xilikeeggs0
2008-08-20, 04:56
I'm a carriage driver, and I worked for a company for about 6 months before I left to work for another company (the only other company in town, actually). When I left, I agreed to sell the decorations on my carriage to another employee for $200. He's an honest guy, so I left them on my carriage and he agreed to pay me once I figured out a price for them.
About a week after he agreed to buy them, I told him that I wanted $200 for everything, and he said that my boss told him not to pay me for the lights because I had given them to him (my boss). I told him that I hadn't even spoken to my old boss about it, but that I would take care of it.
The night before I quit, my old boss had called me and asked me to give him my lights in exchange for keeping a horse that I bought from him on his land for 45 days (according to him; I still haven't checked to see how long it really was) as well as some other bullshit reasons. But we had an agreement that the first 30 days would be free, and it would be $1 a day plus feed after that, so at most I owe him $50 or $60 for the 15 days worth of boarding plus the feed. That's nowhere near the value of my lights and decorations, not to mention the time that I spent putting them all on the carriage. Anyways, I told him I would think about it and call him back and let him know. I never called him back; instead I made the agreement with the guy from work to sell them to him because I don't trust my old boss (for obvious reasons).
Since my old boss had decided that he wasn't going to pay me for the lights, I decided to go get them. The place that I worked at is kept locked up except when they're getting the horses ready to go out, so that was the only time I could go. So I showed up as they were getting ready and started taking the decorations off the carriage. My boss freaked the fuck out and started cussing at me and saying that he had an agreement that I was going to give him the lights and that I was doing him wrong by taking them, and I told him that the lights were mine, that I was taking them, and that he could send me a bill for my horse.
He got really pissed off and cut the lights, then had the nerve to block my car in with his SUV, then tell me to get off his property. I told him that I wasn't going to leave until I got my lights, so he called the police. Since he had blocked me in, I also called the police and told them that he wouldn't let me take my stuff and that he had blocked my car in and was holding me there.
The cop arrived about 15 minutes later, and he talked to my old boss first. First he told the cop that I had sold him the lights, then he said that I had given them to him when I quit, then he said that I had traded them for a horse. I'm not sure if he told the cop this as well, but later on he called my new boss and told her that I had cut the lights myself, so he might have told the cop that too but I'm not sure. Anyways, I told the cop that he cut them and he didn't try to deny it, and it wouldn't make sense for him to cut them if they really were his, so I think the cop knew that he was lying. He also told the cop that I had worked for him for over a year when I was really there for less than 6 months.
I'm going to take him to court to sue him for the money for the lights and the flowers that he destroyed. The lights cost me $169 including shipping, and the flowers (that he destroyed) were about $10. However, the price on the lights went up, so I'm going to ask for $300 to cover the lights and flowers, because the lights alone are now $266 before shipping, plus the time I'll have to take to order them and wait for them to arrive, plus gas money to drive to the store that I got the flowers from, etc...
Could I also (and would it be wise to) sue for emotional distress or some other bullshit to try to get more money, or should I just try to get the money for the lights and be happy with that? I was really upset at the time, and I was bawling when I was talking to the cop because he upset me so much by sitting there and lying to him in front of my face, so I think I might have a good case for that, but I don't want to seem too greedy, either. What do you think?
About a week after he agreed to buy them, I told him that I wanted $200 for everything, and he said that my boss told him not to pay me for the lights because I had given them to him (my boss). I told him that I hadn't even spoken to my old boss about it, but that I would take care of it.
The night before I quit, my old boss had called me and asked me to give him my lights in exchange for keeping a horse that I bought from him on his land for 45 days (according to him; I still haven't checked to see how long it really was) as well as some other bullshit reasons. But we had an agreement that the first 30 days would be free, and it would be $1 a day plus feed after that, so at most I owe him $50 or $60 for the 15 days worth of boarding plus the feed. That's nowhere near the value of my lights and decorations, not to mention the time that I spent putting them all on the carriage. Anyways, I told him I would think about it and call him back and let him know. I never called him back; instead I made the agreement with the guy from work to sell them to him because I don't trust my old boss (for obvious reasons).
Since my old boss had decided that he wasn't going to pay me for the lights, I decided to go get them. The place that I worked at is kept locked up except when they're getting the horses ready to go out, so that was the only time I could go. So I showed up as they were getting ready and started taking the decorations off the carriage. My boss freaked the fuck out and started cussing at me and saying that he had an agreement that I was going to give him the lights and that I was doing him wrong by taking them, and I told him that the lights were mine, that I was taking them, and that he could send me a bill for my horse.
He got really pissed off and cut the lights, then had the nerve to block my car in with his SUV, then tell me to get off his property. I told him that I wasn't going to leave until I got my lights, so he called the police. Since he had blocked me in, I also called the police and told them that he wouldn't let me take my stuff and that he had blocked my car in and was holding me there.
The cop arrived about 15 minutes later, and he talked to my old boss first. First he told the cop that I had sold him the lights, then he said that I had given them to him when I quit, then he said that I had traded them for a horse. I'm not sure if he told the cop this as well, but later on he called my new boss and told her that I had cut the lights myself, so he might have told the cop that too but I'm not sure. Anyways, I told the cop that he cut them and he didn't try to deny it, and it wouldn't make sense for him to cut them if they really were his, so I think the cop knew that he was lying. He also told the cop that I had worked for him for over a year when I was really there for less than 6 months.
I'm going to take him to court to sue him for the money for the lights and the flowers that he destroyed. The lights cost me $169 including shipping, and the flowers (that he destroyed) were about $10. However, the price on the lights went up, so I'm going to ask for $300 to cover the lights and flowers, because the lights alone are now $266 before shipping, plus the time I'll have to take to order them and wait for them to arrive, plus gas money to drive to the store that I got the flowers from, etc...
Could I also (and would it be wise to) sue for emotional distress or some other bullshit to try to get more money, or should I just try to get the money for the lights and be happy with that? I was really upset at the time, and I was bawling when I was talking to the cop because he upset me so much by sitting there and lying to him in front of my face, so I think I might have a good case for that, but I don't want to seem too greedy, either. What do you think?