Friday, September 09, 2005

Give "The Finger" to Frivolous Lawsuits

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/09/D8CGV9L8A.html

Remember the Nevada woman that sued fast food restaurant Wendy’s because she found a finger in their chili?

Yeah. She recently pleaded guilty in that case.

We’ve all heard of frivolous lawsuits that have become more prevalent as of late, but this one seemed extraordinarily ridiculous to me. Maybe it’s the amount of people that I have spoken to on a daily basis that says that they are going to complain to [insert government agency here] or the better business bureau or their attorney that seem to do so, most of the time, frivolously so.

Okay, I’m using that word too much. And, let me go back a bit.

People speak to the receivables management department to pay—or try to get out of paying—their bills. Sure, there is that group of people that are honest and probably very decent; however there is also the group of people that give most other people a bad name.

“Well, at least my bill gets paid on time.”

Want to know a secret? I don’t care. This is still a material breach of your contract. Insinuating that you somehow have a right otherwise is ludicrous. Do these people really think they have a leg to stand on when they go complain to their attorney or the government about thinking it’s unfair that we suspend or cancel their service because they haven’t brought their account balance current for 60, 90, or more days? Heck, if I were the presiding authority over half of these peoples’ concerns, I would just laugh and cite two words:

Personal responsibility.

So, yes, viewed through my job the world looks like it’s going to heck in a hand basket: The kinds of people that try to pull their shenanigans on me and my colleagues are the kinds of people that try to sue everyone and anyone that they get their hands on.

People that pull these things…need to be smacked with a newspaper: A big one.

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