Jail Time
05:27 Jun 22 2006
Times Read: 671
Where do I begin? Well, without going into too much detail, I ran into some legal issues with child support. I’m not a deadbeat dad, yet sometimes, when work gets slow or things come about that force monetary issues, I cannot always make the full payments. I usually catch up, but was out of work for a while, a few years back and the back support added up. On occasion, the court calls you down for a review. This time around, after having sparse work, I elected to skip the court date. As a result, they issued a bench warrant. I went to court last Wednesday, to find that I now had to go before the worst judge in the whole system. It was his finding that I was in Civil Contempt of a Court Order and therefore must be punished. I guess the judge had a real bug up his ass as he sentenced me to two months in jail with a release purge of $2000.00. He then asked for an explanation of things and because I had “the audacity” to make such a weak case, he doubled the time and the purge amount. I got off easy as some people were told they would do 6 months or pay sums as high as $15,000. I, in no way shape or form feel that I was in the right to allow my back support to accumulate so high, but I did feel his ruling was unfair. Since I only had $1000.00 on me at the time, I was sent to prison. Mind you, that my charges were all civil, and not criminal, I was still sent to county, which is a maximum-security facility. For 7 days, I was forced to live amongst hardened criminals, some of whom were awaiting trial for a third murder charge, etc.
I did the time and since some checks cleared the bank, was released. The 7 days I spent there gave me time to reflect on my life and allow me to see a new direction in which I would like to take things. It also gave me the opportunity to do some writing and those stories will be translated from paper to pc very soon. I’m glad to be out and will be writing another entry soon, which will detail my prison experience. For any of you that like to live on the edge and think that prison is a joke, let me be the first to tell you that it isn’t. Think what you will of me, but I will do anything within my power to see that I never wind up there again.
Bad Day...............
12:20 Jun 08 2006
Times Read: 722
Did you ever seem to have a day that you knew was going to be fucked up before you ever even got out of bed? I've been having them all week. Today, however, was the worst. I got to work and dealt with the usual attitude from my boss' brother, which is to say the least, a normal thing that everyone who works for us endures. He's the biggest baby I ever met and yells over the smallest, most unimportant bullshit. I honestly think he's compensating for other shortcomings, but I'm not going to waste all of my time sitting here going on about him. Long story short, he began his rant and for the first time in a long time, I told him to shut the fuck up. I'm at my breaking point with him.
So now, I'm not sure if I am on the streets, looking for a new job or what, but I know that when I walked out of work today, I felt as if someone had lifted a huge weight from my shoulders. Granted, my blood pressure is through the roof and I feel as though my head is going to explode, but having finally taken the initiative to not care about the repercussions, and opening my mouth makes it all worth it. If the rest of the guys I work with want to sit back and let him yell and scream at them and just sit back and take it, so be it, but this dog will not be kicked anymore.
I'll be on VR for most of the day. I have a bunch of stuff to catch up on and a shitload of things to rate. I've also got about 25 things to add to the VDB that were sent to me from various members. Wanna chat, message.
EDIT:
A meeting has been called for 545 tomorrow morning. I guess all of our true feelings will come out and that will decide whether or not I'll be going back to work there or pounding pavements to find new employment.
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