'Literally your fault': Internet picks a side as entitled dog owner holds dad responsible for damages
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Internet users slammed a woman when she asked her father to pay for damage done by his dog. The scenario was discussed by the Original Poster (OP), u/SpookyScaryGothGirl, in Reddit's well-liked "Am I The A**hole" subcategory, where it garnered almost 2,000 upvotes and over 1,300 comments.
In a Reddit post titled "AITA for telling my dad he needs to pay for what his dog did?", a woman, 31, wrote, "I agreed to watch my dad's dog last weekend. He's not a puppy anymore, and he's a fairly large dog, probably about 90-100 pounds. He's also got a lot of energy and can run really fast. That being said, he's not very good at stopping when he runs at full speed."
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The dog accidentally broke OP's TV
She went on, "On the afternoon of the incident, I was playing with the dog. We were playing with a tennis ball, and I wasn't throwing it very hard. I'd bounce it on the floor, it would go a few feet away, and he'd catch it and bring it back. Normal stuff. At least, it was until he missed. On one toss, he didn't get his mouth around the ball. It took a weird bounce off of his nose, and it happened to towards the coffee table where I have temporarily placed my TV until my new TV standing comes in."
The woman talked about how the dog went after the ball but crashed into the coffee table, making the TV fall over on the floor. "Unfortunately, it fell screen side down, causing it to break against the hardwood floor," the OP added. "The next day, I told my dad what happened. I asked him to replace it because, although it was an accident, it wouldn't have happened if I hadn't had the dog in there in the first place. He says it's my fault because I shouldn't have been tossing the ball in the first place. He also says he doesn't think he should pay for a new TV," the woman stated. The post concluded, "What do you think Reddit? AITA here?"
'Don't play ball in the house'
After the post was uploaded, almost 1,300 users commented on it and slammed OP. "YTA it's literally your fault, why were you playing fetch indoors with a big a** dog lol," a user said. Whilst, another agreed, saying, "Isn't 'don't throw balls in the house' like standard common sense? Or at least something drilled into us by dozens of sitcoms over the last 70 years? When you add a dog the size of a human in the mix you're just doubly asking for something to break. Not to mention that the TV was in a precarious position to begin with and OP was playing with the ball and the big a** dog a few feet away from it."
A user sided with her father and said, "If your dad had been there throwing the ball, then he would be responsible. He wasn't, you were, you're responsible." A fourth user analysed the situation, saying, "I love that pretty much every comment boils down to 'don't play ball in the house' But, because I have some free time, lets analyze this a little deeper: 1) While in your care, you are responsible for the dog's behavior. If he ate your shoes then it's your fault for leaving them out and not supervising him. So he knocked over the TV on your watch. 2) You placed the TV in a precarious position. Not your dad, and not you dad's dog. 3)It was your decision to play with the ball where you did. Not your dad's, and not your dad's dog. So, in conclusion, YTA. And don't play ball in the house."
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