January 30, 2025 at 12:22 am

A Landlord Yelled At A Defiant Seven-Year-Old’s Mom, So The Kid Locked Him In His Garage To Teach Him A Lesson

by Benjamin Cottrell

Source: Canva/Pixelshot, Getty/Ratchat, Reddit/PettyRevenge

Kids may be small in stature, but their antics often leave a big impression.

One young girl’s bold response to her landlord’s argument with her mom proved just how mischievous she could be.

Read on for the full story!

kid on the roof

When I was about 7, we sublet a house from the original renter who lived in the garage.

His lock was an outside padlock.

Then one day, the landlord got on this little girl’s bad side.

One day, after I heard him yelling at my mom.

So what does she do next?

So I locked him in the garage (his apartment).

She wanted to really hammer her point home.

To really make a point, I climbed on the roof, repeatedly stomped, and yelled, “You can’t get out!”

The girl’s mother came out, but had a surprising reaction.

My mom came running out, but let me go on for quite some time.

She finally had me come down and got his padlock cut so he could leave.

Turns out, the mother got quite a kick out of her little scheme.

She later told me she had the hardest time not laughing but felt she had to give me some kind of punishment.

My poor mom.

This was just the start of many crazy stunts I pulled as a girl and teen.

Even her own mother couldn’t help but smile at the boldness of this girl’s petty revenge.

What did Reddit have to say?

This girl knew who she was from a young age!

Source: Reddit/PettyRevenge

She was a real revenge prodigy!

Source: Reddit/PettyRevenge

This commenter draws a fictional parallel.

Source: Reddit/PettyRevenge

Her only mistake was loudly alerting her mom of her antics.

Source: Reddit/PettyRevenge

Her actions may have gotten her in trouble, but at least she made her point loud and clear.

But one thing is for sure: This landlord will think twice before yelling at her mom again!

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