Life with a Law Student: Justifications & Excuses

 

 Dirty laundry (Mr. Cinical’s) on the dining table, on the floor. Everywhere.

Me: “Hey, please throw all your dirty laundry into the laundry bag!”

Mr. Cinical: “The laundry bag’s not in the usual spot!”

Me: “Excuses, excuses.”

Mr. Cinical: “It’s not an excuse. It’s a justification. Justifications exonerate one’s actions, means I’m absolved from all blame. An excuse is meant to invite sympathy for one’s action, with presumption of blame.”

Arms Length Pricing

Random thought of the day – Why is it that in business transactions (even between related entities), we always go for arms-length’s pricing in order to meet a tax/customs/transfer pricing requirement , while in a social setting, we always do the “can you give me a special (read: lower) price, just because we are related?”

Oh never mind.