BBQ Ribs with a side of Justice....

It was a good day serving today... I had eight sets of papers that needed to be delivered... thank God for GPS and Mapquest to set a route. Out of the eight I was able to close out five, serving two personally, two addresses that the servee no longer lived at, and one that was in jail. Out of the remaining three I've already received calls from two of the servees to set up appointments to deliver, and the last should be interesting... an individual that works at a cabaret that the Constible was never able to serve.

One of the sets of papers was for an individual at an apartment complex, to which I always talk to management to verify residency. 99.5% of the managers are compliant and usually helpful. Thankfully this was one of those times. I confirmed, got directions to which part of the complex it was in and headed that way. As I approach the particular building, I see that someone is grilling out, and has the grill all heated up and smoking, but no one is outside with it. Couldn't have made it any easier.... the grill was right in front of the apartment I needed, so I knew someone was home. Sometimes we are blessed with a photo of the servee... this was one of those times. I knocked on the door... heard some whispering... waited a few minutes and the door opened to my servee with a platter full of ribs to cook up for the afternoon lunch. With the photo provided, there was no mistake that this was my servee, but I confirmed and delivered.

Good day and very productive...

Peek-A-Boo..... Someone's Looking Out For You...

...and someone definitely was looking out for me this day. Back when I first started serving I had a serve that still amazes me, and shows that you really have to be observant doing this job... and a little faith never hurt either.

I had made several attempts to an address that was not in such a great neighborhood, constantly with no luck. On the third attempt I finally spoke to a minor who verified the address and that the servee lived there. Finally a day or so later I received a phone call from the servee who called about the notices I had left, and we set up an appointment to meet the following day. We exchange info on what each us will be driving and what time I will be there, etc. The next day rolls around and I pull on to the street and park a few houses down to get a good visual for when they pull up in their car. The sun begins to disappear beyond the horizon as I notice two men walking down the street, and walk into the servee's residence. Still no car, so I pull up across the street from the house and wait. Not five minutes go by when I notice one of the men hiding on the side of the house holding something in his hands... waiting for me to walk up to the door and I'm sure get jumped. I decided to just sit in my vehicle and wait for this supposed car to show up. Finally after about thirty minutes, the other man that walked into the house walks out to my car and asks me who I was looking for. I told him who I was and who I was looking for, and he finally tells me that he is the servee that I am supposed to meet. He said that he parked his car around the corner and brought along a buddy because he thought that I was going to jump him. I checked his ID, gave him his legal docs and drove off into the night.

To this day I still think a higher power was watching over me that day... because if I would have gotten out of that car and stepped on to that property, I may not be here. But something inside me told me to wait. Always be aware of your surroundings.... no matter where you are. In this economy and people getting more and more desperate... times are getting scary.

Tuesday's Gone.....

Nothing special today... two serves that I've already made the first attempts on. First one... talked to resident who gave name and said that they do not know the servee and have lived there since the 90's. Verified with neighbor that the servee doesn't live there via photo, as well as verified via TAD. Second serve, which was attempted many times by another Process Server with no luck, gave me a call from the notice I placed on the door the previous day. Set up appointment for later in the week. Pretty much have these two closed out, with about six in the cue including one at a gentleman's club.... that should be interesting.

Late.

Well, here we go.... a blog of the ramblings of a Texas Process Server. Capitol Legal Support (www.capitollegalsupport.com) has been in business since 1997, and run by my wife and I for the last 7 years. My intentions are to write about the the strange happenings that I see while out serving legal documents in North Texas. May be entertaining... may just be some rambling.... but that's why it's my blog, right?
And away we go....