(08-24-2010 01:17 AM)Holly Wrote: [ -> ]My pet peeve: I hate it when people tell me not to "talk shop" when I am at a party or elsewhere!!! I am all about shop! I work 24/7 and my job is challenging. I am constantly learning and reading and trying to improve and it's just on my mind 24/7. I enjoy talking with other lawyers (and nonlawyers) about legal issues and new case law, and, most of all, telling WAR STORIES! My career is work and not work at the same time; know what I mean? I hate it when I am having a good discussion with another lawyer and some idiot comes by wagging their finger at me saying, "tsk tsk tsk, no shop talk here." "Shut the f*ck up!" I want to scream. "Was I talking to you?!" But of course instead of saying that I just get all fake and smile and say, "Oh, sorry."
Don't tell me not to talk shop. I'll talk it all day and night.
Maybe next time that happens I will just start talking about Rush and not stop until someone tells me to go back to talking shop 
don't you guys "argue shop"? Pretty clever huh
(08-24-2010 01:17 AM)Holly Wrote: [ -> ]My pet peeve: I hate it when people tell me not to "talk shop" when I am at a party or elsewhere!!! I am all about shop! I work 24/7 and my job is challenging. I am constantly learning and reading and trying to improve and it's just on my mind 24/7. I enjoy talking with other lawyers (and nonlawyers) about legal issues and new case law, and, most of all, telling WAR STORIES! My career is work and not work at the same time; know what I mean? I hate it when I am having a good discussion with another lawyer and some idiot comes by wagging their finger at me saying, "tsk tsk tsk, no shop talk here." "Shut the f*ck up!" I want to scream. "Was I talking to you?!" But of course instead of saying that I just get all fake and smile and say, "Oh, sorry."
Don't tell me not to talk shop. I'll talk it all day and night.
Maybe next time that happens I will just start talking about Rush and not stop until someone tells me to go back to talking shop
So what about those who are not fellow lawyers, who "talk shop" in order to get some free legal advice? Is that less of a pet peeve, more, or about the same?
(08-24-2010 10:56 AM)Bageleth Wrote: [ -> ] (08-24-2010 01:17 AM)Holly Wrote: [ -> ]My pet peeve: I hate it when people tell me not to "talk shop" when I am at a party or elsewhere!!! I am all about shop! I work 24/7 and my job is challenging. I am constantly learning and reading and trying to improve and it's just on my mind 24/7. I enjoy talking with other lawyers (and nonlawyers) about legal issues and new case law, and, most of all, telling WAR STORIES! My career is work and not work at the same time; know what I mean? I hate it when I am having a good discussion with another lawyer and some idiot comes by wagging their finger at me saying, "tsk tsk tsk, no shop talk here." "Shut the f*ck up!" I want to scream. "Was I talking to you?!" But of course instead of saying that I just get all fake and smile and say, "Oh, sorry."
Don't tell me not to talk shop. I'll talk it all day and night.
Maybe next time that happens I will just start talking about Rush and not stop until someone tells me to go back to talking shop
So what about those who are not fellow lawyers, who "talk shop" in order to get some free legal advice? Is that less of a pet peeve, more, or about the same?
That would be less of a pet peeve because I don't mind trying to help and I don't mind answering questions if I am able to. I love what I do. I would be upset if someone chastised me for "talking shop" while I was trying to answer a question for someone!
Holly
Holly
(08-24-2010 03:08 AM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote: [ -> ] (08-24-2010 01:17 AM)Holly Wrote: [ -> ]My pet peeve: I hate it when people tell me not to "talk shop" when I am at a party or elsewhere!!! I am all about shop! I work 24/7 and my job is challenging. I am constantly learning and reading and trying to improve and it's just on my mind 24/7. I enjoy talking with other lawyers (and nonlawyers) about legal issues and new case law, and, most of all, telling WAR STORIES! My career is work and not work at the same time; know what I mean? I hate it when I am having a good discussion with another lawyer and some idiot comes by wagging their finger at me saying, "tsk tsk tsk, no shop talk here." "Shut the f*ck up!" I want to scream. "Was I talking to you?!" But of course instead of saying that I just get all fake and smile and say, "Oh, sorry."
Don't tell me not to talk shop. I'll talk it all day and night.
Maybe next time that happens I will just start talking about Rush and not stop until someone tells me to go back to talking shop
don't you guys "argue shop"? Pretty clever huh
Well you have a point there, LOL
Holly
I thought Holly and her mates always DEBATED shop, but thats just my opinion.
Maybe they do ARGUE shop, but I have a very good friend is is the JUDGE of all that.
I'm just happen to be writting a rather scathing letter to my lazy eyed, nose pickin, nasty breath stankin, got your money now I'm not doing a damn thing hustlin jackweed ex-lawyer as we speak
jerk!
Ahhh much better
I see you never took your anger management classes either NBC!
(08-24-2010 09:38 PM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote: [ -> ]I'm just happen to be writting a rather scathing letter to my lazy eyed, nose pickin, nasty breath stankin, got your money now I'm not doing a damn thing hustlin jackweed ex-lawyer as we speak
jerk!
Ahhh much better
I am sorry you had a bad experience. Most of us are working our asses off for our clients.
Holly
Whahh? Whah I say? Lol. I have kinda odd humor. It's an upstate NY thing
But.....
And there are some really really good pizza makers, but there are some seriously foul ones too.
Some of my closest buds are DA's and defense attorneys. Nothing but respect for them and there difficult efforts.
But I got the Mr. "hold off till last second guy, ie: lazy" And it blew an important case for me last week that has some serious conditional implications.
A bad pizza maker Boomer.
(08-25-2010 02:56 AM)Holly Wrote: [ -> ] (08-24-2010 09:38 PM)Neilbubbachuck Wrote: [ -> ]I'm just happen to be writting a rather scathing letter to my lazy eyed, nose pickin, nasty breath stankin, got your money now I'm not doing a damn thing hustlin jackweed ex-lawyer as we speak
jerk!
Ahhh much better
I am sorry you had a bad experience. Most of us are working our asses off for our clients.
Certainly not grouping all lawyers with my bad experience. I work with some great ones. In fact, one of my clostest friends is kicking me for not hiring him. And I agree, the work is a total commitment.
Holly
Hey - anybody who has their OWN business, runs it efficiently, and still has hair left at the end of the day totally ROCKS! I dont care if its a law firm, a photographic studio, or a coffee house, small biz folks are the best folks in the world to deal with. You're tops in my book Holly!!
I think poor ol' NBC is suffering from NY-itis! Maybe you should try this italian restaurant I found in NYC in 1984 in Queens - they served the BEST raviolis.
LOL you guys. Understood - I *ROCK*! ha ha