Petty bus-goer gets payback against a seat-thief by stealing the last 30 pages of their book: 'Scorched earth revenge'

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
May 21, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

Don't steal someone's seat unless you're prepared for a little backlash. 

One entitled bus passenger thought they were above the rules of common decency and would soon realize the error of their ways. On a bus en route for Spokane, Washington from Seattle, this guy thought it would be prudent to steal the seat of a fellow passenger at the first bus stop. But little did he know he'd be in for petty payback at the next stop... 

Move my stuff and steal my seat? Suffer the consequences. 

Nothing says revenge like stealing the last 30 pages of a really good book. Scroll for the entire story of how this self-important passenger moved someone's stuff, stole their seat, and cost themselves the ending of a real page-turner. 

Next up on the reading list, here's a tale of a guy who catches his HOA board members in the goofiest situation, patrolling the neighborhood from the back of a pickup truck.

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    "I went to his seat and removed the last 30 pages from the book"
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    Posted by u/Lordfelcherredux Took my seat? Take this! Scene: Greyhound bus ride from Seattle to Spokane.
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    What happened: Half way through we stopped for a scheduled meal stop. People getting off left their jackets, books, etc. where they sat. When I reboarded I found a fat
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    schlub sitting in my seat. He has removed by items and placed them somewhere else. This was totally unnecessary as there were plenty of other empty seats. He would not budge.
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    The revenge: He was avidly reading a paperback book. We made a rest stop further down the line. When he got off I went to his seat and removed the last 30 pages from the book and placed it back down.
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    dmitrineilovich . 7 hr. ago Nice to meet you, Satan! Big fan of your work!
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    pauliewotsit 7 hr. ago Scorched earth revenge if you're an avid reader lol
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    Aesient 6 hr. ago I physically recoiled reading what you did. Well done!
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    SeanBZA 4 hr. ago Cheap paperback, nasty would have been to take that book and dunk in the blue juice.....
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    Snajdarn666 6 hr. ago This is one of the best, pettiest revenges I've seen on this sub. I salute you.
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    65Kodiaj 6 hr. ago As a avid reader, I don't care how evil people will say that is, that's some funny $ it right there!
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    When the trip was over as you're walking past you should have said, I hear the ending is fantastic with a wink...
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    jimodoom 6 hr. ago Another option would be to look up a synopsis of the book, and spoil the ending and any other twists, by telling him.
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    avsavvy 5 hr. ago Savage! Although I think I would have reclaimed my seat. And ripped out the pages.
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    Suzibrooke 6 hr. ago Since there was absolutely no reason or excuse for his actions, well done. That was a severe penalty, btw. I hope you checked that he would not run out of pages before you got to Spokane, just to be safe.
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    seriousjoker72. 6 hr. ago As a bookworm myself.... Nuclear. I love it!
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    ContributionAlone113 5 hr. ago As an avid reader and author, perfect revenge. Simply perfect. He could have lost your stuff, or even claimed it as his own and Greyhound would not have done about it.
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    aaseandersen · 3 hr. ago edited 2 hr. ago My sister once dropped my book in the pool and I couldn't read the last 20 pages. Its 15 years ago and I still remember it vividly. Never did read the ending - but she had already finished it! Well done, OP. her.
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    Piggypogdog 1 hr. ago I would loved to have been a fly on the wall when he got to the end minus 30 pages.
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