Arbitration & Mediation

Are We a Society of Procrastinators?

By Christopher Annunziata

Abraham Lincoln once wrote “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” But it seems like most of the people with whom I deal follow Mark Twain’s aphorism,”Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.”  This applies to both professional and pro se alike.

Despite the fact that the mediation coordinators of the various court-referred programs send out the Order scheduling mediation with a minimum of three weeks notice, I don’t know how many phone calls I get from parties seeking to reschedule or cancel court-referred cases the day/night before the mediation.    That is, if I get a call at all.

The only explanation I can think of is…………………

Eh, I’ll finish this later.

Full post as published by CKA Mediation and Arbitration Services Blog on November 14, 2008 (boomark / email).