I just found out today that the person who's dog attacked my dog and set me back almost $1500 is trying to get away with not paying anything. I have all the paperwork and the wife accepted responsibility and said they would pay for the vet costs to a police officer, so I have a pretty solid case, but they are just not willing to accept responsibility. So here I am, looking into what it takes to get my money. I decided that if he was going to be an ass about it I would throw in the expenses that my aunt had suggested from the beginning. The time I missed from work, hell I'm sure there could be pain and suffering charges for what happened. My dog had an eye popped out of his head. It was not a fun experience for either of us.
I've noticed this other places too. I got a ticket for my mother's tail light being out. I was on my way to work in Utah, so I asked if she could take care of it. She owes me thousands of dollars so she said it would be no big deal. Well when I got back, after a summer of driving a government truck, she informed me that my license had been suspended for a month. I got pulled over driving home from work one day after that. I was unable to get a ride so I took a chance. It ended up costing me $2500. I went to court and accepted responsibility, even though I thought the whole process was ridicules. While I was there, a guy was fighting a drunk driving ticket. A drunk driving ticket! are you kidding me!?! If I get caught drunk driving, lock me up and throw away the key. How the hell do you get away with that? Why do you think you should? You knowingly put yourself in a position where you could have hurt or killed someone! I was talking to the person who drove me up there (they suspend your license for an extra month in the hopes of catching you again) after, and she told me about the process some people go through to get away with drunk driving. They keep putting the date off (that was what the guy's lawyer was doing, getting a later date). Apparently if there is no sentence after a certain period of time, they just drop it. Just drop it! What the fuck! Why the fuck is this allowed?!? Why can't people just accept responsibility for their actions? Why do people try to get away with this shit?
Now I admit, when I was a kid I tried to get away with little things, I lied about taking a cookie and all of that, and I'm sure I've done things like that since then. But when it comes to affecting someone else (or potentially doing so) I accept what I've done. Like with the $2500 ticket, even when I disagree with the law, I broke it none the less and that is the punishment that was decided. I wasn't driving my dieing S.O. to the hospital when no one else was around like one of the people before me. I plead guilty and got raped up the ass to pay off the bill, but I did. If I make a major mistake, I own it. In undergrad, I was not the best student, and my grades reflected that. I had the chance to have other people write papers for me or do other work, but I earned my grades for better or worse. It is the same way in life. When you make a mistake you earned the punishment, just like you earned the reward for doing well. What is with people!?!
Well, I was invited to the bar, sounds like a better plan than sitting here ranting in circles lol
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