Started working as a cleaner in a really huge house with rich owner's- the wife a full time mum. She says the whole house takes only 2 hours to thoroughly clean which I found was a lie since I couldn't even finish downstairs of the house in 3 hour's especially with her faulty hoover, the second day i was able to finish the ground floor before heading upstairs to hoover, while looking for a place to plug the hoover it tumbled over hitting her antique lamp vase and broke it, the lamp still worked but the vase was broken, I immediately called her mother in-law to the scene and apologised, she wasn't too mad just said I should tell whenever things like that occur, the wife got back and I told her and she said I had to pay for the whole lamp £120, I wasn't too pleased because I told her before starting the job I had nothing and hers was a 2hr work which I spent nearly 3 hrs doing, that was the £6.50 an hour, how do I pay that up? And knowing the hoover was faulty it's not rocket science it was bound to happen again, would I keep working for her all my life to keep replacing her misplaced antique? If it was that expensive why keep it in such a place?and since I broke only the vase why tell me to pay all the £120, well I was asked to pay ASAP else she'll call the police on me sending threatening texts i didn't have money to reply her so went on WhatsApp to reply, later that night my friend helped in clearing the debt and I never stepped my foot in her home again as I felt her actions where cruel. Did I do the right thing paying up or should I have taken it to court