The United Way realized that it had never received a donation from the
city's
most successful lawyer. So
a United Way volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his lavish office.
The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, "Our research shows that
even
though your annual income is over two million dollars, you don't give
a
penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give something back to your
community
through the United Way?"
The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, "First, did your research also
show
you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness and she has
huge
medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?"
Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbles, "Uh... no, I didn't know
that."
"Secondly," says the lawyer, "my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind
and
confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six
children."
The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an apology, but is cut off
again.
"Thirdly, did your research also show you that my sister's husband died
in a
dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three
children one of whom is disabled and another has learning disabilities
requiring an array of private tutors?"
The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, says, "I'm sorry, I
had no
idea"
And the lawyer says, So... if I didn't give any money to them, what in
the hell
makes you think I'd ever give any to you?"
Lawyers....(and yes, I got this from a lawyers wife!)
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but on a serious note,
how did they know what he made?
and was the first person who asked how much the lawyer made attacked by a mob of people protecting the right of the lawyer to not disclose the information?
and a few months later did the same question get asked again?
and when did they finally out how much the lawyer made?
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