[Richard]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

I'm not trying to start a debate, but has anyone noticed that these hostage standoffs only happen in places where people don't generally carry guns? Why don't these cowardly psychos pull this BS in a police station or someplace like that? They alway pick places where no one will be able to fight back and that makes me want to get my hands on them all the more.

Generally speaking Bart you and I have agreed more then disagreed over the years but this time I have to say you don't have any facts in front of you to make those assumptions. Cowardly psycho....maybe he was a working man and with all of WCB's treachery he is about to lose everything he owns. Speaking from experience the worst thing you can be in a WCB case is someone who just wants to get fixed so you can provide for your family. They use that little nugget against you by running you broke to the point of bankruptcy then offer you some chickenshit settlement to go away.
Some men lose everything including their families and when it gets unbearable they believe they are left with two choices go out alone or take the bastard with them Though that may be skewed logic to a rational thinking man take a walk in this guys shoes.

[Yogi]

Richard Richard:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

I'm not trying to start a debate, but has anyone noticed that these hostage standoffs only happen in places where people don't generally carry guns? Why don't these cowardly psychos pull this BS in a police station or someplace like that? They alway pick places where no one will be able to fight back and that makes me want to get my hands on them all the more.

Generally speaking Bart you and I have agreed more then disagreed over the years but this time I have to say you don't have any facts in front of you to make those assumptions. Cowardly psycho....maybe he was a working man and with all of WCB's treachery he is about to lose everything he owns. Speaking from experience the worst thing you can be in a WCB case is someone who just wants to get fixed so you can provide for your family. They use that little nugget against you by running you broke to the point of bankruptcy then offer you some chickenshit settlement to go away.
Some men lose everything including their families and when it gets unbearable they believe they are left with two choices go out alone or take the bastard with them Though that may be skewed logic to a rational thinking man take a walk in this guys shoes.

[BionicBunny]

I'm taking a guess WCB screwed around with him? I am not saying the WCB employees deserve what they get but if this guy was run through their system, I can sympathize. It is still no excuse to do what he has done.

I have gone through the WCB ringer twice. The first time they refused compensation because I went back 1 day earlier than doctor's recomendations. The second time WCB was telling me to go back to work early against doctor's recommendations.

I bugged and bugged when I was off work for 1 1/2 months. I told them I had bills to pay and put food on the table. They tried to get sympathy and told me they were overloaded with cases (well gee, hire some more frickin' workers).

Long story short, they didn't care, my case handler was a witch, they wouldn't let me apply for another case handler and I didn't see any money until a week after I returned to work (They made the decision 1 1/2 months after my injury). By then I was deeply in debt and if it wasn't for my family, I would have been in some serious trouble. I filled out all the paperwork, kept them up to date via phone but none of it mattered. Someone told me (and I agree with it now), WCB works for your employer and not for you.

[DrCaleb]

BionicBunny BionicBunny:

I'm taking a guess WCB screwed around with him? I am not saying the WCB employees deserve what they get but if this guy was run through their system, I can sympathize. It is still no excuse to do what he has done.

From the sounds of it, my impressions were correct. He has gone through the wringer. He was hurt on the job, his Doctor says he is not fit to return, the WCB Doctor says he is fit. That's the end of the discussion, benefits terminated, return to work and suck it up princess. He was also living in Government assisted housing, for people with Disabilities.

$1:

As he sat in the prisoner's box, Clayton constantly wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his blue coveralls from the Edmonton Remand Centre.

When the judge asked Clayton if he had a lawyer, he replied he couldn't afford one.

"I can't afford nothing," he said.

Clayton was remanded into custody and will return to court on Oct. 30.
Injured workers in the courtroom

About six injured workers were at the court appearance to show sympathy to people who are struggling with their WCB claims.

"I've never been treated more ignorantly in my life than by those people," said Jack Baird, who was injured on the job and ended up with a pinched nerve, which he said makes it impossible to lift a box over his head.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story ... aking.html

I don't think WCB would be so bad, it it weren't MANDITORY for Alberta employers to carry insurance from this private company. Then there might be some competition.