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Ah, I ain't buying it. I'm thinking she was trying to weasel out of jury duty and wound up with a judge who didn't have time for her shenanigans.

I treat judges like cops. Yes sir. No sir. Thank you sir. Have a nice day sir. Don't pick fights you'll lose if you don't have to.

I've only gotten pulled for jury duty once, tried thinking of excuses to get out of it but didn't get picked since all I had to do was tell them I worked for the Sheriff's office for about a month.

Ah, I ain't buying it. I'm thinking she was trying to weasel out of jury duty and wound up with a judge who didn't have time for her shenanigans.

So what if she did that? She deserves no due process and punishment without a crime?

When I lived in NYC, I got called for jury duty annually, and at one point, they even had my name twice on the database. That took me forever to resolve.

Finally I told the court that I simply couldn’t go through another trial...and, believe it or not, I was dismissed and not called again for a couple of years.

Eventually, NY changed its laws to drop automatic exemptions and also started pursuing people who never showed up, year after year, so that took the pressure off of those of us who did appear.

Personally, I think jury duty is a wonderful thing. It may be a little annoying, but that’s life. I met a lot of great people while I was sitting around the jury room, and since I virtually always got picked for a case, I had a lot of interesting discussions and arguments with my fellow jurors. And because the courts in NY are located in Lower Manhattan, I ate many simple but great Chinese lunches at the expense of the City of New York!

I treat judges like cops. Yes sir. No sir. Thank you sir. Have a nice day sir. Don't pick fights you'll lose if you don't have to.

Works well with all people in almost all situations.