Last week I got a subpoena to appear in court for a murder trial. The murder took place in 2006 and is just coming to trial. The detective in charge told me last year that I might get a subpoena but they were trying to see if my testimony was needed. This brings me back to the subpoena. I won't say who's trial it was or the circumstances of the case, I'm just writing about the day in general. I received many helpful sets of EASY directions to the courthouse that took many different directions. I made the mistake of not using my GPS and relied on my trip mapper s/w which ended up fairly close to the mark. What it didn't do is tell me the signs on the buildings were poor at best and of course I got lost, but since I left extra early I was fine when I got there. I did my testifying which consisted of identifying some evidence, not an actual scene witness thank goodness. I took the correct turn to leave and got lost again due to poor road signs again. I figured that my gas mileage was going to the dogs about now with all the short driving I was doing, getting lost in all! Half way home I stopped at a gas station I frequented and filled up then requested a receipt. I figure that when I got home I'd figure exactly how bad the fuel was eaten and compare it to a normal day. I'm waiting and still no receipt. The little access door on the pump is open a bit so I 'took a peek'. No receipt printer, no receipt paper, nothing except a bunch of old receipts and a paper towel. I went inside and the clerk had a problem with my request, she didn't speak much of any English and kept moving away to other customers while I was talking to her. I found a pen, wrote the amount from the pump and went Christmas shopping while I was in the neighborhood. It was a day off from work where I had to use personal time because the only reimbursed time off was jury duty and it was nothing but aggravation.
The very least, I had a good topic of conversation at work the next day!
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