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[nononono]

Originally posted by dtb
Aren't first-year law students the worst? I suppose someone with one year of law school is a very close second -- close enough to be a statistical dead heat.

I remember this one kid at an old firm of mine who actually caused a client to say to the partner that that kid needs to be locked away in a closet for about 6 years until he learns something, before he opens his mouth again. That said, I have learned a bit to look past some of that self-important bluster, because sometimes their ridiculous enthusiasm yields a nugget or two of useful thoughts. Usually not the ones they thought were gold, but still.

[nononono]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
You mean having some restraint?

To be fair, he only brings out the big guns when aggravated.

Yeah, just like the guy at the post office with the Uzi?

[nononono]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
Are you pulling a Diane Lane in Must Love Dogs? Is that the movie with Dermott Mulrooney and JOhn Cusack? Although she is the teacher.

Not familiar with that movie, sorry. But I am just kidding.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by dtb
Aren't first-year law students the worst? I suppose someone with one year of law school is a very close second -- close enough to be a statistical dead heat.

my fav 1st year story............

we had a secretary here who is a real head case. She was about 23 and out partying every night. she was getting more and more vocal about how unfair the job was. we had 23 employees, and 1 on maternity leave. we asked the secretaries to pick up the load for the few months. she freaked and would just bitch all day.

AND in the fall she started law school at night. we had a voluntary short term disability policy paying 80% of salary for 8 weeks if you can't work.

the office manager hears her on a Monday telling a friend on the phone that she has worked out the perfect scam- and her friend should do it too- get a Dr. to claim you are overstressed and need to take time off work. the company HAD to keep your job.

the next day she hits us with the Dr's note- she is too stressed to keep working. i ask if maybe dropping out of school or not going out every night might be alternatives. No.

we talk to our labor guy. she had apparently exercised her 1L muscles to find and read the substance of the FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act). from the substantive sections we have to keep her job for her- even though it was a clear theft and abuse of the policy- and if she got away with it, something that would make un consider dropping the policy.

labor guy points out that the exclusions for the act include one that exempts companies with fewer than 50 employees. She got canned- AND we will not ever hire the 50th employee.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
my fav 1st year story............

we had a secretary here who is a real head case. She was about 23 and out partying every night. she was getting more and more vocal about how unfair the job was. we had 23 employees, and 1 on maternity leave. we asked the secretaries to pick up the load for the few months. she freaked and would just bitch all day.

AND in the fall she started law school at night. we had a voluntary short term disability policy paying 80% of salary for 8 weeks if you can't work.

the office manager hears her on a Monday telling a friend on the phone that she has worked out the perfect scam- and her friend should do it too- get a Dr. to claim you are overstressed and need to take time off work. the company HAD to keep your job.

the next day she hits us with the Dr's note- she is too stressed to keep working. i ask if maybe dropping out of school or not going out every night might be alternatives. No.

we talk to our labor guy. she had apparently exercised her 1L muscles to find and read the substance of the FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act). from the substantive sections we have to keep her job for her- even though it was a clear theft and abuse of the policy- and if she got away with it, something that would make un consider dropping the policy.

labor guy points out that the exclusions for the act include one that exempts companies with fewer than 50 employees. She got canned- AND we will not ever hire the 50th employee.

I think restraint in that case would have served her well. She must have been real stupid. Or she would have never revealed her hand via phone at work.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
these leasons apply here also. think about it.

You want me to read you Rossetti? Why, Hank....

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
I think restraint in that case would have served her well. She must have been real stupid. Or she would have never revealed her hand via phone at work.

She would have been better off IMing about it.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
She would have been better off IMing about it.

I don't do litigation, but there is no record of IM right? If you tried to to discovery from IMs....it would be virtually impossible right?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by patentparanyc

To be fair, he only brings out the big guns when aggravated.

is that a BB gun or a cap gun?

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
is that a BB gun or a cap gun?

Red Rider just like in A Christmas Story.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
I don't do litigation, but there is no record of IM right? If you tried to to discovery from IMs....it would be virtually impossible right?

Wrong. Go read the politics board.

(as a techical matter, some IM programs can keep a log if you set it to).

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
I don't do litigation, but there is no record of IM right? If you tried to to discovery from IMs....it would be virtually impossible right?

I was being facetious, because I don't think that's true.

The point of my facetiousness is that Hank's former secretary's stupidity was not her worst quality, nor was her lack of restraint with respect to her legal learnin'.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by dtb
Another chatboard person and I are having a heated discussion about certain categorization terminology. She says the correct designation for a group of assholes is a "flock". I say it's a "herd".

Who is right?

It's "bag of assholes." Duh.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski

3) guys- wouldn't you be afraid of angering the pitbull?

Maybe that's why he was doing it in the first place. Pitbull gave him that "fuck me" look, and he was afraid that if he said no, it would rip his nutsack off.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
It's "bag of assholes." Duh.

What do you call a group of bags?