This Is Embarrassing…
I remember our first trip to Jamaica more than 13 years ago. It was our first cruise and Ocho Rios was one of the ports of call.
Ronda and I climbed Dunn’s River Falls and after the falls a local took a Polaroid of us and handed it to me.
Not knowing the local “landscape” at the time, I took possession of the Polaroid from the man’s hands – and before I knew it – he was asking for $5.00. For a stinkin’ Polaroid picture! When I told him “no” and tried to hand it back, he pushed my hand away only to stick his other hand out for his $5.00 “picture fee”. The more I told him I wasn’t interested – the more he insisted.
I
finally ended up dropping his picture on the ground and walking away.
When we got back on board that afternoon I saw a number of souvenir shirts that read what’s pictured here.
I swore at that moment that our next trip to Jamaica would include this shirt.
We’ve been back several times since then, and I can’t remember which cruise I found it on, but it’s one of my favorite shirts I keep in my drawer.
Yesterday afternoon I got a Google Alert that made me think of this shirt. So I pulled it out, ironed it (it was really wrinkled) and took a snapshot of it just for this article.
Why? Because there are really stupid people in this world who can’t take “NO” for an answer.
Remember the the $100 million Class Action filed two years ago that’s been pulverized, beaten, and obliterated by the Courts turning the entire lawsuit into a very amusing joke? Well it just took a turn for the worse from “joke” to total “embarrassment” because they’re at it – AGAIN!
I wasn’t kidding when I said these idiots think Class Action lawsuits are like cats who have nine lives. It’s simply refilled for another shot. There have been six rulings over the last two years which the Court has denied or dismissed on separate occasions – and instead changing their stance – coming at it from another angle, or better yet – just admitting defeat – these pin heads just keep spouting the same tired argument over and over again.
After six ruling against them, I’m sorry, but it’s time to consider a Mental Health evaluation, not a Lawyer.
What’s even more mind blowing is their claims and position hasn’t changed a single bit. The latest filing is almost verbatim of the first suit file two years ago. It’s the same bogus myths and pyramid scheme mantra with the same cast of characters. What happened to words like “failed”, “corrected”, “deficiency”, “amending”, “incorrectly”, and “realized after 100 hours of arguing”?
Apparently, it was nothing more than lip service. Nothing’s changed and they haven’t learned a blessed thing.
True to form – they’re myths and illusions are spot on – and your knowledge and experience is wrong. The Courts have called this ordeal an “ungainly monster” and used specific words like “redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter” in one ruling, and “the very definition of a fishing expedition” in another ruling.
A Zealots response? Damn the torpedoes – we’re going full speed ahead.
I’m sorry guys…but I have zero tolerance for this kind of stupidity and arrogance. Zealots like this, and the “professional” gang like Frenaye and Stilphen who continue to pitch this pyramid scheme mantra are just dumber than dirt. Anyone who wants to hitch their wagon to this dead horse is only hurting themselves and their reputation. There’s no gray area after all this time and all these rulings.
The answer is still going to be “NO”.
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Tags: Anti-MLM, Class Action Lawsuit, MLM Myths, Pyramid Scheme, YTB Illinois Class Action, YTB News
June 16th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Doug, did you see this?
http://hbiznews.com/blog/2010/06/ive-lost-count-ytb-sued-again/
I got a kick out of this…
“YTB represents to its referring travel agents that the sale of online travel agencies is a business opportunity allowing them to become travel agents, the complaint says. Instead, they acted as agents of travel agents, only referring travel customers to YTB.”
Are they the only ones who didn’t understand that “RTA” stood for REFERRING Travel Agent? LOL!
June 17th, 2010 at 6:03 am
I had not seen that article, but it doesn’t surprise me that it comes from someone who actually comprehends our industry. I talked with two others outside of the company (but inside the industry) yesterday who called to ask me if this was the same one that was thrown out or another one. They seem to think it’s simply a ploy to keep the suit out there long enough to bleed the company dry – and they could be right.
They certainly can’t kill us with their “facts” – so they attempt it with public perception.
I remember reading that RTA’s simply “referred” people to YTB in the first filing almost two years ago, and it still gives me a chuckle to this day. That’s the kind of utter stupidity I’m talking about. Like they didn’t know what it stood for.
This suit is riddled with all kinds of holes like that and it’s the primary reason why it hasn’t gone anywhere – even after all these attempts.
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