Someone is always watching. Well, that might not be entirely true, but it’s best to behave as if it is. You shouldn’t ever do or say anything that you wouldn’t want others to know about. Because it might just come back to bite you in the form of karma.
Redditors have recently been recalling times they witnessed instant karma, so we’ve gathered their best stories below. From reckless drivers getting pulled over immediately after speeding through school zones to people getting caught in the midst of trying to scam someone, these tales make it clear that karma can be fast-acting when it wants to. So enjoy scrolling through these stories, and be sure to upvote the ones that inspire you to be on your best behavior!
#21
Little league game: dad telling hi kid loudly to watch what he was doing at all times, then he walked right into the light pole and fell backwards.
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42points
#22

My sister's friend made fun of me because she got her food at the restaurant first, then the waitress spilled her meal into her lap.
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42points
#23

I was helping my dad build a shed. I have a bad back (disc issues) and took a few 3 minute breaks when it gets too painful. He started telling me I'm just lazy. I cried. He nailed 3 of his fingers together with the framing nail gun, and I had to drive him to the ER.
42points
#24

I once had a person in a Cadillac undertake me on the interstate then proceeded to bob and weave around several more cars passing on the left and right. I was hoping for a cop to magically appear. But they weren't needed because the idiot lost control and went head first into the concrete divide. Fortunately he didn't hit anyone else and everyone was able to slow down to get around them.
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39points
#25

I was giving my wife grief about always shaking out her shoes before putting them on. Then I went to put on my shoes, felt something wriggling inside. It was a giant desert centipede! 😱.
el_goyo_rojo, https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/comments/10otin6/desert_centipede_and_other_critters_ive_found_in/
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#26
I was riding the tram home one afternoon and a few seats in front of me was this scruff with her feet on the empty seats, eating sweets and throwing the papers on the floor. Absolutely vile and disrespectful.
She got off at the same stop as me, only to be stopped by the ticket inspectors for not having a ticket and fined on the spot.
She got off at the same stop as me, only to be stopped by the ticket inspectors for not having a ticket and fined on the spot.
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38points
#27

Boss chewed me out for something stupid publicly on the sales floor of a grocery store. When she was done she tried to walk through these large double swinging doors and someone was coming out full speed with an overload cart full of stuff to stock and knocked her in her back. I asked if she was ok and then laughed uncontrollably.
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37points
#28
I was at this night club just down the street from where I lived at the time, and noticed this nerdy looking fella approach a woman and asked her to dance. She shot him down immediately, and by the looks of it she wasn't sugarcoating it either, so our nerd friend slinked away and parked at the bar instead.
A few minutes later the woman was dancing, and asked this blonde guy standing at the outskirts of the dance floor for a dance. He pointed to his friend, who was the nerdy guy from earlier, and while I couldn't hear them over the music she was apparently rude enough earlier to make the blonde guy tell her to get lost. So now it was her turn to slink away, and I was all like "Ooooh, karma!".
A few minutes later the woman was dancing, and asked this blonde guy standing at the outskirts of the dance floor for a dance. He pointed to his friend, who was the nerdy guy from earlier, and while I couldn't hear them over the music she was apparently rude enough earlier to make the blonde guy tell her to get lost. So now it was her turn to slink away, and I was all like "Ooooh, karma!".
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36points
#29

An aggressive driver turned around to flip me off and promptly got T boned in the intersection.
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33points
#30

Was walking one time with my friend in a very rough area
A group of guys were kind of on both sides of a narrow path we had to walk through
They were trying to really intimidate us
As my friend is gay and Im unconventional looking
As soon as we passed them, I mean less then a second a car drove by and egged them all
I felt like that was the universe kinda getting them for tryna make us feel uncomfortable
felt like a perfect benign hilarious universal justice.
A group of guys were kind of on both sides of a narrow path we had to walk through
They were trying to really intimidate us
As my friend is gay and Im unconventional looking
As soon as we passed them, I mean less then a second a car drove by and egged them all
I felt like that was the universe kinda getting them for tryna make us feel uncomfortable
felt like a perfect benign hilarious universal justice.
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31points
#31

Not me but my sister, she once saw this car with two people in it driving horribly, weaving in and out of traffic and apparently having a great time scaring people. The passenger throws a beer bottle out in front of the car. It shatters, they drive right over it and it flattens a tire. .
28points
#32
One time, a guy at the coffee shop was trying to cut in line and totally ignoring everyone behind him. He’s smirking, acting like he’s above it all. Then just as he leaves the counter carrying his coffee, he slips on a little puddle and drops his coffee all over himself. In front of everyone he was trying to skip past.
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28points
#33
Was at an NFL game and afterwards this guy was talking smack to a random couple in the other team’s jerseys. He was walking forward and looking back talking - wham! Right into a metal stop sign and he goes down hard! Everyone had a good laugh at his expense.
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28points
#34
When someone cuts me off and immediately gets cut off by someone else. It brings me pleasure.
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24points
#35
There was a big traffic jam and the dude behind me was darting back and forth between lanes aggressively without a signal until finally pulling off to the shoulder and speeding past. I hear a crash and then inched by where he rear-ended another car with the same idea.
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22points
#36
I was walking at night and saw a guy in a fancy car with his lights off. I tried to signal that his lights were off, he did the same signal back and flipped me off.
I saw him get pulled over 10 seconds later.
I saw him get pulled over 10 seconds later.
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22points
#37
Maybe not best but first one I remember. As kids my friend spits gum out of the car window. We get to the destination, friend steps out of the car onto a piece of gum. Hot asphalt in the summer, that gum is hard to remove.
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21points
#38
Me. I was boasting at a basketball game that my family never gets sick, and not 3 minutes later my 5 year old niece projectile vomits in my lap.
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18points
#39
My ex one day he went to hit me during an argument. The moment he swung, he dislocated his shoulder, and I had to hold off from laughing.
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16points
#40
Wife and I were walking around California Adventure. We had to step around an obstacle / person and in the process, apparently got in front of someone else.
Said someone else proceeded to make a minor huffing sound, step to the side, and charge forward. Love that he was in a hurry and staring down at his phone, because that distraction is what allowed him to plow straight into one of the light poles on Buena Vista Street with his forehead.
We had to restrain ourselves till we get out of earshot of this cat.
Said someone else proceeded to make a minor huffing sound, step to the side, and charge forward. Love that he was in a hurry and staring down at his phone, because that distraction is what allowed him to plow straight into one of the light poles on Buena Vista Street with his forehead.
We had to restrain ourselves till we get out of earshot of this cat.
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16points


