Guess what I got to do for 8 hours today? Yup that’s right…sat on my ass waiting to be called up for jury duty! Yay! Jury duty!!! Bleh. While I did not actually want to serve on a jury and I did not get called up to be even considered…I can’t shake the feeling that this was a complete waste of my time. I wasn’t really keeping track of who was called up and who was not…however it seemed like no more than half of the people who showed up today were actually called up to be considered to serve on a jury…so in a room of 200 or so people…only 100 were considered. There has to be a better way to do this…although I can’t think of one at the moment.
What I did find amusing was the guy who explained the entire process to us, called our names, answered our questions…etc. He gave us all the information that we needed and made us all laugh in the process. One thing that I found really useful about what he did was he would not just read the legal jargon of the rules to us but explain what they meant in layman’s terms. I suppose this was to help his sanity more than it was to help us understand…cause I can only imagine if he didn’t do that he would get a rush of 200 people asking questions about what he just said. But anyway…still a waste of time and I’m glad that I won’t have to serve for another 12 months.
Quote of the day!
“A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.”
–Robert Frost
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