I learned over the break
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Something interesting, which I learned over this past break, is how to make an irate person quiet themselves. On more than one occasion this has played out in front of me, but only recently had I seen it enough to put the pieces together.
The process is fairly simple. Armed with my knowledge as a law student people will often start spouting off their problems to me like I know how to help them. I have often tried the line "you get what you pay for, and free legal advice is CRAP," but usually they keep pushing. The way to shut them up is to tell them they should actually seek legal advice on the matter. I am in no way telling them they do or do not have a case, or even my opinion of such matter. I just say something like, "well if he made you that mad, maybe you should see an actual attorney since I am not one yet." The responses are great, and range from a general quiteting of the individual to a sudden reconsideration of exactly how perturbed they actually are.
Funny what people don't want when they have to pay for it.
posted by ZEUS @ 7:07 PM,
