'He quit immediately on the spot': Construction worker quits job after discovering hidden coins planted by coworker

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jun 9, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Here's a cautionary tale for you: be careful how you quit your job. This guy surely regrets the way he bowed out of a construction job! 

The OP of this story, u/lrze403, shared the tale of what happened between them and their least favorite coworker. The whole reason the OP and this coworker had bad blood is because the coworker couldn't keep his mouth closed. The OP had posted photos of them doing an unsavory activity, and the coworker showed the pics to the boss. OP probably should've known better than to post the photos — after all, any coworker could have snitched. But even so, the OP decided to get back at this guy with a prank that the coworker took too far. 

Next, check out the story of an entitled customer who was stunned to hear she had to wait in line with other customers. 

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    Saving - UOTESAR אפרון 120 REPU (15 A 02 nd Ho WHILL 2 Mer FINE the lin GOLD or 4740 Green Chri Her Was 20 100 PARO 220 k A 30022
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    Font - r/ProRevenge. Posted by u/lrze403 3 3 S 8 8 guy quit his job thinking he became rich Hey new to reddit..i thought i would post my story here. I work for a construction company and we do remodeling on homes. We have a rule here that we get to keep anything we find hidden
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    Font - behind the walls. We hired this guy (we really needed a worker badly) who was a total a-hole from day one. Ive been working for this company for 5 years and this guy has only been doing construction for 1 year after he got fired from his accounting job for getting a dui. Anyways..he would always make fun of my clothes and my accent and one day he went too far by telling my boss about my private instagram account pics. He
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    Font - got on my phone and looked through my instagram page and showed my boss pictures of me smoking w. (little did he know that my boss is my friend from 8 years when we used to smoke together before we both quit) i was so mad that he violated my privacy then i made a plan to f him over. He was the kind of guy who would always come in late and complain that trains or traffic is
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    Font - why he was always late. One day i over heard him saying that if he won the lottery he would quit this job for not getting the "respect" he deserves. (You have to earn your respect here.) One day i bought some fake gold coins online and i put them in a metal box i found at the antique store and waited for a chance to hide it in a wall. Luckly i did not have to wait long. The day he found the coins it seemed like it was his best day ever. First thing he did when he opened the box..
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    Font - he called my boss a fing loser and he quit imedietly on the spot. He said" f this place..im rich"... Lol.. little did he know was that, that was the best day of my life. After he quit my boss told us that he was going to fire him anyways for always showing up late...i wish i could see the look on his face when he finds out the gold coins are fake. Best $40 i spent in my life. (i apologize for my grammar..this just happened today and my addrenaline is pumping hard.) Thanks for reading. Edi
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    Font - NobilisUltima What a f ing moron. "Before I get these appraised or even think twice about why these would be here, I'd better burn this bridge immediately!"
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    Font - qwerty-confirmed D, well done. Please update us if he tries to get his job back or something. 752 Irze403 OP I will lol Reply Share
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    Font - Supreme_Kommandant. Were they chocolate gold coins or plastic? 574 Irze403 OP Reply Share They were made from metal and were made to look like old usa coins from like 1900
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    Rectangle - RoomFor20NEXT I'd pay gold to see his face after he got them appraised.
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    Font - [deleted] That's pretty outrageously stupid. You can tell the guy wanted any excuse to escape the job. Even if they were real antique coins how was he so sure their value would be sufficient to quit his job? 138 Reply Share lrze403 OP I put like 30 of them in there lol
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    This person did the math, and it's not looking good for the coin dude

    Font - SuperAlloy That's nuts. 30, 1 ounce real gold coins would be worth something like $35,000. Which is a lot of money but not quit your job money. He dumb.
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    Font - trustworthysauce I like the story, not trying to start s here, but isn't it unethical to keep what you find in people's walls in any case? Like, if I inherited my dad's house when he passed suddenly and he had hid gold coins or bonds or something in the walls, I would think those would be mine. Not a perk for the construction guys doing the remodeling.
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    Font - Anyone ever take issue with this policy? Do you tell people you are taking what you find in the walls, or do you just do it? e: apparently they buy, remodel, and flip the houses. No harm done if the owner of the company is on board.
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    Font - meatduck12 I think they buy homes, remodel them, and sell them again. They own the home when they take stuff out.
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    Some people thought the story sounded "pretty sketch" despite the OP answering questions

    Font - Quillbolt_h I hope you don't take this the wrong way if this is true, but this story sounds a bit sketchy. He quit before getting the coins appraised at all? Even if he was sure they weren't fake, he couldn'tve known if they were worth anything. And how did he find the box? Why did he take it? Why didn't he wonder who would leave a box of antique coins on a wall? Why did he steal it? Plus you are coincidentally new to reddit? Sorry if I'm wrong, but it all sounds pretty sketch.
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    Font - 1V1att So this is what I understand. You spent $40 on some stuff to make a guy quit. But there was no guarantee that he would quit. Not only that your boss was going to fire him anyway. Doesn't seem like pro revenge at all. It just sounds like you wasted $40.
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    Maybe it was an unspoken rule?

    Font - fqjjj You had me until We have a rule here that we get to keep anything we find hidden behind the walls.
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    Font - or trustworthysauce I wish you guys would remodel my wife's childhood home. That would be a great story. My wife has always been an avid reader, and her favorite author has been Stephen King since she was about 10. So when her dad remodeled their house when she was in 6th or 7th grade, she decided to hide a bunch of newspaper clippings with stories about missing people circled in red and weird personal trinkets in one of the walls. That's going to be fun for someone to find oneday.
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    Font - djfreshjesus You must have really ped him off at one point for him to try to get you fired by showing your boss the w pics. That, or he's just a world class d thead. 23 Irze403 OP Reply Share I never did anything to him..i think he wanted to look more trust worthy to the boss
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