today was my day in small claims court, cuz my exbf owed me money. court was supposed to start at 9:30 and i got there maybe 9:10, first one there. a few people came in, and there appeared to be 4 cases. we’re waiting and waiting, and surprise, he didn’t show up. quite expected. the judge comes out around 10 and says that no one there had paired up yet, so he wouldn’t be able to dismiss any cases legally until 10:30. yep, none of the 2nd parties showed up so 2 cases were dismissed cuz the person doing the suing didn’t show, and that left me and a guy from a car place who’s defendants didn’t show. still had to go up to the judge to discuss the situation, and i showed him the note i had The Degenerate sign proving that i loaned him the money (the judge seemed surprised that i had a note haha). needless to say, i won. i guess they send stuff to me in the mail about getting my money.
it was irritating though. i understand people being late because of traffic or whatever, but to have to wait an hour to see if someone is going to show up is a bit ridiculous. of any place that should value promptness it should be court, and if you don’t have enough respect to plan ahead and get to court on time, they shouldn’t have to wait for you.