Court system sucks

Super long story short, my daughter got an M.I.P. (Minor In Possession) the other night. She came home drunk again and my husband put her in handcuffs and took her down to the P.D. They gave her the ticket and a court date of "on or before" Oct. 2. Well, luckily, I have had the last 2 days off and had time to take her to court today. We get there, go through security, stand in line to check in, get creeped-out by the people we are lumped-in with (3 of which she knows), and find out they don't have her paperwork. Next we had to stand in another line to get the paperwork, which puts us dangerously close to being late. Come to find out, they don't have her paperwork ready! I kept her out of school for this? REALLY??? She got the ticket last Thursday and it's Tuesday. How hard can it really be? And maybe the ticket should say something like "not before (date), not after (date)." Makes me crazy. The lady said, "Well, you came too soon I guess." No shit, Sherlock. Please forgive us for trying to face the charges like GOOD citizens. We will certainly put it off to the last second. Actually, we will be going in next Tuesday since I have that day off as well. I am leaving for a week on Oct. 3rd and really need to get this all rolling before the 2nd. I am going to call on Monday to be sure they have their shit together before showing up on Tues, but if it's not there... Prepare to read a blog about my disorderly conduct ticket :)