Some bosses love to talk down to employees they don’t like.

This man has a boss who clearly didn’t respect him.

In fact, he overheard his boss bad-mouthing him to his friends.

So when the boss ordered him to buy some groceries, he made sure to spend it strategically.

Read the story below to find out what he did.

The Cheap Ice Cream

This happened ages ago.

I was working at a hardware store.

There were two in town. This one was not the real one.

My boss was only boss of the hardware store because his parents owned two more. They gave him this to run so their only grandson wouldn’t starve to death.

This man overheard how his boss was badmouthing him.

I was putting stickers on things or such.

On the next aisle over, the boss was sitting there with a couple of his friends.

On the floor, in the middle of Aisle 3, I hear him bad mouthing me. “Useless idiot worker” sort of thing.

His boss asked him to buy some groceries.

I wasn’t really good at hardware storing, but that’s mostly not relevant.

A bit later, he calls me over. He gives me some money and a list of things to buy from the grocery store down the plaza.

I was happy to get out of the store, so I went on my merry way.

He bought 2 pints of expensive ice cream.

I get everything on the list.

Except… a quart of vanilla ice cream.

They didn’t have any quarts of vanilla.

Oh, but here’s this new ice cream that comes in pints.

I’ll get him two pints. That’s the same as a quart… of Häagen-Dazs.

His boss was surprised to see the ice cream.

So, I delivered his change and his groceries.

He looked at the Häagen-Dazs.

I explained my clever explanation of grade school units knowledge.

He looked at me like I’m a complete and utter idiot.

When his boss told him he could have gotten a cheaper one, he agreed.

He snided at me in front of his friends.

“You know, you could have gotten a half gallon for less money than one of these pints?”

I replied, “I know.”

The revenge was satisfying, but the ice-cream probably was too.

Let’s check out the comments on Reddit to this story.

This one shares their personal thoughts.

Well played, says this person.

People are loving the story.

Finally, this person makes a valid point.

The perfect revenge is best served cold… and in 2 pints!

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