Client sets a new record for arseholery
Jan. 19th, 2010 02:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sparkindarknessAnd he’s not even our client. But he has extra levels of arseholery.
See, this man wishes to talk to his estranged wife. His estranged with his our client and we’re very very very very clear that any contact from him comes to us not her and she doesn’t want anything to do with this toxic excuse for a human being for very very good reason.
Arsehole is not pleased about this. He is extremely vocal in his displeasure. However, shouting and screaming at lawyers to make us do stuff has never had the greatest of success rates and didn’t work especially well on my colleague either. After she gave him the patented “every second you waste ranting is costing you more money” look (even if not applicable in this case, it’s a standard look. They teach us in law school y’know) he lost his temper and tried to grab her.
Oh hell no. You did not?!
Now he’s in hospital (broken arm, cracked rib) and colleague is alternating between depression and panic. She’s panicking about being fired for beating up a client (despite senior partner #2 yelling ‘you go girl!’ and saying that she should have broke the creep’s other arm at the same time) and panicking about being arrested (police were called, naturally) and panicking about getting the firm sued and is generally not in a happy brain space. Yes, legally she knows that she’s ok, but panic brain isn’t listening to legal brain (or her fellow lawyers around her telling her it’s all ok).
So it’s rallying round, calming down, making sure colleague’s glass stays full of the good stuff and watching the CCTV recording with varying amounts of glee.
But I’m totally complaining to the SPs - they never let me hospitalise clients
(We’re also complaining about our lack of freaking security. That, at least, may be addressed)
See, this man wishes to talk to his estranged wife. His estranged with his our client and we’re very very very very clear that any contact from him comes to us not her and she doesn’t want anything to do with this toxic excuse for a human being for very very good reason.
Arsehole is not pleased about this. He is extremely vocal in his displeasure. However, shouting and screaming at lawyers to make us do stuff has never had the greatest of success rates and didn’t work especially well on my colleague either. After she gave him the patented “every second you waste ranting is costing you more money” look (even if not applicable in this case, it’s a standard look. They teach us in law school y’know) he lost his temper and tried to grab her.
Oh hell no. You did not?!
Now he’s in hospital (broken arm, cracked rib) and colleague is alternating between depression and panic. She’s panicking about being fired for beating up a client (despite senior partner #2 yelling ‘you go girl!’ and saying that she should have broke the creep’s other arm at the same time) and panicking about being arrested (police were called, naturally) and panicking about getting the firm sued and is generally not in a happy brain space. Yes, legally she knows that she’s ok, but panic brain isn’t listening to legal brain (or her fellow lawyers around her telling her it’s all ok).
So it’s rallying round, calming down, making sure colleague’s glass stays full of the good stuff and watching the CCTV recording with varying amounts of glee.
But I’m totally complaining to the SPs - they never let me hospitalise clients
(We’re also complaining about our lack of freaking security. That, at least, may be addressed)
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