“The Most Beautiful Thing I've Ever Seen”: 65 Times Karma Hit Jerks Like A Train

Not me, my wife. She was paitently waiting for someone else to pull out of a parking space so she could park there when a brand new (2023) top of the line luxury car whippped by her and pulled into it. Quite annoyed and even though there was a vacant space to the left of the idiot she sought out another space. She had just parked when she was startled by the sound of a loud crash. A late 1980’s full size pickup which looked as if it had hit everything but the lotterty had also hit the idiot; hard. Apparently its driver attempted to pull into the vacant space to the left of the idiot and either misjudged their speed or the distance needed to turn.

Further damage to the truck: indiscernable and so minor it backed up and awaited the police.

Damage to the brand new luxury idiot: bad enough so it had to be pulled out of the parking space and flatbedded off.

When I was with my ex-husband, I used to bug him to go to the dentist. I had great benefits and he had never had coverage before.

After being married for only 18 months, I learned he had cheated on me with at least one woman. My heart was shattered as I moved out. At work I asked HR to remove him from my benefits so my deduction would go down.

After a couple of months, he calls me at work (and just doesn’t sound like his usual self). I was polite and professional, and asked how he was doing. Turns out he had a once-in-a-lifetime toothache that had kept him up all night.

Then he asked the million-dollar question: ‘I need to go to the dentist. How does our benefit plan work?’ I had such a hard time maintaining my composure, oh how I wanted to laugh and clap my hands in joy. Instead, I calmly replied that he was no longer on my benefit plan

What? We’re still married!’ This, even though he never grasped the concept of monogamy. I informed him that benefits cost money and I needed every cent I earned. Then I wished him luck and said goodbye.

t was a good day. A very good day indeed.

Years ago I was chatting with a customer while making her drink. She apparently had just gotten a promotion and bought herself a new car and was excited. I congratulated her and asked if she like her new position, just trying to make small talk. What had been a pleasant interaction suddenly took a turn. She started being really condescending while bragging about her higher salary and benefits, etc. I’m just nodding along throwing in an occasional “wow” or “that’s great” wondering what I said or did to cause her to change her tone. As she takes her drink she makes one last dig telling me that I might could have what she has one day once I get a “real job”. I was working just under 40hrs a week and going to university full time; that comment stung but I plastered on the Starbucks’ smile and congratulated her again.

As she walked out the door towards her shiny new car a gust of wind lifted one of our umbrellas out of its stand and dragged it across the hood of her car. It left scratches on both front quarter panels and the hood. My SSV, who had watched the entire interaction, and I had to duck behind the counter as we could barely contain our laughter. I love justified schadenfreude.

A lady called corporate to complain about me (in front of me) and put it on speaker so I could hear it. Corporate said she was just being rude and to leave me alone.

When my son was about 5 or 6 we parked in a supermarket carpark and got out of the car. A women was approaching as she was in the next parking space. She screamed that my son had opened our car door onto her car. He hadn’t.

Anyway, I know I can lose my temper but didn’t want to in front of my son. She’s screaming. We’re very calm.

when she eventually gets in her car, she fumbles getting her keys and drops a £10 note. Son and I just look at it. She drives off. I say, son, that £10 is yours now.

A guy was complaining about having to wait for his latte after recieving the cup of coffee he also ordered, saying that his coffee was going to go cold by then. After harassing the baristas at the end of the counter, he took a hard look at me and threw his coffee JUST by my face. I'm sure he didn't intend to hit me but made sure I SAW him do that and then left the store to catch his flight. Luckily, the pilot for said flight saw what he did and DENIED him entry to board the plane he was taking. I didn't know it til the next day and was told by the attendants at the gate what had happened after I left for home.

My biological father cheated on my mother with his high school sweetheart their entire 17-year marriage. We didn’t have much money but every couple of years he’d empty the bank account, run away with her, then crawl back when the money was gone.

When I was 16, my mom finally had enough and kicked him out. He ended up marrying his long term AP who left him for someone else about three years later.

Toss up between

Some guy flipping me off in traffic the week I got my driver's license, and then immediately having a blowout and hitting the highway divider.

And

I was leaving my [bad] retail job one day and saw this guy and his girlfriend arguing in the parking lot. She screamed something and he slapped her hard enough to knock her down. I yelled at him and started towards them and when he spun around to see who yelled another guy that had also seen what happened sucker punched him. We left him unconscious on the concrete and helped the girl up and made sure she was okay to drive home.

Once a dude stole our tip jar out of the drive thru window. He tried to speed away but got stuck at the end of the lane by a car waiting to turn on the street. He was there for a good 2-3 minutes before he could go, so we all just waved and laughed (and wrote down his license plate number, not that Starbucks ever does anything about tip thieves).

I was driving one day and unfortunately wasn’t paying attention to what’s around the bend on the road. I came up to a pedestrian crossing where the lights had turned red. I instantly jammed the brakes to stop my car as I saw a man already cycling across the road (the lights for him to cross had already turned green). In that moment I did see immense horror all over his face, and I can imagine I made his heart skip a beat as he probably thought I was going to run him over.

He was so furious he stopped cycling and took to unleash his fury at me. I totally understood his reaction and did apologise profusely. I kept repeating, and repeating “Im so sorry, please forgive me, I wasn’t paying attention.” It seemed the more I apologised the more profanity and insults he hurled at me. I continued to apologise as I genuinely felt really bad, but he carried on disinterested in my apology, all while blocking my path. I didn’t know what else to do or say.

He finally decided to continue along the pedestrian crossing as traffic was building behind me. As he cycled, still using profane language, he kept turning to me and giving me the… one finger salute. That was not a good move on his part. This time, his lack of attention to where he was heading caused him to collide straight into the traffic light ahead. In an instant he was off his bike. He was unhurt, but now even more livid.

As I drove off I have to admit I did smile. I believe karma got him for not showing any mercy, and for not being thankful for not getting seriously hurt.

The way I see it… If everyone was so unkind and unrelenting people would see no need to apologise, express remorse or reflect on mistakes. That man went too far with his anger, and karma stepped in with lessons for all. That’s why its my favourite instant karma moment.

The best karma story I ever read on Reddit was from a man married to his wife for over 20 years. They had two older daughters (18 and 20) and weren't rich but very comfortable. The wife had been a stay-at-home mom their entire marriage.

The wife announced one day that she has been having an affair with her doctor. She was also pregnant with her affair partner's child. The wife said no chance of reconciliation and she wanted a divorce as quickly as possible. She agreed to take none of the marital assets to get the jilted husband to agree and their divorce was completed within a few short months. The affair partner was in the same position and also gave his ex-wife everything to get their divorce completed as quickly as possible. The now ex-wife and AP both figured they could make the money back quickly with his career as a doctor.

Both divorces were completed in about three months and the now ex-wife and her new husband married the following weekend. They left for their honeymoon where they were in a car accident. The ex-wife was unharmed but her new husband [passed away] in the crash. The ex wife was suddenly in a position where she had absolutely no financial assets, no job experience working outside the home, and seven months pregnant with her new late husband's child. She was asking her ex-husband to renegotiate their divorce settlement and he was on reddit asking whether he should. The resounding advice was a resounding NO!

I was driving on a residential street this morning, at the posted speed limit of 25mph. An idiot behind me, who was apparently in a hurry, passed several cars behind me as he closed the distance between us honking his horn and blinking his lights. I could not pull over because the road was too narrow. So, when the oncoming traffic cleared, he crossed the double yellow line and passed me going at least 60mph in a 25mph School zone. As soon as he cut back in front of me he passed an intersection where a Police radar car was posted. The cop hit his blue light and siren and pulled the guy over to the joy of myself and about 4 other motorists he passed on that road. Karma? Yes! Satisfying? Definitely!!

I used to work in real estate (in Europe, and in the country where I am, stricter regulations have started being introduced only last year...), in rentals. In almost three years of impeccable work and work ethics, I make a minor mistake in back end system regarding client (won't go into boring details). A colleague from another branch (only working with the company for two months or so), working with the same client somehow found out and reported me to Head Office. It ended with me losing my commission from the deal. (It was a bit harsh, but rules are rules...) BUT, what he didn't know is that HO took these reports seriously and did background and log ins check on the one reporting as well. He got fired and reported to relevant authorities IMMEDIATELY, because, as it turns out, in that short time working, he had stolen around 7000 euros...

So when I work window I often encounter different kinds of behaviors when it comes to taking your drinks/food. There's the people that put their hand out but with no actual grabbing motion. Cue drink/food sliding through their fingers and crashing to ground. Then they look at me like I did this while I'm just confused why they didn't actually use their hands to grab things.

Then there's the people that snatch everything out of your hand aggressively. Which of course means they squeeze the cup and it explodes all over them. Again they stare at me with this look of "why did you do this to me".

My favorites are the ones that refuse to roll their window down more than a few inches to pay...then super snatch their drink and quickly try to pull it into the car...only for it to catch and burst at the top of their window.

Im happy to say I've seen this happen more than once.

My ex wife and I were married for 10 years. High school sweethearts. She had an affair with a coworker of hers who was the absolute opposite of me.

I am a pretty straight laced, follows most of the rules, works hard kind of guy. Her AP was a head tattoos, motorcycle club, party hard kind of guy.

I was the bread winner in our relationship by far and she could have gotten quite a bit of money and spousal support, but wanted it over quickly so her and her AP could be together. She only ended up asking for enough money to pay off her car(~$30k). She left the dog, the house, my retirement, and our bank accounts alone and asked for no monthly alimony.

I went NC the day it was finalized and only know what I do from mutual friends who mention things. She’s no longer with AP. Her parents have essentially disowned her. She’s living in a small apartment with her sister and new boyfriend who has a similar name to me and looks a lot like me. She’s working two jobs to make ends meet.

But to me, the best karma has nothing to do with her, I’m not sure if she knows or not. I’ve since met and married a wonderful woman, we have had some amazing kids. We’ve done well real estate wise and now live in a house we have no business affording with our jobs, but with the sale of my old marital home and my wife’s starter home... it worked out well. I’m a little less straight laced and we have a lot of fun, but not recklessly. Wouldn’t trade my life for anything.

I honestly hope my ex is able to find a place in life where she is happy and content.

When I walked my Jack Russell terrior down the street, he decided he was going to be big jerk man and bark at the dogs in a fenced in yard. As he strutted away, he went head first into a small ditch (not hurt). I actually told him, "There's your instant karma buddy!" lol.

In around 1979 I was flying from South Lake Tahoe to San Francisco.The flight was sold out and I was on standby.While I was waiting in the small terminal with a ”no smoking” sign, a women lit a cigarette. I pointed to the sign and she laughed and blew smoke towards me. Not wanting a further confrontation, I moved away. A little while later, the flight boarded and I was given a standby seat by the door. It turned out the smoker was also on standby. The gate agent told her there was a seat available, so she came up the stairs. When she reached the door, the flight attendant told her that they made a mistake and sent her back to the terminal. I just smiled and waved to her when she saw me before turning around.

Probably the most cliche karma story - My ex wife tried to monkey branch between me and a doctor she was having an affair with. Testing the waters with him to see if he would commit to her and if he didn’t, have me to fall back on. I figured out what was going on and filed for divorce.

I went out with friends to celebrate my divorce being finalized. Ran into her nurse coworkers who told me they were still together but the doctor has been sleeping with a bunch of nurses behind her back. The best karma though - I heard they got married last year. Have fun together!

Turns out a single doctor sleeping with a married woman isn’t the most moral of persons.

Well, I have a juicy one here: my cousin had an affair and left her husband for the AP ( they also had one kid together ). She got pregnant with AP's kid. Married him eventually. Found out he was cheating basically since day one. He cheated with and eventually moved in HER OWN SISTER in their home (well, his home ).
Sister had to leave, but came back and AP (now husband) kicked out my cousin and both kids out and is currently divorcing her. The kicker is that he gives her full custody and wants nothing to do with her and the kid he has with her because ... Her sister is six months pregnant with triplets !!! If this has not anything to do Karma being involved in here , then don't know what that is 😐.

So, legally separated, and we had drafted our divorce paperwork. We agreed (in writting) that we agreed to follow the conditions set forth in the divorce paperwork until the court granted the divorce. She had also moved back with family and made a big deal of her "family support structure" being the reason she would be the better "custodial parrent" while we drew up the divorce paperwork. Put simply, she has her parents, one pair of grand parents, an aunt/uncle, and an adult cousin all within 15 miles. I had no family within driving distance at the time.

During this time, she hit a deer. She had to take the car into the shop to get it fixed, and she discovered that she had declined car rental assistance when she set up her separate auto insurance. She called me and tried to say that I was responsible for covering half because it affects the kids. I asked if they had any medical appointments scheduled in the next 3 to 5 days... "no." "Then I dont see how this adversely impacts the kids. You will have to solve this problem on your own." She then tried whining about how she didn't know how she'd get to work (45 min commute) , and that she could lose her job, and that could affect the kids.

My respons was full of schadenfreude. "Your parents have two vehicles and work at the same place... can't they carpool and lend you a vehicle? Your grandparents have two vehicles and are retired. Plus they're spending most of their time home because of COVID... can't they lend you a vehicle? Your aunt works from home... couldn't you borrow her vehicle? You made such a big deal about how you'd make such a better custodial parent because of your strong family support structure, so how about you put your money where your mouth is and prove it? Plus, the divorce paperwork specifically states that you are responsible for your own vehicle and associated costs, so grow up, and figure it out. Im not your safety net anymore."

She grudging and grumpply acknowledged my statement and hung up on me and I was grinning for the next hour.