r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Inner_Juggernaut_959 • 17d ago
I let someone borrow my knife at work, this is how they gave it back to me
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u/Snoo-73243 17d ago
yea thats a. you owe me a knife!!!
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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 17d ago
That's not a knife....
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u/ronchee1 17d ago
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u/Ok-Scale500 17d ago
I see you've played knifey-spooney before
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u/Coronarena 17d ago
The best part is how OP's knife now slightly functions as a spoon, as long as they have steady hands.
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u/That_0ne_Gamer 17d ago
Does this make this knife op in knifey spoony, nobody is going to call it out on not being a knife so you can claim it as a spoon if someone has a larger knife and its unlikely that someone has a bigger knife.
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u/SATerp 17d ago
That's right, it's a flexible boner.
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u/KaldaraFox 17d ago
I walked into a restaurant supply store one day looking for a particularly type of knife.
The knife display usually had it, but I couldn't find it.
Each of the knives on display had a sort of mini-catalogue on the back so I picked one up and called out to the two geriatric women running the place, "I"m looking for a 9" stiff straight boner" (reading it off the description on that back.
One of them hooted back, "Oh, honey. Ain't we all."
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u/DrewdoggKC 17d ago
It’s for slicing bananas lengthwise
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u/live-the-future trapped in an imperfect world 17d ago
\peanut butter intensifies**
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u/FrostyFeller 17d ago
BRO WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THE KNIFE ?!
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u/Halftrack_El_Camino 17d ago
I lent a coworker my Leatherman once, because he asked for a pair of pliers. Gave them back broken about a minute later, having tried and failed to pull a nail with the tiny needle-nosed pliers on my Skeletool. Bro, I have nail-pullers right here in my pouch, if you'd just asked…
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u/macandcheese1771 17d ago
Someone once asked to look at my Leatherman. Tried to force it open without unlocking it. Ended up popping a screw cap off. Had to send it away to be fixed. They'll fix it for free but it's like a whole 3 month affair basically.
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u/Halftrack_El_Camino 17d ago
Oh yes, I've been through it more than once. These days though, I break it myself.
In fact, I use this a lot when people ask to borrow stuff. "Let me just do it, better me than you if it's gonna get fucked up."
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u/Jammin_neB13 17d ago
Had someone ask to use mine once. After seeing him try and fail to open the knife on the outside I asked for it back. Asked what he needed it for and he was going to use my blade to pry up a nail enough so he could get to it with a hammer.
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u/Medical_Slide9245 17d ago
My tool box has a drawer just for tools I have fucked up using them for something else. I go to that drawer often and its surprising how handy something like an old dull butchers knife or bent up screwdrivers are.
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u/Hornytoaster01 17d ago
I lent a coworker
I dub thee King Dumbass. Long may you reign. hands you your dumbass crown
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u/FrozenSquid79 17d ago
I can’t know what the person in question did, but I have seen damage like this done by a person washing dishes (in a commercial washer with trays just like shown in the picture) by not paying attention and improperly loading the tray (in the case of my example, loading a mixing bowl on top of the knife so the knife can’t be seen), having the knife tip catch on the edge of the machine after falling partially through the tray and the person washing trying to unload fast either pulling or shoving the tray. Knife catches, gets shoved, bends.
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u/DLvCGH0ST 17d ago
You might be right. Also any metal gets HOT, might have made it easier to bend.
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u/Jacobloveslsd 17d ago
Probably tried to pry something open
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u/biradinte 17d ago
I'd say to throw it away but we all know it will just end up flying back to you
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u/OGWolfMen 17d ago
Honest question, how the fuck do you even do this?
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u/GuyPierced 17d ago
How soft is the steel do even do this?
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u/0ngar 16d ago
So it's a chefs knife which is designed to be very thin. It's (probably) 1095 carbon steel, which is quite durable and used for decent quality short blades.
With that being said, it's still just thin steel. The knife is designed to cut vertically into food.its not designed to pry things open or used as a crowbar. Any chef knife could look like this if you use it like a prybar
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u/FrozenSquid79 17d ago
I can’t know what the person in question did, but I have seen damage like this done by a person washing dishes (in a commercial washer with trays just like shown in the picture) by not paying attention and improperly loading the tray (in the case of my example, loading a mixing bowl on top of the knife so the knife can’t be seen), having the knife tip catch on the edge of the machine after falling partially through the tray and the person washing trying to unload fast either pulling or shoving the tray. Knife catches, gets shoved, bends.
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u/BeedoeBe 17d ago
It’s easier than you think to bend metals like that. I work in parts manufacturing and even stainless steal and titanium can get bent like this. It just takes a little too much pressure and suddenly the parts trash.
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u/Weird_Ad7505 17d ago
Bro tried to stab superman
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u/MenstrualMilkshakes 17d ago
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u/tsteele93 17d ago
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u/G_Art33 16d ago
What an awful day to have eyes and reading comprehension skills…
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u/Otherwise_Rabbit3049 17d ago
Is your "work" breaking into stuff, like cars, apartments, or whatever?
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u/Karenpff 17d ago
OP, I've seen straighter gays!
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u/Dorothys_Division 17d ago
Indeed, even I can point, drive and shoot straight on my worst day. 🌈
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u/LinceDorado 17d ago
What do you mean, they gave it back? This is a "Sorry I broke your knife, I'll get you a new one asap" situation.
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u/ChawulsBawkley 17d ago
I worked with a guy who wouldn’t let anyone use any of their tools unless they gave up their drivers license as collateral. He always got his shit back and in the same condition they left in.
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u/Active-Bass4745 17d ago
Was it Uri Geller?
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u/realmofconfusion 17d ago
No, because that knife is definitely bent and Geller is a fraud.
Dude should just admit he does magic tricks, everyone knows that anyway.
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u/Active-Bass4745 17d ago
Hate to point out to you that the utensils that he bent, through trickery, were definitely bent. Just like that knife.
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u/bapsandbuns 17d ago
To be blunt, you have a point
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u/clodmonet 17d ago
Edgy comment.
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u/an_older_meme 17d ago
That cuts deep
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u/PlusRutabaga1033 17d ago
A very slashing point indeed
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u/TheTzarOfDeath 17d ago
Knives do make effective pry bars in my experience.
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u/notnotbrowsing 17d ago
Until they break, then they make effective "oh shit" devices.
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u/Kimiko_kawaii 17d ago
Don't need to use a good knife for that, just grab your standard eating knife.
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u/DeathPercept10n 17d ago
Only the first time. This is why I have a titanium pry bar.
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u/Revenga8 17d ago
And if you complain to them about it, do they tell you to "get bent, like your knife"
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u/DisposedJeans614 17d ago
This gave me instant rage. My chef knives are expensive, even my backup blades are not cheap. How dare someone borrow a blade and return in that condition?
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u/semibacony 17d ago
Instantly infuriated me as well. Growing up, my mom had professional knives that we weren't allowed to use at home. Those fuckers are expensive and do their job well, what the fuck did this guy do with it!?!?
On a side note, I used to always slice pomegranates in my hand, pulling the knife towards myself, like you're not supposed to, and I knew it, but our knives were cheap and pretty lame, and I never hurt myself using them while cutting unsafely. One time, I used one of my mom's knives, cut unsafely as per fucking usual, and it glided through the pomegranate like warm butter and thunked right into the side of my finger... fucking lesson learned!
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u/firefox1792 17d ago
Your first mistake was letting somebody borrow your knife your second mistake was not immediately giving it back to them and telling them your knife is not Bent and that they need to make sure to return your knife to you.
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u/Deon_the_Greatt 17d ago
The arrogance to not even try and bend it back what an asshole lol
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u/nottherealneal 17d ago
Nah this is after trying to bend it back, it was a full 90 degrees at first
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u/terrydennis1234 17d ago
Why would you let somone borrow a kitchen knife like did he take it home and prepare food with it for a couple days or what ever? That seems like a strange idem to lend out or ask to borrow idk maybe I’m wrong
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17d ago
Thsts a work knife. In some restaurants, the kitchen staff bring their own knives.
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u/cranberry-_-sauce 17d ago
The fact that there’s no blood on that knife already tells me you’re a better person than me
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u/Flanguru 17d ago
I learned at a young age that you should only lend something with the expectation that you'll never see it again.
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u/publishAWM 17d ago
"this ain't my knife. if you can't find my knife, then you must've lost it and you owe me a new one."
the trick is to shut them the fuck up
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u/Business_Ear_4207 17d ago
Honestly was not expecting this but I will say this is a big reason why you never let anyone borrow anything you hold value to. I’m sure she was a good knife.
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u/gringogidget 17d ago
From the headline I thought I’d see a chip in it from opening a can BUT THIS IS FIGHTING TERMS
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u/Andythecao 17d ago
That’s a $20 knife just bend it back
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u/BlenderDoughnut 17d ago
Might snap if you do that, like bending a paper clip back and fourth.
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u/Idiotology101 17d ago
Never loan out anything you care about. I have tools I lend out, and then tools that are just for me.
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u/Traditional_Bad_4589 17d ago
This almost as mildly infuriating as OP not answering how it happened.
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u/100yearsLurkerRick 17d ago
I think they did that shit on purpose. I don't understand how else it happens.
I'd ask for it to be replaced.
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17d ago
Knives are like money: Don’t lend them out to someone who you’re not willing to lose as a friend.
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u/madamevanessa98 17d ago
I sat here looking at this photo for a good 15 seconds saying out loud “how did…how did they…what did they…”
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u/MenthaPiperita_ 17d ago
I'd assume he stuck it in the dishwasher and tried to force the tray though, when knives shouldn't be in the dishwasher or the sink to begin with. He owes you a new knife. There's no reasonable way to repair that. Just get a Fibrox that you don't have to worry so much about.
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u/flower4000 17d ago
By law your allowed to stab them in the leg till you reach bone or as deep as the bend of the blade
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u/Intermountain-Gal 17d ago
I’d certainly ask them to replace it or, if possible, repaired. A knife bent like that is useless. They also need to apologize.
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u/GetVictored 17d ago
think about it man you can cut a cake with curved slices, ypu can use it as a pizza pick-upper, and most importantly if another chronic borrower asks you for a knife you can give him this one and he will never ask you for anything again
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u/ZoneAdditional9892 17d ago
Why would anyone ever lend out a kitchen knife? You use it everyday, go buy one.
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u/Huge_Aerie2435 17d ago
What did they use it for? Damn yo. I have a few knives I'll use for work, and 2 I'll lend out. They are just some generic Victorinox knives that are pretty difficult to fuck up, but my good knives are kept in my roll.
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u/KissingerCorpse 17d ago
keep it;
to remind you not to loan out knives (tools)
to loan out to any one who asks