Living in a hostel means trusting the people around you, but not everyone is trustworthy.

When a guy realized his friend and bunkmate had stolen his earphones and was using a fake cover story to explain where he got them, he skipped the awkward confrontation and recruited a friend to do the dirty work instead.

You’ll want to keep reading for this one.

Friend stole my earphones n lied, got it back with a style

I used to live in a dormitory-style hostel with bunk beds. My bunkmate was a good friend — we vibed well.

I had these earphones that I had gotten recently. After a bit of usage, they had a very specific mark that only I knew about.

But then those earphones went missing.

Sometime later, I couldn’t find them. I thought someone had stolen them — it’s pretty common in hostels with inexpensive things.

However, they soon turned up in unexpected hands.

After a week or so, my friend suddenly had earphones that were exactly the same as mine.

When I asked him if he had seen mine, he said he had borrowed them from another guy down at the end of the dormitory — let’s call him A.

Sure enough, they appeared to bear the same distinct mark.

When I checked them, they had the exact same mark as mine.

Now, I didn’t want to confront my friend directly since I had to share the space with him.

So the owner decided to take a more indirect approach.

So I first inquired with the guy he supposedly borrowed them from. He said he had never owned earphones at all.

So I told A the story and asked him to play a role.

When all of us friends were sitting together, I asked A to randomly come over and ask for his earphones back.

The friend had walked right into the trap.

My friend couldn’t ask which earphones — I was sitting right in front of him. A few of my other friends were in on it too.

I had a smirk on my face when he had to hand A the earphones back and realized he’d been caught red-handed. 😂😂

That’s how I got my earphones back without a single confrontation — and with a win on my back. 😎

Now that’s some petty revenge!

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What did Reddit think?

Petty theft is no match for prudent planning.

This user was inspired by the owner’s level-headed attitude.

This user draws some cinematic parallels.

And that’s how you execute a petty revenge plot with style!

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