The 5 Most Satisfying Tales of Payback
Revenge is a tricky thing. On the one hand, when you've been wronged, it's human nature to seek some kind of personal restitution. On the other hand, it's also human nature to not want to appear to be a scorned maniac who pees in coffee pots and slashes tires every time a fast food restaurant screws up your order. It's a fine line.
Still, sometimes people go so far above and beyond for their acts of petty revenge that you can't help but stand back and admire it ...
#5. A Family Forecloses a Bank for Trying to Foreclose Them
In most cases, it should come as no surprise when a foreclosure notice shows up in your mailbox (or gets nail-gunned to your front door by a sheriff's deputy like in the movies). After all, it doesn't happen unless you've gone months (or years) without paying your mortgage. It's the kind of thing a person should see coming.
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Probably unrelated to the "Urgent" letters propping up the living room table.
But this wasn't the case for the Nyerges family -- their foreclosure notice from Bank of America came as a total shock. Why? Because they paid for their house in cash. That's the type of act that normally keeps a family safe from the foreclosure monster. But Bank of America wasn't going to let the fact that the Nyerges home was paid off keep them from taking the matter to court and attempting to foreclose on it anyway.
Naturally, their ridiculous claim was thrown right the hell out. In fact, Bank of America was ordered to pay the Nyergeses $2,534 to cover the legal fees that went into making sure their home wasn't literally stolen from them.
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This isn't a screengrab from a blurry video -- the bank is just shrouded by a fog of evil.
But after five months of trying, the Nyerges family was still unable to get that $2,534 out of Bank of America. What happened next will almost certainly be a Hollywood movie someday.
The Petty Revenge:
Remember what we said about seeing a foreclosure coming? It probably doesn't apply here. Basically, Bank of America's refusal to pay up paved the way for the Nyergeses to pull a stunt so damn beautiful it makes our fingers cry just typing it ... they turned the tables and foreclosed on Bank of America.
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"As soon as I get inside I'm drawing dicks on everything."
After contacting their lawyer to handle all of the legalities involved, the Nyergeses found themselves standing at a local Bank of America branch, watching as movers and sheriff's deputies removed everything. According to the court, the Nyerges family now owned all of it, right down to the money in the tellers' drawers.
How was this possible? Well, keep in mind, the $2,534 wasn't some refund BoA owed the Nyergeses -- it was a freaking court-ordered payment. And judges don't like it when you just blow that shit off.
Something about the prospect of falling victim to a court-mandated bank robbery got Bank of America on board with the idea of paying the Nyergeses the relatively meager sum they were owed in the first place. After an hour of being locked out of his bank, the manager handed the Nyergeses their check.
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Moving vans are a powerful motivator.
And that was the only time a bank ever tried something so stupid.
Ha! Just joking. They tried the exact same thing with someone else and the results were exactly the same, except for the part where a guy shows up to a televised interview dressed like a vampire to gloat about sticking it to the man.
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Banks hate vampires.
#4. Jane White Gives Jehovah's Witnesses a Taste of Their Own Medicine
There likely isn't a person over the age of 18 reading this who hasn't had at least one run-in with a roving pack of Jehovah's Witnesses. They tend to show up at your door, unannounced, at some inconvenient time. So most people regard the encounters as an annoyance (the lone exception being if Prince happens to be the JW knocking at the door, and even then he better have a guitar in hand).
"Watch Tower? Everybody covers that song."
You can't blame them for showing up just once, of course -- how do they know you're not into it? But you can imagine how annoyed a person would be if it happened every single month. That's what East Sussex resident Jane White had to put up with ... for 12 damned years.
Every month, like clockwork, a group of Jehovah's Witnesses would rap on Jane White's door offering up religious reading material and the assurance that, if she so desired, they would bore the shit out of her for hours on end with talk about getting to heaven by way of not having lifesaving surgery because blood transfusions are the devil.
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"Have you heard the good news about dying horribly from easily treated illnesses?"
The Petty Revenge:
Having decided she had turned the other cheek to unwanted drop-ins far more times than any person should have to, Jane White worked up a plan to give those intrusive Jehovah's Witnesses a taste of their own medicine.
After gathering up all the religious material she possibly could, White showed up at a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall at 10 a.m. The time was important -- she knew the group would be at the height of their service, and Jane White had designs on interrupting that shit, just like she'd been interrupted so many times before.
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"I don't want to criticize the guest preacher, but I remember the Bible having much fewer fuckwords."
After banging on the door for a few minutes, she was let in by a confused church member who, along with every other worshiper in the place, was then subjected to Jane White's special brand of justice. For the next 30 minutes, she preached to the assembled JW's about her religion while handing out magazines. It was exactly like an unwanted visit from a Jehovah's Witness, except for the part where someone called the police and Jane White was escorted out of the building.
But it was no matter by then, because Jane White had her revenge. She was never bothered again, and we're assuming those pesky Jehovah's Witnesses moved on to newer, less vengeful potential converts. They're probably at your door right now.
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It never hurts to hope.
#3. South Korea Blasts K-Pop Music at the North
Some neighbors just can't manage to get along. Take North Korea and South Korea, for example. In 2010, the ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean navy vessel, was sunk by a North Korean submarine. This was following a previous naval battle in 2009, where South Korea damaged a North Korean navy ship. And then after the Cheonan sank, North Korea thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and launch an artillery attack against the South, killing four people. And this was right after North Korea borrowed South Korea's snow blower and couldn't even be bothered to return it.
General MacArthur, overseeing Operation Flaming Poo on Kim Il Sung's Doorstep.
OK, that last thing didn't happen, but the two foes did have a brief gun battle across the DMZ to add to the neighborly discord. Like we said, they don't get along, and most of the problem lies with the unpredictable antics of the North. After decades of putting up with Northern shenanigans, South Korea finally had enough and decided to seek some of the most bizarre revenge imaginable.
The Petty Revenge:
In June of 2010, South Korean soldiers marched out into the DMZ determined to send a message back into the North. Armed to the teeth, they quickly set up their weapons. Their primary armament being ... a giant-ass set of speakers?
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Available wherever fine military grade stereo equipment is sold.
The North Korean guards were most likely already perplexed by this weird action, and that almost certainly got worse when the speakers were turned on and waves of sweet, sweet girly K-pop music began blasting loudly across the border. The song that kicked it off was called "HuH" and was specifically chosen for its lyrics, which include rabble-rousing lines like "Baby, you're kidding me? I do what I want and I do it my way."
Naturally, North Korea sent back their stock response of "Take those things down or we will destroy them," before also adding, "We'll fucking kill you, too." The South didn't take the threat seriously. We're not sure if that was because of or in spite of the fact that this adorable little fella was running the North Korea show at the time ...
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It's like a troll doll somehow gained access to nuclear weapons.
Incredibly, this isn't the first time that this has happened, either. Until 2004, blasting girly K-pop music into the North was a pretty regular occurrence, mainly because the North also had a habit of blasting propaganda across the border, but an agreement stopped this. That is, until North Korea took it too far with their aggressive actions.
Now, in addition to the speakers, South Korea is building giant TV screens to show the music videos that go along with the ridiculous pop songs North Korea has likely grown to secretly love after all these years.
Girl's Generation, via YouTube
Although we're not sure how this makes things worse.
why isn't #1 a movie and/or history channel recreation yet?!
ReplyThis article has given me a brilliant idea:
ReplyWhenever Jehovah witnesses approach my house, I shall bombard them with loud doses of korean pop music!!!
yeah, that'll work...
Back home, there's a couple of elderly Jehovah's Witnesses who drop by about once a year. They're pretty harmless - just a couple of little old ladies who always seem to be doing it more as a social call than any real religious evangelism. But still, if they get a chance they'll eventually start talking religion.
ReplyMy mother and I have different ways of handling them. She takes them for a walk around the (rather large) garden; they go away happy with a carrier bag full of cuttings and a cup of tea, and Mamma goes away with a nice chat and still able to see a doctor once in a while.
I, on the other hand, out-theologise them. I'm not religious, but I read a lot and I can argue theology better than most religious people - so last time they came around I sent them off with a book to read: "The Spaceships of Ezekiel", by J F Blumrich.
Yes, I gave the Witnesses some reading to do and convinced them that there was at least a chance that the Book of Ezekiel describes an alien visitation.
OMYFUCKING GOD, NUMBER 3 IS AMAZING. As an avid K-pop fan, I find that INCREDIBLY gratifying. Way to go, South Korea! Show those Northerners what music is! xDDDDDDD *still dying over here*
ReplyI. worked for a family in Sth Australia who after years of drought and crippling bank loans had the bank forclose on them .But the local shire council were owed rates on their farm so they auctioned it off first ,only one person bd on it all the local farmers and their friends abstaining from bidding ,so for the princely sum of 5000 $ ( cost of the rates owed) they legally bought their own property back free and clear ! The bank was bleating about how unfair it all was ha ha !
Replynumber #1 the revenge is sweet ......very sweeet like chocolate melts in your mouth.....mmmmmmm
ReplyAnonymous Vs Cybersecurity:
Reply Hide All See All 5 RepliesOne the one hand really, really funny, and entirely predictable. Common sense failure on the company's part.
On the other hand, from the links that IS vandalism and stalking. I can see how the note in the booth might be seen as physically threatening to someone who was scheduled to work there. Some nut could have gotten carried away and planted a bomb in the name of freedom and anarchy. People really are that messed up, as the news often reminds us.
I can see why the FBI wants them in the first place.
Anonymous has the power to do great things, but it's too stupid to adhere to its own core ideals.
"People really are that messed up, at the news often reminds us."
Really?
Okay... Even though anonymous hasn't caused any violence, only cyber "activism". you're just going to slope-slippery down to your flawless logic of, "Some nut could have gotten carried away and planted a bomb in the name of freedom and anarchy"? You mess with a movement like anonymous you're gonna get fucked. You mess with internet rights, or act against journalists at wikileaks, you get fucked. People are really dumb and they listen to news opinions as gospel, rather than taking in news facts in order to create original opinions. "People really are that messed up, as the news often reminds us." Thanks for reminding us how messed up, dumb people can be.
It's funny how two people can agree with each other with such anger.
are you afraid of yellow vans?
don't you know that the solution is to buy a dog and close the curtains?
Anonymous...whinier version of Occupiers with masks. Oh woe is me that life is hard.
Reply Hide All See All 4 RepliesBe careful, your bank account might get cleaned out or some s**t lol
The difference being, Anonymous apparently got what they set out for very quickly after being screwed.
Even if what they're doing is completely retarded, Anonymous gets s**t done. And they were around long before the Occupy movement...
anonymous is many things... but WHINY? that's not one i'd think of.
I have only read the first entry at this point, but I think the Nyerges family should be contacted for breeding purposes by all of us.
Reply"But it was no matter by then, because Jane White had her revenge. She was never bothered again, and we're assuming those pesky Jehovah's Witnesses moved on to newer, less vengeful potential converts. They're probably at your door right now."
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesJane white don't got s**t on me. This was petty compared to what I would have done.
Key words here being "would have."
+1 for writuing "would have" intead of "would of"
Agree. Your proper grammar erases your loserdom of "I'm such a badass on the web."
I can't tell you how happy I am to learn that South Korea regularly trolls the North.
ReplyEvery few years (guess I'm in the minority!) the JWs show up at my door. My plan is always the same: I invite them in, allow them to tell me their message, then bring out MY Bible and then politely ask them why their "New World Translations" has so many words added to it. The same ones never come back.
ReplyI've never actually seen a Jehovah's Witness going door to door, but my granny apparently gets visited by them often. She is super catholic but apparently always lets them in and lets them talk away to her. They probably think they've saved a nice old lady, while she thinks some crazy people are roaming around talking nonsense, and she's humouring them.
Jane White - Jehova's Witnesses... JW. Is this one confirmed?
ReplyMy friend's grandpa scared off the Jehova's Witnesses by answering the door naked. But seriously, those guys are just asking to be messed with.
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesDid he know when hey were coming? Or does he ALWAYS answer he door naked?
My friend's preferred method is answering the door while loading his shotgun and counting down from 10.
^Somehow I doubt it.
JW leave when they know you dont want them there, just be honest with em, no need to be dicks:) haha one totaly sold me a dog once!
Reply Hide All See All 5 RepliesThey are people, and people can be relentless dicks when they want to be. A friend of mine had the same three JW come to his house every week for two months. Each time he told them he wasn't interested, finally threatening to charge them with trespassing. The next week, lo and behold, he saw them coming up his driveway. So he put on a Speedo, drew a pentagram with ketchup on his chest, and had his roommate blast some death metal. They didn't come back.
Moral of the story is, sometimes you have to be a dick.
I have a bunch that keep turning up at my place at 3pm, ive told them im a night shift worker and from my point of view its 4 f*****g am, but they kep coming!
Pull some batshit crazy move. Air pistols aren't that expensive :D
Sure, sometimes you have to be a dick, but most of the time, you really don't.
If they have the relentless annoying dicks in their congregation, those are the ones it makes sense to send...
If they don't, good for the rest of us who get someone who can understand "thanks, but no".
Has anyone seen that Daily Show of #5? Freaking hilarious, John Oliver was so funny.
Replywhy the f**k did he not turn anon in ?
Reply Hide All See All 5 Repliesit's like the cliche villain speech where instead of killing the one thing that can stop you.
you go on and on about your evil plans until some do gooder named bond shoots you in the mother f*****g head
Fun fact: Anon doesn't have leadership because it isn't an organization or a group. It's a subculture that happens to have a couple hackers in it. Saying that you have found the leaders of Anon is like saying you have discovered the command structure behind Twilight fans. You can't because it doesn't actually exist.
Isnt it the sparkly ones?
@Canid You can't, because they're the same person!
Sorry Canid, completely untrue. The hackers have a leadership segment, though the rest of them do not. Anon as a whole has no leader, but the anon hackers do.
Zachary, you missed Canid's point. Anyone can claim to be an Anonymous hacker, or even an Anonymous hacker leader. There are almost certainly multiple unconnected groups that use that name. Even if there's one big group that does all the interesting stuff, that doesn't actually make "the Anonymous Hackers" a real organisation that can be taken down in any lasting way.
The Fisher/Rossi story has more bulletholes than Fishers planes. about 10% is true. I know, my friend Jack was stationed in Italy with the RAF after the war and knew the story first hand. At 85 yrs old he is as sharp as a knife and can recall every detail.
ReplyAnd you also totally have a girlfriend that's hot and she gives you blowjobs every night, but like, you can't meet her because she, like is in Canada right now, but she's like, real for reals!
Back in the day... A certain motorcycle club used to hold a custom bike show once a year, it became quite popular and grew year on year. Eventually it outgrew the lashed up stage of scoffolding, tarps and pallets, so they decided to rent a proper 'rig' from a festival stage hire firm. They were a short time away from the event when the hire firm returned the fee and pulled out due to the fact it was a bunch of dubious motorcyclists, a sister club stepped in and bought a complete rig, stage, lights, sound system, mixing desks the lot (£500k apparently) and gifted it to the guys for the custom show. Everything went without a hitch, brilliant event, lots of happy bikers.
ReplyAfterwards they wondered what to do with this rig, other than store it till next year. So they set up a hire company, managed to get the client list of the firm that messed them about, and undercut them on every event for the next year, putting them out of business... payback can show class.
Anonymous is an organized group that got members and even a leader???! Wasn't the whole idea of Anonymous that ANYBODY can act in the name of Anon? That there wasn't a group you could actually defeat?
Reply Hide All See All 8 Repliesthe whole idea of Anonymous is fighting for freedoms. There are members everywhere, but a leader? doubtful.
And people who do stupid things in the name of Anon are not doing Anon's work.
If you actually go to the links in the article, you'll see that Anon all denied that there is a hierarchy, and you wouldn't have needed to post this comment in the first place.
Leaders? No there are no leaders in Anonymous. However, there are members who are highly respected and well-known within the group who would be considered part of a "core" who frequent some of the more highly-trafficed forums, chat rooms, etc. In any subculture there will be "leaders" in so much that they are well known, highly regarded and respected. But are they calling the shots? No. Would having them arrested "strike a blow" against Anonymous? Maybe a morale one for a short time. The media needs to get out of the Taliban mentality that there is a hard infrastructure to everything you dislike.
Say, there's no particular leader for the Companions in Skyrim... Bethesda, you sly allegory dogs!
Anon's fighting for freedom. Right.
And of course, Anonymorons always tell the truth.
Jackolantern has a really good point, and it goes way beyond Anon. People keep trying to attack drug trafficking gangs with the same assumptions - that's there's some incredibly strict hierarchy. Sure, there are always people you don't want to piss off, but taking them down doesn't create a huge issue.
Sean, Iman, do you enjoy living off suckling at the teat of news sensationalism? because you come off that way.