The Joy of Jury Duty

Ah yes...

Jury duty. Now there have been countless stories of how much it sucks and ways to get out of it. But I'm not going to list them now. But I like to pontificate about what I expect to be a very boring day at the courthouse... and finally something to blog about... Hooray!

I mean... first off... I live in the East Bay of the Bay Area and yet I have to go to San Francisco to appear for jury duty. I thought it was a mistake... but apparently not. I have to waste gas, drive across the bridge, find parking (which is validated, thank God), and appear at 7:45 AM. That's really rough. Not to mention, having to get up even earlier than usual just to make it on time... It's going to be a long day. All for a civic duty... whatever...

But we shall see if I actually get selected to be on a jury. I have strong opinions on every subject. Especially on alcoholism... which was what the last case I almost got picked for. I mean I had some bad memories in college of very belligerent drunks which I don't care to relive. But it was almost 10 years ago but I will try to be impartial about everything... you have to be... because if you try to get out of it by being an ass, you will get thrown in jail.

For the record, I don't think I should be on any jury... I make an opinion in the first 10 minutes and pretty much can't be convinced otherwise unless someone helps me see the situation in a different way. And not many people are skilled in that.

Ha, then I found this link which might prove otherwise.

Well anyway, I'll try blogging about this as long as I'm involved. Let's hope it's not that long.

LeeZy