Professionalism
Instead of resting myself to boredom yesterday or spending time with my kids, my dad asked me to drive for him to Tagaytay for a client call.
The drive was particularly tough, coming from little sleep because of my Ubuntu upgrade from "Feisty Fawn" to "Hardy Heron," the unexpected traffic at the end of the freeway due to its major repair and trying to do that in a fully-packed car (my dad brought his people along with him) that already needed a tune-up.
Tagaytay was not particularly cold yesterday, I want to add. It only got cold when it was time to go.
Anyway, my dad taught me a lesson in professionalism as I watched him with his client. Even though he's an architect and not a lawyer, he me showed yesterday how to treat a client. He was always respectful, he showed remarkable patience and he did not leave until the job was done and his client was satisfied.
Of course in our profession, there will be times when that will not work, especially for stubborn clients and when it concerns issues of legal procedure and not the cause of action. Sometimes, the lawyer has to take control of the situation, even to the objection of his client, for said client's own good.
So even if that trip sapped the life out of me yesterday, I'm still glad I drove for my dad yesterday.
Now to get back to work I left behind...
The drive was particularly tough, coming from little sleep because of my Ubuntu upgrade from "Feisty Fawn" to "Hardy Heron," the unexpected traffic at the end of the freeway due to its major repair and trying to do that in a fully-packed car (my dad brought his people along with him) that already needed a tune-up.
Tagaytay was not particularly cold yesterday, I want to add. It only got cold when it was time to go.
Anyway, my dad taught me a lesson in professionalism as I watched him with his client. Even though he's an architect and not a lawyer, he me showed yesterday how to treat a client. He was always respectful, he showed remarkable patience and he did not leave until the job was done and his client was satisfied.
Of course in our profession, there will be times when that will not work, especially for stubborn clients and when it concerns issues of legal procedure and not the cause of action. Sometimes, the lawyer has to take control of the situation, even to the objection of his client, for said client's own good.
So even if that trip sapped the life out of me yesterday, I'm still glad I drove for my dad yesterday.
Now to get back to work I left behind...
transcription by Punzi @ 6:13 AM
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