Goth retail worker gets revenge on judgmental jewelry store employee by walking out and buying expensive watch at competitor: '[He was] treating him like he was about to steal something'

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Isabella Penn
Sep 30, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

In a classic case of "never judge a book by its cover," a goth retail worker decided to get some petty revenge on a jewelry store employee who dismissed him based solely on his appearance. After having enough of the jewelry clerk's entitled behavior, the district manager at Hot Topic, dressed in his punk attire, stormed back into his store visibly angry after his encounter with the clerk.

His wife, kid, and other employees were at Hot Topic when he burst in, venting about the treatment he received. Instead of letting it slide, he made a quick decision. Moments later, he stormed out and headed straight for the competitor's jewelry store, much to the surprise of his team that watched the drama unfold from the storefront window. As they watched, the clerk from the first store kept an eye on him too. A short while later, the retail worker returned with a brand-new, expensive watch, flaunting it to the very clerk who had judged him. This hilarious turn of events served as a reminder that appearances can be deceiving, and sometimes karma delivers the sweetest payback.

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    r/pettyrevenge • 8 hr. ago . ThePiercedSoul My district manager at Hot Topic
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    So many moons ago, a bit over 20 years, I was an assistant manager at a Hot Topic. Our district manager lived in the area, we'll call him Jimmy, and he tended to stop by our store a lot. He was fun and funny, always helped out, and everyone liked having him around.
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    Anywho, our Hot Topic was one of the corner stores at a 4-way intersection. The other three corners were all jewelry stores. Jimmy came in one day with his wife and kid, they were shopping the mall for a present for his
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    dad's bday. Now, these people were fairly well off, not rich but solidly upper middle class, although they both dressed very hard punk (him) and goth (her). To look at them, you'd think they were just a cool couple in their early 30s.
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    Jimmy goes to the jewelry store across from us, spends about fifteen minutes there, then storms back into our store as all 1. His wife asks what's wrong, and he explains that the jewelry store clerk kept watching him, treating him like he was
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    about to steal something, and started acting more suspicious when he asked after the pricing of more expensive watches. His wife tried to calm him down, but he was very angry, which was unusual for him. He was typically very laid back. Then all of a sudden, he broke into a smile. It
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    was scary how fast his mood changed. He called everyone up front, there were four of us, his wife, and his kid who was only maybe a year old. He gave us instructions, then he went to the store diagonally across from us.
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    We saw the clerk from the first store watching him as he walked over. A minute later he went to the third jewelry store, spent about 10 minutes there, then walked out with a huge smile. He gave us a thumbs up.
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    He then walked over to the first store. The clerk was with a customer, but Jimmy knocked really hard on the windows. When the clerk looked up, Jimmy held up his wrist, showing off the brand new Rolex he had just bought, opened his wallet and
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    let the plastic covered string of credit cards roll out. He smiled huge, flipped off the clerk, at which moment all of us smiled and flipped off the clerk from our store's windows, and Jimmy came whistling happily back. "I got dad a Rolex. Hope he likes it!"
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    00 Gorilla1969 8h ago Big mistake. Big. HUGE.
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    HealthNo4265 • 8h ago Many wealthy people don't appear to be at first glance or based on how they are dressed.
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    Tikki_Taavi ⚫8h ago Hot topic was always fun for the assortment of goods. they had, I don't know if they even still exist. I was always in for the black light posters.
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    NewtOk4840 7h ago In 1999 Hot Topic had these purple velvet dusters? Kinda like Princes in purple rain but goth! They were $260 and I went home and couldn't stop talking about it. The next day my ex cheating husband bought it for me lol wore it. for new years 1999
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    witchymoon69 • 7h ago That happened to country singer Luke Combs in New York. It wasn't until someone mentioned he was performing at Madison Square Garden that he got attention.
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    Fit-Discount3135 • 8h ago LOL! I love it!! I think I would've enjoyed working for your district manager
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    MommyRaeSmith1234 6h ago • My husband and I had MAJOR baby faces in our 20's, but made good money. There were times we'd go in a furniture store and not one employee would even acknowledge us. Wish we'd had a chance to do something like this!
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