Am I a bad person?

[Dream of the iris]

Ok so my friend let me borrow his water pipe and it was a nice big one that cost him 80 bucks. Well needless to say my brother and I accidently broke it but it was all good because only the top part broke off and it was a very clear cut so there wasn't a million tiny pieces. So it was easily fixable but unfortunatly this was right before I embarked on my journey to college so I didn't have time to fix it because I had to hit the road so I left the piece there and we gave him 40 bucks instead of 80. I'm really poor and I really couldn't afford to pay him back the full price and anyway its not like he couldn't easily fix it with some super glue. So if he did that then he would have 40 bucks to be able to buy something new and still have his old one as well. Sounds like a pretty good deal right? Well he was infuriated because we had left not paying him back the full price and he ended up throwing out a perfectly good water pipe. It pissed me off that he was mad about it because for one thing its not as if he even paid for it because the dude has rich parents who paid for it inadvertently. So anyway was I a douche bag for not just giving him the full refund or was he just an idiot for not just simply fixing it and then buy a new one?

Dream of the iris Reviewed by Dream of the iris on 04-16-2008. Am I a bad person? Ok so my friend let me borrow his water pipe and it was a nice big one that cost him 80 bucks. Well needless to say my brother and I accidently broke it but it was all good because only the top part broke off and it was a very clear cut so there wasn't a million tiny pieces. So it was easily fixable but unfortunatly this was right before I embarked on my journey to college so I didn't have time to fix it because I had to hit the road so I left the piece there and we gave him 40 bucks instead Rating: 5

[Greenthing]

Ok so my friend let me borrow his water pipe and it was a nice big one that cost him 80 bucks. Well needless to say my brother and I accidently broke it but it was all good because only the top part broke off and it was a very clear cut so there wasn't a million tiny pieces. So it was easily fixable but unfortunatly this was right before I embarked on my journey to college so I didn't have time to fix it because I had to hit the road so I left the piece there and we gave him 40 bucks instead of 80. I'm really poor and I really couldn't afford to pay him back the full price and anyway its not like he couldn't easily fix it with some super glue. So if he did that then he would have 40 bucks to be able to buy something new and still have his old one as well. Sounds like a pretty good deal right? Well he was infuriated because we had left not paying him back the full price and he ended up throwing out a perfectly good water pipe. It pissed me off that he was mad about it because for one thing its not as if he even paid for it because the dude has rich parents who paid for it inadvertently. So anyway was I a douche bag for not just giving him the full refund or was he just an idiot for not just simply fixing it and then buy a new one?

Thought you said he was a friend i would hate to see how you would treat you enemy's, think about it he was good to lend it to you in the first place, i dont think the fact that his parents are rich has anything to do with it.

[Breukelen advocaat]

You should have paid him the full amount that it cost to replace it with a new one. There is no excuse not to.

[happiestmferoutthere]

"You break it, you buy it" :stoned:

[Drag187]

Maybe im old fashioned, but if you have the trustworthyness and friendship to lend someone an $80 anything and it gets broken, i would be pretty pissed if someone just said "I broke you bong, heres half of what it originally cost". I honestly dont think bongs really deteriate in value if they still work like day one :thumbsup:
So, IMHO, yea thats was kinda bad to do, but if your tight on money, sometimes you gotta be a tight ass

[stinkyattic]

It's not for you to decide if he's got the cash to replace it, or if he even SHOULD. He lent you an unbroken, working bong. You returned a broken bong and half its cost. Come ON. If you don't already know that was the wrong thing to do, you've got bigger problems.

[Breukelen advocaat]

Maybe im old fashioned, but if you have the trustworthyness and friendship to lend someone an $80 anything and it gets broken, i would be pretty pissed if someone just said "I broke you bong, heres half of what it originally cost". I honestly dont think bongs really deteriate in value if they still work like day one :thumbsup:
So, IMHO, yea thats was kinda bad to do, but if your tight on money, sometimes you gotta be a tight ass

He could have at least said, "Here's 40 bucks, it's all I have right now, but I'll send you the rest in the mail as soon as I can."

[FlyGuyOU]

I read your prediciment and was reminded of a scene from Forrest Gump, I believe it goes like this

"Woah man you just stepped in a huge pile of shit!"
' It happens'
"what? shit?"
' sometimes'

[Breukelen advocaat]

I read your prediciment and was reminded of a scene from Forrest Gump, I believe it goes like this
"Woah man you just stepped in a huge pile of shit!"
' It happens'
"what? shit?"
' sometimes'

I hated that movie.

[Psycho4Bud]

Please, NEVER ask to borrow somebodys car!:wtf:

Have a good one!:jointsmile: