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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/VeterinarianWhole250 on 2024-01-18 14:02:53.
My grandfather was tall, handsome, and charismatic, but he was also a womanizer, alcoholic, and petty thief. This story takes place in the early 1940's, during WWII.
Grandpa had a tendancy to act out whenever he didn't get his way. Fortunately, he tended more toward dramatic gestures than physical violence and one of his dramatic gestures was to claim that since no one appreciated him, he'd just enlist and go off to war. (He was young enough to enlist, but old enough to not have been drafted.) He'd then write a letter to the draft board, volunteering to serve, and leave the letter out in plain sight for a few days to make sure that everyone saw it and felt bad. He'd then quietly throw it away once he felt he'd made his point.
One time after he pulled this stunt, Grandpa couldn't find the letter to toss. He asked Grandma if she knew where it was and she said, 'Yes, I thought that you wanted it mailed, so I put it in the post yesterday." It appears that Grandma had had enough of his hysterics and decided to call his bluff.
According to my dad, Grandpa was beside himself for weeks until he finally heard back from the draft board. Fortunately for him, they denied his application because he was a farmer and they needed him to continue producing food.
That was the last time that he pulled that particular stunt. .