Friend ruined my concert....

[Kratzer]

Backround: I had bought five tickets for a concert (Del McCoury Band) and put them in my car. The show was at a small venue consisting of probably 30 dinner tables (booths). I was very excited for this show, and my plan was to get there early so I could get a booth right next to stage so we could drink/eat while watching the band mere feet away.

The day of the concert I loaned my car to my friend so he could drive to his house because he had to go to work.

I told him "Lock the car and put the keys inside the house"

Well my friends and I get to my car to get the tickets so that we can get to the show about 30 minutes before the doors open. Only when we get there the doors are locked and the keys are in the ignition. I'm pretty pissed off, becuase my whole plan is ruined, so i call to get a tow truck company to come and get my keys out so I can get the tickets. It takes about an hour, and by the time we get to the show we have the absolute worst seats in the house. I was very disappointed.

It turns out my friend thought I meant "Lock the car with the keys inside" because he's stupid and he thought I had the ability to open locked doors without the key (which sadly, I don't).

The cost of getting my keys out of my car was $50, and of course my friend should pay for that. The problem is that he's extrememly poor, and he has no money. He just got a job, but isnt getting a paycheck for two weeks. Should I demand that he pays me out of his first paycheck, or let him pay me later.

The money isnt an issue with me, it's just the fact that my friend ruined my plan for the concert. I was very pissed that we did not get good seats, so i feel like he should be "punished".

Should I make him pay ASAP, or give him time?

Or should I lock his keys in his car? Both him paying me and me locking his keys in his car would probably give me equal satisfaction.

[funkymunky]

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I was very pissed that we did not get good seats, so i feel like he should be "punished".

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Well, in this post, you call your "friend" stupid and poor. Isn't this punishment enough?

[Los Feliz Slim]

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It turns out my friend thought I meant "Lock the car with the keys inside" because he's stupid and he thought I had the ability to open locked doors without the key (which sadly, I don't).

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He thought you had another set of keys. If the money isn't an issue, it was an honest mistake, and he's really your friend, let it go. And get another set of keys made for your car. What're you going to do if you lose your only set?

[Kratzer]

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It turns out my friend thought I meant "Lock the car with the keys inside" because he's stupid and he thought I had the ability to open locked doors without the key (which sadly, I don't).

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He thought you had another set of keys. If the money isn't an issue, it was an honest mistake, and he's really your friend, let it go. And get another set of keys made for your car. What're you going to do if you lose your only set?

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Well it was an honest mistake but he just doesnt think. Since this happened (last Saturday) he left another friend's car's windows open all night in the rain, and locked keys in a different person's car (they had a spare).

Three offenses in three days, that's pretty bad. And to top it off I had two sets of keys, but this same friend lost them a few weeks ago while playing disc golf.

[SmokeyJoe]

Your friend is an amazing idiot. I would like to meet him.

[illeagle]

You loaned your vehicle to a person that you know is a certified [censored]. Your fault.

[Cry Me A River]

The real question is why the hell are all these people still lending him their cars?

[Eurotrash]

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He thought you had another set of keys. If the money isn't an issue, it was an honest mistake, and he's really your friend, let it go.

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why would anybody think that leaving the keys in the ignition of the car is a good idea? it's just a complete lack of common sense.


regardless, "Del McCoury Band" sounds pretty gay anyway, so I don't think you should lose sleep over this one, Kratzer.

[Kratzer]

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The real question is why the hell are all these people still lending him their cars?

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well no one is lending him their car now, there were really no offenses before last saturday.

and he has a car of his own, it's just sitting in his driveway because he has no money = no gas.

[Los Feliz Slim]

This new [censored] that has come to light has convinced me that my original answer was incorrect. Kill your friend, or at least sterilize him so he doesn't have offspring.