Source: Reddit
I live in a pretty small town, so if you don’t know somebody directly, you’re likely to know a person who knows them, and this is pretty much biting me in the a** right now.
My husband and I are looking to upgrade homes given we’re planning on expanding our family, so we’ve been looking at a few open houses recently. About a week ago we were at an open house when our daughter (4) wandered off and picked up this mask type thing laying out on a table. Super bright, very loud, apparently VERY fragile and pretty much right out in the open.
When I saw her touching it I told her to put it down but it was too late and somehow it had gotten cracked down the middle. Now, I’m not sure if it was already broken and they had left it out as some sort of trap (because who leaves something bright like that lying around during an open house, with children walking around?), or if she did anything, but I felt extremely embarrassed and grabbed my daughter and told my husband it was time to leave.
A so-called friend of mine who knows the house owner saw me there and apparently told her she saw me rushing out of her house on the same day she returned to find the mask broken. Now she’s hitting me up on the phone demanding I pay her back for breaking “art” and naming an absolutely ludicrous price (think four figures). I’m absolutely not going to pay her that, but a few people I know think I’m in the wrong here. I personally think if you’re having an open house that children will be visiting you don’t leave expensive breakables out in the open. I also do not believe for a second that thing was worth thousands of dollars, and if it was, I think there’s a very good chance she broke it herself then left it lying around to pin it on someone else and guilt some money out of them. Who’s the a**h**e here?
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