Well the bankruptcy papers arrived a week ago from Goody’s Family Clothing and I have delayed filling them out due to my own ignorance of the legal system. It’s funny you go to school and learn about the three branches of the government, you learn about the justice system but the one thing they don’t teach you is how to fill out a legal claims form. I realize this event doesn’t happen to most people, but then again I never get stopped on the street and asked what the three branches of government are called. So I did what anyone would do, I called my dad who is a lawyer and said “help!!” The consensus was fill out the pink and yellow forms. Basically fill them all out and let the lawyers for Goody’s figure out which one is necessary. Besides, it seems silly to file a claim for money from a company that not only went bankrupt but is non-existent. I hear there are still remnants of the company left but honestly I couldn’t care less what happens to that company at this point. Lots of great experience came from my 7 years at Goody’s. But then with good came bad including layoffs like clock-work. I worked with some fantastic people and some that could only be described as bottom dweller scum suckers. Lots of those critical life lessons you hear about. All experiences I truly value, but definitely time to move on.
Anyways, so I filled out the forms, stuffed them in the envelopes put stamps on them and with any luck someone will be sending me a check!! Should I wait by the door? Perhaps Mr. Dabaah who was one that I feel is one of the most responsible for the failure of the company will come to my house with balloons and a giant check. Wouldn’t that be a sight?
You might ask why I am even filing a claim? Because Goody’s was in violation of the WARN act for the 500+ people they laid off on January 12th by not giving any of us notice. When a company fails to provide notice that they are shutting down, etc they are in violation of the WARN act and from what I understand are liable to provide up to 60 days pay. With any luck that should be a nice extra chunk of change. But in all honesty, I don’t expect anything to come from this. After all the company has so many creditors they owe money to and my claim is nothing compared to the millions they owe Levi and the other big brands.
Interesting fact, Goody’s has screwed over so many vendors using a number of “names” they operated under. My favorite has got to be “SYDOOG” Yep, they had a company named GOODYS backwards.
With so many companies doing so many things there is no wonder why the economy is in trouble. Auto makers begging for billions to “keep customer confidence. Umm Auto industry, you have already lost the confidence of the consumer when you said “we need billions to stay afloat.” Filing bankruptcy would actually bring confidence from most consumers because we would know your business model was being restructured and you were being put into a stronger position to continue to conduct business. Being handed billions on a failing business model isn’t going to do anything but delay the collapse.
Pizza is another industry that is a bit irritating right now. When fuel prices sky rocketed Pizza hut and others implemented a mandatory delivery fee of about $2.00 per order. This fee from what I understand doesn’t go to the driver but the company for the increased cost of delivering goods to the pizza franchise. Well, with gas prices at a 3 or 4 year low where they have been for a few weeks now. That meakes me ask why did I pay that $2 fee last night when I ordered pizza?
Companies really aren’t making a lot of sense right now. The big thing is they aren’t being honest to the consumers, sort of reminds me of this dude to the right.
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