[TriLUG] Printer/scanner recommendations

[Steve Litt]

On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:27:54 -0500
Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 02/05/2015 05:18 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:42:29 -0500
> > Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 02/05/2015 01:11 PM, William Sutton wrote:
> >>> There have been a lot of news reports of building contractors,
> >>> carpet cleaners, restaurants, etc., actually suing (case in point,
> >>> Hadeed carpet cleaners in Virginia).  If you have resources to
> >>> fight litigation, go ahead and leave a nasty review.
> >>> Otherwise... as someone once said, "silence is often the best
> >>> answer."
> >>
> >> I was tangled up in a "non-compete" clause when I quit one company
> >> and went to work for another. The company I went to work for had
> >> very deep pockets and lawyers hanging around on retainers. We got
> >> into deposition where I dropped the bomb that I had been
> >> baby-sitting the territory left vacant, that was along side my
> >> physical territory and that I had never been paid for it! Holy
> >> shit, the lawyers for the other side scurried like cockroaches. We
> >> settled out of court for a pittance after the bad faith behavior
> >> was exposed. It felt good! Ric
> >
> > I don't understand what "babysitting territory" means.
> I bore all of the responsibilities for a adjacent vacant territory, 
> maintaining the customer base and sales. Turned out the regional
> manager was sucking down a large bonus, while screwing me pay-wise.
> The bastard. But, if I hadn't had the best of the best in Houston, I
> would have gotten ripped in court. So, they had to pay me all of the
> back pay before we could go back into deposition. It felt GOOD! :) Ric

California has banned noncompete clauses except for a business owner
selling his business. I can hardly wait until the rest of the country
follows suit. Noncompete clauses are nothing but court-enforced
slavery. 

SteveT

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