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[Chun Liroy]

His wife was hot. I'm just glad I wasn't FB friends with the dude.

[Anoat]

Holy shit, that link about the murderer is GOLD. If he wasn't a murderer, he could have his own TV show. Listed his profession as an actor on "Burn Notice" (seriously, lol), wrote self help books, claimed to be a ghost hunter, and advocated humanity's use of time machines to escape a global catastrophe. Oh, and he was a neighborhood watchmen, too.

[Callisto]

jesus man...

[Acevalefor]

I know this is irrelevant to most of the story, but in the article they mention that he was a jealous man citing the fact that he tried to force her to quit her job at Denny's because he didn't want her working nights. Not wanting her to work nights does not make him jealous.

This bullshit leaping across chasms to connect unrelated events for a good story is deplorable. The man already has enough going against him; There is evidence of past abuse, he followed her downstairs after getting a gun, he disarmed her then shot her. Why does the author of the article have to add tenuous speculative events to this? Just the shooting and events leading to it are enough.

[Jaybar]

She was probably macking on the night-shift workers, man.

[Ksandra]

I know this is irrelevant to most of the story, but in the article they mention that he was a jealous man citing the fact that he tried to force her to quit her job at Denny's because he didn't want her working nights. Not wanting her to work nights does not make him jealous.

This bullshit leaping across chasms to connect unrelated events for a good story is deplorable. The man already has enough going against him; There is evidence of past abuse, he followed her downstairs after getting a gun, he disarmed her then shot her. Why does the author of the article have to add tenuous speculative events to this? Just the shooting and events leading to it are enough.

Maybe I missed it, but did we read the same article?

The one Leroy posted is pretty unbiased and seems to just list any fact that's known. I didn't see the denny's jealousy bit in there.


As well, it's not exactly unheard of for jealous people to want those working to stop because they don't like that they have co-workers of the opposite sex. We don't know if w/e article you are referring to found that out somewhere.

[Tokitoki]

Maybe I missed it, but did we read the same article?

Yeah I was confused by that too.

[Acevalefor]

Maybe I missed it, but did we read the same article?

The one Leroy posted is pretty unbiased and seems to just list any fact that's known. I didn't see the denny's jealousy bit in there.


As well, it's not exactly unheard of for jealous people to want those working to stop because they don't like that they have co-workers of the opposite sex. We don't know if w/e article you are referring to found that out somewhere.

Err...my bad. I read the article from here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/0...uth-miami.html

Alfonso’s former boss at a West Miami-Dade Denny’s told the Miami Herald that the husband was extremely jealous and had hit Alfonso in the past.“She would be bruised up,” said Amada Cooper, who described Medina as a controlling husband who tried to force her to quit her job as a server because he didn’t want her working nights.

The article Leroy posted was much better.

[Ksandra]

Err...my bad. I read the article from here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/0...uth-miami.html

The article Leroy posted was much better.

That article has the boss (note: not the writer) saying the husband was jealous AND he didn't want her working nights. It never says he didn't want her working nights BECAUSE he was jealous.

They were just saying what info the boss gave about him. I think you overreacted a bit.

[Qalbert]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...-to-terms.html

Man who created own credit card sues bank for not sticking to terms
When Dmitry Argarkov was sent a letter offering him a credit card, he found the rates not to his liking.

But he didn't throw the contract away or shred it. Instead, the 42-year-old from Voronezh, Russia, scanned it into his computer, altered the terms and sent it back to Tinkoff Credit Systems.

Mr Argarkov's version of the contract contained a 0pc interest rate, no fees and no credit limit. Every time the bank failed to comply with the rules, he would fine them 3m rubles (£58,716). If Tinkoff tried to cancel the contract, it would have to pay him 6m rubles.

Tinkoff apparently failed to read the amendments, signed the contract and sent Mr Argakov a credit card.

"The Bank confirmed its agreement to the client's terms and sent him a credit card and a copy of the approved application form," his lawyer Dmitry Mikhalevich told Kommersant. "The opened credit line was unlimited. He could afford to buy an island somewhere in Malaysia, and the bank would have to pay for it by law."

However, Tinkoff attempted to close the account due to overdue payments. It sued Mr Argakov for 45,000 rubles for fees and charges that were not in his altered version of the contract.



Earlier this week a Russian judge ruled in Mr Argakov's favour. Tinkoff had signed the contract and was legally bound to it. Mr Argakov was only ordered to pay an outstanding balance of 19,000 rubles (£371).

"They signed the documents without looking. They said what usually their borrowers say in court: 'We have not read it',” said Mr Mikhalevich.

But now Mr Argakov has taken matters one step further. He is suing Tinkoff for 24m rubles for not honouring the contract and breaking the agreement.

Tinkoff has launched its own legal action, accusing Mr Argakov of fraud.

Oleg Tinkov, founder of the bank, tweeted: "Our lawyers think he is going to get not 24m, but really 4 years in prison for fraud. Now it's a matter of principle for @tcsbanktwitter."

The court will review Mr Argakov's case next month.

[Ksandra]

Holy fucking lol. I hope he wins the lawsuit hahahah

[Callisto]

I don't think they can convict him of fraud because they failed to read a contract, especially if the changes he made weren't super fine print, but it's Russia so who knows.

[Tokitoki]

Are they claiming it is fraud because he altered the document and they didn't read it? Isn't that their own fault?

[Chun Liroy]

What I took out of that was no one reads the contract agreements and that russian currency is hilariously called rubles

[Ksandra]

I don't think they can convict him of fraud because they failed to read a contract, especially if the changes he made weren't super fine print, but it's Russia so who knows.

I am so curious as to what would happen if this was in the US.

[Acevalefor]

That article has the boss (note: not the writer) saying the husband was jealous AND he didn't want her working nights. It never says he didn't want her working nights BECAUSE he was jealous.

They were just saying what info the boss gave about him. I think you overreacted a bit.

I probably did. It's still irritating to read an article with opinions and hearsay mixed in with the facts. It's supposed to be journalism, not a message board or a blog.

[Callisto]

I am so curious as to what would happen if this was in the US.

In the US I'm pretty sure they would force the bank to honor it. Old link: http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac.../wn20-110.html but has a relevant part:

One of the great rules of law is that people are deemed to have read their contracts before they sign them. That means that the dishonest person's first argument ("I never read it; he just put it in front of me and made me sign it") is legally irrelevant. [Note: Yes, this can also be an honest person's argument, and it's equally irrelevant. So, word to the wise: read contracts before you sign them.] Absent some sort of fraud ("he said he wanted my autograph; I didn't know I was signing a contract"), the court will enforce the terms of a written agreement even if one of the parties insists he never read it and he agreed to something totally different.

[BaneTheBrawler]

hah. awesome.

[Ksandra]

In the US I'm pretty sure they would force the bank to honor it. Old link: http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac.../wn20-110.html but has a relevant part:

Someone go try it and tell us what happens.

[Callisto]

That article is 15 years old, but afaik the major tenets of contract law haven't really changed since then, or else people would actually get somewhere when they got shut the hell down by online entities for violating ToSs that they didn't read.