Sunday, April 15, 2007
Funny Stuff at the Court House
In my recent court experience, I encountered some pretty funny stuff at the courthouse. They have all kinds of signs there, with all kinds of rules and regulations. One of them is that if you are there to proffer charges against someone, you must pay $10, and it must be cash. You do this at a certain window, where they have a sign that says:
Business Licenses
Marriage Licenses
Criminal Cases
How thoughtful of them to lump “marriage licenses” and “criminal cases” together – although it strikes me as being somewhat redundant.
For marriage licenses, the sign says it’s cash payment only – checks will not be accepted. I suspect they are afraid the marriage might not last for as long as it takes to clear the check. (Who, me, jaded? Nahhhhhh! Well, yeah, I guess so.)
I guess this funny stuff makes up for all the people who work there who are decidedly lacking in a sense of humor, which seemed to be pretty much everybody I encountered. Guess they had to check it at the door.
Business Licenses
Marriage Licenses
Criminal Cases
How thoughtful of them to lump “marriage licenses” and “criminal cases” together – although it strikes me as being somewhat redundant.
For marriage licenses, the sign says it’s cash payment only – checks will not be accepted. I suspect they are afraid the marriage might not last for as long as it takes to clear the check. (Who, me, jaded? Nahhhhhh! Well, yeah, I guess so.)
I guess this funny stuff makes up for all the people who work there who are decidedly lacking in a sense of humor, which seemed to be pretty much everybody I encountered. Guess they had to check it at the door.
# posted by Anne Arky @ 5:16 PM 
