Petty crime
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darkemeraldsI wish I could blame this story on my recent discombobulation, but I can't.
I'm walking from the bus stop this evening (in the endless rain, and the dark, chatting on the "convergence device"), when just as I approach my house a sheriff's car pulls up. I put my friend on hold and politely turn to the deputy who gets out. I am always polite to law enforcement. Except when they piss me off a lot.
We establish that I am who I am, and he serves me with a warrant.
I'm all, whoa.
It seems that I have ignored my county tax bill for quite a long time, and the county is taking me to small claims court.
Lest you think this troubles me: I kind of laugh, and thank the nice law officer. He seems disgusted with me and my petty crime. (He was very young.)
The irony is that though I've been too lazy to file a tax return with the county for a couple of years (they're not on TurboTax, see), I've been paying my taxes all along through a payroll deduction at my work, and chances are the county actually owes me a refund.
But I suppose I need to do some rendering unto Caesar, in the form of paperwork, to get that straightened out somewhere besides in my own mind, huh?
I'm walking from the bus stop this evening (in the endless rain, and the dark, chatting on the "convergence device"), when just as I approach my house a sheriff's car pulls up. I put my friend on hold and politely turn to the deputy who gets out. I am always polite to law enforcement. Except when they piss me off a lot.
We establish that I am who I am, and he serves me with a warrant.
I'm all, whoa.
It seems that I have ignored my county tax bill for quite a long time, and the county is taking me to small claims court.
Lest you think this troubles me: I kind of laugh, and thank the nice law officer. He seems disgusted with me and my petty crime. (He was very young.)
The irony is that though I've been too lazy to file a tax return with the county for a couple of years (they're not on TurboTax, see), I've been paying my taxes all along through a payroll deduction at my work, and chances are the county actually owes me a refund.
But I suppose I need to do some rendering unto Caesar, in the form of paperwork, to get that straightened out somewhere besides in my own mind, huh?
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