jackas* spill coffee on my suit

[SuitingStyle]

So what would you do?

I had my suit on in the office, on my way to the pantry , and tried to walk around this guy who had his back to me talking to his friend.

As I tried to walk around him, he suddenly turned around and of course, he had a cup full of coffee and spoil like half it on my back and pants.

On top of it, he was being a jerk about it becuase some of the coffe got on him too. He blamed me of bumping into him, and said I should have said something to warn him.

I was just angry beyound believe, and said sorry and walked away. Now I feel going to find him and punch his face.

My suit is half soaked in coffee as I am typing..........

 

[celery]

Well first things first, get a damp towel and a dry towel. I know this might be awkward at the office, but if your suit is realtively new / expensive you might want to help protect it.

Put the dry towel on the inside where the coffee areas are and then put the wet towel on top. The water will soak through the top and the dry towel will draw it to the other side.

As far as being angry goes, three things to think about:

1. You already said "sorry" so you basically accepted blame. Trying to go back on that will just make things worse.

2. Ask yourself who you are hurting by being upset. You'll find that you're basically wasting time out of your life being upset over a relatively silly event.

3. Instead of looking at it as a ruined suit, look at it as an opportunity to go shopping for a newer better suit. lol

 

[Joel_Cairo]

Originally Posted by celery

Well first things first, get a damp towel and a dry towel. I know this might be awkward at the office, but if your suit is realtively new / expensive you might want to help protect it.

Put the dry towel on the inside where the coffee areas are and then put the wet towel on top. The water will soak through the top and the dry towel will draw it to the other side.

As far as being angry goes, three things to think about:

1. You already said "sorry" so you basically accepted blame. Trying to go back on that will just make things worse.

2. Ask yourself who you are hurting by being upset. You'll find that you're basically wasting time out of your life being upset over a relatively silly event.

3. Instead of looking at it as a ruined suit, look at it as an opportunity to go shopping for a newer better suit. lol

Solomonic advice for sure. I'm for punching face though.

 

[SuitingStyle]

thanks, I guess **** happans.........

Will dry cleaning take the coffee out, and pervent staining ?
I already tried to clean it the best I could with wet towels and dry towels.

 

[HomerJ]

Why did you apologize

and walk away..MAN UP damn

 

[Coho]

1. Yep. The lawyers in the family told me this also.

2. Very true.

Celery, you're one cool cat.

Originally Posted by celery

1. You already said "sorry" so you basically accepted blame. Trying to go back on that will just make things worse.

2. Ask yourself who you are hurting by being upset. You'll find that you're basically wasting time out of your life being upset over a relatively silly event.

l

 

[Coho]

I would guess that the more measured responses on this forum come from people who simply have too much to lose for such foolhardy conduct.

Originally Posted by Joel_Cairo

I'm for punching face though.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

This can only be resolved by spilling more coffee. Scalding hot. On the face of the offending party.

 

[celery]

Well, I've always been patient, but the older I get (only 25), I simply realised that I could spend all day being angry, but in the end I'm short changing myself.

I want maximum enjoyment out of my life, can't enjoy myself while being angry. So I made a choice to not let things affect me.

It's like mind kung-fu against bad crap lol.


And about the coffee stains and dry cleaning, try it, hopefully most of it will come out. I spilled a little red wine on a creme coloured sport jacket once and it came out with dry cleaning (I did pat it down with a wet towel like I said earlier though).

 

[edmorel]

The funny thing is that Suitingstyle is built like Schwarznegger in Commando and I wouldn't be looking to start any **** with you. That other dude either had balls of steel or he figured, "this guy is not going to do anything to risk losing his job." Of course, you could offer him a drink after work to make up for your bumping him and then clock him one in the face when you are a few blocks from work.

 

[Coho]

Sounds premeditated. I know that won't look good in court. By the way, your use of the word "clock" almost sounds like "glock"

Originally Posted by edmorel

The funny thing is that Suitingstyle is built like Schwarznegger in Commando and I wouldn't be looking to start any **** with you. That other dude either had balls of steel or he figured, "this guy is not going to do anything to risk losing his job." Of course, you could offer him a drink after work to make up for your bumping him and then clock him one in the face when you are a few blocks from work.

 

[MrDaniels]

Was it an especially good suit? Did you take it to the Dry Cleaning ER? Prognosis?

 

[redgrail]

Don't say sorry when it's not your fault! You just lost any claim you had to make him pay for the damages.
Be assertive. If it's not your fault, don't act like it is.

 

[Orsini]

I would mark that down under "accounts receivable"...

 

[SuitingStyle]

Originally Posted by edmorel

Of course, you could offer him a drink after work to make up for your bumping him and then clock him one in the face when you are a few blocks from work.

Sounds like a good plan, except I would have to bring a body bag, and cops might have something to say about it. But I think you were right, he prob. thought a guy in a suit in office would never get into some real ****....

Originally Posted by redgrail

Don't say sorry when it's not your fault! You just lost any claim you had to make him pay for the damages.
Be assertive. If it's not your fault, don't act like it is.

Unfortunately it was either making it a big scene and be tagged as a "big guy with a hot temper", or take the high road and not risk my repuatation.

Furtunately it was a dark suit, I patted it down with wet clothes and let it air dry.
There weren't that much staining on the surface, so I think dry clean should take care of it.

Downside was I had to sit in my office with just my undershirt on, becuase my dress shirt was also badly stained, and my boss asked why I was stripping.......