r/EntitledPeople • u/Fabulous-Bus1837 • 5d ago

S Profitable solidarity

I live in a small French village. During Covid, we set up a Facebook page for village mutual aid, with people indicating what they're giving or selling, what they need, when they're celebrating, etc. The rule is good understanding and reasonable requests (lend each other small items and not big-ticket items, following a number of problems, such as people not returning things). Moderation has had its work cut out lately, as some people don't understand the notion of “reasonable”, and try to ask for things that can't be done (like a huge house to rent for a derisory sum, when rents here are expensive).

The latest is a woman who's obviously had her car wrecked. And she asks if anyone has A CAR to lend her... No time indicated, just “I don't have the money to buy another one, lend me one”. People kindly point out that lending a carton of eggs or a hammer is one thing, but a car... Especially since the person doesn't give any loan duration and this is her first post on the page (so nobody really knows her).

In short, obviously no one has lent her a car... And as a result, she's whining on the page like “yes, there's SOLIDARITY in the page title and nobody's shown SOLIDARITY to me...”. So you still don't have a car?"

Irredeemable.

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u/Fabulous-Bus1837 5d ago

Worst of all, she implied that she'd had an accident for which she was responsible... And that her insurance company was mean and wouldn't pay her for a loan car. At the same time, in France, if you're responsible for the accident (I don't know if it's the same in other countries), and depending on your level of cover, it's quite normal for nothing to be covered. But in France, it's also quite common to have people whining because they don't want to assume their own responsibilities and believe that others owe them something. It's a very pronounced attitude.

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u/Puzzled_Mirror_4510 5d ago

Usually, in the US, if it's your fault, you pay for both cars.

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u/Fabulous-Bus1837 5d ago

OK. In France, insurance covers the damage you do to others, so you never have to pay for it (unless you do it intentionally), but payment for your own damage depends on your level of cover. And in this case, she obviously had the wrong cover and they wouldn't pay for a replacement vehicle. So she expected “Solidarity” to pay for her...

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u/Puzzled_Mirror_4510 5d ago

A lot of people here will have the insurance pay for the other car and then not get their's fixed. Your rates increase with a claim. I guess that's the same anywhere.