Why Does Revenge Have Such a Bad Reputation?
Should you just grin and bear an injustice or get the justice you deserve?
The midnight oil was burning in the marketing department at BA Pharmaceuticals, endearingly called Big Ass Pharma by most of the employees.
Jake was hunched over his computer putting the final changes in a new label for the boxes of ineffective weight loss pills due for immediate national release. They were named Fatoff.
Big Ass Pharma was concerned about sales, not whether they worked.
The label printer had people on overtime waiting for the job to arrive. The pills would be shipped world-wide in a few days.
Aren’t you done yet, Jake? This snarl from his boss, Steve Banyan, a loud mouth lout who treated employees with disdain. They all hated him and told jokes about him.
He was a slob and his protruding belly preceded him. The joke was he had Dunlap’s Disease — his belly had done lapped over his belt.
I just got these changes an hour ago! Jake was once more to blame for other people’s actions. I’m going as fast as I can!
Banyan wasn’t placated. Just do your goddamned job for a change. Get those final label proofs to the printer. Now! Or it’s your ass on the line. As he left the office he slammed the door.
Jake had it with Banyan and Big Ass Pharma. He would give them something to remember him by.
He was still termed a temp even though he had been there for two years.
Banyan was a total dick and today was a Friday payday and he had cashed his check.
He pulled up the Directions box for the label on his computer and deleted all the text in it. Then with a smile, he began typing something new.
He hit Send and the printer got the label text and starting running it on the small boxes that would be filled with Fatoff and shipped ASAP.
THREE DAYS LATER. Jake stepped out of his room at the La Playa Gorgioso resort in the Yucatan Peninsula area of Mexico. He stopped by the small store at the resort and bought some newly arrived Fatoff.
With a towel over his shoulder, he went to the pool, selected a lounge chair and ordered a margarita, no salt.
He found the Directions box and read it. He knew the printer would not proofread the label text. That wasn’t their job.
It read: Marketing Director Steve Banyan can’t believe the public buys the crap BA Pharmaceuticals churns out. Some serious side effects are not revealed and they overcharge at every opportunity.
He is known to steal tips off tables and brags about cheating on his wife.
He has Dunlap’s Disease.
Do not use Fatoff! It may be the last thing you do.
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Jake laughed, finished his margarita, and got in the pool.
Revenge was sweet indeed.
