TIFU. Petty revenge on my entitled roommate who kept stealing my food at 19
So I’m 19, first time living away from home in a shitty student apartment with two other guys. One of them, let’s call him Jake, is the biggest mooch I’ve ever met. Dude never buys groceries but somehow his fridge is always empty while mine keeps getting raided. I’d come home from classes and my milk would be half gone, my leftover pizza missing slices, even my protein bars disappearing. I confronted him twice and he just laughed it off like “bro it’s not a big deal, we’re roommates.”
Last week I finally had enough. I bought a big pack of those super spicy ghost pepper hot wings (the kind that come with a warning label). I ate a couple, then left the rest in the fridge with a note that said “these are mine — extremely spicy, don’t touch.” Of course he ignored it.
That night I hear him in the kitchen at like 2am, microwave going, then suddenly coughing and yelling “what the fuck!” He comes pounding on my door, face red, chugging milk straight from the carton (my milk, obviously). He’s gasping that his mouth is on fire and accusing me of trying to poison him.
I just shrugged and said “told you they were spicy, man. Maybe next time don’t steal other people’s shit.” He spent the next hour in the bathroom chugging water and milk, and the whole apartment smelled like ghost pepper for days.
Now he’s been avoiding the fridge like it’s radioactive and actually bought his own groceries for once. Feels good. Was this too petty or nah?
TL;DR: My entitled roommate kept stealing my food, so I left super spicy ghost pepper wings in the fridge with a warning. He ate them anyway at 2am, burned his mouth badly, and now he finally buys his own groceries. Petty revenge success. Was this too much?