I am going to Jail

The following was a rant from my friend Chayama. Well, my experience today definitely "one uped her".... (BTW, this is also a proof that I actually went thru all the proper procedures...in case I go to JAIL!!!

1. Woke up today and realized that I got to call the court to figure out if my "ghost" speeding ticket from NYE is finally in the system since today is suppose to be my date with the Pomona Municipal court.

2. (...1 hour and 79 callers later). The court clerk said that the ticket does not show up in his system and that I should just let it go for now and call back often for the next year to see if it is in the system.

3. The banker sent me a horrific story about how Mrs. Banker's boss lost her DL because of the same incident.

4. Horrified (since iI still have a outstanding court date on 5/13 for my front license plate fixer citation) I call the automated system again....and again, after 1 hour and 79 callers, I got another court clerk who told me I should come to the court anyway.

5. (11:15AM) left for lunch early so I can rush to Pomona Courthouse. On the off ramp, MY TICKET FLEW AWAY!!!!!!

6. I thought I should give the court system a try, and I got scolded by the front desk receptionist who promptly sent me back to work….

3:00PM. Call the system again, and wrote down the Clerk’s name Linnet who by the way has a cute voice on line 62 (2/14/06). As a proof showing I have made a concerted effort to get this out of the way….so now its just wait and see and call everyweek until 12/31/06….



JUST LET ME PAY OFF THE DAMN TICKET!!
#$*(&#@!!!




wack court system

here's my worthless but absolutely necessary rant... back in october 2005, i got a ticket for driving too fast in a supposed construction zone (yes, to jog your memory this was the one i received right in front of my office building).anyhoo, i was really eager to pay this little puppy off and get it out of the way - argh, figures things never go as planned...despite waiting more than two months for my bail amount paperwork, i got zilch in the mail. after coming to the conclusion that santa wasn't going to be mailing me any presents, i decided to take the initiative and figure out what the heck was going on with my ticket.and so it began - the tedious, time-consuming and long-winded judicial process...(all just to take care of one darn ticket)**********attempt 1 -> the online xxx courthouse ticket payment system:- y is repeatedly told that no such citation number or ticket exists
attempt 2 -> the xxx court helpline:- y is put on hold so the 76 callers prior to her call can be helped first (no joke...an automated voice literally tells you how many callers are waiting to be assisted)
- (following a painfully long 35 minute wait) y is flatly told by an operator that there's no record of any ticket in the system, then cautioned that the absence of any data in the computer database only means the courthouse is backlogged with its paperwork
- y is ordered to come to courthouse on the date written at bottom of yellow ticket copyattempt 3 -> the xxx courthouse:
- disgruntled y forks out money for public parking
- y waits in line for a painful 2.5 hours to only be told by the office clerk (for the millionth time) that no such traffic citation exists and no kind of payment can be permitted or submitted until the officer's paperwork is recorded in the system
- y is handed a two week extension notice and told to report back to the courthouse again
- y then throws a (remarkably restrained) sh!tfit, and is then lectured about a bs rule where a cop is granted up to 1 year to file his citation paperwork and that until he chooses to do so, it's not the court's responsibility for any missing, absent, or undocumented traffic cases; clerk also squeezes in a cya clause noting that failure to show up for court extensions could result in a warrant for arrest (that is, if the cop happens to file all of his paperwork after the two week grace period expires) attempt 4 -> the xxx courthouse - two weeks later
- extra disgruntled y pays again for public parking (severe annoyance sets in at having to fork out money because of a lazya$$ cop)
- y waits once again in line (moderate concern over getting fired kicks in due to the repeated morning absences)
- y is now handed a 1 month court extension notice by the same worthless office clerk who could've just busted out the longer extension in the first placeokie, enough 3rd person talk...=> then, exactly two days after counterproductive court visit #2, i randomly receive a personal court order notice from who else but mr. lazyfatugly police officer himself (can you tell i'm taking it really personally w/ him now) assigning my court date to xx day at xx time...omg, JUST LET ME PAY OFF THE DAMN TICKET!!

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