Just spent $75 on a singing telegram for a deadbeat customer

I had this one guy who was six months late on a $500 invoice. I got this dumb idea to hire a guy in a chicken suit to sing 'You Owe Me Money' outside his office. Cost me $75 and the building security just turned him away at the door. The customer texted me 'lol nice try' and still hasn't paid. Total waste of cash and just made me look like a joke. Anyone else ever try something ridiculous that backfired completely?

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finleym371mo ago

Sent a glitter bomb to a client who ghosted me after a big project. It was supposed to be a funny revenge thing, but the package got returned to sender. My own mailroom opened it, and I spent two hours cleaning metallic pink glitter out of the carpet. Still had to write off the invoice.

hannah9261mo agoMost Upvoted

Honestly that just seems like a bad idea from the start. Glitter bombs can actually be a real problem for people with breathing issues or if it gets in their eyes. Plus it just makes you look unprofessional, even if the client was awful. You probably lost any chance of getting paid and maybe even future work from people who hear about it. Tbh the universe did you a favor by having it come back to you.

julias441mo ago

Oh man that reminds me of my friend who tried to mail a rotten fish to his awful landlord. He wrapped it like ten times but the post office caught the smell and refused to send it. He had to drive home with that thing melting in his car in July, stank up his own ride for weeks. Sometimes the universe just flips the revenge right back on you.

the_faith13d ago

Nah, hold up @julias44, your friend's story is funny but it's not quite the same. The fish idea was just bad planning from the start. The thing with glitter bombs is they're supposed to look innocent until opened. Post office rules are weird though - they won't ship anything that smells bad or might leak. But they can't really stop sealed envelopes that look normal. Your friend's fish probably reeked through ten layers of wrapping cause fish juice is just that strong. Different situation. Still a funny story about karma though.