Threats

I’m a bit rattled at the moment. Some nameless law firm called my day job. Since I answer the phones for both divisions that’s what I did.

He called three times and the girl who he needs to talk he doesn’t want to talk to. When he calles back a fourth time wanting to talk to a manager things get hairy.

You see this is a personal call. It has nothing to do with the business at all. There is no manager to take this call because it’s a personal call to the girl.

So I come back tell him all I can do is transfer him to the girl. He explodes. He threatens me, tries to get me to make a statement. I plead the 5th. I refuse to give him my name, or anyone elses names on the grounds that he needs to talk to the girl. He threatens me some more. I stand strong but my heart is beating. I hate dealing with lawyers…my mind does not work that fast.

As a lawyer he was careful with language. Still I can read between the lines. What an evil person. I’ve never had the phrase “good luck” used in an accusitory form at me before. He said it over and over again, the subtext being keeping your job.

Sigh.