12 People Who Retaliated Against Minor Slights in Petty and Over-the-Top Ways
![12 People Who Retaliated Against Minor Slights in Petty and Over-the-Top Ways](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/2/891942_320x180.jpg)
Ah, the stories of the famous and the vindictive. Not everyone on this list is a celeb, but plenty of them are -- and, from the outrageous antics of Zach Braff and Burt Reynolds to the more serious matters of Warren Buffett, these tales might leave you in disbelief about the pettiness of the very famous.
We start with Zach Braff, who was caught on video getting into a fight with a 12-year-old while on the set of Ashton Kutcher’s show Punk’d. It’s a story that will make you wonder if it’s ever okay to take justice into your own hands (spoiler: not if you’re assaulting a kid). Then, there’s Anish Kapoor, who is not allowed to use Stuart Semple’s new paint, Phaze. That, on the other hand, is a story of artistic rivalry that might make you think twice before crossing a fellow artist.
So, without further ado, let’s dive into these stories of incredible vindictiveness from the famous and non-famous alike. You never know what you might learn or who you might relate to. Enjoy!
Pantsless justice.
![Ajudge sued a dry cleaner for $67 million (over one pair of pants) One judge in Washington, D.C. was so angry with his dry cleaner that he sued them for $67 million over a pair of lost pants. Luckily, the court thought this was too much and he should have gone to small claims court, so they suspended him for 90 days. 77 76 78 CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/6/891946.jpg)
Toxic relationship.
![Bill Nye's ex poisoned his garden In 2006, Nye proposed to Blair Tindall, but it didn't work out. They had a huge argument and, as a result of that, Tindall ended up pouring a toxic liquid in Nye's garden. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/1/891951.jpg)
Cameron’s “phone-nailing” policy.
![CRACKED James Cameron nailed people's phones to the wall James Cameron had a funny way of making sure the cast and crew of Avatar stayed off their phones while filming- if someone's phone rang during a take, he'd use a nail gun to nail it to the wall.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/9/891949.jpg)
Reynolds’ “poo-litical” statement.
![Burt Reynolds dumped actual poop from a helicopter Reynolds got back at the National Enquirer in 2017 by hiring a helicopter to drop a pile of poop on their building on Christmas Eve, because they had been writing absolute trash about him. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/3/891953.jpg)
Charles Wilson gets even.
![A lawmaker changed the law for revenge Congressman Charles Wilson got revenge on the Defense Intelligence Agency after they wouldn't let his girlfriend fly with him on a government plane. Не added text to a bill in Congress that reduced the number of government planes for embassies and cut down DIA staff. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/0/891950.jpg)
New scam: SWAT edition.
![CRACKED Scammers SWAT their victims. Scammers in 2016 tricked people that refused to pay them by calling the police and saying there was an armed criminal at the target's house, which caused the police to send SWAT teams.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/2/891952.jpg)
Zach Braff: Punk’d by a kid.
![Zach Braff fought a preteen Way back, Braff was seen on video getting into a fight with a 12-year-old while on the set of Ashton Kutcher's show Punk'd. Не was mad because he thought the kid had spray-painted graffiti on his new Porsche. Punk'd CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/5/891955.jpg)
Kapoor: blocked.
![An artist blackballed a fellow artist Artist Anish Кароог got exclusive rights for the Vantablack paint, so in retaliation, rival Stuart Semple won't let Кароог use his new paint, Phaze. Semple even forces buyers of Phaze to agree the paint will not make its way into the hands of Anish Kapoor. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/8/891948.jpg)
Payback’s a dump.
![CRACKED A garbage dump was named after John Cleese In 2005, Cleese joked that Palmerston North in New Zealand was a great place to off yourself. 18 months later, the town got their revenge by naming a garbage dump after him-Mt. Cleese.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/5/891945.jpg)
Naming & shaming.
![A biologist named gross stuff after his enemies Pioneering biologist Carl Linnaeus was known for getting revenge on people by giving particularly nasty species their names. For example, when his rival Johann Siegesbeck pissed him off, he named a weed with a stinky fluid Sigesbeckia. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/7/891947.jpg)
Revenge is sweet.
![Warren Buffett bought a company to fire the CEO In 1964, Buffett was so angry that textile company Berkshire Hathaway had tried to get away with overcharging him on its own stock that he bought it, took control of the company, and got rid of the CEO. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/4/891954.jpg)
Tragic.
![CRACKED An online scammer got mail bombed In 1998, a 17-year-old from Vermont who was running a small-time online scam was tragically killed when he opened a package that had a bomb inside. It was sent to him by an angry customer.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/4/891944.jpg)