Cos the tot that the chambermaid may have to pay (by pay docked off) for not checking on the room (i.e. not discovering the damage) haunts me... Call it end-of-year guilt complex or recollection blues or whatever =) Ya it has been almost 10 years, time to let go (and not to make such a mistake again)... Still, it is somewhat a relief to hear that most probably no employee gets penalised (in salary) for that...