‘She stood up and went on absolutely unhinged’: Employee gets back at manager trying to get her fired in front of 40 big bosses and coworkers

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Sep 17, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Ring ring, it's petty revenge calling! There's nothing more satisfying at work then when you get away with the perfect revenge plot against an awful toxic manager/boss. It's not easy to pull off, but every now and then the planets align and everything works out perfectly. 

This short and sweet story is one of the most satisfying and perfect examples of work revenge. The Reddit poster worked at a company where the employees used in-house work cellphones. One day they came to work and couldn't find their work phone. They relayed this to their manger in the hopes they would help them or have some sort of solution. But instead their manager blew up at them. They were completely unfairly reprimanded for a total accident. 

Luckily, OP found their phone later that day. But instead of relaying this information to their manager, they decided to keep it to themselves. Several days later and the manager was still being rude to them and hinting at getting them fired for the lost phone incident. They had a hue meeting coming up with 40 big bosses and coworkers and OP had a hunch their manager was going to mention the phone. 

And low and behold, the toxic manager got up and went on a half hour rant about how OP lost their phone and should be punished immediately and bla bla bla. When she was done with the rant, OP just stood up, pulled out their work phone, and acted completely confused. "What? I've had my phone this entire time…" They made sure to look around at everyone like, "is she ok?…" 

That manager never messed with them again. What a satisfying work revenge story! 

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    Font - A little bit served kinda cold So I worked at a place that used in house mobiles (more like short range phones that worked in the building).
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    Font - Anyhow this admin officer really hated me. No idea why I was always nice to her. One day I told her I'd misplaced my phone.
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    Font - She went absolutely off at me. It was super odd. Anyhow throughout the day she told me she was going to get me in lots of trouble and hinted at me losing my job (over $40 worth of equipment). I found it later that day.
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    Font - I never told her I found it. Over the next month she just progressively escalated. Really rude and over the top. I
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    Font - knew a big departmental meeting was coming up and it had all the big cheeses there. I saw her staring daggers at me until she requested the floor.
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    Font - There were like 40 people there. She stood up and went on this absolutely unhinged rant about me and this phone. Calling for immediate consequences and whatever.
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    Font - Everyone turned to me and I just casually pulled the phone out of my pocket. Looked bewildered, shrugged my shoulders and said I've had this phone the entire time. The big
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    Font - boss was like "for god sake [insert name], why would you waste all of our time with this non- important and non- existent issue?!", She sat back down totally deflated. I just looked around with a is she ok?!, might be crazy
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    Font - expression. Very satisfying
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    Font - Jagid3 1 day ago ● That was awesome! I love when saying nothing accomplishes so much.
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    Font - baka-tari 1 day ago ● Would have been hilarious if you could've called her on her in-house mobile in the middle of her rant.
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    Font - GnomeoromeNZ. 1 day ago Yes! Or comical situation in my head OP: *Pulls out phone* "what me to call 911?"
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    Font - Karen: You don't call the police for phone theft Op: No, I was going to call you an ambulance for when I catch you in the hall afterwards ;)
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