I have one of those jobs, that if you ever just walk down the hall -- and you are not familiar with what we do -- you will always hear conversations that you will find yourself asking "did I really just hear that?" That is probably because the conversations that go on in my office are usually about depressing, frustrating, or just plain horrible subjects.
However, every now and then you will come across a comment that will just make you stop and laugh. A conversation that went on today is one of those examples. It made me laugh so hard, I just had to share!
I was holding a training meeting with my team, since the Judges were out, and we actually had some down time. During the course of this meeting, I was interrupted by one of the clerks from the other side of the building. She came in, excused herself, and then proceeded to tell me that "your mother is in jail, and you will need to have her transported for tomorrow's hearing." I turned around and said, "excuse me?" My team, of course found this just hilarious. Of course she was referring to one of the mother's that was set for a hearing before one of our Judges tomorrow, and she wouldn't be able to attend her son's hearing, if we didn't have her transported from the jail. However, I was having a hard time trying to figure out why my mother, who lives in Box Elder County, and was certainly still in bed at 9:30 in the morning, had just been arrested by one of our bailiffs in the West Jordan, Courthouse, and was now in the Salt Lake County Jail, waiting to be transported to a hearing, before one of our Judges tomorrow morning.
Needless to say, I am relieved to report, that upon calling home, my mother was exactly where I had expected her to be, in bed, just contemplating getting up for the day. She was not, in fact in the Salt Lake County Jail, compliments of one of my coworkers -- our Salt Lake County Sheriffs Deputies. And while it was a completely ridiculous situation, and I couldn't help laughing -- I did, in fact have to call mom and tell her I wanted to know what she was doing that managed to get her sent to jail.
As I said -- sometimes conversations in my office are completely off the wall -- as the case in point demonstrates. And I just couldn't help sharing. I hope you get as much entertainment out of this story as I did. But then, maybe it is something you just had to be there for.
