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?
1/2

2/2
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.

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

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

hilarity ensured

@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.
@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.
@Popehat
On the plus side, you weren't a cat.
@Popehat The lawyer equivalent of the dream where you go to high school naked. 🤣
@Popehat nightmare fuel. This is like showing up at school for an exam and nobody is there, not even your pants.
@Popehat Oh. I’ve had that stress dream.
@Popehat well at least it wasn’t the Great Seal of the United States
@Popehat You think you are wise, Mr. White. Yet for all of your subtleties, you have not wisdom.
@Popehat Could happen to the best of us, Ken
@Popehat so that's WHY they have County Seals in Courtrooms. Always wondered about that and now I know.
@Popehat how did you get the zoom link for the wrong courtroom?
@Popehat at least you didn't have to drive across the world to a different court
@Popehat. That's a pretty important distinction 🤣.

@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
@Popehat At least it was only on zoom, and you didn’t have to drive to another county's courthouse

@Popehat

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

@Popehat one out of two good for a Monday
@Popehat. I HATE it when that happens!
@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 🤣

@Popehat

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

@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. 😬😬