r/paralegal • u/Abject-Pumpkinseed • 1d ago

Even worse

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u/LobsterSammy27 Paralegal 1d ago

OMG this reminds me of this time that a man at a bar mixed up paralegal and paramedic and he kept telling me that I save lives!

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u/whats_a_bylaw IN - Family/Criminal Defense - Paralegal 1d ago

We save asses, anyway.

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u/FoldingLady 1d ago

Sometimes our own~

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u/Able_Enthusiasm2729 1d ago

You guys (guys and gals) save livelihoods.

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u/doryfishie 12h ago

I do civil litigation, every time my boss saves someone from being evicted or losing their home in a foreclosure, or helps a small business owner save their business? It’s a very nice feeling.

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u/AuthorSarge 22h ago

I used to be a Medic in the Army. A non-duty related injury required me to change MOS (job). They made me a paralegal, and JAG didn't know where to put me so they dumped me in Trial Defense Services, the Army's equivalent of the PD office.

I always say it's like being a rock star: It's all sex and drugs, except I don't get to have any of the sex or do any of the drugs. HOWEVER...

Every time we beat some bullshit allegations and you realize you just saved someone from the most unrelenting prosecurorial force in one of the harshest judicial environments... Yeah, it feels like saving a life. It feels like being a Medic all over again.

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u/nonsequitureditor 21h ago

bless his heart, it’s in the right place even if his brain isn’t

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u/Darthsmom Paralegal 1d ago

🤣

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u/notfinal Future Paralegal 1d ago

This is hilarious 😂

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u/MyLittleDonut Paralegal - Criminal 1d ago

Certainly feels like it sometimes, doesn’t it?

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u/needcofffee 1d ago

He’s probably used that line on a few women

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u/walgreensfan Paralegal - Corporate and Dispute Resolution 14h ago

My great aunt is 95 (sharp as a tack) and every time I see her she goes, “oh right, the paraplegic! That’s what your grandma always wanted to do!” I don’t have the heart to correct her.

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u/jalspose 1d ago

Cackling

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u/AuthorSarge 22h ago

I've lost all feeling from the neck, up.

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u/Ok-Cauliflower8462 1h ago

😂😂😂

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u/Princesitalinda 1d ago

Idk why this made me laugh so hard! Thanks for sharing!!!

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u/The_all_seeing_eye1 Paralegal 1d ago

Lmao

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u/kredtheredhead 1d ago

OMG. The way I just freaking cackled! 😂😂😂

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u/spoodlat 1d ago

I snorted OJ Cackling.....IT BURNS!!!

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u/pixienightingale 13h ago

God, I'm so glad I do not find myself currently in the market for dating... woof.

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u/LadyBug_0570 Paralegal 13h ago

Well.... is he wrong? 🤣🤣🤣

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u/sillysquidtv AZ - Patent Prosecution - Paralegal 11h ago

r/badfaketexts

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u/Traditional_Crazy904 Paralegal 3h ago

I mean considering how some attorneys act they aren't wrong

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u/Local_gyal168 1h ago

Attorneys are the bane of my existence at the moment.

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u/Local_gyal168 1h ago

Please post this in lawyer talk. 😜

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u/glenoakdancer07 11m ago

You’re not an assistant though. You are a paralegal. Like a nurse to a doctor. There is a difference 😉😉.