How Bizarre Stickers Drove a Workplace Bully to the Brink (and Sparked an Office Legend)
Some people use words, others use actions—but in one warehouse, the ultimate weapon was a sticker featuring a dancing bowl of guacamole. If you’ve ever worked with a workplace tyrant whose ego is only matched by their aversion to germs, you’ll appreciate this true tale from Reddit’s r/PettyRevenge. It’s a story of sticker-fueled shenanigans, camaraderie, and the slow, delicious unraveling of a long-time office jerk.
It all started with a bag of bizarre stickers, a petty plan, and a germophobic bully nobody could stand. The rest, as they say, became warehouse legend.
Stickers, Squeaky Wheels, and the Power of Petty
Let’s set the scene: Our hero, u/TheVoiceActorGuy, worked in a warehouse with a long-tenured employee known (affectionately?) as “Mr. Jerk.” The guy had everything—decades of tenure, a knack for schmoozing management, and a talent for making everyone else’s life miserable. Oh, and he was a notorious germophobe. His machine might as well have had a velvet rope and a bouncer.
But what truly set Mr. Jerk apart were his outdated opinions and his ability to stir up drama. As the OP put it, “No matter how many people he harassed or pissed off, it didn’t matter. He wasn’t going anywhere.” The schadenfreude was already brewing in the Reddit comments. As u/CatlessBoyMom quipped, “That’s what he gets for being so stuck up.”
Enter: the petty revenge. When OP’s girlfriend, a teacher, brought home a bag of “VERY bizarre stickers”—think chicken wings with cat faces and guacamole bowls doing salsa—they hatched a plan. Every day, OP would sneak in early and place a weird sticker on Mr. Jerk’s precious machine, knowing it would drive him up the wall and straight to the cleaning supplies.
The Slow Descent Into Sticker Madness
At first, the prank was delightfully low-key. For two months, OP placed one sticker per day. Mr. Jerk, in return, would rage-clean his machine and stew in confusion. But as the weeks rolled on, the prank began to take on a life of its own.
Word spread among the crew. OP’s “work husband” (warehouse BFF, as OP clarified for the curious) got in on the joke. Their supervisor? He laughed and gave his blessing: “If he doesn’t complain to me, I don’t have to do anything about it.” It wasn’t long before the entire shift was in on the sticker conspiracy, gleefully united in their mission to mildly annoy one very deserving target.
The community loved this escalation. As u/Waste-Job-3307 cheered, “A slow descent into madness is the way to get him. Good job!! LOL.” And u/spartan79j summed up the collective anticipation: “After all that buildup? We need to see [the sticker mural]. That mural sounds like a masterpiece of petty chaos.”
The Mural, the Meltdown, and the Mystery Suspect
Six months and a mountain of stickers later, Mr. Jerk finally snapped. He’d started collecting every single sticker OP placed, creating what can only be described as a mural of weirdness—an accidental tribute to his own unraveling. When OP feigned ignorance, Mr. Jerk vented, “EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. SHIFT MAN!! The stickers just don’t stop!”
The pièce de résistance? Mr. Jerk became convinced that a trans coworker from night shift was behind it all, launching into a bigoted tirade that made OP realize the prank needed to continue—if only to protect the wrongly accused. As u/villainless put it, “Love you lookin’ out for the trans and queer community. This is awesome.”
Not only did the prank highlight workplace solidarity, but it also exposed Mr. Jerk’s own biases and paranoia. As u/Aggravating-Twist762 wryly observed, “Man this guy is deeeeeep in the closet.”
The Big Reveal and Lasting Legacy
Eventually, after half a year of weird sticker warfare—including classics like “I just want to hug you” and “You’re such a beautiful flower”—OP owned up to the scheme. The look of “betrayal and relief” on Mr. Jerk’s face was, apparently, priceless. Did he get revenge? Years later, he still hasn’t managed a comeback.
The mural itself became the stuff of legend. While some international readers couldn’t view the images due to regional restrictions (u/Reasonable_Fox7982 mourned, “Aw man I can’t see the mural bc it won’t show for UK people”), the mere idea of it captivated everyone. OP even shared a hilarious update: after Mr. Jerk posted a note begging for the stickers to stop, OP replied with a sticker that read “Live a good life meat slowly.” As u/siannan joked, that phrase “would make an awesome flair. Or a funky old Puritan name.”
Commenters agreed: this was petty revenge at its finest. “This is how it’s done!! Great work, OP. Stay petty!” said u/mgir_18. Others debated whether they would have ever confessed or stopped, with u/CaptOblivious admitting, “Personally, I would not have confessed OR stopped.”
Conclusion: When Petty Is Perfect
What makes this story so delightful isn’t just the pettiness—it’s the creativity, the solidarity, and the way it turned a toxic workplace into a source of camaraderie and laughter. Sometimes, the smallest acts—like a sticker of a bunny holding a sign that says “No!”—can stick with us (pun intended) for years.
If you’ve ever wanted to take a stand against a workplace bully without stooping to their level, take a page from this sticker saga. After all, as u/BarneyPoppy perfectly put it, “That’s a story that will stick with me.”
Have you ever used harmless pranks to deal with a jerk at work? What’s your favorite tale of petty revenge? Share your stories in the comments below—and remember, sometimes the weirdest stickers leave the longest-lasting mark.
Original Reddit Post: Being a jerk? Here. Have a sticker :)