Told you so!

Have you ever had the opportunity to rub something in someone else's face?  Like, you tell your kid not to put their hand in an open flame and off to the emergency room you had to go because kid didn't listen?  

Maybe it was the time you told a buddy that not paying taxes would result in the IRS come knocking on their door and they get audited 5 years running?

Maybe it was the time you told your classmate that if they didn't uncross their eyes that they would stay that way and they wound up wearing glasses?

Satisfying, isn't it?

Take, for example a former student of mine who came up to me many moons ago.  Seems, once upon a time, I had said something during a library tour about AmJur Proof of Facts.  For those not in law school or who may never use AmJur Proof of Facts,

Proof of Facts provides expert advice on how best to prepare your case. It shows how to determine which facts are essential and how to prove them. It discusses the elements of proof, practice and evidentiary considerations, and defense considerations, and provides model discovery. It is organized and indexed so you can find facts-in-issue, sample proofs, and collateral references quickly and easily. Question-and-answer dialogues guide lawyers in assembling facts, preparing factual issues for settlement or trial, and examining every type of witness. Technical, scientific, and medical information help the user speak the language of the experts.

Now, back to former student.  Seems former student was interviewing for a job - a really good job - when the interviewer asked him whether he was familiar with AmJur Proof of Facts.  I mean, it's one of those questions that are so out in left field but so apropos that you'd never expect it in a real life interview.

Anyway, former student vaguely remembered something I said during a tour of the library about how useful it was and that it helped me (the professor) so many times in real life.  

Former student, couldn't actually remember anything I'd said about AmJur Proof of Facts but he did remember that I had told them how awesome it was and that I liked it and, wouldn't you know it, student got the job BECAUSE he knew enough to say he had heard me talk about it.

Yeah, pat me on the back.  Seems AmJur Proof of Facts is so popular with students' new employer that new employer insists former student include it with everything former student submits.  What is even more surprising is that someone was actually listening in class!  

Who knew?!

I guess it's one of those things that sticks to a synaptic connection somewhere in the brain that you hope you'll never have to use but are sure glad you had it when you need it.

Yeah, it's just like that.