We had a Japanese exchange student come and stay with us on Sunday.
Only an hour of her being here miss 3 had got hold of her camera and when miss 16 tried to get it of her she threw it and broke it (lens would go in and out)
So I tried to take it some where to get it fixed but it was going to take them to long to even look at it and they couldn't guarantee being able to fix it.
So I felt very bad because it was my DD that broke it so I replaced it...I hunted around and found a camera almost exactly the same and bought it for her.
I had her Japanese tour coordinator on the phone thanking me for the generous gift and that I didn't need to do that.
So now I have the australian coordinator ringing telling me I didn't need to do that and he was sorry that I did and she should have put the camera somewhere safer.
But I felt like it was my responsibility that it was broken and I couldn't leave her without a camera.
I think I did the right thing...but it seems to have created a little of a kerfuffle.
Isn't it etiquette if you break something you fix it or replace it?
Would you have done the same?