Comments on: Legal Aid. http://lawmummy.com/legal-aid sometimes I'm all about law, sometimes I'm all about mummy Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Carol http://lawmummy.com/legal-aid/comment-page-1#comment-2227 Carol Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:44:11 +0000 http://lawmummy.com/2007/11/28/legal-aid/#comment-2227 You brought to mind this story which once again shows that the problem with lawyer jokes is that lawyers don't think they are funny, and no one else thinks they are jokes: A man was chatting with a lawyer at a cocktail party. "Can you tell me how much you charge?", asked the man. "Of course", the lawyer replied, "I charge $200 to answer three questions!" "Well that's a bit steep, isn't it?" "Yes it is", said the lawyer, "And what's your third question? You brought to mind this story which once again shows that the problem with lawyer jokes is that lawyers don’t think they are funny, and no one else thinks they are jokes:

A man was chatting with a lawyer at a cocktail party.
“Can you tell me how much you charge?”, asked the man.
“Of course”, the lawyer replied, “I charge $200 to answer three questions!”
“Well that’s a bit steep, isn’t it?”
“Yes it is”, said the lawyer, “And what’s your third question?

]]> By: mix http://lawmummy.com/legal-aid/comment-page-1#comment-2226 mix Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:23:19 +0000 http://lawmummy.com/2007/11/28/legal-aid/#comment-2226 I get the same thing all the time. People bring me their computer, we figure out the problem and they don't want to fix it because it is not worth it. I charge "Scope Out" fee for this because my techs are working on that customers PC not someone else's. Many people argue with me on it even though I make it clear upfront that we do not work for free. People call me almost week asking for free advice. It just goes with the job (s) I guess I get the same thing all the time. People bring me their computer, we figure out the problem and they don’t want to fix it because it is not worth it. I charge “Scope Out” fee for this because my techs are working on that customers PC not someone else’s. Many people argue with me on it even though I make it clear upfront that we do not work for free.

People call me almost week asking for free advice. It just goes with the job (s) I guess

]]> By: mix http://lawmummy.com/legal-aid/comment-page-1#comment-2225 mix Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:22:54 +0000 http://lawmummy.com/2007/11/28/legal-aid/#comment-2225 I get the same thing all the time. People bring me their computer, we figure out the problem and they don't want to fix it because it is not worth it. I charge "Scope Out" fee for this because my techs are working on that customers PC not someone else's. Many people argue with me on it even though I make it clear upfront that we do not work for free. People call me almost week asking for free advice. I get the same thing all the time. People bring me their computer, we figure out the problem and they don’t want to fix it because it is not worth it. I charge “Scope Out” fee for this because my techs are working on that customers PC not someone else’s. Many people argue with me on it even though I make it clear upfront that we do not work for free.

People call me almost week asking for free advice.

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