Vault: What did you do to sabotage someone?

Summary

The Bert Show — Vault: What Did You Do to Sabotage Someone?
Original Air Date: June 16, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this compelling episode, The Bert Show crew dives into the wild world of sabotage, inviting listeners to confess their most dramatic stories of intentionally making someone else's life difficult. From workplace rivalries to almost soap-opera-level betrayals, the cast and callers discuss times they've sabotaged others—or been sabotaged themselves—focusing on moments fueled by jealousy, revenge, or simple mischief. The hosts, joined by listeners' real-life stories, keep the conversation candid, humorous, and a little jaw-dropping.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage: The Sabotage Prompt

• [01:00] The team introduces the topic, inspired by a listener dealing with malicious office rumors, and poses the question:

  “Let's say you're in the office and somebody just has it out for you… we want to hear from those people that have sabotaged you, either at work or in your personal life—made your life a living hell... really nasty things that you'd see in a soap opera.”
  — Host 2 [01:22–01:40]

• They emphasize seeking dramatic, beyond-the-pale stories:

  “We’d like to talk to the saboteurs.”
  — Host 1 [01:44]

2. Producer Joanna’s Friend: Wedding Sabotage

• [01:59 - 03:33] Producer Joanna shares a friend's ordeal:

  • Her friend planned a dream wedding at West Point.
  • Suddenly, she receives a $500 refund—her reception has been canceled by someone impersonating her.
  • Turns out, it was her fiancé’s ex-girlfriend who called the venue and canceled the event, freeing up the slot for another wedding.
  • The truth emerged after the ex bragged to someone, triggering a chain of gossip.

• Notable reactions:

  “You would think there’d be some cross check there, like they would ask, okay, what’s the credit card number that's on file? ...Never asked any of that.”
  — Host 2 [03:14]

3. Listener Call: Joe’s Extreme Team Revenge

• [03:38 - 05:29] Joe, a former professional hockey player, shares a tale involving criminal sabotage:

  • Describing a disliked teammate who stole from others and tried seducing teammates' wives.
  • Joe and another player smuggled cocaine into the teammate’s bag as he traveled across the border, intending to get him caught and kicked off the team.
  • The teammate was eventually arrested on his way back from the U.S. to Canada.

• Notable quotes:

  “We stuck some cocaine on his bag.”
  — Joe [04:08]

  “That’s the only way to get rid of him... We talked to the coach, the manager—he was under contract. We just had to wait.”
  — Joe [04:42]

  “So he got arrested, first of all, and he got released then.”
  — Joe [05:05]

• Hosts’ stunned reactions:

  “Nicely done. Wow.”
  — Co-host [05:10]

  “Total sabotage.”
  — Host 1 [05:12]

  “Do you feel bad about it even to this day?”
  — Host 2 [05:17]
  “Oh, nobody knows...The guy had a reputation of being a rowdy guy.”
  — Joe [05:19]

4. Listener Call: Lisa Goes Undercover (Voice Disguiser)

• [05:31 - 06:43] Lisa confesses to making a new coworker’s life miserable simply because she disliked her:

  • Throwing away her snacks.
  • Purposely giving false times for work shifts to sabotage punctuality.
  • Undermining her in front of the boss and manipulating dynamics so the boss would choose Lisa over the new hire. Eventually, the coworker quit when the boss sided with Lisa.

• Notable quotes:

  “Since I didn’t like her, I decided I was gonna make her life not so pleasant at work...I made her look horrible in front of the boss.”
  — Lisa [05:36 / 05:49]

  “So you would...say ten o’clock when it really said nine on the schedule?”
  — Co-host [06:07]
  “Yep.”
  — Lisa [06:12]

  “That’s messed up.”
  — Host 1 [06:13]

  “She didn’t appreciate that...she wasn’t too happy that they liked me, even though I kind of didn’t make her life so happy here.”
  — Lisa [06:28 / 06:39]

5. Host Reflections and Wrap-Up

• [06:43 - End] The cast marvels at the extremes people go to sabotage others:

  “You hear about stuff like that all the time at, like, pageants...but never on the day-to-day.”
  — Host 2 [06:44]

  • Appreciation for the scope of stories:

    “I’m so stoked we took the hockey call. Crazy. And he justifies that all the way home.”
    — Host 1 [06:57]

  • Playful suggestion to retell the hockey story as their own:

    “That is one that I will take as my own story and pass that on to a friend as though it happened to me.”
    — Host 2 [06:59]

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Wedding Sabotage:

  “How did she find out it was the ex-girlfriend? Well, it was from a friend of a friend. She told someone who told someone...you have to sort of brag about it to somebody.”
  — Host 1 & Host 2 [03:08–03:13]

• Hockey Team Revenge:

  “That’s the only way to get rid of him.”
  — Joe [04:44]

• Workplace Sabotage:

  “She would call you and go, ‘What time do I have to be in?’ and you would say ten o’clock when it really said nine on the schedule.”
  — Co-host [06:07]

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Notable Timestamps

• [01:00] — Introduction of sabotage topic
• [01:59] — Producer Joanna’s wedding sabotage story
• [03:38] — Joe’s professional hockey revenge call
• [05:31] — Lisa confesses to coworker sabotage with voice disguiser
• [06:43] — Hosts react and reflect on stories shared

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Episode Tone and Vibe

The tone is playful, shocked, and conversational. The hosts toggle between gasping at the seriousness of the sabotage and cracking jokes. True to The Bert Show’s candid style, there’s no sugarcoating—just real people revealing outrageous, sometimes unsettling, anecdotes, all with a touch of humor and authenticity.

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Summary:
This episode of The Bert Show offers a guilty-pleasure look at the lengths people go for revenge or pettiness, from derailing dream weddings to literal felonies and workplace backstabbing. The hosts and callers don’t hold back, making for a wild, reflective, and highly entertaining listen on the dark art of sabotage.

Transcript

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[Host 1]

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[Host 2]

The bird Jeff is asked a question this morning. Cause we had a virtual listener on a couple of minutes ago that said that there's some weirdness going on in her office right now with a guy that's spreading a whole bunch of rumors about her. And she claims that she has some inside information about this guy, but they've never had a confrontation about it. So she's not exactly sure why he has it out for her. But for our purposes, we're just assuming. Let's say you're in the office and somebody just has it out for you for no reason. Jeff's question was he wanted to hear from those people that have sabotaged you either at work or in your personal life, somehow some way made your life a living hell and did really calculating things, really nasty things that you'd like see in a soap opera.

[Host 1]

Yeah, we'd like to talk to the saboteurs.

[Co-host]

Yeah, we gotta go soap opera style. Cause we got a couple calls with people saying, well, I had one co worker and he forgot to call in a client. So I told the boss, that doesn't count. That's easy.

[Host 2]

We didn't have to look far for this because producer Joanna came running in.

[Host 1]

But this wasn't about me. I'm not the saboteur. I have a friend of mine who's getting married in May and she's gonna have this beautiful wedding at West Point. Cause that's where her fiance graduated college from. And she had her dream wedding all set up. She had the reception and the ceremony all reserved, the deposits down, everything was good to go. And one day she gets a refund on her credit card for $500, which was part of the deposit on the reception hall. And she calls the place and she's like, why is there a refund on my reception? And they said, oh, you called and canceled. She goes, I never called and canceled. And she goes, yeah, you called and canceled a couple weeks ago. You canceled your reception and we've already booked it. We booked another wedding in that place. We'll come to find out. Her, her fiance's ex girlfriend called this place pretending to be her and canceled her reception. Unbelievable. How'd she find out it was the ex girlfriend? Well, it was from a friend of a friend. She told someone who told someone because

[Host 2]

you have to sort of brag about it to somebody. Oh, you're never gonna believe what I did.

[Host 1]

Yeah, you can't exactly.

[Host 2]

You would think there'd be some cross check there, like they would ask, okay, what's the credit card number that's on file? Never asked any of that.

[Host 1]

No, I mean, she has a very unique name, so I'm sure. I don't know, I think it's something to do. She has a really strange name. Yeah, so I'm guess like anyone. How many people with that name? I don't know. So that's me.

[Host 2]

So that's. That's the level of mean we're looking for right there. Hey, Joe, good morning. You're on Q100.

[Joe]

Hey, good morning guys. I have a story from you. I used to, I used to play professional hockey in Canada and we had this guy that it was complete jerk. He used to steal from us and he used to, I don't know, didn't no one like this guy. It did a lot of horrible things. Even try to get our wives, you know, in bed and all that. We want to kick them off the team. And only me and another teammate knew about it. We just decided we were playing from St. John's Canada to the United States, another team across the border. We stuck some cocaine on his back.

[Lady Luck]

Oh, no.

[Host 2]

So he got caught at the border with all that?

[Joe]

Yes, actually didn't cut. He didn't get caught coming from Canada to the U.S. he actually got on the way back. This is back in the 90s, before the 9 11. So the borders weren't that strict. But he took two times for him to get caught.

[Co-host]

How about the fact that with the first time he went over, you and your buddy who threw the cocaine in his bag were sitting in the bus going, all right, here we go, here we go, here we go. And then they're like,

[Joe]

we were just hoping for that moment to happen. That's the only way to get rid of him. Because we talked to the coach, the manager, many stole a lot of money from, used to go in the locker room and take money of our wallets, even in our cars, sometimes within lock. And the manager said, well, he's under contract. We can't trade him, we can't get rid of him. We just had to wait, you know.

[Host 2]

And most of those contracts have like. Like a clause in it that says if you do anything really bad or illegal, then they can get out of their contract.

[Joe]

Exactly. So he got. He got arrested, first of all, and he got released then.

[Co-host]

Nicely done. Wow.

[Host 1]

Total sabotage.

[Carvana User]

Major.

[Joe]

But it was. I mean, it was. It was really a bad apple anyway, so.

[Host 2]

You don't really feel bad about it even to this day, do you?

[Joe]

Oh, nobody knows. Maybe me and my buddy and that's about it. I mean, it was in the papers, but the guy had a reputation of being a rowdy guy. So, I mean, it wasn't a surprise.

[Carvana User]

Okay.

[Host 2]

Thanks, Joe. Appreciate it, man.

[Host 1]

Wow.

[Host 2]

Good morning, Lisa. You were on the voice disguiser. Hi.

[Lady Luck]

Hi. Good morning.

[Host 2]

Good morning.

[Lady Luck]

Okay, so I was working with this girl that she came in for an interview and I just hated her from the beginning. And they finally hired her, and I never understood why. And since I didn't like her, I decided I was gonna make her life not so pleasant at work. And she'd always bring snacks in to eat. She's constantly eating. So I took it upon myself to constantly throw him out. I made her look horrible in front of the boss. She would invite her about when she was supposed to be in for her shifts and make her late so that the boss would know and have to call her and tell her to get in.

[Co-host]

So you would light it so she would call you and go, what time do I have to be in? And you would say 10 o' clock when it really said nine on the schedule.

[Joe]

Yep.

[Host 1]

That's messed up.

[Host 2]

Wow, that's awes. She ended up getting the ax over it.

[Lady Luck]

Not over that, but the boss chose me over her. So she didn't appreciate that.

[Host 2]

So she quit for a promotion or something?

[Lady Luck]

No, I had given my boss an ultimatum and they chose me and she found out about it. So she wasn't too happy that they liked me, even though I kind of didn't make her life so happy here.

[Host 2]

So it does happen. Yes, it does happen.

[Host 1]

She feels good about it.

[Host 2]

And you hear about stuff like that all the time at, like, pageants, how they're jacking with these, jacking with each other at Passions and stuff like that, but never on the day to day. I'm so stoked we took the hockey call.

[Host 1]

Crazy. And he justifies that all the way home.

[Host 2]

That is one that I will take as my own story and pass that on to a friend as though it happened to me. The bird show.