To ask you who should pay....

[Aprilshouldhavebeenmyname]

Person A and person B out drinking after football match last Sunday.
Person A has no pocket so asks person B to put phone in their car parked next to pub.
Person B doesn't want to be seen opening car when quite drunk. Security +police close by. Could be seen as possibly going to drive....
So person B puts phone in their pocket.
Phone drops from pocket and screen now smashed to bits.
No insurance apparently - iPhone also so diy repair a no-go.
Person A says person B needs to get it fixed. Person B has no issue with this but are they a soft touch?
To you the mn jury......

Person A needs to take responsibility for their own stuff, B was doing them a favour

Person A pays. You can't ask a favour and then blame someone for an accident

A

Get the phone fixed by non Apple - sorted

Person A pays, it was an accident that caused the phone to break, not a deliberate act by person B

Person A handed a drunk person their phone. So I reckon it’s on them.

Person A should have looked after their own belongings and not fobbed the phone off onto person B. So person A pays for the repair.

Person B - it's their phone and their responsibility.

Why couldn't they put it in the car? Surely, if you opened a back/passenger door you can't be accused of attempting to drive?

All seems a bit OTT to me...

Is it really illegal to open a car door when drunk?

I think it would be fair to go 50/50 on the cost. What is the relationship between A and B?

D'oh Person A

Ooh, I think this is a difficult one. Having given it some thought, I think person B should offer to pay for the repair, assuming that person A thought the phone was (safe?) in the car. Because it was person B who decided to put the phone in their pocket, and person B who broke it, that makes them responsible for it getting broken.

That said, assuming person A is an adult, they really should bloody well be taking responsibility for carrying their own possessions, and it was their responsibility to have the phone insured. So I would expect person A to refuse to let person B pay in full, and perhaps suggest they split the repair cost. And then person A needs to learn to be more responsible (and get insurance) in the future.

@Gatehouse77 not to open the door, but imagine the police driving by while you’re steaming, opening the car door and having the keys in your hand. You’d have a hell of a job convincing them you weren’t about to drive.

Person A. Their phone, their responsibility. Who would give an expensive phone to a drunk person to look after. A Should have brought a bag or worn something with pockets.

I'm guessing you're person B.

I think B should pay, but also, should have just put the phone in the car in the first place.

Person A should pay.... and iphone screens can be fixed for about £80 or less....

A

If you aren't secretly A, please show A the thread.

Person A.

Person A is a cf!

B. A asked them to put it in the car, not carry it about for them in a pocket.

Person A, definitely. It's a bit lame of them to expect another adult to look after their phone all night. They're an adult, they should take responsibility for their own stuff.

Person B has done nothing wrong. I'd be really pissed off in their situation if Person A expected me to pay a penny. B was sensible enough to not go to the car when drunk, and was nice enough to keep hold of someone else's phone all night. Person A needs to grow up.

Split the cost to avoid falling out.

Person A, their phone, their lack of ownership and care over the item led to it being broken

Having an iPhone is unreasonable!

Person A needs to take responsibility for their own things.

a