Real Life MMD: Should I pay for half the tv?

theoldgaffer

Hi. Well I hung a carrier bag of water out of my bedroom window because, well I thought it would be funny if my housemates in the room below grabbed it and got wet. But one of them pulled it in, and I mean hard, they broke the string that I was holding it with. Anyway, somehow, somewater got onto the tv and is now kinda broken, to make thing worse this is a rented property, so we defonately have to tell our landlord an see if it can be repaired or if it need replacing, but surely it's gonna have to be payed for by us. Basically, I think that my the guy who pulled the bag through the window should have to pay, bit everyone says it's my fault and I should have known better coz they'd been drinking. What should I do? I know that if the bag wasnt there this wouldn't have happened but equally it shouldnt have been pulled in.

McKneff

Are you for real, because of your downright stupidity (i cant think for a moment why you would think it would be funny) Maybe it will teach you to think ahead in the future.

You are toally personally liable.

Pay up.

Torry_Quine

Of course you should pay it may teach you to be more responsible in future.

Trazy

Dig deep, you should pay up

Squire_Fulwood

All practical jokers should carry insurance and a hazard warning. They set up stupid traps and say they are not responsible. Pay up.

mariajose

It's your fault but speak to your landlord and maybe he will have some kind of insurance in place or something. If not, and one of you has to pay up, it should be you.

TBagpuss

Yes, you should pay. It was a stupid thing to do, and had you thought about it in advance it would have been obvious that it could easily lead to something getting damaged. (Eevn if the string hadn't broken, your friend could easily have ended up with a water-damaged phone, or watch)

Pay up, stop complaining, and avoid stupid pranks in future.

(Oh, and I'd be very surprised if the Landlord has insurance which would cover this - it clearly isn't accidental damage, and even if they do, I would anticipate that the landlord would prefer to recover the cost of the amage from the tenants who caused it, rather than face paying higher premiums next year)

sprite1508

" I know that if the bag wasnt there this wouldn't have happened but equally it shouldnt have been pulled in"

pay up dufus its your fault, man up and deal with it hahaha