[fabsroman]

TD,

Welcome to my life. Most of the time, Judges tend to call cases with attorneys in them first so that I do not have to sit through all that crap, but on some occassions I do. When people start to tell me about how bad they were treated by a Judge or a police officer, I tell them to go to court a couple of days and just sit there and see what these Judges and police officers have to deal with. The thing I have heard in Court make me either want to burst out laughing at the stupidity of the entire thing:

Here are some examples:
1. One man spoke for over 5 minutes, which consisted of 10 pages of notes, about why he shouldn't be guilty of speeding in this one instance because he had been doing it all the time and was never pulled over before. He was pulled over for 40 in a 25 school zone and he was arguing that he had always done it before and no police officer pulled him over those other times. He continued to argue how he has been speeding in PA for several years. At the end of it all, the Judge asked what his record looked like, I guess the Judge was tired of listening to him and wanted to just give him probation before judgment. That is when the guy said, "Well, that is another matter." The judge looked up the guy's driving record and he had 7 out of a possible 12 points. 8 points gets a person's license suspended in Maryland, 12 revoked. The Judge gave him everything and I felt like knocking him upside his head.

2. Just the other day I had two foreigners, both doctors, in a Courtroom where they were hearing cases for Protective Orders related to physical abuse. These guys got up there and started arguing about $150,000 that one owed to the other. The Judge kept trying to tell them that they were in the wrong courtroom because neither of them had been physically harmed and neither of them were worried about physical harm from the other. They kept insisting that their attorneys were about to file this case in Federal Court but that they needed the protective order in the meantime. What the one guy probably needed was an injunction or temporary restraining order to prevent the other guy from spending the money, but that is usually done when the civil case is filed. The Judge dismissed the case and these guys still kept on going. The Judge finally had to say, "Be quiet and be seated" before these guys would shut up. There went another 10 minutes of Court time. My biggest question is, if you are arguing over $150,000, why not hire an attorney and if you have an attorney and he tells you to file something on your own, fire the attorney.

3. Next was my case on the same day. This lady had called the police on my client because she was mad at him because he was breaking up with her. She did this once before too and then dropped the charges. To make a long story short, the domestic violence division got her to sign a report in English, but she needed an interpreter in Court. She showed up without the domestic violence unit attorney and I knew that she didn't want to go through with it. However, her attorney did not stick around to tell the Judge that. Instead, the Judge thought this lady was representing herself pro se. Well, the Judge tried to lead her down the right path, but he couldn't get there. Then he told me that I was free to ask her any questions I'd like. Only needed one. Do you want the Judge to issue a Protective Order so that you and my client cannot see each other over the next six months. Her answer NO. The Judge was pissed at this point and wanted to know why she applied for the Protective Order. Her answer, everybody was telling me to do it and I kind of felt forced to do it. Don't get me wrong, I understand the battered wife syndrome, but I don't think this lady is anywhere close to that.

Okay, I am done with my rant for now.

LW,

The ear ring/loop is because they are simple minded. They can hook their car/house keys to that loop so that they do not forget them.

As far as the Subway sandwich maker is concerned, I think I would lose my appetite if I saw somebody like that making my sandwich.