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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Lol, I just mentioned this in another thread.

Like, I know missing court is bad, and he was probably on his way there when he gave up to call in...

But man, you're trying to get out of jail for driving without a license. Driving to court is bad enough, don't facetime the judge while driving.

[–] TTH4P@lemm.ee 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He says in the video he was just parking at the doctor's office. 🤣

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I like to think he tried to come up for a reason for missing court, and went with "doctor" instinctively, forgetting he was on a video call and not sick, and likely wouldn't have scheduled a doctors appointment for the exact same time he had court to try and postpone jail by a month.

But I dunno

This dude might have double booked.

[–] Bocky@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You don’t have to be sick to need a doctor. He might been getting an ass cancer screening

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I had never been in court, but would assume that when you are called to appear into court, you are not given zoom link just in case. Right?

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Everything has changed since the pandemic. Some courts still allow remote appearances from my understanding

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, but this is agreed in advance, not “I am late, let me call”

[–] Blackout@kbin.run 2 points 2 years ago

Minor offenses can be quicker doing it this way. I wonder if it has an affect on the case result though?

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

The look on his face was just golden. You can tell the exact moment he realized what he had just done.