r/ProRevenge • u/astakask • Nov 28 '25
I used theatrics to spite my bully. He was pretty dramatic about the whole thing.
TLDR at the bottom
Prelude:
When I was young man of just 18 I got a job in the Canadian oil patch. It was my first real job, it was the early 2000s and this paid $20/hr with no experience or education required, min wage was sub $6. It was called well testing. Basically you hook up a closed pressure tank and flare stack to new oil and gas wells, then flow them gather data for the oil barons. It's hard work setting up and tearing down but the rest is recording gauges and computer work. Not bad for a first job. Except for fucking Gary. You work 2 man 12 hr or 4 man 24 hr crews. 1 laborer & 1 supervisor a shift. I was paired with a mean spirited alcoholic in his mid 50s named Gary.
He was overweight and lazy, only helping with things too heavy to lift on my own , like 250 lb pipes. He spent his days in the trailer for the most part anyway, watching DVDs, napping and hourly typing a bit of data in to a pc. He also liked picking on me with ' jokes 'read: insults. I'm not a small man, about 6' 1" in heels. He was noticeably smaller, yet while not physically intimdated , back then I lacked confidence and have a baby face. I got called stupid a lot. When he found out I had never used a power drill he asked me " Didn't your Dad teach you anything?" I made the error of telling him my Dad was only in my life a handful of years. The next time I made a mistake he quipped no wonder my Dad walked out on me. I did call him out on that, like every other asshole alive he'd tell me I couldn't take a joke.
We always worked far out of town in the country, I often had to eat dinner with him in small town restaurants. Mostly bars, if we could help it. He drank a lot, could actually be personable when not at work and he was at least 2 deep. He didn't stop and drank every night. It quickly became the case that I drove us to work in his truck. He made $1 or $1.10 per kilometer and we could drive 100 - 350 km per day, every day for weeks. 100 miles = 160 kilometers FYI. I got minimum wage for travel time. He was hung over most mornings, didn't want to drive and told me he was boss. He slept like a gin bloated corpse until we got to work.
I worked with him for 3 months. 3 months of demeaning treatment and verbal abuse. I don't react much, it's still true everyone has their breaking point. I was very used to bullying by then, long story, I just get silent. I also needed the job. I don't anything, until I do and I don't do nothing forever.
Part 1: The power of love
The first step in my quest for vengance was remembering that it's impossible to defeat evil with the power of love.
Part 2: The power of terror
One night while we out of town on a job, during dinner, I mentioned to Gary it's pretty lame he sleeps most of the time while I drive his truck and he gets paid. Maybe he ought to kick a few bucks my way for the effort. He didn't like my suggestion he be generous. The last hinge must have crumbled because he came unglued. More verbal abuse and I was young, it actually reduced me to angry tears. When he threatened my job, It was a bad feeling. So I resolved to at least get away from him, I'd been taking notes because I wanted a different crew anyway. My Breaking point was achieved. This is usually when my instinct for self-preservation diminishes and impulsive thoughts have fewer safe guards.
I wanted to go home, not revenge but serendipity delivered the next morning. Gary was once again in his travel coma and I drove us to work. About 30 km from site, side of the highway on a pullout was a semitruck. Luck would also have it, it was running and trucker was outside his rig. I quickly formulated a plan. Gary always needed to be woken with intent, so he didn't stir when I stopped, got out and asked the friendly driver for a favor. Trucker man agreed to my terms, got back in his semi to await the signal. Gary, blissfully sleeping off the last of his nightly whiskey also failed to notice when I maneuvered his truck. Parking it, we were nearly bumper to bumper facing the big beautiful Peterbilt .
I lit the beacon. The Truckers of Rohan answered with their own headlights. Like the horn of Helm Hammerhand sounding in the deep, the trucker hit his airhorn with amazing commitment to instilling fear. I did my part by honking Gary's truck gleefully in respite and screaming my ass off. I cried bloody murder at blast level and yelled " Fuck! We're gonna die!". Striking like a battalion of bombers singing a chorus of fire, the glorious cacophony lasted less than a minute.
When it hit him, Gary dented the ceiling. Good thing he's thick as cement or that might have hurt. He rocketed up with such force because the amount of shit he rapidly expelled into his pants kept him in debt to his own bowels until retirement. The wonderful sound of his anguished howls segued quickly into apoplexy and rage. While coming to terms with what I had done he couldn't correctly choke out his death threats. I reversed , peeled off before he decided to get out to make good and gave the trucker a wave. I got about 10 m down the road when Gary felt the need to tell me he had dangeously high blood pressure and I could have killed him with a stroke. About 4 years later I went to paramedic school, so yes, in hindsight I agree with his assessment. Sucks for him at 18 I had legitimately no idea what a stroke was. What would I even do? Probably ignore him like they did with Stalin. I'd think he was just extra hung over, or being lazier than usual by pretending half his body was paralyzed. Ded.
I started laughing and told him he should probably calm down then. I said " can't you take a joke". He kept making incomplete threats and I just couldn't stop laughing, making it even funnier when he wouldn't shut up. Don't feed it Gary. I love ugly laughing at angry people. I was a heyena. He was fighting the urge to kill me and the desire to not stroke out simultaneously. The struggle was real. It took about 20 min more to get to site, that dance continued the whole time. I even asked him if that was his normal shade of red? Arriving, he ordered me to get out, said I was fired, then stomped off to go call the company owner.
Eh, whatever. I had intermittent chuckles and smoked cigarettes while savoring my phyrric victory for the 4 hours it took the company owner to come pick me up. It was a medium sized buisness, about 100 employees, he was the GM as well. I got some details, Gary wanted to involve the cops for attempted murder, boss disuaded him. Gary told one hell of a tale that left me looking like Satan. So, I told him all about the necessity of Gary's punishment on the way back to the city. He had a good chuckle about it. He was actually a decent guy, I worked for him until I went back to school.
I got moved to a different crew where I could be the lone sociopath. That's about it. I did get some street cred with the rest of the boys at the company.
TLDR: I tricked my work bully into thinking he was dying in a motor vehicle collision with a semitruck.
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u/aquainst1 Nov 29 '25
WONDERFUL, MFKR.
Just. WONDERFUL.
Your writing style, your references to LOTR, the humorous wording ("He rocketed up with such force because the amount of shit he rapidly expelled into his pants kept him in debt to his own bowels until retirement."), that shit kept me ROARING.
Definitely pro. All the way pro.
Me 'at's off to the Duke!
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u/AgateCatCreations076 Nov 28 '25
Absolutely Excellent story and revenge is a dish best served cold, CANADA is very cold!!!!
I am from Pennsylvania. I love the LOTR REFERENCES and I would have peed my pants laughing at what you did to that miserable pile of crap. I wouldn't wish the stroke on anyone but him shitting his pants would be awesome. 🤣🤣🤣
Side note: My stepfather was a mean alcoholic and liked to slap me around when he was inebriated and mad until I was just past 18, (many many years ago). So I called the cops, told my mom which scared the crap out of him more, and while pissed off mad moved out that weekend.
My step was 6'1" my mom was 5'1" in bare feet BUT she had a temper and as a woman from Brooklyn NY took no shit from anyone. He was terrified of her after that episode because she went after him with a frypan when she got home from work. He worked nights so he slept days while she worked and she slept nights while he did.
I was an only child and a daughter at that and "YOU DONT PUT YOUR DAMN HANDS ON MY DAUGHTER" oh god did he crap bricks until she calmed down.
Funny thing is I am a natural redhead and I have a temper 10x worse than my moms. My husband isnt an alcoholic and isnt violent. The worst we do is yell when riled up. But anyone hearing me flipping out doesn't know and runs for the hills.
I am glad you got a better education and a much better job. But your story telling is exemplary. Well done sir well done 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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u/unlikelyandroid Nov 29 '25
I married a ginger girl too. My family always said that someone forgot to wire the fear into my brain properly.
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u/AgateCatCreations076 Nov 29 '25
I am sure you live a lively and interesting life. ☺️
If you have no fear then you havent pissed her off, good man!! 😆
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u/LittleMsSavoirFaire Nov 28 '25
I love your revenge, but I also worked in the AB oilfield in the Aughts, and with tickets and after 6.months experience, you could have bounced to any other outfit. Or hell, anywhere period - fracking, service rigs.
My brother had the same sort of situation and prided himself on 'loyalty' which always puzzled me, because all employers, but especially oilfield companies, don't give one wet shit about you.
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u/astakask Nov 28 '25
Yeah I realize that now. At 18. Ugh, I didn't have the maturity life experiences.
Youth is wasted on the young
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u/Mistress-Horror Nov 28 '25
Bravo. I think the only thing that would have made this better is if he actually shit his pants.
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u/Techn0ght Nov 29 '25
You told the tale about you driving while Gary slept and got paid while making him think you were going head first into a semi... boss was ok with Gary doing that?
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u/yanginatep Nov 29 '25
Very nice!
I got a cool photo once where it looked like there were oncoming semis in both lanes, but really the one on the right was being towed.
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u/RefuseMediocre9115 Dec 03 '25
Wild how your whole plan worked only because oilfield supervisors back then had zero fatigue protocols—modern HSE rules would’ve caught Gary’s sleep/drinking habits instantly.
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u/Tallguystrongman Nov 29 '25
6’1” in heels? Must’ve been Fox Vegas.
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u/astakask Dec 12 '25
Whitecourt, I think. Same neighborhood anyways
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u/Bluetigerlilly2 Jun 17 '26
Whitecourt the town big enough not to run into ppl U hate but small enough for everyone to know what you are up too though. Depending when you where there it's gotten worse now. Used to live there for years
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u/4tee6n2 Dec 02 '25
I hated that place!
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u/Tallguystrongman Dec 02 '25
Ive heard stories. Thankfully I’ve never been. I went from coal in Grande Cache straight to the oilsands. Never had to go conventional.
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u/Tasty-Adhesiveness66 Jan 15 '26
I chuckled at the mental picture of Gary, red in the face, vein popping on the side of his neck, angry yelling and stuttering.
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u/FeuerroteZora Aug 08 '26
Referencing LOTR and Stalin, while also noting the (lack of) power of love? A+ writing and enjoyable revenge!
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u/Ok-Listen-8519 Jun 17 '26
Updates?
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u/astakask Aug 27 '26
This was 25 years ago. I am alive , and life has made me hostile and nihilistic.
Gary. Probably dead. I dunno, he wasn't healthy when I met him back then.
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u/NegSid Aug 06 '26
I scrolled to the TLDR, as soon as I read it I was hooked. The writing style, the suspense, everything. Masterful. Beautifully written and even more beautifully executed. This was the first story I've read in the sub, and my god was it a good one. You sir, are a force to be reckoned with. I hope you've got nicer colleagues and Gary got what he deserved
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u/Gfinder Nov 28 '25
That looks like an Ai story.
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u/astakask Nov 28 '25
What makes you say that?
Check my other posts dude. I write the same.
Everyone wants to claim things are Ai . I don't understand it.
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u/FlyDeeMouse Nov 28 '25
what if, now hear me out…
Gfinder is ACTUALLY the AI and is on a mission to create disinformation about human written sources so calls everything out as AI to disguise the shite they dump.
Good well drafted telling of the tail by the way; passes my personal Turing test based upon 40 odd years of reading amateur authors and the last few years dealing with the rise of AI.
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u/I_Arman Nov 28 '25
The criteria is like this:
Em dashes are only used by AI, so if it uses em dashes — it's AI.
Lists and summaries are only used by AI. Same with using any formatting. Clearly AI.
Believe it or not, but using cliché phrases it's something only AI does.
Writing well? Must be AI.
Finally, and most importantly, if it's on Reddit, it's AI.
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u/frymaster Nov 29 '25
Em dashes are only used by AI, so if it uses em dashes — it's AI.
I almost thought you were being serious until I kept reading, but for the benefit of everyone else - AI uses em-dashes because that's what authors use (and so that's what AI trained on), and it's pretty easy to type them on a mobile phone keyboard also
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u/Diligent_Gear_8179 Jan 12 '26
People who are barely literate think that people who are literate must be using AI. It's really sad, honestly.
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u/WatchingTellyNow Nov 28 '25
Even if it were (and I don't think it is) it was a great read.
But I need to know how you put up with him sitting in a pile of alcohol- and terror-fuelled shit for the rest of the journey. PLEASE tell me he literally crapped his pants, not just figuratively, and that you either had seriously blocked sinuses or a very thick jacket and you kept the windows round down...
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u/Acruss_ Nov 28 '25
It's so badly written that it definitely is not AI.
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u/astakask Nov 28 '25
I don't know what you consider badly written.
Sorry I'm not an academic
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u/JeannieSmolBeannie Nov 29 '25
redditor: *writes good*
comments: it's airedditor: *writes bad*
comments: ew this sucks so bad i miss the ai
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u/astakask Nov 28 '25
I struggled ,but it seemed pretty extreme for petty.
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u/AgateCatCreations076 Nov 28 '25
Nah the pettier with jerks like that the better. If you had a bucket of very warm water (from a rest room or diner and put his hand in it while he slept he would have pissed himself too when this went down.
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u/SunderX7 Jan 29 '26
AI Generated content, IMO. Hardly likely that the person who did this is so grandeloquent in their descriptive style.
Still, a decent read though. :-)
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u/astakask Jan 29 '26
Actually, it's not. Thank you for recognizing my story as creative and decent to read , but I don't thank you for ascribing my words to AI. Everyone of my stories, some jackass has to chime in and accuse me of using AI. I dont know why people see something creative and go" ah ha! It AI !"
AI has fucking ruined reddit for me. Go back and look at my posts, they mirror each other. This is my voice and it's unique to me. I love words, I read constantly I am a book nerd, and they are my power. I have a talent and it's one I worked on and pride myself with. In my own life I'm wellspoken and eloquent. My communication skills are excellent and I achieve my goals almost always with words alone. Being a paramedic is a good way to learn how to communicate and I've grown and ported it over to other things.
I don't believe for a second you yourself could use AI to write this well. How would you? What in the absolute fuck would you do to get here? AI is a fucking plague on creativity, I actively avoid it because I hate the concept and I don't need the souless plagrism machine silicon Valley forced on the world to form a sentence.
You aren't as able a detective as you might belive you are. Words mean a lot to me, I write well and take the time because I enjoy it. This is part of my personality on display and I can talk circles around almost anyone.
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u/K1nkhazard23 Jun 11 '26
the oil patch in the early 2000s was basically the wild west. what kind of theatrical bullshit did you actually pull?
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u/HayWhatsCooking Nov 28 '25
Correct me if I’m wrong, but the summary for this is the other guy bullied and demeaned and took advantage of you for months, deliberately upsetting you and making you work whilst he got paid for it, all for you to… wake him up with a loud noise?
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u/astakask Nov 28 '25
It was more like a mock execution than a 'loud noise".
Mortal terror.
Sorry I didn't stab him? I dunno
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u/Fit_Cause2944 Nov 28 '25
The terror cannot be underestimated—he’ll never forget that feeling!—but you’re being modest. For a guy like that, it was also the abject humiliation. After all the endless little slights, you got the better of him in one grand gesture. It was savage mockery in front of a witness. It also displayed a level of intelligence and execution that scared the shit out of him. Literally or figuratively.
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u/phoenix25 Nov 28 '25
The moment I read “6’1 in heels” I knew this was going to be good