00:00Benjamin is mortified, frozen in his tracks.
00:03He couldn't believe his neighbor had done this to him.
00:06Benjamin knew that the hundreds of tires in his front yard wasn't a pleasant sight to look at,
00:10but he had a good reason for them being there.
00:13He stands soaked in embarrassment, and his head begins to spin.
00:18He vowed to make his neighbor pay,
00:19to feel the same level of embarrassment and shame that he felt right now.
00:24But little did Benjamin know that two years from now,
00:26he would be able to get his revenge, and his neighbor wasn't prepared for it.
00:31Not one bit.
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00:37Benjamin Smith was an ordinary man, in an ordinary town.
00:42He worked as a carpenter and was well-known throughout the community.
00:45He would be willing to do anything to help anybody out.
00:48But this down-to-earth man had no idea what was in store for him.
00:53Benjamin was used to getting by.
00:55With every dollar he earned as a carpenter,
00:58he put towards bills and rent, which didn't leave him much.
01:01But Benjamin had no idea what was about to happen to him
01:05when he stumbled across abandoned tires in his small town.
01:09One warm Saturday morning, Benjamin set off for a walk around his local town.
01:14But through each street he passed,
01:16he couldn't help but notice abandoned tires scattered around.
01:19He didn't know it at the time,
01:20but these abandoned tires were about to change his life forever.
01:24Straight away, Benjamin picked up the tire,
01:26and with all his effort, he rolled it back to his home.
01:29Passersby in the street looked at Benjamin with confusion.
01:32What was he doing?
01:33Benjamin dismissed their stares and fingers pointing at him,
01:37and instead focused on getting the tire home.
01:40These people staring?
01:42Benjamin thought to himself.
01:43They have no idea what's coming to them.
01:45For the following few days,
01:47Benjamin set off to retrieve another tire and bring it back to his yard.
01:50And again, townspeople were stumped at what he was doing.
01:54Why would somebody want a dirty old tire, they said,
01:57stood gossiping about Benjamin.
01:58As the weeks passed,
02:00Benjamin's yard was getting fuller and fuller with tires.
02:04It was already a small yard,
02:06so now it looked tiny,
02:08crammed with black tires.
02:10Benjamin didn't mind the mess.
02:11It would all be worth it in the end, right?
02:14Little did Benjamin know that
02:15someone wasn't too happy about his yard.
02:19Benjamin's neighbor, Antony,
02:20wasn't happy with the tires in Benjamin's yard.
02:23He often laughed and pointed at Benjamin whenever he saw him.
02:26You obviously don't have a big enough house.
02:29Benjamin felt embarrassment and shame wash over him,
02:32as he felt his neighbor's nasty words cling to his body.
02:35But this neighbor would soon regret laughing at him.
02:37For as long as he could remember,
02:39Benjamin very rarely had material possessions.
02:42Growing up, his family wasn't well off.
02:44And later on, in his adult life,
02:46it seemed like he couldn't catch a break.
02:48So when his neighbor started belittling him
02:50because of the tires in his yard,
02:52it only motivated Benjamin further to prove him wrong.
02:55To prove everyone wrong.
02:57You see, as Benjamin worked as a carpenter
03:00and had a lot of free time recently,
03:02he had started to experiment with designs and furniture pieces.
03:06And so, one warm Friday afternoon,
03:09after months of collecting random unwanted tires,
03:12Benjamin got to work on his plan.
03:15Nobody was expecting this.
03:17Benjamin had spent the weekend breaking a sweat
03:19and working away at his new design,
03:21using the unwanted tries.
03:23It was finally completed.
03:24And the end result would leave everybody lost for words.
03:28Benjamin had transformed the old unwanted tires
03:31into tables, stools, and armchairs.
03:33Their finished look was truly beautiful.
03:36And as expected, they took off.
03:39Within a year of releasing and selling his new items,
03:41he made four times as much as what he used to make.
03:44It was incredible.
03:46But despite his success,
03:47Benjamin had no idea someone was about to come
03:50and rain on his parade.
03:52Benjamin didn't know it at the time,
03:54but somebody was watching Benjamin revel
03:56in his success and achievements.
03:58They had been watching his every move,
04:00envious of what he had accomplished,
04:02and they weren't too happy about it.
04:03The next two years flew by,
04:05and Benjamin and his creations
04:07had gone from strength to strength.
04:09He had gone national,
04:10with numerous towns 100 miles away,
04:13wanting a piece of Benjamin's furniture.
04:15But when Benjamin kicked back
04:16and relaxed one Friday evening,
04:18after a long week of work,
04:19he heard a knock at his door.
04:21He got up to answer,
04:22and as soon as he saw who it was,
04:24he stood frozen in his tracks.
04:26As Benjamin opened the door to the unexpected visitor,
04:30his mouth dropped wide open
04:31to see it was none other than Antony.
04:34It was the neighbor that had ridiculed Benjamin,
04:36the neighbor that chipped away at his self-confidence.
04:39What did he want?
04:41When Benjamin found out the truth,
04:43he was lost for words.
04:44I need a job,
04:46the man he had ridiculed two years ago.
04:48I want it on your business, he said.
04:50Hearing this,
04:51Benjamin felt joy from within.
04:53You really expect me to do that?
04:55Please, Antony replied,
04:57begging at Benjamin,
04:58and for some strange reason,
05:00a smile crept up Benjamin's face.
05:02Benjamin didn't know what to do.
05:04On one hand,
05:04he wanted to shut the door on his face
05:06and head back into the living room,
05:07and then on the other hand,
05:09he wanted to give his neighbor
05:10the benefit of the doubt.
05:11He was begging,
05:12so clearly he was desperate.
05:14What Benjamin did next,
05:16left the neighbor just as humiliated
05:19as he made him two years ago.
05:20The best kind of revenge.
05:22He simply responded with a quiet no
05:25and shut the door on his face.
05:27After that,
05:28he went back to his living room
05:29and enjoyed watching the football
05:31on his brand new plasma screen TV.
05:34Benjamin forgave,
05:35but he didn't forget.
05:37He sipped on his ice cold beer,
05:39and he knew that revenge
05:41sure did taste sweet.
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