Its doesn'y pay to be kind sometimes!!
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Today is not a working day for me.
But yesterday late afternoon this lawyer called me and said he wanted a document urgently for his client. The document is kept with us for safe custody. I have met this lawyer before and thought he was just a normal guy doing his job. So I say I can try help him, as a favour, as we have met.
Then he started taking it that I am the one responsible and kept rushing me. But I did not get clearance yet so I email to another department to confirm that the document can be released.
It was 3 plus pm on a Friday and we do not work the next day, a Saturday. By right it will be settled on Monday, the next working day.
Today, a Saturday, I went back to my office alone at 9 plus am and checked my email. True enough, I received a reply from the other department confirmed thru email that the document can be released. I then called this lawyer immediately and asked him to come down with his client and he said he will come at 11 am. I told him to come on time and to witness the document to be handed over to his client.
The client came first at 10:40 am but I needed the lawyer to be present. The lawyer came at 10:57 am and I retreived the document from the safe, processed the paperwork to hand over the document.
When I attended to them at 11:15 am, the lawyer shouted at me. He asked me why I made him wait for 45 minutes. I told him he only waited for 15 minutes and he said why so long? Then he threaten to call my highest boss demanding to know why he called at 3 plus pm yesterday but take almost 24 hours to collect a document.
I told him no-one is working today and I am doing him a personal favour by coming in to settle this matter for him.
He ased him why am I not present when instructions were given to release the document. I said this is not under my care and I have no idea when the instruction was passed. I am just doing him a favour becoz I know how to retreive and return this document.
This arguement was for a few minutes and the client was puzzled why a 1 minute hand-over process became any arguement for a few minutes.
I was really angry!! Why he is shouting at me when I am doing him a favour on my off day for someone else??
Then this this lawyer say "I don't want to argue with you. Lets get this over with!" Huh?? Who wanst to argue??
I handed over the document to the client and he gladly accepted the document, explaining to me that he needs to leave for overseas so he needs the document urgently. I said no prob, thats why I am here to help.
I am really disturbed by this incident the whole day! I went an extra mile to help and I got blamed!
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What's the name of the lawyer? Can release?
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What you should do is first thing monday, initiate casual conversation with your boss - e.g. "How was your weekend" ... of course good social grace and manners dictates that your boss will ask the same of you and you can reply "I came back to the office to go the distance for XXX, and yet YYY ..." - you get my drift?Originally posted by Troy437:Today is not a working day for me.
But yesterday late afternoon this lawyer called me and said he wanted a document urgently for his client. The document is kept with us for safe custody. I have met this lawyer before and thought he was just a normal guy doing his job. So I say I can try help him, as a favour, as we have met.
Then he started taking it that I am the one responsible and kept rushing me. But I did not get clearance yet so I email to another department to confirm that the document can be released.
It was 3 plus pm on a Friday and we do not work the next day, a Saturday. By right it will be settled on Monday, the next working day.
Today, a Saturday, I went back to my office alone at 9 plus am and checked my email. True enough, I received a reply from the other department confirmed thru email that the document can be released. I then called this lawyer immediately and asked him to come down with his client and he said he will come at 11 am. I told him to come on time and to witness the document to be handed over to his client.
The client came first at 10:40 am but I needed the lawyer to be present. The lawyer came at 10:57 am and I retreived the document from the safe, processed the paperwork to hand over the document.
When I attended to them at 11:15 am, the lawyer shouted at me. He asked me why I made him wait for 45 minutes. I told him he only waited for 15 minutes and he said why so long? Then he threaten to call my highest boss demanding to know why he called at 3 plus pm yesterday but take almost 24 hours to collect a document.
I told him no-one is working today and I am doing him a personal favour by coming in to settle this matter for him.
He ased him why am I not present when instructions were given to release the document. I said this is not under my care and I have no idea when the instruction was passed. I am just doing him a favour becoz I know how to retreive and return this document.
This arguement was for a few minutes and the client was puzzled why a 1 minute hand-over process became any arguement for a few minutes.
I was really angry!! Why he is shouting at me when I am doing him a favour on my off day for someone else??
Then this this lawyer say "I don't want to argue with you. Lets get this over with!" Huh?? Who wanst to argue??
I handed over the document to the client and he gladly accepted the document, explaining to me that he needs to leave for overseas so he needs the document urgently. I said no prob, thats why I am here to help.
I am really disturbed by this incident the whole day! I went an extra mile to help and I got blamed! 
Can I also just ask, which firm, which partner? or is it in-house counsel? -
agreeOriginally posted by kaister:Its doesn'y pay to be kind sometimes!! -
if you won't get blamed, then if i were you i would jsut tel lthe lawyer that since thats the attitude hes going to take then sorry you are not workign today and so won't attend to himOriginally posted by Troy437:Today is not a working day for me.
But yesterday late afternoon this lawyer called me and said he wanted a document urgently for his client. The document is kept with us for safe custody. I have met this lawyer before and thought he was just a normal guy doing his job. So I say I can try help him, as a favour, as we have met.
Then he started taking it that I am the one responsible and kept rushing me. But I did not get clearance yet so I email to another department to confirm that the document can be released.
It was 3 plus pm on a Friday and we do not work the next day, a Saturday. By right it will be settled on Monday, the next working day.
Today, a Saturday, I went back to my office alone at 9 plus am and checked my email. True enough, I received a reply from the other department confirmed thru email that the document can be released. I then called this lawyer immediately and asked him to come down with his client and he said he will come at 11 am. I told him to come on time and to witness the document to be handed over to his client.
The client came first at 10:40 am but I needed the lawyer to be present. The lawyer came at 10:57 am and I retreived the document from the safe, processed the paperwork to hand over the document.
When I attended to them at 11:15 am, the lawyer shouted at me. He asked me why I made him wait for 45 minutes. I told him he only waited for 15 minutes and he said why so long? Then he threaten to call my highest boss demanding to know why he called at 3 plus pm yesterday but take almost 24 hours to collect a document.
I told him no-one is working today and I am doing him a personal favour by coming in to settle this matter for him.
He ased him why am I not present when instructions were given to release the document. I said this is not under my care and I have no idea when the instruction was passed. I am just doing him a favour becoz I know how to retreive and return this document.
This arguement was for a few minutes and the client was puzzled why a 1 minute hand-over process became any arguement for a few minutes.
I was really angry!! Why he is shouting at me when I am doing him a favour on my off day for someone else??
Then this this lawyer say "I don't want to argue with you. Lets get this over with!" Huh?? Who wanst to argue??
I handed over the document to the client and he gladly accepted the document, explaining to me that he needs to leave for overseas so he needs the document urgently. I said no prob, thats why I am here to help.
I am really disturbed by this incident the whole day! I went an extra mile to help and I got blamed! 
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Shd have done that and told him "Sorry, no one around so can't process". Du lan man...Originally posted by hisoka:if you won't get blamed, then if i were you i would jsut tel lthe lawyer that since thats the attitude hes going to take then sorry you are not workign today and so won't attend to him
My colleague who came for a brief meeting, told me not to attend to him, telling me why be so nice to this guy and I will spoil the market that Saturdays we attend to ppl? I tot nv mind lah...Now I feel like a bloody fool!! - - > 
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And I still remember I told that bastard "Today no one is working but I came to help you..." He snapped at me "I don't care!"....
Blood boil ah!!!! -
fark lawyers
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you should have apologized to the client when he said that and then tell the lawyer that the office is closedOriginally posted by Troy437:And I still remember I told that bastard "Today no one is working but I came to help you..." He snapped at me "I don't care!"....
Blood boil ah!!!! -
i've nothing to say, that guy is a bitch. -
lousy attitude from a lawyer..
better tell your boss 1st thing on mon, give the initiative rather than later the lawyer or someone decides to complain first, and you have more problems....
make it transparent. -
lawyer big fark?
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Who likes lawyers anyway
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That poor sod might have lost a damn case, that's y he's so fuming impatient.
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yeah rightOriginally posted by -[0]-:That poor sod might have lost a damn case, that's y he's so fuming impatient.
against who?
a divorce case against his ex-wife? -
hahah what an ass hole... find his god damn car and scratch it.. and puncture the tyres..
god damn SOB..