Friend breaks another friends thing. Your play. (long w/ cliffs)
 

Background- Me and a couple of my friends love playing boot hockey during the winter time in MN. Boot hockey is simply regular hockey but just wearing shoes or boots instead of skates. Since our first and only rule is that no real hockey players can play with us, we end up borrowing alot of eq. We borrow a friends pair of carbon fiber sticks that worth around $150 each or so. We get to the ice and one of my friends who is overly energetic all the time and lacks judegement takes a good stick. He ends up breaking the blade by smashing it on the ice repeatedly, then throwing the shaft (which is the most expensive part $120) into the near by woods without thinking. I am unnaware of this until the next day when we are going to play again (I play goalie so I was busy having a friend shoot on me). I talk to him and he simply wont admit that he broke it although I saw him with the broken blade and a couple of my other friends saw him break it. So now I obviously feel some what responsible for replacing it, but the friend that broke it will not take any responsibility or put any money towards it. So a good friend of mine agreed to split the cost with me even though we had nothing to do with it. So now im pissed because I have to pay for something that i never even used. The money is not a big deal, I can afford it and so can my friend but we feel that its stupid that we are paying for it. What should I do?

Cliffs - Friend broke another friends $150 stick. He refuses to take responsibility, so me and another friend are going to pay for it.

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This is one of those times where I point out that this person probably shouldn't be your friend. I would explain to him in no uncertain terms that he needs to man the [censored] up and pay or he's pretty much off the list.

No way I'm paying for it, but I may let the owner know who broke it.

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There's about 0% chance I pay for this

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It depends on the relationship you guys have with the guy your borrowed from. If the guy who broke the stick is only really friends with him through you, I think you and the guys who do know him should pay. Otherwise make it very clear who is responsible. And don't pay.

Whatever the case, this guy shouldn't be your friend anymore.

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"Hey Dick, we know you broke the stick. Pay up."

If he doesn't, cave in the side of his head and never talk to him again.

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Are you the one that borrowed the sticks? If so, you're responsible to the friend you borrowed them from. You're "friend" that broke it is then responsible to you, but even if he's a total douche you still have to pay back the stick's rightful owner. Who pays you back isn't his problem.

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What's suprising about these kinds of OOT threads is how often they can be summed up as:

"Why am I the kind of person who has douchebags for friends?"

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This is one of those times where I point out that this person probably shouldn't be your friend. I would explain to him in no uncertain terms that he needs to man the [censored] up and pay or he's pretty much off the list.

No way I'm paying for it, but I may let the owner know who broke it.

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One of the few times I agree with dids, QFT.

Re: Friend breaks another friends thing. Your play. (long w/ cliffs)
 

If you are the person who borrowed the stick, you have to pay for it. Anyone who says otherwise is crazy.

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wow, I live in St Cloud too, for the next month at least

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You are ultimately responsible for the stick, since you borrowed it. Just because someone else broke it doesn't matter - it was under your care.

Now, your friend not confessing and not paying is a separate issue. He's a piece of [censored]. Why is this guy your friend?

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If ever crash my car, can I call you to pick up the repair?

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I would ask him to pay and when he doesn't key the [censored] out of his car.

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Sometimes I lament the fact that I only have a few good friends instead of a big group of people to hang out with....then I read threads like this and I am glad.

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wow, I live in St Cloud too, for the next month at least

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Want to play some boot hockey? I think there should be an opening soon.

Re: Friend breaks another friends thing. Your play. (long w/ cliffs)
 

Broomball>>>>>Boot Hockey.

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I would ask him to pay and when he doesn't key the [censored] out of his car.

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Using a key to gouge expletives on another's vehicle is a sign of trust, and friendship.

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Boot hockey is simply regular hockey but just wearing shoes or boots instead of skates.

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You talking 'bout Shinny?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinny

Re: Friend breaks another friends thing. Your play. (long w/ cliffs)
 

tell him you are going to need to pay the guy back because you were the one who technically borrowed it from him, that he needs to pay YOU because you saw him break it, and he needs to man the [censored] up and ask tell him to stop being duch a dbag.

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ohh ohh I have an answer

Go to woods, get $120 stick, pay $20 for a new blade!

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Broomball>>>>>Boot Hockey.

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lol this might be the dumbest thing I've seen on here

Re: Friend breaks another friends thing. Your play. (long w/ cliffs)
 

How are only 3 of 83 responses "Pay for it and drop it"? And one of them is me?


Maybe I don't understand the single enormous paragraph.

You borrowed the equipment from Friend A, and then you let Friends B, C, and D use it. Friend D broke a stick and refuses to acknowledge that he did it.

If that is correct, it doesn't matter how the stick got broken. It was under your care, and you owe it to Friend A to replace it. What happens between you and Friend D should not affect your responsibility to Friend A.

I say pay Friend A or buy him a replacement, then Friend D does not get to join in any more reindeer games. Not until he mans up and admits fault while paying you back.

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The approximately twenty percent of respondants who said "Take no responsibility" are immature douchebags, since of course the person who borrows an item is the one responsible for its safekeeping and return. OP should pay the owner for it, and then beat anger boy about the head and face until he reimburses OP for the cost.

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The approximately twenty percent of respondants who said "Take no responsibility" are immature douchebags, since of course the person who borrows an item is the one responsible for its safekeeping and return. OP should pay the owner for it, and then beat anger boy about the head and face until he reimburses OP for the cost.

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If the "friend" who broke it was one of the original borrowers, then OP has nothing to do with it. If the stick was broken by another friend who borrowed it from the OP, then yes the OP should pay the original owner and then get reimbursed from the "friend" who broke it.

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Wasn't there a rule I made that any question that can be adequately answered in three words or less doesn't deserve to be a thread?

Kill your friend.