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Forgetmenot

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Q: What's the protocol when your ayi breaks something expensive?

Say you're ayi drops your macbook on the ground and the cover breaks off and the screen cracks. Do you get her to compensate you for the damage, deduct it from her pay, or forgive & forget as long as it was only a once off occurance?

11 years 7 weeks ago in Housing - China

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99Silva

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Deduct it from her pay until it's fully paid off!

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I don't know how much you pay an Ayi where you are, but for me an Ayi is (or should be) a VERY trusted person, if they are such a person my instinct would be to forgive and forget. Trustworthy people are worth a LOT more than pounds and pence, and if you have the right Ayi they will probably be extremely upset that they have done such a thing.

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I've never had an ayi, but I would personally hide valuables away in drawers and such while she was there. I think this one's on you, she can't really afford to pay to replace it, or else she wouldn't be an ayi.

Hugh.G.Rection:

If you think you need to lock things or hide things away you either have the wrong Ayi or the wrong thought process to employ one.

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Amonk:

Not for fear of theft, but for problems of the above. I could definitely see a housekeeper accidentally leaving the door unlocked, spilling a cleaning agent, or something. I mean, I think it's obvious that such fear is warranted, or else OP wouldn't have this problem in the first place...

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