Life has a way of evening things out, and sometimes karma shows up when least expected.
These 10 stories reveal how people ended up facing the consequences of their own actions — proof that whatever you send out eventually returns.
Story 1:
I was starving. I opened the office fridge and saw a delicious sandwich — turkey, avocado, crispy bacon — far superior to my plain peanut butter and jelly. I glanced around. Nobody in sight. I grabbed it, devoured every crumb, and tossed the wrapper like it never existed.
The following day, I brought my own sad PB&J again. Took a bite… and immediately choked. My mouth felt like fire, my throat searing. I scrambled for the sink, gulping water.
Then I noticed the note on the fridge:
“To the person who stole my lunch, I added a little something special to yours today. Enjoy. :)”
Story 2:
Once at a museum showcase, my mother and I went to grab lunch. I sat at a table to save our seats while she got food. A guy came over and tried taking the spare chair.
I told him, “There’s someone sitting there,” but he ignored me and took it anyway. I was too young to do much. Then I watched him sit down — and the chair snapped beneath him. His food went everywhere.
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Story 3:
I proposed to my girlfriend Becky at a family gathering. She stared at the ring, frowned, and yelled, “Is this all I’m worth?” I was only 21 and couldn’t afford anything expensive. I walked away and blocked her everywhere.
Two months later, her father called in tears:
“Son, we need your help! Please come see Becky!”
Before I could respond, he added,
“After you two broke up, she became so depressed that she got involved with a much older man. Now she wants to marry him! He’s 18 years older. You’re the only one who can stop her from making this reckless decision.”
I hung up. I had moved on. They once treated me like I wasn’t good enough — and now karma had spoken.
Story 4:
I was in the passing lane, gradually overtaking traffic. The speed limit ahead was about to drop, and another vehicle sped up behind me. Instead of accelerating, I slowed down and merged into the right lane.
The car behind me zoomed past, horn blaring, the passenger leaning halfway out the window screaming insults.
Turns out the car I moved in behind was an unmarked state trooper — and he pulled them over immediately.
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Story 5:
On my lunch break, I stopped by a convenience store for their daily special — spaghetti. As I headed toward the line, an older woman shoved past me, practically body-checking me, and cut ahead to order two meals.
She walked toward the door and stopped to chat with someone she knew. I paid and left. Moments later, I heard, “OOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFF.”
She had dropped her tray — spaghetti and sauce dripping all over her white blouse.
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Story 6:
When I was 16, I argued with a classmate in English class. Things escalated, and I snapped, “I hope you get into a car accident.”
That evening, while driving my aunt’s car, I crashed into a parked vehicle.
Yeah… karma.
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Story 7:
A woman stormed into the pizza shop where I worked, slamming a box down.
“This isn’t the pizza I ordered. What are you going to do about it?”
I looked at the pizza, then my coworker Nick, then back at her and replied,
“Nothing.”
She ranted — demanding we be fired, calling us incompetent — then asked why we weren’t fixing it.
I said,
“Because that pizza came from the pizza shop across the street.”
She practically shrank where she stood. I laughed until tears rolled down.
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Story 8:
My high school math teacher gave me terrible grades. I thought I had a B+, but he gave me barely a passing mark. My home life was chaotic, so I never questioned it — assumed I wasn’t good enough. I quit caring about math.
Years later, in community college, I realized I was actually strong in math. I eventually earned an engineering degree.
Later I learned students had sued that teacher and the district. He had been failing top students for years. They settled, and he was forced into retirement.
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Story 9:
I work at a salon. A woman called asking,
“I know that Margaret P. has an appointment at your salon tomorrow at 12. Will a limo fit in your parking lot? It’s crucial that I park it right in front of your window.”
I told her it would be fine. Then she added,
“I need an appointment an hour earlier than Margaret P. This woman must see me getting into my limo because she is my former college professor.
Once, I made a presentation about my dream business in class and said that if I succeeded, I would buy myself a limo. She mocked me in front of everyone. But I built a hugely successful business and bought my dream car. Now, I want her to see that she was wrong.”
I made the appointment.
The next day, as Margaret P. exited right at noon, the limo door opened. The woman stepped inside, holding eye contact with her former professor.
Margaret froze, speechless, before turning away.
As they drove off, the woman smiled and said,
“Worth every penny.”
Story 10:
The mall was packed. I circled twice and spotted a space someone else was waiting for. I swerved in and took it. They honked, but I ignored them.
Forty minutes later, I returned to find a giant truck parked right behind my car — blocking me in. No driver around.
Then I saw him — the guy I cut off — leaning against the truck, sipping coffee.
He grinned,
“Oh, you’re leaving? I just got here.”
I waited 40 more minutes for him to move.
Source: nowiveseeneverything.club