Had (what used to be) A Good Friend Screw Me -
About 4-5 years ago, (at a different Job) I ate lunch with the same guys everyday, we were pretty close.
I had a set of 5 Goodyear Wrangler SRA tires (275/17) with low mileage I had taken off my Jeep, when I went with different mags/Tires. I had them for sale at $600 for the set. ($120/per mag w/tire.) An excellent deal. My friend wanted to "borrow one," to see if it would fit his Girlfriend's Jeep. ( Not a Wrangler.) He came to my house and picked it up, the same time I cut him a Killer deal on my old Riding mower. ($250) The new rims/tires I had just put on it were $200.) They were too big, like I told him they would be.
After repeated requests to get the Mag/tire back (all he had to do was bring it in to work.) He left that job. I stopped by his place a few times on the way home from work and could never catch him there. Left repeated phone messages/texts.
Turns out he had changed his #. 🤔
I finally ran in to him (small town) where I work about a mo. Ago. 1st thing I said when I saw him, "Dude, tell me you still have my Mag/Tire?" Conversation from there.
I communicated with him at his new # a few times, finally flat out telling him to bring my mag/tire to my house and drop it off so I could sell the set. (Like I wanted to, 4-5 years ago.)
Finally dropped it off yesterday, and took a picture of it, inside my garage to "prove," he returned it. 🤔
I communicated w/him via text just now. "I know it is waste of time for me to say this, but I have to. It was too much to expect you to return my Mag/tire in the same condition you got it from me 4-5 years ago. (Looking like new.) Not sun bleached/UV damaged with the Mag filthy because it's been riding in the back of your truck for 4-5 years."
Pissed me off.
(I'd never do that to a friend.)
*I had to let him know I was PO'd.
Rant Over....................................................................
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This type of continued interaction only leads to bad places, and we don’t want to see you on an episode of “COPS.” Time to move along and forget about the idiot friend.
Amen to that. When I'm done with someone, as far as I'm concerned, they no longer exist, and act accordingly. A weight off your chest is better than a pain in it.
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You guys are correct, and if you do lend something get collateral.
Just before the corona-vid started a few years ago, a good friend that lives a thousand miles away just about begged me to loan him four grand because he was in a jam.
The guy is a professional musician and not so great at managing money and I know that.
I wanted to help him out, so I told him to send me his burst Fender Telecaster (I would cover the shipping and insurance) and I would send him a check.
He agreed to my terms but did not ever send me the guitar, found the money elsewhere....amazing.
Somehow I think we both knew that I was not going to see the money again and he loves that guitar.
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That happened to me once. Wasn't bad. Unfortunately I lost track of her😘
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When my then new SIL (Now X-SiL) began tiling their floor I offered to loan him my tile cutter but being old and having been bit before I laid out how I expected to get it back, clean, new bladed properly kept wet blah blah.
He smiled and said "no"
My daughter then said, he does not take care of things he borrows and you would be lucky to get them back at all and if you do it is because he destroyed it.
Maybe I am old fashion but when I borrow something (rare) they get it back cleaned in every way and if it was a vehicle a full tank of gas. Its not because I am a Christian it is because I am not a jerk
WE are teaching the younger generation to be proud of being a jerk and they are entitled to be one
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