<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/14/2005 9:25:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianolo= ver88@hotmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Yes, I left the desk out in my haste, But am I= responsible for the <BR>Houskeeper's actions?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">No, but yes. </FONT><FONT face="Book= man Old Style">I think the only possible alternative, if the homeowner is fe= eling 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 direc= t 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 re= asons. Just part of the overhead, and you'll get P. R. points for eatin= g it gracefully.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob Davis</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>