A good morning to you too, sir
Jun. 19th, 2019 10:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miladygreyWalked into the office building this morning at the customary time of 8:30 to discover that Aveline's morning consult, scheduled for a 9:30 meeting, had decided to "be proactive!" and was now pacing anxiously in front of the locked office. I let him in, advised him that I would let Aveline know he was early, and set him up with our intake form and some coffee. Aveline was dealing with a sick husband and sick cat, but arrived by 9:15 and was in with him by 9:20. For the record, folks, show up for your meetings 5-10 minutes early. Not an hour. Especially not when you have a morning meeting and an hour-early arrival means you might even beat the legal assistant in. It's not my fault you had to twiddle your thumbs for 45 minutes. Don't get snippy with me or with Aveline. She knew you were scheduled for 9:30, she planned on that, and she's not going to neglect her family just because you decided to jump the gun.
Oh, and then a client checked in. The last time I spoke to this client was six weeks ago, when I informed them (with Aveline's permission and approval) that they would receive no further legal aid until a payment was received or a payment plan set up, as their bill was quite, quite large. At that time, said client told me Aveline would never cut them off like that, and they would not believe these "cruel" claims of mine unless Aveline called and told them herself. She elected not to do so. After six weeks of silence, they called this afternoon, never mentioning how they called me a liar, making a tiny payment and enumerating a long list of financial woes which they hope will prove to Aveline that they are acting "in good faith" and perhaps she will give them some legal assistance on credit. She will not.
Calls, and letters to respond to, and clients 'stopping by' to see Aveline now that they know she's back, and more calls, and people who think attorneys should give of their time for the sheer love of Justice and Right, not for petty cash-related concerns. But next week, Yeats and I will drive down to TN, stopping halfway at a lovely B&B in VA, and see my family and lie around by the lake and eat delicious brunch for my birthday, and I am holding onto that. And if the optometrist can be trusted, I will have cute new glasses, and cute new prescription sunglasses, to wear down there.
Reading Log: Westside by W.M. Akers; The Usual Suspects by Maurice Broaddus; Gentleman Jack by Anne Choma; The Things She's Seen by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina; The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons; A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine; The Raven's Tale by Cat Winters
Oh, and then a client checked in. The last time I spoke to this client was six weeks ago, when I informed them (with Aveline's permission and approval) that they would receive no further legal aid until a payment was received or a payment plan set up, as their bill was quite, quite large. At that time, said client told me Aveline would never cut them off like that, and they would not believe these "cruel" claims of mine unless Aveline called and told them herself. She elected not to do so. After six weeks of silence, they called this afternoon, never mentioning how they called me a liar, making a tiny payment and enumerating a long list of financial woes which they hope will prove to Aveline that they are acting "in good faith" and perhaps she will give them some legal assistance on credit. She will not.
Calls, and letters to respond to, and clients 'stopping by' to see Aveline now that they know she's back, and more calls, and people who think attorneys should give of their time for the sheer love of Justice and Right, not for petty cash-related concerns. But next week, Yeats and I will drive down to TN, stopping halfway at a lovely B&B in VA, and see my family and lie around by the lake and eat delicious brunch for my birthday, and I am holding onto that. And if the optometrist can be trusted, I will have cute new glasses, and cute new prescription sunglasses, to wear down there.
Reading Log: Westside by W.M. Akers; The Usual Suspects by Maurice Broaddus; Gentleman Jack by Anne Choma; The Things She's Seen by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina; The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons; A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine; The Raven's Tale by Cat Winters
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Date: 2019-06-20 07:28 pm (UTC)If they're for a low-enough job on the totem pole, I actually kick their butts out (more-or-less politely) to Starbucks until five minutes before, and hope they learn something from it.