The New And Improved Fashion Board

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
Honestly, here in TCOTU, I am all cancer/tumored/LTI=life threatening illnessed out. Every firm I am at has people dealing with that on a personal level, or with their families.....it wears on you to the point where you sort of have to block it out to stay sane. I've had no less than 3 or 4 co workers I know drop dead suddenly for various reasons....you become desensitized and less human. I'm not sure what I'd do. deal with, I suppose.

You are a pillar of strength.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by nononono
Where I am, the ERISA people actually have cooperative study groups, for God's sake.

Yes, here too. It's almost like a cartel.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Shouldn't we really blame anyone who buys the book?

What if you buy it through the lawtalkers.com amazon link?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
Honestly, here in TCOTU, I am all cancer/tumored/LTI=life threatening illnessed out. Every firm I am at has people dealing with that on a personal level, or with their families.....it wears on you to the point where you sort of have to block it out to stay sane. I've had no less than 3 or 4 co workers I know drop dead suddenly for various reasons....you become desensitized and less human. I'm not sure what I'd do. deal with, I suppose.

You really need to shut up, in general, but specifically about this topic.

[patentparanyc]

That atty arrested for getting his sexy back on the plane was feeling sick, not sexy

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/15/se...ref=rss_latest

re: Abba. Sure. i'm not going there.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
What if you buy it through the lawtalkers.com amazon link?

Holy shit. I just saw that the book is actually titled, "If I Did It."

What's today's date?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Since I have been at my current law firm, there have been two attorneys and one secretary who have played the cancer card. They took off ginormous amounts of time, lots of it paid, running around getting cancer "treatments" and such. Then, in perhaps the ultimate cardsmanship, they all died. Now they never come to work.

The nerve. Didn't they think about the people who had to pick up the slack?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
You really need to shut up, in general, but specifically about this topic.

Sooooo, whose city does NOT have an ERISA study group?

[Not Bob]

That is all.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Since I have been at my current law firm, there have been two attorneys and one secretary who have played the cancer card. They took off ginormous amounts of time, lots of it paid, running around getting cancer "treatments" and such. Then, in perhaps the ultimate cardsmanship, they all died. Now they never come to work.

Did you see the Dateline about the woman in Texas who fooled all of her family and friends into believing she had cancer? Instead of going to cancer treatment, she would go tanning or to the gym. Her friends paid for trips for her, did fundraisers for her family and generally got all worked up, but then they started wondering when she never started to look sick or anything. Turns out she wasn't sick. She even told her husband and her kids she was dying.

In summary, as far as I know most of these so-called cancer patients are just scam artists, looking for a quick buck. Dateline tells me so. But if the ones that you have worked with actually died, at least you can feel better about the fact that they weren't just milking the system.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
The nerve. Didn't they think about the people who had to pick up the slack?

Well, according to the atty that she works with [my friend] the atty feels those people SHOULD NOT be working at a law firm.

I was just making a point that he was unsympathetic not I.

And I know I sound like a jerk but I really am fatigued. you cannot have a convo with anyone here without that seeping into the convo. "Hi how is your day" "well my mom's dying of cancer" I feel like I get hit in the gut.

Lastly, she told me [my friend] that story that way so obviously she feels it....not me. I have no horse in that race I just thought how he reacted was a tad insensitive.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
Well, according to the atty that she works with [my friend] the atty feels those people SHOULD NOT be working at a law firm.

Step away from the keyboard and do something else for an hour or two. Seriously. You don't want to post here for the rest of the afternoon.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Step away from the keyboard and do something else for an hour or two. Seriously. You don't want to post here for the rest of the afternoon.

I'm with ABBA and all the rest of the folks here that think you are way out of line on this one.

You've made it clear that you have never lost anyone to a horrible illness.

You're lucky. Now stop poking at those of us who have.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Sooooo, whose city does NOT have an ERISA study group?

Look, let's (sp?) not beat around the bush here. While there may be some exceptions (hi Gwink), most ERISA attys are the outcasts of the outcasts that make up the legal profession. They band together because no one else wants to be near them or associated with them. I can't believe you made me have to post this. Now I look like the bad guy. Time for more pot.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Look, let's (sp?) not beat around the bush here. While there may be some exceptions (hi Gwink), most ERISA attys are the outcasts of the outcasts that make up the legal profession. They band together because no one else wants to be near them or associated with them. I can't believe you made me have to post this. Now I look like the bad guy. Time for more pot.

Hi!

Agreed, especially on the more pot part.