Simple, yet funny Karma stories

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

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When I was about 19, I was at a house party and we were playing some stupid drinking game that involved chugging down a 26 of Vodka. Anyways, I won the race to the bottom, stood up totally dissed the loser, turned around and fell down a flight of stairs.

I woke up in the hospital getting treated for Alcohol poisoning.

[BlackEleven]

This is a story about my uncle who, may he rest in peace, was a bit of a, shall we say, overconfident man at times. The type of guy who thought he was the world champion in every one of his undertakings. One particular hobby he spent a lot of time and money on was fishing. He owned all the most expensive equipment one could buy -- fishing rod, lures, tackle box and all -- replete with hipwaders, a fishing vest abudant with pockets for storing a multitude of fishing paraphenalia, and, of course, the quintiessential fisherman's flask for a quick swig of whiskey to enchance the relaxing experience. Suffice it to say, the man loved fishing and was not shy when boasting about his abilities.

On a particular family trip up to a cabin we share, my father and I decided we would join in on the fishing fun. Of course, neither my father nor I are particularly skilled anglers. Therefore, we couldn't join him on his expedition because natruallly we would succeed in nothing aside from frightening off all the fish he would otherwise catch.

We weren't disuaded and managed to find a couple of reels of fishing line, some hooks and a net that someone had apparently left behind. We fashioned the line and hook to a long and sturdy stick we found in the yard and, voila, we had a fishing rod. We had no fancy and expensive lures to use, so we managed to dig up a bunch of worms from under a rock in the garden to use as bait. The whole process was subjected to much ridicule by my uncle who ascertained that our family would certainly starve if we were stranded with no food supply. And on that uplifting note, we were off to the river.

My uncle staked out his spot and began casting away as we continued upriver. My dad, being a particular savy individual, found us a spot of slow moving water behind a large boulder. He reasoned we could hide ourselves behind the rock and cast or makeshift rod into the pool where there was sure to be a lot of fish tired of fighting the current. I was armed with the net and it was my duty to capture any fish that my old man hooked. It wasn't 2 minutes before my dad managed to hook a trout and I promptly succeeded in netting it. We managed to capture a few fish with this technique and continue working our way upriver, stopping at all the small pools we could find, repeating the process. By day's end, we probably had 15 fish at least.

Upon returning to the cabin, we happily showed off our catch to everyone who remained. We had enough fish to feed everyone that was there, so we started frying some of the trout for dinner. My uncle had not yet returned, and, I must admit, my dad and I were hoping he'd show up with less than 15 fish for a nice serving of poetic justice for dessert. Well, I supposed karma rewarded us when he returned several hours without a single fish. Before he saw our haul, he was ripe with excuses of the river being devoid of fish, the weather not being ideal and an array of other excuses. I'll never foget the look on his face when he turned the corner into the kitchen and he saw the massive amount of fish we had hauled home. We didn't have to endure much more of his boasting after that outing.

[Ford Prefect]

The happiest bit of karma that I've ever experienced involved my first wife. She was a university student throughout our marriage, and as part of our legal separation I had to pay off her student loan and provide her with monthly support payments for about 8 months while she finished her degree.

She invested the lump sum payment I paid to her for her student loan (about $14,000) in some bank that shortly thereafter folded ... I forget the name of it but it was Principal something or other I think. It was big news back in the early 1980s when it folded. She may have eventually recovered some of it, but it probably took her years just to get $.20 back on the dollar.

Her luck with the support payments wasn't much better. She failed to declare them on her tax return and got audited.

I figured it looked good on the stupid psychotic ho.

[Fobby]

In response to the original story.. i would have met up with the girl, get the 200 dollars from her, pretends that you are the better man, and on the day of the game, call in and report lost/stolen ticket. That's what I would have done..

[Old Yeller]

Yeah, I think Fobby's got a good plan there.

The karma can't backfire on you for that can it?

[united]

Brilliant story Flameswin! Epic backfire on her part.
I forwarded the story to the work collegues around me and they loved it too, well done.

[sclitheroe]

I was driving through part of Dinosaur Provincial park, and saw a couple of plastic bags blowing around (which looks really out of place in a spot like Dinosaur), so I stopped the car, grabbed them, and threw them in the trunk.

On the way home, I ran out of gas, and after calling AMA, settled in for a 3 hour wait for a tow truck to bring a couple litres of gas. Five minutes later, a guy in a company pickup truck stops, and fills me up with a good quarter tank of gas for free, laughing about using company gas the whole time.

I figured it was good karma earned from picking up trash in the park.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

I was driving through part of Dinosaur Provincial park, and saw a couple of plastic bags blowing around (which looks really out of place in a spot like Dinosaur), so I stopped the car, grabbed them, and threw them in the trunk.

On the way home, I ran out of gas, and after calling AMA, settled in for a 3 hour wait for a tow truck to bring a couple litres of gas. Five minutes later, a guy in a company pickup truck stops, and fills me up with a good quarter tank of gas for free, laughing about using company gas the whole time.

I figured it was good karma earned from picking up trash in the park.

I was waiting for the part where the T-Rex rushed you after you got out of the car.

That would be the ultimate, you get out to protect the environment, and the environment rips you in half and swallows your still screaming body.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by KTrain

I was thinking the same thing. It wouldn't be tough for her to go to the scalpers who sell and buy tickets by the C-Train and get her money back.

Ugh, I never even considered that before. Now that I think of it, I bet that's exactly what she's gonna do.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Fobby

In response to the original story.. i would have met up with the girl, get the 200 dollars from her, pretends that you are the better man, and on the day of the game, call in and report lost/stolen ticket. That's what I would have done..

I don't know if I'd feel right going that far. The reason being that even though she would deserve it, I would feel like I'm just as much of a scumbag as her. At that point, i 'd basically be making a deal with her ($300 for the tickets), and then I'd, in essence be knowingly selling her stolen tickets (in my mind anyways)

I think I'll take the high road and just keep her $100.

BTW That plan could also cause me problems, as the Flames would contact me after she is taken away by security, and she would accuse me of selling her my tickets and then cancelling them, which in that case, would be the truth, and I'm pretty much the worst liar out there. I immediatly turn all red, and start mumbling, and then spit out the truth, lol.

[jayswin]

BTW I thought it might be of interest to anyone following this thread, that she has now told me that I need to talk to her boyfriend, and take this issue up with him, and that he apparantly has gang ties, lol.

[MelBridgeman]

mmmm i am sure flameswin that if you ended up doing what you are going to do, that you may be the one screwed in the end.

[Rhettzky]

Originally Posted by flameswin

BTW I thought it might be of interest to anyone following this thread, that she has now told me that I need to talk to her boyfriend, and take this issue up with him, and that he apparantly has gang ties, lol.

So is that supposed to make you want to meet up in a parkade with her a second time then?

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by flameswin

BTW I thought it might be of interest to anyone following this thread, that she has now told me that I need to talk to her boyfriend, and take this issue up with him, and that he apparantly has gang ties, lol.

Hahahaha oh man, it sounds like you've found yourself a real beaut there. First she tries to badly rip you off, and now she's threatening physical harm to you. Didn't you say she was a lady? I took this as her being at least in her 30's. Because she sounds like some teenage/early 20's pieces of trash I went to high school with.

[Rhettzky]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

mmmm i am sure flameswin that if you ended up doing what you are going to do, that you may be the one screwed in the end.

I really doubt he has much to worry about. I can see something like this happening...

Flames: So this lady says she paid you for two tickets and then you cancelled them and used them.
FW: Well she stiffed me $200 on the tickets and then when I explained that the tickets were cancelled she threatened gang violence on me.
Flames: Enjoy the game.

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by Rhettzky

I really doubt he has much to worry about. I can see something like this happening...

Flames: So this lady says she paid you for two tickets and then you cancelled them and used them.
FW: Well she stiffed me $200 on the tickets and then when I explained that the tickets were cancelled she threatened gang violence on me.
Flames: Enjoy the game.

Nope that isnt how it works, if flameswins sells his tickets and then gets a reprint and sells those, since those are his season tickets, the only one who is going down to the security office to have the rest of his tickets taken away is him. Furthermore it is possible that he has broken a law....besides....its his fault to that he got screwed...

[old-fart]

Originally Posted by flameswin

BTW I thought it might be of interest to anyone following this thread, that she has now told me that I need to talk to her boyfriend, and take this issue up with him, and that he apparantly has gang ties, lol.

I'd be tempted to tell her that if she still wants the tickets, it's $300. Not $200 more, but $300 - the extra $100 for the trouble she has put you through. If she doesn't want them at the price, let her know you'll refund her $100, just let you know where you can mail the check too and you'll cancel those tickets, reporting them as stolen, and get new ones printed.

If she'd like to involve her boyfriend with the gang ties, you'd be happy to have him talk to your brother the police sergeant.

[Temporary_User]

Let this be a lesson to everyone.
If you have to sell your tickets, sell them to your friends or here on CP.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by flameswin

BTW I thought it might be of interest to anyone following this thread, that she has now told me that I need to talk to her boyfriend, and take this issue up with him, and that he apparantly has gang ties, lol.

If you're really worried about anything happening to you I suggest the following:
Just tell her, fine, bring me the $200 + something for my effort (say an extra $50), and that you are going to pick the location.
Then you just pick the parking lot in front of a police station.

Or just get her address and send her back the $100, maybe minus something for your effort and print the tickets off and resell them.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by old-fart

I'd be tempted to tell her that if she still wants the tickets, it's $300. Not $200 more, but $300 - the extra $100 for the trouble she has put you through. If she doesn't want them at the price, let her know you'll refund her $100, just let you know where you can mail the check too and you'll cancel those tickets, reporting them as stolen, and get new ones printed.

If she'd like to involve her boyfriend with the gang ties, you'd be happy to have him talk to your brother the police sergeant.

That sounds a little more reasonable. I agree with whoever posted that its probably not a good idea - considering you've already made $$$ off this girl - to report them as stolen, get them reprinted, and sell them again. That could possibly lead to trouble for yourself. I wouldn't bother meeting with this person again, but if she wants to mail the extra money(in which case I suppose you could ask for $50 or something more for all this trouble), you won't report them as stolen.

Its funny how different people react to a situation, and it just tells you how many idiots are out there. Logical, business-minded people like most of us figure that if we were in her situation(and didn't have a conscience, as she clearly doesnt), we'd re-sell the tickets to some poor schmuck getting off the C-train, and make a nice profit off them. Whereas people like her, who think she's in Boyz N Tha Hood, aren't smart enough to come up with something like this, and instead do what feels natural: threaten physical violence upon you - courtesy of someone else of course.