“I have NEVER been asked to be a juror. Never! And I have no idea why. Coincidence?”
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Jury slide....
That’s because they always call me. I was in one pool and the gal had drunk driven, got into an accident, left the scene, and didn’t have a driver’s license. They said that at the beginning.. then they went through each of us prospective jurors. I was called first and I said..”Excuse me, but if we already know that she drove drunk without a license, had an accident, and fled the scene, why are we here?” And that one little question caused the entire group to be dismissed.
Got on a jury, even though I had vehemently protested the defense attorney’s screensaver that was strategically placed so prospective jurors could see it. I asked the judge how in the world did the defense attorney expect us to be favorable?? 3 long days of mind numbing testimony and a total waste of time. Drunk driver who took off going 80 mph in an intersection in front of 2 cops. There was one other juror who just looked dumb, so the defense attorney tried to confuse several jurors with that new math- like if he had one sandwich and drank 3 big beers would that be equal to a brownie and 2 glasses of wine or some such nonsense.. and lo and behold our dumb looking guy was a mathematician hahaha... guilty in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Petey
Jury slide.
Hubby gets called pretty often. I got called once. I talked to the Lady who does the jury list—I knew her from volunteer work.
We agreed that every one should do their duty and sit on a jury, but I bemoaned the fact that even though I showed up (and was there for 5 hrs.) I didn’t get picked, and would likely never be selected.
Then I explained to her why they would never pick me and she agreed that they probably wouldn’t. That was it-I didn’t ask to be removed or complain about the waste of time-just said I really would like to serve but....
Amazingly, I have never received another letter for jury duty. Ha.
I haven’t gotten a notice for jury duty in at least 20 years, maybe slightly less. It’s been so long I don’t remember. Conversely, my wife just got one.
-SB