67 Million Dollar Pants Are you kidding me?

I usually try to stay away from writing posts about this kind of stuff or things that are happening in our country or around the world. I like to keep my blog light and upbeat, but I just couldn't keep my mouth shut about this one. A man, a judge no less (though I've also heard he's only a lawyer from other media outlets) is suing a dry cleaners for $67 million for losing his "favorite" pair of pants. ARE YOU FRIGGING' KIDDING ME?

This is what we are focusing on right now, besides the fact that this is a ridiculous, pathetic suit that has been going on for 2 years, 2 YEARS PEOPLE! That is 2 years of bullshit, time wasting, tax paying peoples time and money. Some might ask? Tax paying peoples money? Yes law suits are a huge drain on us, because it our money that pays for the courts and the judges, court reports and others. The lawyers we might not pay for, but what a waste of time, oh and lets not forget that if this goes to trial the jury members that will be called to see this case. Most jurors are middle to lower class and cannot afford to be out of work for any amount of time, and especially to do their "civic duty" for such a frivolous bullshit lawsuit. I have never been called yet for jury duty, but I'm sure it will happen soon enough. But I have had a few friends and let me tell you, you get something like $8.50 an hour for your troubles. What is $8.50 an hour going to get you. NOTHING.

My friend Melissa was called for Grand Jury Duty for 3 months, 4 days a week 8 hours a day. Thank Goodness she worked for a company that treats her well and they paid the difference of what she was getting from GJD so she still got her regular pay. If they had not, she probably would've lost her apartment, car and other necessities and be seriously in debt.

So let's go back to the original story here. This man, Plaintiff Roy Pearson, a judge in Washington, D.C:

He says in court papers that he has endured "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort."

He says he was unable to wear that favorite suit on his first day of work.

He's suing for 10 years of weekend car rentals so he can transport his dry cleaning to another store.

The lawsuit is based in large part on Pearson's seemingly pained admission that he was taken in by the oldest and most insidious marketing tool in the dry cleaning industry arsenal.

"Satisfaction Guaranteed."

Pearson did not return numerous calls from ABC News for comment.

Are you telling me that there isn't another dry cleaner anywhere closer to him or his work, that now he has to rent a car each weekend to drop off dry cleaning, give me a fucking break. Don't most dry cleaners nowadays have pick up and delivery as a service, and you would think that in Washington DC where people are always on the go that would be the case.

Are you kidding me, Satisfaction Guaranteed, if I sued for every time I wasn't 100% satisfied because of some companies lack of customer service or guarantee due to error or laziness, I'd be in court every single day of my life. Hell, we all would be.

Things happen, get over it. What gives you the right, to sue a small business for having an accident. We are not talking about losing a limb or losing your child, its a damn pair of pants.

Pearson claims that this isn't the first time that Custom Cleaners has lost a pair of pants that he dropped of:

The problems date back to 2002.

Pearson says in court papers that he took a pair of pants into Custom Cleaners in Fort Lincoln that year, and the pants were lost.

So Jin and Soo Chung gave Pearson a $150 check for a new pair of pants.

Three years later, Pearson says he returned to Custom Cleaners and -- like some real-life "Groundhog Day" nightmare -- his trousers went missing.

Again.

It was May 2005 and Pearson was about to begin his new job as an administrative judge. Naturally, he wanted to wear a nice outfit to his first day of work. He said in court papers that he tried on five Hickey Freeman suits from his closet, but found them all to be "too tight," according to the Washington Post.

He brought one pair in for alterations and they went missing -- gray trousers with what Pearson described in court papers as blue and red stripes on them.

First, Pearson demanded $1,150 for a new suit. Lawyers were hired, legal wrangling ensued and eventually the Chungs offered Pearson $3,000 in compensation.

No dice.

Then they offered him $4,600.

No dice.

Finally, they offered $12,000 for the missing gray trousers with the red and blue stripes.

Pearson said no.

The Chungs offered this man, $12,000.00 for a pair of pants and he said NO. And if he was so unhappy three years before when they lost the first pair of pants, why did he go back? That was his mistake not the dry cleaners. Sometimes you bite the bullet and say oh well, won't be going there anymore and I'll make sure that I let my friends know, not to either. YOU DO NOT SUE FOR $67M!!!

I am just sickened by this whole thing, it is disgusting and what I want to know is why why why is this still going on, why hasn't this been thrown out, why are we spending so much time and money on this, and now the media is running with this, so now Mr. Pearson will get to be splattered everywhere and poor Mr & Mrs. Chung who were just trying to run a business are made to look like fools. I'm not saying that they did nothing wrong, they screwed up, and it sounds like it has happened more then once, but should their whole lives be turned upside down and the possibility of complete financial loss worth all of this?

Oh and get this:

Ironically, less than a week after Pearson dropped off the missing trousers in 2005, Soo Chung found them, she says. She tried to return them to Pearson but he said they were the wrong pants.

The Chungs say they are certain they have located the missing trousers.

"So these are the missing pants, huh?" Avila asked the Chungs' attorney, Chris Manning.

"These are," Manning said, holding up a flimsy pair of gray trousers.

Manning's argument is based on both the receipt and the telltale "three belt loop situation," as he explains it.

"When the pants were brought in, Mrs. Chung noticed the three belt loop situation and in finding them realized that they were Mr. Pearson's pants based on that."

He also said the receipt tag on the pants "exactly matches the receipt that Mr. Pearson has."

Manning is angry with Pearson, saying the judge has terrorized the Chungs for spite.

"They came to the United States hoping for the American dream," Manning said, "and Roy Pearson has made it a nightmare."

It makes me sad that people who are just trying to make a living and do better for themselves are then terrorized by someone like Roy Pearson, who by the way refuses to make any comments or be interviewed. In my opinion which by no means is anything but my own, this guy Pearson is just trying to get his name in the paper, well Mr. Pearson you got your wish and you know what, we are all laughing at you and are completely disgusted by the whole situation. I hope that not only do you lose this case but that the jury finds for the Chungs and somehow you end up paying the $67 million to them.

Now can we talk about something else?