Karma?!
April 30th, 2007 - 7:39 pm
Whenever Lin walks into the house cackling with glee and holding the mail, I know something is afoot and it likely involves me. This time was no exception.
I just got a jury summons.
Dammit. I wonder if I can be my usual opinionated self and get tossed out of the impaneling. It’ll probably be something dull and boring I can’t even muster an opinion on and I’ll get stuck getting paid $10 a day to be bored to tears. $10 doesn’t even cover gasoline, parking and lunch. Cheapskates.
Though I suppose it would be a good experience for me to serve on a jury just once in my life. I get called every few years or so. I never get selected. It’s as if lawyers can tell, without me even having to open my mouth, that I am going to be a problem child. I take that back, it’s always one of the lawyers that wants me gone. The other one usually thinks I rock.
The last time I got called, they asked me if I was would be willing to convict with a life sentence with a single eyewitness to the crime. Um … no. What if the eyewitness was a cop, they asked. Um … no. Cops are human too. I’m not putting someone in jail for life because one person, a cop or anyone else, said they did something to do deserve it. You’re going to have to have more than that!
Anyway, I guess I’ll do the first step on line rather than go in, though that means I will miss out on getting a huge $6 check. Oh woe is me. 
Hey, wait … I do a good deed and give a guy some money he says he needs, and this is what the universe hands me?! Something doesn’t seem fair about that. Who do I complain to?!
3 Responses to “Karma?!”
I just had jury duty a few weeks ago and the case I got was B-O-R-I-N-G. They say it’s random but I feel like they pick on me.
It’s such a waste of time, I had to go on my day off this time. Took up the entire day, sitting in a chair.. staring at the back of some man’s head, counting the wrinkles on his shirt and counting how many times the woman next to me said, “you know what I mean?” to the lady next to her. In 1 minute she said, “You know what I mean?” 37 times.
Oh, I never get selected either. I would really like to serve on a jury too. Last time they didn’t even ask me any questions. I think they filled the jury before they got to me. I am fairly opinionated as well, so I’ll probably never be selected. I haven’t received a jury summons in years so I’m probably about due.
This is the first time I have been called for a county court. All the other times it was for federal courts and big, high profile, in the news cases. As much of a news hound as I am, well, I always knew way too much about the case (and had opinions) long before I got summoned.
This time though, it could be something totally boring and stupid … and I just know I am going to end up spending a week wanting to die while being paid $10 a day. Ugh. I think I’ll ride the bus and pack my lunch so maybe I’ll have a few dollars to show for my effort.
Yeah, yeah, the civic duty and all. I know I’ll be interested in the process, but I have so much personal stuff going on right now (and just not sleeping on top of it), it’s just going to leave me miserable and distracted (and oh so very tired). Heh, maybe they’ll let me go, just for looking like hell.