DuPont Sucks, Sux, and Suxcks

I spoke again to my lawyer on my Incapability Pension case. He told me that by applying for Incapability the way Human Resources and DuPont Medical told me to, I didn't officially apply for it. They made me fill out forms for Total and Permanent Disability and they told me I had to -- that they would consider me first for Total and Permanent Disability and if I don't qualify, I would be considered for Incapability. My lawyer said they lied and duped me. He said they are completely separate and that Aetna cannot decide on whether I get Incap or not because it is a pension and is a funded while T&P is not. One is a benefit and one is welfare. I told him, just to be sure, he needed to appeal "the thing" they denied me, and then he can go ahead and officially request/apply for my Incap directly from DuPont (not through Aetna). He said by reading the denial letter he can tell the person who wrote it is not a professional. I am peeved he is not collecting anymore data to fight my case (figuring out what we need to prove to get me the pension); he's just reapplying/appealing. I have no idea how much he is costing me. I hate DuPont.

I sent this lawyer a lot of documentation; more than he asked for. He didn't read it, but looked over it when he called to discuss it (peeved me again). He talked over me a lot telling me things I already knew while I was trying to tell him facts about my case he hasn't heard yet. (More peeving). He is supposed to be really good at going after DuPont in these matters so I am giving him a lot of rope. Anyway, in peeking at some of the documentation, he said I had a good case to go after DuPont for more than Incap. He suggested I sue DuPont for giving me leukemia and making me suffer. He gave me a name of a lawyer. I called him and he called me back today. As he explains it, the only recourse I have is to go after Worker's Compensation. Worker's Comp is crap. It's like a no-fault divorce, even though your spouse cheated on you with 3 different lovers of different sexual orientations, had 2 children with them, gave you several STD's, and spent all your savings on prostitutes. "No one is at fault;" "it's a clean break." That's Worker's Comp. All DuPont would owe me, if I won, is to pay my unpaid medical bills which were less than $10k. Since I got a better job, they owe me no salary. Anyway, they would have only been obligated to pay 65% of my income while I was on medical leave, instead they paid me 100%... I'd probably owe them money if I won. That's DuPont... I mean, DELAWARE law. You can only sue for Worker's Comp... even if they knowingly and willfully tried to kill you. If it was on the job, they get away with murder for Wal-Mart prices. I found this out today. I was HOT! If DuPont poisons the ground water at and around a plant, the neighbors can sue for billions and are set for life; the poor saps that work for them and drink the same damn water and die from the same damn diseases get 65% of their salary (DuPont only has to make up for anything Social Security and your personal insurance don't cover, up to 65%). Worker's Comp sucks, sux, and suxcks. You sign away your rights when you sign up to work for a company. Beware. (Still peeved, can you tell?)

Tomorrow I head for Delaware. I have the movers coming on Tuesday and Wednesday. I close on the house on Friday. I should never have to return... oh, well, except to sue those bastards stealing my pension.... Do me a favor and take advantage of them if you work for them, will you? I hate them. I will spread my wrath as far and wide as I can. I will spread the rumor that Teflon-coating gives you tumors. I will say Tyvek promotes the growth of black mold. I will whisper in everyone's ear that DuPont uses child-labor in China, Thailand, and Ethiopia. Oh, and for those tough guys out there, I'll make them believe Nomex and Kevlar leaves you impotent. Firefighters, policemen, marines, and Navy SEALs will all demand other ways to protect themselves and their little friends. Yes, yes, I'm a lunatic. DuPont has made me a lunatic, but it happened on the job, so they don't owe me anything...

In my Westinghouse world, turns out, everything I know about pumps that make me an expert, has absolutely no value to Westinghouse. Their pumps last 20 years or more without maintenance. They run the same flow day-in/day-out... on the Best Efficiency Point. They always have plenty of Net Positive Suction Head to avoid the ravages of cavitation and provide plenty of submergence to avoid vortexing and its associated woes. They only pump water (granted, it's radioactive, 600 degrees F and at 2260 psi, but it's not corrosive, explosive, erosive, viscous, Non-Newtonian, coking, structurally delicate, or stinky). And they only use one pump design/size. It's sick. What the hell do they need me for? The stuff they worry about and need me to help them with I know NOTHING about (tolerance stack-up changes with respect to thermal and radiation effects, for example)... and they are paying me like I'm an expert. They are slowly realizing their folly, I'm sure. Luckily they are too nice to fire me yet. See why I need my pension? I'm going to be unemployed soon.