In the interim, I am off doing my civic duty today. Got a jury summons back in February but I had other plans to go freeze my nose off in Minnesota so I requested a postponement until today. I've served on a few trials over the years, so this is somewhat old hat for me. I will say the new justice center is way nicer than the last time I got the call (over 14 years ago). Last time we gathered in a collection of older, well-worn (translation: ratty) temporary buildings across from the old courthouse. This new complex is the bees knees. Very fancy, modern, state of the art complete with interactive media system (where they show the same old movie about jury service). But they have the same old, rock hard church pews to sit on. Still, this ain't my first rodeo, so I came prepared for the long haul (fully charged iPad and a cheesy paperback novel to read). Normally, I would welcome the break from work, but I have a ton of things to do at the office that will be waiting for me when I return which, I hope, will be tomorrow.
Update: Close but no cigar. Did not get picked. Good thing, too. Was going to be a week long trial.
5 comments:
No playing Angry Birds while the defence is summing up! :-)
HA at Rock Chef!
I've heard that engineers often get dismissed during juror questioning. Too logical. Enjoy the nice digs!
I used to think being picked for jury duty would be so cool! Of course that was back when I stayed at home with the kids and would have seen jury duty as somewhat of a vacation.
Now, I would be so upset if I had to miss work to be in court. Like you, I have too much to do to be able to miss a few days, let alone a full week!
I am one of those who would appreciate not being summoned for jury duty. Got called up once but didn't get selected, so I only had to spend a day at the courthouse.
Good, I guess, that you caught a break and won't have to fall further behind at work.
Just checkin' on you. Hope everyone is okay.
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