First, I have a case where I am dealing with the most ridiculous opposing counsel ever. I send letters with deadlines, he ignores them, that type of thing. He screamed at me in a settlement conference-type situation this last week. I had witnesses. I am debating reporting him to the judge (and also to the professional conduct people in our fine cheesy state, but honestly, I don't think it would do any good). He's been practicing law like this forever. It's like he decided instead of actually litigating he would just scream. I'm not impressed by it, and I have no idea how he continues to get client when there are a lot of other firms here in town that bill you for substantive legal work instead of hot air. I'm pretty sure I'm going to send the judge a letter that I drafted last week and have been sitting on. The only reason I've been holding off is because I don't want to deal with his ensuing temper tantrum, but honestly, I'm probably going to get that either way. I'm also worried he's going to go complain to my elected bosses. If I was in private practice, I'd have whaled on him already.
Second, yesterday we were running some errands around town and some jackass started tailgating me. I approached a stop and apparently he didn't like my Obama bumper sticker because he started shaking his finger. We then pulled onto a two-lane road and he pulled up next to me and made faces, then tried to cut into my lane. We got up to a light rolled down his window and asked how it felt to know I voted for a socialist. I answered "Great," then rolled up the window and took a picture of him and his plates rather than listen to him scream about how Obama was ruining the country. If I was anybody else I would have called the police, but in my position, I felt uncomfortable doing so. Also, if I was anybody else, I could have told him to stop being such a jackass and that narrow-minded tea party idiots like him were ruining the country. Instead, I just sat there and smiled.
I keep trying to be the bigger person here and remind myself the best revenge is living well, but honestly, right now, I just want to scream at somebody.
