People who enjoy others misfortune.

[Tuvra]

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:

• 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....

He generally just enjoys anything bad happening to anyone and in certain cases he will do stuff to cause stress for others. All of the above is stuff hes been caught doing, god knows what else he's done and gotten away with. He's about 55 as well so no spring chicken!!

There has to be others like him? I would genuinely like to hear similar tales regarding spiteful/oddball people.

[Tuvra]

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

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.