Hi my fellow singaporeans. Just here to rant something out, and I would like your opinions in this!
I lent my bicycle to a close friend of mine because he wanted to use it to do food delivery. Prior to this, a few days ago, I told him before that my bicycle was not in the condition to be used for food delivery anymore- My bicycle is 2 years old, and the last servicing did was a year ago.
But I still lent him my bicycle because he was jobless and had no money in his savings. He also called me on the phone personally and asked for the favor as there was a surge in delivery fares during that time period. As such, out of empathy, I lent him my bicycle.
When he returned my bicycle back after working, I did not do any checks because I trusted him, and locked it as per usual.
Five minutes later after leaving, my friend went back to my place and asked if he had left his wallet at my place. My family and I saw no sights of his wallet around, and it looked like he lost it while he was working. Here comes the strange part. I offered him to ride my bicycle back home as he lost his Ezlink card as well, and he refused, and he chose to walk back home. I also offered him to use my bicycle to go look for his wallet or the police station, but he turned down my offer again, and say he will look for it tomorrow morning and he will call the police on the phone. I found it weird as to why he was so reluctantly in using my bicycle.
True enough, the next morning when I was going to ride to the supermarket. I realized that my left brake BROKE – It was so obvious as there were zero pressure when I use the left brake. I could only pinpoint the fault to my friend who used it the previous night, and when I confronted him about it, he denied about knowing anything and commented that the left brake was already “loose” but not broken when he returned back. He did not bothered to justify himself, but just said that he didnt know.
I went on to fix my brake for $25, and ever since that confrontation, he havent talked for four weeks. I am suspecting because he is ashamed about facing me, or he’s really just busy.
I hope you guys can understand that this isnt just about a broken brake and the money spent, but its about a matter of integrity. I used my bicycle countless of times, but there were no issues when I get back home, but the moment I lent it out, something happen.
Any fellow Singaporeans had a similar experience like this? And so what do you think I should do? Take $25 as a lesson for knowing this person, or give him my benefit of doubt and text him?