Biglaw Partner Throws Temper Tantrum When Pregnant Associate Nabs His Parking Spot – Above the Law

There
are
a
variety
of
inconveniences
that
may
befall
you
on
any
given
day.
But
part
of
living
in
a
polite
society
is
managing
those
frustrations
and
not
going
nuclear
on
those
who
piss
you
off
—
even
when
you’re
justified
in
your
irritation.
That’s
something
a
Biglaw
partner
is
figuring
out
the
hard
way.

Richard
Pitt
is
a
partner
at
Eversheds
Sutherland
in
their
Cardiff
office,
where
he
leads
the
Commercial
Dispute
Resolution
team
and
is
Co-Head
of
the
Procurement
team.
But
he’s
getting
a
lot
of
attention,
not
for
his
lawyering
skills,
but
for
his
anger
management
ones,
or,
more
accurately,
lack
thereof.

Pitt
was
dealing
with
one
of
life’s
frustrations
—
his
reserved
parking
space
in
the
office
carpark
was
taken
by
another
car.
His
spot
was
snagged
by
another
attorney
at
Eversheds
—
a
pregnant
associate
—
and
Pitt
absolutely
lost
his
shit.

See,
Pitt
never
learned
the
Daniel
Tiger
strategy
for
dealing
with
anger.
(Take
a
deep
breath
and
count
to
four.)

No.
Instead,
the
partner
took
his
frustrations
out
on
the
pregnant
associate
—
and
those
who
had
the
misfortune
of
being
parked
next
to
her
—
trapping
the
car
in
the
carpark.
As

reported
by
Roll
on
Friday:

When
Pitt
returned
from
the
gym
to
find
his
spot
had
been
taken
he
was
“enraged”,
said
a
source.

In
a
fit
of
pique
he
parked
his
car
behind
hers,
lengthways,
blocking
in
her
vehicle
and
another
colleague’s.

The
associate
discovered
she
was
trapped
and
asked
Pitt
to
move
his
car
–
believed
to
be
a
yellow
Porsche
–
so
she
could
go
home.

“Richard’s
response
–
a
firm
no”,
said
a
source.

The
associate
was
eventually
able
to
maneuver
her
car
out
of
the
lot
—
no
thanks
to
Pitt,
but
with
the
assistance
of
others
who
moved
their
cars
to
let
her
exit.

Sigh.
Listen,
parking
squabbles
can
indeed
be
frustrating.
And
having
your
reserved
spot
snaked
out
from
under
you
is
definitely
annoying.
But
Pitt
loses
all
sympathy
with
his
over-the-top
response.
You
never
know
what
someone
else
is
going
through,
and
giving
those
who
frustrate
you
some
grace
is
a
great
life
skill
—
particularly
when
those
people
are
colleagues
you
have
to
work
with.
Alas,
that
wasn’t
to
be.

But
that
wasn’t
the
end
of
it,
as
Pitt
then
asked
his
pregnant
colleague
to
provide
him
with
a
written
apology.

“Amazingly”,
she
did,
said
a
source.

But
that
still
wasn’t
the
end
of
it
–
the
written
apology
was
apparently
“not
good
enough”
and
Pitt
requested
an
in-person
apology.
At
that
point,
the
associate
refused.

At
least
cooler
heads
have,
at
last,
prevailed.
Pitt
apologized,
telling
RollOnFriday,
“In
the
moment
I
made
a
regrettable
error
of
judgement
for
which
I
apologise
unreservedly.”

Eversheds
Sutherland
provided
the
following
comment
about
the
affair,
“We
are
aware
of
the
incident
relating
to
car
parking
at
our
Cardiff
office.
The
matter
has
now
been
satisfactorily
resolved.”

Hopefully,
Pitt
will
count
to
four
next
time
he’s
inconvenienced,
lest
he
have
to
make
another
very
public
apology.

---

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