Law firm partner opens coworker’s blinds daily to shame his messy desk, gets publicly humbled by an unflattering photo plastered all over the office: 'I decided that petty revenge was the best option'

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  • "My law partner wanted to shame me for my messy desk"

    Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - I used to be a partner at a law firm. Around 10 years ago, one of my partners, who I'll refer to as "Chad", decided that he did not like my messy desk.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - (I had lots of copies of documents on my desk in uneven piles) Chad would openly make snide remarks in partner meetings and at firm events (like the holiday party).
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - I would always respond with a smile and quote Einstein, "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?" not getting the results he wanted, Chad finally decided to try something new to shame me.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - The attorneys had their own offices around the inside wall of the building. Each office had a long window, next to the door, that looked into the hallways and cubicles in the building.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - If you were outside of the office then you could see into the office. The long windows had shades and the shades could only be opened from inside the offices.
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  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - I, along with other attorneys, always kept them closed so no-one could see in. One day, when I arrived at work, I found that my shades had been opened.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - No biggie though, I simply closed them and went about my day. To my surprise, when I arrived the next morning, the shades were again open the next day.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Anyone looking in had a clear view of my messy desk. Over the course of around two weeks this pattern continued.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - When I left work, my shades would be shut, and then they would be open when I arrived the next morning.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - I figured that perhaps the cleaning crew was opening my shades so I started paying attention to the other offices.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Numerous other offices always kept their shades closed and they were still closed when I checked them in the morning.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Chad usually got to work very early so it was pretty obvious that Chad was opening my shades.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Given that we were both professional people and partners at a law firm, I decided I should go have a reasonable chat with Chad.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Just jokes. I decided that petty revenge was the best option. :D Before I ever started working at the firm, the firm had taken a trip to a local lake together.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - I found photos of this trip and one of the photos featured Chad, wearing a backwards ballcap, flexing for the camera next to one of the female employees.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Chad had skinny arms and almost no biceps. I believe he was just being silly when he flexed but he still looked like a dork and not like a respectable law partner who commands respect.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - So I blew up the photo to A4 size and made multiple color copies. I then wrote on the back of the photo: "Please do not open my blinds.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - I prefer to keep them closed. Also, if you remove this photo, I will put up another as I have made multiple copies." Before I left work, I taped the photo, at eye level, onto my blinds so that the side with the picture faced towards the closed blinds and the note faced the inside of my office.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Whoever was opening my blinds would have to see the note. As long as the blinds were closed, no-one would see the photo.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - If someone (gee I wonder who?) opened the blinds, then everyone would see Chad's big dumb face and tiny flexed bicep.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - The next morning, I arrived for work feeling a little giddy and a little apprehensive. I walked to my office and found the blinds shut.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - I thought that maybe Chad hadn't tried his normal stunt. However, when I opened my office door, to my surprise, the note was gone.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - I looked on the floor but no note. There was just a little tape left on my blinds like someone had ripped the photo off.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - But my blinds were still shut. I retaped the note/photo to my blinds and it was gone again the next morning; however, my blinds still remained shut.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - I decided not to put up another note and no-one touched my blinds again. Problem solved and Chad is an idiot.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - And, in case anyone is wondering, although my desk was cluttered with paper, they were copies of
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - The files were complete and I never lost documents on my desk. I knew what was on my desk and could easily find what I was looking for instead of going to the file each time I needed something.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Professional_Cat_996 Yea. Taping a picture to the blinds and raising the blinds would have raised the picture. They could have threatened to tape the picture to the window, but that's not what they claimed to have done.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - OP Pitiful_Eye_3295 Maybe I didn't explain it right. It's the type of blinds that you can adjust from closed to open and vice versa. I wasn't referring to raising or lowering the blinds. The top of the page was taped to a one of the slats so when you opened the blinds, it would show the photo.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - mocha_lattes_ Why the hell would he care what your desk looked like in your closed office behind blinds anyways? Hopefully he learned his lesson about minding his own business.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - SandratheSiren Love it
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Coder Joe1 Sometimes a hanging Chad is a good thing.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Anxious-Rhubarb8102 I worked with a guy that was like you and had a desk like that, and his office floor. He was a patent and trademark lawyer for the semi government research organisation I worked for. He knew exactly where everything was. If you needed to refer something to him or ask him he'd go to the exact pile of paper or files and find what was needed. Looked very mess
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - zenswashbuckler I've seen law firms/departments with glass-walled offices. I have not seen law outfits whose glass walls were un-frosted so any chud could see the contents of someone's desk. That strikes me as un-lawyerly - a paranoia level, and concern for confidentiality and privacy, lower than that displayed by every lawyer I've ever known.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - RayEd29 I had a messy desk/office in a former life. A coworker used my office while I was out and moved things around. He was shocked to the core to discover I knew EXACTLY where everything was and that he had screwed up my system. I made sure he knew if he ever used my office again, he needed to return any files to the exact place he found it or face my wrath. It's not a vio
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Automatic-Move-5976 Should've made him pay for tearing down the pic. One thought was load random copies into the paper tray of the copier so randomly the pic would appear on the bottom of someone's random document.
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - thegloracle Point... set.... Match!
  • Pitiful_Eye_3295 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/1qk48wp/my_law_partner_wanted_to_shame_me_for_my_messy/ - Inner_Speaker_335 As an amateur geologist, syncline, strata, era, and epoch are all perfectly reasonable filing systems... ;)

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