Bullies
Almost a quarter of students between the ages of 12 and 18 reports that they have been bullied in some way. But it doesn't always have to be that way. Sometimes the bullies are met with instant karma and regret.
Here are stories from Reddit about the victims of bullies who got the last laugh. Whether they were taken down a peg or it seemed like divine intervention, we're sure they learned their lesson.
Self Defense
I learned how to fight, then defended myself the next time he tried bullying me. He left me alone from then on.
I got in trouble with the school, but when they called my dad to tell him I was fighting, he said, "Yeah, I bet. I paid for the lessons. Was it that same kid who's been bullying him?" I did not get in trouble at home.
Help
Two random strangers came during a bullying session in a public place. They understood what was happening to me, and they pulled the bully off of me while calling me their friend. I was so confused.
His entire class was afraid of me after that. I still don't know who my saviors were. But, thank you! Thank you so much!
Bully Neighbor
I hate the term bully in this context, but a former man-child neighbor had issues understanding that it wasn't okay to throw his garbage in my yard or let his friend pee on the side of my house.
When the county cops didn't do anything about numerous calls, I started bagging the garbage and throwing it on his porch.
Getting Paid
My buddy and I pulled a prank on a bully (Adam) during the last two weeks of high school. We were hanging out at home playing video games, and Adam surprised us by stopping by (under the guise of wanting to "be friends," despite having picked on us for the better part of four years, and one time, stabbing me with a pencil.) Within about 5 minutes, he was pressuring me to write his final assignment for him.
A speech for Debate class. At first, I said no (I mean, what is this, some comic book cliché? What will he demand next, my milk money too?) But my buddy kept winking at me, putting pressure on me, and convinced me that we should do it. After some "negotiation," we agreed to put together a speech for him, but only if Adam would pay us $25 and also pick up a (rather elaborate) dinner order from Wendy's for us to eat that night. He agreed. My buddy and I ate well that night.
Rocky
I was in 4th grade and had been bullied by a kid named Rocky. I swear that was his name, lol. He was in 6th grade. Anyway, he would trip me and knock books out of my hands.
One day out on the playground, he pushed me into the merry-go-round while it was spinning. I was rolled around inside it while people were trying to stop it. The whole time he's laughing at me. I get pulled out, and I'm scraped up pretty good, get taken to the office to get patched up. Teachers asked what happened, and I told them, and he got expelled.
Name Calling
I finally realized that none of the adults were going to do anything about it. One day at lunch, he called me Mimi, and I turned around and told him, "If you call me that again, you're not going to like my reaction. I don't know what I'm going to do, but you're not going to like it." Which was true. I just figured I'd react at the moment.
Thirty minutes later, he called me Mimi in the hallway, and I turned around, and the principal was walking past. Let's just say that he got suspended after I told them what he had been doing.
A Thief And A Liar
One night at a big party at a local university bar, I had a craving for a cigarette. I asked this group of girls if they had one, and being one to not bum straight up, I offered a coupon I had for free McDonald's fries if someone would give me one. One of the cuter girls there with a pink stripe in her hair said yes, pulled out her cigs, and I gave her the coupon. She then put her cigs back in her pocket and told me to "go away" after stealing my fry coupon. I was annoyed at this point and tried reasoning with her (seriously, over one cigarette?). She then called over a couple of guy friends and said that I was falsely accusing her of stealing from me, and her friends all backed her up. She looked me in the eyes and said, "you shouldn't be so trusting."
Fast forward to Monday - we had job interviews for the division, and I happened to be passing through replacing a computer. I also happened to see the same pink-stripe-in-hair individual that had stolen the McDonald's coupon from me the week before in line. I went to the person conducting the interviews and told him that she was a thief and a liar. On my way out, I smiled and waved. She didn't recognize me.
Theft
I had a similar situation once before, but it wasn't as sweet for me. I lived with my older sister, who constantly had friends over. One night after work, I came home and saw two of her new friends outside my house. They were looking into an opened backpack. I thought nothing of it, even though they bolted when they saw me.
I got inside, my sister was passed out, and my Wii was gone, this being two months after release. I went to the cops, told them who it was, and they basically told me that my Wii had already likely been sold. The "revenge," if you could call it that, came about a year later. The same guy came to my work for an interview. When he left, I told my boss who he was, and he never got the job.
Commuter Bullies
People kept parking on my property. I own a bit of farmland, and people when the parking at the local farmer's market is full, people always park on my property. I'm not proud of what I did, but it was worth it.
I asked a guy to move his car. He flat-out refused. I got out my heavy machinery and dragged his car out of there. He was fuming, saying the least.
An Apology
I wouldn't say I took revenge. I just finally snapped like Ralphie from A Christmas Story one day and started shouting at him in the middle of math class. The teacher took me out of the class, and I figured that I was doomed and on my way to see the Headmaster.
She said she knew he was a bully, but shouting in her class was not OK, and to never do it again. Then she placed him in detention. The bully gave some kind of grudging apology the next day and said he respected me for finally standing up for myself. Well, thanks, I guess? He never bothered me again anyway.
Pushing Back
When I was just a little kid, like five years old, my cousin used to bully me. That day, I was wearing a nice dress, and my mom told me not to get it dirty. Well, I was playing with a kite outside when he pushed me over into a puddle of mud. I got in a lot of trouble, but my mom told me to do it back next time.
Unfortunately, the next time he bothered me was near some stairs. I pushed him, and he fell all the way to the bottom. He was fine and never bothered me again. I got in trouble again, but my mom also whispered in my ear, "Good job."
Name Calling
As a child, I was always much bigger than the other students in my class-both height and weight wise (5' by the time I reached 3rd grade, stopped growing forever at 5'6 by 5th grade), which made me an easy target as the "fat girl" by the popular boys. Weirdly, the girls never were mean to me.
Anyway, in 6th grade, it reached its peak because I admittedly was this very weird, socially awkward girl, which made me an easy target. This boy (let's say Dan) called me some variation of "fat" on the bus every single day. "Why didn't you just move seats," you may ask? Well, my brain was not that bright. One day I had enough. Dan called me something bad, and I almost moved forward to hit him. That made him and his friends flinch, and they seemed to understand that I would probably hurt them if they continued.
Wrestling His Bully
I was bullied heavily in middle school. I wrestled in high school. At a competition, I found I had to wrestle Josh. He was one of those bullies. I knew I could pin him (auto-win).
I did the full 6 minutes and won 12-1 on points. He cried. The entire team went ballistic. The coach had told them he used to bully me, and they were cheering me on so hard. I felt like the fucking king of the world.
Tables That Turn
In high school, I had a verbal bully. He never got physical, but I would always hear about how fat I was or what I was reading (this was the early/mid-'90s, so manga wasn't as mainstream as it is now). He lived a few streets down, and his parents knew he did it; they just didn't care. So in my Junior year, a new high school opened, and I transferred over. He stayed at the old school. I help set up all the new computers and networks at the new school and graduate. The school then hired me as a computer tech, which was great because it was awesome paying for an 18-year-old!
So my first year as a computer tech, and who do I see?!? That's right! He did something in his senior year at my old school that got him kicked out, and he had to repeat his junior year. So he was now a year behind me. So I am walking through the hallways with an Assistant Principal (damn, I miss him; I would've followed him to a school in Hell itself) talking about what computers I was going to move, etc. Bully sees me and just starts up again as no time has passed. I just stare at him and then at the AP. He lays into my bully about showing proper respect for the faculty and staff while my bully just has this dumbfounded look on his face.