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[quote=Anonymous]9:43 again.  What I'm trying to say (I think I was unclear) is I never accused her or had that conversation with her, so she could save face. And I gave her six week's of pay (which might be too much for you; it was excessive but she was with me a long time).  So I knew that she had six weeks to find another job.

Part of what I was paying for was to not have a problem, not have hard feelings.  To her, six weeks pay was a windfall.

Tangent, I also temporarily rented out my house and was paying my neighbor to watch over it.  She and my gardener got in a fight over a charge she didn't think she (I) should pay and he did think she should pay.

I'm in Southern California so having a gardener is a year-round thing.  I'd had this gardener for years (he was the prior owner's gardener) but had always wanted to find a way to let him go.  He was furious at my neighbor and expected me to back him.

Oh, it was a hard conversation to have.  I did let him go, but I gave him two checks--both the money he thought he deserved, and 5 weeks of pay.  Again, although I wanted to ease his transition and thank him for years of service and have him feel listened to, believed, and fairly treated, I also didn't want a problem--didn't want to be penny-wise/pound-foolish and end up in small claims.  And also, he's all around the neighborhood and didn't want to worry about him.[/quote]

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