Mystre
01-09-2008, 09:35 PM
My heart pounded and my fists were clenched as the tastes of blood from my inner lip trickled down my throat. I had just been given an hour-long lecture on how to do my job.
Now I’m very well liked here at the firm, Derrick my co-worker is a great guy although he’s just rather forgetful.
A few weeks prior I went out to lunch with a co-worker of mine (Derrick). We talked about sports, life, our goals and aspirations. He gave me a heads up that later that week he would stop by my office so that I could file a substitution of attorney for him on one of his clients.
The client called a few weeks later filling a complaint against the firm saying he cannot proceed forward in his case until we legally file the substitution. Now although there is no official statute on when to file a substitution of attorney it must be done within a reasonable amount of time. I filed it the day it was given to me but Derrick (the attorney) said he had given me it to me weeks prior. I was being reprimanded for procrastinating.
In 279 BC King Pyrrus waged war against the Roman Empire. As the battle raged on day by day the Roman army lost more and more men. Eventually the Roman army withdrew and King Pyrrus would win his battle.
The next day I spent hours going over old paper work trying to find the proof of service, instructions, something anything…eventually I found it and it was dated sweet vindication I was right.
The next day my supervisor apologized for yelling at me since this was my first offense. But I could not just let this go even though I was in no trouble. My name my reputation was tarnished and wanted to fix it.
King Pyrrus did win his war but at what cost? You see even though his men killed more Romans the Roman Empire was much larger. King Pyrrus's empire was never able to recover from the loss of men.
Every action has a reaction. A week later Derrick was given his two weeks notice and fired that was his third strike. Any doubts in my abilities were gone. But at the same time I lost a friend and a good guy lost his job and his family lost stability, congratulations to me I won, victory was mine. Thus this is my story and thus that was my Pyrrhic Victory, what's yours?<O:p<O:p
Now I’m very well liked here at the firm, Derrick my co-worker is a great guy although he’s just rather forgetful.
A few weeks prior I went out to lunch with a co-worker of mine (Derrick). We talked about sports, life, our goals and aspirations. He gave me a heads up that later that week he would stop by my office so that I could file a substitution of attorney for him on one of his clients.
The client called a few weeks later filling a complaint against the firm saying he cannot proceed forward in his case until we legally file the substitution. Now although there is no official statute on when to file a substitution of attorney it must be done within a reasonable amount of time. I filed it the day it was given to me but Derrick (the attorney) said he had given me it to me weeks prior. I was being reprimanded for procrastinating.
In 279 BC King Pyrrus waged war against the Roman Empire. As the battle raged on day by day the Roman army lost more and more men. Eventually the Roman army withdrew and King Pyrrus would win his battle.
The next day I spent hours going over old paper work trying to find the proof of service, instructions, something anything…eventually I found it and it was dated sweet vindication I was right.
The next day my supervisor apologized for yelling at me since this was my first offense. But I could not just let this go even though I was in no trouble. My name my reputation was tarnished and wanted to fix it.
King Pyrrus did win his war but at what cost? You see even though his men killed more Romans the Roman Empire was much larger. King Pyrrus's empire was never able to recover from the loss of men.
Every action has a reaction. A week later Derrick was given his two weeks notice and fired that was his third strike. Any doubts in my abilities were gone. But at the same time I lost a friend and a good guy lost his job and his family lost stability, congratulations to me I won, victory was mine. Thus this is my story and thus that was my Pyrrhic Victory, what's yours?<O:p<O:p