably sleeping soundly while I worked nonstop. I felt really bad I did it all myself, because I really thought I could rely on her. She is my friend though, and I didn't want to break bridges.
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  • 06
    Font - The lunch before the presentation, she frantically asked for me to explain the presentation to her and whatnot- I ignored her and later said I was busy. Right before the presentation, I ended up not giving her the notecards I made to help her. She really struggled and sounded very uneducated and stupid about the subjects, while I did very well and it was obvious I knew the topic very well. She had to wing it, and didn't even do it correctly. She wasn't even completely sure what the topic
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  • 07
    Font - It lowered our joint grade by 20 points but it was worth it. I felt really good about it, now I feel a bit guilty though. Edit: Wow, I didn't know there were so many professors/teachers in here. Also, a lot of people seem to think I'm in college. I'm a high school freshman/9th grader :)
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  • 08
    Font - crimedoc14 • 15 hr. ago And once again, this is one of many reasons why I do not assign group projects. 782 Reply Share
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  • 09
    Font - yaniiiio OP 15 hr. ago It would be okay if I was able to get a fair grade for what I accomplished and same for them! 342 Reply Share
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  • 10
    Font - LBYOPjy17 16 hr. ago I had a professor who made everyone put down percentage of work done by everyone to help with this 331 Reply Share
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  • 11
    Font - yaniiiio OP 16 hr. ago My teacher said regardless of how much a person did, we would both receive the same grade :( 181 Reply Share
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  • 12
    Font - Princesszelda24 - 12 hr. ago She is my friend though, and I didn't want to break bridges. This is exactly the type of friend you do want to break bridges with. Who needs someone that relies only on you to do all the work? Is it that way in the friendship too? Do you call and organize and plan everything?
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  • 13
    Font - khalaron 12 hr. ago . I had a project in college where it was clear during the 2 person presentation half an hour, where students asked questions directed at us the whole time, that I knew the material vastly better than my partner, who was too busy doing who knows what to help during the month it took to prepare. that lasted
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  • 14
    Font - We were both supposed to get the same grade, and the grading system for this project was 50% classmates graded us, with the other half being our professor's grade. As soon as I heard one classmate ask my professor if they could give out 2 grades, I knew my grade was suffering. My professor asked me in front of everyone if I wanted us graded separately. I diplomatically said we should share the same grade. We got a C-.
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  • 15
    Font - The professor privately emailed me and asked me to meet him in his office the next day. I met with him, and surprisingly, my partner was there too. He changed my grade to an A, and my partner's grade to a D-, telling him it would have been an F if I hadn't shown integrity. I feel you, OP. I know exactly how you felt with your sh partner.
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  • 16
    Font - random-user-420. 12 hr. ago Things like that are exactly why I hate group projects; they've screwed me over far too many times to count. What I do now is immediately complain to the teacher if my partner (since the teacher assigns them, not us) doesn't contribute and I document whatever work I did in case points are taken off
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  • 17
    Font - Plenty_Metal_1304 12 hr. ago edited 12 hr. ago Don't feel bad. She deserved it. She strung you along, made you think she works on her part only to find out the day before the deadline she did absolutely nothing. She's lucky the teacher didn't give individual grades. Edit: a typo
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  • 18
    Font - yaniiiio OP 12 hr. ago I was thinking that if she was going to get the grade I earned, I might as well make her go completely unprepared
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