Hidden Treasure
I work for a construction company and we do drywalling. We have a rule here that we get to keep anything we find hidden behind the walls in the buildings we’re working on. (Sometimes you’ll find a pack of smokes left by another crew, a pack of gum etc.)
We hired this guy who was a total a-hole from day one. I’ve been working for this company for 5 years and this guy has only been doing construction for 1 year after he got fired from his accounting job. He would always make fun of my clothes and my accent.
One day he went too far by telling my boss about my private Instagram account pics. He got on my phone and looked through my Instagram page and showed my boss pictures of me smoking up. (Little did he know that my boss is my friend from way back when we used to smoke together before we both quit.)
I was so mad that he violated my privacy so I made a plan to screw him over.
He was the kind of guy who would always come in late and complain that trains or traffic are why he was late. One day I overheard him saying that if he won the lottery he would quit this job for not getting the “respect” he deserves. (You have to earn your respect here.)
So I bought some fake gold coins online and I put them in a metal box I found at the antique store and waited for a chance to hide it in a half-finished wall. Luckily I did not have to wait long.
The day he found the coins it seemed like it was his best day ever. First thing he did when he opened the box… he called my boss a “[bleeping] loser” and he quit immediately on the spot. He said “[bleep] this place. I’m rich.”
Little did he know that was the best day of my life. After he quit my boss told us that he was going to fire him anyways for always showing up late. I wish I could have seen the look on his face when he found out the gold coins were fake. Best $40 I spent in my life.
Story credit: Reddit / lrze403