The nerve!
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muck_a_luckOK! Here's one for the record books.
Boss representing client who is landlord in eviction.
Person being evicted called me to try to convince me that everything was settled and Boss should not appear in Court.
Which of course was a big fat lie!
But my thought was, what kind of idiots does this guy think we are?! Like Boss is going to make decisions about going to Court on the basis of the say-so of the other party, without consulting with his client?!?! "Oh, you settled it with him and he forgot to call me? OK!"
Good Lord! The nerve!
I will be not believing this all day!
UPDATE: Boss IM'd me to say that our client thinks this guy is mentally ill. The guy has been making threats against client. Boss warned me to be careful, especially if they guy comes by the office! OMG! I hadn't thought of that! The guy even mentioned he might drop in to meet Boss and talk to him! Ack! Where's CS when I need him?!!!
UPDATE part deux: Well, I asked eveyone who typically answers the door to be on the lookout for my psycho. Asked that people say they are not sure I am in, they haven't seen me, they need to check. Warned people he might be violent. Everyone concerned. However, Mila, who has her desk in the lobby area, is positively freaked! She has locked the door and put up a note, "Please knock."
Further UPDATE: OK. Psycho man now sounding much more likely to come by. He called to talk to Boss. After relaying msg to Boss, and receiving instructions, I left polite phone message for psycho saying Boss had no info for him and was out of town today and next week. Hopefully that will get rid of him, but not holding my breath. On the other hand, Mila's strategy was to lock the door so that she could signal me to get away if she saw someone approaching that matched description of the psycho man. So go, Mila! Meanwhile, I am trying not to be freaked out by this.
Later developments: Psycho man said he understands I am just go-between in later phone call. Sounded very unlikely to visit. Office down to yellow alert!
Boss representing client who is landlord in eviction.
Person being evicted called me to try to convince me that everything was settled and Boss should not appear in Court.
Which of course was a big fat lie!
But my thought was, what kind of idiots does this guy think we are?! Like Boss is going to make decisions about going to Court on the basis of the say-so of the other party, without consulting with his client?!?! "Oh, you settled it with him and he forgot to call me? OK!"
Good Lord! The nerve!
I will be not believing this all day!
UPDATE: Boss IM'd me to say that our client thinks this guy is mentally ill. The guy has been making threats against client. Boss warned me to be careful, especially if they guy comes by the office! OMG! I hadn't thought of that! The guy even mentioned he might drop in to meet Boss and talk to him! Ack! Where's CS when I need him?!!!
UPDATE part deux: Well, I asked eveyone who typically answers the door to be on the lookout for my psycho. Asked that people say they are not sure I am in, they haven't seen me, they need to check. Warned people he might be violent. Everyone concerned. However, Mila, who has her desk in the lobby area, is positively freaked! She has locked the door and put up a note, "Please knock."
Further UPDATE: OK. Psycho man now sounding much more likely to come by. He called to talk to Boss. After relaying msg to Boss, and receiving instructions, I left polite phone message for psycho saying Boss had no info for him and was out of town today and next week. Hopefully that will get rid of him, but not holding my breath. On the other hand, Mila's strategy was to lock the door so that she could signal me to get away if she saw someone approaching that matched description of the psycho man. So go, Mila! Meanwhile, I am trying not to be freaked out by this.
Later developments: Psycho man said he understands I am just go-between in later phone call. Sounded very unlikely to visit. Office down to yellow alert!
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Date: 2004-07-09 03:33 pm (UTC)Don't call the Chosen Men yet!
Date: 2004-07-09 03:38 pm (UTC)But of course, because of this, obviously, random strange men have been coming right up to my desk today! I have a desk several rooms from the front door. And the person in lobby is supposed to announce visitors, not just send them back. I think, though, that they have all come in while she was not at her desk. And one of them was here on business for someone else and knew Boss, I just didn't recognize him...
Just kinda edgy today...
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Date: 2004-07-09 09:09 pm (UTC)Go Mila indeed! Very good strategy :)
And what is the point in having big body guard guy if he's not around when you need him????
Drop me a line or a comment when you get home, yellow alert or no.
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Date: 2004-07-10 03:32 am (UTC)Hi!
Date: 2004-07-20 12:33 am (UTC)What kind of law did you practice in your previous life? I see one of your iterations was forester. Did you ever do any envrionmental stuff? What grade are you teaching?
What brought you over my way? I had no idea I had lurkers?! If you actually lurk a lot I should friend you "Slash OK." :) But thinking friendsfriends...
Re: Hi!
Date: 2004-07-20 03:03 am (UTC)Tell me about it! We ended up with the Texas Rangers (not the baseball team, but the cop types) sitting in our office one day because a couple of nutjobs had called them (from our office) with some paranoid plot.
I used to do divorce law, which was really emotionally stressful for me. My clients were always miserable and they took it out on me and I would lay in bed at night praying that I wouldn't screw their lives up any further. I also did criminal law, which wasn't about defending the innocent, but mainly plea bargaining rich people who had been drinking too much and then getting behind the wheel. That was just plain depressing.
When I went to law school, I intended to do environmental law so I took all the classes in it. There were no jobs in that area, so I sort of fell into divorce/criminal.
I teach 8th grade science which is a refreshing change from my clients. Everybody says that is the worst age, but after the adults I've dealt with, kids are a picnic.
I think I got around to your journal from one of my other friends saying something came from you and I was interested so I checked you out, liked what I saw, and friended you!
"friendsfriends" fine by me.
Re: Hi!
Date: 2004-07-20 10:55 am (UTC)My boss is a typical solo practitioner - bankruptcy, divorce, traffic, etc... It makes a big change from my previous work with in-house counsel in a health care setting and of course the immigration work. Weirdly, because I did business immigration, my clients in that field were all in good places in their lives. They might be stressed (and occasionally obnoxious), but they were basically happy, successful people. Working for my current boss, I do deal with a lot of people in bad places in their lives. I can see how a lawyer working in these areas could easily burn out.
I laughed so hard when you said 8th graders were nothing compared to clients... My first thought was maybe lawyers should teach all the annoying teenage years. Or better yet, paralegals should. When I think of all the crabby, irritating people I can get information out of...7 years of client/opposing counsel/boss/Court management obviously the perfect preparation for jr. high school teacher!!!
How old are your three kids?
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Date: 2004-07-20 11:21 pm (UTC)My kids are 10, 7, and 5 next month. My baby is starting kindergarten! *whimpers*
How old is "The Small Boy"?
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Date: 2004-07-20 11:34 pm (UTC)