I wouldn’t have thought you had to pay for this, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but it might be worth seeing if you can help her feel compensated in another way
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I helped a friend move house 18 months ago. We’ve known each other for over a decade and helped each other out on numerous occasions, and this was no different. I was probably helping for 10 hours. She had a lot of pictures and art to move. She’d already hired removalists, but these things hadn’t gone with them. So I loaded a lot of them into my station wagon laid flat.
Unfortunately, one of the canvases got damaged in transit. I’d actually forgotten about this event until I was visiting her recently, when she told me that she got a quote to repair the canvas and that we could split it, paying $1,200 each. I asked her what the canvas was worth and she told me it was beside the point – this canvas belongs to her son, who lives in Germany, and it’s very special to him.
This letter has been edited for clarity and length.
Continue reading… I wouldn’t have thought you had to pay for this, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but it might be worth seeing if you can help her feel compensated in another wayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastI helped a friend move house 18 months ago. We’ve known each other for over a decade and helped each other out on numerous occasions, and this was no different. I was probably helping for 10 hours. She had a lot of pictures and art to move. She’d already hired removalists, but these things hadn’t gone with them. So I loaded a lot of them into my station wagon laid flat.Unfortunately, one of the canvases got damaged in transit. I’d actually forgotten about this event until I was visiting her recently, when she told me that she got a quote to repair the canvas and that we could split it, paying $1,200 each. I asked her what the canvas was worth and she told me it was beside the point – this canvas belongs to her son, who lives in Germany, and it’s very special to him.This letter has been edited for clarity and length. Continue reading… Friendship, Australian lifestyle, Homes, Life and style
