tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post113033370744918181..comments2023-09-23T07:06:57.553-05:00Comments on Some Words...: Playing the AlmightyNetworkchichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158414702993122385noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1158954114630798682006-09-22T14:41:00.000-05:002006-09-22T14:41:00.000-05:00I a lawyer and I very importantI a lawyer and I very importantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130700878655903722005-10-30T13:34:00.000-06:002005-10-30T13:34:00.000-06:00LOL good for you. I don't know very much about the...LOL good for you. I don't know very much about the US law system except from reading a few John Grisham novels, but it seems to me that there are assholes in every occupation and that excessive self-importance rears its ugly head at every level. Possibly US lawyers attract a higher percentage of this personality type (except for you of course tj). But what really made me pissed on your behalf was the attitude of the security guards - give a guy/girl a uniform...Kate B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11997733172043900832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130643026808933152005-10-29T22:30:00.000-05:002005-10-29T22:30:00.000-05:00Wow - if I didn't know better, I would think that ...Wow - if I didn't know better, I would think that that was a fake story - so unreal!<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I'm in law school now, and I look around at my classmates and can already see the ones who are half-way to losing their souls.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613003954676855164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130441378465474202005-10-27T14:29:00.000-05:002005-10-27T14:29:00.000-05:00I was a little late in reading this and commenting...I was a little late in reading this and commenting, but what an asshole!!! And it disgusts me that he thought he was so much better and more important, and that the security guard had to buy into it. I'm a laywer, but like Violet, I work for the government and don't even like law all that much, and also don't like many lawyers!Caterpillarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01337099007066020997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130392439888986022005-10-27T00:53:00.000-05:002005-10-27T00:53:00.000-05:00I've been fortunate that in my lifetime I've met s...I've been fortunate that in my lifetime I've met some pretty cool attorneys. I've also been subjected to some royal asshats... and will be subjected to them in the near future for an extended period of time. I like them much better when *I* am the one telling them what to do. Funny how that works huh? Personal Injury Lawyers - they aren't really people, they're soul less drones.LDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382881151513607277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130353080700814432005-10-26T13:58:00.000-05:002005-10-26T13:58:00.000-05:00yeah, when I finally went into the private sector,...yeah, when I finally went into the private sector, my first job was at one of the big corporate firms. I couldn't stand it and left within a year. It was all posturing, backstabbing, and fraudulent billing practices. <BR/><BR/>And even though I had been pretty successful in winning jury trials (more than some of the partners who were being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars), I was always seen in a lower caste because I wasn't in the top ten percent of my law school class. I didn't care how much they were paying me, that's not the person that I wanted to become in 5 years.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458228472424378871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130351658537790612005-10-26T13:34:00.000-05:002005-10-26T13:34:00.000-05:00TJ, of course we're still friends. I realize that...TJ, of course we're still friends. I realize that the attorneys that don't work for the big corporate law firms are different. I've worked for 3 large firms and the lawyers are all the same. I dated one once but he couldn't get over the fact that I didn't worship him. Ugh...bad memories. It's funny you know when I think about the fact that I actually have more education than 1/2 the lawyers I work with, they should be bowing to me. :-)Networkchichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158414702993122385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130351600981022682005-10-26T13:33:00.000-05:002005-10-26T13:33:00.000-05:00I will admit there are some good lawyers. The ones...I will admit there are some good lawyers. The ones that take me out to lunch after case reviews are good in my book.k o whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15943129503916125851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130350797900870792005-10-26T13:19:00.000-05:002005-10-26T13:19:00.000-05:00I am in the middle of a conference call meeting wh...I am in the middle of a conference call meeting when I read this and needless to say I had to explain why all of a sudden I was laughing in the middle of a regional manager's "speech". <BR/><BR/>Like you, I wouldn't have let that asshat get the elevator door closed either. I was expecting him to be in the same meeting...too bad he wasn't. That could have made the story even more hilarious.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423490713505597436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130343607656106932005-10-26T11:20:00.000-05:002005-10-26T11:20:00.000-05:00I was a pre law major and I'm very glad I changed ...I was a pre law major and I'm very glad I changed my mind. Now I work for doctors. Every doctor I have ever worked for (specialists mostly) all have a GOD-like complex. <BR/>I just hope one day when i grow up i'm as important as they think they are.kimmykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527009466610518600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130341465309053982005-10-26T10:44:00.000-05:002005-10-26T10:44:00.000-05:00wow, that doesnt even sound like a real story. I d...wow, that doesnt even sound like a real story. I didnt believe people would actually do that... well I guess lawyers are not people.ARMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158542346894318040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130338645099493352005-10-26T09:57:00.000-05:002005-10-26T09:57:00.000-05:00I used to work with a woman who would always volun...I used to work with a woman who would always volunatarily say, "My boyfriend is an attorney." I love that "attorney." People use that to sound important rather than just saying, "My boyfriend is a lawyer." Who gives a rat's ass anyway!NewYorkMomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352113877701064150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130338479858458112005-10-26T09:54:00.000-05:002005-10-26T09:54:00.000-05:00I don't have much time for lawyers either, mostly ...I don't have much time for lawyers either, mostly because they charge so much for giving dubious advice and for (often) not putting their clients <B>real</B> needs first. But then people say that about consultants too, so I'd better shut up.<BR/><BR/>NWC, I'm sure it's possible to be in law (or to be a surgeon, for that matter) and to be humble too - isn't it, tj?WDKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15353336844486270059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130338324357815012005-10-26T09:52:00.000-05:002005-10-26T09:52:00.000-05:00(ducking for cover)well, I'd like to think that I'...(ducking for cover)<BR/>well, I'd like to think that I'm in the 1% minority of lawyers who aren't complete asshats. I worked in a government office for the first couple of years out of law school with low-pay but a rewarding job, and I didn't think of myself as "an attorney" either. I still don't. I'm more of an improv actor masquerading as a lawyer--I just love going to court and performing in front of a jury. I hate the legal paperwork bullshit and the macho posturing from the obnoxious blowhards.<BR/><BR/>can we still be friends...??? lol<BR/><BR/>I was hoping that the epilogue to your story was that the jerk from the elevator was going to be another guest speaker at your meeting...TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458228472424378871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042610.post-1130335301562299742005-10-26T09:01:00.000-05:002005-10-26T09:01:00.000-05:00The bane of society. Lawyers are the reason this c...The bane of society. Lawyers are the reason this country is in the shape that it is.k o whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15943129503916125851noreply@blogger.com