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Accidents happen so it's not always respect. Disrespecting someone deliberately is a cause to discontinue the friendship/acquaintance or whatever relationship you have.
I think the value is important. We brake something we can't afford to replace, it's a very big deal. If it's affordable/replaceable, then it's not a big deal. The big deal would be if it had sentimental value. It's not replaceable even if the value/cost isn't high.
Not a transformer, but my daughter broke my Centurions Jake Rockwell figure after being given it to her by my wife who thought it was a junker by virtue of the fact that it was just sitting on the floor on its own rather than being immaculately displayed like all my other stuff.
"You're such a perfectionist with displaying your stuff that I thought this was a junker!!!"
As much as I was pissed, I can't get mad at my daughter and as for my wife, she is right to an extent because normally I dont keep anything lying around in my collection room regardless of whether its a junker or not. So I guess she was only acting based on what she knows about me and my character traits. But yeah, some real c#*ts out there. :D
I would tell them what they did, bring up the ebay prices of what they were handling and as well as what they broke - might make some realise what they are actually juggling. And if they still didn't "get it" i would work the room until i got myself invited over to their houses.. :eek: clumsy me.Quote:
Originally Posted by gamblor916
Also, some of us haven't run into these problems but with your run you def need to secure that room no matter the cost. And i wouldn't put the key on your keyring because that jackass would find it.
Hey I have a story to tell, it from before I started this collecting game :D
Ages ago, we had a family friend's son from overseas come and stay in our house. He was there for a while and was working casually. Anyway he wanted to travel, and so he left. Anyway I had this feeling about his character which didn't feel right. You see when he was telling a story or experience, some of the stuff seemed far fetched or unusual, and this was common in all conversations with him. So I thought he is telling a few lies, I'd like say is that for real? he said that it was.
So we were relieved that he was gone. Anyway hes gone for a few months then he turns up out of the blue, with no notice, and says he needs a place to stay. We allowed it but ya know its like we had no choice. He was supposed to be leaving the country in a day or 2. With his baggage he had some electronics with him. This struck me as unusual. Anyway to cut a long story short we had bad vibes about him. When he left I noticed some stuff was missing, stuff Id put away out of sight.
Anyway my transformers were gone from my childhood. But the accessories and backing cards were left. But the thing is I'm not a 100% sure, but I believe he was responsible. Now Ill guess why he took them he didn't like me, or sensed I didn't trust him . Afew other stuff was gone, but nothing of value. He already left , but we contacted him later to have our say. The next day he left the country. Anyway the police knocked on our door a day later or so, said they were looking for this guy. The reason was something to do with hed done wrong to someone else. They just missed him.
Sorry for the essay by the way. Im glad I wasn't collecting at this time, imagine the damage and loss which might of happened. Anyway this event, probably set me off on collecting as I was wondering if there was a way to buy g1 toys. See I was pretty ignorant, my brother said have you looked on ebay? yeah and just imagine the rest, but I think it needs no explaining :o
#%$* I hate humans.
The worse kind of hominid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
my older brother broke a few of my tf's when i was a kid when ever i'd upset him was really frustrating !!
the worst was breaking the arm off my g2 onslaught ruining my complete set of combaticons :(
but recently i had a friend visit with her kids and i let them play with the sky-bite i'd bought my gf ( she has a thing for sharks :S ) and now one of the fins seems to have mysteriously dissapeared :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
My wife broke the arm off Lord Zarak. Admittedly the arms were way more stiff than they ought to be. Can't really blame her too much for that.
My Mum broke the metal waste piece from a spare actionmaster Mainframe. She was trying to get the metal bit out and ended up breaking the metal bit. Which was the piece I wanted to get out to replace on another figure. At the time I was pissed, but something so small doesn't bother me now.
My Dad stepped on a backpack and broke Dragstrips head off which at the time was attached to Motormaster as Menasor.
Back then, I had little funds and what I bought I cherished. Now, I realise how annoyed I got was pretty over the top.
As for your situation Trev, I hate when people come into your home and move things around. They have no right to do that. I can understand picking something up and looking at it, but to deliberately move them to another place is downright rude. Some peoples values do suck when it comes to other peoples possessions.
Yeah, those women were wrong to do that. There's the accident factor of the cat's involvement, but that wouldn't have happened without their actions.
At least their actions weren't malicious. They were misguided and rude, sure.
I think the 'pushing their kid onto the road' comparison is WAY over the top though. Maybe 'incandescent rage' was disproportionate to the situation? Maybe you should have expressed your displeasure, and told them you expected that they, as people with good manners, would replace the damaged items, and that you're extremely disappointed they would do something like that when a guest in someone else's home.
Using that comparison would put someone offside pretty quick, I'd imagine. If they pointed out it was a stupid comparison, well, they were right, no offence.
Though it was guided, it was still an accident.
*I am surprised they did this to statues. Toys I can kinda understand due to the kids plaything mentality, but people usually assume statues have some value. And it's not like you can pose statues in a rude way anyway.
I agree 100%, even if innocence is assumed, the party/s should ask permission to touch what is not theirsQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime