Wednesday, November 09, 2005

I think I’ll start a new category under the It’s Not Like The Fugitive™ category - Questions from the Public.

Today’s installment ...

DUDE ON THE PHONE: Hi, I’m filling out *blah, blah, blah* for school and I need to fill in the state of residence. I just moved here to Virginia so I’m wondering if I put Virginia or the state I came from.

ME: You’re filling out what?

DUDE: For financial aid at school ...

ME: Why are you calling the US Marshals Service?

DUDE: I called someone and they said to call the courthouse ...

ME: You’ve called a federal courthouse. You should try the county government. What county are you in?

From there I directed him to the Fairfax County Government.

What I’m wondering is who he called that told him to call a courthouse - wouldn’t the financial aid people at the school be able to answer the question of residence?

Also, he was yelling into his cell phone and I could barely understand him even after I turned down the volume on my phone. *sigh*

With that, I’m outta here!