Mere consumers seeking services from/by the powerful — ordinary citizens eager to pay for the privilege of becoming a customer, tenant or patient, are required to sign an agreement binding them to provisions that are arbitrary, and egregiously favorable to the company or doctor, and to the significant disadvantage of the consumer.
for example:
“We have the right to assume that any letter we send to you is received”
“If we place a notice on the door of your apartment we have the right to assume that you have received it.”
The two above provisions suggest that a company may impose legal requirements and obligations without actually notifying the client. Or even trying to. They may simply assert the document was sent — and that's that.
“You agree to accept any treatment or medication that we propose for you.”
This stipulation by a medical provider is in violation of the accepted principle of a patient's right to refuse any treatment.
“In the event of a dispute between the parties of this contract you agree to arbitration in lieu of legal proceedings n a court of law.”
This imposes on the consumer a process which is regarded by some as a device to force the victim – uh, the client — to meekly submit to the will and power of the mighty.
“Arbitration clauses ... require parties to waive their rights to a jury trial. ... opponents of arbitration condemn the clauses for limited appeal options, allowing large corporations to effectively silence claims through 'private justice.' "
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My personal reaction to these impositions is an impotent fury. I have not consulted a doctor for years. And if I sign an agreement containing such as the above it is with reluctance — recognizing that my choice is to abandon all hope as I enter there.
“All hope abandon ye who enter here.” From Dante Alighieri's allegorical epic poem 'Divine Comedy'
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