What the Fark???

[The Rube]

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Reminds me of a story from a few years back, when a guy tried to pay for his Taco Bell with a $2 bill, and the cashier thought it was fake because there was "no such thing as a $2 bill." Called the manager over, and HE thought the same. They called the cops, and the cop couldn't believe the stupidity. He thought they were reporting a counterfeit bill, not a "made up" bill. What did the customer get as an apology? His meal was comped.

 

[St. Clown]

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Reminds me of a story from a few years back, when a guy tried to pay for his Taco Bell with a $2 bill, and the cashier thought it was fake because there was "no such thing as a $2 bill." Called the manager over, and HE thought the same. They called the cops, and the cop couldn't believe the stupidity. He thought they were reporting a counterfeit bill, not a "made up" bill. What did the customer get as an apology? His meal was comped.

That's from the old Listener Mail segment on KQRS! And it was mall security, not the cops. Still, it was a funny story. The kicker was that the manager gave the guy an order of those cinnamon twists as an apology. He got a $0.59 apology for accusing the guy of trying to steal from them.

 

[Twitch Boy]

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I can't believe people are really this stupid.

man pays meal tab with 1 TRILLION dollar bill

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[The Rube]

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That's from the old Listener Mail segment on KQRS! And it was mall security, not the cops. Still, it was a funny story. The kicker was that the manager gave the guy an order of those cinnamon twists as an apology. He got a $0.59 apology for accusing the guy of trying to steal from them.

That's the story. Thank you for correcting the details. I was laughing so hard when I was listening to that story.

 

[MissThundercat]

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Man is suing McDonald's for $1.5 million because they only gave him one napkin

 

[LynahFan]

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Surprised this little twerp hasn't gotten any play on here yet. Really tempted to put this in the genuinely nice planet thread, since its definitely a case of someone getting her just desevrings. (did I spell that correctly?)

 

[The Rube]

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Surprised this little twerp hasn't gotten any play on here yet. Really tempted to put this in the genuinely nice planet thread, since its definitely a case of someone getting her just desevrings. (did I spell that correctly?)

Spelled correctly, and hilarious. That bi*ch won't make it in the real world. Actually feel sorry for the parents

 

[SJHovey]

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Surprised this little twerp hasn't gotten any play on here yet. Really tempted to put this in the genuinely nice planet thread, since its definitely a case of someone getting her just desevrings. (did I spell that correctly?)

I wonder what would have happened if the father had said that he told his daughter about the settlement before he actually signed the settlement agreement, or even verbally agreed to it? That is, once the school made him an offer that was acceptable, he goes to his daughter and tells her he's going to accept their offer of "X". I don't think anything he did before the actual final settlement could be construed as a breach of that confidentiality language.

 

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I wonder what would have happened if the father had said that he told his daughter about the settlement before he actually signed the settlement agreement, or even verbally agreed to it? That is, once the school made him an offer that was acceptable, he goes to his daughter and tells her he's going to accept their offer of "X". I don't think anything he did before the actual final settlement could be construed as a breach of that confidentiality language.

Doubt that any reasonably skilled negotiator would let that happen. There would have been no opportunity for the father to discuss the settlement between the time the offer was made and the agreement was signed and/or the confidentiality agreement would also have covered the negotiations. Otherwise confidentiality agreements would be worthless. Your hypothetical would really be no different than the father getting the settlement offer, publicizing it directly, then signing the confidentiality agreement, and no negotiator would let that happen.

 

[SJHovey]

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Doubt that any reasonably skilled negotiator would let that happen. There would have been no opportunity for the father to discuss the settlement between the time the offer was made and the agreement was signed and/or the confidentiality agreement would also have covered the negotiations. Otherwise confidentiality agreements would be worthless. Your hypothetical would really be no different than the father getting the settlement offer, publicizing it directly, then signing the confidentiality agreement, and no negotiator would let that happen.

I don't know that the negotiator has any control over it, at least until the settlement was agreed to.

Lawsuits are typically public. If a negotiator for the school says, "we'll agree to pay you "x" to settle this case, but only if you keep it confidential", there is nothing that keeps the father from publicizing that, other than knowing the school will withdraw it's offer.

 

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I don't know that the negotiator has any control over it, at least until the settlement was agreed to.

Lawsuits are typically public. If a negotiator for the school says, "we'll agree to pay you "x" to settle this case, but only if you keep it confidential", there is nothing that keeps the father from publicizing that, other than knowing the school will withdraw it's offer.

The part of a lawsuit that gets to court is public. Settlement negotiations are not.

The negotiator for the school would be more likely to say, "We'll agree to pay you $$ to settle this case, but only if you keep all aspects of this negotiation, including any offers we make, confidential." Lawsuits are settled all the time with confidentiality agreements. If it were as easy as you say to publicize the negotiations, settlements would never happen.

 

[SJHovey]

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The part of a lawsuit that gets to court is public. Settlement negotiations are not.

The negotiator for the school would be more likely to say, "We'll agree to pay you $$ to settle this case, but only if you keep all aspects of this negotiation, including any offers we make, confidential." Lawsuits are settled all the time with confidentiality agreements. If it were as easy as you say to publicize the negotiations, settlements would never happen.

According to the actual decision, it was the release and settlement agreement that contained the confidentiality clause. That clause prohibited the father from disclosing any terms whatsoever regarding the existence or terms of the Agreement (referring specifically to the release and settlement agreement). That's what he was accused of violating, the actual agreement that he signed. Until he signed it, he wasn't bound by it.

 

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According to the actual decision, it was the release and settlement agreement that contained the confidentiality clause. That clause prohibited the father from disclosing any terms whatsoever regarding the existence or terms of the Agreement (referring specifically to the release and settlement agreement). That's what he was accused of violating, the actual agreement that he signed. Until he signed it, he wasn't bound by it.

Don’t disagree with anything here, except it would be very surprising if the offer itself was not contingent on confidentiality. In that case, if confidentiality were compromised, the result would be that the offer would be withdrawn and the father would not have gotten any money, the daughter wouldn’t have had her trip paid for, and we’d probably never have heard about it. So that’s the probable answer to your initial question. In this case, he did sign the agreement, so the remedy is that he has to give the money back, as opposed to never having gotten it in the first place.

 

[LynahFan]

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I rather suspect that parties who are involved in this type of negotiation would sign confidentiality agreements as they ENTER the negotiations, in addition to whatever confidentiality agreement is part of the final settlement. Don't have any facts to back that up, but it would make sense to me.

 

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2014/03...r-state-law/9kN0dd4DQGWJCyi5rddQXN/story.html

The headline is misleading. It would be far more accurate if it read “Shooting photos up a woman’s skirt is not illegal in Mass., SJC rules.” As it’s written, it’s implied that it’s appropriate behavior, and I’d doubt you’d find any non-pervert to agree that it is.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...r-state-law/BMwo1SJPbKtMzzEUwZdjdK/story.html

Edit: non-subscription link. Headline in bostonglobe.com article read "Shooting photos up a woman's skirt is legal in Mass., SJC [Mass Supreme Judicial Court] rules."

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2014/03...r-state-law/9kN0dd4DQGWJCyi5rddQXN/story.html

The headline is misleading. It would be far more accurate if it read “Shooting photos up a woman’s skirt is not illegal in Mass., SJC rules.” As it’s written, it’s implied that it’s appropriate behavior, and I’d doubt you’d find any non-pervert to agree that it is.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...r-state-law/BMwo1SJPbKtMzzEUwZdjdK/story.html

Edit: non-subscription link. Headline in bostonglobe.com article read "Shooting photos up a woman's skirt is legal in Mass., SJC [Mass Supreme Judicial Court] rules."

Look... her... face could launch a thousand chips!
She's ...up ...dressing, she's be down in a jiffy.

 

[MadTownSioux]

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"Nothing to see here .... Move along ....

Dam's 65ft long 2 inch wide crack "seals itself"

 

[MadTownSioux]

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I'm listening to KQRS 92.5 (Twin Cities) on IHeart Radio. Some guy called in to request 'We didn't start the Fire' by Billy Joel, and prefaced it by asking if the Government had instructed radio stations not to play this song because of the current events in Crimea. What??

 

[St. Clown]

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I'm listening to KQRS 92.5 (Twin Cities) on IHeart Radio. Some guy called in to request 'We didn't start the Fire' by Billy Joel, and prefaced it by asking if the Government had instructed radio stations not to play this song because of the current events in Crimea. What??

The caller was FlagDUDE08, I'm sure.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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I'm listening to KQRS 92.5 (Twin Cities) on IHeart Radio. Some guy called in to request 'We didn't start the Fire' by Billy Joel, and prefaced it by asking if the Government had instructed radio stations not to play this song because of the current events in Crimea. What??

KQ is on iheartradio now? Is the morning show broadcast there? I have tried to find a stream of the KQ morning show in the past, and it seems to blocked or something.