Bike Theft Etiquette

what's wrong buddy? i put housemate this time!

He is suggesting that you are the housemate from the tale, anonymously defending yourself.

My take on it is that it is entirely the housemates fault and the loss is her responsibility. Inability to adequately master the use of a door and ignorance of the value of the contents she left unsecured do not absolve her. Why would you not give the handle a twist and the door a solid pull to check that you have indeed locked it, particularly if you are unfamiliar with it.

I do commend samueldavidkeyes reaction to it. You are a good person. I hope she comes to appreciate the break you have given her.

;-)

My take on it is that it is entirely the housemates fault and the loss is her responsibility. Inability to adequately master the use of a door and ignorance of the value of the contents she left unsecured do not absolve her. Why would you not give the handle a twist and the door a solid pull to check that you have indeed locked it, particularly if you are unfamiliar with it.

I do commend samueldavidkeyes reaction to it. You are a good person. I hope she comes to appreciate the break you have given her.

Exactly.

There's no point in trying to get money out of someone who has none. You may yet recover your bike but, if not, you can get a cool new bike and move on (and in with a better housemate!)

If she was a player, maybe that would make me a sucker, but in every other area she has been utterly decent, thoughtful and reasonable. If she wasn't, there is no way I could stomach being decent myself without it eating me up.

Very well said Jeez about ground rules, it was pretty stupid not to make sure everyone is on the same page re: these things, both in terms of being preventative, and making it easier to act justly in apportioning blame when bad things happen. I think being an engineer I assume a highly developed level of technical common sense from everyone, but a lot of people just don't have a sense at all for how mechanical things (or indeed any things) work. Also easy to forget when you're used to lfgss that some people don't love or see the value of bikes...

He is suggesting that you are the housemate from the tale, anonymously defending yourself.

My take on it is that it is entirely the housemates fault and the loss is her responsibility. Inability to adequately master the use of a door and ignorance of the value of the contents she left unsecured do not absolve her. Why would you not give the handle a twist and the door a solid pull to check that you have indeed locked it, particularly if you are unfamiliar with it.

I do commend samueldavidkeyes reaction to it. You are a good person. I hope she comes to appreciate the break you have given her.

ahh, i see! i guess i was trying to give the housemate some benefit of the doubt as everyone else seemed to side against her. In this case i thought it was a bit harsh as a) she didn't know she was not securing the door properly , b) didn't understand the value of the contents, and c) the OP could have secured his property better.

our house got robbed before. pretty, prrretyy sure we knew which housemate left the door unlocked, but could not prove anything for sure. so had to just forget about it... and this was the front door to the actual house, and still people can't remember to lock it!!! we just had to suck it up like the OP has. the only remedy is not to live with such people in future.

If she was a player, maybe that would make me a sucker, but in every other area she has been utterly decent, thoughtful and reasonable. If she wasn't, there is no way I could stomach being decent myself without it eating me up....

Well if thats the case nice work. I'd have lst my rag which probably says something about me ( Dickhead). Depending where you are I am sure you can rustle up a bike to borrow for a little while while you decide on what to get next.