Stories that make you shake your head

dar512 · 08-04-2009, 09:13 AM

I'll start off. Girl graduates from college and can't find a job. You guessed it. She sues the college. Guess what her gpa was.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/03/new...less.graduate/

Cloud · 08-04-2009, 09:16 AM

2.7. yeah. "they spend more time helping the people with 4.0 grade point averages." Well, duh. And they can't fix your personality.

Shawnee123 · 08-04-2009, 09:20 AM

Baahaaahaaa. But, who WOULDN'T want to hire a person who acts this way? What an idiot. Scarily indicative of the entitlement mentality, though.

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Thompson says she has not hired an attorney to represent her because she cannot afford one. When she filed her complaint, she also filed a "poor person order," which exempts her from filing fees associated with the lawsuit.

Now, is she taking federal and state financial aid out of her demand for compensation?

It made me shake my head too.

Cloud · 08-04-2009, 09:21 AM

and then there's the Twitter lawsuit. Y'all hear about that?

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chic...her-50000.html

Flint · 08-04-2009, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

and then there's the Twitter lawsuit. Y'all hear about that?

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chic...her-50000.html

Well now that they've gone and made a big deal out of it, everyone "throughout the world" is hearing about it, instead of just the tweet-buddies of some unknown lady in Chicago. I never would have known that H0riz0n r34lty thinks that sl33ping in m0ldy 4p4rtm3nts is 0k4y, but now I do.

Shawnee123 · 08-04-2009, 11:39 AM

Awww, you're in troublllleeeeee.

Flint · 08-04-2009, 11:55 AM

Me and the 45,000 other Google hits on that phrase.

Shawnee123 · 08-04-2009, 12:05 PM

If 45,000 people jumped off a cliff, would you jump too?

I'm tellin'...

TheMercenary · 08-04-2009, 05:18 PM

Fuck that...

you all need to shut the FU or I"ll find a lawyer to sue everyone of ya for...

wait.

I'm thiniking.

For being a dick.

Yea, welcome to Americka.

Cloud · 08-04-2009, 05:32 PM

You think only Merkins are dicks? Sorry, it's a human condition.

Aliantha · 08-04-2009, 05:36 PM

Yeah...there are lots of dicks all over the place.

It is true that the US has a more letigenous(sp?) society than most though. Australia is becoming more and more alike though, so don't worry. You'll be in good company soon.

Shawnee123 · 08-04-2009, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Yeah...there are lots of dicks all over the place.

It is true that the US has a more letigenous(sp?) society than most though. Australia is becoming more and more alike though, so don't worry. You'll be in good company soon.

This is what I was thinking. My ex sis-in-law practiced law in the US and now in NZ and she has indicated that frivolous lawsuits don't happen there. I'm not sure about the laws that govern this, but my head is filled with glee at imagining a judge saying "What? Oh shut the fuck up and get out of my courtroom."

Cloud · 08-04-2009, 05:41 PM

We have a more litigious society than many others because we operate under the rule of law (as opposed to many countries). Society grows, becomes more complex, laws become more complex -- and so do the abuses. It's like -- you can't have good without evil.

Aliantha · 08-04-2009, 06:04 PM

OK, well this is the type of stupid lawsuit that has started happening over here and about which I am opposed.

A woman went to the pub, got pissed (after already being stoned at home) and when she walked out of the pub, she tripped over a speed bump in her drunken stupor and hurt her back. The pub had to pay her $250K because the stipes on the speedbump weren't white enough.

I know all the details because it happened to be the mother of an ex-boyfriend. She was just a trog and that money would have been better off going to charity than for her to spend on drugs and booze and cigarettes. Her 'sore back' didn't stop her from enjoying all those things still. Her lifestyle was not affected one little bit.

I realize what you're saying cloud, but it's just silly to clog up courtrooms with shit like this. In the end, if anything, the pub should have been ordered to pay medical costs and paint the speedbumps. Not give this woman $250k to smoke up. That's the problem. A lot of the people that enter into these lawsuits do it for all the wrong reasons.

TheMercenary · 08-04-2009, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Yeah...there are lots of dicks all over the place.

It is true that the US has a more letigenous(sp?) society than most though. Australia is becoming more and more alike though, so don't worry. You'll be in good company soon.

08-04-2009, 09:13 AM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Stories that make you shake your head I'll start off. Girl graduates from college and can't find a job. You guessed it. She sues the college. Guess what her gpa was. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/03/new...less.graduate/ __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

08-04-2009, 09:16 AM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	2.7. yeah. "they spend more time helping the people with 4.0 grade point averages." Well, duh. And they can't fix your personality. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-04-2009, 09:21 AM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	and then there's the Twitter lawsuit. Y'all hear about that? http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chic...her-50000.html __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-04-2009, 11:39 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Awww, you're in troublllleeeeee. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-04-2009, 11:55 AM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Me and the 45,000 other Google hits on that phrase. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-04-2009, 12:05 PM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	If 45,000 people jumped off a cliff, would you jump too? I'm tellin'... __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-04-2009, 05:18 PM	#9
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Fuck that... you all need to shut the FU or I"ll find a lawyer to sue everyone of ya for... wait. I'm thiniking. For being a dick. Yea, welcome to Americka. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-04-2009, 05:32 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	You think only Merkins are dicks? Sorry, it's a human condition. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-04-2009, 05:36 PM	#11
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah...there are lots of dicks all over the place. It is true that the US has a more letigenous(sp?) society than most though. Australia is becoming more and more alike though, so don't worry. You'll be in good company soon. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-04-2009, 05:41 PM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	We have a more litigious society than many others because we operate under the rule of law (as opposed to many countries). Society grows, becomes more complex, laws become more complex -- and so do the abuses. It's like -- you can't have good without evil. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-04-2009, 06:04 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	OK, well this is the type of stupid lawsuit that has started happening over here and about which I am opposed. A woman went to the pub, got pissed (after already being stoned at home) and when she walked out of the pub, she tripped over a speed bump in her drunken stupor and hurt her back. The pub had to pay her $250K because the stipes on the speedbump weren't white enough. I know all the details because it happened to be the mother of an ex-boyfriend. She was just a trog and that money would have been better off going to charity than for her to spend on drugs and booze and cigarettes. Her 'sore back' didn't stop her from enjoying all those things still. Her lifestyle was not affected one little bit. I realize what you're saying cloud, but it's just silly to clog up courtrooms with shit like this. In the end, if anything, the pub should have been ordered to pay medical costs and paint the speedbumps. Not give this woman $250k to smoke up. That's the problem. A lot of the people that enter into these lawsuits do it for all the wrong reasons. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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