An entitled worker at a bookstore I was visiting called me creepy and weird for going into their kids' section and looking for books for children.

But despite the fact that I was only trying to get books for my five-year-old cousin, I decided to get some revenge by not only getting her in trouble with her manager, but also humiliating this employee in the process.

Here's what happened. Many years ago when I was 19 years old, I was at my local borders bookstore, searching for a children's book or two for my little cousin's birthday. He was turning five and really enjoyed reading whatever kids books he could at his young age, so I thought I would support the habit. So I entered the borders and head straight to the kids section and I look around, picking up some books that look like they would interest my little cousin, and even laughing at some of the funny ones that I saw on the covers

or the first couple of pages I flipped through. Now, as I was minding my own business, I get a very

firm poke on the back of my shoulder from a very disgruntled employee. The employee starts to tell me

that I must leave the kids section immediately because it is only for kids 12 and under, and how inappropriate I was being, and also how creepy I was being for looking at children's books.

I let her go on and on until I had had enough and decided it was time for some very petty revenge.

I let her finish one last sentence, and then I said to her, I totally understand.

I'll make sure to leave the kids section as no adults are allowed to be here. So I literally took about 10 steps to my left, which put me outside of the clearly carpeted boundaries of the kids section. I stood there as the employee kept looking at me, and as soon as I saw a mom and dad walk into the kids section with their two kids, I regretfully informed them that the kids could stay and look around the

section, but the parents would have to leave as they were over the age of 12. Now, they of course

were questioning my authority to tell them to leave the kids section, and rightfully so. And as

luck would have it, the employee from before came charging over apologizing to them for my

remarks and explained that the kid's section is not only for individuals under the age of 12. Well, as soon as I heard those words leave her mouth, I of course questioned her, and I asked why she would have told me the opposite just a few minutes ago and have me leave the kids section. Now, at this point, the couple just demanded to speak to a manager, and again, rightfully so. The manager came over and asked for everyone's side of things, and when I told him I was there to buy children's books for my cousin, he asked why there was a problem in the first place. So I replied by saying, I'm not sure. Ask your employee. She's the one who approached me for looking at books. I was just informing other customers of the store policy so that they didn't get reprimanded like me. Well, the manager immediately turned red and walked over to his employee. I couldn't hear everything he said, but I could imagine him saying, we'll talk about this later. This is the second time now. So I can only imagine what trouble she got into. After he finished telling his employee that they would like to speak later, he came back over to me and the couple. I then started this part of the conversation off by apologizing to the couple for making them and their kids my case and point, to which they said they understand now that they see what happened. The manager apologized to them as well, and then to me for his employee's behavior, and explain that there is no such rule or policy, and that I was free to go into the kids section, get whatever books I want, and then check out up front. He offered to bring any children's books that I knew I would purchase to the front register and hold them for me so that he didn't waste any more of my time and so that I could do one last quick visual sweep of what kids' books were on the shelves. After that, I thanked him profusely, and I told him not to worry about my time, because I've got plenty of time on my hands. I then sat down in one of the kids' chairs in the kids' section, grabbed a book off the shelf behind me, and sat down staring straight at the employee until they walked away. Now, anyways, fast forward, and this borders is now closed, so in the end, I got the last laugh, because that employee doesn't have a job there anymore. Wow, that seriously is so messed up. It's not even funny. I know this is painted as like a funny situation, but can you imagine going into a bookstore and having an employee be like, wow, you're being creepy standing there. Get out of the kids section. You're not allowed in there. It's like, dude, what are you talking about right now? The fact that she would profile the original poster like that is so uncalled for. And I'm honestly astonished that they weren't fired right there on the spot. But honestly, I love the way you handled this and I love that you embarrassed her exactly the way she embarrassed you. Because in my opinion, she absolutely deserved it. If you like Am I the Jerk, you're probably going to love Am I the

Genius. Check it out, link down below in the description. Also, go to amythejerk.com

slash submit if you would like to submit your own stories. My fourth grade teacher literally

called me the devil after I refused to help the classroom bully with any of his homework.

So I decided to get some petty revenge by literally proving her right,

where I signed her up for every psychic,

terror card reading, and medium service I could possibly find,

just to bother her to no end.

Here's what happened.

Okay, so this was about nine years ago,

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