'I made sure he wasted his time': Guy gets payback against an impatient line-cutter at a restaurant by neglecting to inform him that he's waiting in the wrong line

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Dec 28, 2023 10:00 AM EST

Entitled people often don't realize when they're disrespecting someone. Lost in their own world and wrapped up in their own tiny lives, self-important folks don't realize how their actions are affecting the people around them– especially those of us too polite to clap back. However, once in a blue moon, entitled naivety can punish someone without conflict. Now that's some satisfying karma!

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  • If you're anything like me, there's no greater silent disrespect than when you knowingly cut someone in line. But as a non-confrontational person, I'd never call someone out for cutting me in line, I'd simply stand there and let my blood boil, but in our next story, a guy uses his non-confrontational nature to his advantage. 

  • Scroll to enjoy a story of retribution, where a guy gets cut in line, but patiently awaits a bit of instant karma. There's nothing quite like the sweet taste of quiet revenge when you can walk away smirking to yourself. 

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    "Sometimes staying quiet is the best move"
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    D Someone cut in front of me at a restaurant, I made sure he wasted his time Posted by u/CautiousWoodpecker99 4 hours ago
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    For some reason, I have been getting quite a few people feel entitled and just come and cut in line. Now normally, I don't say anything but I've learned to speak up whenever this happens. Usually they leave. However, this particular time I thought it is best to stay quiet.
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    He cut in front and just acted as if me and my wife were not even there. He was on his phone so I could see that he had already placed an order and just needed to pick it up. Now, whether he is just not that very bright or was
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    obsessed with looking into his phone to avoid interaction with me I will never know, but he was in the wrong line up as there is a separate line for pick ups (which was empty btw). He could have gone directly there and been out the door in 30 seconds. Instead, he waited
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    15 mins in line and when he was about 2 people behind the counter I guess he opened his eyes long enough to realize there is a separate line for pick up only. He then proceeds to leave and go to the counter to pick up his food. Thankfully though, the employee who was at that counter just left and he actually waited longer than me. Sometimes staying quiet is the best move.
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    Few-Stock-3458 4 hr. ago Your revenge was a dish best served silent. 324 Reply Share afternever 1 hr. ago Silent but deadly
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    Initial-Shop-8863 - 3 hr. ago Who was it who said to not interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake?
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    3baechu 3 hr. ago Not the sharpest tool 18 Reply Share slimkermit1 2 hr. ago But a tool nonetheless
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    Shadeyslayer05. 1 min. ago I love when a moment of satisfaction and joy just get dropped in your lap
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    walnut_creek. 3 hr. ago Was waiting for the part where you typed "there was only one order in the pickup area so I picked it up when he wasn't looking and ate it while I was waiting to order my food".
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    Cfwydirk 4 hr. ago There is no other way to see this. He took his rightful place in line. Do not correct your betters. They do not appreciate it. LOL
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    Knitsanity 22 min. ago That is delightful. Thank you.
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    Cyner2022 2 hr. ago Never be passive with line cutters. Call it as it happens. My favorite line is "What the do you think you're doing?"
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    Bababababababaa123. 46 min. ago I usually say either "the back of the line is there" and point to wherever the back of the line is or "feel free to push in mate, you're obviously in a rush!"
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    Brown Eggs93 16 min. ago Dude played himself. Nice.
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    Ill-Professor696 1 hr. ago Only silence is easier done than said
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    morganfreenomorph · 40 min. ago I had a similar thing happen to me while working one night. I'm a supervisor for a retail chain and I was on a closing shift, at one point a woman was trying to get my attention and literally started snapping her fingers at me. This
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    p ssed me off but I kept my cool and asked if I could help her. She needed to return some makeup she bought from a beauty store we were partnered with but didn't want to wait in line because we only had one person cashiering that part of the store.
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    Company policy is that we can not take any of their returns and any makeup or beauty products need to be returned through them. This lady was ..... as ..... so I informed her that she could go to our customer service and they'd have more information for her. She waited in
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    line for 15+ minutes, was told she needs to go to the beauty side, and at that point had to wait another 30 minutes to return her stuff. May not have been much but I felt justified wasting her time when she was to me for acting like an merely existing in a customer service position.
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    maDAMN-Pink 3 min. ago instant karma
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