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. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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