You weren’t selling roosters or how well your office presented to a person in legal trouble.
My production costs were exactly the same whether a client walked in and paid my front desk legal assistant money or not.
Four Hours Late
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You weren’t selling roosters or how well your office presented to a person in legal trouble.
My production costs were exactly the same whether a client walked in and paid my front desk legal assistant money or not.
I’ve had MANY tunas identify as a mudfish just to try and get ass smoochies from me.
I did some figuring.
41 years times 2,000 hours a year = 82,000 hours. I did a lot of waiting around in my office.
I lost my temper and got angry one time only at another lawyer who was late to visit my office, and it was after regular hours.
Her client had abandoned my client with two little children for some drunk she met at a bar.
And I let her borrow my fax machine and paid the assistant to operate it, for her own personal business, as my law office was the only one with a fax machine in our county.
And then she said your client should stop spreading those lies you are feeding him about how much of a worthless no account whore their children’s mother is.
Nobody can help who they love.
I hear own mother was married and divorced three times after your father died.
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I’m ashamed to admit I said words to her I still regret but I didn’t charge her for using my fax machine.
And not long afterwards she quit private practice and went to work for the state and we became friends, and she referred me lots and lots of business.
She had her own troubles she kept bottled up inside.
41 years times 2,000 hours a year = 82,000 hours. I did a lot of waiting around in my office.
I lost my temper and got angry one time only at another lawyer who was late to visit my office, and it was after regular hours.
Her client had abandoned my client with two little children for some drunk she met at a bar.
And I let her borrow my fax machine and paid the assistant to operate it, for her own personal business, as my law office was the only one with a fax machine in our county.
And then she said your client should stop spreading those lies you are feeding him about how much of a worthless no account whore their children’s mother is.
Nobody can help who they love.
I hear own mother was married and divorced three times after your father died.
Xxxx
I’m ashamed to admit I said words to her I still regret but I didn’t charge her for using my fax machine.
And not long afterwards she quit private practice and went to work for the state and we became friends, and she referred me lots and lots of business.
She had her own troubles she kept bottled up inside.
If I were 4 hours late, I would tell you that how is it possible for me to be 4 hours late, when I have never been 4 hours late. And I would apologize for being 4 hours late, and giving you a hard time, for being 4 hours late. And I would call the state agency for persons late arrivals, 4 hours late, to solve the problem of why I was 4 hours late.
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I have a friend, who is always late when we have a date. Half an hour later I call him, and I ask him where the fuck are you? And he always says the same phrase, an hour later, he says, I'm coming to the tower, and after another while, he tells me, I'm going to the tower. It's a tall building half a kilometer from my building. I detest unjustified unpunctuality.
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This is why I would only wear Levi 501's, they have buttons instead of a zip.Tell them to catch their own cocks. Ha ha!
About a month ago I met a friend for lunch. He lives about 30 miles from me, so we chose a place roughly in between. Our set time was noon, and so I took the opportunity to run an errand that needed doing close to the restaurant. I did that way faster than I thought, and I was anticipating having to kill the extra time when he texted me asking if I could do 11:30. Perfect! Sitting in the restaurant I texted him at 11:45. At noon I called him, no answer. A few minutes later he walked in all pissed off because he thought I remembered that he had an aversion to using his phone while driving, and WTF was wrong with me for calling. That’s another story entirely, but I gave him my best faux abject apology for being such a selfish person. Then I asked him for his apology for being over 30 minutes late when he was the one who moved the time up. His response was “Do you have any idea how far I live from here?” I said “I do, and apparently you don’t”. He’s kind of an asshole, but I’ve known that for 30 years.
If you want to get rid of them and the price is right he’s got you by the eggs!
Try this tactic I use next time.
I find out where the person lives. I then tell them I live even further away than I do and ask them to meet in the middle. Hence, we meet very close to my house. So travel time is always on them. If I am waiting, its close to my house.
I'd be so irritated. If I'm not atleast 15 minutes early, I'm late.
They told us in the Navy, if you're supposed to be somewhere at 0700 and you show up at 0700, you're late!
I do not have the patience needed to wait for people, but because I already know that about myself I always have a back up plan, work to continue on, or a small task to tick off, a book to read, a pipe to smoke, a stick to whittle etc.
I am also occasionally the one who is late or completely forgets the appointment, it sucks letting people down like that. I do always own it, and try to come up with a way to make it right.
If the whole family needs to be somewhere I can guarantee we will run a bit late, at least all our friends know it (and my family will be late by the same amount of time as me, its genetic).
I am also occasionally the one who is late or completely forgets the appointment, it sucks letting people down like that. I do always own it, and try to come up with a way to make it right.
If the whole family needs to be somewhere I can guarantee we will run a bit late, at least all our friends know it (and my family will be late by the same amount of time as me, its genetic).
In 41 years of law practice I was never late for my first court appearance of the day. Occasionally, rarely, I’d call late for the second one in another county.
For the last 25 or so years, you can tell a solo practice lawyer by the Garmin on his windshield, and his watch is two minutes fast.
I generally give people 15 to 30 minutes. Then I'm off to something else. If they call and explain, if I can, I'll meet with them at the new time. I don't have time for people that don't respect mine.
Give them the benefit of the doubt. Once. Twice if the first excuse was legitimate.
If anyone tells you they’ve never experienced adversity…. That’s the person I’d be weary of.
If anyone tells you they’ve never experienced adversity…. That’s the person I’d be weary of.
I'm sorry you were inconvenienced but the irony of the guy leaving you holding your 
for 4 hours was kinda funny though ...
for 4 hours was kinda funny though ...