What would others have done?

[jainen]

my opponent's eyes

>>I'm not that great at chess<<

Hmmm. No, that statement doesn't rate very high on the arrogance scale. But didn't you say you were about 50th percentile? I'm not sure what that means--at first I thought you were talking about those things cows use to climb over fences, but when I tried to Google it all I got was some amazing testimonials about enhancement.

Anyway, you are apparently at least half as good as the tournament champs, which is way out of my league. My strategy usually involves setting up with my back to the window so the sun shines in my opponent's eyes.

[OldJack]

Yes, you broke confidentiality, and no you shouldn't have done it under conventional wisdom. But you don't deserve the scathing and sharp rebuke you have received by others.

I agree with Snaggletooth that you don't deserve the scathing commented here. There is also the fact that a minister is bound to treat such information as confidential.

Would I have done it??? I don't really know.. but I probably would have as this elderly client needed help and there are sometimes that you just have to ignore rules and do what is right. I safely ignore the speeding law all the time and I am willing to pay the fine when I get caught.

The last time I got caught speeding on the interstate highway, the cop said Mr. you were going 82 miles an hour in a 70 mile per hour speed limit.

I strongly said "I was not going 82 miles per hour".
The cop said yes Mr. I have you on my radar at 82 mph.

I strongly said "I was not going 82 miles per hour".
Yes Mr. you were doing 82.

I strongly said "I was not going 82 miles per hour".
The cop said well this time I am going to let you go with a warning and you must get your speed odometer checked for accuracy.

I said thank you and drove away.

The wife said you WERE speeding and should have gotten that ticket.
I said "I was not going 82 miles per hour... I was going 85".

[Black Bart]

Yuk-yuk.

...sometimes that you just have to ignore rules and do what is right. I safely ignore the speeding law all the time...


..."I was not going 82 miles per hour... I was going 85".

Congratulations on your strict adherence to principle, Jack -- doing "what is right" by ignoring the speed limit (not to mention your insistence on telling the exact truth). It's so, so....hmm...it's so..you.

I, an occasional speeder myself, feel the same and suggest that perhaps, to reinforce our commitment to "rightness," we should take a vow of poverty -- No! Wait! I better check with Brad first; he may demand that you take a vow of silence instead.

[Davc]

<I was arrogant, ignorant, stupid, and in violation of professional ethics>
But since you've ceased the practice of law, just go, and sin no more.

[Black Bart]

That was funny, Davc

<I was arrogant, ignorant, stupid, and in violation of professional ethics>
But since you've ceased the practice of law, just go, and sin no more.

and, on that note, since I possess all of the above-mentioned qualities and more, I think I'm gonna try for a law degree and then get restraining orders against all my fellow jokesters (this place is gettin' lousy with comedians -- and pretty good ones at that).

Disclaimer: This unwritten advice is not unintended or unwritten to be unused, but it can be unused if you figure out how not to. Oh; and quit not usin' it to get around penalties.

[Koss]

Catching up here...

Wow, this was a great thread... been out of the loop here for a few days.

On another occasion when I knew I did not have the power to do what I thought should be done, I phoned the Regional Manager because my Office and District Managers were unavailable.
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The RM cut the complaining client a check for the missing money and overnighted it to the DM along with a contract in which the client promised to pay the Regional Office back when he got the second check. The DM met the client before he left town and all was taken care of.

Well, you may have blown it in terms of confidentiality with the pastor...

But you phoned the RM at Block when you were a seasonal peon? I know a few folks at HRB... that takes b**ls.

Anyone who's willing to skip two levels of the chain of command has my respect.

Burton

[Black Bart]

No, No.

...50th percentile? I'm not sure what that means...I thought you were talking about those things cows use to climb over fences...

What a sheltered life you CA boys have led! He's sayin' his office floor is 50 percent tile and the rest is prob'ly linoleum.