Submitted by Fancy_Cardiologist41 t3_zrt17b in tifu
Today during the lunch break i( 17 M) was standing outside on school ground, drinking coffee from a paper cup. It's been snowing for the entire past week, so there was some decently deep snow. My classmates started a snowball fight which I didn't want to take part in because I wasn't wearing a jacket or gloves. I placed my coffee on the snow in case anything happened.
One of my classmates (18M) started to throw big lumps of snow at me from a close distance, despite me saying multiple times I don't want to fight. He also attempted to shove me into 20 cm deep snow. After I thought it was all over, I picked the rest of my already cold coffee up, however the classmate in question was preparing to throw another lump of snow at me. After he missed I instinctively threw the coffee at him. The bit that was left of it, spilled on a part of his brand new Trapstar jacket, which is worth more than the minimum wage in Poland.
He started trying to clean the droplets off, however it remained stained. We talked about the incident to our headteacher, and we agreed that I would pay for chemical cleaning of the jacket ( it's polyester). However the people working there said there is a possibility of the jacket being warped during cleaning, in which case the classmate's parents threatened to make me pay the entire price of the jacket.
My father has recently retired, and my mother works as a teacher. This would be devastatin financially, and I would have to give up getting a driver's license for a year.
Tl;dr: Threw a cup with small remains of coffee at a classmate in an expensive jacket after being harassed with snow. Threatened by parents with the possibility of paying the full price of the jacket in case the laundry company messes up.
Update: He got it back from laundry, the stain is still there, however he will not get a single penny back from me.