How many "accidents" are ok with house cleaners?

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Anonymous wrote:That is a lot. I have had two things total broken in the course of 4 years. One was an iron and while that is fine (I think it got knocked over and cracked), I was annoyed that my 17 year old was home at the time and the cleaners did not mention it to him and just left it. So I raised that issue with them, but said I understood that accidents happen and the breakage itself was not an issue.

I would never discuss breakage with a 17 year old boy. Are you insane?

I also have a 17-year old son and I would consider it completely inappropriate for them to discuss it with him.

Why?

He is not the cleaner's employer. He is just the one who leaves crusty socks and tissues around the house for her to clean up.

He’s a member of the employers household and presumably equipped with facilities of hearing and speech and communication. What’s the issue again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine broke 2 things in the span of a few months. I realized it was when she had her adult son cleaning with her. He is not very careful. The first I let go because it was cheap and I didn’t care. I did ask her to pay for a lamp they broke because I had just bought it.
She let me know both times.

They haven’t broken anything else in close to a year.

You made her pay for it? Gross!

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Anonymous wrote:That is a lot. I have had two things total broken in the course of 4 years. One was an iron and while that is fine (I think it got knocked over and cracked), I was annoyed that my 17 year old was home at the time and the cleaners did not mention it to him and just left it. So I raised that issue with them, but said I understood that accidents happen and the breakage itself was not an issue.

I would never discuss breakage with a 17 year old boy. Are you insane?

I also have a 17-year old son and I would consider it completely inappropriate for them to discuss it with him.

Why?

He is not the cleaner's employer. He is just the one who leaves crusty socks and tissues around the house for her to clean up.

He’s a member of the employers household and presumably equipped with facilities of hearing and speech and communication. What’s the issue again?

Doesn’t matter, he’s a minor and extraneous to the arrangement between employer and employee.

[Anonymous]

How much fragile stuff do you have, OP?

I’d ask them to pay this time. Our cleaners have never broken anything.

[Anonymous]

Once

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. They've broken one very expensive item (a custom mirror); all other items have been relatively low-cost. She offered to cover the cost of the mirror, but at the time, we just decided to handle it (chalking it up to accidents happen). But this is just too far. I hate to make these ladies, who arguably don't make much money, cover the cost, but I'm definitely at the point. I just don't want to deal with the hassle of finding a new cleaner!

I hate to say it, but they won’t learn to be careful if they don’t need to cover the cost every now and then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We use a service. They break things all the time.

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Punk Rock Cleaners? I heard of them. They will trash your house and call you names if you tip extra.

[Anonymous]

Ours has broken too many things and it’s because they move too fast. They’re otherwise great and I appreciate them, but I need them to SLOW down.