Rick Steves posted this Youtube video on social media. He described it as "A Texas judge is bringing a little disorder to the court with his testimony in favor of a travel writer named Rick Steves." I thought is was cute! Only the first ~2-ish minutes is the relevant part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJPzGvmbRvM&ab_channel=CourtroomUSA
I enjoyed this. It reminded me of someone who once "mansplained" to me how he used the RS travel guides to plan HIS trips to Europe, as if they were something known only to insiders like him. I didn't have the heart to tell him that I had been reading them for years.
but she has it all set already. 3 countries, 10 days
Nigel, she is doing a typcial RS tour I guess.
Mary, that is cute! Most of the judges I practiced with loved to travel and we would talk travel constantly in the courtroom (not during trials, of course, but conferences, etc.). I love that this guy is praising Rick—so funny! Thanks for sharing!
This judge is a bit of a star online. I've seen him before because he wears some odd outfits and is a bit of a character. You'll probably get a hundred clips of him in your Youtube recommended after watching one.
Could be the blue suit and bowtie... but this judge seems determined to be a jerk with his unsolicited advice as well. The lawyer's trip plans - for the upcoming week! - are met with "no, no, no, no, no," - she should turn all her planning upside down, then use the few days ahead (time she said she does not have) to buy and study Rick's materials, just as the mighty and powerful Judge has done. She of course has a case to win and has to force a compliant giggle, agree on the wisdom of the judge's tips, and otherwise kiss his feet. I wouldn't really want this man's support if I were Rick.
Oh c'mon, Russ. He obviously loves to travel and loves to share info on his favorite travel guru. There's nothing wrong with that; in fact, we all do that here. The woman looked like she was enjoying the travel conversation, so who are we to judge?
Folks, let's not turn this political. Let's not be judgmental. Let's not be grinches. This was supposed to be lighthearted post.
The juror looked like she was enjoying the travel conversation
Juror? I saw a lawyer getting "mansplained" (as E. Prophet put it) on how to re-arrange her impending daughter-mom trip (which isn't a "political" comment, just my little protest against bad behavior on the part of the person with ultimate courtroom power - the judge.)
Mansplained? Judge is a jerk? Yikes! All I saw was spontaneous excited conversation about travel.
Yes, Russ,my mistake - she was an attorney, not a juror, but Allan is also correct in that it was a fun conversation about travel. And as an attorney who has talked in court with many judges, I can tell you that these conversations are pretty standard. People like to talk about their hobbies. One judge I knew was a quilter and we would talk about sewing and quilt shops, and I never felt "womansplained" or "mansplained" by any of them.
at least he doesn't hand out public defenders like candy
To me it sounded like a guy who loves to travel and talk travel!
To be clear, this Judge just triggered my memory of a far more pretentious individual who did the mansplaining.
Since I was a litigation paralegal, I watched the whole video and enjoyed it very much.
That was fun to watch, and I think the judge gave one piece of advice that was very useful, and I did not see him telling her to upend her entire trip as suggested! That one advice was to look for the audio tours of places you are going as they are enjoyable and make the sites more meaningful. I do find Rick's audio tours as useful travel tours, and I even listen to them before heading out on my trip to build more background information about the places I am going to (and on occasion they have led to adding a site or two of interest that was mentioned on the audio tour that I would not have considered otherwise). They are also a good way to keep kids' attention on visits.
