who's responsible?

[Don]

Hi Terry,

You were there--it broke after you left. You earn more than the
housekeeper--who was acting in good faith. Fix it. And yes the refrigerator
repair man should pay for the glass shelf.

At 08:30 AM 12/15/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>Ok, here is what I feelis a good analogy. A refrigerator repairman has spent 
>a few hours servicing a fridge, cleaning out the motor compartment, 
>installing a new compressor,etc. He removes all the glass shelves from the 
>inside (the food had already been removed by the owner, who is not 
>home...same scenario) so he can fix a bad connection in the light switch. He 
>puts everything back together, except a glass shelf; simply an oversight. 
>Later, the housekeeper spots it and decides to put it back inside the 
>fridge.  Even later the owner comes home, opens the fridge and the glass 
>shelf, having not been put properly on the tracks, comes crashing down and 
>shatters into a million pieces! Who's fault is that??? SAME THING. A music 
>desk on a grand is COMMONLY removed and replaced by piano owners, as is a 
>fridge shelf. I just don't see how I can be responsible for the 
>housekeeper's actions. Again, if there was ANY question as to putting it 
>back CORRECTLY, they could have simply called me, but the housekeeper took 
>it upon herself to "wedge" the desk under the top lid apparently just to get 
>it off the floor! Don't you think she should have at LEAST informed the 
>owner that MAYBE she did not put it in the right way, and to MAYBE be 
>cautious when opening the lid???? Does she bare ZERO responsibility?
>
>
>Terry Peterson

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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