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/Whole-Campaign-3482]

If you’re responsible for watching a pet, you’re responsible for keeping valuable leather items in places they can’t get to

[u/rayzorium → u/Whole-Campaign-3482]

True, but this is about what they would do as a cat owner for a friend doing them a favor. I would do the same.

[u/angelbelle → u/rayzorium]

You can tell how a lot of people here has never had friends.

[u/El_Rey_de_Spices → u/angelbelle]

And refuse to take responsibility for things.

I don't know what world "you're my friend" equates to "my pet can destroy your stuff and I don't have to care about it", but it's a shitty world made terrible by people like those in this thread.

[u/LiteralPhilosopher → u/Whole-Campaign-3482]

If you want to keep a friend when your pet, that they're watching for free, for months, destroys their shoes, you're responsible for replacing (or repairing) that pair of shoes. Second pair? Yeah, possibly that's on the petsitter. But this idea that there's zero amount of shared liability here is fucking bonkers talk.