From the AP: Dutch Law Grad Gains Infamy With E-Mail
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Even for his fellow lawyers, a Dutch law school graduate may have a gone a bit too far in expressing a desire to strike it rich.
Reinder Eekhof, a freshly minted lawyer, recently wrote in an e-mail that he had "finally finished this stupid education," and was "now looking for someone crazy enough to dump a suitcase full of money in my lap every month."
The e-mail was meant for a friend at the Houthoff Buruma law firm. But Eekhof mistyped the address and his missive landed in the inbox of someone in the communications department instead.
That person forwarded it, and soon the e-mail was being read at law firms across the Netherlands.
"Good luck with your career," wrote one lawyer who saw the e-mail. Another noted that "the advantage is that now everyone in the legal profession in Holland knows your name."
Still, it appears Eekhof's e-mail hasn't turned off law firms looking for a young lawyer to fill their ranks.
"We're having him in for an interview about an internship," said Marry de Gaay Fortman, managing partner at Houthoff. "But I understand he's also in talks with several other firms about a job."
Eekhof could not immediately be reached for comment.
I'll never feel bad about my own foot-in-mouth indiscretions ever again.
But on the other hand, now we all know that there is at least one honest Dutch lawyer.
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