Best Posts in Thread: Am I responsible?

How do you know it was in fact your pet that knocked it in the pool? Were there witnesses, other than his friends? CCTV footage?
For all that you know it could just be a way to blame his carelessness and dropping the phone himself on someone else that can pay.
Nevertheless, tell the punk to take it with you and stop harassing your GF as she has nothing to do with it.
And, if he is an *sshole about it, tell him to take it to court as you don't deal with people with bad attitude out of a courtroom.

 

Another option, he says the phone still works, so end of story. it is not broken so no replacing. And then only if you want to replace the phone, Ask him what brand is the phone? Like a car off the lot is has lost some value. Have him give you the phone minus the sim card and purchase a used similar phone from the 100,s of stores in town. Should be a small amount compared to new. Another option is ignore the situation from here on out, it is the culture. Keep the pet safe and close to home .

 

I agree with the posters that said - no damage since the phone is working. Even if he was very polite about it (he wasn't) I wouldn't replace his phone or give him one centavo...

Story time - I have a waterproof Timex digital watch I use in the gym to time my rests between sets (bought it while in was in Afghanistan). Two weeks ago I had the battery replaced at a local shop. The shop failed to seal the watch when they replaced the battery. I went swimming with it and it literately filled with water - looked like an aquarium. Of course it went dead and I wrote it off as me being stupid to trust the local watch shop.

One week after the watch was filled with water - it came back to life. Timex takes a licking and keeps on ticking! I used it at the gym today and it worked perfectly.

Point being - screw em!

 

No way i would be buying a cel phone, if he was a another tenant i might consider it just to keep the peace but a visitor comes at his own risk and so does anything he brings with him. To go further i would be telling your partener to go to the barangay captain and put it on the blotter .

 

I'll try again, the first time the web page changed quickly, so my intended response became a blank. Since I live in the US, people in America would just walk away, even in the same complex, let them call the police if they feel malice was at fault, and your gf could complain to the police about harassment. But with living there with no ? reputable police in the Phil, I feel the first recourse is to speak to the manager of the complex ( if one is available ) about the harassment, along with a sign at the pool stating that "persons are responsible for there property " The phone is NOT an issue, the person that left the phone in that position is solely held accountable for their own property.

 

I would approach the owner of the property, explain the situation and ask him what the rules are when guest enter the property and their responsibility for safeguarding their personal property. I am sure that he will tell you that it is the guests responsibility and that they use the facilities at their own risk. I'm sure that their will be notices on the property explaining that to guests and residents. Perhaps you could ask him to have a quiet word with the resident whom invited the guest, and say that he will not tolerate this kind of behaviour.

 

p*ss-off would be my first and final reply---especially if he is being rude. We used to call the response a "Chinese telegram" F---you, sue me!

 

It's easy for a 4ner to try and intimidate a scared your gf... If he was a guest there and did not have the owner's permission to use the pool then this is a no brainer. If he was stupid enough to leave his property where it (and he) should not have been it's on his dime. Tell J to txt me (you have my number) and if he knocks on the door again I will come chat with him...Moron!!!!! End of story!!!!!

 

Same here in the States. Back in the day, the only people that had mobile phones were lawyers and doctors.