Have you ever wanted to be petty, even though that's not your nature?

Asked by cookieman (41609) August 26th, 2017 from iPhone

I am not a petty or vindictive person at all. Jellies who know me might agree or, as my daughter would tease me, “You’re so zen.” (insert teenage eye roll here) ;^)

However…this one guy recently got my goat —

I’ve been trying to get a new teaching job for over a year and, six months ago, reached out to a dean at my alma mater looking for advice. I’ve met him before and thought he could be helpful. To my surprise, he was very condescending and said that my teaching and work experience and student’s work were sub-par. He suggested that a “real school” would not consider me. (despite my 25 years in this industry and 17 years teaching) I was happy he took the time to talk to me at all, so I thanked him for the advice and moved on — feeling pretty bad though.

Fast forward to now and one of those “real schools” he referred to recently hired me as an associate professor — and there’s a part of me that’s just dying to send him my updated resume to stick it to him. But I probably won’t. But I want to. But it’s petty. Ahhh.

How about you Jellies? Have you ever wanted to “sink to their level” just to feel better? Do you avoid being petty, even to the schmucks of the world? Please, share your stories.