Heavy Duty

So I did something stupid just now. A few months back, I got called for jury duty, but I called in to postpone since it would have conflicted with my school schedule. I tried to move it to a time when I was between classes, but they just ignored my request and picked some arbitrary date for me again way off in the future.

Well, that day has come.

I guess I just assumed I could postpone this over the phone one more time, but NOOOOOO! It now looks like I should have called in last week to reschedule, but I just never bothered and now I have to show up tomorrow at 7:45! Normally, I actually don't mind jury service, but I am just not in the mood to deal with it right now. Plus, my work only covers part of my salary, so I lose about $150 each day I am supposed to show up for work but end up sitting in the Superior Court building instead.

I am hoping I can just show up and get this postponed again, because there is just no way I can fit this in right now. Worst case I think is that I will have to sit there all day tomorrow, and then I think I'm done if I don't get called. My wife just served as well, and that is what happened to her. I think they asked her to sit on a panel for a trial that was going to last for two months, but as you can imagine, they didn't find too many takers for that request.

I had a really great experience last time I served, and I got to sit for an interesting trial that only lasted a couple of days. It was actually a nice break from work, and I felt good that we let a guy off who had already been sitting in jail for six months for some crime that the prosecution had absolutely no proof that he committed. I guess if worse comes to worse, I can just retell that story in the courtroom, and they will probably kick me right out the door.