That said I probably would have offered to pay for them upfront...

Feb 5, 2020
12:42:37pm

CoachSpeak All-American

as presented it sounds as if your daughter did nothing wrong but sometimes things happen and we need to pay for them even if we aren't fully at fault simply because that makes for a better civilization.

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Last week a girl in my daughters class accidentally dropped her AirPods

JONBOY

2/5/20 12:00pm

Yes

BYUALWAYSNUM1

2/5/20 12:01pm

Yep.

reagan21

2/5/20 12:02pm

No question.

Submariner

2/5/20 12:02pm

If it ends there, I would let it go but if there is anything more

PortlandCoug

2/5/20 12:02pm

Yes, but if she broke them, she should also pay for them

dryflyelk

2/5/20 12:02pm

Yep. Even if it was an accident I'd pay for them.

Slim

2/5/20 12:03pm

That's absurd if they were truly on the ground. Never know if the daughter is

rcbyufan

2/5/20 12:08pm

I'd still offer to pay. Hopefully the person who dropped them would decline but if they didn't that's okay too

Slim

2/5/20 12:09pm

I agree. There's a lot of things I could go to hades over, but

IdahoCoug

2/5/20 12:11pm

People and my relationships with them will nearly always be more important to me than money

Slim

2/5/20 12:17pm

100% agree with this statement.

Doodlebob

2/5/20 12:18pm

With kids you won’t see after 2 more years & is unstable anyway..nope. Do not

pegushin

2/5/20 12:32pm

Outrage culture? Nah man. In real life I always try and error on the side of being "too nice"

Slim

2/5/20 12:33pm

That's reasonable. But also reasonable, depending on the financial situation of

rcbyufan

2/5/20 12:17pm

Not if they were on the ground. That’s the owner’s problem.

Samsonite

2/5/20 12:03pm

Correct and if I had dropped them I wouldn't expect someone who stepped on them to pay

Slim

2/5/20 12:07pm

Ugh. Doctors, amirite?

Epileptic Beagle

2/7/20 9:54pm

I'd offer to pay for half, if they hadn't bullied her and robbed her.

Pro Logic

2/5/20 12:20pm

I'd find a free pair of non-functioning airpods, drop them in front of the girl

rcbyufan

2/5/20 12:23pm

Heck yes, that is bullying. I would not accept that.

Blue for Life

2/5/20 12:04pm

For sure but mostly to the girls parents.

breakingblue

2/5/20 12:05pm

School will never really do much. If she has parents that care...that's where

breakingblue

2/5/20 12:07pm

Definitely

Banjo Blues

2/5/20 12:06pm

As presented, this is clearly the story of a mugging on school property. If it were my daughter, however,

Byron McNertney

2/5/20 12:08pm

Yeah.. bummer for your kid to have to deal with that stuff

cougfanz

2/5/20 12:13pm

I would go to the administration and maybe the police.

Boanerges

2/5/20 12:14pm

What are AirPods?

Mitty

2/5/20 12:31pm

Yes I would go to the administration...

CoachSpeak

2/5/20 12:39pm

That said I probably would have offered to pay for them upfront...

CoachSpeak

2/5/20 12:42pm

I'm surprised at how many people feel she should pay for them. If I am on

Banjo Blues

2/5/20 12:43pm

Every school I know has the kids sign a release of liability

Boanerges

2/5/20 12:44pm

Let me clarify. Should the stepper be held financially responsible? No. Would I offer to pay anyway if I was the stepper

Slim

2/5/20 12:46pm

I mean it with all sincerity, you have a much better attitude about it than I do

Banjo Blues

2/5/20 12:50pm

Pretty much my take as well.

CoachSpeak

2/5/20 1:13pm

I don't think anyone thinks she is responsible to pay...

CoachSpeak

2/5/20 1:08pm

I'm a jerk.

Boanerges

2/5/20 1:19pm

My sons once hit a foul ball at baseball practice that broke the windshield of a

CoachSpeak

2/5/20 1:31pm

I feel differently about that. Maybe my hangup is how

Boanerges

2/5/20 1:37pm

Of course, I'm talking about how I think it should have been handled up front...

CoachSpeak

2/5/20 1:46pm

I know this isn’t the point, but I lost my AirPods and still have the charger case

Solomon Levi

2/5/20 1:03pm

I wish my daughter would have been by her side. She'd have grabbed the closest

Q-grr

2/6/20 1:06am

Yes, contact admin immediately.

Jeff75

2/6/20 6:45am

Yes, talk to admin, but I don't think your daughter should pay. If the girl had

TailgateU

2/6/20 10:47am

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