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People Are Sharing The Most Glorious Moments Of Instant Karma And These Are 35 Of The Best Stories
Let’s face it, when someone wrongs us, it’s hard not to want a little payback. But sometimes, we don’t even have to lift a finger because the universe steps in and handles it for us.
That’s exactly what happened in these stories shared by Reddit users, where instant karma kicked in for people who did something awful and justice was served right on the spot. Scroll down to check out these satisfying moments, and don’t forget to upvote your favorites!
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#1
Theres a section of the beach for dogs. All the locals take their dogs there to play, no leads. There's signs designated for it.
One time, we took our previous dog down to play. This collie had nothing but absolute love for any human, even more so for kids. She saw a kid, she'd grab the ball, walk up and drop it about 5 foot away and wait patiently with a wagging tail for the throw.
This one particular day, she did just this when she saw a family. We saw her go to them, lay down and wait, we waved and smiled at them saying "You can throw it". Before we even finished the sentence, this dude stood up and full on kicked her in the ribs.
She turned to run but was gasping and crying. He went for a 2nd kick, she dodged and his bare foot went straight into a rock, f****r broke all his toes. F**k tourists honestly.
UndertaleLover (She/Her) 3 months ago
What the hell? I hope to God this story is made up. That poor dog!
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#2
8 years ago I was very pregnant and crossing a busy street in a crosswalk in Austin. An old SUV zoomed around the corner, accelerated like it was trying to hit me (I guess because I was too slowly waddling across the crosswalk), slammed on their brake about 2 feet from running me over, and leaned on their horn while flicking me off and yelling out the window at me to walk faster. It all happened in about 5 seconds and had me really freaked out, I thought they were going to get out of the car and attack me.
Out of nowhere, an undercover police car parked on the street who'd seen the whole thing, turned on their siren and lights, pulled the car over, and absolutely LIT into them. Like totally tore the guy apart. I stood there and listened for a while 😂
I'm still chasing that instant karma high. I have never ever seen as amazing an instant karma as that! I was super freaked out because they'd acted like they'd wanted to kill me. I still can't believe how it turned out because tbh their road rage was so scary.
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
Road rage really can be terrifying. I've seen at least two incidents myself, in one case with a side of obvious domestic abuse. In fact right now it's in the news that police are looking for someone who stabbed their road rage victim.
#3
Was walking back from the pub, not too late at night. It was raining. My friend stopped, lifted his foot above a snail (ready to stomp on it) and said "I f'ing hate snails" and then stomped.. It wasn't a snail, but a dog turd, which sprayed right up his other leg and shoes.
UndertaleLover (She/Her) 3 months ago
Is it weird that this story warmed my heart a bit? SNAIL LOVERS UNITE!!!
#4
Years ago I walking past a bar in upstate NY when a couple walks out, the guy goes left and the woman goes right. The guy flipped into a rage, grabs the woman, slaps her across the face and screams at her “I told you to follow me b***h!”. As soon as the words leave his mouth a giant bouncer tackles the guy, sits on his chest and starts repeatedly slapping him across the face and calling him a b***h.
Hows that feel b***h? *SLAP*
Hows that feel b***h? *SLAP*
Over and over until the cops showed up. Thats when I got out of there, not sure what happened after that lol.
#5
One time a guy pulled up next to me in a modified car at a red light. I'm not sure what it's called in English but it was one of those cars that are very close to the ground. As he pulled up next to me he started revving the engine while giving me the finger for some reason. as the light turned green he hit the gas and drove straight into a bump on the road and his entire fender fell off. I just smiled at him while driving past.
#6
My abusive father was screaming at me. We have a pet chicken. She s**t into his shoes. To this day I believe she did that on purpose.
#7
Over 20 years ago at Megacon in Orlando Florida, traffic was bad for parking, I let a car squeeze in ahead of me, well apparently this guy had been trying to merge for a while, and next thing I know he pays for my parking. Instant Carma.
#8
A guy cut me in line at the grocery store. I pointed out that I was in line and he just shrugged his shoulders and turned his back to me. The checker on the next line over called for next in line and he ran over there. Then the checker left while he was unloading groceries. I was able to check out and bag my groceries before his checker ever came back.
#9
When I was in college I was holding a door open for my friend when this real entitled c**t pushed past her and shoved me. She must've thought the door was automatic or something and I was just leaning on it. I cursed and she turned around to say something just in time for the door to nail her right in the face breaking her nose.
Later tried to say I punched her but security pulled up the admin building security camera's video and hit her with disciplinary charges for it.
WindySwede 3 months ago
Don't let the door hit you in the face.... or please do! And an buttocks for trying to lie about it!
#10
I use to work in a 24 hour emergency vet hospital. We were extremely busy one night dealing with stat after stat so the waiting room filled up with cases that were non emergent. One woman, who was there because her dog had an ear infection, kept harassing the receptionists demanding when she would be seen. They tried to explain to her many times that there were more emergent cases that needed to be seen first, which included one dog needing immediate cpr, she did not care. She called us every name under the sun and demanded that because she arrived before everyone she needed to be put in a room next, told her to sit down to see what could be done. Shortly after sitting down she started screaming at the top of her lungs. A family next to her whose Saint Bernard happened to have an extremely large pus filled abscess on his ear decided to shake his head right after she sat down and ruptured his foul smelling abscess allllll over her. She decided right after that her dog could wait to see his regular vet tomorrow and she went home. Everyone in the waiting room and the entire staff told that Saint Bernard how much of a good boy he was.
#11
In high school, a shy girl asked a guy to the prom and he scornfully said no and made his disgust very public. He wasn't exactly the most popular or good looking guy, but he had big ambitions. Right after publicly embarrassing his would-be suitor, he asked a very popular girl to the prom. She made it known, very loudly, that she wanted nothing to do with him. Nasty, but I felt like he deserved it. A few days later, he asked another popular girl to the prom in a very over the top, very public promposal involving multiple expensive flower bouquets. She took one look at the spectacle and walked away without saying anything. I actually don't blame her b/c it was a pretty embarrassing and she didn't want to be involved. That was a good second wave of karma.
#12
It’s not much but once during a group project, we were sitting in a circle and, unbeknownst to me, when I stood up one of the girls had quietly moved my chair so that when I sat back down I hit the floor hard. I hate this prank and don’t really find it funny at all. I wasn’t mad for long though because while she laughed and went to sit on her own old c***py plastic chair, the leg snapped and she fell on her a*s too. Instant gratification.
#13
My cousin stole and ate my container of milk chocolate peanuts when I was 10 .. and that's how we figured out Christopher was allergic to nuts. 🤷♂️.
#14
I was playing volleyball in middle school gym, and I messed up. Marc came up and started berating me, telling me I’m awful and mess everything up and I suck.
In the middle of his insults, someone else kicked a volleyball that accidentally smacked him right in the face, knocking out a tooth.
He cried like a baby. I got detention for laughing. Worth it.
#15
30 years ago, I paid for one newspaper (from a newspaper coin operated container), but I took two out. As I left, my untucked shirt got stuck in the door.
I had to pay to get my shirt back out as I laughed at the justice.
#16
My wife’s oldest sister used to try and insinuate that my wife was pregnant before we got married (she wasn’t), but it really bugged my wife.
Then I got into genealogy and did my wife’s family and printed out a book with details and dates. While looking it over for the first time the sister goes pale and tells me I have her mom and dad’s wedding date wrong. Her mom checked and says nope it’s right.
But that makes her being born 6 months later.
Her mom says yep that’s right.
She never bugged my wife again.
#17
Seeing one of my logo designs in a job candidate’s portfolio during an interview.
End of interview.
#18
I was stopped at a stop sign and some a*****e who was riding my a*s through the parking lot slammed on the horn because I stopped. He whipped around me and got into a car wreck while flipping me off out the window leaving the parking lot because he didn’t see the traffic I was avoiding.
Never laughed so hard in my life. I wish I had it on video.
#19
Old lady with a walker shoved my toddler out the way to get on a tram, then scolded her for being in the way. Two seconds later her walker got jammed between the tram and the pavement, she panicked and shouted for help. I helped her out, but with a loud commentary to toddler about THAT’S why we don’t push in front of people.
ZuriLovesYou 3 months ago
Personally, I wouldn't have helped her. I would've walked onto that tram and looked back at her with the biggest smile on my face.
#20
On my way to work, almost running late. Pulled up to a 4 way stop the same time as this other dude im the lane perpendicular to me, said dude is to my right so he has the right of way (in this state anyway). So I wait but blinks the high beams to let me know to go first. I start to go, dude guns in right in front or me as im like halfway across the intersection so I slam my brakes and let the dips**t go. I get through the intersection and the cop that was sitting in a driveway with the lights off whips past me and pulls this idiot over. Very satisfying. .
BROmanicus85 3 months ago
I love it when insurance scammers get caught! They're one of the lowest forms of humans... As if insurance prices aren't high enough, now we have to worry about these f****s as well! F**k'em!!!
#21
I once saw a guy steal a bag of dog turds, the woman that picked it up put it in one of those little gift bags. She set the bag down on a bench and went over to get a bottle of water from a vending machine. While her back was turned I saw a guy creeping up, looking around to see if anyone was looking at him. When he got a little closer, he snatched up the bag of turds and took off running down the boardwalk. I didn't get to see his face when he opened the bag to check out his big heist or just stuck his hand in to pull out what was in there, but it had to be funny.
#22
Woman in front of me at the grocery checkout once went ballistic when the cashier rang up her cabbage as iceberg lettuce. (Tbf it was in a plastic produce bag and the checkout was busy. He was doing his best.) Anyway she's irate and they get the manager over to null the sale and ring it up again. She's going on to the manager about how this kid is so lazy and bad at his job. Manager is a champ defending this guy while being firm with the lady. You can tell they're both done with her.
Eventually they ring her up again and she ends up paying a whole extra dollar for her cabbage. She pauses, and then pays the actual cost and quietly leaves. I'd never seen karma come so quickly.
Fire Singer 3 months ago
Asked my brother to bring a head of lettuce to some family thing, he brought a cabbage lol!!
#23
7th grade. Biggest most obnoxious bully on the school bus. Spit outside the window, but spit into the wind….all his spittle and phlegm hit him right back in the face. Sweetest justice I’ve ever seen.
Panda Kicki 3 months ago
My mum once threw out a burning cigarette from a car, that promptly went in through the back window and set the seat in fire. She learnt her lesson.
#24
There was a long line for drinks at an outdoor bar in Tahoe. I’m next in line when a smug guy just walks straight up to the window, cutting in front of everybody. I confronted him and he said something like “I’ve been here for hours. What are you doing to do?” Right as the bartender came back from running the last person’s card, the guy starts ordering. I look at the bartender and loudly say “he cut in front of the line and seems intoxicated”.
As soon as I said that, another bartender comes over and tells the guy “you’re cut off”. He called the other bartenders over and said “this guy is cut off”. No more drinks for him that night.
#25
It was a super small thing, but it had me laughing my a*s off at the time.
While driving with my son on this one lane road, the car behind me was extremely aggressive. I was going 5 over the speed limit, but that was apparently not fast enough. He rode my butt, flashed his lights, honked, swerved, the whole 9 yards. I ignored him as best as I could.
We get to a light, and at the intersection, the road widens to 2 lanes. I knew on the other side of this light it would go right back to one lane, so I didn't bother switching lanes because I also know where the road bottlenecks people will NOT let you in. They just won't.
Angry honky man makes a big engine revving show of getting around me and into the lane beside me at the light. The light changes, and we both go. Bad news for honky, he was in the lane that ends. Naturally, no one let him in. So for all his honking and revving, I sailed right past him, laughing my a*s off, watching him try to get back into traffic.
It's a small situation, but it was the quickest and most appropriate karma I have seen in years. I still chuckle at it now and then.
Jan Rosier 3 months ago
I like it when I get passed by a low-flying idot, and then 500 meters further, I am standing behind that same idiot at the red lights. I always give them the biggest, friendliest, smile and wave. Don't know if they notice, though.
#26
I was sitting in my wife's car while she ran into the store for something. I was watching a baseball game on my phone when this hand came through the window and tried to grab my phone. I jerked it away and it fell between the car seats, he started calling me names which insinuated that my first name was Ritz. I don't know where that cop came from, but the phone grabber was quickly on the ground in handcuffs.
It turns out that I wasn't the first person he tried to do the grab on, the cop was following him because he was recognized by security cam.
Epona 3 months ago
Calling you names and getting angry because you didn't let him steal your phone? Bizarre
Meagan Glaser 3 months ago
Some people just lash out at whatever makes them mad. Doesn't matter if they created the problem, if the other party is 100% the victim. Some folks will run you over with their car then yell at you for messing up their paintjob.
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HeavyMetalHeart 3 months ago
I assume the Ritz reference means the guy called OP a cracker, which implies OP is white and the would-be thief is black.
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#27
I went to the bank after work one time to deposit some money. Noticed that someone left their debit card in the slot, so I turned it in to the front desk.
Went to Chipotle after, got my usual order and they told me to just take it away for free since the register/card system was having issues.
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
I had an ATM eat my card once, and just as I was arriving at the bank nearby to ask for help guess who I ran into? The guy who had found it when the machine spat it out again and was handing it in. I still think about him sometimes. ^_^
#28
A dude bragging about free handling his highly venomous snakes and harassing those who told him it's dangerous just got bitten by the most venomous snake in the world. He's been hospitalized since Friday.
#29
Late 1960's. 50 guys taking a physical for the Navy. When it's my turn to have blood drawn, I turn my head and close my eyes. Big burly guy calls me a wuss. When it's his turn, he watches ostentatiously. Corpsman gets about halfway through, BBG faints dead away.
Beak Hookage 3 months ago
When I got my ears pierced age 11, the piercer told me she'd had kids like me who just peacefully sat there and didn't flinch, and big tough-looking dudes who panicked and bolted out of the shop.
#30
One time, I was at a busy grocery store, and this guy cut in front of an elderly woman in the checkout line, acting like he didn’t see her. Not even two minutes later, his credit card got declined. The cashier looked at him and said, 'Looks like you’ll have to wait your turn after all.' The old lady gave a little smirk as she got to go first. Instant karma at its finest!
#31
Bro tailgated me in traffic, sped past me, then got pulled over like 2 mins later. Felt so damn good lol.
#32
Some people will never understand the mixed emotions of telling your child to stop doing something and then they hurt themselves after they continue doing it.
Panda Kicki 3 months ago
Yep. Of course sad they got hurt, but also satisfied the learning moment occured on spot. It is worth a few bruises to learn that parents might not totally lie when we say something is dangerous.
#33
Worked for a local brewery and myself had a job for everything including distribution, one of the jobs, including calling accounts to sell our beer to. The owner’s daughter also worked for us “doing” the same job (Big quotations to be honest with you) she would come in for a few hours and say that she sold a bunch of beer and then leave. So after awhile I figured that she wasn’t doing jack s**t, so I approached my boss and said “from the numbers I’m receiving it doesn’t look like she’s doing much in general, I would speak with her”. His response was quite classic, “mind your own f*****g business and just do your accounts”, 🫡🫡 you got it and I walked away. About 2 weeks later, he gets a email from the head of the distribution company that deals with her state saying they haven’t heard from her in a few months with orders and they are sitting on quite a bit of product, 😁😁 I just sat there and smiled and didn’t say a f*****g word and enjoy him b***hing about her.
Stephanie Did It 3 months ago
Never mess with the workplace nepo baby. They will either fail out or fail themselves all the way to upper management.
#34
Guy at a bar was being a total a*s to the bartender, then slipped on spilled beer as he was leaving. Poetic justice.
#35
I saw a guy trying to impress his friends by showing off his motorcycle skills. He revved his engine and took off at lightning speed, only to hit a giant puddle and wipe out spectacularly right in front of them. As he lay there, soaked and embarrassed, his friends couldn't stop laughing, and he had to walk home with a bruised ego.
What do you think ?
Becky Scherer 3 months ago (edited)
A light hearted one - my mom used to tease me every time my nose would itch, saying it meant I was going to kiss a fool. So one time after she said it I gave her a kiss on the cheek. We both laughed but she hasn't said it since. Lol
Keith Lancaster 3 months ago
In a Gay bar and they had a stripper on. Whilst he was doing his thing, I realised that I needed to pee. The only problem was that the only way to the toilet was across the dance floor where the striper was working. I asked a guy behind the bar if there was another toilet, he said no but, gave me an empty pint glass (I live in England) and told me to p**s in that end then empty it when the stripper had gone. I did the first bit and then put the glass on the bar. When it was clear I turned around to dispose of the pint of p**s only to find that somebody had stolen it. British lager and urine can look pretty similar. I told the bartender and he told all of the other people working there, none of them had emptied it. I hope you enjoyed your free beer.
Adam Zad 3 months ago
I was in the left lane on a freeway when CHP (California Highway Patrol) ran a traffic break all of one car in front of me. Since it was such a wide road (6-8 lanes), they had multiple vehicles, including the motorcycle in front of me, holding the traffic. A BMW comes flying down the center divider shoulder, well above the speed limit, and blows out in front of the break. No hesitation, motorcycle cop lights up and goes after him.
Julia H 2 months ago
Similar, also in California. Except CHP waited until he could stop holding traffic. Then sped after the idiot. We were very happy to pass him while he was being ticketed.
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Jane Doe 2 months ago
The one about mixed feelings when you warn your kid. I have a twist. I was telling my nephew something like, don't jump on the couch, you will fall and get hurt. He jumped on the couch. He bounced to the floor. He hurt his knee. Later, his sisters were doing something (twins, three years younger.) he told them to stop before they got hurt. This kid turns to me, dead serious, "why won't they listen. I told them they will get hurt."
Julia H 2 months ago
I was driving on a two-lane side street when the guy behind me whips into the other lane. However, we both get stopped at the same red light. When it turns green, he takes off, going straight. A police car turns on his lights and pulls him over. He failed to notice the lane was right turn only.
Alex Helm 3 months ago
I was driving on the motorway when a massive storm hit. Torrential rain, sheet water on the road, very low visibility - really dangerous driving conditions, so I was chugging along in my trusty old SUV at a sensible 40mph. There were no other vehicles in sight until this jackass in a high performance car zooms past me at well over 100mph. As I’m thinking what an idiot he is, I see him in front of me lose control and spin rapidly about two full circles. He was very lucky that he didn’t hit anything. Uninjured but presumably shocked, he pulled over onto the hard shoulder. And then I chugged past him at 40mph with a big smirk.
Pandamonium Pandas Pandie 2 months ago
once, in 4th grade, I was playing tetherball w/my friends, some 5th grader and his gang came over and pushed me and my friend out of they way to play with his friends, the ball was still spinning and hit them all right smack in the face!
jjdubs W 2 months ago
On a country road, years ago, a car failed to stop on the cross street, nearly hitting me as I swerved around it. (I didn't have a stop sign, the cross street did.) Out of nowhere a cop turns on their lights and pulls the other car over. Felt pretty instant and felt good :)
Mary Hamilton 3 months ago
Was headed to work a little early one morning with very little traffic on a 3 lane highway. I was driving in the middle lane and some joker decided he needed to speed past me on the right to and cut me off so he could get in the far left lane. The problem was that there was a police cruiser to the left of me that he obviously didn't see. He got pulled over immediately. I love Karma.
highwaycrossingfrog 3 months ago
What is wrong with Bored Panda today? I come here for entertainment, not anger. Go take a nap
Becky Scherer 3 months ago (edited)
A light hearted one - my mom used to tease me every time my nose would itch, saying it meant I was going to kiss a fool. So one time after she said it I gave her a kiss on the cheek. We both laughed but she hasn't said it since. Lol
Keith Lancaster 3 months ago
In a Gay bar and they had a stripper on. Whilst he was doing his thing, I realised that I needed to pee. The only problem was that the only way to the toilet was across the dance floor where the striper was working. I asked a guy behind the bar if there was another toilet, he said no but, gave me an empty pint glass (I live in England) and told me to p**s in that end then empty it when the stripper had gone. I did the first bit and then put the glass on the bar. When it was clear I turned around to dispose of the pint of p**s only to find that somebody had stolen it. British lager and urine can look pretty similar. I told the bartender and he told all of the other people working there, none of them had emptied it. I hope you enjoyed your free beer.
Adam Zad 3 months ago
I was in the left lane on a freeway when CHP (California Highway Patrol) ran a traffic break all of one car in front of me. Since it was such a wide road (6-8 lanes), they had multiple vehicles, including the motorcycle in front of me, holding the traffic. A BMW comes flying down the center divider shoulder, well above the speed limit, and blows out in front of the break. No hesitation, motorcycle cop lights up and goes after him.
Julia H 2 months ago
Similar, also in California. Except CHP waited until he could stop holding traffic. Then sped after the idiot. We were very happy to pass him while he was being ticketed.
Load More Replies... Jane Doe 2 months ago
The one about mixed feelings when you warn your kid. I have a twist. I was telling my nephew something like, don't jump on the couch, you will fall and get hurt. He jumped on the couch. He bounced to the floor. He hurt his knee. Later, his sisters were doing something (twins, three years younger.) he told them to stop before they got hurt. This kid turns to me, dead serious, "why won't they listen. I told them they will get hurt."
Julia H 2 months ago
I was driving on a two-lane side street when the guy behind me whips into the other lane. However, we both get stopped at the same red light. When it turns green, he takes off, going straight. A police car turns on his lights and pulls him over. He failed to notice the lane was right turn only.
Alex Helm 3 months ago
I was driving on the motorway when a massive storm hit. Torrential rain, sheet water on the road, very low visibility - really dangerous driving conditions, so I was chugging along in my trusty old SUV at a sensible 40mph. There were no other vehicles in sight until this jackass in a high performance car zooms past me at well over 100mph. As I’m thinking what an idiot he is, I see him in front of me lose control and spin rapidly about two full circles. He was very lucky that he didn’t hit anything. Uninjured but presumably shocked, he pulled over onto the hard shoulder. And then I chugged past him at 40mph with a big smirk.
Pandamonium Pandas Pandie 2 months ago
once, in 4th grade, I was playing tetherball w/my friends, some 5th grader and his gang came over and pushed me and my friend out of they way to play with his friends, the ball was still spinning and hit them all right smack in the face!
jjdubs W 2 months ago
On a country road, years ago, a car failed to stop on the cross street, nearly hitting me as I swerved around it. (I didn't have a stop sign, the cross street did.) Out of nowhere a cop turns on their lights and pulls the other car over. Felt pretty instant and felt good :)
Mary Hamilton 3 months ago
Was headed to work a little early one morning with very little traffic on a 3 lane highway. I was driving in the middle lane and some joker decided he needed to speed past me on the right to and cut me off so he could get in the far left lane. The problem was that there was a police cruiser to the left of me that he obviously didn't see. He got pulled over immediately. I love Karma.
highwaycrossingfrog 3 months ago
What is wrong with Bored Panda today? I come here for entertainment, not anger. Go take a nap
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