How a Bully Boss Got Booted: Petty Revenge Served Cold (and Public!)
Some workplace stories stick with you, especially when the drama spills from the shop floor onto social media. Imagine juggling university, a demanding job at a supermarket, and multiple health issues—only to have your supervisor decide you’re faking it. Now, picture that supervisor self-destructing in real time, all because she couldn’t resist being nasty online.
This is a tale of pettiness, poetic justice, and the rare thrill of seeing workplace bullies hoisted by their own digital petard. Grab your popcorn: this is one of those stories that’s as satisfying as it is relatable.
When Facebook Feeds Fuel Fire: A Workplace Turns Toxic
Our protagonist, Redditor u/wilsonthehuman, was balancing university life and a part-time job at a small supermarket. Like many students, they joined their colleagues on Facebook for shift swaps and memes—what could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, it turns out, especially when one supervisor was convinced that needing medical accommodations was just an excuse for laziness.
All it took was a lighthearted Facebook post about a work mishap to wake the supervisor's "one brain cell" (as OP puts it). She fired off a mean comment, and when she was called out, things escalated fast. The supervisor doubled down, making derogatory remarks about OP's health, hurling racism at OP's friend, and even targeting a disabled commenter—all while on the clock.
As u/VivianDiane put it, "She weaponized her incompetence and you just handed it back to her." This wasn’t just a case of someone being rude; it was a public, hate-fueled meltdown with the supervisor’s workplace listed right there on her profile. “If you’re gonna spout hateful sh*t,” OP observed, “don’t do it on a public forum with your job listed on your profile.”
Karma Served Digital: Screenshots, HR, and Sweet Revenge
The real genius move? Screenshots. OP saved every vile comment and sent them straight to management and HR. The fallout was fast and furious: a meeting with the store manager, area manager, and HR was called. OP filed a formal grievance, and it turned out this supervisor was already on thin ice for bullying another manager for being gay.
Within two weeks, she was out the door—years of employment undone in five minutes of Facebook foolishness. As u/Acrobatic-Mobile-605 summed up, “This seems more like FAFO. Glad she got what she deserved.” (For the uninitiated, FAFO stands for "F*** Around and Find Out," which is basically what happened here.)
The comments section reveled in the comeuppance. While some, like u/JeepGuy_1964, suggested that "the best revenge is living well," others wanted to savor the schadenfreude. As u/thumbsware countered: “No, the best revenge is actual revenge, the type you can bask in, the delightfully served, well-earned comeuppance, and slake your thirst in a river of their anguished tears.” Why not both? “Or, and please hear me out—do both?” replied u/JeepGuy_1964.
Lessons in Petty Revenge, Resilience, and Social Media Smarts
This story isn’t just about workplace justice—it’s a crash course in what not to do as a manager in the digital age. The community was quick to point out the obvious: social media is not your diary, especially if you’re a jerk with your workplace listed on your profile. u/rdean400 shared a golden rule: “The only social media where I will have coworkers in my social graph is LinkedIn. Everything else is friends and family only.” Many chimed in with their own social media boundaries, like u/stalkress, who keeps two separate Facebook accounts, and u/DimmyMoore70, who goes incognito online.
But perhaps the most poignant lesson came from OP themselves in the comments. They reflected on why some people feel compelled to accuse others of faking illness: “Because THEY would do that, it must mean I’m doing it.” OP’s resilience shines—living with chronic pain, still working and staying positive, even when accused of weakness or dishonesty. “I am in at least a 5 on the pain scale 24/7... It doesn’t mean I don’t break sometimes... but I keep that hidden. The people that accuse me of faking my disability have it the wrong way around. I’m faking being well and not in pain most of the time.”
The community rallied around this honesty, with u/Contrantier providing a heartfelt response about the challenges of finding the right words for people living with invisible illnesses.
The Satisfying Epilogue: Moving On, Moving Up
In the end, OP got a diagnosis, finished university, and left retail behind—happier and healthier. The supervisor? Still toiling away in the same town, “utterly miserable, still working a shitty retail job for another supermarket.” It’s hard not to see the justice in that.
As the top comment wisely notes, “The best revenge is living well!” But as this saga shows, sometimes the best revenge is also showing a bully the door they chose to walk through—while the whole workplace watches.
Have you ever turned the tables on a workplace bully or seen karma catch up to someone in real time? Share your stories (and your best social media cautionary tales) in the comments below!
Original Reddit Post: Supervisor tried to bully me...said goodbye to their job instead