I got threatened with a Lawyer today (may be long)

[jackfaire]

I worked for a company where the magic word was Lawyer. If they said they were getting one we were no longer allowed to talk to them.

[EricKei]

I worked for a company where the magic word was Lawyer.

AAAAAAA! You said the magic word! Everybody SCREEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!

[eltf177]

If it is the guy I think it is, if memory serves me right, he lost the case and was de-barred for it

Yes, the cleaners had to close one of their two stores thanks to this douchebag, but he did lose the case. He's a lawyer; he wasn't debarred IIRC but he had just been elected a judge and he did lose that which overjoyed a lot of people. The last I heard he was appealing to get the judgeship (???) back but wasn't having much luck (thank goodness for that!)!

[Ironclad Alibi]

The judge that sued the dry cleaner was an adminstrative law judge that had a two year appointment (not elected). A panel recommended he not be reappointed because his law suit demonstrated a lack of "judicial restraint." Details of the law suit and the outcomes for everyone is on Wikipedia.

This is a clear example of why lawyers should not play the lawyer card when they are being sucky customers. Their profession could be at risk. The judge above lost a yearly salary of $100,512.00. Ahhh, karma.

[Horsetuna]

Update:

Well, apparently he told the boss he 'understood' what we meant now but still was upset about the fee. He and the Boss were talking (Aka, arguing) over the phone, the Boss in the bathroom (Where he goes when he's saying things we shouldnt hear, or when its noisy in the main room). Apparently the guy got the Boss so upset that Boss hung up on him!

Everyone's started calling him McCranky Pants though.

I finally finished depilling his second pair of pants, and we're under strict orders to NOT give them to him unless he pays the FULL price.

So yay.

[excuse me??]

I've had a very big increase in people making big issues & arguments over inexpensive items like those 8 dollar pants.

To protect my job security, I will not answer a simple question over 3 times (unless its with someone quite old).... Now when they ask the same question for the 4 time, I try to get away, and ask for a Manager (or co-worker) to "help" them.

Sure they have personal problems they brought into the store, but when they start causing trouble, that's when my sympathy stops.

[Lehk]

Animals, for one. My own cat will deposit a cat's weight in hair on my pants somedays.

if you gather it up can you make another cat from it?

[Shalom]

if you gather it up can you make another cat from it?

Maybe you could. My family was adopted by the neighbor's elderly cat (seriously, he was old enough to vote, and maybe even to drink) who had a double coat. He wasn't really up to heavy duty grooming anymore at his age, so every spring one of us would sit down on the back porch with him and comb out his shed underfur so he wouldn't mat. We'd usually wind up with a pile of fur as big as he was.

I've heard about dog owners gathering up their dogs' shed hair, spinning it into yarn, and using it to knit sweaters with. I wonder if you could do that with cat hair.

[protege]

I've heard about dog owners gathering up their dogs' shed hair, spinning it into yarn, and using it to knit sweaters with. I wonder if you could do that with cat hair.

I have no idea. But, I have a Maine Coon (Baxter) who sheds constantly. There are black furballs all over the house, in the car, on my chair at work, etc. Maine Coons tend to shed quite a bit When I have to vacuum that up, I tell him that I have enough fur...to knit a *third* kitty

[Bliss]

One of my two babies, Alan, is a turkish Van, which is a medium long haired variety, and I live in south america... All my clothing, furniture, and every inch of my home is covered in white cat hair...

[protege]

That's odd. Before I got Baxter and Sally, I had a white cat named Snow. She didn't seem to shed very much, even though she had long hair. Either she was good about only shedding in certain rooms or cleaned up her excess hair

[Horsetuna]

yes, you can spin cat hair if its long enough and dog hair.

One of the people I bought a spindle from had saved the white hair from their persian cat and wanted to spin it and make a persian rug from it.

[Pagan]

OK...am I twisted? I find these 2 comments hilarious!

Well, you are twisted. (Hello Ms. Kettle, I'm Ms. Pot!) But those are hilarious, too!

[Horsetuna]

Thought I'd come back long enough to give an update:

Guy picked up his pants. I remembered his last name and glanced at the account. Big note saying MUST PAY WHEN HE TAKES PANTS OR TALK TO BOSS, and another saying BE CAREFUL WHEN QUOTING PRICE.

I dont think he'll be back though.

I do hope his lawyer charged him for calling him stupid though.