都是狗闹的 --- 和村友 看得开

刚才读了村友----看得开的求助：因为老公姐姐的狗误食了自己送给老公公的巧克力而紧急送医，老公姐姐向她和老公讨要医药费的故事，让我想起了不久前一位国内来美的访问学者因狗差点赔钱130美金的故事，写在这里和大家分享。

有位国内来的访问学者发电邮给我求助：她所租住的房东 -- 独身女教授委托她在其出差期间照管其三条高大威猛的宠物狗，每天给付10美金的劳务费，访问学者碍于前面，虽不太情愿，还是应承了下来。

可是就在女教授预定出差归来前一天的，却收到了女教授的电邮，让她给女教授家雇佣的打扫卫生的女工赔付130美金损失费。

原来是女工把给自家狗邮购的补品包裹邮寄到女教授家的地址，包裹就放在女教授家的门外，访问学者下班回家就把该包裹收起放到了女教授家厨房的操作台上，不料女教授家的狗却把该包裹叼到厨房地板上，并且撕碎，几个狗把2磅补品（原定是一个狗6个月的服用量）几乎吃完了，女工来打扫卫生时，看到狗吐的满地都是，女工就向女教授索要130美金，说是给她的狗另订购补品。女教授就把女工的电邮转给访问学者，并且要求访问学者赔付女工的损失。

我听后，就跟同事们探讨这个问题，最后大家一致认为，访问学者是不应该承担责任的，不该支付这笔钱，女教授是狗的主人，应该赔付女工的损失。我们还帮助访问学者拟就了一封电邮，让访问学者转给了女教授。

最后，女教授出差回来后，就没有再让访问学者赔付那130美金损失费。至于是否女教授付给了那个女工，谁也不得而知。

随后附上为此事交涉的电邮：

#1）女工给教授的电邮：

Sorry to bother you while at your meetings but, I was very upset today.....
I had a package delivered to your house with dog supplements for my dogs.  It was delivered Monday night at 6:00pm according to the UPS Log.....arriving at your house today, Wednesday, there was diarrhea all over the family room and no package any where.....I left a note for the girls asking about the package.  I believe it was the French gal, called me tonight, and said she left it on the kitchen counter on Monday thinking I would pick it up on Tuesday, obviously Tahoe got a hold of it and totally trashed it and eat all the supplements along with help from the rest of the pack seeings all of the dogs were acting sluggish when the girls got home on Tuesday.....luckily the only adverse effect the dogs at this point,  is diarrhea, it could have been serious.  The supplements are good for the dogs but NOT in 2lb measurements...With that being said,  the supplements cost me $ 131.48 for a six month supply, I'm hoping you will reimburse me for the loss, because I need to reorder.........I did tell the girls to put all packages in your office and make sure the door is closed andnot to leave anything on the counter because Tahoe is a counter
surfer.....

thanks

#2）女教授转发女工的电邮（并要求访问学者赔付损失130美金）：

You know by now not to leave anything on the counter. This is yor negligence and you owe Bronwyn the money. Furthermore if it were something harmful, Tahoe could have gotten really sick or even died. You have to be more careful

#3）女访问学者给女教授回复的第一封电邮（跟我联系之前发的）：

I am so sorry to Bronwyn and you, and Tahoe. I called Bronwyn yesterday evening to ask if it's serious to Tahoe and say sorry. I will pay her. I think Tahoe looks OK, I hope there is nothing wrong with him.
God bless. 
See you this evening.
Best regards,

#4）访问学者发给女教授的第二封电邮（听取我和同事的建议，拒绝赔付损失130美金）：

I am so sorry for what happened.

I talked the accident with my Chinese friend and American friend, both of them think I shouldn’t be responsible for Bronwyn’s loss, because I am not the owner of the dogs and I am not a professional person to care dogs although I am paid $10 for every day, which is far from a professional one. 
In addition, I brought the package in so that it won’t get lost. I tried to find what it is inside but I didn't find anything on the box except her name and shipping destination. I put it on the desk near the door of garage where we always keep our document for dogs.

And they also said I shouldn't be in charge if our dogs bite somebody while I walk them along street in mooring.

I would be more careful if I am fortunate to share the house with you in future.

#5）访问学者发给女教授的第三封电邮(我和老美同事拟就的）：

I spoke of the accident with my Chinese and American friends, who don’t feel that I should be responsible for Bronwyn’s loss. 

I am not the owner of the dogs and not a professional dog care person. 

 I was mainly trying to assist you with your travels, for which you agreed to compensate me $10 per day.  I have been taking good care of your animals as we discussed.  If your dogs had been boarded at a professional kennel during your travels, it would be much more expensive – easily a much greater cost than both the money you are paying me and the replacement cost of the package. 

With regard to Bronwyn’s loss, I was also trying to be helpful in bringing the package in from off the porch.  I don’t have enough experience with the habits of the dogs or what was in the package to know that the package would be damaged. In trying to be helpful, I put it on the desk near the door of garage where we always keep our documents for dogs.I am not the dogs’ owner.  If the dogs were to damage anyone’s property or do harm to anyone, the responsibility falls back on the owner of the dogs.  I did not come to this country to have to become a professional dog watcher.

 It is not right that you should not take responsibility for the actions of your dogs, or that I should be penalized for trying to help you in good faith.  Perhaps the cost of the loss of the package can be submitted to your homeowner’s insurance? 

I am staying with you because I have limited financial resources.

 I hope that I simply misunderstood that you expected me to be responsible for reimbursing the loss of Bronwyn’s package.  I will continue to do the best job I can in caring for your dogs until you return.  When you return we can discuss this with the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at University of XXXXX   that places students in their home.

Regards,