u/Findpolaris

AITAH? My issue is effective use of time. I work mainly in a downtown area of my city but see clients in a different office in another part of town approx 1 hour away. There is no other reason for me to go to this other office. Since I work with a client demographic that can be somewhat unreliable, I always confirm appointments the day before.

Today, I had 2 meetings scheduled. I reached out to both yesterday and again this morning. No response at all. I feel justified in canceling these appointments even though there is a chance that these clients are still coming to their meetings. For me, the added commute of 2+ hours takes away from my working hours and is also just a pain in the ass.

I do feel guilty because I want to give my clients, who are categorically underprivileged, more chances at success. But I also value my own time. Am I overthinking this?

I personally know people who are very protective of their identity (never using legal names, no profile photos on social media, encryption messaging apps, etc) and they claim that it's because they are on "multiple watch lists" and it's not safe to reveal their identities. I must admit, I'm a bit puzzled, because other than posting political messages on social media and attending occasional community activism/mutual-aid meetings, I don't think these folks engage in any political behavior that would rise to the standard of terroristic threat. It's possible that they do other things in secret to the extent that they won't even tell me, but I also doubt that.

So I wanna know, is it true that people get thrown on watch lists all the time? Or are my comrades just a little... self-important perhaps?

EDIT: I’m in the US, sorry!!

EDIT: I work for a non-profit org contracted for public defense (evictions) in a large city. I don’t really have the option to fire my clients outside of statutory reasons.
EDIT2: I’m not looking for advice. Please stop telling me extremely obvious things and assuming I’m a total moron. Please get your dopamine hit elsewhere.

Ugh, fucking AI. I have a particularly annoying client who keeps using AI to counter my advice. I’ve kept this at bay by repeatedly telling him that the AI advice is inaccurate and reminding him that he is free to fire me. Fuck, I wish he would.

Now, he’s insisting that I use his AI arguments to renegotiate a settlement. I told him that as an atty, I am bound by the ethics of my profession, and that I cannot make abjectly baseless arguments on his behalf. I offered to extend his words directly to opposing counsel, as is, without any endorsement or input from me. Honestly, I thought he would just take this option. However, he is insisting that I “work with” his legal theories in such a way that they would fit under my ethical scope lol. Fuck, the amount of times I had to professionally, politely tell a client that they’re fucking stupid and that if any idiot could simply google or use AI to effectively litigate, then why even hire a lawyer? The amount of times I had to explain the concept of, “just because you want an outcome doesn’t make it possible.”

He’s now calling me all day and night and I’m just screening his calls. God, fuck clients.

I am diagnosed but I doubt myself sometimes because I exhibit some pronounced features that I feel are not within the same ilk as autism.

I crave attention so much. I feel insatiable. I simply cannot get enough. I am bombastic, outrageous, and boisterous, because I want everyone to notice me, for better or for worse. I want everyone in the world to hear and understand me. I want everyone to comprehend what I’m saying, and they don’t even have to agree. They just need to listen to me and give me attention.

This feels more narcissistic or something. Or maybe within the times, main character syndrome. I am ashamed of myself for sure, but I just can’t stop seeking attention. I feel so annoying and the more I present myself to the world, the more dispensable I feel. I just can’t shut the fuck up for the love of fucking god. I hate myself so much. Sorry I lost track of this post.

I went as far as deciding to do a full factory reset without any saved files. I’ve never seen this not work as a last resort. I did not change any hardware. My WiFi is working.

Upon start up, my pc has mobo error message “Preparing Automatic Repair,” which eventually leads to blue screen “Your device ran into a problem and couldn’t be repaired. Couldn’t connect to the network” so I try every single recovery option available:

1. Quick machine recovery, same error message

2. System Restore, tried both available restore points, error message “could not restore, no changes made”

3. Uninstall both feature and quality updates, same message as above.

4. Reset this PC, tried both keeping files AND full factory reset, tried both Cloud and Local reinstall, “There was a problem resetting your PC,” same result every time! McScuze me?!

Utter disbelief. Full reset with no saved files is the last resort and I CANT EVEN DO IT, no specified reason. The only recent changes I’ve made to my machine is download the app for my new Razer mouse and update Nvidea driver. I don’t have another working computer to download a clean windows on usb. I’m stuck with this pc. What could I possibly do now?