Today, my lawyer threatened to sue me because I can't afford his bill, which he sent to me after getting me out of a lawsuit. FML
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Today, the extremely uncooperative client whom I'm trying to defend in court sent me a letter in which he threatened to sue me, because charging him for my services supposedly violates his "constipational rights". FML
Today, I got a bill from my former attorney for the call he made to me begging me not to turn him in for stealing all my money and almost causing me lose my home. FML
Today, I had to explain to a potential client that I wouldn't represent him, because suing his neighbor for calling him a pansy would get us laughed out of court and likely get me disbarred. His response was to get violent and threaten to sue me for violating his civil rights. FML
Today, my mom is threatening to take me to court to get the entirety of my dad's $1 million inheritance. She told me that she's entitled to it because she recently got scammed out of all her life savings. I can't afford a lawyer. FML
Today, I got a call from the county’s courthouse where I used to live saying I was being sued for fraud and expected in court to defend myself. Apparently, my ex took a loan out in my name and now I get to pay $2300 worth of legal fees and restitution to this loan company. FML
Today, because my lawyer made a mistake in 2013, I have to pay a fine of over 500.000 euros. I don't have that kind of money. The lawyer is of course completely of the hook. FML
Today, a guy hit my car, and I threatened to sue him after he started the conversation rudely. He told me to go ahead, because he doesn’t have any money or a job anyway, then because from his perspective he had nothing else really to lose, he kicked my ass. FML
Today, my lawyer let me know that due to the rising costs of living, her rate has increased to $565 an hour. That's more 20 times my pay. I'm not even getting a cost of living increase. FML
Today, my ex-wife's lawyer threatened to default on the divorce because I have not signed the divorce papers yet. Divorce papers that I have not been served yet. FML
Today, some guy hit my car and then threatened to sue me for "parking my car in such a way that it was impossible not to hit it." My car was in the driveway. FML
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russman22 0
well he saved your ass so pay your ******* bill
SheriffBart 0
Today, the pimple-faced sandwich artist at Subway threatened not to give me my food until I paid him seven dollars, which he asked for after preparing my sandwich for me. FML.
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photoshopfailure 0
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AndreaHatesYou1 0
Um. So you hired somebody to get you out of trouble, they did, and now they expect the payment previously agreed on? YDI.
xx_irish_rose_xx 0
YDI for not hiring him if you weren't sure you could afford it.
Alexifish 0
uh... yeah, how do you think lawyers make money.......
Dsamad 4
I work for a lawyer and we see you kind of idiots all the time. Litigation is not cheap. You are told right off the bat how expensive it is so I have no sympathy for people like you. If you are not prepared to pay for the services that were given to you then you should be sued.
mala_aneczka 0
Haha, I tried to post the same comment, but it god blocked for some reason Haha. Its true though. You are told upfront how much it will cost, if not an exact figure then an approximate amount. If you couldn't afford it, that was the time to discuss it, not after the lawyer put in hours of work into your case. People like this drive me nuts. Contrary to popular Lawyer Jokes Lawyers are people too who need to eat and pay bills and every time they dont get paid on a case, that is hours of work wasted.
mala_aneczka 0
Thats an unfair generalization. Very few lawyers actually drive around expensive cars. In order to get to that level you have to first have been in business for several years (usually at least 15) before you start rolling in the big bucks. Your first few years you are dealing with advertisement fees which are needed to get your name out there, office rental fees, Law society membership fees. There are more fees than you can even wrap your mind around. Whats more, if they want to hire an assistant which is fairly necessary they also have to pay them. No maybe they are not starving but they are not swimming in dough. Besides that New lawyers also have to deal with a large group of people who are convinced that they don't need to pay. This puts them in an awkward situation since to sue them or get collections can ruin their reputation which is important in order to get more clients.
perstephane 4
I'm about to graduate from law school, and right now a great deal of the people who just graduated before me are working on itty bitty salaries running around doing grunt work for partners because there aren't enough good jobs to go around. For all you know, this guy was 2 years out of law school, $100,000 in debt from loans, and still living in a tiny apartment trying to pay those loans off. Not all lawyers are sharks who make 6 figures. Most of them live on a relatively average amount of money.
dove2424 0
Not to mention the student loans they have to pay! My payments are more than 2 weeks pay!
RJB 0
HULK SMASH!!!!!!!!
Kristie_2009 0
YDI, nothing in life is free
cerebellum_fml 0
GahHHahHH its Godzirah vs Hulk
saucey12 1
set up a payment plan
strawhat 2
the lawyer should be posting this since you are the cheap douche...