Probably an academic question as I expect it will be taken out of the deposit anyway, but not sure if I would be unreasonable to argue that we shouldn't have to pay it.
We hired a filthy church hall for my dc's birthday party. My mum was on hand to help and was cleaning up in the kitchen afterwards. When wiping the inside of the oven door unnecessarily, it seems that she knocked one of the frankly inadequate plastic fittings holding the inside glass panel in place without realising. When she shut the door, the panel slid out and smashed on the floor. On investigating further, it appears that one of the four fittings was missing. In other words, only three of the four were in place and then she knocked one of the three off.
Do you think this is something we should be held accountable for? Mum is adamant it was not her fault. She was quite shaken up about it.
I can see both arguments: it wouldn't have happened if the fourth fixing was in place, but it wouldn't have happened if mum hadn't knocked the third one off...
The woman in charge of the hall is a bit fierce and I will have to deal with her on an ongoing basis so I wondered about offering half as I'm a total coward.
What do you think? ?