40+ TIMES PEOPLE WERE SERVED KARMIC JUSTICE

They say what goes around comes around. When you do something good, the universe will reward you, and when you do something bad, you'll get your payback. It's called karma, baby!

These people shared their real-life stories that prove karma exists on Reddit, showing that it's important to put good vibes into the world. You won't believe how powerful karmic justice can be.

Watch Your Language

U/ShrimpBag: “I was visiting my mom for a weekend and decided to walk her dog through the park nearby. As I’m walking in the direction of a playground one of three 10-12 year olds starts swearing at me, over and over. It was really weird, and even his friends were begging him to shut up.

I’m in my 20s at the time and I don’t really care what some little kid has to say, so I ignore him and walk through the playground and find a bench to sit on. Fast forward 5 minutes later and as I’m leaving, two of the three kids are climbing an 8′ ladder to a slide, with the punk on the bottom rung. The one on top got distracted by me walking by, slipped and fell on his friend, breaking his arm or hand…I just laughed hysterically and left.”

$5 Goes a Long Way

U/ProtrudedDemand: “My friends and I had just went to a concert and stopped to get gas. A man came up to our car and asked us for some change. All of my friends said they didn’t have any money (which was a lie). I got out of the car and gave him five dollars. He thanked me and walked away. When I got back in the car my friends said that I shouldn’t have given him any money.

About twenty minutes later we drove past a Mc Donalds. I saw the same man walk out of the store with a burger in his hand and a bag in the other. It was nice to see that he used the money for something good. It was like the universe was teaching me a lesson, telling me to do the right thing regardless of what other people may say.”

Catching a Ride

U/spaceflag: “I was driving through my neighborhood and I saw a man running as fast as he could in his pajamas with a gas can in his right hand, so I stopped and asked if he wanted a ride to wherever his car was stalled. He climbed in my car and (obviously flustered) explained that his kid needed to be at school and his wife needed a ride to work and unfortunately someone had stolen all the gas out of their car the night before.

He also told me that my right tail light was out and he owned a car shop. Later that day I took my car into his shop and he fixed the tail light and other minor problems for free.”

Lesson Learned

U/AdoplhManson: “I’m an old guy (46) and I use to buy newspapers. One day I paid for one, but took two papers (because I was sick of co-workers rifling through MY paper).

As I walked off with both newspapers, I noticed that my shirt tail got stuck in the newspaper box when it slammed shut. I had to put in another $0.25 to get my shirt out.”

Very Merry Christmas

U/dieflamingoes: “When my brother and I were kids, there was a Christmas where our family didn’t have enough money to buy us presents, food or decorations. Some distant relatives sent my brother and I 50$ each – so we gave the money to our parents, so that they could buy a tree and Christmas dinner. While rolling the base to a snowman, I noticed a leaf sticking out of the snowball – and plucked it out.

It was a 100$ bill. We went to the neighbor and asked if she had lost it, she was a very elderly woman who was rather well off, and she told us that she had lost it. She commended us on being noble…and let us keep it, she also handed me a Christmas card for my parents. In the card, was another 100$. We got presents that year. Every year thereafter, I get that woman a Christmas present.”

Do You Remember Me?

U/cajj: “About a year and a half back, I was about to get on a bus. The guy in front of me wasn’t moving onto the bus, and I quickly realized he was frantically searching for his wallet. After 20 seconds (which felt like 10 mintues) had passed, I finally piped up and offered him two bus tickets. 6 months after that, I was about to get off a bus on the totally opposite side of the city, when I felt someone tap me on the shoulder…and the person who tapped me asked if I remembered him.

Once he saw that I clearly did not remember him, he told me that I had given him bus tickets a while back…He gave me two bus tickets, and promptly got off the bus.I’m saving them for the next time I see someone who has forgotten their wallet, and needs them.”

Running on Karma

U/Ih8YourCat: “Just finished grocery shopping. Loaded the bags in my car, get in and turn the key…nothing. My car is dead for whatever reason. I sit there for about another 20 minutes checking the wires on my battery, making sure everything is properly in place. So I call my girl to pick me up. Says it’s gonna be about 20 minutes. I got some time to kill. I happen to see an elderly lady pushing the cart to her car.

This cart has 4x more bags than mine did. I already know it’s going to be a struggle for her. I go over and offer her help. She accepts so I help her load her groceries into her car. Go back and think ‘Why not give my car one my try?’ Bam. It starts. My first thought, ‘This car must run on karma.’”

Feeling Victorious

U/J00nj00n: “When I was 13, for a few weeks I worked at a vineyard, pruning. It was hot, so I walked the 400m to the ute to grab a drink. The boss saw me and gave me an earful about wasting time and threatened to not pay me for that time. On the walk back, I see his wallet lying in the dirt, stuffed full of $50’s.

I walked over to him again, by which time he was pretty angry. Before he could say a word, I placed the wallet in his hand. Awkwardness ensued. Although there was no karma, I still felt victorious.”

Good Cop

U/Weegemonster5000: “I was in a hurry to get to a funeral and was speeding; the road switched from 40 to 30 and I didn’t. I also neglected to put on my seat belt (very rare for me), and it was click it or ticket weekend. So the cop HAS to pull me over and HAS to give me a ticket.

Apparently, there was a mandate that said no warnings. So he gives me a minimum speeding ticket and the seat belt violation ($28 total). Well after the funeral (of my boss) me and the boys from work go out for drinks for camaraderie’s sake. You’d never guess who’s sitting at the bar. It’s the cop who pulled me over. I hadn’t changed from the funeral so he recognized me and bought the boys a round. Great guy.”

Straight A Student

U/CarolineTurpentine: “A friend of mine was at the library walking up the stairs when a toddler tripped at the top and started to fall down the stairs. She ran and caught the little girl before she hit her head or got seriously injured but my friend scraped up her leg pretty badly from basically diving up the stairs to save the kid.

The little girl’s father ran to the stairs as soon as he saw her fall…and it was our English teacher. He was in tears because he was so grateful (the stairs were marble; that could have been bad). That was in grade 11, and she had him 3 times in grade 12. She was a half decent student but always ended up with 90s in his classes.”

Expensive Wreck

U/SirThomasFraterson: “This woman had tailgated me and honked horn constantly while behind me in a traffic jam like I was able to get out of her way. She saw a squeeze and bolted through and when she passed me she flicked me off.

Luckily it was a traffic jam and when she sped by and looked at me to flick me off she flew right into a brand new shelby cobra. Talk about an expensive wreck. I got out and handed the owner of the cobra my number and said I saw it all and just walked back to car and smiled at her.”

$8 Suit

“In line at Wendy’s and a gentleman realized he had misplaced his wallet. He ran to and from his car very flustered and jumped on the phone with his wife to have her look for it and drive to the Wendy’s. While he wasn’t paying attention I stepped in front of him and payed the ~8 bucks for his food. We were both obviously on our lunch breaks and it was just a lame situation for the guy, so I felt bad…

Guy insists that I don’t, I said too late…Patted him on the shoulder and said pay it forward with a smile. He approached my table and told me that was one of the nicest things he had ever witnessed, then he told me to come across the street after I get off of work…I payed 8 bucks for a guy’s lunch and got a custom 800 dollar suit."

Daddy's Porsche

U/weshallrise: “Back in the mid-80’s when I was about 20, I was standing at a bus stop waiting for the bus. The street I was on had a little bit of construction going on…As I’m standing there, I see a Porsche convertible coming down the street with 3 guys about my own age inside. As they get closer, I can see them looking at me and talking to each other.

Sure enough, as they pass, they all turn in my direction and, on cue, yelling at me as they pass. Unfortunately for the driver, karma was quick. As he turned his…he swerved his car to the left a bit, hitting several of the metal pylons in the street, tearing up the driver side of what I can only assume was his daddy’s car!"

Rock to the Head

U/sirbeast: “Just last week my wife took my kids for a visit to my parents. While romping outside, our 6-year old starts picking up rocks and throwing them. My wife tells her not to, but my mother proceeds to tell her it’s OK, and also that she should throw them at the geese. My wife, although mad that my mother has usurped her parental authority, doesn’t say anything in the interest of keeping the peace.

Not five minutes later, my daughter, for no apparent reason whatsoever, whips a rock at my dad, hitting him in the temple. Thankfully, he blew it off as an ‘accident’, but at least he and my mother both got to witness why my wife told our child not to throw rocks in the first place.”

Good Friend

U/nomstar: “I worked a few jobs during my college years to make sure I have absolutely no debt after graduating. It was Wii release day one day and I decided to treat myself and buy one so I lined up outside an EB games to get one. A kid was behind me all excited to get one too.

Turns out I’m the last customer able to buy a Wii that day. The kid looked devastated but you could tell he was trying to keep his cool. I called him over and let him have the last Wii. His eyes were glowing with happiness. No treat for me but I felt good. At this point I figured I probably would not get one to play with before school starts again. That same night, my friend heard my story and let me use his for a few weeks while he goes on vacation.”

Disney Perk

U/Kintali: “I was at Disneyland with my fiance and there was a woman who needed help off the train that goes around the park. I offered to help her off the train since there were no employees around at the time.

I helped her off and got back on. When I got off an employee asked us to wait by the stairs and then walked away. 2 mins later she gave us a free fast pass to any ride!"

Headliner Heartbreak

"After years of working tirelessly at my job, my boss finally offered me a promotion. I was overjoyed and couldn't wait to celebrate with my family and friends. But as I walked into my surprise party, I noticed everyone was acting strange. They avoided eye contact and whispered amongst themselves. Confused, I approached my best friend, who was always supportive. Tears streamed down her face as she handed me a newspaper article.

My heart sank as I read the headline. It turns out my boss had been discovered for tax evasion and fraud, and our entire company had been dismantled. All my hard work had been for nothing, and I stood there awkwardly as my entire family and friends stayed silently."

Regrettably Wrong

"My ex-wife barged into my office with her lawyer. Her face was filled with triumph. Ex: We finally caught you! You've been hiding your assets all this time! Me: Oh, really? Well, let's see what you've got. The lawyer handed me a document. It was her tax return from the past five years. Me: That's interesting…Just then the lawyer leaned in closer, a small smirk stretching across his face.

Lawyer: You might want to look at the last page. Curious, I flipped to the last page and my eyes widened in surprise. Yes, they had uncovered some extra assets I had in my kids' names, but the very last page was a marriage certificate between my ex and a new husband she hadn’t told me about. It must have been included in the file by accident. Our legal agreement states I no longer have to pay alimony once she gets remarried. Bet she regrets trying to make me pay more now."

Black Sheep

"I was always the black sheep of the family, the one who didn't quite fit in. So when my grandfather passed away and left behind a large inheritance for all the grandchildren, I knew I wouldn't be included. My siblings were showered with gifts and money, while I was left to wonder what I had done wrong. Months went by, and I struggled to pay my bills and make ends meet.

But then, one fateful day, I received a letter in the mail. It was from a lawyer stating that although it had taken a few months to finalize the sale of my grandfather’s estate, it was now complete and I was set to inherit the full amount, more than any of my siblings had received. In his will, he stated that he had always been proud of me for following my own path and wanted to help me on my way."

You've Been Served

"I discovered that my neighbor had been stealing my mail for months. Infuriated, I confronted him. Me: 'What the h---, Frank?! Why would you do this to me?' Frank: smirking 'Because I can, and there's nothing you can do about it.' Just then, the mail carrier approached with a stack of envelopes in his hand. He looked at me and then at Frank, before glancing back at me with a knowing smile. I felt my heart pounding in my chest. 'Is everything okay here?' the mail carrier asked.

Just then, a postal truck pulled up four more mail carriers walked down the driveway. They were all carrying bundles of envelopes, and all handed them to my neighbor who wasn’t smirking any more. They were all various court documents and subpoenas—finally, his crazy behavior had caught up with him."

What Goes Around

"I was accused of stealing my colleague's lunch. He was furious and called a meeting with the whole team. Colleague: Everyone here needs to know that I had a delicious chicken sandwich in my lunchbox this morning, and now it's gone! I couldn't help but smirk as I replied, 'Interesting. So, how was that sandwich, Karen?'

Karen's face turned pale as she stammered, 'Uh…never mind,' but it was too late. My colleague that had accused me turned to Karen and demanded to know if she ate his sandwich. She burst out crying as she admitted to it and ran out of the room, but it was hard to feel bad for her, since she had constantly been making rude comments about how disgusting my lunches looked for the past year. My colleague apologized to me and then went to go find Karen."

Oh Gnome They Didn't!

"My neighbor accused me of stealing her garden gnomes. She made a huge scene and even threatened to call the police. Neighbor: Those are MY gnomes, I know it! Me: Actually, those are my gnomes I found them at a yard sale last week. Neighbor: Liar! I've had them for years!

Just then, the police arrived with a report of a 'gnome thief' in the neighborhood, and a copy of a video from someone’s front door camera showing the neighbor who accused me sneaking around at night and taking things from all the front gardens on our street. Busted!"

Saved By the Stranger

“I live in London and you used to have to pay 30p to use the public toilets. A foreign middle aged guy was looking pretty distraught waving a £10 note around (the change machine only takes coins) and the guard wasn’t going to let him in.

The situation looked like it was gonna get messy. I gave him 30p and he didn’t poop himself – everybody wins.”

Stuck in the Mud

U/IrritableGourmet: “My family visited some friends one day after church when I was about 8…They lived on a farm, so one of their kids and I went out to look at the cows. I was dressed in my Sunday finest, so I was very careful not to get all muddy. The other kid noticed and grabbed this stick that was lying on the ground with some muck on the end of it and started chasing me around, threatening to wipe it all over me.

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He finally cornered me against some fencing and was about to throw the stick at me when I see their huge golden retriever sprinting towards him from behind. At the last second, he raises the stick above his head and the dog, trying to get it, leaps and full on tackles him. He lands face first in a mud patch, and I ran away.”

It's the Little Things

U/Thatonedude21: “I work at a summer camp with several local kids and one day we took a field trip to the zoo. As we were getting ready to leave a boy from a troubled family went through the gift shop and wanted a souvenir stuffed monkey. He had 5 quarters which was not nearly enough for this monkey. He went to the checkout and the lady was unable to sell him the monkey for the mere $1.25.

The boy, broken hearted walked out and boarded the bus. I felt the need to buy the monkey for him so I did, and I gave it to his mom to give to him when she picked him up. The boy was ecstatic when he was presented the monkey. It’s things like that why I work at the camp. Every kid deserves to be happy.”

That Backfired

U/Lemonface: Me, my brother, and our friend decided to be funny and get on an elevator ahead of our other friend so we could get to the hotel room first and lock our other friend out for kicks and giggles.

We got trapped on the elevator for an hour and a half while our other friend that we ditched got to chill by the pool for that time. I guess we deserved it.

Stockpiling Good Karma

U/nonsenselocation: “I’m a former amusement park worker, who specialized in a game called ladder climb where we would tighten very shaky ladders to a buzzer and the player had to reach it. Naturally I know how to win it, although unfortunately all the people who try do not and it’s very challenging.

Fast forward to this summer, I’ve been going back to the amusement park a number of times as a customer, and have been winning prizes for the little kids with my own money to make up for all the times I had to send them away sad when I was working.”

I Hate You Club

U/leo104: “This girl absolutely tried to ruin my life (no exaggeration. We were in college and she tried to start an unofficial ‘I Hate You Club’). She screwed around for a few weeks after graduation but I went on the job hunt right away. By the time that she got around to sending our resumes, she sent one to the place I had already started working.

My new boss asked me if I knew her because she noticed the similar major/uni on our resumes, and I said yes, and added that if she got hired there, I would be leaving. She ripped up her resume right there, and I laughed for about a week straight.”

Easy A

“I saw this lost dog sign in the neighborhood. the dog had a distinct face, so when I saw it, only a few blocks away, I recognized it at once.

So I picked it up and took it home. The whole family was there, and they all cried and thanked me. The next week when I started a new year of high school, the husband/father was my English teacher. I got an easy A in that class.”

Money, Money, Money

U/mappberg: “One such night probably about 1.5 years ago, I went to 7-11 at like 6:30 a.m. for I don’t remember what. On the way out I see this native homeless guy I call Hobo Joe. I don’t mind helping this guy out because he doesn’t spend it on b----, he legitimately needs food. So I go back in and buy him 2 microwave 7-11 hamburgers, and heat them up.

I give him the burgers and proceed to Tropical Smoothie which opens at 7 a.m. I park the car and open the door, look down and…A fresh $20 on the white line of the parking spot…but then this is the really crazy part: I come back out of Tropical Smoothie and as I approach my car, what do I find? Another $20. In the exact same spot."

No Fomo Here

U/unholynight: “This happened to me about a week ago. It was just after prom and all the people who I thought were my friends went down to the beach. The catch is that they didn’t invite me even though I was good friends with all of them.

So wake up the next day and log onto Facebook to find out that they all had gotten food poisoning from a restaurant the ate at the night they got there."

Good Trade

U/Pusher91: “While driving down the high way I saw this HUGE poster about a lost chihuahua. I continued my drive and about 20 miles down the road the little dog from the poster ran out in front of my car. Luckily, I was able to stop in enough time to save the dog. I picked it up and took back to the owner’s house.

They were so happy and crying, I was so happy for them. When I went to get back into my car, it stalled and wouldn’t start (it was a piece and it turns out the engine was dead). Well, it turns out their daughter had just graduated college and was looking to sell her car. In return for their dog, they gave me the car. The car still runs awesome.”

Good Karma

“I was pulled over by police for speeding (2nd time in 30+ years driving). Before the officer got out of his car I made sure my window was rolled down, shut my truck off, turned on interior light (it was night time), and put both of my hands on the steering wheel.

He told me how much he appreciated this and sent me on my way with a verbal warning to pay attention to speed limit.”

No Good Deed Goes Unrecognized

U/jeffnnc: “I was at Wal-Mart and the lady in front of me was buying a bag of dry beans and some baby food. But she didn’t have enough money in her food stamps account. I said let me buy that for you. I was a little annoyed at the cashier because when I said that, she said, with a smart aleck attitude ‘You don’t have to do that, she gets more money tomorrow, she can come back then and buy it.’

She’s obviously buying food for her family and they may need that tonight. The next day my wife got a job offer that would give her a significant raise over what she was currently making, solving our financial problems. The two events may not be related, but it was close enough for me to think something else was at work there.”

Unnecessary Warning

U/cluelesspuma: “Back in high school I was a cart boy for a grocery store, one afternoon it was really terrible out, pouring and windy as h---. This new black Escalade pulls up next to me while I’m pushing about 10 carts.

The guy gets out and yells at me saying I better not scratch his truck because ‘Heads will roll’, I’m not in any way endangering his new car, but he proceeds to yell and warn me. Just as he finishes yelling at me, a sign from the Pizzeria next door crashes into the side of his truck. That made my night a little better, even if I was soaked.”

Beautiful Night

U/ohfail: “A few years ago, my infant son couldn’t sleep, so we walked out to my local supermarket to get some basics and blow off steam. I look terrible: Sleep deprived, grumpy, disheveled and bedraggled. My son was in a sling on my belly. I don’t remember what I was purchasing, but as I was checking out, the woman behind me stepped forward and said: ‘Please let me pay for this. I’ve always wanted to help out like this.’…I graciously thanked her and walked out, both of us smiling.

Was a beautiful night, my son was finally asleep so I just loitered and eventually noticed someone trying in vain to start a car. Yep — it was the lovely young woman who ‘helped’ me out. I’m a decent mechanic, happened to be toting a multi-tool around with me, and it was a fast and easy thing to get her running.”

Pay it Forward

U/WhiteLightEcho: “I was taking a redelivery for an order that was wrong the first time. I pull up and there’s a guy that says he needs some cash for a tow truck. He gives me the typical sob story about wife and kids and blah blah blah. I cut to the chase, asked him how much cash he needed, and gave him the $7 he asked for.

I had a pizza to deliver! I run up the stairs to the hotel to the room, give them their replacement pizza, apologize for the first mistake and leave. As I’m walking away the guy comes out and is like ‘Oh wait, we forgot to give you a tip.’ Any tip on a redelivery is a win, so I hustle back to the room. The guy hands me a $50 bill and tells me to have a good night. “

Divine Intervention

U/clark_ent: “Long line at a fast food place; guy finally gets his turn, and finds he forgot his wallet. I stepped in and said ‘I’ll get it,’ which completely floored him; he was in complete awe/thankfulness. He tried to figure out how to return the money and I said don’t worry about it.

What kind of instant karma? At that moment, a chick in the area witnessed it and decided she needed to be my future wife. We just bought a house together.”

Cutting Corners

“I was running late for work one day and approached a light where I had to make a right turn. Normally, this isn’t a problem, but this light doesn’t have a dedicated turn lane, it was red, and there were a lot of people wanting to go straight. There’s a convenience store on the corner here that has entrances leading from the street I was on and the street I was wanting to turn on.

I was pretty angry at this point and wanted to get going, so I cut through the parking lot in an attempt to make the turn. Got to the other exit, realized the entire thing was blocked off for construction. First thought: ‘I deserved that.’ I was too ashamed to try to merge back into the traffic I had just exited, so I went into the store to get a drink instead.”

Good Priorities

U/JeffreyGlen: “Today, my son and I went to Wal-Mart to get a new game for his DS. We got to the cash register I noticed the woman in front of me was upset. Her card had been declined and she was purchasing formula. My son is fascinated with babies so he was talking to the woman about her little girl. He put the game down and handed her his money and said, ‘Your baby needs food more than I need Plants Vs. Zombies.’

My heart swelled at this, so I got the game anyway. Well, as we were walking out, a lady approached us and said she saw what he did and gave him an envelope and said open it when you get home. When we got home, there was a $100 bill and a note that said ‘You deserve this young man!’”

Good Tip for a Good Deed

U/nyerinohio: “I worked in a bar when I lived in Newfoundland. As I was on my way in one night, I saw a guy standing by road with a sign that said something like ‘far from home, no place to sleep, and hungry’. I waved him over and gave him $5 (the only cash I had) and told him to take care of himself.

This was a Thursday night, and I always worked on the back bar which never saw any traffic. I usually took home about $5 in tips for a Thursday, or $10 on a good day. That day, three separate people won big on the slot machines and gave me $20 tips each, and I ended up taking home about $75 in tips.”

Instant Karma

U/SeriouslyDave: “It’s about 10pm at night. We call up the curry house (as we know it’s late) to make sure they’re ok with us coming down. As soon as we get there we’re greeted by the owner and we get seated. It becomes pretty obvious, very quickly however, that the guy serving us really doesn’t want to be there…so we have a quiet word with the owner. This, of course, made things worse. As we’re driving back home, who do I see driving up behind me on the way home? You guessed it, that server.

He pulls up beside…He’s swearing and showing me a rather impressive display of hand gestures. Anyway, the lights change green, he’s speeds off like a lunatic trying to run me off the road swerving all over the shop. Sadly he failed to notice the cop car that had pulled up behind me at the lights.”

Lending a Helping Hand

U/El_Fader: “My parents and I were about to take a flight for a vacation, was about 12 years old at the time. As everyone was getting seated I heard a young boy, about 7 or 8, crying…Apparently he was flying unaccompanied. After walking up to him and asking if it was alright to sit in the empty seat next to him, I made small talk just to get him to feel comfortable, taking his mind off his situation.

We spent the next couple hours of the flight playing games, doing puzzles, reading, coloring — the usual stuff that a kid would do. Both of his parents were there to receive him and I watched from the other side of the baggage turntable as he talked to his father and then pointed in my direction. His dad walked over to me, extended his hand and thanked me profusely. I felt pretty good after that."

Looking Up

U/7sigma: “My GF said she was feeling very sick and asked me to go to her place. I was a very poor college student and had just enough money to go there, but not for the bus fare to my finals the next day. Still, she said she needed me and I went, thinking I could ask her parents for a loan. The next morning, I was already at the bus stop trying to stay out of the rain and wind when I remembered I had no money.

There was no time to go back. I just stood there for a minute thinking. Then a bill large enough to pay my fares for the month slapped against my leg. No one else around as far as the eye could see. I’ve got do admit that even being an atheist, I had to look upwards that day. Just to check.”

Quick Turn Around

U/ShetlandJames: “I walked up to an ATM to get some cash and found £50 just sitting that had not been taken. So I drop it into the bank and explain that it just happened and write down the time so that if there’s any way to trace it, they’ll be able to find the cardholder who is £50 short.

Next day, I get my mail and I have a £700 tax rebate. Needless to say, that was pretty neat."

Help a Mother Out

U/bedazzledfarts: “When I was in Nicaragua I bought this woman baby formula. I was pretty lost in this city I was in and I was trying to find a box to mail stuff home…Looking obviously lost this woman approaches me and asks me if I’m lost. She takes me all over the city getting me the things I need and helping me deal with the post office.

Then she takes me to a little food stand with the best food I’ve had in days. After all this she asks if she can ask for a favor. I agree. She needs baby formula for her baby. Apparently baby formula in other countries is EXPENSIVE. It was $25 for a small thing of formula. I bought it for her and she’s practically crying."

Humbling Experience

U/onemindoneplanet: “I work at a car repair shop. This woman came in one day with a busted head light that she wanted repaired but not at the price we were offering. She began to yell at the boss about how she’s ‘been a faithful customer’ and how ‘she doesn’t deserve such unfair prices’.

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Basically, she was being a complete pain. She stormed out to her car and the piece of junk wouldn’t start. With her head hung low, she asked us to help and that she would gladly pay the price to fix the headlight.”

Race Carma

U/OSullivanArt: “20 years old, doing my second big paint job on a race car. It was a 3 day project, painting a front grill and chrome accents on a stingray style body on a drag car. This thing is gorgeous when it’s done. Guy clears it, then claims he wasn’t happy with the final product (my work, not the clear) and says he won’t pay me the $500 he owes me.

He cleared it already so I couldn’t even have a chance to fix it. As this guy was an ex marine and my boss’s friend, I wasn’t going to push it too hard. I was bummed, chalked it up to not getting paid up front and don’t give anyone leeway. Two days later when he takes it to race and he blows up the whole engine, costing him over $10,000.”

Honesty Pays!

U/pierre_bourdude: “I ordered a sandwich and drink at Panera. When I was filling up my drink I realized they only charged me for my sandwich, so I returned to the cashier to make up the difference. She laughed, citing that it was her mistake, so there is no sense paying now.

I returned to filling my drink, and the manager tapped me on the shoulder. He was holding a cookie for me. Apparently he’d never seen someone try to do that, and he felt I should be rewarded. I got a free cookie as a reward for my free drink."

Speak the Truth

U/conniption_fit: “I was working at a grocery store bringing carts in from the parking lot. I was stopped at the doorway waiting for customers to get out of the way when a really nasty woman comes running into the store and catches her foot on the front cart, falls flat on her face.

She started screaming for the manager, saying how I knocked her down. A nice old man was standing nearby and saw the whole thing. He politely told the lady to stop lying, and that he would tell the manager exactly what happened. A couple of days later I was working the cash register and the same man came through my line. I only charged him for about 1/3 of his items. ‘These steaks don’t seem to scan.’”

Secret Identity

U/spickett84: “We went out with my uncle and his family for dinner at a really nice restaurant in Dallas/Ft Worth. This increasingly d---- guy from the bar kept coming up to our table and making conversation…By the end of the night he really starts to get annoying and my uncle is discussing with us whether or not he should say something, but we tell him no don’t worry about it he is just having a good time…

So when it comes time to pay our bill the waiter just says ‘have a nice evening thanks for coming in.’ My uncle and I…ask the waiter about the check, he tells us that the guy that kept coming up to us paid our tab…Our bill was 1500 bucks. So I learned always be nice to the loud d---- guy in bar, you never know who is a millionaire.”

Karma to the Face

U/ISHANKBATS: “I was at the gym and some jerk left 275 on the bar in the squat rack. Some petite girl immediately comes over and wants to use the rack, so she starts unloading the weight.

All of the weight. From one side. So the bar does this sort of catapulting/seesaw thing, flies off the rack, and smacks the jerk who left it loaded with weight.”

Snowy Weather

U/WhyNotJustMakeOne: “The roads were empty, and since my car wasn’t really fantastic, I was chugging along at a slow pace in the right lane because I wasn’t in that big of a hurry, and didn’t want to crash. Suddenly, a fully-loaded mac truck blasts past me in the left lane, kicking up a bunch of snow against my car and whiting out my windshield…I was literally flying blind for a few seconds while my wipers got rid of the snow.

Apparently he got his kicks off of harassing smaller cars, and there really wasn’t anything I could do…I spend the next half an hour grumbling about this…and in the midst of chatting, lo and behold on my left I spot something. The interstate took a sharp turn, and off the road on the left, there was a mac truck flipped on its top half-buried in snow."

Win for the Nerds

U/dotheraptor37: “Drama nerd that I am, I once had an armload of bags and was running late for a rehearsal. No parking spots were available outside of the theatre, so I got stuck parking outside of the quad on my campus and walking to the theatre. There was a load of jocks throwing a football around by my spot, goofing off. I parked, and proceeded to struggle with balancing the bags, looking like a complete geekburger.

As I passed by the jocks, the ball ‘accidentally’ came my way. But as it ebbed towards my legs, I coolly kicked the football upwards and caught it with my non-dominant hand, although both arms were loaded down with bags. I then proceeded to toss it back to them casually and continue on with my journey, while they stared at me with surprise. I have never felt so cool in my life.”

Nonverbal Agreement

U/Unpoopular: “I was standing in line once at a convenience store, when I noticed that the man in front of me had dropped a twenty as he was taking out his wallet. Me and one other person in line had seen it fall. I stepped forward first, and picked it up with the intention of returning it once his transaction was finished. I made it clear that this was my intention, and the other bystander nodded in agreement.

Before I could do so, the man freaked out and started yelling at the cashier because they were out of his particular brand of t------. At this point, I looked back at the other bystander, who grinned and nodded at me in approval. I used that $20 to complete both mine and the bystander’s purchases.”

Happy Valentines Day

U/SlyLikeAFox7: “Couple years ago at university I was dating this girl for about a month and things were not going well. One day she came to my place after a night of partying and asked me to go to a movie. Walking to the cinema we started having another enormous row and I decided to end it right then and there. She would not accept it for like an hour, we were just fighting and finally she walked away in tears and I was upset.

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Immediately afterwards I called my best mate and asked if he wanted to get d---- because of my unfortunate day. Hung up, and saw the date. February fourteenth. I broke up with a girl on Valentine’s day and didn’t even realize it. I sighed and started walking to my mate’s place. Then I got hit by a bus. Not a serious disaster, but it hurt."

Cheater No More

U/thecarolinakid: “When I was about 5, I was settling in to play a game of Candyland with my mom. My baby sister starts crying, so Mom left for a minute to attend to her. I then had a diabolical idea: I would rig the game so that I could win! I put the card which moves you to near the finish line, on top of the deck.

When Mom came back, I said I wanted to draw first. So after the first turn, I’m near the end of board and Mom is near the start. But come turn two, I get the card that puts me near the beginning of the board, and Mom gets the card that puts her second-nearest to the end. I lost the game. I haven’t cheated since then."

Feeling Lucky

“We planned a trip for our high school reunion but several of my classmates who wanted to go couldn’t afford the trip cause they wanted to bring their kids with them and it would be too expensive.

I offered to pay $10,000 to charter a bus. More people were able to go cause of that. The next weekend I happened to be at a nearby casino to meet up for lunch with a friend. I put 20 in a slot machine and in 2 minutes I hit $19,000.”

Watch Your Step

U/HotrodCorvair: “Ordered nachos bell grande at Taco Bell, so did the man immediately behind me in line. we waited together for our food to get done, when they called my number he grabbed my food. But he looked at me and said ‘You ordered the same thing as me but I’m in a hurry, so you can just take mine when it’s ready.’

This guy didn’t care what I had going on, he was in a suit and a tie and I was in my construction work clothes. He took one step toward the door and slipped on something on the floor. Spilling his drink and my nachos all over his shirt and jacket. That was the exact moment they called his number, I picked up his nachos thanked him and walked out the door.”

Mutually Beneficial

“I had just pulled into walmart to buy some decent clothes and there was a purse in the basket of the cart next to me. I opened it, and inside the wallet was a thousand in cash, and several credit cards, and an ID. So I grabbed the cash…When I was paying for my clothes, I just couldn’t bring myself to pay with her money…so I put the money back in, and looked at the address.

I finally get there, park in the street, and the lady is standing in her garage…I was pretty rough looking, and I could tell she was a bit nervous. So I handed it to her…and I got in my car and left. The next day…I got to work, and saw the lady leaving. When I went inside the parts for my car were there, and $100, and a note saying thanks.”

Honesty is the Best Policy

“I was in a taxi with my uncle, and I saw what appeared to be a dollar bill between the passenger seat and the console (sort of that cupholder thing). I pulled it out and found it to be a 100 dollar bill. Out of instinct I gave it to the driver, who was shocked.

Apparently somebody else left it there. Later, my uncle gave me a hundred dollars for doing the right thing and probably brightening that cab drivers day.”

What Goes Around Comes Around

U/POWERGULL: “After hurricane Katrina…I was working at a restaurant and saw two guys at a table outside who looked cold…I asked them if they wanted to move inside…They thanked me for going out of my way and proceeded to explain why they were up here and had lost most of their belongings and how nice everyone has been.

I felt I could do more so that night I donated $200 to the Red Cross. The next morning we had a work meeting and everyone takes a quiz about the topics discussed at the meeting and the winner gets a prize. There are always a lot of people that get them all right so it turns into a lottery. Turns my name was chosen after I got all the questions right. The prize: $200."

Quick Consequence

U/NittLion78: “Chicago Police squad SUV turned on its lights to respond to something and was trying to turn right at a crowded nightlife intersection. Some d---- i---- was taking his time crossing the street and refused to either stop or walk faster to get out of their way.

When they honked at him to move he flicked them off with the ol’ double bird. He was immediately arrested and many people cheered."

Drinks on Me!

“I was out with my girlfriend at a late night movie when I spot another older couple walking. Now the wind was blowing that night, and all of a sudden, I watch this guy’s hat fly off out into the street. He didn’t seem to mind and just kept on walking. I assume so he wouldn’t look silly chasing his hat down the road.

I, on the other hand, have no shame and begin chasing the hat just for fun as well as just trying to be helpful. I bring the hat back to the guy and he says, ‘Thank, brother’ to which I reply, ‘No problem, man. I just like chasing stuff.’ He goes in for a hand shake, and I feel something in his hand. I unfold a crisp $100 bill and proceed to buy l----- for everyone that night. Easiest $100 I’ve ever made.”

Little Snow Goes a Long Way

U/thecorkster: “We had a light snow here in Jersey one day and my friends and I wanted to make the most of it. We took a sled out and took turns laying on it on the road and pulling each other down the street with a rope. Yeah kinda stupid but we were bored and it was entertaining.

Anyway some i---- in your typical bumble bee sounding Honda Civic rode by and screamed that we were stupid because there wasn’t any snow. They then gassed the car, lost all control, and plowed into some bushes at the end of my street. My friends and I then watched as they fought for about 20 minutes to get their Civic out of the bush because it couldn’t get any traction and what little snow there was."

Karma Collision

U/fungi2bwith: "When I was living in Los Angeles, I was stuck in gridlock traffic on the 405 when this douche bag in a white convertible Porsche flies by everyone in the inside emergency lane doing about 60 MPH. About 15 minutes later I notice there's a lot of emergency vehicles and activity going on and I assumed that was the source of the traffic jam.

Lo and behold, the douche bag slammed into a car parked in the emergency lane with engine trouble. He injured the other person. He ended up ok but everyone that drove by this guy was screaming at him and calling him the worst names you can imagine."

Ironic Payback

U/grierju: "Years ago I was working at Blockbuster and I find approximately $80 worth of cash and a lottery ticket receipt. A girl comes in shortly after asking if we have come across said cash, being the lying prick I was I said no. Days later I play a lottery ticket and win $100 cash (most I've ever won.)

I cash the ticket and the next day I get an oil change and upon leaving the car shop I realize I left my wallet there. I had approximately $80 leftover, and when I asked if anyone came across my wallet the answer was….no."

Twist of Fate

U/mungboot: "I spent my high school doing a lot of volunteer work. One of the older girls who worked a the volunteer program was an incredibly cruel bitch. Memorable comments from her include 'You're a really terrible dancer because you're not comfortable in your own body. pause while she looks you up and down Well, I don't blame you.' and when she had any discretion at all, she went out of her way to screw everyone over.

Fast forward a few years, I bumped into her in the local pizza shop. She's extremely overweight, single, still working at the same job she had then, and still living at her mom's house."

Silent Sting

U/pokerchick86: "Rode with a 'friend' at work to grab food for our bosses. I was visibly upset and she kept adding me what was wrong. After awhile of saying nothing I finally told her a very personal secret, swearing her to keep out to herself. She promised, consoled me and said everything would be okay. She end up telling everyone at our work my business. I'm humiliated, talked about and upset my friend could do that.

She came in two days later with an extremely puffy face, hardly could open her eyes and was crying about how out of no where a bunch of bees started to sting her face over and over. No she isn't allergic just enough be stings to cause mass swelling. It was all the self control I had not to say I bet you shut your mouth then."

Zipline Justice

U/cshslypc: "Went ziplining with the family. Should you slow down and get stuck in the middle of the wire, an operator zips down, hooks their feet with yours and pulls you to the end platform. On the last canopy we were placed in a full length harness so as to zipline in face-down Superman position.

My brother starts teasing my cousin saying he was going to get stuck and being as that you couldn't hook your feet in that position, would have to be teabagged by the operator the whole way back to the platform. Lo and behold, my brother and I were the first to go (parallel wires), I made it, he got stuck midway and got to enjoy the rest of the way face-to-crotch with the operator. Instant karma."

Ankle Twist

U/theresidentjunkie: "I was running laps on a grass field in the military when I was about to lap a guy who'd ALWAYS lap the shit out of me.

So as I passed him I yelled 'Gotcha, bitch!' and immediately stepped in a hole in the ground and twisted my ankle. Despite the pain of jacking my ankle up, I thought the karmic payout was hilariously timed."

Shoulder Stumble

U/Curmud6e0n: "Sitting on a highway late at night because of a bad car accident. The highway was packed and barely moving. One guy thinks he's smarter than everyone else and tries to drive on the shoulder. He makes it a good little ways before running into an on ramp, also packed with cars. He had no where to go, and no one let him in.

He was stuck between cars in the right most lane and cars from the on ramp. Everyone stuck bumper to bumper and flowed around him. I went from watching him pass me and almost getting out of my view to passing him and losing sight of him in my rear view."

Foul Step

U/HuskyInfantry: "The other day I was taking my dog for a walk around the neighborhood. She squatted down to take a shit and I reached for my doggie bags only to realize I was fresh out. So I peeked around making sure nobody was looking, and I just left it.

10 minutes later I'm walking across the road and I cut through a thin grass median in the center and what do you know-- I step in dog shit. I wasn't even mad, I knew I deserved it."

Job Justice

U/Bossinante: "I work for a contracted unloading service in a warehouse. One of the guys on my crew is an absolute little bitch sometimes. Complains about his work, tries to leave early every day, bums c--------- off everyone without ever bringing his own pack, etc. He even owes some of my other coworkers money, I believe. But I digress.

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On Thursday, he lost his shit over a produce load and threw a temper tantrum: kicking boxes, tearing down tall pallets of product, and causing a lot of damage… Right as the site manager walked by his trailer door. Got suspended without pay and was told he is on his last chance with the company. Now it's only a matter of time before he gets fired. Sweet, sweet, karma."

Karma Police

U/matahdatah: "Neighbors on the balcony next door having a smashing time throwing bottles to the sidewalk, can't get any sleep and I have to wake up at 7:30am. Make the decision to get my rest and request officers to survey the scene.

Watching from my window I see three fratties picking up glass under the flashlights of two deputies. With this issue resolved, I guess you could say I called the KARMA POLICE"

Reggae Revenge

U/echo_lo: "Not my story but my mom's. Apparently when she was a young lass, there was a girl at school who was always a major bitch to her. Hated my mom for whatever reason and always made fun of her. Fast forward to my mom as a college aged woman now dating a guitarist from Bob Marley's band, out at a bar with him getting a drink.

Dude goes to the bathroom and said bitch from back in the day comes up to my mom and says, 'OMG, did you see who is here?!' At that moment, dude comes and puts his arm around my mom and says 'hey babe, what's happening?' She said the look on that girl's face was priceless."

New Kid KO

U/Altomah: "I was new to my High School in Grade 12. There was another guy who was new as well and 3 local tough guys knocked his books from his hands and picked a fight with him for no reason.

I was stunned, before I could even think how to react - The guy just cleaned their clocks 1-2-3 … when the teacher came to break it up she found him punching out the guy who started the fight…she told him 'You're going to the office young man' he simply said 'No I'm not' He picked up his books and left. Nobody seemed to know who he was to get him in trouble."

Toothless Lesson

U/boxedupe: "When I was 7 or 8 years old and used to play soccer I remember one of the soccer moms would always mutter insulting things in my direction whenever I got benched. Just little gems such as 'that's what happens when you don't watch the ball' and 'how about putting in some effort next time.'

No one ever heard her and I thought I would look like a wuss if I told anyone. I was just patiently watching the game one day when out of no where the soccer ball flies off the field and smashes her directly in the face, she actually lost 2 teeth from it. Thank f--- she never came to a game again!"

Garage Goof

U/kickpantstoyourdoom: "This just happened last week. My dad's girlfriend came by for the weekend and when she was leaving, noticed that her bumper was damaged. (her car was parked in front of our house and not in the driveway.) The damage looked like our neighbor had backed into it and there was even marks on his bumper, but we couldn't prove anything and of course he denied it.

Fast forward a week, and I hear what sounds like a car peeling out and a large bang. He mistook his gas pedal for the brake and rammed right into his own garage."

Cart Comedy

U/Houndzilla: "When I worked at target as a teenager it was my job to go collect shopping carts from the parking lot cart returns. One time I was out there and a lady who was too lazy to push her cart all the way back to a return just walked a few feet from her car and shoved her cart off into the parking lot. Just then the wind blew.

I laughed so hard when her cart busted a u turn and she chased it frantically as it slammed right into her car. To this day I always return my cart, and any strays along the way, to a a return just because I remember how shitty it was to have to collect carts from all over the parking lot."

Line Cutter's U-Turn

U/omnicool: "Someone cut in line for a ferry. This ferry could only fit around 30 cars and the line was extremely long that day so naturally people were pissed.

One of the ferry terminal workers was informed of the line cutter and asked for the person to get out of the line. The person did not take kindly to this and made a rapidly accelerating u-turn out of the line causing them to flip their vehicle into the ditch on the side of the road. People cheered."

Feathered Retribution

U/thisfugginguy: "Sitting in my friend's backyard with him and another friend. He's on the phone with his girlfriend at the time. They had been going through a rough break up. As the conversation nears it's end he says to her repeatedly 'I hope you get shitted on'.

Pissed off, he hangs up on her. Not two minutes later a flock of geese flies over head and shits directly in his lap. I'll never forget the look on his face."

Wasabi Surprise

U/asralyn: "Senior year of High School, my friend and I had picked up sushi to have for lunch at school. Kept it on ice, was super excited to get at it. We sit down for lunch by this wall we had claimed as our own and hung out and had our sushi while we waited on our friends to come out of the cafeteria.

Close friend of mine sits down beside me, exclaims loudly, 'Oooh!! Guacomole!!' And immediately picked up my little pile of wasabi before I could say anything. He wound up miserably spitting it up in the grass before he realized what he had done. Poor guy had never seen wasabi before. We still laugh about it today."

Fortune Flip

U/Docterror: "Two weeks before a friend was supposed to get married his fiance ended their relationship after a big fight in which she stated she couldn't marry him because he didn't make enough money($60k a year) and couldn't live the rest of her life with someone who wasn't going to be rich.

A year later she was pregnant and alone from a one night stand and he won $2 mil in the lottery."

Match Mishap

U/mysticmusti: "A friend of mine was playing around with matches (I think we were like 16-17 at the time). He was holding them between his fingers and the box and flicking them away so they'd ignite and hit something or someone.

When he aimed at me the first match failed to ignite, the second was way of course and the third ignited and got blown into his own shirt giving him a huge blister."

Edited by Vishal Subramanian