A word to the wise: if you own a business, it’s a good idea to treat people well…
Because you never know when being a jerk will backfire on you!
Check out how this person got revenge on a “friend” who pushed her around for years…until she put a stop to it!
Island revenge.
“My ex-best friend was a full blown grandiose narcissist.
I’m talking about someone who refers to herself unironically as an “Alpha.”
She’s a dive instructor, and she was given the nickname “Hitler” in her dive school and she was proud of that.
She sounds delightful!
She’s very charismatic, and has created a small cult around her on the island she works on.
These people are anyway cut off from the rest of the world, and every year when I visit the island I’ve seen them getting more and more in her service, and the ones who don’t fall in line become social pariahs.
It’s a small island with few permanent residents, and no one wants to be socially isolated, so they tow her line.
Well, today an old friend of mine reached out to me.
She knows I’m an active diver and she wanted some advice on who to dive with on this island as she’s planning a trip.
She’s helped her out a lot.
Now, for over the last decade I have been steadily channeling work Alpha’s way.
I did the math and thanks to me, over the years, 14 people have dived with her – my friends and family – and at least 6 of those have been repeat customers.
Diving is an expensive hobby, and she’s made a pretty package through me.
She also gets commissions on accommodation etc when people book through her.
Despite all this, she has behaved very unprofessionally with me on my last several trips, doing things like screaming at me in the dive shop or on the boat, in front of other people, and one time even kicking me off the boat for someone else because she “double booked”.
Totally unprovoked and totally unprofessional.
It’s almost like she was testing how far she could push me.
Well, she pushed me too far, I snapped and ended the relationship.
If you want to act that way…
So I sent my friend a detailed email about the best dive schools, where to stay, where to eat, how to get around etc.
I ranked Alpha’s dive school 3rd in my list, a ranking Trip Advisor agrees with.
And I left a small note at the bottom – if you do dive there, steer clear of this instructor.
It’s not much.
But I feels good.
After 10+ years of championing someone and getting treated like **** in return, it felt like a victory.”
Let’s see what Reddit users had to say about this.
This reader chimed in.
Another Reddit user shared their thoughts.
This individual spoke up.
And this person weighed in.
It’s safe to say that she had it coming.
No one is going to feel sorry for her.
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