You Stoopit
If you're a guy, I've been told by other guys, that when you walk into any room, you look at all the other people and assess their fighting ability based on looks, and figure out who might be a threat to you.
I do that but with smarts. I dismiss all stupid people as a threat, and then try to figure out where I am in line with the smart people. Usually I'm behind them. All of them. Damn learning disabilities always screw things up for me. It's one of those things that's only fine with me because I have no choice but to accept it.
When it comes to science, I was given a D in the easiest science class a community college had to offer, and that D was a real gift, that I only received after doing two sixth-grade level extra credit papers. 9am happens to have a Masters degree in chemistry. So you know, I defer to him when we wind up talking science.
Last night after company left I was watching tv, and something on it prompted 9am and I to wind up talking about why the sky is blue.* Literally. 9am told me it's not really that whole sun-reflecting-off-the-ocean reason I was taught. Instead it's something to do with how there's moisture in the air and when sunlight hits the moisture the light defracts and it creates the color blue. He then said something about how different places in the sky have different levels of pollution and I think he may have then told me that places with more pollution have prettier sunsets, but I was lost by this point. Since I was comfortable and in the privacy of my own home, I allowed the "Oh god, please dumb it down for me" look to cross my face as 9am explained this, and as you may be able to see from what I said, I kind of got it (unless I'm totally off-base, in which case, well, what the hell did you expect, I'm a freaking moron!).
I thought about what 9am said, and asked if there are different levels of moisture at different levels of the atmosphere, and if the answer to that was yes, does that mean that different levels of the atmosphere are different shades of blue? At this point my head exploded and 9am was busy cleaning the blood off the carpeting before it stained and that distracted me from getting this question answered.
However, since is not the point of this post. But since I'm off-point I'll continue in that direction and say this: you can go to school to become a teacher, but really, you either ARE a teacher or you are NOT. The smartest people can be horrible teachers. Every single member of my family is a great teacher, and only one of us went to school for that. 9am is a great teacher (I happen to be a horrible student).
The point of this post is this: also on the news was how the Olympic torch route was changed at the very last minute and how upset thousands of people who turned out to watch it got. 9am turned to me and said he bet there'd be lots of lawsuits with the city. Why do you say that, my Iranian friend? He asked me, "What if someone from 100 miles away took the day off from work and spent a tank of gas driving into the city all to watch the torch, only to miss it? I shook my head at this silly law student. "There's no case. The City is under no obligation. They signed no contract with the general public." 9am argued with me, "But they advertised. People spent money based on this." My decision was final. "There is no case. San Francisco had no obligation to produce entertainment. They *ARE* under obligations to keep the city as safe as possible, which is what they believe they did. If a store advertises a product and you go to the store to buy it only to arrive and find they have sold out, will you have a case if you sue the store? No. Bait-and-switch would only apply if they refused to give you a raincheck for when the product comes in AND more importantly, tried to sell you something else that costs more than the original product you wanted to buy."
With that issue resolved, we then started talking about how our day had gone. I told 9am about how Sara-Elizabeth is suddenly gone, and nobody seems to know why. I told him since it would be career death for a lawyer to quit without giving any notice, I think she was fired. "Can they DO that?!" "Do what?" 9am clarified, "Can they really just fire her without giving her two week's notice?" At this point my brain exploded, but for different reasons from the last time. "Dude. Everything is at-will. Do you realize how much of a liability company's would be at if they gave everyone they were going to shit-can two week's notice?" 9am nodded, and agreed that made sense.
Geez. I'm not so sure he's going to be a good lawyer. Maybe he should have stuck with the chemistry.
*I just want to note that this site does NOT make science simple enough for this simpleton.
I do that but with smarts. I dismiss all stupid people as a threat, and then try to figure out where I am in line with the smart people. Usually I'm behind them. All of them. Damn learning disabilities always screw things up for me. It's one of those things that's only fine with me because I have no choice but to accept it.
When it comes to science, I was given a D in the easiest science class a community college had to offer, and that D was a real gift, that I only received after doing two sixth-grade level extra credit papers. 9am happens to have a Masters degree in chemistry. So you know, I defer to him when we wind up talking science.
Last night after company left I was watching tv, and something on it prompted 9am and I to wind up talking about why the sky is blue.* Literally. 9am told me it's not really that whole sun-reflecting-off-the-ocean reason I was taught. Instead it's something to do with how there's moisture in the air and when sunlight hits the moisture the light defracts and it creates the color blue. He then said something about how different places in the sky have different levels of pollution and I think he may have then told me that places with more pollution have prettier sunsets, but I was lost by this point. Since I was comfortable and in the privacy of my own home, I allowed the "Oh god, please dumb it down for me" look to cross my face as 9am explained this, and as you may be able to see from what I said, I kind of got it (unless I'm totally off-base, in which case, well, what the hell did you expect, I'm a freaking moron!).
I thought about what 9am said, and asked if there are different levels of moisture at different levels of the atmosphere, and if the answer to that was yes, does that mean that different levels of the atmosphere are different shades of blue? At this point my head exploded and 9am was busy cleaning the blood off the carpeting before it stained and that distracted me from getting this question answered.
However, since is not the point of this post. But since I'm off-point I'll continue in that direction and say this: you can go to school to become a teacher, but really, you either ARE a teacher or you are NOT. The smartest people can be horrible teachers. Every single member of my family is a great teacher, and only one of us went to school for that. 9am is a great teacher (I happen to be a horrible student).
The point of this post is this: also on the news was how the Olympic torch route was changed at the very last minute and how upset thousands of people who turned out to watch it got. 9am turned to me and said he bet there'd be lots of lawsuits with the city. Why do you say that, my Iranian friend? He asked me, "What if someone from 100 miles away took the day off from work and spent a tank of gas driving into the city all to watch the torch, only to miss it? I shook my head at this silly law student. "There's no case. The City is under no obligation. They signed no contract with the general public." 9am argued with me, "But they advertised. People spent money based on this." My decision was final. "There is no case. San Francisco had no obligation to produce entertainment. They *ARE* under obligations to keep the city as safe as possible, which is what they believe they did. If a store advertises a product and you go to the store to buy it only to arrive and find they have sold out, will you have a case if you sue the store? No. Bait-and-switch would only apply if they refused to give you a raincheck for when the product comes in AND more importantly, tried to sell you something else that costs more than the original product you wanted to buy."
With that issue resolved, we then started talking about how our day had gone. I told 9am about how Sara-Elizabeth is suddenly gone, and nobody seems to know why. I told him since it would be career death for a lawyer to quit without giving any notice, I think she was fired. "Can they DO that?!" "Do what?" 9am clarified, "Can they really just fire her without giving her two week's notice?" At this point my brain exploded, but for different reasons from the last time. "Dude. Everything is at-will. Do you realize how much of a liability company's would be at if they gave everyone they were going to shit-can two week's notice?" 9am nodded, and agreed that made sense.
Geez. I'm not so sure he's going to be a good lawyer. Maybe he should have stuck with the chemistry.
*I just want to note that this site does NOT make science simple enough for this simpleton.
Labels: 9am, Playing in SF, Sara-Elizabeth, Work
posted by Green at 4/10/2008 11:18:00 AM
8 Comments:
Totally funny :)
(yes, the more pollution in the air, more refraction of light, colors are prettier...)
Too funny - because I'm with 9am... science makes sense to me. Legal system on the other hand... not so much. But you knew that already. :-) I suppose though, don't all... I mean, most... or some?... lawyers start with the notion of inflexible justice for all?
Oh no, Sara Elizabeth is gone? Don't they at least make an announcement when someone leaves??
Different people become lawyers for different reasons. Some do it because of parental pressure; some because they want to be rich, some because they want to make the world a better place, some because they don't know what else to do.
It is *SO* unusual for an attorney to be fired, that I would not be surprised if most law firms don't have a system in place for that. So far, no announcement.
She's off to get her requisite soulectomy.
you are so funny with the calling yourself dumb thing. I can never tell if it is shtick or how you really see yourself.
FWIW, I got a D in the first class I ever took in legal research and writing. Only D of my B+ life. ouch.
Oh and re: the SE firing thing. It must be a firm culture thing. My sweat shop . . . er . . . firm fired assoicates all the time. I even coined the phrase ee efed tee beed (EFTB'd escorted from the building)to explain newly empty offices.
I think you terribly underestimate yourself. Dumb, you certainly are not.
About the store that can't supply advertised good thing: In Europe, there actually IS a law saying that if you advertise a special offer, you must have a reasonable quantity in stock because otherwise this would be unfair competition. So, technically, you COULD have a case there. Not so much for the city of San Francisco, though.
Awww, law firms firing associates. how sweet. my last office, my boss fired one of the associates and didn't bother telling anyone. she was just... poof. gone. no arrangements for transferring her cases or appointments. no "oh linda isn't working here anymore" notes to the other attorneys. just absence. like nobody was going to notice she was gone. wtf, people.
i'm sorry your nice associate is gone. i hope you don't get stuck with a soulless screaming partner in her place. :(
-wojapi
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