Originally Posted by
Paragraph377
It most certainly is a tactic. Especially when they give you a ‘show cause’ and just a few days to respond. By sending it at 16:59 on a Friday it’s difficult for you to pull the management team together over the weekend, so you lose 2 days straight away. Despicable creatures.
It's designed to ruin your weekend because you cannot respond for two days. Its a very old and childish lawyers trick - akin to putting a turd in a persons letterbox. I've had it done to me by a supposedly reputable Australian Merchant Bank years ago.