Life What's fair? (Water Damage Question)

**Rain Man** · 07:18 PM

Thank you in advance for your wise counsel (bowing with hands in prayer position).

What's the fair thing in this situation?

We're on the fifth floor of an office building, and have a kitchen in our space. The sink is clogged for some reason, and the maintenance guy pulled the little u-shaped pipe off and put a bucket under the drain. Supposedly they're going to do the anti-clog thing on Monday. I think this happened Thursday morning, but don't recall.

We put a note on the sink not to use it.

Now, the dishwasher is next to the sink, and one of our administrative people started it up. I don't think she knew that the dishwasher drained into into the same drain, so when the dishwasher drained it dumped the water out under the sink, which then ran around on the floor and made its way down to the fourth floor. At that point it set off a fire alarm, so the fire department came out. I don't know the extent of the damage on the fourth floor. I would suspect it's not major considering this is your typical office building with cheapish walls and ceiling tiles, but I don't know if there's also any kind of fire department bill for a false alarm.

The maintenance guy just came up and told me that the landlord is planning to hold us responsible for water damage.

I want to be fair about this, but don't want to pay a bunch of money if it's a landlord deal. What thinks you?

View Poll Results: Who pays for any damage or charges in a fair world?
Rain Man, Inc. pays all damage. Bad dishwasher move.	14	26.92%
Rain Man, Inc. pays most damage. Some shared blame.	8	15.38%
Split it down the middle.	3	5.77%
Landlord pays most damage. Some shared blame.	5	9.62%
Landlord pays all damage. Should've fixed the damn pipe.	17	32.69%
I like running in sprinklers.	5	9.62%
Voters: 52. You may not vote on this poll

06-24-2011, 07:09 PM	Topic Starter
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $1818491 VARSITY	What's fair? (Water Damage Question) Thank you in advance for your wise counsel (bowing with hands in prayer position). What's the fair thing in this situation? We're on the fifth floor of an office building, and have a kitchen in our space. The sink is clogged for some reason, and the maintenance guy pulled the little u-shaped pipe off and put a bucket under the drain. Supposedly they're going to do the anti-clog thing on Monday. I think this happened Thursday morning, but don't recall. We put a note on the sink not to use it. Now, the dishwasher is next to the sink, and one of our administrative people started it up. I don't think she knew that the dishwasher drained into into the same drain, so when the dishwasher drained it dumped the water out under the sink, which then ran around on the floor and made its way down to the fourth floor. At that point it set off a fire alarm, so the fire department came out. I don't know the extent of the damage on the fourth floor. I would suspect it's not major considering this is your typical office building with cheapish walls and ceiling tiles, but I don't know if there's also any kind of fire department bill for a false alarm. The maintenance guy just came up and told me that the landlord is planning to hold us responsible for water damage. I want to be fair about this, but don't want to pay a bunch of money if it's a landlord deal. What thinks you? Last edited by Rain Man; 06-24-2011 at 07:18 PM..
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