Friday, August 04, 2006
order in this here court, ya hear?
ok. we dressed like we were going to a summer wedding. actually, steve was in his wedding outfit, complete with wedding tie- see picture- minus rose. I wore a flowered dress that i actually fit in! woohoo. we were on time. we were nervously scanning the crowd of plaintiffs/defendants for our evildoer. we didnt see him. the judge came in, we stood. we sat. we waited. we saw 4 plaintiffs go before judge with no defendant present. they all won like within 5 seconds. meanwhile, i don't see our evil floor man, and i have a 2 page script detailing our ordeal. i started to freak out. we cannot go up there with all this info. then a real case goes forward complete with spanish translator, who also looked like she was attending the same wedding. dressed in her loud black/white floral dress, she ran from plaintiff to defendant, and back. and forth. it was funny. so the judge calls us up again to see if our other party is here. nope. so we go forward and stand at this wooden partition thingy. I was looking for mr brady to drop the book. the judge asked us for the contract. he asked for the cashed check, which we did not have b/c the bank never sent it although we paid for the fedex! but guess what, there is this oath thing and we were under it and the judge ALLOWED that as proof. sweet! he read over the contract. and awarded judgement to us!!! wooooooohoooooooooo. we didnt show any of our pics, or our returned unopened envelope with small claims court info. NOW, the funny thing about small claims court is that you as the plaintiff have to get the $ on your own. There is no sheriff appearing at the buttheads door. but we have a friend who has a few collections agents who owe him some favors. and boy do we need a favor. pay us, you stinking slime ball! i wish he held him in contempt. phooey! hours preparing for court appearance: 10, minutes in front of judge: 5, judgement awarded: $2000 + interest from april 2006+ court fees, hours spent in Fairfax county court room 2F: 1.25, feeling of satisfaction: priceless.
ok. we dressed like we were going to a summer wedding. actually, steve was in his wedding outfit, complete with wedding tie- see picture- minus rose. I wore a flowered dress that i actually fit in! woohoo. we were on time. we were nervously scanning the crowd of plaintiffs/defendants for our evildoer. we didnt see him. the judge came in, we stood. we sat. we waited. we saw 4 plaintiffs go before judge with no defendant present. they all won like within 5 seconds. meanwhile, i don't see our evil floor man, and i have a 2 page script detailing our ordeal. i started to freak out. we cannot go up there with all this info. then a real case goes forward complete with spanish translator, who also looked like she was attending the same wedding. dressed in her loud black/white floral dress, she ran from plaintiff to defendant, and back. and forth. it was funny. so the judge calls us up again to see if our other party is here. nope. so we go forward and stand at this wooden partition thingy. I was looking for mr brady to drop the book. the judge asked us for the contract. he asked for the cashed check, which we did not have b/c the bank never sent it although we paid for the fedex! but guess what, there is this oath thing and we were under it and the judge ALLOWED that as proof. sweet! he read over the contract. and awarded judgement to us!!! wooooooohoooooooooo. we didnt show any of our pics, or our returned unopened envelope with small claims court info. NOW, the funny thing about small claims court is that you as the plaintiff have to get the $ on your own. There is no sheriff appearing at the buttheads door. but we have a friend who has a few collections agents who owe him some favors. and boy do we need a favor. pay us, you stinking slime ball! i wish he held him in contempt. phooey! hours preparing for court appearance: 10, minutes in front of judge: 5, judgement awarded: $2000 + interest from april 2006+ court fees, hours spent in Fairfax county court room 2F: 1.25, feeling of satisfaction: priceless.
