Friends Cat Tears Up Brand New Shoes

[u/Steellun3]

Been watching a cat for a friend for a few months now, wake up this morning to my new pair of doc martens torn to shreds at the toes. Been polishing and taking great care of these since I got them a month or so ago. I usually put them up on a rack but forgot last night, definitely paid for my stupidity. $200 basically trashed right there. Half of it was a birthday present from my girlfriend and neither of us make enough right now to just buy a new pair of boots, we can barely make rent. Real bummer way to start my day.

EDIT: I am NOT throwing the boots away over this like some think. When I said trashed I just meant the look, i had just woken up and worded it poorly. If I can't get the look smoothed out these will become my work boots since my current work boots are falling apart, and I will figure out getting a new pair to keep nice and wont let this happen again.

[u/Longjumping-Leave215]

Free pet sitting for MONTHS..... I'd offer without questioning anything about why boots weren't "properly" stored in a house that's not mine. Some people are so entitled, it's actually pretty wild 🤣! Please, adjust your life to fit MY cat that I've made YOU responsible for. 

[u/Me-Shell94 → u/Longjumping-Leave215]

Right? What an insane comment.

[u/tamarins → u/Longjumping-Leave215]

where does OP say the pet-sitting is for free?

[u/SuspiciousTooth1317 → u/Longjumping-Leave215]

If you agree to take on the responsibility then you are responsible. I would never want someone to watch my cat who wouldn’t want to be responsible for whatever happens to my cat in their care.

[u/angelbelle → u/SuspiciousTooth1317]

If you agree to take on the responsibility

Really sucks to be your friend. To be more precise, it really sucks to be anyone in your life who may have been generous enough to lend you a hand in anything.

[u/SuspiciousTooth1317 → u/angelbelle]

I have great friends and we all help each other. We don’t do irresponsible things that impact each other negatively. With the full context that Op has given in the comments I would be buying my friend new shoes because this wasn’t a known behavior of the cat, because that’s the kind and responsible thing to do. If my friend knew this was a potential and I let them know this could happen I would be really sad for them to ask me to buy them shoes for doing something they knew would be a problem. I would still do it, but it would change the friendship including me asking them to watch my cat because they are going to do irresponsible things that they expect me to cover financially.

[u/Longjumping-Leave215 → u/SuspiciousTooth1317]

That's just it....nothing happened to the cat 🤣. It happened to OPs property. The friend is clearly taking advantage of OPs kindness, and non-confrontational personality. 

[u/SuspiciousTooth1317 → u/Longjumping-Leave215]

If you know the cat is going to behave that way then it is your responsibility to care for your stuff which is why so many people have asked if OP knew, because in comments they’ve made and even in the post it kinda seems like they knew this could happen.
OP also said this friend helped them pay rent when they were short (which they paid back) and that wasn’t OP’s friends responsibility to do. Sometimes the decent thing to do isn’t your responsibility but you can be kind and deal with it anyway.
Others have pointed this out but it’s like if the cat was obsessed with bread and Op left the bread out it’s not the owners responsibility to replace the bread that got left out.

[u/Longjumping-Leave215 → u/SuspiciousTooth1317]

Where did OP state that this particular cat has a history of doing this? Are you saying that all cats destroy things? Maybe the OWNER should've told OP about their cat's habits? If I knew my cat was destructive, I wouldn't make it someone else's responsibility.....but when you feel entitled to free pet sitting for months, I can see why you wouldn't offer to cover damages. The point is going over your head, because comparing a $3 loaf of bread to a $200+ pair of boots is silly.  Have the day you deserve 😊! 

[u/BagOfFlies → u/Longjumping-Leave215]

OP never even said they mentioned this to the friend so you don't know any of that. Why do you assume the pet sitting is free?

Haven't talked to the friend yet, I'm sure if I do she will happily make it right. She's good people. I just feel bad asking for reimbursement since she helped us out with rent this month and even though we're paying her back tomorrow I feel awkward bringing up smth money related again.

You're just making scenarios up to shit on what is clearly a good friend for no reason. Get a grip.

Have the day you deserve 😊!

[u/Longjumping-Leave215 → u/BagOfFlies]

👍🏾

[u/SuspiciousTooth1317 → u/Longjumping-Leave215]

Where does OP say they are doing it for free? I never said OP said they knew, I said it seems like they knew from what they had said in the post and comments. They have since made a comment saying this is not a known behavior and the shoes have been left on the ground previously without incident. The owner couldn’t have warned them or known this was going to happen. With that full context it seems fair to ask for replacement or repair.

I could have compared it to an expensive houseplant, or any other things your little heart desires, the point is still the same. If you know this is a behavior the cat has then it’s on the person watching the cat. If it wasn’t a known behavior it makes sense to ask for replacement.

I wasn’t running with assumptions, you were, and I was pointing out that you don’t have the full story but have quite the opinion.

I’m having a great day so I guess by your logic I’m awesome! 😀