It may not be a good idea to bring your Hermes handbag to the Alpine Country Club in New Jersey. Nor is it a good idea to work there.

A woman has sued the country club for spilling wine on her $30,000 Hermes handbag given to her by her husband. Hermes no long makes the handbag, thus making it irreplaceable. The country club declined to pay the woman and instead blamed it on the unnamed waiter — as if that removed their liability.

The country club initially sued the waiter, but later dropped the effort once it went public. Good thing — I doubt the lawsuit would have held up in court. There are plenty of precedents in which a company is responsible for its employees mistakes.

Strange, no?