Yup. Gonna do my patriotic civic duty and go to court tomorrow morning. Called the "standby" number three times today, and all times it told me to "appear as scheduled". Oh, well..... it's not all that busy at work right now, so timing is good. When I first got the notice in the mail (mid-April?), I had a moment of panic, because our Playa trip was booked for late May. At least it didn't screw up my vacation in Playa!!
This will be my 3rd time for jury duty. First time was about 15-20 years ago, and everyone said "oh... bring a book... you'll hang out for a few hours and then they'll let you go home". Nope. Ended up seated on jury for DUI. It was a fascinating experience, as it was my first time in a court room. Trial was one day, and we came to the verdict quickly.
Second time was about 10 years ago in Boston. Pain in the arse to have to go in there (I live and work south of Boston). Took the train into Boston and then had to ask "friendly Bostonians" (yes, there are a few here and there) where to find the courthouse. Didn't have a clue where the hell I was. My panel hung around all day. Panel after panel was called up to be seated for trials. We sat there and watched as the waiting room got emptier and emptier, all the while wondering WHEN ARE THEY GONNA LET US GO HOME???!!! Finally around 3 PM, the court clerk called us around her and informed us that yes, we could now leave. The parties that we had been waiting on had settled (plea bargained) the case only minutes before. She felt it only fair to inform us that we had all come
this close to being seated on a jury for a trial for white slavery. She also said that they had anticipated that it would've been an 8-10 week trial!!!
Egad. I hope nothing like that happens to me tomorrow. Wish me luck!!!!!
So.... What jury duty stories do you all have??
Hang 'Em High Karen