I heard something crazy on the radio the other day. There is a guy who was fired from his job at IBM for having inappropriate content and images on his computer. He has now decided to file a wrongful termination lawsuit against IBM because as the employer they did not do enough to protect him from searching for, finding, downloading and continuing to look at porn while he was at work. WHAT?!?!?!?!
Where has personal responsibility gone? How in the world is this joker a victim? He must be surrounded by great friends who agree, "Yeah, you were wronged, sue 'em!" What lawyer could possibly think representing this yahoo is something noble to fight for?
One of my bffs is a new lawyer. I have thought about lawyering more since she passed the bar than I ever have. Knowing that and knowing I know very little about law stuff, I say this seems crazy.
There seems to be a trend of shirking responsibility. I have seem that play out in my own house. Griffin, Sean and I were throwing a ball trying to see how long we could go without dropping it. As soon as one person would drop the ball, the teasing would start. We would give the business because we had to start over. No one wants to take responsibility for their actions. No one wants to admit they were wrong. No one wants to accept the consequences for the situation they are in now. It is just way easier to say, "Well sure that little part was me but LOOK AT ____!"
So where does that leave us? I guess in a world that looks with innocent eyes for the next ladder to trip on.
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It's just easier to do that because we've more or less created our own monster. We allowed wrongful lawsuits to clog up the judicial system. I mean come on, this started when a woman spilled coffee on herself and McDonalds actually agreed to pay copious somes of cheddar for it. After that, we allowed those kinds of cases to continue. We've conditioned ourselves to believe that we can win a large sum of money by finding some way to be a victim in our own bad decisions. He knows he's wrong. He knows he's liable for his actions. Why should he admit that when he can make a couple dollars?
You know what I call frivolous lawsuits? Job security. :)
you would esquire. you would...
*shaking head
:)
Maybe the guy just really hates his employer (not entirely hard to believe) and wants to stick it to him. Because I totally agree with you that its just insane, but only when you think of this way does it make any sense.
But personally my favorite frivolous lawsuit was when a mom sued a teenage boy for standing up her daughter at the prom. I mean come on.
just heard on the radio...
guy suing the railroad that allowed his son to sneak onto the tracks and spraypaint one of their railroad cars...and then was run over.
the nerve of that railroad company!
it's those crazy conservative lawyer (no, that's not it...)
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