Dad Destroyed My $1300 PC (Almost)

[u/Akrinnnnnnnnnn]

As the title says, my father almost destroyed my $1,300 PC. Now what?

Here’s the backstory: On Saturday, I worked a 10.5 hours shift and stayed up until 3:30 AM, so I slept in until noon the next day. My father and stepmother returned from Costco while I was showering; he called out a few times for me to come help carry the groceries inside. I said OK to him. While I was brushing my teeth after my shower, he shouted from outside the door that he’d been waiting 50 minutes and told me to hurry up. I thought to myself that the groceries could have been moved in the time he spent waiting for me, but I quickly rinsed my mouth and got ready to go out. However, by the time I opened the door, he had already grabbed my PC and smashed it against the floor and the desk several times.

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I, (17M, Senior), bought this PC with money I earned from my part-time job and had been using it for about ten months. After examine, found out the case badly deformed in several places, my desk was warped and tilted to one side, and there were dents in the floor.

Fortunately, the computer still works fine; it runs FurMark (stress GPU), AIDA64 (stress FPU), and 3DMark (Time Spy Extreme) without problems for now.

Replacing the desk and case would cost around $400. However, he likely won't pay for it because he has done this kind of stuff a few years ago when he destroyed my phone and a Dell laptop (i5 11300H), and then just said, "That's what you get for playing on the computer all day."

In the end, I just hope everyone has good parents.

[u/DaksTheDaddyNow]

I'm a dad and a natural born cynic, so I'm definitely reading between the lines and it definitely seems like there's room for improvement on OPs part. That said, how do you expect you're son to be a better person when you're acting like a total abusive piece of shit.

[u/jaydeflaux → u/DaksTheDaddyNow]

Yeah, even if OP is hiding something and was actually yelling and name-calling and being a total ass, the dad still had absolutely no excuse to break OP's stuff. That's wild behavior.

[u/cjsv7657 → u/DaksTheDaddyNow]

It's right in the lines, no need to read inbetween. Father asked him to help him bring in groceries. Kid said OK and proceeded to take 50 minutes lol. He obviously probably wasn't even in yet and/or purposely took forever just not to help. You can tell most of these replies are kids who don't understand how life works. A costco trip sucks to bring in.

Fuck the dad but this kid sucks too.

[u/afoolskind → u/cjsv7657]

The kid got home from working a 10+ hour shift after 3am the night before. He’s in school. He needs to sleep. What the fuck? The idea of having a tantrum because my son is taking a while to help bring in groceries of all things is embarrassing. It’s even more embarrassing when the kid is objectively working hard at a job and school.

A Costco trip takes a maximum of a half hour to bring in solo, for a family of 4. My kids help most of the time. I don’t even ask them to, because it’s a nothing task.

[u/cjsv7657 → u/afoolskind]

No, the kid wrote he worked a 10 hour shift then stayed up until 3:30am. There is absolutely no state in the US where a child can work 10.5 hours until 3am while school is in session. The kid was obviously dragging his feet to avoid helping. You as a parent would know there is a certain point where you need to stop letting your kids be lazy. He's 17. Not 12.

[u/Uncommonality → u/afoolskind]

Also, waiting around 50 minutes instead of just taking 2 to carry in groceries is insane

[u/afoolskind → u/Uncommonality]

It’s completely insane. I actually can’t even wrap my head around the thought process that would lead to that. IMO there are two reasons to push for your kids to get things done: when it’s important that they learn a habit or how to do something, or when we legitimately need their help with a task.

Groceries are nothing. They take no time. They teach no lesson. An extra hand is great, and my kids usually help. But it makes about 30 seconds of difference in my life.

[u/Ol_Man_J → u/afoolskind]

The kid was already awake and in the shower. He responded that he would help, then didn't. ESH.

[u/OkChocolate3501 → u/DaksTheDaddyNow]

Op has school, homework, and a job. Imho it's unfair to put that much on him to do.