Two can play at that game, buddy!

Folks, if you can’t take it…then you probably shouldn’t dish it out!

But the guy in this story from Reddit didn’t get the memo…

Take a look at how this bank worker got even with a customer who just didn’t seem to get it…

Ignore the time difference in the evening? I’ll ignore it in the morning.

“My father-in-law’s story.

In the 1970s (before email and faxes), my father-in-law, Carl, worked as a trust agent for a bank in the Midwest, which is on Eastern time (ET).

He handled trusts and estates for bank customers, including one older lady. Her son-in-law, Brewton, lived in California, which is on Pacific time (PT), three hours behind Carl, and managed his mother-in-law’s estate on her behalf.

That’s pretty annoying…

Brewton used to call Carl with questions, which is not a problem. Except Brewton would call Carl at home at 8 p.m. ET, expecting him to answer questions. Carl would be at home, eating dinner or spending time with his family, so Brewton’s calls were unwelcome.

Carl would explain the time difference and said that Brewton should call before 5 p.m. ET, not PT.

This guy wasn’t getting it.

But Brewton always ignored Carl’s requests, and demanded that Carl call him back “first thing in the morning.”

Carl was nice and would wait until 11 a.m. ET to give Brewton time to get settled in his own office. Until he decided he’d had enough.

The day after Brewton’s latest call, Carl went to his office extra early, got the information, and then promptly at 8:00 a.m., Carl called Brewton’s house.

LOL.

A sleepy Brewton answered the phone and croaked, “Hello?”

“Good morning, Brewton!” Carl all but hollered into the phone.

“What time is it?” Brewton groaned.

“It’s 8:00,” Carl said.

“But it’s 5:00 in the morning here.”

A ha!

“Huh, so it is. I guess there’s a three-hour time difference. But you said you wanted these answers first thing in the morning, and it’s 8:00 here, so I thought I’d give you a call.”

Brewton never called past 5:00 p.m. again.”

Here’s what folks had to say on Reddit.

This person shared their thoughts.

Another individual spoke up.

This reader weighed in.

It happens to the best of us.

Another Reddit user had a lot to say.

He gave this fella a taste of his own medicine!

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