I just got my first bill from my lawyer and OUCH! I had no idea things were racking up like that because last time I asked him how my retainer was doing, he said fine, and now it's all run out and I still owe him a ton and we're not even done yet! He charged me $9 to read an email I sent him informing him that I was unable to attend an upcoming appointment! Makes me wonder what the heck I would have been charged had I simply not shown up...
I've worked so hard behind the scenes on my financial statement, triple checking that everything is right and organized and presented it to him ready to go, and I get charged for the couple of hours it took him to redo all my calculations to make sure they were right! And I've seen him at his computer during appointments and it's agonizing how slow he is. He seems knowledgeable, quick to understand my viewpoints, sensible at getting me up to speed and experienced at divorces, but it's torture watching him hunt and peck on his keyboard. I thought I was reducing reliance on him by doing as much of it myself as I could but if he's just going to redo it anyway at a snail's pace, what's the point?
I tell you, I'm in the wrong business...
I've worked so hard behind the scenes on my financial statement, triple checking that everything is right and organized and presented it to him ready to go, and I get charged for the couple of hours it took him to redo all my calculations to make sure they were right! And I've seen him at his computer during appointments and it's agonizing how slow he is. He seems knowledgeable, quick to understand my viewpoints, sensible at getting me up to speed and experienced at divorces, but it's torture watching him hunt and peck on his keyboard. I thought I was reducing reliance on him by doing as much of it myself as I could but if he's just going to redo it anyway at a snail's pace, what's the point?
I tell you, I'm in the wrong business...
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