Ken White
Me: [looking extremely confused]
Judge on Zoom: May we help you Mr. White?
Me: I'm sorry, your Honor, I expected Judge X to be here for the criminal calendar.
Judge on Zoom: Judge X?
Me: Yes?
Judge on Zoom: I'm not familiar with Judge X.
Me: [increasingly concerned and confused] I confirmed the hearing with Judge X's clerk but perhaps I got it wrong.
Judge: Perhaps?
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Show threadKen WhiteJan 25, 2023

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Me: [Suddenly spotting county seal behind judge] Wuh-oh.
Judge: Mr. White?
Me: Sorry, your honor, I'm in the wrong . . . courtroom. Thank you.
Judge: Good day, Mr. White.

Dear reader: it's technically true I was in the wrong courtroom, although more importantly I was in the right department but the wrong county.

Show threadDan Curtis JohnsonJan 25, 2023
@Popehat "But look, while I'm hear, I might as well defend someone! Who you got?"
Show threadDan Curtis JohnsonJan 27, 2023
@Popehat Embarrassed that my first Mastodon post to get a bunch of likes has a ridiculous typo in it.
Show threadMichael RawdonJan 27, 2023
@crisperthanthou @Popehat Wow, this place really is just like Twitter!
Show threadDirk HohndelJan 25, 2023
@Popehat You recognize county seals? Dude… on a Zoom screen that‘s a mad skill…
Show threadBrianJan 25, 2023
@Popehat A problem that's easier to fix over video than in person...
Show threadcommchfJan 25, 2023
@Popehat whew, you're only geographically in error, good thing it wasn't a legal error ;)
Show threadJohn MinnihanJan 25, 2023

@Popehat i once went to the wrong airport + discovered this at the security checkpoint

hilarity ensured

Show threadsmartwatermelon Jan 26, 2023
@jbminn There are two hospitals in San Francisco that are right next to each other. I had an appointment at one, showed up at the other, was confused but the desk nurse didn't laugh too much.
Show threadEnema CowboyJan 25, 2023
@Popehat
https://youtu.be/HT4RainY-lY
Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time

YouTube
Show threadMichael OlsenJan 25, 2023
@Popehat I read the second post first and thought you were physically in court and thus I expected this to be a much bigger problem than it turned out to be with the whole "wrong county" thing and all.
Show threadKen of EarthJan 25, 2023
@Popehat
On the plus side, you weren't a cat.
Show threadPeteJan 25, 2023
@Popehat 🤷‍♂️
Show threadThe Dadman Who Laughs 🇺🇦Jan 25, 2023
@Popehat The lawyer equivalent of the dream where you go to high school naked. 🤣
Show threadT. Austin BrownJan 25, 2023
@Popehat nightmare fuel. This is like showing up at school for an exam and nobody is there, not even your pants.
Show threadJimboJan 25, 2023
@Popehat Oh. I’ve had that stress dream.
Show threadAdam SteinbaughJan 25, 2023
@Popehat well at least it wasn’t the Great Seal of the United States
Show threadRhett DerrickJan 25, 2023
@Popehat You think you are wise, Mr. White. Yet for all of your subtleties, you have not wisdom.
Show thread☢️ #DestroyGQP POSUT tRUmpJan 25, 2023
@Popehat Through video or in-person?
Show threadYog SothothJan 25, 2023
@Popehat Could happen to the best of us, Ken
Show threadoknishJan 25, 2023
@Popehat so that's WHY they have County Seals in Courtrooms. Always wondered about that and now I know.
Show threadLegalQuiltsJan 25, 2023
@Popehat how did you get the zoom link for the wrong courtroom?
Show threadorcrist86Jan 25, 2023
@Popehat at least you didn't have to drive across the world to a different court
Show threadWilliam B. TurnerJan 25, 2023
@Popehat. That's a pretty important distinction 🤣.
Show threadCatherine McCarthyJan 25, 2023

@Popehat
All I could think of reading this is the funky 70s song, “Right Place” by Dr. John. 😆

https://youtu.be/d7kvPQ4wZws

Dr. John Performs "Right Place, Wrong Time" at the 2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony

YouTube
Show threadThe Jack of SandwichJan 25, 2023
@Popehat At least it was only on zoom, and you didn’t have to drive to another county's courthouse
Show threadheather mcdanielsJan 26, 2023

@Popehat

My kid would hear this & then "facepalm."
I know I did.

Show threadTony LoroFeb 1, 2023
@Popehat one out of two good for a Monday
Show threadWilliam B. TurnerJan 25, 2023
@Popehat. I HATE it when that happens!
Show threadDirk HohndelJan 25, 2023
@Popehat the “I’m not familiar with…” line is the moment where you should say “sorry, wrong number” and hang up quickly, right? But that would be the reasonable thing to do, so let’s see what a lawyer would do in this case 🤣
Show threadI am Jack's Lost 404Jan 25, 2023

@Popehat

I hope you had the right cat filter on at least.

Show threadRick GillyonJan 25, 2023
@Popehat I once took my family to Disneyworld in Florida, and they wouldn't let me in at the gate because I'd bought tickets to Disneyland in California. 😬😬