My Boss left the office over half an hour ago. Said he was jaded and tired. He had to be with a client in a police station for over 5 hours yesterday (Sunday). His wife added that it was his second consecutive weekend caught up with work/work related matters (we were in a seminar last Saturday). This silly client was accused firstly of whacking super flue on doors/windows of shops next to his. When the police searched his house, they didn’t find any super glue (I would have thought THAT strange, as most houses would have that stuff, I would think) but found an item which was from one of the shops he was accused of vandalizing. He was then charged with theft of that item. I know how it felt to have your time “robbed” by clients who do stupid things. Back in Malaysia, I had a client who was accused of slapping a woman around, in public. High profile client (accused of) doing stupid things in a high profile manner. Guess what? Got front page headlines, of course. For days. Press wont leave him alone. He had text’ed me, around 2am, if I remembered correctly. Needed some form of help which I had to promptly attend to 7am the next day. High profile client who paid a lot of fees, so I duly obliged. When I contacted my big boss, of course he agreed with what I did. I’m glad in my present place, I wont have this client to deal with, especially if he is still vulnerable to like escapades. My present boss though, has to deal with strange characters like that. Sounded almost like a character straight out of John Mortimer’s pages (he of Rumpole fame). Know any lawyers with clients who do the strangest things? I guess lawyers’ occupational hazards can be great fodder for conversation pieces and that is one fringe benefit no one should begrudge us.
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