While the idea of a lawsuit in small claims may be tempting, really the amount is too small to be worth it. I know a $100 isn't chump change, but small claims still involves hours of paperwork, one or more trips to hearings (which usually occur during hours you would otherwise be be working), and then add on another large pile of work if the judgment isn't paid. (Although an asset seizure judgment, if offered in your jurisdiction, can be all sorts of satisfying fun.)
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Quoth sirwired View PostWhile the idea of a lawsuit in small claims may be tempting, really the amount is too small to be worth it. I know a $100 isn't chump change, but small claims still involves hours of paperwork, one or more trips to hearings (which usually occur during hours you would otherwise be be working), and then add on another large pile of work if the judgment isn't paid. (Although an asset seizure judgment, if offered in your jurisdiction, can be all sorts of satisfying fun.)The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
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Wow, what nerve of the woman. Her gumption at thinking that you are adding an additional $100! Too bad you couldn't tell her her kid could work-off that $100 as a chimney sweep.
Let me guess, did your employer fail to pay you for one week and said they'll never pay you for that week you worked at all?Time! Time! Time is what turns kittens into cats.
Don't teach me a lesson; all I learn is that you are an asshole.
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Quoth sirwired View PostWhile the idea of a lawsuit in small claims may be tempting, really the amount is too small to be worth it. I know a $100 isn't chump change, but small claims still involves hours of paperwork, one or more trips to hearings (which usually occur during hours you would otherwise be be working), and then add on another large pile of work if the judgment isn't paid. (Although an asset seizure judgment, if offered in your jurisdiction, can be all sorts of satisfying fun.)
What an idiot. Getting daycare at all is difficult, getting _good_ daycare is just this side of impossible. Betca you'll be getting a call soon, "We can't find another daycare, you _have_ to take junior back!" <Cue evil laugh and slamming of phone>
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Quoth eltf177 View Post"We can't find another daycare, you _have_ to take junior back!" <Cue evil laugh and slamming of phone>
And she will be back. If CrazedClerk's area is anything like around here, the daycare people all know each other.
The daycare people call each other, "Is Junior a biter? Is he allergic to anything? Oh, his mom's a deadbeat? I'll tell her to hit the bricks."
Honestly, a hundred bucks a week? And she's not smart enough to know to cherish CrazedClerk and keep her happy?
Weapons grade stupid, right there.
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Ugh, I had it when people do that. >.> Your Wife did the right thing to just boot the twit. Those type of people will do it as long as they think they can get away with it. I used to watch two little hell raisers as they were recommended by a good friend who's kids I watched quite often. They would always short change me, charge me for things after I asked if they would and they said they wouldn't. One night I kept track of how many hours they were out and at Ten dollars an hour (and this was for two kids who are raised with no boundaries so they'll do whatever they want) they managed to be gone long enough to raise an 80.00 bill. When I demanded my money and got it, they never phoned me to babysit for them oddly enough.
Mind you a couple months later I saw the little brats again...they were mooning people near a busy street. The Ten year old and his younger brother who might have been old to start school, though more often then not they were left alone.
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Quoth YumeIshimaru View PostThey would always short change me, charge me for things after I asked if they would and they said they wouldn't."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
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Quoth dbuzman View PostIf there is a contract of some kind can't the op sell the debt to a collection agency? That might be way worse than small claims court.
Find a collections place that would be willing to take a small amount against an individual and just let them deal with it. They'll take a cut and give you what's left. This serves two purposes: One, it hits the bitch's credit report, and two, if they collect, at least you get something, even if it's only half of what you're owed.
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden
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"I'm low on money so I've decided to use your services as usual but not pay you"? In what world is this an option? Ohh! Ohhh! Can I use this with the electric company? Or the water company? How about if I go to a restaurant and eat and then decide I don't want to pay? Or I pick up some clothes off the rack and tell the cashier that I've decided not to pay for them, but I'm taking them home? I know! I'll tell the government this when they ask for my taxes! Yeah!
Seriously, this is the most bald faced ridiculous ... Words fail me.
As others have said, you pay the babysitter when your kid's home sick and you have to stay home. You pay when you're on vacation.
I once refused to pay a sitter for one day. She was out of town, her teenage daughter was filling in, and the girl overslept. I could not rouse her banging on the door, and I had to skip work with no notice, which resulted in me getting written up and if that had happened three times I'd have been fired. I told the mother I was not paying for that one day and she had no problem with this. Otherwise, for pity's sake, pay the sitter!Women can do anything men can.
But we don't because lots of it's disgusting.
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Quoth Andara Bledin View PostFind a collections place"For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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