It’s always special when families can help each other.
But when one Redditor’s aunt takes advantage of a good situation, she gets herself into trouble with the law.
You have to do what you have to do, right?
Check out the details and decide if you think you’re overreacting.
A recent article on Petit Revenge reminded me of this experience I had as a teenager, which definitely set me on the path to becoming a pro.
Attach the strap, it will be long. Finally tl;dr.
So, just before my senior year of high school, I turned 18 and bought a car with the babysitting money I had saved over the years.
I wanted it sooner, but my mother said no.
When I was 18, in a big act of teenage rebellion, I went out and bought one.
This is the most responsible teenage rebellion I’ve ever heard of.
A few months later, my aunt suddenly quit her job several states away and moved in with us.
Without her car.
It will be cheaper to wait six months until spring and have it shipped. Something about snowbird travel patterns.
She was also cheap and user.
As a result, I was to share my recently purchased car with my aunt until she arrived.
This seemed very unfair, but it was still agreed that since I could ride the school bus, she could use it for appointments and job interviews.
What?! Didn’t you buy this car with your hard-earned money? ?
My bus stop was the second bus stop on the route, so I needed to be forewarned.
I liked sleeping in because the direct flight left much earlier than I needed to.
You may be wondering what this has to do with alarm clocks.
Auntie is one of those people who likes to make people furious and then laugh at the angry people.
She is always complaining, saying harsh words, and getting into a feud with someone about something.
After she moved in with us, her complaints became my alarm clock.
My room shared a wall with hers.
Unemployed and lazy every morning, she woke up to the sound of her alarm, which made her angry.
Is it possible to go to bed earlier so you don’t need an alarm clock?
This just keeps getting crazier. How would anyone wake up on time without an alarm clock??
Our morning schedule generally looked like this.
At 5:30 a.m., my mother, a workaholic, leaves for work.
At 5:45 a.m., my alarm goes off as I take the bus to school.
6:15 a.m. My alarm goes off as I drive to school.
6:15 a.m. If you are going to school by bus, leave.
6:45 a.m. Leave if driving to school
There’s never a half-past: Auntie’s unemployed tsushie needs to be everywhere.
My aunt talked to my workaholic mother about how inconvenient my alarm clock was.
Her solution was for my mom to wake me up at 5:30 every day before going out.
My mom told me to try earplugs or to figure it out between us.
The workaholic mother was not confrontational at all and did not want to get into the aunt’s quarrel.
After I fell asleep, Auntie snuck into my room and started unplugging the clock.
Oops, this violates some major boundaries.
I am a light sleeper and she has successfully done this several times.
I was late quite a few times until I realized it wasn’t the new cat who was initially to blame.
One night I woke up and saw her standing over my bed. (Creepy!) (And) I screamed like a banshee, waking up the whole house.
She claimed she was sleepwalking, but my mother let her pass on that lame excuse.
I tried to solve the problem myself using superglue.
It wasn’t the brightest thing I did.
Oh, I can only assume that the alarm clock never left the wall.
The house had a bonus electric blue alarm clock, so Auntie started turning it off without unplugging it.
So I started sleeping with my alarm clock behind my pillow.
Auntie can’t do anything unless she wakes me up now.
She was angry that things didn’t go her way and never forgave her for anything.
Auntie’s next action was to get up when the alarm went off and run to the only bathroom that had a shower.
It was closer to her room than mine, so she always hit me there.
She hid a magazine there and sat on the toilet reading until about 6:20.
This is after the school bus has left, but still driving directly before departure.
Now, this seems like just sabotage.
As I was taking a quick shower, she stole my keys and took my car…driving around all day, wherever unemployed people go.
She claimed I just wasn’t paying attention when I said I needed a car.
She didn’t tell me.
When my mom wasn’t home, I made a cynical comment that if she woke me up, she had the same right to go to the bathroom as I did.
If you don’t wake her up, this problem can be solved.
In addition to this, she always took me to my car in the evenings and weekends right before I had to do my babysitting job.
It was never returned with smoke in the gas tank.
She had to call roadside assistance twice because she ran out of gas. The reason is that our guesses about how far we could drive in the haze were wrong.
I feel it is very unfair for students to pay all these fees.
Needless to say, I was angry, very inconvenienced, and even poorer.
At the last minute, I asked a friend to give me a ride or take a taxi.
She kept blaming me, but my mother didn’t go near it.
We ended up in a cat and mouse game with the key and ended up having it on us at all times, even when we were showering (this was an old car, a few years old, and the electronic key won’t damage it) did).
The key came into the shower with me. Because the counter wasn’t enough to stop her from pulling the bathroom key (pocket door; trivial) and coming in while I was showering to get the key.
Once again, it’s creepy!
She ended up asking to borrow my car in advance for a “job interview” that probably wasn’t going to happen.
She went to a locksmith and had my car keys copied.
The next day my keys were safely returned and she did the shower stunt again.
She did a great job even when she didn’t want to ride in my car. Auntie was an idiot.
I grabbed my keys and pulled out into the driveway, but my car wasn’t there.
I thought Legit had left it on until I got home, but there was no sign that it had been tampered with. I’m not much of a fan of poking bears, but it’s time to bring this up.
Auntie smugly admitted that she had copied the keys, called me a selfish brat who didn’t know how to share, and said a number of other unfortunate things that I don’t remember exactly.
She didn’t give it back. What was I going to do?
Oops. Well, it looks like she’s breaking the law now.
I warned her that the car was mine and that I didn’t have permission to use it again.
This was a bridge too far for me. There may be consequences.
She laughed in my face.
The next morning, my car wasn’t in the driveway.
I expected this.
My best friend’s father was a police officer.
I was practically an integral part of his household for 10 years, and because of my own deadpan father, he was the closest thing I had to a father figure.
So I called him, completely distraught that my hard-earned car had been stolen from my driveway.
Finally! It’s like you have someone in your corner!!
He’s very sympathetic.
Did I mention my car had LoJack?
It was actually a very nice car…when it was new, anyway.
We do all the reporting and whatever it takes for the police to find it at LoJack.
By mid-afternoon, they found it in an outlet mall parking lot.
I have heard multiple versions of this part of the story over the years, so I don’t know what the details of the encounter were.
She felt kind of dizzy when she was charged with theft, which involved a scuffle with a police officer.
He ended up with grand theft auto, resisting arrest, assault on a police officer, and license-related charges. Because she did not switch the car to her new state of residence.
Don’t throw dizziness at the cops. they don’t like it very much.
Because this took time, her arraignment did not take place that day.
Unemployed and penniless, she was unable to raise bail money because she had no credit or money.
I deleted the message on my answering machine begging my mom to bail me out, but my workaholic mom didn’t notice and she was missing for almost a week.
Oh, I was also very disappointed in my mother.
When the workaholic mom found out, she explained that her car had been stolen and called the police.
As she said, I was dealing with the situation myself.
Dawn’s look of fear was startling, but then she shrugged and returned to her stance of avoiding all confrontation.
Auntie served two weeks in the county jail before taking a plea deal.
I think they may have delayed her paperwork a bit.
What followed was glorious revenge.
The fines and court fees used up all of my aunt’s remaining savings, so she finally had to ship the car and look for a job.
One problem is that she used to be a teacher.
She was not yet certified in her new state.
Well, she had a rap sheet but couldn’t pass a background check.
Oops! It’s time to start a new career as a telemarketer.
Oops! This is great revenge.
After that, my aunt stopped bothering me so much.
It wasn’t until many years later that I learned that she just chased her kids hard. And I have proven enough that she understands that her actions have consequences.
We spent several months ignoring each other until I left for college.
That’s how the fight over the alarm clock ended Auntie’s teaching career.
oh. This whole situation seemed so unfair.
Let’s take a look at the opinions on Reddit.
First of all, people pointed out the irony of this aunt’s career trajectory.
Then in this situation people call their mother.
Another Redditor said the “friendly cops” were really helpful.
Finally, another reader enjoyed this epic revenge.
This lady looks scary!
She got the revenge she deserved.
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