Murrieta Temecula Mobile Notary

More often than not, my trip to the local Southwest Detention Center is uneventful and goes smoothly.  However, my trip this week was anything but uneventful.  

Starting off, I scheduled an appointment with a very nice gentleman that needed a Power of Attorney (POA) signed by his parent.  I am accustomed to checking in with the guard at the front desk, showing my ID and walking back with the visitor to the Attorney booth to perform the notarization.  This particular evening, the guard instructed us to wait until visitor?s hour.  I did not argue, but I was not too happy since the time shown on the wall clock was only 6:30 p.m.  We get past that small inconvenience and I decide to fill out the notary forms while we waited.  Seven o? clock arrived faster than I realized and the client and I are ushered back to the visiting pod. 

The client patiently waits for the guards to bring up his relative and I wait not as patiently.  Imagine our surprise and dismay when the wrong prisoners are brought into the pod.  We are told by the guard via intercom that we have made a mistake and we don?t have an authorized visit for tonight.  Ok!  - we walk back to the front desk and the guard informs us that the previous guard was mistaken and we are told to go back to the visitor?s pod. 

Fortunately, we wait another 5 minutes or so, and the right inmate is sent to the Attorney booth on this trip.  I notarized the documents and after approximately an hour and ? I?m on my merry way home.

 What did I learn from this trip ? I realize that all of my trips won?t necessarily be for 30 minutes or less.  I should expect the unexpected.