Question 1

Rachel

put

an advertisement in her local newspaper

:

Rachel's Babysitting Service

Newborns and Toddlers

(up to 3 years old)

HKD

$

2000

/

per week

99 Chi Shin

Street, Tseung Kwan O

(

852

)

1314

13

1

4

On

1

August

,

Cindy

saw the ad

vertisement

and called

Rachel

to arrange a

home

visit. The next day,

Cindy

went to

99 Chi Shin Street, Tseung Kwan O

to meet

Rachel

.

Having visited

Rachel at her

home

,

she decided that

it

was safe and that

Rachel

would be

the perfect babysitter to take care of

her

son,

Josh

.

During the visit,

Cindy

and

Rachel

had the following conversation

:

Cindy

: I

am currently working as

a

Special Educational Needs (SEN) teacher at

Tai Wai

. I

need

som

eone to take care of my son

Josh beginning 1

September till

1 December

. Every

Monday

to

Friday

, between the hours of 9:00a.m. and

5:00p.m.

As to the price,

$200

0

per

week is

a lot of money

.

I'd like to

talk to my husband

first

.

Rachel

: I can

babysit

Josh

during the

semester

.

If you want, you can

drop him off on

the

first day

of

the semester

. I

have time on my hands to do that

.

It will cost $2000 a week for me to babysit Josh.

Cindy

: My husband and I are

going on a staycation for

a few weeks

before the start of term.

I

am so

glad that I found you, I

was

so

worried

before

.

Let me talk to my husband first.

If my husband is fine

with the price,

I

will

and let you know before 1 September and

bring

him

here on

1 September.

Th

at

evening,

Cindy

spoke

to her husband and d

ecided that

they had sufficient money for

Rachel

to babysit

Josh

, but Cindy did not contact Rachel to tell her.

The next day,

Cind

y and her

husband

went on their

staycation.

They returned on

30

August

.

In the m

ean

time, Rachel placed a

nother advertisement in the

same newspaper on 20

August

to retract the earlier advertisement

:

Rachel's Babysitting Service

Newborns and Toddlers (up to 3 years old)

HKD$2000/per week

99 Chi Shin Street, Tseung Kwan O

(852) 1314 1314

[FULLY BOOKED

TILL EARLY NEXT YEAR]

Cindy

took

Josh

to

Rachel

's house

on 1 September

. When she arrived, she saw

a note on the doorbell

that said:

"

Rachel's Babysitting Service

-

FULLY BOOKED TILL EARLY NEXT YEAR

"

.

Cindy

thought the reason as to why Rachel said she is

fully booked is because of her.

Cindy

then rang the

doorbell and Rachel opened the door.

When

Rachel

saw

Cindy

and

Josh

, she said:

"Oh, you never

called me

back

, many people

responded

and I am sorry to tell you I don't have time to babysit Josh

anymore. I

place an advertisement on 20

August

to inform everybody I am fully booked till next year.

Since

Cindy

was on her staycation, she did not see the advertisement. Cindy was stuck with Jo

s

h for

the first few days of the new semester.

Eventually, she

managed

t

o find someone to babysit Josh for

$2500/per week.

Cindy

is very upset and

decides to sue

Rachel

for her expenses and the extra $

500

that she incurred because of this incident.

Advi

c

e Cindy

.