[If] one moves a cask from one place to another and breaks it, whether he is an unpaid shomer or a paid shomer, he must swear. R’ Eliezer says: [Indeed] both must swear, but I wonder whether both can swear.

[If] one hired laborers and ordered them to work early and late —- [in] a place where it is customary not to work early or not to work late, he has no right to compel them.  [In] a place where it is customary to give [the workers] food, he must give [them] food; to provide relish, he must provide relish; everything [must be done] according to the local custom.  It once happened that R’ Yochanan ben Massia said to his son: “Go out [and] hire laborers for us.” He went, and agreed to give them food. When he came to his father, he said to him: “My son, even if you prepare for them [a meal] like Solomon’s ban-quet in his time, you have not discharged your duty toward them, for they are children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Rather, before they start work, go out and say to them: `On condition that you have no claim upon me other than bread and beans.’ ” Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: He did not have to say [it]; everything is according to the local custom.