People need to be able to use common sense in their interactions with others. When this fails, thank goodness for small claims court. We can learn from these experiences.
A father tries to help his son by letting him move back in. The son rents a storage unit for his belongings. He does not make his payments and the father pays the back fees. Now it is up to the son to maintain his payments. He does not. He is a 34 years old and irresponsible. He does work but does not help with any of the bills. He ignores the e-mail notifications from the storage unit company. Unfortunately, they do not send him a certified notification. This is required by the rules of the industry. The items in the storage unit are thrown out. The owner of the company understands now that this was not a very responsible way to do business. The father also understands that he is enabling his son to be irresponsible. The Judge tries to explain to him that it is time to let his son stand on his own two feet. Let us hope that the money they won from the case goes into a bank account for the son to use when he finally moves out into his own place.
A father tries to help his son by letting him move back in. The son rents a storage unit for his belongings. He does not make his payments and the father pays the back fees. Now it is up to the son to maintain his payments. He does not. He is a 34 years old and irresponsible. He does work but does not help with any of the bills. He ignores the e-mail notifications from the storage unit company. Unfortunately, they do not send him a certified notification. This is required by the rules of the industry. The items in the storage unit are thrown out. The owner of the company understands now that this was not a very responsible way to do business. The father also understands that he is enabling his son to be irresponsible. The Judge tries to explain to him that it is time to let his son stand on his own two feet. Let us hope that the money they won from the case goes into a bank account for the son to use when he finally moves out into his own place.
A woman rents an apartment. She finds out after 2 months she needs to move out due to a family emergency. She thinks this is reason not to give notice. It does not work this way. When the landlord lets her know she is not going to get her security deposit back, the tenant returns to the apartment, puts the heat on high and opens all of the windows. Now we find out it was an illegal apartment - who saw this coming? - the Judge cannot award rent money to the landlord. She can award the cost to fix the boiler and because these actions were seen as malicious, she awards punitive damages. The tenant does not get any money back.
A man wants to get his 1976 Buick restored. He takes it to a shop on the recommendation of his brother. The owner is a longtime friend of his. After taking the car and discussing what he wants, he leaves the car and after that no one seems to be on the same page. Their stories are so different, you wonder if they were even in the same room with each other. Written contracts are so important. Receipt for monies given are so important. A contract does not exist if there is not a meeting of the minds, written or verbal. At the end of the case the man does get his money back. His brother, who was in court with him, lets us know this incident is not going to ruin the friendship he has maintained for years. This is always good to hear.
These situations should be able to be resolved and not ruin years of friendship. Unfortunately, in so many cases it does not appear to end this way.
Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you for joining me today.
These situations should be able to be resolved and not ruin years of friendship. Unfortunately, in so many cases it does not appear to end this way.
Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you for joining me today.
Remember:
I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
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