Time: Tue Dec 02 04:24:03 1997 To: <thebomb01@sprynet.com> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: recent requests Cc: Bcc: References: Dear Bob, I am finally able to answer the telephone and email messages which you and your colleagues have left for me in recent days. Without belaboring these points too much, I do feel the need to share my feelings with you, concerning my last trip to your office in Phoenix. Leaving me to wait and inhale auto fumes for 2 hours at the airport, was not my idea of a good time. I informed you of my itinerary, and yet I was forced to waste time anyway. That was not good, particularly since I was ill from a head cold and lung congestion. When the ride finally did arrive, I was likewise not too thrilled to be treated to a McDonald's hamburger. Much better food can be bought for the same money. Of this, I am absolutely sure. Rushing to the meeting, where several people were waiting, was a necessary consequence of failing to meet me on time, at the airport. But, I was not introduced to this audience, and I was given absolutely no introduction to their needs, skills, or objectives. This was extremely unprofessional on your part. Then, keeping me up late, when I was obviously ill from a head cold, was another example of unnecessary mistreatment. Did it ever occur to you that I was exhausted and desperately needed some rest? The following morning, I was made to wait in the lobby of Day's End, where the front desk manager even commented by saying, "Gets old, doesn't it?" When my ride finally did arrive, he explained that he had had a sudden, unscheduled meeting. This caused me to waste another 2.5 hours in that lobby. A phone call would have been nice, but it never came. I do appreciate the 38 one dollar bills I was given, to reimburse me for the travel expenses. But those 38 one's paid somebody else -- the Arizona Shuttle; they did not pay me anything whatsoever. The conversation in your office, with one of your co-workers, was the high point of an otherwise forgettable experience. I returned to Tucson, feeling like 8 years of expert research had just been yanked out of my briefcase, when I wasn't looking. Of course, I was again expected to contribute my time, since nobody has had the courtesy, since then, to offer me any payment for all the time I spent, going up and back, and then lecturing a group of total strangers. Is Paul Mitchell now your slave? I must have missed this deplorable transition. Now, I am being rushed, again, to provide a photograph for you. This alarms me no end, because I have only the slightest idea for what purpose you need a photograph. Privacy is a fundamental Right. Do I need to remind you of this? Evidently so. More importantly, we don't even have a contract, and I am still steaming from your mistreatment of me in Phoenix. And, from the latest messages you have left with me, it now sounds as if you are planning yet another long round-trip, so that I can speak for "5 to 10 minutes" to another group of total strangers. What gives here, anyway? I hope you don't treat everyone like this. I am sorry to disappoint you, if I do, but you have never had my prior permission to schedule me as a speaker at two events, one in January and another in February, without the professional courtesy of a contract which details the compensation I can expect to receive for same, and the hours I will work as consideration. Please, if you want me to provide continuing professional services to your organization, such as it is, please show a little more courtesy and professionalism yourself. Talk is cheap. As it is, it might have been worse if you had asked me to sleep in a car, but not much worse. Please don't shoot the messenger. Thank you. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://supremelaw.com
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