I spent the better part of my morning sitting in our county court house for jury duty. Thankfully, I was excused. I would never try to weasel out of my civic duty, but we are having some health issues with my mom and a few other things all at once. However, while waiting almost 2 1/2 hours to be excused, I had plenty to observe.
Official Looking Lady #1 Behind The Table- You look great in that business outfit. You are so put together. However, your Barbie pink laptop with sparkly stickers all. over. it. just made me lose all 10 minutes of the respect I had for you. Seriously? Seriously?
Official Looking Lady #2 Behind The Table- Those blingin’, long flashy earrings do nothing for your business suit. Unless, you know, you moonlight somewhere else after work. Ahem.
Sherrif’s Deputy Dude- Dude! Chill! Just because a potential juror walked to the wrong side of the room does not warrant an “attempt at looking offical spaz attack”. It really is O.K.
Potential Juror Sitting Behind Me- We get it. Really. You take the best vacations ever and enjoy the best of everything. I got the best workout ever rolling my eyes everytime you opened your mouth. I swear I lost 10 pounds in my face alone this morning!
And finally, to one of the potential jurors sitting beside me, a Tic Tac wouldn’t kill you. Just sayin’.
I have gotten three summons to be on jury duty, and it was canceled all three times. I really WANT to experience it someday! Great post.
Ugh…no fun:(
Glad that you are finished and I hope things go well with the family and what is going on. Hugs coming your way.
Just before my wedding I was summoned for jury duty. Lucky me, I was one of the first few picked. It was a criminal case and I knew the judge personally. I thought for sure I would be excused. Instead, when I was called up for questioning the judge mentioned that he knew me and asked if that would cause me not to be able to be a juror. Needless to say, I was selected. I have since found out that they LOVE teachers. Of course I was not full time teaching and lost a fabulous substitute gig that week that would have paid a lot better. I learned a lot as a juror and not sure I could be open minded on a case again.
Last year I was summoned again, but had to write to get out of it. As the primary care giver of the boys, I had nobody to watch them to do my civic duty.
Oh, man. I've been called for jury duty once but wasn't picked to serve. I brought a book with me and read for the 2 hours we sat there. Your version sounds much more interesting. 🙂