GREAT STORY!
Tonight I went to observe small claims court in Provo and who should be there but TPM (Total Property Management). When the case was called the student who brought the case explained that he had bought a spring/summer contract at TPM for $195 a month for a private room. When he went to sign the contract, he noticed that the contract said "shared" instead of "private." So he asked one of the managers at TPM if the room was private or shared because he only wanted to sign if it was a private contract. He was assured that it was a private room and told to cross out "shared" on the contract and write in "private." He then gives a deposit and pays for the four months he plans on living in the apartment.
When the guy goes to move in he discovers its a SHARED room. So he goes to TPM to ask for his money back and TPM says no. So then he says that clearly there's been a misunderstanding, so would TPM be okay splitting the difference? (meaning the student pays for two months in spring and TPM refunds him for the two months in summer...plus TPM can keep the deposit in full). TPM once again refuses this offer, and stops working with him completely.
So the student decides to file in small claims court. The judge hears both sides of the case (which by the way, the guy representing TPM has got to be one of the biggest jerks every...he continually insulted the student and called him a liar), and the judge rules in favor of the student reasoning that since both the original contract and the carbon copy say "private" that the student reasonably thought he was signing a contract for a private room and should therefore get his money back. During this time...the ruling, aka the end of the case, the part when the parties no longer speak and the judge says what he has decided...the guy from TPM, Alan, decides to start ARGUING WITH THE JUDGE! He marches up to the judge and demands that he look at several sheets of paper to which the judge responds that he's already seen those pages, taken the into consideration, and made his ruling. BUT ALAN KEEPS ON GOING! He interupts the judge at least two more times, and each time the judge says that no, Alan is wrong and owes the student money. It was sooooo ridiculous! Everyone in the courtroom was a cross between laughing and being completely shocked that someone would try to correct the judge! Anyway...I just had to share...
Tonight I went to observe small claims court in Provo and who should be there but TPM (Total Property Management). When the case was called the student who brought the case explained that he had bought a spring/summer contract at TPM for $195 a month for a private room. When he went to sign the contract, he noticed that the contract said "shared" instead of "private." So he asked one of the managers at TPM if the room was private or shared because he only wanted to sign if it was a private contract. He was assured that it was a private room and told to cross out "shared" on the contract and write in "private." He then gives a deposit and pays for the four months he plans on living in the apartment.
When the guy goes to move in he discovers its a SHARED room. So he goes to TPM to ask for his money back and TPM says no. So then he says that clearly there's been a misunderstanding, so would TPM be okay splitting the difference? (meaning the student pays for two months in spring and TPM refunds him for the two months in summer...plus TPM can keep the deposit in full). TPM once again refuses this offer, and stops working with him completely.
So the student decides to file in small claims court. The judge hears both sides of the case (which by the way, the guy representing TPM has got to be one of the biggest jerks every...he continually insulted the student and called him a liar), and the judge rules in favor of the student reasoning that since both the original contract and the carbon copy say "private" that the student reasonably thought he was signing a contract for a private room and should therefore get his money back. During this time...the ruling, aka the end of the case, the part when the parties no longer speak and the judge says what he has decided...the guy from TPM, Alan, decides to start ARGUING WITH THE JUDGE! He marches up to the judge and demands that he look at several sheets of paper to which the judge responds that he's already seen those pages, taken the into consideration, and made his ruling. BUT ALAN KEEPS ON GOING! He interupts the judge at least two more times, and each time the judge says that no, Alan is wrong and owes the student money. It was sooooo ridiculous! Everyone in the courtroom was a cross between laughing and being completely shocked that someone would try to correct the judge! Anyway...I just had to share...
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