You break my stuff and blame me for your accident
I'm well aware that accidents happen. We slip-up. We say hurtful things. We crash our cars. We crash our parents' cars. We crash our boss's car. Okay, you get the point. But yes, accidents happen, including expensive ones. However, it almost comes down to how we deal with the accident, more than the accident itself. As you may assume, the following story about our main character, Wilson, pertains to how tactfully he handled himself well post-mishap.
Wilson and I met at a dance event. We had a good time. He taught me a few moves. We connected by talking about our similar interest in music. We planned to meet-up, but Wilson being the flake that he is, bailed on me that day to help his friend.
I tried to get in touch with Wilson a few times. It was very nonchalant and he didn't respond too much. So I let it slide. Then, I go to another dance event, and I see Wilson there. We reconnected. He wanted to see me in a few days. He tried to make plans after the dance but I felt a bit under the weather so I didn't come through.
During the dance I was with one of my friends and requested Wilson take my picture with my camera. Granted, this is a point-and-shoot camera, but it still falls short under $300. This is a lot of money when your rent is ridiculously high (yeaaah DC!). I handed the camera over to Wilson and to my dismay, the camera slipped from Wilson's hands and it dropped on the hard floor. I didn't think too much of it as he quickly picked up the camera, brushed it off, then took my picture. Before I left Wilson flirtatiously suggested to me he'd kiss me if I wasn't under the weather. I grinned and left the scene.
Later that night I downloaded the pictures to my PC and noticed the ones Wilson took were blurry. I cleaned the lens of the camera, but this didn't solve the problem. I played with the zoom to realize that the lens was broken. I texted Wilson about the incident and he didn't respond. I filled out the repair paperwork online and shipped the camera out the following day.
The next day I text Wilson again. This time I casually say "what's up?" He responds back that he had fun the previous night. I text him back asking if he received my texts about the camera. He then calls me.
Wilson went off saying it was not his fault and he was only doing me a favor by taking the picture, so essentially it was my responsibility. Yes, I appreciate the favor, but he still broke my camera. He went off getting defensive and rude and hesitant. I told him it was broken and it was a $300 camera. He didn't have much to say. I said maybe the warranty will cover it. He was like yes, look into that. We then hung up.
I didn't enjoy his hostility. He didn't even offer paying for shipping costs or even a partial repair. He didn't offer anything. He essentially blamed me since I was the one who handed him the camera.
I texted him back saying I would appreciate if he would help with the costs of repair. Wilson tried calling back. I didn't answer. He tried again. I didn't answer. He then deleted me as his Facebook friend.
At least I learned from Wilson that you really get to know a character by how he responds after he breaks your s#@$!
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2 comments:
What he should have done: checked to see if the camera worked properly, which shouldn't be too hard. Most likely, the image that comes out on a camera's LCD would be just as blurry as the resulting picture should said camera be broken. And then, of course, footed at least half the bill.
I think you were out of line - if he had borrowed your camera and damaged it then I would agree. However it sounds like you asked him to do you a favor and he accidently dropped camera - maybe you did a poor job of handig it to him? In any event this sounds more like sour grapes as he didn'r seem that into you.
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