So basically I do a couple hours of housework a week for a lady who works for a charity. Shes really busy with her work and needs someone too cook,clean, etc.
I usually go round to hers and make a few dishes and do the odd household job, but never did it particularly well. Usually this wasn't a major problem as the lady I work for is usually in the house while I'm doing my thing however this week she happened to be out and I had to let myself in and get on with it myself.
I'm a student and get quite agitated about balancing work and studies- I've often rushed through things while at work without proper time, effort, or concentration. However like I said usually this lady that I work for usually is there to help and is very patient and understanding despite me not being good at what I do.
So, I was getting on with some cooking tasks that she'd set me and I was mostly finished when I ended up breaking this bowl that I'd been washing. When my employer gets home I show her the broken bowl and am very apologetic, however she seems really upset.
She informs me that it wasn't intended to be used at all and was a precious gift she had received from someone a long time ago, and it could not be replaced.
I ended up breaking down in tears and basically doing the most useless thing ever and break down and cry to the woman who is kind of my boss but is also very sweet and nice- unreservedly nice to me. She then felt like she had to reassure ME that it was okay that I had broken HER bowl. She said something along the lines of how destroying the bowl wasnt as bad as hurting a human being.
Somehow she still kept me on and wanted me to come back to work with her despite my incompetence and I tried to refuse money for this week's work but am not assertive and also selfish, so she convinced me quite easily to take payment anyway despite the damage i had caused.
It's been a few hours since this occurred and I've been racking my brains for ways in which to repay her for being so tolerant of my clumsiness and to show that I really am remorseful about breaking something that was precious to her.
The bowl itself cannot be replaced, so if not by replacing it how can I make things right?
(I want to stress again how nice she has been with me and how vital it is that I show her that I care about her and her family and am not just working there to take advantage and do genuinely want to help out and do a better job than I did in the past).
Thanks for reading, and feel free to ask any questions :) tour input would be much appreciated on this as I really want to do this thing properly and make it up to her.
Submitted January 26, 2019 at 08:56AM by emilysbeans http://bit.ly/2Rht4Sn
