Sneaky, Lying, Manipulative People -- Do they ever get their comeuppance?

[momof3littlelilos]

I have a cousin named Karma. She is not so nice.

well, there's good karma and there's bad karma...I guess you got the latter

ETA - I do believe in Karma, that what goes around comes around in both positive and negative ways; but I don't see it often enough, so I just trust in it the way some people trust in God.

 

[Jennasis]

Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. I've found that often the comeuppance has nothing to do with me (i.e they screwed me, but when they finally get screwed, it has nothing to do with me).

 

[suzimar57]

good karma for you, Kimickey!

(another ex wife on board here!)

 

[jimmalru80]

I don't think so. I mean, I don't think there is a hard and fast rule about it. Some probably do, others don't.

That's the way I feel about it.

 

[alizesmom]

We've all been raised on Disney. Unfortunately the good don't always live happily ever after and the bad don't always get punished in this world. In the next, well that's a different story. Karen

 

[Disney Von Drake]

“You can't cheat an honest man; never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump." W.C. Fields

 

[Tine731]

No, they usually get away with it.

My MIL was a manipulative, horrible person. She got away with it right up to her death. She actually got up off of her death bed to keep her husband from finding out some of the stuff she had done. She died and he set up a shrine to her in their dining room.

My former boss was a manipulative horrible person who did his best to ruin my life bec he was afraid I knew he was using crystal meth. (I didn't.) He recently got a promotion and is living a deluxe life and everyone thinks he walks on water. He successully avoided the drug issue by implicating someone else (a poor woman who thought the world of him and to this day still doesn't understand how this 'misunderstanding' occurred.) And the kicker -- he's a priest.

You win. I have never heard anything like this.

 

[ghastboy220]

I have heard one too many stories recently about manipulative, lying people getting their way or not getting any comeuppance for hurting others. Can someone give me some hope that there is some justice in the universe?

Well late, but yes they will do. Even if they find their way, God will deal with them once the time comes and they will regret it.

 

[Squirlz]

We saw a great example at Universal last week. We were entering the Express Pass queue at Men in Black. A few people ahead of us dude had a merch bag as he entered the line. He got by the first TM then we heard him saying to another one "I already explained to that guy there are lockers at the end of the line I can use". They just rolled their eyes and gave up. Then he held up the line inside saying whatever but he did try to stuff the bag up his shirt. At the top of the stairs everybody is looking at him, and I looked right at him and said "What a Doofus!" He said "Actually my name is Sean" Ow...Touche'.

So he gets to the platform, gets shown a spot, and he goes over to the little lockers and tries to open one. It won't of course, so he put his bag on the floor by them and tries to push it out of sight with his toe. We get to the end of the ride and he debarks before us and goes to get his stuff. It's not there. Last we saw he was talking to TMs as we left. Hopefully they were giving him directions to Lost and Found!

 

[AndreaA]

We saw a great example at Universal last week. We were entering the Express Pass queue at Men in Black. A few people ahead of us dude had a merch bag as he entered the line. He got by the first TM then we heard him saying to another one "I already explained to that guy there are lockers at the end of the line I can use". They just rolled their eyes and gave up. Then he held up the line inside saying whatever but he did try to stuff the bag up his shirt. At the top of the stairs everybody is looking at him, and I looked right at him and said "What a Doofus!" He said "Actually my name is Sean" Ow...Touche'.

So he gets to the platform, gets shown a spot, and he goes over to the little lockers and tries to open one. It won't of course, so he put his bag on the floor by them and tries to push it out of sight with his toe. We get to the end of the ride and he debarks before us and goes to get his stuff. It's not there. Last we saw he was talking to TMs as we left. Hopefully they were giving him directions to Lost and Found!

I’m not sure how this is an example of karma. The guy was right and there were lockers at the end of the line. Not sure why they wouldn’t open. The one who deserves bad karma is whoever took the bag. Calling him a name wasn’t exactly nice either.

 

[RedAngie]

I love when some of these ancient threads get resurrected. Some old familiar names pop up as well as some I never remember, mostly the latter.

That said, I don’t believe in the concept of karma. Too vague and ill defined with no scientific proof of validity.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Well late, but yes they will do. Even if they find their way, God will deal with them once the time comes and they will regret it.

Welcome to the dis, 220.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I had worked with someone at xxx. This person was cool to me from day one. I figured it was became I was hired with a recommendation from past employer. The funny thing was it simply a better job to me nothing else. This person had climbing the ladder on their mind 24/7. I never understtod why anyone tried chumming this person because I saw thru them and didn't care for what I saw.
Fast forward 10 yrs or so and they are fired and prosecuted for embezzlement. I wasn't surprised at all! I always did think they would trample their own grandmother to get ahead.

 

[Karin1984]

I thought this would be a new Harry & Meghan thread

 

[TippyThomas]

There's the leak I know so well.

 

[Squirlz]

I’m not sure how this is an example of karma. The guy was right and there were lockers at the end of the line. Not sure why they wouldn’t open. The one who deserves bad karma is whoever took the bag. Calling him a name wasn’t exactly nice either.

No he wasn't. The lockers are before you get in line. The ones at loading are medical lockers used by TMs. According to a TM friend, unattended bags are whisked away to lost and found. The 'Doofus' term comes from the pre-ride safety video. He'll never be able to ride again without hearing it!

 

[luvnwdwgal]

I hope so. I’m waiting for it to happen to one particular person.

 

[fla4fun]

Well, my only experience with someone getting what was coming to them was a driver who was tailgating several other drivers, and passing in no passing areas while using a delightful hand gesture and honking his horn.

The road is one lane each way, with hilly terrain and curves that make it difficult to know when traffic is coming the other way. Therefore, there are no passing zones for at least a five mile stretch. Also, there are a half dozen locations where law enforcement likes to hide and wait for people who speed, since the speed limit is very low. Those of us who drive this stretch every day know we just have to obey the limit and be patient, because the officers are real sticklers for the posted limits. Five over will get you a ticket, unlike in most places, due to the hazardous conditions.

So this driver gets behind me just as we start going around a really sharp curve in the road, blinking his headlights at me and getting so close that sometimes I can’t see the headlights anymore. We are about one mile from where the road conditions improve and the speed goes up. I continue driving the limit, and try to ignore him. He tries to pass once, but a car comes over the hill ahead of us, and he has to get back behind me. Once that car clears, he pulls out and accelerates rapidly, well over the limit, to pass me. Just as he gets right next to my car and gives me the delightful gesture and honks, I notice the officer parked on the side watching the whole thing. On go the lights, and he gets pulled over. The rest of us passed him by as he got his ticket.

If he had waited less than a minute, he would have been able to pass legally in an area with a higher speed limit.

So I have to think that people get what they give. We may not always see them get it, and it may not change their behavior, but they get what is coming to them.

 

[Travel60]

A friend had a father who essentially abandoned wife and two little daughters, showing up only when he wanted something from them. Never even met SILs or grandkids. He got cancer and died alone. My friend had to deal with his small estate and just split the remainder with her sister. Friend used hers to buy new floor coverings. Rationale : "He walked all over everyone during his life. Now we can walk on him."

 

[Mysterian]

I love when some of these ancient threads get resurrected. Some old familiar names pop up as well as some I never remember, mostly the latter.

That said, I don’t believe in the concept of karma. Too vague and ill defined with no scientific proof of validity.

My take on Karma is less mystical, and more the general idea that negative actions can come with negative consequences.