'I just smiled at him and drove off': Guy gets a job at the place handling the contracts of his ex-coworkers who got him fired, so he gets them fired

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Sep 5, 2023 12:00 PM EDT

Work drama is never fun, but usually the best advice is to never burn bridges when it comes to your career. If you want to leave a toxic workplace, try to leave on good terms just in case you have to work with them again. 

On Reddit, a guy who worked at a warehouse relayed a story where some people burned some bridges and he was the one to show them how that was a baaaad idea. It wasn't just one incident, OP was working with several of his friends who all of a sudden turned on him for x,y,z. He tried to cut them out of his life and move on, but they were relentless. They started spreading rumors about OP at work, so much so that even his manager was writing him up. Eventually, he had to leave that job. Conveniently, he was able to get a job at the company that handles the contracts for the employees at the warehouse he used to work out, that means the jobs of his ex-friends. So he starts dropping hints that these certain employees should be investigated. 

See? You shouldn't burn bridges, because you better believe OP got those ex-friends and ex-coworkers fired. You get what you deserve, everybody!

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  • 01
    Font - Posted by u/ChaucerSmith 7 hours ago 2 How to lose all your jobs in one simple step: messing with me. So the start of this revenge happened over a year ago, just found out about the results last week.
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    Font - I (24m) used to work at a non- profit as a warehouse associate for their food distribution program. It was a good job for where I was at and where I was in life, easy work, easy hours, good pay. At the time I had made friends with my fiancé's friends, let's call them Jim (25m) and Bailey (25 NB). We played DnD, hungout most weekends, etc. Jim
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  • 03
    Font - was frankly, a really bad employee. When we met he had gone through multiple jobs in a span of a few months, all of them quitting because of various reasons, bad workplace, toxic coworkers, anxiety issues, etc. I felt for him and stuck my neck out to get a job at the warehouse and he got it. On top of that he got kicked out of his dads place and had to move in with Bailey and
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  • 04
    Font - their mom because he refused to do any of the chores his dad asked him to do. All was going well for awhile, he was only working part time but he seemed to enjoy the new job, got along with everyone and we had a good time working together, even
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 05
    Font - though Im a few years younger than him, I have a lot more work experience than he does, so I was even able to mentor him in good work ethic, how to run forklift/warehouse equipment, and how to get his job done better and more efficiently.
    via u/ChaucerSmith
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    Font - Because of me, him and I were the only competent employees in that warehouse for a few months as we had 2 other associates that were constantly showing up late, leaving early, on their phones more than working, etc. We will call then Mary (29F) and Zeke (20M). Relevant later in the story.
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    Font - Now my immediate boss wasn't an issue, we got along fine, but the program director Bethany (Late 40s F) was a real gatekeep, gaslight, girl boss. Plus, she wasn't great at her job, granted she could write grants really well and get the money we needed, but she spent it on the absolute dumbest s t. $30k+ for a cargo box cooler for outside that wasn't
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 08
    Font - meant to be ran 24/7 (blew up after a year and a half), tiny electric forklifts that could barely lift 300lbs, a $80k gas engine ford f250 with a lift and bullbars to pull a trailer that barely weighed a ton, a 30 foot mobile pantry tiny house, and solar panels for it that never got installed, and 2 single axel box trucks that weren't anywhere near rated to haul what
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 09
    Font - we were loading them with. When I voiced opinion or complaints about our equipment or the work ethic of my coworkers I was either blatantly ignored or told I "Need to learn to work with people with different work ethics than myself." So at a point I just stopped saying anything, let her dig her own grave so to speak.
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 10
    Font - Now back to Jim and Bailey. As we got closer as friends so began talks of finding a place we could all move in together. Never made any agreement, never shook hands or confirmed anything. Just talked about it. Then out of nowhere my older sister brought up moving in with her 3 hours away to her town where my fiance
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 11
    Font - and I could finally get out of our hometown and make better money. She even agreed to pay majority rent, first last, and any fees till we got on our feet. So of course we agreed and started job searching. I decided to let Jim know while we were at work about what was going on, and let him know if they wanted, him and Bailey could take over the lease
    via u/ChaucerSmith
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    Font - for our current place. Nothing fancy, a studio basically but a house on a quarter acre 5 min from the warehouse, and the rent was about 40% lower than anywhere else in town for the same amount of space. Jim seemed to take it fine, said he would let Bailey know and that was that.
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 13
    Font - Next thing I know my fiance is getting her phone blown up with calls and texts saying we were fting them over, and I was a misogynistic a hole for talking to Jim at work instead of talking to both of them at the same time. Also decided to tell my fiance I was manipulating her into ruining their friendship and moving away.
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 14
    Font - At that point I decided to end the friendship between myself and them but told my fiance she was her own person and could make her own decisions on the matter. She after a few days of thought and more angry texts now attacking me and my fiance decided to do the same. I tried to talk to Jim at work about it all but
    via u/ChaucerSmith
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    Font - he told me he "Didn't think this was the appropriate place to do so." In a very passive aggressive manner. So I just dropped the matter entirely and kept doing my job.
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  • 16
    Font - Fast forward a week or two, sister informs us she decided to move in with her boyfriend instead, no big deal, life goes on right? At this point I'm just continuing to do my job as I always have minus communicating with Jim other than when it was necessary to get the job done. Next thing I know Zeke is no longer being friendly or communicating with me, Mary is
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 17
    Font - telling everyone and their mother I've been trying to f her since I got hired, and I'm getting written up by Bethany because Jim filed a complaint about me bullying him in the workplace and got it signed by two "anonymous" coworkers, while the only other employee at the time was extremely friendly with me and we even still hangout to this day. So obviously the
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 18
    Font - signers were Zeke and Mary. I just continued to do my work in silence and started looking for a new job. Here comes the revenge. I have a
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  • 19
    Font - background in environmental work, so when I found a job opening at the same at risk youth high school I got my GED from teaching kids about the environment while doing environmental work I jumped on it. As an added bonus that same school provided funding for the warehouse and even handled some employee contracts.
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  • 20
    Font - Specifically, Jim, Zeke, and Mary's contracts. (Evil hand rubbing) Spent a few months working my a off, got a few kids graduated, and got my good graces up with the contract manager for the warehouse. I started expressing small opinions at first, like how some people working at the warehouse didn't show the best work ethic even though they had been there for 3 years (Mary).
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 21
    Font - How some would shown up to work late and hungover (Zeke). And how others took advantage of the workplace and would leave early every day and take boxes of food for themselves (Jim).
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  • 22
    Font - Then the contract manager started asking me questions. Specific ones. Specific ones about certain employees and certain program directors. So I shared them, all of them, every single dirty little secret in that warehouse. This post is already long enough but trust me there were enough things to tell her about Zeke, Mary, Jim, and
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 23
    Font - Bethany to write a f in novel. She just wrote them down and I never heard an update. Alright with me, I've worked long enough to know s...t rolls downhill whether I know about the results or not.
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 24
    Font - Fast forward almost a year later, contract a the school ends, decided to move on to try and find a more lucrative job so I can start building a family. Poor decision on my part, but hey life goes on. End up working at a grocery store, money gets tight and I talk to my former manager at the warehouse, the one that I was cool with, and he says I can
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 25
    Font - come in and pick up some food. Begrudgingly I go the next day doing a walk of shame not excited to face Zeke, Mary, and Jim again after all the time passed and the waters finally calm. But when I walk in, it's just the manager, no one else. I get my food and we start catching up. Turns out the slot rolled downhill and turned into a whole shitslide. Bethany got
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 26
    Font - investigated by her boss about her spending so hard she resigned. Zeke, Mary, and Jim's contracts never got renewed and they all got fired. The school I worked at cut funding to the warehouse because of finding out how Bethany was spending it, and the non-profit restructured the whole thing to run off volunteers.
    via u/ChaucerSmith
  • 27
    Font - At this point im in my car ending the conversation with my manager. Told my manager I'm sorry and feel guilty for the pressure it's put on his job. He asked why I felt guilty, I just shrugged and said "oh no reason" smiled at him and drove off with a few boxes of free food and the world's biggest s!.it eating grin.
    via u/ChaucerSmith
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    Font - Also as I type this I'm filling out paperwork for a job that's covering relocation to a new town and is paying $10 more an hour than the school paid me. TLDR: Ex friend, ex boss, and ex coworkers f ed me over so I got a job at the place that handled their contracts and funding and got them all fired.
    via u/ChaucerSmith
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