So,
For the third time in about 9 years, I’ve been summoned to Jury duty. Now, you only have to serve once every 4 years so I’ve been getting picked pretty much immediately after each of my 4 years is up. I only wish I could be so lucky in the lottery.
I need to serve for two days (Feb 27-28), and the first day (yesterday), was pretty busy. However, they had someone from the blood center at the courthouse and they were doing a blood drive. I had never donated before so I figured, ‘what the hell…it might help pass some time’. What I didn’t know is that signing up for it automatically removes you from the pool until you’re done giving blood. Since I was one of the last to sign up for the drive, I never was called all day.
Today it’s much much slower. They’ve only called one panel so far today. Maybe they’ll let us out early today.
It’s interesting to see the various people in the jury waiting area, as it’s pretty much a true random selection of people from the community. Race, class, political bent, it’s all here. What’s surprising is how easily everyone just accepts the situation of being stuck in a somehwhat small area for two days straight and gets along with their fellow citizens. You really don’t hear any grumbling or see any bad moods.