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My dream of becoming the "best juror ever" was cut short this morning after being in the courthouse for a total of one hour and 15 minutes.
I knew that the jury duty elves were working against me from the beginning. While in line for the court clerk, I overheard the attorney for the defense talking to the DA, something about having "no witnesses, and no case"... ohhhhhh bad sign.
When we checked in, the court clerk divided us in half with red and blue badges. Within an hour there was a coin toss (no really...a literal coin toss) and all the red badges were told they could leave. Weeks of excitement and anticipation led up to this single moment, and my jury duty fate was left up to a coin toss? Bah!
I don't care how light your docket is, I had a full week of pay on the line that didn't require actual work! Give me charts to file, envelopes to stamp, I'll pick up your pretty robes from the dry cleaners... anything to keep me in that courthouse for longer than an hour and 15 minutes!
I didn't even get to watch the orientation video! I love orientation videos... in college I went through training at Denny's for the sole benefit of watching sensitivity videos while drinking free coffee. Best 5 hours of my life.
I won't complain too much though... $20 for less than two hours of work? I made more money as a juror than I do at the day job. How many people can say that? Suckas!
Hey marriage licenses. We're in there!
posted at 3:17 PM
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