'I went home feeling pretty good about myself': Teen takes petty revenge on adult co-worker who constantly belittles her for being 16 years old

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    "I sat at the desk and watched as she became more and more frustrated..."
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    Posted by u/That ChicVibe 1 day ago My teenage self took petty revenge on a work placement bully
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    When I was 16 i took place in a two week work placement scheme at a beauty salon. The bully in question was an adult woman (we will call
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    Karen) who instead of providing opportunities to learn about the beauty industry, instructed me to deep clean the salon and take appointments. I
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    figured you have to start somewhere and while I was disappointed, I was young and keen and did as I was asked. The problem was that Karen
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    would exclude me from staff breaks, and regularly cut my lunch hour to 20 mins, just as I was leaving to get lunch. I also heard her twice doing an impression of me to the other staff members. I
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    would go home crying and blaming myself. On someone my last day, cancelled their appointment with Karen at the last minute. They were supposed to be getting a hair cut and dye
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    which took aprox 2 hours. Better still, the appointment had been booked towards the end of the day (the salon would stay open past closing time for regular customers). I
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    decided not to tell Karen. I sat at the desk and watched as she became more and more frustrated by the lateness of her appointment, pacing up
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    and down in frustration like a caged beast and cursing the client. She was still spitting venom as I left and I went home feeling pretty good about myself for the first time in 2 weeks.
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    Ohellsn0 1 day ago ● One thing I wished I'd learned sooner as a teen- the types of middle aged women that want to beef with teenage girls are
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    really, REALLY easy to wind up because their own sad lives are severely lacking :)
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    Standard-Reception90. 1 day ago You take her appointments. Time for you to start adding fake appointments. Start
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    giving her "new clients" a couple times a week, that "mysteriously" never show up ...
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    NefariousnessSweet70. 1 day ago It would also be a good idea to have a chat with the work study organizers about the actions of the Karen, and how you were given minimal actual instruction.
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    They will lose the unpaid workers that she was abusing and ridiculing.. Oh darn. She will have to hire a front desk person. And a janitor..
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    Seite88 1 day ago If you're done working for her make an appointment for yourself. These two hours are your time to order her around and criticize her work...
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    bluunee 1 day ago im a hairstylist and this is grade A revenge I LOVE IT! nothing is more annoying than a no show especially a color appointment

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