Last names and rental cars.
My father is an attorney. In my dispute with the rental car company, I have asked him to compose a letter disputing the claim that I caused damage to the car I rented. He complied willingly. It’s a lovely letter, written in fluent legalese. I’m sure it’s much better than anything I could have come up with. I can’t help thinking, though, how much more effective it might be if my father had a different last name than I. Perhaps this is another thing to put in the column of reasons to take C’s last name; it will be easier to pretend that I have a lawyer who isn’t my father when I need one.
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I don’t know about this reasoning. Why is having a lawyer who appears to be related to you a bad thing in this situation?
I love writing down pros and cons and then looking back at them years later to see how things went and what were our priorities back then… things like move or renovate, change neighbourhoods, have a baby now or later… we would sit down together and each write our own list and then compare and talk out it. BTW, why do some of my letters on the right side as I’m typing this show up as lines…so there may be odd typos.
I’m really glad to hear that your dad could help. Hopefully this will get them off your back.
He’s doing a good job professionally if he didn’t refer to you as ‘my darling daughter’ or ‘my little angel’ in the body of the letter.
I don’t have his last name. Do you think he’d write me a letter to Avis? They’re real jerks.
BGG: Because it seems less plausible that someone related to me would be able to make objective judgments on the issue. On the other hand, somebody taking my money isn’t going to be very objective either.
Vanni: I don’t know why your letters were looking funny when you typed it. They look fine now. I think I’m going to change my theme. I don’t like this one anymore.
Seth: I sure hope so. I know I didn’t do what they’ve accused me of, but knowledge of one’s own innocence is never a guarantee that other people will believe it.
Amuirin: He didn’t even mention that I was his daughter actually!
Corina: He’s in Seattle. I’m sure he’d love your business. Of course, if you did use him you’d have to be sure not to tell him about my blog. I think I’ve said not-so-nice things about him here on several occasions.
If you pay for me to take the bar exam, I promise you a lifetime of legally worded letters signed with a different last name than your own. Think it over.
Keep your own name, and just use whatever last name you want in any given situation. You’ve got a lawyer to get you off if you get in trouble over it.