Don’t you just hate it when your parents volunteer you for something you didn’t know or want to do?

This man‘s mom volunteered him to watch her friend’s house and look after her dogs, even though he didn’t want to do it.

But what’s worse is that during his dog-sitting stint, some personal items were damaged.

Read the story below for the full details.

AITA if I refuse to replace what I indirectly destroyed?

My mom’s friend is on a family vacation to San Francisco for two weeks.

And my mother volunteered me to watch their house and their two dogs during this time.

I am quite annoyed because she did not ask me first if I wanted to do this.

This man received a phone call from work.

I love these dogs though, so I guess it is okay.

Now on to the dilemma.

Everything was going fine for the first 5 days, until I was awakened yesterday morning by a phone call from work.

There was an emergency at work, and they needed me ASAP.

He did everything quickly before going to work.

So, I hurried and took a shower, fed and water the dogs, let them outside for a bit to do their business, then let them back inside.

It is way too hot in Texas to leave them outside all day.

Off I went to work.

He returned home with the remote controls chewed up by the dogs.

When I came back about 9 hours later, they had totally chewed up and destroyed two of the remote controls.

One for the TV DVR and one for their DVD player, because I left them sitting out on the couch.

The homeowners specifically told me not to leave the remotes out or they will chew them up.

Whoops!

His mom advised him to replace the remote controls.

I am taking responsibility for leaving the remotes out, and I plan on apologizing profusely.

My mom thinks I should replace the remotes that were destroyed, but I disagree.

It would cost about $40 total to replace them.

That is not too much, but it is a lot to me.

But he thinks he shouldn’t have to.

I don’t think I should have to replace the remotes because, technically, it was their dog that destroyed them.

I did not want to house sit in the first place, and they are not even paying me for house sitting for 2 weeks!

AITA?

Some dilemma he got there.

Let’s check out what other people have to say about it.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

This one thinks everyone is at fault.

While this one is blaming him.

Here’s a valid point from this user.

Finally, if they insist that you replace the remote controls…

If it’s anyone’s fault, it’s your mom who volunteered your time against your will.

But someone is going to have to pay.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.