'The final straw was when she borrowed my car [and] caused $1000 worth of damage': Student gets even with nightmare roommate by messing with the music library on her laptop

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 19, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

Most young people make naive decisions when it comes to who they choose to live with. Personally, I've been known to make this mistake. Even when you have the slightest hesitation when the idea of living together presents itself, you go through a process of self-denial where you essentially convince yourself that the two of you are a perfect cohabitating match, but the reality is that not all great friends make great roommates, and sometimes living together can become the beginning of the end of the entire friendship.

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit by u/Majoodeh, who shared his story from his naive college days when he had a nightmare of a roommate. After numerous red flags and disagreements, the most egregious act came when the roommate "borrowed" OP's car and caused thousands of dollars worth of damage, initially refusing to pay for any of it. Well, by the time the day came for the end of their lease, OP was prepared for his petty revenge. When his roommate was out, he saw that her laptop and music library were open. OP saw the opportunity to leave his mark and took it.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the many comments with other suggestions for more savage payback. We believe this was the right call since it didn't involve damaging any property (two wrongs don't make a right!). For more content like this, here is another tale of petty revenge involving a woman's five-minute video calling out her cheating ex.

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    Font - 7t 9.2 <>♫Music & 500 Library Recently Added Artists Albums Songs Genres Compilations Music Videos Downloaded Apple Music Playlists 1 O 0 Name Transparency Brown Skin 1942 Come and See Me (feat. Drak. G . Nothing Easy to Please 9 East Liberty SLS 3 .9 .Q .9 On the Beach BO 3 Belong to the City Grown Woman FWU O Time Arte 351 PARTYNEXTDOOR PARTYNEXTDOOR A 358 PARTYNEXTDOOR PARTYNEXTDOOR 5:42 PARTYNEXTDOOR PARTYNEXTDOOR S 356 PARTYNEXTDOOR PARTYNEXTDOOR 423 PARTYNEXTDOOR FARTYNEXTDOOR 263 P
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    Font - I posted this in a comment and was told to bring it over here. Revenge on a roommate from I had a nightmare roommate. I let a lot of things go but her behavior got worse. The final straw was when she 'borrowed' my car, caused 1000$ worth of damage, then brought it back with the bill.
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    Font - After months of back and forth about the bill and about breaking our lease all while going through some really tough personal, the day came that we were moving out. She wasn't there that day but her laptop was. She left it in her room on top of her boxes playing music. Intrusive thought said with her. So I did.
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    Font - Select all on itunes + changed every song title and every artist name and album name to my name. I grabbed the rest of my stuff and got out before she got back. Petty I know but it was very satisfying picturing her face when she found it.
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    Font - Tame Iguana1. 3 hr. ago ....you didn't get back your money? 102 Reply Share
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    Human body - DashingDoggo. 3 hr. ago Ikr, like go to small claims court
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    Font - Majoodeh OP. 2 hr. ago I was young and naive and an international student in a new country. I didn't know anything about that. Also eventually we did come to an agreement about the money. This was 10 years ago so I don't remember the details but it worked out in the end.
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    Facial expression - Zoreb1 3 hr. ago I would have downloaded more viruses on it than found on a k floor.
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    Font - Majoodeh OP. 2 hr. ago It was her only laptop that she used for school and I didn't up her want to life like that.
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    Font - SickOfAllThis 3 hr. ago I would have taken the laptop with me
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    Font - CoderJoe1 3 hr. ago I'm sure you live rent free in her head now.
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    Rectangle - Salt-Operation. 2 hr. ago I'd have deleted all of the music. That'd be the crime of the century to an audiophile.
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    Rectangle - ItsGotToMakeSense. 2 hr. ago Man she's lucky that laptop didn't mysteriously disappear.
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    Font - Upbeat-Tradition5823 4 hr. ago This is such a great revenge and so very very wonderfully petty. Well done you! Thanks for sharing.
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    Rectangle - lurker-2260 2 hr. ago Kinda low key revenge. I thought you were going to put the laptop in the running shower --I would have
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    Smile - erikagm77 37 min. ago . Good for you. People shouldn't take what isn't theirs
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    Font - Jynx-Online 28 min. ago I thought it was going to end with a cup of coffee (or better, a can of coke) "accidentally" spilt on the laptop. Soaked for long enough, it would be irreparable.
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    Font - StaffOf Doom - 17 min. ago The part that gets me is you let things go, and of course they got worse... letting bad behavior go makes sure they treat you worse! If she 'borrowed' your car without asking/permission, that's grand-theft and should have been reported to police. Then, the damage would have been better covered by your insurance...or maybe you should have just gone to insurance in the first place?
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    Rectangle - Majoodeh OP. 15 min. ago I was a young international student that didn't know better...
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