Take on the Hampton Bay Criminal

As the loyal TOR readers know, we have been involved in a year long dispute pinning good versus evil.   The good represent all that is true and honest in this world the small people who act accordingly and respectfully of others.  The evil comes in the form of an Irish lady who rented us a house for 5 days last summer in the Hampton Bays.
I did not then and will not now complain about the accommodations as the house was lovely and the negotiated price reasonable.  Our  problem came a few weeks later when Ms Flanagan started what would become an endless tale of lies, dishonesty and deceit.

See there is a basic concept about a business transaction which apparently they don't adhere to in her nestled privileged life.  This concept is that when a vacationer departs the house and leaves it in good standing that the deposit is to be returned as is contractually obligated.  The problem when you deal with unscrupulous people is that they piss on common decency and defy state law.  See instead of returning the $500 unprompted, I had to first track Ms Flanagan down and after a few days she when I did she told me the check was is the mail. I guess I should have smelled something funny but I usually take people at their word but in the world of the unground Ms. Flanagan's 'check is in the mail' was code for 'you are never getting your money'.  

Anyway a few days pass and when the promissed check didn't appear I called and she said it would be sent when she returned from the Hamptons.  Funny how that happens, first you say it is in the mail and then you say it will be sent soon, this was the first of many times Ms. Flanagan proved to be dishonest. 
Well anybody who has any sense knows what basically happens next.    Ms Flanagan and I go through a complicated tango which involves me calling to ask for my money and her coming up with one excuse or another for not sending it.    I asked a lawyer friend to get involved and they too were promised quick payment...to no avail

At some point, she probably decided that she was running out of excuses and she just started ignoring my emails and phone calls.  Every once in a while she would accidentally answer her call probably without checking her caller ID but she would hang up on me as soon as she realized who was on the other side of the line. 

We realized that this wasn't going to get resolved through normal conversation and prodding so after 5 months of misery we took her to small claims court.. As you can imagine she didn't show.up for that either.   Since the evidence was overwhelming we won judgment easily but once again Ms Flanagan did not do what was right as she defied the court and to this day still has not paid.  

See in Linda Flanagan's world everybody is beneath her.  Her actions prove that she does not believe in common courtesy, sound business practice or even court judgement so after we felt we exhausted all reasonable avenues we took to the airwaves and voiced our grievances online.

The good news was that this was like sending out a bat-symbol for the untrustworthy and dishonest because after months of chasing Ms  Flanagan she finally called us.  She said she was sorry for putting our family through this yet offered no explanation for her delinquency or downright obnoxious behavior including hanging up on my wife.   She told us her husband was going to 'have you arrested for slander' but she convinced him otherwise as she didn't want to embarass herself any further than she had already (if you only knew Ms. Flanagan you are a walking embarrasment)

I didn't have the heart to tell her that not only can you not be 'arrested' for slander but if everything you say is true than there wouldn't be any grounds for it anyway.   Of course Ms Flanagan has proven time and time again that she believes that she is above the laws of both this country but above the rules of common decency so I guess you cannot expect her to feel like a little thing called 'facts' would ever get in her way.  

Anyway she promised to resolve the matter by sending our money and assured me it would be in the mail that day.....that was 12 days ago.

I will give you one guess to whether or not she kept her word.