who's responsible?

[pianolover 88]

<<I think the only possible alternative, if the homeowner is
feeling reasonable, would be to ask if she thinks if it would be fair to 
split the
cost (with her, not with the housekeeper), since you were not the direct 
cause
but the indirect. However ("But for your actions...etc."), you still have to
be cheerfully willing to eat it all anyway , purely for business reasons. 
Just
part of the overhead, and you'll get P. R. points for eating it gracefully.

Bob Davis>>

I appreciate your fair assesment, which is LOGICAL! There is sometimes a BIG 
difference between what is right, from a purely legal standpoint, leaving 
emotions at the door, (where often a judge will asign percentages of fault) 
and what is "right" for the good of your business, and I will  choose the 
latter in most cases, like this one.
Terry Peterson



----Original Message Follows----
From: BobDavis88@aol.com
Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: who's responsible?
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:40:12 EST

In a message dated 12/14/2005 9:25:26 PM Pacific Standard Time,
pianolover88@hotmail.com writes:
Yes, I left the desk out in my haste, But am I responsible for the
Houskeeper's actions?
No, but yes. I think the only possible alternative, if the homeowner is
feeling reasonable, would be to ask if she thinks if it would be fair to 
split the
cost (with her, not with the housekeeper), since you were not the direct 
cause
but the indirect. However ("But for your actions...etc."), you still have to
be cheerfully willing to eat it all anyway , purely for business reasons. 
Just
part of the overhead, and you'll get P. R. points for eating it gracefully.

Bob Davis