Today, whilst working in a law firm, I took a call from a criminal, demanding that we apply for bail as he didn't like being in jail. When I tried to explain no one likes being in jail, he became angry and hung up the phone. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while working in a jail, I had to tell an inmate arrested for domestic violence that no, he could not use his phone call to call me at home. FML
Today, my now ex-boyfriend called me from jail, expecting me to bail him out. He'd tried to buy a load of booze at the liquor store and came up short by ten cents. The cashier refused to be short-changed, and he figured the only reasonable reaction was to punch her in the face. FML
Today, I answered a call at work from a very irate gentleman. After being shouted and sworn at profusely, I ended the call in a slightly less than civil manner. Turns out that guy is one of our company's biggest clients. FML
Today, I finally decided to stand up for myself and quit my crappy job working for my abusive father. I gave him a few insults too, to which he reacted by calling the police and claiming I'd threatened to murder him. I spent three hours in jail before they finally let me go. FML
Today, I called a jerk of a client who has anger issues. As he started yelling and losing his temper, I began recording the call. The phone exclaimed : "This call is now being recorded." He hung up. FML
Today, I had to bail my ex-husband out of jail. He didn't want his new wife to get mad at him. FML
Today, while working at my call center, I took a phone call. The guy on the other line just yelled "FUCK YOU!" twice at the top of his lungs before hanging up on me. But of course, the phone agent is always at fault. FML
Today, I'd had enough of my ex-husband ignoring me and our son, so I threatened to take him to court for sole custody. He didn't even hang up the phone to his client, he just told me to go for it because our son isn't really that interesting anyway, not enough to fight to try keep him. FML
Today, my boss was angry at me because I had filed a complaint about him refusing to change our phone service to something more reliable. Later, a customer called him and said I had hung up on him. I got fired. I didn't hang up on the customer, the phone service just dropped the call. FML
Today, my fiancé called me as I was clocking out. I thought he was going to tell me that he was waiting outside. Instead, he told me that he's getting arrested and needs me to call his mom for him. FML
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RichardPencil 32
How many billable hours were you able to charge for explaining a self-evident, obvious fact?
Bogrbon 27
Am I missing something? I mean I’ve never been arrested but, Isn’t that kind of what a law firm would do, assuming you’re criminal law representing him? Help handle a bail hearing, negotiate bail, argue in favor of bail etc? He sounds like an ass (he probably didn’t get arrested for being too polite and well mannered though), but it sounds condescending to explain no one likes jail. It’s like I’m missing something here. Had he already been convicted, so bail wasn’t a thing? Were you not representing him as a client or a completely different type of law? Had bail been denied? I just see no reason in the context given for you to not say, “yeah that sucks, let’s work on that.”
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RichardPencil 32
How many billable hours were you able to charge for explaining a self-evident, obvious fact?
turnabouttrial 21
Richard pencil! you're back! I was wondering where you were
Bogrbon 27
Am I missing something? I mean I’ve never been arrested but, Isn’t that kind of what a law firm would do, assuming you’re criminal law representing him? Help handle a bail hearing, negotiate bail, argue in favor of bail etc? He sounds like an ass (he probably didn’t get arrested for being too polite and well mannered though), but it sounds condescending to explain no one likes jail. It’s like I’m missing something here. Had he already been convicted, so bail wasn’t a thing? Were you not representing him as a client or a completely different type of law? Had bail been denied? I just see no reason in the context given for you to not say, “yeah that sucks, let’s work on that.”
Jon Tessler 14
not always. most times people simply call a bail bondsman to get them out of jail. but for a big time crime, you would use a lawyer, who would file for a bail hearing. it's not like the lawyer can snap his fingers and make it happen
randybryant799 21
I'm missing the problem here.