to those who did not learn meaning of “fives”
I arrived early to court and set up shop with my laptop and files at an empty table with 4 other chairs. Eventually the room became filled with other people. A woman politely asked if she could share my table. “Of course!” I responded - it’s a Friday morning and I don’t need 5 chairs while waiting for my tenants to arrive. Eventually her attorney, her property manager, and a tenant were sitting at the table with us. Still, there is one chair open for me to use when I begin speaking with my tenant who arrives. Perfect. I honestly thought this was the epitome of the art of sharing in the real world. How wonderful it is... or was. I piled my laptop, files, and other belongings neatly on the table in front of my chair, and my briefcase leaning on the floor next to it, while I temporarily vacated my seat and stood in line for 2 minutes to hand in paperwork at the desk not 15 feet away. While doing so, I see that another tenant has been invited to my shared table and told to sit in my seat. She proceeds to lean over my personal belongings to speak with the others at the table. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? I need ONE chair to keep my shit by and you can’t even give me that? Do I literally have to call “fives” in court or can you fucking give me the one chair I’m entitled to?? When I storm over there and rip my files and laptop from underneath her folded arms, the woman who originally sat down at the table says “oh...sorry about that... should we...I mean, you don’t have to move your things...” in the most non-genuine response one can dream of. I cut her off with a “well, what the hell else am I supposed to do - HUH? I don’t need people sitting on my personal effects.” Lady - go fuck yourself. I politely allowed you to share my table. I said NOTHING when you took over every single other seat around me. And I get up for two fucking minutes and you allow one of your tenants to SIT ON my shit? Learn some fucking manners and remember that you are not the queen of landlord/tenant court. You do not get a throne with your fucking name engraved in diamonds and you do not get to hog every seat like the fucking pig you actually are.
