It DID NOT seem that long ago, when I felt that I was constantly pumping a dry well, that occasionally produced a mere trickle of water coming from the spout ... and only enough to keep my mouth from caking into crevices large enough to warehouse furniture made in China.
After being fired from a position as a salesman, while working for an American Company selling furniture, mainly coming from outside of America ... I took it upon myself to follow the rules and procedures laid down by the State of Colorado, in asking for my wages through a demand for payment, only to be snubbed ... not only by the State Agency; the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, but also by the company itself.
My termination came after nearly two years of constant harassment and humiliating treatment, that began on my first day of being "On the Sales Floor" where ... after selling almost $20,000.00 worth of merchandise on that first Saturday ... I was sent home just after 6:00pm. It was then I knew that I would have to be very careful, since I had already incurred the wrath of the store manager, mainly because I had been accused of a procedure called, "Stacking," by another salesperson, one of approximately fifty-five others.
Stacking is when a salesman endears him or herself to a customer, who wishes to work with him or her, while they are continually helping others. Of course, it's a very fine line knowing that; in sales it becomes a bit of personality between the customer and the sales person and will take some time ... since buying large ticket items are not easy decisions that are made so easily.
And so, it was on that day, that I decided to keep very detailed records and a journal regarding all of the invoices, hours, names, dates and every little nuance regarding the business of selling furniture for Colorado's largest Furniture Warehouse and possibly the largest in America.
And in keeping those records, I also began reading the Colorado wage laws pertaining to the regulations of a commissioned sales person, knowing that I was also being required, by this company to be a cleaning man, telephone operator, furniture mover, inventory clerk and tagging administrator, aside from attending sales conference and training meetings ... and being an accountant in certifying the convoluted method of a constant retail mess this company created for its employees and customers.
And with this, so begins the story of Attorneys Michael O'Malley and Ronald Podboy who were recently sanctioned by the Colorado Attorney Board of Regulations while representing a group of employees who had filed a lawsuit against American Furniture Warehouse. This is a story that began with one plaintiff, Mason Ramsey, (me) who filed an initial drafted complaint and argument in the 17th Judicial District of Colorado in Adams County, which eventually blossomed into representation from the aforementioned attorneys with an additional forty-five (45) plaintiffs, and ended up in clustered quagmire of deceit and treachery.
This is a true story, and so I should have no problem with any liabilities ... knowing that "The Truth is its own Best Defense."
However, I have been warned that Jake Jabs is a very vindictive and vengeful individual, to which I have witnessed first hand, while in court at end of his middle finger, after a mis-trial was declared in his favor, at the hands of Judge who made it easy to allow the mis-steps in any judicial justice.
If you will take time in following this story, you will come to know that; all is not fair, even through the legal and judicial system ... but I am about to lay it out in a public forum, to give anyone who will read and understand this simple statement; if you do not stand up for your rights and convictions, you are bound to be pushed down and mired in the muck of it all.
I am not afraid of people like Jake Jabs, his sneaky attorneys, my former attorneys, my present attorneys or the judicial system - because; I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG. (To be Continued)
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