Gladly done with my civic duty
Posted Thu, 03/29/2007 - 18:12 by mlaldrid
So, I got this jury summons (civil court) a few weeks ago, and this Monday was my first day of service. Since I've actually been staying busy with school related work lately, I was not too thrilled about having to spend any number of days in court only to have to get all my own shit done at night. Then at Monday's juror orientation, I learned that my fellow summoned citizens and I were extremely lucky to have been assigned to a rare one-week session instead of the usual two. Not only that, but the court officer and the judge both dropped some major hints at the week's light case load, mentioning several times that civil cases are often settled before reaching court. Yippee! Could I really be so fortunate? Why yes, I can. I just called the juror info line and found out that I don't have to report tomorrow for my final day of service. Many potential days of mindnumbingly boring civic duty were reduced to two hours of mindnumbingly boring civic duty!
My point, I suppose, is that I am awesome and this is freaking sweet.
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no, I sir am awsome
I've been called in for selection a few times because SB is pretty aggressive about bringing in students. But they only ever called me in once, and I actually was selected for the jury. I convinced them that they should let me be the foreman since it was a minor case (predicted 3 half-days) that would be pretty straightforward. I went to two of those three days kinda high, ran the jury discussion, and presented the verdict to the court. Because I am a civic leader and shit. Which is unlike you, Aldridge, you coward.
Are you kidding me? I'm an inspiration to the masses, man.
I narrowly escaped a brush with death when an inmate escaped from custody in the very building I was in, mere hours earlier.
Only in southern California, with a stoned jury foreman, would it take 3 whole half-days to try the case of the vegan black bean burrito with pico and guac, which was tainted with cheese. At least, I assume that's what your case was about. That, or a malpractice suit over a botched gender reorientation.