Telephone bureaucracy
Oct. 12th, 2004 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jere7my"Criminal case? Hold on, let me send you across the hall."
"Is it a felony? You want the felony desk. Please hold."
"No, you want the prosecuting attorney's office. Here's her number."
"Let me transfer you to Witness/Victim."
"Thank you for calling Witness/Victim. If you'd like to leave a message..."
After all that, I did almost immediately get a call back from Sharon at Witness/Victim, and she was extremely nice and helpful. Apparently, they've been looking for me, even though I left my phone number with Detective Stoner a month ago: "We were just talking about you!" said Sharon.
The long and the short of it: they don't know whether I'll have to testify on Monday or Tuesday, jury selection being unpredictable, so they've booked me a hotel room at a Comfort Inn (across the street from the Briarwood Mall) for Sunday and Monday night both. Looks like I'll be spending the better part of three days on this. *growl* Perhaps I'll have some time to roam around downtown, at least, maybe see a friend or two, buy some Pocky at Wizzywig, stop in at the State. Nevertheless: *grrrrrowwwwllll!*
"Is it a felony? You want the felony desk. Please hold."
"No, you want the prosecuting attorney's office. Here's her number."
"Let me transfer you to Witness/Victim."
"Thank you for calling Witness/Victim. If you'd like to leave a message..."
After all that, I did almost immediately get a call back from Sharon at Witness/Victim, and she was extremely nice and helpful. Apparently, they've been looking for me, even though I left my phone number with Detective Stoner a month ago: "We were just talking about you!" said Sharon.
The long and the short of it: they don't know whether I'll have to testify on Monday or Tuesday, jury selection being unpredictable, so they've booked me a hotel room at a Comfort Inn (across the street from the Briarwood Mall) for Sunday and Monday night both. Looks like I'll be spending the better part of three days on this. *growl* Perhaps I'll have some time to roam around downtown, at least, maybe see a friend or two, buy some Pocky at Wizzywig, stop in at the State. Nevertheless: *grrrrrowwwwllll!*
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Date: 2004-10-12 08:48 pm (UTC)