Remedy Revenge Is The Opposite
Of Petty / Vindictive Revenge
Paula M. Kramer adds more examples as she finds them.
These definitions are based 2 factors:
#1: The results of the revenge.
#2: Other people’s responses to the results of the revenge.
Petty / Vindictive Revenge
Inflicting physical, mental, and / or emotional pain for the sake of inflicting pain
Creating new wrongs through the type of pain inflicted
Inviting people to take remedy revenge against you
Remedy Revenge
Ending toxic words and behaviors
Creating justice for yourself and others
Inviting people to support your words and actions
The backlash beware examples in the course show both behaviors to avoid and offer remedy revenge solutions to consider.
Use remedy revenge solutions as presented or tinker with them to create a solution that fits your situation / relationship.
Real World Examples of Remedy Revenge
Crime Solving
“‘Mother Undercover’: How 4 women took matters into their own hands to get justice”
Thomas Viner
Rachel Morgan
Ivan Pereira
ABC News
July 26, 2023
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True Crime Story: Citizen Detective
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The Waltham Murders: One Woman’s Pursuit to Expose the Truth Behind a Murder and a National Tragedy
Susan Clare Zalkind
2024
Criminals
“Cyber Partisans”
Wikipedia
Toxic Managers
Anonymous, 27 worked at a Bob Evans in a medium sized college-town. This franchise “had the worst general manager” because she had “major anger issues.”
Anonymous knew shortly after being hired that they would eventually endure Worst General Manager’s rage. After a shift misunderstanding, Worst General Manager “went off on” Anonymous.
The assistant manager “secretly recorded approximately 11 minutes of the confrontation, making sure to keep the screen black.” Assistant Manager quit after two months, and Anonymous quit three weeks after that. When the former Assistant Manager knew that Anonymous no longer worked at that Bob Evans, he put his video on YouTube. He tagged Bob Evans corporate in the caption.
Corporate tried to get the video removed three times. YouTube left the video up because “nobody was visually implicated in the video…”
When Corporate finally investigated, they asked the remaining employees “exactly how the work environment was.” The employees “did not hold back.”
Worst General Manager had to attend “court ordered anger management classes.” To keep her job, she also had to accept never advancing and never transferring.
Anonymous ended her story with, “So worth it.
“I’ll Never Regret It And I’m Not Sorry”: People Are Revealing How They Got Petty Revenge At Work, And Some Of Them Are Evil Geniuses
Example #25
“I’ll Never Regret It And I’m Not Sorry”: People Are Revealing How They Got Petty Revenge At Work, And Some Of Them Are Evil Geniuses”
Pernel Quilon
BuzzFeed
April 11, 2022
Toxic Banks
Paula M. Kramer Example
My bank account received a deposit it shouldn’t have received. I repeatedly told the bank to return the money. Instead, the bank held onto the money for a few days, then moved it into a long term hold for investigation.
I filed a complaint with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The bank returned the deposit within 24 hours. I read reviews of the bank and saw that it frequently ignored customer instructions about deposits, putting the money into long term holds. I wrote my own review, telling my story about getting the money returned within 24 hours by filing a complaint with the OCC.
I no longer have an account with that bank. Every time I see its name, I wonder how many customers have filed complaints with the OCC to create justice for themselves.
Toxic Businesses
Anonymous, 35 worked in a male-dominated industry that silenced her voice. They refused the further education she asked for. The company only paid her for her ‘official’ shift. They gave her keys to open the building and expected her to “hang around after work to meet and talk with other department heads,” but did not pay her for that extra time.
Anonymous, 35 talked to HR and the business owner, but still didn’t get paid for the full time she worked. She talked to other mangers who told her they weren’t paid for all the time they were on the job, either.
After complaining again, the company fired Anonymous, 35 for a failure in her ‘performance.’ She called the Department of Labor and told them the company was “withholding due wages.” The Department did an investigation that led to fines and more.
“53 people and all future employees benefited from that phone call. Mess with me, please!”
Example #42
“I’ll Never Regret It And I’m Not Sorry”: People Are Revealing How They Got Petty Revenge At Work, And Some Of Them Are Evil Geniuses”
Pernel Quilon
BuzzFeed
April 11, 2022
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Updated January 1, 2026.