Civic Duty and stuff

One of the least favorite things one can get in the mail aside from a bill or a 2nd notice (or a 3rd notice or a "We're going to have to get an attorney involved now ma'am" letter. *cough* Not that I'd KNOW or anything.) is a jury summons. Well, in a way.

Yes, it can be a nice respite from work. But what are we talking about here exactly. Sitting in a big room with every different kind of person there is. Black, white, brown, pink, purple.

BTW, does that bug anyone else? When you hear things like "I don't care if he/she is black, white, red, purple, orange..."? It bugs the shit out of me. I mean - what the fuck are you talking about? Nobody is orange or purple, unless they are a cartoon character or on Sesame Street. I mean are you trying to say you're not racist? Cause you just sound dumb. Shut up w/the all the colors of the rainbow shit.

So anyway, back to jury duty. It's interesting to me (from the sociologist's standpoint). I mean, you have people all dressed up in business suits, then those weird younger peeps all dressed up like they are headed to a club (and it's 10 AM for crying out loud), and then you have the people who know what a pain in the ass the day is about to be - so they have their book in their hand or they are chatting it up on their cell phone. Like I will be.

I think they should offer some sort thing to do. We could be doing lots of constructive activities. There's philanthropic things we could do - like stuff envelopes for a local non-profit. Or for fun, there could be BINGO. Maybe a wet t-shirt contest. Karaoke. I don't know. Just something. Cause LORD if I am not going to be bored out of my damn mind.

I know what you're thinking... how many times have I been summoned before? Well, okay, so it was only once. But once was enough.

If serving 7 days (SEVEN MOTHERFUCKIN' DAYS HERE PEOPLE!) is not "doing my civic duty" to last a lifetime, then I don't know shit about civic duty. (Obviously.)

7 days!

I'm still pissed about this.

Anyway, it was sort of a custody-type issue. It took us 20 minutes to decide on a case that took 6 business days to present. And then after 20 minutes to decide on the verdict - it took us 6 more hours to decide the attorney's fees.

Yes, you read right. 12 different and unique people of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, educational/socioeconomic levels, and freak-on levels had to decide the goddamn attorney's fees. It's the most ridiculous shit I think I've ever had to decide.

So yeah, I'll be back on Wednesday. October 12th.

Can't you tell how excited I am?

No?

Good call.