Originally Posted by Dave20046

grr annoyances.
So last week I did a job out in derbyshire, I was unable to complete the job as some one had neglected to order a couple of fibre optic cables but when I arrived everything else had been delivered to site. Anyhoo I did alls me works (including an hour or so unpaid overtime to get the job as near as possible) but as I knew a colleague would be coming back and he knew I was running late he instructed me to just bang in the equipment (switch) I was installing for him to finish, so I left the fibre optic module in the cabinet where he'd be working and emailed him to tell him. anyway the guy got there today to complete the work and the module wasn't there. Now it's all kicked off and 'whoever's responsible will have the money deducted from their pay'. I have to go in for a rollocking tomorrow.
Is this actually in anyway my fault? Can they actually deduct it from my pay? Should I let them (recession and all...which btw the boss sacked 2 people he didn't like on account of...then replaced them a month later)