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Jury Duty

Mar 13, 2007 15:03

I just got back from jury duty...
the court house is a full hour away from here (the way they arrange county lines covers huge areas here) but luckily I managed to satisfy my duty for this year without having to actually sit on a jury (which would mean a week or more of having to commute that far back and forth). It is a relief, I was really afraid ( Read more... )

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callmeserenity March 14 2007, 12:28:35 UTC

The last time I got called for jury duty, pretty much the same thing happened, all of us that had reasons not to serve got to go before a judge. But they let us all go before we had to give our reasons. My reason was that I was a nanny at the time, me taking off work meant the mom had to take off work. What a mess. I would have not liked having a mean and grumpy judge tell me that my life and my plans weren't good enough reason to get off jury duty. There are lots of people who LIKE having jury duty (my sister is one of them.) Let them deal with it. I'm not comfortable passing judgement on others. I HATED it the one time I had to do it.

Anyway, I'm glad you got out of it and stop complaining about having to get up early because I do that every day. :P

embers_log March 14 2007, 14:56:37 UTC

And back when I was your age I also got up early every morning... for decades (so there)
I can whine and complain if I wanna....
Anyway it was the hour in rush hour traffic more than the early morning - and I know you don't have to go through THAT.

But can I admit that I was feeling a little discriminated against? I felt that those people who are married with children: their lives and their plans were more valuable and treated with more respect by the judge. But the friend who is visiting me is part of my 'family' (in Joss' sense of made family) and I have been arranging my life and my home to make her visit special, but none of that deserves to be taken into account.

callmeserenity March 14 2007, 15:01:51 UTC

No, I don't have to go through traffic anymore, but I've done it in the past. 45 minute commute that would turn into 2 1/2hrs or more!!!

It isn't fair that your circumstances are deemed less worthy because you don't have babies or a special job that causes an inconvenience, but the truth is, if it's weren't for your friend coming, there really wouldn't be anything drastic in your life you couldn't rearrange to serve. That may not seem like a good thing to you, but to me it seems great! I can't imagine the chaos around here if I had to serve on a jury. No one else can do my job!

embers_log March 14 2007, 15:16:49 UTC

no, you're right: I am very lucky to be able to have my life in this place right now. It is a blessing and I'm grateful for it.

And if this trial wasn't going to be so long and such a pain in the ass then I would have just done my civic duty (and I'd have probably been cut from the jury further into the process because I am opinionated and loud mouthed and not the kind of juror the lawyers really want anyway).

callmeserenity March 14 2007, 15:19:35 UTC

Yep, I learned that lesson last time I was on a jury. Be disagreeable and they let you off.

That's my plan next time, anyway.

embers_log March 14 2007, 15:26:36 UTC

LOL
Yes my friend biffsbabe said she "was reading "The Stupidest Angel" by Chris Moore and was laughing out loud and they must've thought I was looney." (she didn't get picked to serve)
So I figured that next time I'll just bring all my Buffy comic books to read while I'm there....

callmeserenity March 14 2007, 15:28:58 UTC

Ha ha! Not a bad idea!

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