I know there's been a few cases of people paying fines with wheelbarrows full of loose pennies.
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Obligatory caution that that can backfire if the recipient insists that the debtor counts the pennies. Or if the creditor refuses the pennies entirely, which is legal in some jurisdictions. (e.g. in the UK, pennies and 2p coins are legal tender up to amounts of only 20 pence. Anything beyond that is left to the discretion of the recipient.)
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I quite liked the internet vs hedgefunds (gamestop) case
That was great, wish it had turned out different. I almost bought some too, knowing I’d lose it, just to claim to have been a part of it.
I got off of robinhood because of that. I didn't participate, I just didn't like that they would shut off trading on a stock. Moved to Fidelity instead.
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I was at the cricket and there were two guys sitting nearby. One threw something like a jaffa (solid choclate with a hard shell) into the crowd in front and hit someone. A dick move but unlikely to do any lasting damage. A security guard and then police officer got involved, said he threw a golf ball or something along those lines (similar but worse). He accurately said he didn't but got thrown out anyway.
His friend sat there for a few minutes then tried to start a Mexican wave. He didn't the first few tries but was determined and eventually got one going. I didn't realise until the wave had done a lap of the cricket ground, but during this time he had filled his hand with as much sunscreen as he could, then as it went past he splattered it all over the back of the security guards hair and back before disappearing into the crowd.
Most of the 40,000 people who took part in the Mexican wave had no idea what they were just a part of.
Favorite... wait what? We're supposed to LIKE things people do out of spite?
Nah we probably aren't supposed to like them but I remember reading what was probably a joke, but I had to laugh awhile back. Something about a guy finding out his girlfriend was cheating on him so he packed all his stuff and left and when she got home she found not only did he leave but he uninstalled the toilet and put it by the street as they lived in a 1 bathroom place.
Probably fake, but that's some creative ass pettiness.
There was another one about a woman whose husband left her and told her sell my Porsche and send me the money, so she sold it for $100. I know it's natural to laugh at human failings, I'm just turned off by "What's the worst behavior you ever saw?" posts.
Malicious compliance sometimes.