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The abundance of comments here calling out all the author's mistakes is ... strange. My reading of the post is that the author is very aware of what could have
by fpgaminer 10y ago
The abundance of comments here calling out all the author's mistakes is ... strange. My reading of the post is that the author is very aware of what could have been done better. I also think it's obvious to anyone what the missteps were.
Truth is, we all have these tales. We've all made these "blunders". What this article is about is not "Why I Let An Abusive Client Rob Me", it's an explanation of why this small business owner expended his/her own time and money to help fight injustice, and how our court system allows such injustice. Comments about what the author did wrong in their interaction with a client is off-topic, in my opinion.
Having also been on the receiving end of a frivolous lawsuit, my heart goes out to the author. May your fingernails survive until the notice from the judge arrives.
- jcoffland 10y ago> Truth is, we all have these tales. We've all made these "blunders". Why are you so sure of this? Don't you think it is possible others have been smarter and have avoided making these kinds of mistakes?
- tracker1 10y agoJust because you understand how to serialize a btree doesn't mean you know how the legal system works, and assume it should be fair.
- jcoffland 10y agoSure but you don't let a client run up a huge tab, throw in a bunch of hours for free then get upset when it all blows up in your face. Require partial payment up front and then sick to your own rules. Otherwise you are disrespecting you own business and that leads to others doing the same.
- joelx 10y agoI had a few sleepless nights and a lot of days of worry over this. It wasn't even a large amount of money relative to the size of my company now, but the feelings of anger and fear are hard to deal with.