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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Scenarioing on 2025-06-06 12:12:35+00:00.

I forgot about this simple quick MC from the past. Our rural wooded town had a lake and people could park and walk a short trail to where there was a rope swing on the edge of the lake. A popular swimming and hang around spot for teens and mostly younger adults in the hot summer.

One day a few guys from the city showed up having been told about the place. One of them was very obnoxious, loud and conceited. He openly hit on the girls there and was bringing all sorts of attention to himself. We were less than impressed but no one started up with him. His buddies were well behaved.

In due course, he decided it was time to have his go on the swing and made sure the gals there knew and told them to watch to see how it is done. We repeatedly tried to tell him what we told everyone that was a new visitor there. To make absolutely sure to jump as soon the swing finished it’s outward arc and stopped for a second before it swung back. That the water was shallow near the shore an a late or early jump risked injury. He kep interrupting anyomne that was giving him the explanation.

His ego kept at it and he told us not to tell him what to do and he knew what he was doing. That he saw everyone else and didn’t need us to act like he didn’t know what he was doing. So we said, OK. Do it your way. He said “Good.”.He also amazingly said to the girls, now curious to see Romeo in action, “Now watch this”…

He swung out fine, but when the rope stopped at its outermost point, he failed to jump and hung on as the rope swung back. He couldn’t see where he was going since is back was facing the shore which was a bunch of tree roots, dirt and large rocks. He panicked and let go just as he got near the edge of the water crashing in to the less than soft roots and rocks. Bouncing and falling in to two feet of water crumpled up and mostly submerged.

He managed to get out and crawled up on shore. He got up but was limping and bleeding from his legs. As the entire crowd that gathered for this spectacle looked on in utter silence. He and his freinds were also in complete silence as they propped him up and escorted him back to the car. The trail wasn’t exactly smooth to it so it was going to be a very difficult walk.

Everyone spared him from ridicule until after they left the scene. It was like we all knew Romeo was totally humiliated and taunting him was overkill. The staring of a crowd of about two dozen in all his defeat was more than enough punishment.