He died to make you mad.

[marty]

So after my stepdad died, one of his lawyer friends took over with the practice to handle all of his unfinished affairs.

He said that more than once he had to respond to former clients, "Yes sir/ma'am, Mr. Johnson died from a heart attack just to piss you off!"

EWs, anyone?

[Broomjockey]

Hoollllly .........I just...Yeah, I can't. Nope. Can't figure it. Brain go bye-bye.

[BookstoreEscapee]

As sad as it is that he died, I love that his friend actually gets to use that line.

[JLRodgers]

I'd probably use the line, then fake a heart attack and drop the phone to make them madder.

[marty]

Yeah, he started using that line after about the tenth phone call...I imagine he was a bit politer before he realized how many people would actually be like that.

[Crow The Robot]

I'd probably use the line, then fake a heart attack and drop the phone to make them madder.

ahhh.. this is the biggest one i ever had ! ahhh Elizabeth I'm comin' to join you honey!

[Sheldonrs]

Better response:

"Actually, Sir/Ma'am, we believe his heart attack was the result of dealing with a very stubborn, demanding client and we are in the process of exploring legal recourse against them. May I have your name please? "

[draftermatt]

I can believe it.

My grandfather was a dentist, and I'm sure my grandmother got those same types of calls when she called to inform them he had died, and they'd need to find a new dentist.

[marty]

Better response:

"Actually, Sir/Ma'am, we believe his heart attack was the result of dealing with a very stubborn, demanding client and we are in the process of exploring legal recourse against them. May I have your name please? "

Oh those were the people he was used to--he was a defense attorney and loved his job. He just also happened to take on a lot of the...crazier offenders.

[bainsidhe]

Hmm, and I thought working during a store liquidation was bad when customers, upon hearing that I couldn't give an extra discount or offer merchandise for free because I'd be fired for theft, would ask why not since I was going to be out of a job anyway, yuk yuk.

I feel for the guy with the great oneliner. As cool as it is to say such an awesome comeback, I'm sure he suffered terribly each time he was pushed to that point.

[Depot Denizen]

I'm sure my father's work has to deal with that now. Before he died, he was a foreman/supervisor at a medium-sized HVAC company. He managed all of the job sites and made sure work got done. Unfortunately that also meant driving all day going to job sites around the state. It was kind of funny, at his service we saw all of the people he had known there and mused to ourselves, "Damn he must have pissed a lot of people off!".

[MystyGlyttyr]

I only had to see something like that one time. It was back when I had only just started working at the paper and was still kinda feeling out the place, when some bitching bridezilla crawled off the elevator and immediately started losing her shit because something was wrong with her photo, something this, she wants that, blah blah blah, whatever, help her NOW.

I had been helping another woman at the time when this hissy fit started, and before I could say anything, the woman I was helping stood up and got right in the bride's face and said "If you don't mind shutting up, this young lady is helping me fill out an obituary for my DAUGHTER right now you SELFISH BITCH."

I don't think I've ever seen backpedaling that fast in my life. Bridezilla peeled out of the newsroom as fast as she could go because the mother looked like she was about to eat her face off. And then, after all that, the mother actually apologized to me for losing her temper like that. THE MOTHER WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER. Just, wow.

[wagegoth]

Real class has absolutely nothing to do with how much money you have. You can't buy it.