What should I do here?

[Patrick Chewing]

So I just bought a new lawnmower a few months ago to get ready for the Summer season and have only used it a handful of times. Yesterday, my neighbor's lawnmower apparently wouldn't start, so he asked me if he could borrow mine just for the day to finish up his yard. Being the good neighbor I of course obliged, but he returns my brand new lawnmower with all sorts of scratches on it. The paint is scratched, the motor is scratched, it looks like it went through hell and back. He must have gone under some branches or scraped it along his chain link fence or something. He did top me off with fuel, but I feel like he should have at least apologize for the scratches and physical damages to the mower. Should I say something? I thought about bringing it to his attention when he pushed it back into my garage, but now it's been over 24 hours and I'm wondering if it's even worth it at this point. What say you guys??

[JohnnySic]

If it was mechanical/structural damage, I'd obviously bring it his attention. If its just cosmetics, eh, judgement call. It wasn't gonna stay shiny and new forever.

[diamenz]

i wouldn't lend anything to him ever again and just leave it at that.

unless he's a trans... then you should kick that mother****!n a$$!

[Patrick Chewing]

If it was mechanical/structural damage, I'd obviously bring it his attention. If its just cosmetics, eh, judgement call. It wasn't gonna stay shiny and new forever.

That's what I've been telling myself, that eventually I was going to beat it up, but man, I would have at least expected an apology or an acknowledgement that he roughed it up. He's an older guy in his 60's or 70's so there is a good chance he didn't even notice.

But I'm with diamenz too, I ain't lending it to him again.

[highwhey]

you should add that hes jaspers age to the OP, thats more forgivable bc older people arent as sharp. doubt he did it on purpose. just gotta chalk it up to age and it being a mistake.

[ShawkFactory]

Depends on how close you are. If he’s just a neighbor who you don’t really do much with other than hellos and polite small talk I’d probably just let it go and be kind of annoyed, as long as it runs fine.

If you’re a bit closer than that then next time you see him maybe make a friendly little quip or something about how the lawnmower was sent through the wringer and just see what his response is.

[Nanners]

assuming the damage is purely cosmetic, I wouldnt let it bother me... if I was gonna do anything i'd complain to the mower manufacturer instead of the neighbor, I mean wtf kind of garbage paint are they using that results in their brand new product looking like shit after mowing one boomers lawn?

[AlternativeAcc.]

Did you check the blade? The cosmetic stuff doesn't really matter. It's a lawn mower, it's one job is to cut grass. Lol, as long as nothing important is damaged I'd not give it another thought other than not lending that dude shit anymore

[SATAN]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[rawimpact]

wtf kind of problem is this? My mower gets scratched all the time because my neighbors bushes that come over the fence line. One of the most important factors in how happy you are where you live is how good your neighbors are. If you are willing to ruin that over some superficial scratches, then you really have critical thinking problems.

[warriorfan]

don’t get lawnmower cucked, borrow his car and scrape the shit out of the side