Dressing Up for Petty Revenge: How a Three-Piece Suit Defeated Corporate Nitpicking at a Video Store
There’s a special kind of satisfaction in delivering a petty, yet perfectly tailored, act of revenge—especially when it involves a dress code, a three-piece suit, and a dying video rental empire. Reddit user u/Rocketparty12 recently shared a story on r/PettyRevenge that has all the ingredients of a cult classic: a power-tripping boss, a ridiculous policy, and a comeback so dapper it could have made James Bond blush.
Let’s set the scene: It’s 2011. The video rental industry is on life support. Regulars shuffle in and out, DVDs in hand, nostalgia thick in the air—a simpler time, right? Our protagonist, an assistant manager juggling college classes and long shifts, is about to find out just how far a little pettiness and a lot of sartorial flair can go.