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[Tiruin]

Only if some artistic license could allow story arcs to end happily.

I dunno, I think its working here. Truean's working as a great role model for her attitude for me anyway. Despite the dangers she faces. ._.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

*Cryxis raises his hand

[Truean]

I appreciate it, but I'm hardly a great role model. I am far from somebody to emulate.

I'm incredibly depressed. Having seen how people are when things don't go their way, I can't stand humanity.

I spent my entire life learning the right answers to things and the way things should be done only to meet insistently complaining / corrupt people who make my life unbearable under the implied theory that if they whine enough, they will be given what they want. What actually occurs is that I develop an ulcer, depression, anxiety, and a total understanding of movie aliens' desire to eradicate all humans.... They still don't get what they want but now they blame me despite it being entirely their fault.

Gee, the felons are unhappy? It's almost like they've committed a crime the government has sufficient evidence to prove and as if somebody's punishing them....

Wow, the business owner doesn't wanna pay taxes or follow rules? It's almost as if he's part of a larger society with the IRS traditionally collecting taxes on things....

People don't wanna pay for my services? It's almost as if I went to school and did internships/clerking for over 10 years and they simply don't like the real world being told to them.... This includes the fact that results can't be purchased (morally and ethically).

I just can't stand it anymore: the incessant complaining I am surrounded by. When I discuss something with somebody, I don't want to hear their political ideology, or how that's unfair, or "how it was 30 years ago" or whatever. Could not possibly care less.... My eyes are glazing over, and your lips are moving but it's all sounding like the same non distinct bitching I hear all the time.... [Twitch]. I wish you'd just leave. I wish you'd get another lawyer, if you could find somebody to listen to your shit without cutting you off, which I'm going to have to do. The judge won't give two flying shits what "you think" things are or that you're unhappy with it. Did you not figure it out with the whole being handcuffed, arrested, fingerprinted, thrown in jail, having to post bail, etc thing that nobody gives a flying crap what the prisoner (that's you) in all of this thinks on some harebrained theory. (no question mark). Yes, yes, let's procrastinate and bitch some more instead of deal with the thing.... [Sighs...]. And naturally you won't be voluntarily paying me and all of this is something you consider my fault huh? I will remember this the next time anybody comes around and I won't give a flying crap / be unable to take the case due to inability to put up with this drama crap.

And then, when I do get a job interview .... They ask that question in stunned disbelief, "Why wouldn't you wanna be a lawyer anymore?"

[twitch]

[Graknorke]

They can't all be like that, can they?

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

I wouldn't mind watching that show if you flipped out on them like that and people learned their lessons

Though seriously, sorry that you're job goes like that
*cryxis hugs truean

[Helgoland]

One could spin it the other way: Drilling the mindlessness and the inhumanity of it all into the audience, making them feel uncomfortable, letting them squirm in their seats as they watch the kafkaesque cruelty unfold; making it appear as an overly long gag that is innhumane instead of funny; and end with an apparent suicide scene.
Then show Truean driving away into the sunset, with only a small bag of clothes and a smile on her face.

[Gentlefish]

Jesus Christ, Helgoland.

I'd watch that.

[Truean]

O they are not ALL that way, but the overwhelming majority are.

I have, on occasion had clients who did not text me death threats, or compare me to Hitler. There do exist those rare ones who atually were polite and respectful, and weren't trying to pull some shit ( after enough times, I can sense it if only by comparison to the othe swindlers). Those clients got the best fucking service imaginable if only for the fact that they didn't make me want to die to avoid hearing them say more words. I took on entirely unrelated cases I expressly did not have to take, often at cost (filing fees only, basically pro bono or whatever), solely because they were nice. I sure as hell don't HAVE to deal with the guy's finance company when his car gets in some shit from being arrested (impounded, etc). But if he was genuinely nice (and not fake nice or lying to me like the vast, overwhelming majority do) then someone might speak to them about it.... Sometimes there's not much to be done, other times there are. I always did my job, honestly better than most of the others did (they never even visited people in jail).

Add to that being told you were a prodigy in school only to be treated like a moron IRL because people are asses.... (sigh)

No, not all of them were like that, but they don't have to be. Even then I'm not dealing with good people. Then there were the business owners..... (shivers)

That doesn't mean I went out of my way to be called new and exciting profanities by the guy who filled up my entire voicemail box bitching that he wanted out of jail. Nobody could leave me a voicemail and I dreaded checking my damn voicemail at all because I knew it was 40 something jail calls from jackasses. See they ask the you if you wanna take the call and then they let the inmate speak long enough to say their name ... in theory. Rather than saying their name the inmate will use that short little 5 seconds or whatever to talk to you and scream a few words. They may only have 5 seconds ... per call.... So they'll call you as many times as they possibly can, I've had one guy throw 30 messages like that in my voicemail in a week. That's just ONE guy... There are others too and they pull this stuff too.... 

Sad thing is, the bitching is counter productive for client. A.) You want out of jail? No shit. So does every inmate or person in jail from the dawn of human history since there were jails.... B.) I don't have time to listen to the non stop whining. That time is better spent trying to get somebody out than listening to their complaining that they are not out.... That doesn't even touch the negative effects on my sanity and how it will make me frazzled (which you don't want) on account of the non stop pain the the butt interruptions from people who didn't get they are not a special snowflake and I've got tons just like them. Also, I actually visited them about once every two weeks or three weeks (rotating a visit list so it could be as fair as possible and they all got the same attention most of the time).

I have been told I should write a book.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Id probably read it

And watch Helgoland's show

[ChairmanPoo]

Four days with intermitent nosebleeds now 

[Sirus]

You know what Truean's post reminds me of? Doctor House. If audiences can love a curmudgeonly misanthrope like House then I can't see why they wouldn't find a show based on Truean's career interesting.

* Sirus raises his hand to join the others

[WillowLuman]

Four days with intermitent nosebleeds now 

That's not fun. How severe/often? Staying hydrated?

[flabort]

Sad: Had to get an X-Ray on my spine.
I immediately thought:
"I'm a skeletal left hand! Does it look like I need an X-Ray? Do I even HAVE a spine?!"

But then I realized it was the IRL me that needed the X-Ray, and I was sad that he exists. Because his existence is one continued bought of leg pain and depression, not to mention repetitive strain injuries in his arms and constant headaches.

[Tack]

Hey. WorkerDrone has leg pain.
That doesn't stop him from being a Space Marine.

[Graknorke]

Huh, I too am suffering with leg pain. Feels like I've bruised it or something, it's kind of uncomfortable/unwilling to extend because of the sensation that causes.