Early this morning the court clerk was addressing us potential jurors, giving us the lowdown on how the day would go. As part of his shtick–he was pretty funny, too–was that, if anybody expected to be done with jury duty in one day, we had about the same chance as winning the megamillions. Could happen, but don’t hold your breath.
Welll … jackpot!
After I got booted out of the first juror group, I got sent back to the main juror pool, and waited for round two. When 4 o’clock tickedEarly this morning the court clerk was addressing us potential jurors, giving us the lowdown on how the day would go. As part of his shtick–he was pretty funny, too–was that, if anybody expected to be done with jury duty in one day, we had about the same chance as winning the megamillions. Could happen, but don’t hold your breath.
Welll … jackpot!
After I got booted out of the first juror group, I got sent back to the main juror pool, and waited for round two. When 4 o’clock ticked along I figured, great, guess I’m coming back on Wed. (Tuesday is Veteran’s Day, so the court is closed), and try again.
But then then clerk read of this marvelous list. It was a list of all the potential jurors who were officially excused, officially fulfilled their obligations, and were therefore off the hook for another six years. Naturally I figured my name couldn’t possibly come up.
And yet it did.
Don’t know how or why, but they kicked my butt out after just one day. Done and dusted, as they say across the pond.
Jury Duty 2008. I hardly knew ya …
