What a waste
Yesterday was the biggest waste of time and mileage. My co-worker and I had to go to court, we were subpoenaed, but we had no idea why. So we got the directions, and with the permission of our supervisors, left at 9:00. We were supposed to report at 12:30 for a 1:00 trial start. Rockville is only ~1 hour from Annapolis, but they wanted to be sure we'd have time to get lost, stuck in traffic and have lunch and still be there on time. Ok, wonderful.So we got there at 10:00. Now I used to work near Rockville, and a number of my friends lived out there, but I'm still not all that familiar with the area. So what to do with the 2 1/2 hours before we have to be there? Well, we drive down Rockville Pike, of course, in search of a place to shop. I was sort of thinking about White Flint, but it was too far down the road. We wound up at Old Navy and, since I'd just been to the one in Annapolis the day before (after picking up the perfect shoes I had time) I didn't buy anything. It was better than being at work, but so obvious we were wasting time. We decided to just take a long lunch for the rest of the time we had.
We went back to court and waited patiently outside the specific room until the doors opened and we were allowed to go in - about 12:45. So then we waited patiently in line to check in with the State's Atty as directed. When we got up there she was just as confused as we were about or relevance to the case. Great, now there were 3 of us. Eventually (sometime around 1:15 or so) the lawyer B* that summoned us showed up and came to talk with us. It turns out that she wanted both of us there to say, under oath, that yes her client had reported the accident. That was it. Apparently just one of us, or the official letter that had already been mailed and received weren't quite good enough. How fricking annoying. It gets better. Now, armed with us, she confronted the State's Atty about dropping the case - and it was. (Apparently the client was being tried for either providing false insurance information or something like that, I don't really know.) We didn't even have to state one thing under oath or even see the judge (we left around 1:30 and they were still checking people in so he hadn't made an appearance yet).
We got back to Annapolis around 3:00 and, since I was told when the trial was over my work day was done, I took the opportunity to run out and finish up my shopping.
The only other thing I managed to accomplish yesterday was wrapping gifts! I am now finished and it feels so good to not have that to worry with...
posted by Ali @ 8:58 AM
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