'You want petty? How's this?': Guy gets back at annoying coworker by making the elevator stop at every other floor

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 27, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Everyone has had an annoying coworker at some point in their professional career. You know, that one person you irrationally dislike and who always makes you struggle to not roll your eyes visibly in their face. There are a myriad of qualities that can lead to becoming that annoying coworker. There's the one who thinks they're slightly senior than you are based on absolutely zero evidence. There's the one who plays loud music, eats obnoxiously, or types like they want everyone to pay attention to them. And, of course, there's the coworker who overshares about their weekend and their personal life.

This employee was temporarily fooled into thinking their annoying coworker was out for the day. Just when they thought they had a day alone to themselves, they saw that he was just arriving late. To stomach the pain of this revelation and to buy themselves a few more moments of peace, they decided to press every single button on the elevator so that it would take approximately a century before it picked up the annoying coworker. As one person in the comments section suggested, this is perhaps the best form of petty revenge: no serious consequences, no one gets hurt, just causing a complete nuisance. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a guy who maliciously complied with his manager's demands to be notified every single time he left his desk.

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    You want petty? How's this? I work in a small office block of 5 floors with a basement carpark and only a single lift working at present instead of two. I'm on the 2nd floor and a few desks away
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    from me works an older guy who i will call head. Dead is a character but also just plain offensive and sarcastic at times and has been a bit of a proto me a few times when i have asked for his help which has really pod me off and insulted my intelligence. I don't like him. I try not to talk to him, I don't care what he did on the weekend or what he thinks about anything. We all work with someone like this. I'm sure you can relate.
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    So the other morning I arrive at work and realise that head is not in. Wonderful I think to myself. No jokes, no music, no dead perhaps for the day...excellent! I left my ear buds in my car so go down to the basement carpark to get them.
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    I notice head has just arrived late, has pulled his car into his spot on the back wall and is getting out of his car as I get back into the lift with my ear buds. I don't hold the lift for him, he's too far away, I don't even think he noticed me.
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    As I get out on my floor (the 2nd) I have a moment of inspiration and run my hand down all the buttons on the lift and get out, sending the lift to every floor above me before it would go back down to the basement to collect dead. I bought myself a few extra minutes of being dead free.
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    It's so petty it's laughable but I enjoyed it immensely...and I got away with it.
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    ContributionAlone113. 2 hr. ago Oh, wow! Look at all the beautiful Christmas colors!
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    Gadgetman 12 hr. ago It's the small pleasures in life, such as pushing a few buttons, that brings the most joy.
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    Cfwydirk 2 hr. ago Childish fun? Count me in!
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    pishcookie 3 hr. ago Nice bro
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    imachillin 2 hr. ago Petty for sure and perfect! Hopefully he got motion sick!
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    . newsy0011 2 hr. ago What goes down must go up first. Love it.
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    Rentsdueguys 2 hr. ago Put some fiber in Ohead's coffee and he'll become head
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    Independent-Ebb4789. 45 min. ago Petty but I like..
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    gadget850 12 min. ago "It's the simple things in life you treasure" i
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    unicacher 2 min. ago The perfect amount of petty. Nobody gets hurt and you buy a few minutes of peace.
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