People who enjoy others misfortune.
Discussion
After reading the "Strange things your neighbours do" thread and seeing a few examples in there of people looking to cause misery for others and enjoying it, I thought I'd start another thread which doesn't just concentrate on neighbours.
I know a guy that I bump into from time to time, have drank in the same pub as him and even employed him at one point, some of the stuff he has done is ridiculous, these include:
There has to be others like him? I would genuinely like to hear similar tales regarding spiteful/oddball people.
I know a guy that I bump into from time to time, have drank in the same pub as him and even employed him at one point, some of the stuff he has done is ridiculous, these include:
- Blocking public toilets with bog roll, he got banned from his local for doing it!!
- Uncontrollably smiling when he got told his friends haulage firm (established 35 years) had gone down the tubes.
- Deliberately trying to puncture tyres whilst working on construction sites.
- Going to the pub one night, finding what they were out of, returning to the pub the next day, trying to order the out of stock item/drink and then heavily complaining about it. He especially likes doing this to new staff.
- Visiting sites he worked on late at night and cutting hydraulic hoses on machinery.
- Will happily watch inexperienced people on site making mistakes without intervening, even when there's a H&S risk.
- Various other petty things....
There has to be others like him? I would genuinely like to hear similar tales regarding spiteful/oddball people.
There is a big difference between finding amusement in some people's misfortune and actually causing the misfortune in the first place as in the op.
Both not healthy. However sometimes some people are such dicks whilst not actually enjoying their misfortune I can't help but think they deserved it.
Both not healthy. However sometimes some people are such dicks whilst not actually enjoying their misfortune I can't help but think they deserved it.
Pesty said:
There is a big difference between finding amusement in some people's misfortune and actually causing the misfortune in the first place as in the op.
Both not healthy. However sometimes some people are such dicks whilst not actually enjoying their misfortune I can't help but think they deserved it.
I'm with you on this, but I'm undecided whether it's Schadenfreude or enjoyment of karma being delivered in my case. I had 2 separate bosses at different companies. Both were complete aholes to me, in one case stitching me up with an unobtainable metric that he based keeping my job on. I didnt hit it, and was fired as a result. Moved on, found work within a month and a bit. He, however was found out as a bit of a tt by the board, let go in October last year and still hasnt picked anything new up. Both not healthy. However sometimes some people are such dicks whilst not actually enjoying their misfortune I can't help but think they deserved it.
The other wker boss was a director, and has now taken a few steps down the corporate ladder to a position where I guess probably doesnt do him justice in experience, and it looks like 'it's just a job for now'
I was happy to hear about both cases, I felt they got what was coming to them.
Tuvra said:
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Shirley those two alone could/would result in a prison sentence? Attempted homicide?- Deliberately trying to puncture tyres whilst working on construction sites.
- Visiting sites he worked on late at night and cutting hydraulic hoses on machinery.
My late Dad would often take pleasure in others misfortune, mainly because he had a monumental chip on his shoulder and felt paranoid a lot of the time...
Pesty said:
There is a big difference between finding amusement in some people's misfortune and actually causing the misfortune in the first place as in the op.
Both not healthy. However sometimes some people are such dicks whilst not actually enjoying their misfortune I can't help but think they deserved it.
As above Both not healthy. However sometimes some people are such dicks whilst not actually enjoying their misfortune I can't help but think they deserved it.
Sometimes you just can't help thinking "Couldn't have happened to a nicer person..."
The Don of Croy said:
Shirley those two alone could/would result in a prison sentence? Attempted homicide?
My late Dad would often take pleasure in others misfortune, mainly because he had a monumental chip on his shoulder and felt paranoid a lot of the time...
No, it's not as bad as it sounds My late Dad would often take pleasure in others misfortune, mainly because he had a monumental chip on his shoulder and felt paranoid a lot of the time...
What I mean is he was known for driving his dumper where he knew there was rebar sticking out of the ground and other puncture risks. In regards to the hoses, he had done it to a few excavators, there was no risk except the machine would be immobilised and spew it's hydraulic oil.
Basically it meant taking machines out of action. He would then blame other people for it e.g. Other site workers for poor site hygiene causing the punctres, kids for vandalising the machinery etc.
When you talk to him he's nice enough. When you know what he's really like your opinion soon changes.
I can't think of a better example:
Whatever side you're on, cheering the death and destruction of another population is morally wrong. If Israel's government had any decency or scruples, they would put a stop to this instantly. But they don't.
Article said:
As the sun begins to sink over the Mediterranean, groups of Israelis gather each evening on hilltops close to the Gaza border to cheer, whoop and whistle as bombs rain down on people in a hellish warzone a few miles away.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/20/israelis-cheer-gaza-bombingWhatever side you're on, cheering the death and destruction of another population is morally wrong. If Israel's government had any decency or scruples, they would put a stop to this instantly. But they don't.
My auntie is a bit like this, if you tell her someone is hospital for minor-ish surgery, she is in fits of giggles.
Her cousin’s husband had a serious problem with polyps in his nose and had to go into hospital for surgery a few times to sort it out. She could hardly get the story out for laughing and admitted she had nearly wet herself telling someone else the story.
Heart attacks, strokes, cancer, don’t make her laugh though.
Her cousin’s husband had a serious problem with polyps in his nose and had to go into hospital for surgery a few times to sort it out. She could hardly get the story out for laughing and admitted she had nearly wet herself telling someone else the story.
Heart attacks, strokes, cancer, don’t make her laugh though.
A great deal depends on the level of misfortune?
Whilst none of what has been written so far would cause me mirth......I sat with a mate, in a pub garden, only to witness a suited, briefcase carrying guy not only step in dogst, but also slip on it, resulting in a bizzare cross between aerial splits, and Monty Pythons ministry of silly walks whilst attempting to keep his balance. He didn't, and fell over, in what appeared to be slow motion, checking his fall with his free hand, right into the aforementioned st.
In absolute fairness to him, he got up, swore repeatedly, then asked us if we would 'be so kind as to buy him a gin and tonic, as I'm not going to a meeting stinking of st.
Nineteen years on, he is still a good mate. So, bluntly, I revelled in his misfortune, but it was hardly life or death.
Whilst none of what has been written so far would cause me mirth......I sat with a mate, in a pub garden, only to witness a suited, briefcase carrying guy not only step in dogst, but also slip on it, resulting in a bizzare cross between aerial splits, and Monty Pythons ministry of silly walks whilst attempting to keep his balance. He didn't, and fell over, in what appeared to be slow motion, checking his fall with his free hand, right into the aforementioned st.
In absolute fairness to him, he got up, swore repeatedly, then asked us if we would 'be so kind as to buy him a gin and tonic, as I'm not going to a meeting stinking of st.
Nineteen years on, he is still a good mate. So, bluntly, I revelled in his misfortune, but it was hardly life or death.
beanbag said:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/20/israe...
Whatever side you're on, cheering the death and destruction of another population is morally wrong. If Israel's government had any decency or scruples, they would put a stop to this instantly. But they don't.
Or indeed if the population of Gaza had any Whatever side you're on, cheering the death and destruction of another population is morally wrong. If Israel's government had any decency or scruples, they would put a stop to this instantly. But they don't.
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