Fewer relationships are as contentious as those between a someone in a nursing home and the family members that put them there.

What would you do if you worked in this environment and witnessed your favorite patient being mistreated? One guy recently shared his devious way of getting back at these exact types of people. Here’s what went down.

Making them cold just seemed like the right thing to do.

I used to work in a retirement village with a communal restaurant/dinning room.

There was this awful family who, despite being only a 15 minute drive away from the village, would almost never visit their mother, we can call the mother Sam.

Seems like an unfortunate pattern with families in those situations.

Sam was kind.

Sam’s family were constantly neglecting to provide items such as clothing and most of Sam’s valuables had, in my opinion, been stolen by them.

As they were the power of attorney for financial, personal and health matters nothing legally could be done apparently…

Fast forward to a hot Australian Christmas day.

The village is hosting a Christmas lunch for the old people who didn’t manage to go out for the day.

Families were welcome but you had to book ahead.

Seems like a bleak Christmas.

The invitation clearly said to “bring a jumper” as the AC was very cold to cater for the constant opening of the dining room doors with guests coming and going.

Naturally Sam’s family failed to book a seat and had to be accommodated last minute.

Naturally, they were the only ones without a jumper.

We all know families like these ones.

I got the privilege of finding them a place to sit so I dressed Sam in an extra warm nice outfit and set up the table under the big main AC vent.

10 minutes later Sam’s annoyed son and daughter in law approached me and asked “Can you please turn down the air conditioning it is too cold.”

“Yep no problem I can do that” I said.

This guy had a plan for sure.

And I did.

I turned that AC down and extra 4 degrees (I think to 16 degrees Celsius if memory serves).

Sam’s family left earlier than any other family and Sam was able to spend the rest of Christmas with people who spoke to her like she was a human being.

It’s heartwarming to know Sam had a friend in that place that cared for her. Let’s see what the Reddit community had to say about this one.

Many commended the original poster for their love of Sam.

Others had a hard time setting the scene.

One person warned against taking stories at face value.

Though ultimately nuance rounded out the comments section.

These people certainly weren’t dreaming of a cold Christmas.

If you liked this post, check out this story about an employee who got revenge on a co-worker who kept grading their work suspiciously low.